Author Archives: Pastor Phil Augustine

July 3 – Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

The Divine Service for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (July 3, 2022)

“Why We Do What We Do” – Galatians 6:1-10, 14-18

The Church is called to be faithful to Christ Jesus, crucified and risen for us to lead us through this sinful world unto the glorious kingdom to come. This is our focus, but we often get distracted, frustrated, and worried when it seems that being faithful doesn’t produce the results we want. But, it does produce the results God wants. That’s why Paul wrote to the churches of Galatia, and to all churches of all time to keep Christ front and center of why we do what we do.

July 3 worship service (online)
July 3 2022 bulletin (PDF)
July 3 2022 announcements (PDF)
July 24 – Pastor Terrill Bramstedt retirement from Trinity, Elgin invitation (PDF)

Over summer there is one service at 9:00 a.m. (CDT). Check out the live stream and all our recorded services on our YouTube channel. The recorded service will be linked here when available.

9:00 recording with hymn texts

If you have been blessed and would like to support this video ministry, you can can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Or mail your contribution (please do not mail cash) to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. Remaining 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the church/school office. They can be mailed to you or stop by the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support! May God bless your week!

June 26 – Third Sunday after Pentecost

The Divine Service for the Third Sunday after Pentecost (June 26, 2022)

“Following Jesus” – Luke 9:51-62

Discipleship is the task of the Christian to give up the things of selfishness and wickedness in this world in order to live a holy life dedicated to God. But this is never easy. It is hard and scary at times. But our Lord does not let us do this alone. He is the perfect disciple that follows the will of God to save us. It costs Him His life on the cross, but His resurrection proves that discipleship is totally worth it. So, let us follow Jesus through this life as He leads us to everlasting life in heaven.

June 26 2022 Worship service (web version)
June 26 2022 bulletin (PDF)
June 26 2022 announcements (PDF)

Over summer there is one service at 9:00 a.m. (CDT). Check out the live stream and all our recorded services on our YouTube channel. The recorded service will be linked here when available.

9:00 recorded service edited for length

If you have been blessed and would like to support this video ministry, you can can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Or mail your contribution (please do not mail cash) to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. Remaining 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the church/school office. They can be mailed to you or stop by the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support! May God bless your week!

June 19 – Second Sunday after Pentecost

The Divine Service for the Second Sunday after Pentecost (June 19, 2022)

“Jesus Comes to Save” – Luke 8:26-39

Jesus encounters a multi-demon possessed man and saves him in body, soul, and spirit, returning him to his right mind and back to civilization and gave him saving faith to know Jesus as his Savior. Where we give up, God does not for He desires all people to be saved. Sadly, fear of losing the things of this world, fearing evil (spirits, people, events, etc.), cripples our lives. Thanks be to God that Jesus still breaks the darkness to save us!

June 19 2022 worship service (web version)
June 19 2022 bulletin (PDF)
June 19 2022 announcements (PDF)

Over summer there is one service at 9:00 a.m. (CDT). Check out the live stream and all our recorded services on our YouTube channel. 

9:00 service recording; edited for time and hymn texts

If you have been blessed and would like to support this ministry, you can can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Or mail your contribution (please do not mail cash) to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. Remaining 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the church/school office. They can be mailed to you or stop by the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support! May God bless your week!

June 12 – Holy Trinity Sunday

The Divine Service for The Holy Trinity Sunday (June 12, 2022)

“Two Mysteries in One I AM” – John 8:48-59

This service is in praise to God for who He is that leads to what He does for us and all of fallen creation. The name of God is the focus of this day of the Holy Trinity – three persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), yet one God. The Divine name of “I AM” that Jesus speaks is the revelation of the Son who is one with the Father and the Holy Spirit. It’s a mystery that can only be grasped by faith. May God give you such faith to know Him and all that He does through the love of the Holy Trinity!

June 12 2022 worship service (web version)
June 12 2022 bulletin (PDF)
June 12 2022 announcements (PDF)

Over summer there is one service at 9:00 a.m. (CDT). Check out the live stream and all our recorded services on our YouTube channel. The service will not have the hymn texts available this week. We apologize for the inconvenience.

9:00 Live stream (no hymn texts)

If you have been blessed and would like to support this ministry, you can can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Or mail your contribution (please do not mail cash) to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. Remaining 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the church/school office. They can be mailed to you or stop by the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support! May God bless your week!

June 5 – The Ordination of PJ Aarsvold

The Service of the Rite of Ordination into the Office of the Holy Ministry for Paul “PJ” Aarsvold. Immanuel Lutheran Church humbly invites you to celebrate this special day in the life of the Church. From the Lutheran Service Book Agenda on the Rite of Ordination:

The Office of the Holy Ministry has been instituted by Christ Himself as a gift of His Church. Through the Christian congregation, as the holder of all churchly authority, God calls qualified men to fill this divinely established office and sends them as His ministers to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to administer the Sacraments publicly in the stead of Christ and by His command, with accountability both to God and to the Church. According to apostolic usage, ordination is the solemn, public confirmation of that call. (page 155)

Worship service (web version)

May God bless PJ’s ministry as he tends to the Lord’s lambs and sheep!

