Monthly Archives: April 2021

April 25 – Fourth Sunday of Easter

The Divine Service for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (April 25, 2021). It is Good Shepherd Sunday where Jesus reveals the meaning of Psalm 23 as He proclaims “I am the Good Shepherd” (John 10:11). Jesus lays down His life for the sheep in order to save us from death and hell. But He takes it back up again so that He can always be our Shepherd who leads us to the green pastures and still waters of His love and mercy. There we are confident in our salvation because Christ is risen from the dead. If death could not hold Him, it cannot hold you as His beloved sheep!

April 25 video service
April 25 bulletin
April 25 announcements

 

“Confidence in the Good Shepherd” – Psalm 23

If you have been blessed and would like to support this ministry, you can mail your contribution to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Please do not mail cash.
Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. If you do not have your 2021 offering envelopes, contact the church office to get them.

You can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Thank you for your prayers and support!

April 18 – Third Sunday of Easter

The Divine Service for the Third Sunday of Easter (April 18, 2021). This service marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s famous “Here I Stand” speech before the Roman Emperor, Charles V. Yet Luther was only following in the footsteps of the Apostles, and even Christ Himself, who stood firm on the Word of God as the only source of authority worth listening to. We are also empowered by the Gospel – in Christ crucified and risen – to say “Here I stand” when confronted with the choice to confess the truth or give in to the devil and his lies.

April 18 Video service
April 18 bulletin
April 18 announcements (Members: please read the very important announcement about the upcoming voters meeting on April 25)

“Here I Stand” – Acts 3:11-21

If you have been blessed and would like to support this ministry, you can mail your contribution to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Please do not mail cash.
Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. If you do not have your 2021 offering envelopes, contact the church office to get them.

You can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Thank you for your prayers and support!

April 11 – Second Sunday of Easter

The service for the Second Sunday of Easter (April 11, 2021). Do you get tired of the same ol’ story? Every year on this Sunday we hear – again – the story of “Doubting Thomas.” Why do we need to hear about Easter again? Because what we need to hear is that Jesus is risen! We need to hear “Peace be with you.” Again and again. With God’s peace, there is forgiveness and hope and joy. And that’s something we could use a lot more of these days!

April 11 service
April 11 bulletin
April 11 announcements

“Easter – Again” – John 20:19-31

If you have been blessed and would like to support this ministry, you can mail your contribution to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Please do not mail cash.
Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. If you do not have your 2021 offering envelopes, contact the church office to get them.

You can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Thank you for your prayers and support!

April 4 – Easter Sunday

The Service of the Word for Easter Sunday – The Feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord (April 4, 2021). St. Mark’s account of the resurrection leaves us wondering and wanting for more. It is a “cliffhanger” ending that draws us back for more of God’s Word and promises. Jesus *is* risen from the dead. Even though we do not yet see him, by faith we know the tomb it empty. Jesus lives! And because He lives, He comes to calm our fears and focus our lives to love and serve Him until He brings us to our glorious resurrection!

April 4 video service
April 4 bulletin
April 4 announcements

“An Easter Cliffhanger!” – Mark 16:1-8

If you have been blessed and would like to support this ministry, you can mail your contribution to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Please do not mail cash.
Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. If you do not have your 2021 offering envelopes, contact the church office to get them.

You can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Thank you for your prayers and support!

April 1-2 – Maundy Thursday and Good Friday Sermons

MAUNDY THURSDAY

The sermon for Maundy Thursday using this text from Zechariah 9:11–12: “As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.” The Lord God promises that blood will free us from the waterless pits in our lives. On this night when our Lord Jesus Christ institutes the Holy Supper for us, He fulfills the blood of the covenant God had made with His people; a blood covenant that now continues to us today, because it is the blood of Jesus that covers a multitude of sin.

“Covenant Blood” – Zechariah 9:11-12

GOOD FRIDAY

God is dead. It’s a strange thought, yet a tragic reality. But it was for our good, for when God dies, so does sin, even the sin we hide and the sin that tries to define us. All sin is borne by the Son of God, so that we would be alive in Him come Easter morning. The sermon is based on this text from Zechariah 12:10. “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.”

“God is Dead” – Zechariah 12:10