At the National Youth Gathering in New Orleans in 2001, Cory Selby, son of Mike & Jill Selby, was one of many participants from Immanuel Church in Grand Mound attending the event. Cory was called to his heavenly home while at the convention when he died of a heart complication. In memory of Cory, the youth group at Immanuel has held Bowl-A-Thons to raise awareness of heart disease and to also raise money which is donated to the local heart department of the Genesis Foundation.
This year, Immanuel church in Grand Mound, along with several youth from Immanuel church of Charlotte, spent a Sunday afternoon bowling at the third annual Bowl-A-Thon. Twenty-one youth and several adults had lunch together at Grand Mound’s church Youth Center. Gaylon Heetland (Thrivent's representative) talked to the youth about stewardship and the importance of the gifts God has given to all of us: time, talents, and treasures. Gaylon also used oatmeal to demonstrate the Bible verse from Luke 6:38 about how much God has given us and that we will NEVER be able to out-give God! After lunch, everyone headed to DeWitt Bowling Lanes for an afternoon of fun and fellowship.
A big thank you to the Immanuel congregation for the $789.40 that was donated, as well as Charlotte’s Immanuel Church for their participation and donations, too. Thrivent will also be adding to this amount with their matching fund program. This money will be given to the local heart department of the Genesis foundation in memory of Cory Selby.