The Ordination of Paul J Aarsvold into the Holy Ministry – Live stream copy

June 5 – The Day of Pentecost

The Divine Service for the Feast of Pentecost (June 5, 2022)

“The Holy Spirit – The Helper” – John 14:23-21

Pentecost was an Old Testament feast that celebrated the first fruits of the spring harvest. God’s people were required by His Law to observe this feast by offering sacrifices at the temple in Jerusalem fifty days after the other required feast of Passover. This brings God-fearing Jews together where God now ushers in the New Testament Pentecost, where the Holy Spirit comes upon the disciples to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people. This same Spirit still descends upon people today in languages they understand to help them to know Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

June 5 2022 worship service (web version)
June 5 2022 bulletin (PDF)
June 5 2022 announcements (PDF)

Over summer there is one service at 9:00 a.m. (CST). Check out the live stream and all our recorded services on our YouTube channel.

9:00 recorded service with hymn texts

If you have been blessed and would like to support this ministry, you can can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Or mail your contribution (please do not mail cash) to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. Remaining 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the church/school office. They can be mailed to you or stop by the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support! May God bless your week!

May 29 – Seventh Sunday of Easter

The Divine Service for the Seventh Sunday of Easter (May 29, 2022)

“One in Christ” – John17:20-26

This final Sunday of the Easter season bridges the gap between Ascension and Pentecost. Jesus prays His High Priestly prayer just before going to Gethsemane for his betrayal and arrest, leading to His cross and tomb. With us in His mind, He prays that we would be one just as He and the Father are one. This oneness is a gift of God that overcomes the separation of sin that still plagues our lives. What a gift to be one with God and one with each other while we wait for His return!

May 29 2022 bulletin (PDF)
May 29 2022 announcements (PDF)
May 2022 PJ Aarsvold letter (PDF)

Check out the live stream and all our recorded services on our YouTube channel.

8:00 recorded service with hymn texts

If you have been blessed and would like to support this ministry, you can can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Or mail your contribution (please do not mail cash) to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. Remaining 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the church/school office. They can be mailed to you or stop by the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support! May God bless your week!

May 22 – Sixth Sunday of Easter

The Divine Service for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 22, 2022)

Due to illness to Pastor Augustine, Pastor John Fuchs will serve in his place.

May 23 UPDATE: Pastor Fuchs had a medical episode part-way into the 8:00 service. He was quickly attended to but was unable to complete the service. No Bible class or second service was held, so no recorded service is available this week. Both Pastors Augustine and Fuchs are doing fine and appreciate all your prayers.

May 22 2022 bulletin (PDF)
May 22 2022 announcements (PDF)

Check out the live stream and all our recorded services on our YouTube channel.

If you have been blessed and would like to support this ministry, you can can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Or mail your contribution (please do not mail cash) to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. Remaining 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the church/school office. They can be mailed to you or stop by the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support! May God bless your week!

May 15 – Fifth Sunday of Easter

The Divine Service for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (May 15, 2022)

“Sorrows and Joys in Jesus” – John 16:12-22

Jesus prepares His disciples for the sorrow of the cross and His innocent suffering and death. But sorrow will give way to joy on Easter morning. Christ is risen! But then Jesus says that He is going away for a little while. Sorrow. But He promises the Holy Spirit to bring the gifts of the cross and empty tomb to them and the whole Christian Church on earth while we wait for Jesus to return. Oh, the joy we have in Jesus!

May 15 2022 worship service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
May 15 2022 bulletin (PDF)
May 15 2022 announcements (PDF)

At the 10:15 service, ILS students will sing and 8th grade graduates will receive their diplomas to mark the completion of their Christian education at Immanuel. May God continue to bless their lives and grow their faith!

Check out all our services on our YouTube channel.

10:15 service with Eighth Grade graduation and ILS student choir – edited for length and added hymn texts

If you have been blessed and would like to support this ministry, you can can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Or mail your contribution (please do not mail cash) to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. Remaining 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the church/school office. They can be mailed to you or stop by the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support! May God bless your week!

May 8 – Fourth Sunday of Easter

The Divine Service for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (May 8, 2022)

“Shepherds, Sheep, and Wolves” – Acts 20:17-35

May 8 2022 worship service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
May 8 2022 bulletin (PDF)
May 8 2022 announcements (PDF)

ILS News & Notes May 2022 (PDF) – ILS newsletter from Principal Rick Arguto

One of the services will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. Our main camera volunteer is on vacation for this service so please be patient as we have alternate volunteers handling the video streaming/recording and posting.

8:00 Live-stream (no hymn texts)

If you have been blessed and would like to support this ministry, you can can give online here through our online service or check out other ways to give a financial gift to Immanuel. Or mail your contribution (please do not mail cash) to:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
45 West Broadway
Plainview, MN 55964

Members: If you have offering envelopes, they are addressed and just need a stamp. Remaining 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the church/school office. They can be mailed to you or stop by the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support! May God bless your week!