Category Archives: Worship

Feb 13 – Sixth Sunday after Epiphany

The Divine Service for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany (February 13, 2022)

“God’s Power to Bless” – Luke 6:17-26

The crowds that followed Jesus in His early ministry sought His healing hand. Power to heal would go out from His touch. Power to save souls would go out by the words He spoke. May we not seek the power of the world or use that power for sin and evil, but rather let God’s power to bless come into our lives that enable us to live in peace, knowing that our salvation is secure in Christ!

February 13 2022 Worship service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
February 13 2022 bulletin (PDF)
February 13 2022 announcements (PDF)

We apologize that live-streaming will not be available for this service as our video volunteer is on vacation. The service will be recorded and posted later.

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 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. 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the resource room at church, or contact the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Feb 6 – Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

The Divine Service for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Feb 6, 2022)

“Fear Not, Astonished Sinner” — Luke 5:1-11

There are times in the life of a Christian where you realize you are in the presence of God’s holiness, and it strikes fear into your heart. This is where the Triune God is different. Instead of relishing in our fear and using it to control or destroy us, God astonishes us with His love and mercy. He calms the fear and casts it upon the cross of Jesus that we would know that our sin is forgiven!

Many thanks to Pastor John Fuchs, Emeritus, who leads the service today.

February 6 2022 Worship service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
February 6 2022 bulletin (PDF)
February 6 2022 announcements (PDF)

One of the services will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. The processed video will be linked on this page when the hymn texts are added.

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 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. 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the resource room at church, or contact the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Jan 30 – Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

The Divine Service for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (January 30, 2022)

“Loved to be Loving” – 1 Corinthians 12:31a-13:13

What is love? Is it a feeling? A commitment? Or something more? As Christians we know that love comes from God because that what the Bible tells us He is. As we receive God’s gracious love, we use the gift to be loving to others; not to look good so that we might boast in our good deeds, but that in those deeds, God would be glorified as others experience what true love is all about. Love is all about Jesus!

January 30 2022 Worship service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
January 30 2022 bulletin (PDF)
January 30 2022 announcements (PDF)

Immanuel Lutheran Church Window Project Summary (PDF – project description for review before January 30 voters meeting)

One of the services will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. The processed video will be linked on this page when the hymn texts are added.

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 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. 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the resource room at church, or contact the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Jan 23 – Third Sunday after Epiphany

The Divine Service for the Third Sunday after Epiphany (January 23, 2022)

“The Shocking Sermon” – Luke 4:16-30

Jesus preaches in his hometown of Nazareth and delivers a sermon that shocks everyone. He is the fulfillment of God’s Word. He is the Messiah! But He is not about to do miracles to prove it. 2,000 years later, people are not so different, even though we know the end of the story. We know that Jesus lived, died on a cross, and rose from the dead. But do we delight in hearing the good news? It is shocking how we respond to God’s grace. But even more shocking is that God never gives up on us! His grace and love never fail, so we can always rely on God to seek forgiveness and strength for living in these troubling days.

We welcome everyone to the beginning of National Lutheran Schools Week! This is an annual celebration of what God is doing in and through Lutheran schools, from day cares and elementary schools, to high schools, colleges, and seminaries. The ILS school children sang at the 10:15 service. Thanks to Mike MacPherson for his recording!

January 23 2022 Worship service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
January 23 2022 bulletin (PDF)
January 23 2022 announcements (PDF)

Immanuel Lutheran Church Window Project Summary (PDF – project description for review before January 30 voters meeting)

One of the services will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. The processed video will be linked on this page when the hymn texts are added.

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 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. 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the resource room at church, or contact the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Jan 16 – Second Sunday after Epiphany

The Divine Service for the Second Sunday after Epiphany – January 16, 2022

“Follow the Signs to Jesus” – John 2:1-11

If you have ever done a road-trip, you know you need a good map or guide or GPS to lead the way. But you still have to understand the signs to take the right roads and turns to get to your destination. St. John uses “signs”, which are Jesus’ miracles, to show us the right way to know and understand Jesus as our Lord and Savior. At the wedding at Cana, Jesus saves the best (wine) for last. That is also our hope as a Christian – to follow the signs Jesus lays out for us in His Word so that we get to heaven, where the best is yet to come!

