During the winter of 1996-97, major renovations took place to make the church completely accessible to people with disabilities, add new classrooms, modernize the kitchen, new carpeting, upgrade the heating, plumbing, and electrical systems, painting, additional bathrooms, an elevator, and many needed repairs. William Clinton re-elected. Summer Olympics held in Atlanta. Hubble Space Telescope finds 40 billion more galaxies. U.S. Conflict with Iraq.
Scientists claim to find signs of primitive life in ancient Mars meteorite.
Good Shepherd Day Care opened. 1997 Deep Blue, a 2,800-pound IBM supercomputer, defeats international chess champion Garry Kasparov. Construction of Immanuel's present building 1928 click on a photo for a larger view During construction, the Sunday school and church services were held in the Glen Rock Theater. Every Saturday night after the movies, the building had to be swept and cleaned so that services could be held the next morning. . The main function of the Board of Stewards was to set the salary of the pastor and then to see that the pastor got paid.