Immanuel Lutheran Church

Welcome!

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!

In the name of Jesus, we bid you welcome to Immanuel Lutheran Church, a congregation of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.  Here the faithful of Christ gather weekly around God's Holy Word and Sacrament, hungry and thirsty for the heavenly food of forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation.  Here the same Jesus who died for our sins and rose again comes to dwell with His people, to bless them with His Holy Spirit, and to strengthen them in their lives of love and service to their neighbor.  We invite you to visit Immanuel and join us in receiving the good gifts of our loving and merciful God and Savior who says: "Come to Me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

Rev. Paul Beisel, Pastor

Worship

Sundays 10:00 am

For this worship service, the Immanuel bus picks up our members at Cedar Ridge at 9:30 am and at Ashbrook at 9:40 am.

For information on bus pick-up, please call Bruce Thies (373-1230) or Steve Waggoner (373-3173).

Other Worship Opportunities

Matins -- Tue/Thur at 8:30 a.m.

Lenten services begin on Ash Wednesday, (February 17, 2010) at 7:00 p.m. and continue through Maundy Thursday.  Please join us for a fellowship meal before each Lenten service. Maunday Thursday and Good Friday Worship Services are at 7:00 pm. Easter Services are at 6:30 & 10:00 am.

The 2009 Sunday School children's Christmas service is on December 20th.

We worship at 7:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Eve, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, and Ascension Day Eve.

We worship at 10:00 a.m. on Christmas morning with Communion. 

Communion is celebrated on the first and third Sundays of each month.

Led by God's Word, we desire that the people who receive Holy Communion are:

1. People who are properly prepared through repentance and faith in Christ (1 Corinthians 11:28).  
2. Realize that they are receiving Christ's very Body and Blood in the bread and wine (1 Corinthians 10:16, 11-27).  
3. Receiving Holy Communion together is a sign of a congregation's unity in faith and doctrine (1 Corinthians 10:17; Acts 2:42; Romans 16:17).
   

Guests are welcome if they are a member in good standing of a sister LCMS congregation who have been instructed in the faith. All other guests are asked to please visit with Pastor first.

 In the beginning...

 was the Word,

 and the Word was with God,

 and the Word was God.

 He was in the beginning

 with God.  

 All things were made through Him,

 and without Him was not

 anything made that was made.

 In Him was life,

 and the life was the

 light of men.

 The light shines in the darkness,

 and the darkness has

 not overcome it . . .

 And the Word became flesh

 and dwelt among us,

 and we have seen His glory, 

 glory as of the only Son 

 from the Father, full of

 grace and truth.

 JOHN 1:1-5; 14

Ministries & Events Schedule

Sunday School 
High School Bible Class
Adult Bible Classes -- 8:45 a.m.

Weekly Bible Studies

Sunday Evening:
First/third Sundays, 6:30 p.m. at church
Tuesday Morning:
9:00 a.m. at church
Early Riser's Bible Study:
8:00 a.m. at McDonald's April - Nov
Body & Soul Group:
MWF - 8:00 a.m. at church

Lenten Bible Studies:
During the season of Lent, multiple Bible studies are held in home and at the church.

Wednesdays 5:30 pm

Voyages After School Program
Wednesdays -- 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. for grades K-4 during the school year 

Eat Out Monthly Group

LIFE & LIBERTY:
LIVING AS CITIZENS IN TWO KINGDOMS

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
4:30 p.m.   (A "free-will" offering includes barbeque & salad bar.)

Marriage, religious freedom, and life itself are under attack.  What does this mean . . . and how are we to respond?

Join us, other Lutherans, and guest speaker Bob Morrison to consider how Christians can:

• Defend life and liberty,
  
• Be a servant in both the earthly and heavenly kingdoms, and
  
• Honor God the Creator and Redeemer of life.

God's Word says that we should give evidence of our heavenly citizenship by being good citizens on earth (Matt. 5:16).  Bob Morrison will help us answer such questions as: 1) Do we have responsibility and opportunity to speak and act as a moral compass for society?  What does this mean?  2) Upon what did the Founding Fathers build our U.S. Constitution... and why?  What does this mean?  3) What does "separation of church and state" mean?  4)  What does "faith-based social justice" mean?

Legalized death (abortion, euthanasia) and re-definition of marriage do not build a future of hope.  We are called by God's Word to build a future of hope as parents, grandparents, pastors, teachers, and good citizens.

About Bob Morrison:  Bob is Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C.  He served as Director of the LC-MS Office of Government Information, in the Department of Education during the Reagan administration, taught history and political science at the high school and college levels, and served his country in the U.S. Coast Guard.  Bob recently led the historical research for Bill Bennett's book, America: The Last Best Hope. 

Look for more details in The Link and your bulletin!  Questions?  Please call Amy Beisel at 648-2792 or Linda at 648-3785.  You may e-mail Linda Bartlett

Council Meetings
Tuesday before each Voter's Meeting

Voters Meetings
3rd Thursday of January, April, July & October
Elections are in October