January 16 2022 worship service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
January 16 2022 bulletin (PDF)
January 16 2022 announcements (PDF)

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 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. 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the resource room, or contact the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Jan 9 – The Baptism of Our Lord

The Divine Service for the Baptism of Our Lord (January 9, 2022)

“An Open Heaven for You” – Luke 3:15-22

The season of Epiphany begins on January 6 when the Church observes the coming of the Magi to worship baby Jesus. This service will incorporate that event along with the main focus on the Baptism of Jesus. Jesus is the gift of the Father to fallen humanity that we would worship Him who is not only our King, but our substitute. In baptismal water, Jesus has no sin to remove, but He is anointed to be our sin-bearer. Just as Jesus saw heaven open, so it is in our baptism that heaven is opened to those who now bear the name of Jesus. May we never lose our faith in the one with whom the Father is well pleased!

January 9 2022 worship service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
January 9 2022 bulletin (PDF)
January 9 2022 announcements (PDF)

Other bulletin inserts for the week:
Ball & Bash Flyer (PDF) – The Immanuel PTL is taking over the community Father-Daughter dance and adding a Mother-Son option! It’s not too late to sign up! Here is the link to the online registration form: Snowflake Ball / Snowball Bash Registration

January ILS insert (PDF) – The monthly update from Principal Rick Arguto on things happening at Immanuel Lutheran School.


The 10:15 service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. The processed video will be linked on this page when the hymn texts are added.

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 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. 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the resource room, or contact the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Jan 2 – 2nd Sunday after Christmas

The Divine Service for the Second Sunday after Christmas (January 2, 2022)

“In My Father’s House” – Luke 2:40-52

We find Jesus at 12 years-old in his Father’s house. No, not the house of his earthly step-father, Joseph, but his heavenly Father’s house – the holy temple in Jerusalem. There he engaged the wisdom of God found in the Scriptures. By the grace of God, may we also resolve to be where God’s truth is found as we gather to hear His wisdom found in Word and Sacrament!

January 2 2022 worship service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
January 2 2022 bulletin (PDF)
January 2 2022 announcements (PDF)

The 10:15 service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. The processed video will be linked on this page when the hymn texts are added.

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 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. 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the resource room, or contact the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support! May you have a blessed New Year!

Dec 25 – Christmas Day Worship

The Divine Service for the Nativity of Our Lord – Christmas Day, 2021

“A Most Extraordinary Time” – Galatians 4”4-7

The birth of Jesus ushers in a most extraordinary time. Christmas isn’t ordinary for us, nor is it for God. For in the birth of Jesus, God does a most extraordinary thing. He bursts into this world in order to save it! Merry Christmas!

December 25 2021 Christmas Day service (PDF)

Here are the bulletin and announcements for the week of Dec 26:
December 26 2021 bulletin (PDF)
December 26 2021 announcements (PDF)
Note: this service was not recorded or streamed

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 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. 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the resource room, or contact the church office to get them.

Contributions must be made or mailed by December 31 for charitable contribution credit in 2021.

Thank you for your prayers and support! May your week ahead be blessed in the Lord!

Dec 19 – Sunday School Christmas

Today’s service recording features the hard work of our Sunday School students and teachers to learn and proclaim the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. This service is titled, “His Name is Jesus” and includes many familiar Christmas hymns along with the message of Jesus’ birth.

December 19 – Children’s Program (PDF)
December 19 – 8 am service (PDF – service not recorded)
December 19 bulletin and announcements (PDF)

The 10:15 service (Sunday School Christmas program) will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. The processed video will be linked on this page when the hymn texts are added.

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 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. 2022 offering envelopes are now available in the north narthex, or contact the church office to get them.

Thank you for your prayers and support! May you have a blessed and joyful Christmas!