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April 3 – Fifth Sunday in Lent

The Divine Service for the Fifth Sunday in Lent (April 3, 2022)

“The Cornerstone Will Get You” – Luke 20:9-20

A fragile piece of pottery will break if dropped on a rock. It can be really shattered if a big rock is dropped on it. Either way, the rock wins, the pottery loses. As sinners we must confront the fact that God is holy and we are not. We can fall on the rock that was rejected (Jesus), which is to repent and seek forgiveness. Or, we can also reject the rock and find ourselves crushed by it on the day of judgment. Better to fall on Jesus and let Him put you back together through His suffering, death, and resurrection!

April 3 2022 worship service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
April 3 2022 bulletin (PDF)
April 3 2022 announcements (PDF)

April 2022 ILS Newsletter (PDF)

One of the services will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. It has been the 8:00 service lately. 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 (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!

March 27 – Fourth Sunday in Lent

The Divine Service for the Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 27, 2022

“A Song of Joy” – Isaiah 12:1-6

Joy? In Lent? Yes! This Sunday we still hear the Lenten call to repent, yet God’s Word assures us that God’s wrath for our sins has been turned away because of Jesus’ sacrifice. And that is what brings joy to our lives and fills our hearts to sing to the Lord.

March 27 2022 worship service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
March 27 2022 bulletin (PDF)
March 27 2022 announcements (PDF)

Poster for spring rally 2022 (PDF) – Invitation to LWML event on April 9

Easter Flowers (PDF) order form to order Easter flowers for decorating the sanctuary on Easter Sunday, April 17. Orders due by April 3. This is just an option to simplify your flower donations. You are free to get flowers from any supplier.

Find out more on the Stained Glass Window project! New totals as of March 11!

Due to illness, the service will not will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. It will be recorded and 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 (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!

March 20 – Third Sunday in Lent

The Divine Service for the Third Sunday in Lent (March 20, 2022)

“Bearing Lenten Fruit” – Luke 13:1-9

What do you think of God when bad things happen? Is it judgment? Is it God getting even with you? Those are natural questions flowing from our sinful nature. But they are the wrong questions. When bad things happen, it is a reminder of sin in my own life and throughout the world. So, the right question is: Am I repentant? Repentance is the fruit of faith that is cultivated in our hearts, especially during this season of Lent. Then, the forgiven heart seeks out the other fruits of faith that God desires. Fruit that we see in Jesus and His cross.

March 20 2022 worship service (PDF)
March 20 2022 bulletin (PDF)
March 20 2022 announcements (PDF)

Easter Flowers (PDF) order form to order Easter flowers for decorating the sanctuary on Easter Sunday, April 17. Orders due by April 3. This is just an option to simplify your flower donations. You are free to get flowers from any supplier.

Find out more on the Stained Glass Window project! New totals as of March 11!

One of the services will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. It has been the 8:00 service lately. The processed video will be linked on this page when the hymn texts are added.

8:00 recorded service

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. 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!

March 13 – Second Sunday in Lent

The Divine Service for the Second Sunday in Lent (March 13, 2022)

“The Lenten Mindset” – Philippians 3:17-4:1

St. Paul encourages the Church to imitate him. This sounds arrogant, but Paul’s point is to imitate him in clinging to Christ and His righteousness won on the cross. All our earthly efforts to show ourselves worthy to God is just vanity. But when we return to our baptismal identity where we are crucified and raised with Christ, the Lenten mindset is renewed as we strive to live a life of repentance and faith in Christ.

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

Easter Flowers (PDF) order form to order Easter flowers for decorating the sanctuary on Easter Sunday, April 17. Orders due by April 3. This is just an option to simplify your flower donations. You are free to get flowers from any supplier.

Find out more on the Stained Glass Window project! New totals as of March 11!

One of the services will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. It has been the 8:00 service lately. The processed video will be linked on this page when the hymn texts are added.

8:00 service recording

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. 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!

March 6 – First Sunday in Lent

The Divine Service for the First Sunday in Lent (March 6, 2022)

“For Us Fights the Valiant One” – Romans 10 and Luke 4

The sermon title wording is from the great hymn, “A Mighty Fortress”. When the devil is after us, we know that Jesus has already been victorious over him as He withstands the temptations and ultimately the cross. That victory is given to people who hear this Word of God and by His grace, believe it. Then we by faith can call upon Jesus as Lord because God has raised Him from the dead. So, we confess (to speak from the heart) what God has already put into it: the truth that I am saved. What a joy to know that my sin cannot take that salvation from me! Oh, the devil will try, but Jesus’ victory can never be taken away.

March 6 2022 worship service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
March 6 2022 bulletin (PDF)
March 6 2022 announcements (PDF)
Easter Flowers (PDF) insert to order Easter flowers for decorating the sanctuary on Easter Sunday, April 17.

Find out more on the Stained Glass Window project!

One of the services will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. It has been the 8:00 service lately. The processed video will be linked on this page when the hymn texts are added.

8:00 service recording

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. 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!

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

March 28 – Palm Sunday

The Divine Service for Palm Sunday (March 28, 2021). Have you ever had expectations that didn’t match up with reality? On this Palm Sunday, the prophecy of Zechariah 9 is fulfilled in Christ’s humble ride into Jerusalem. The people expected something Jesus didn’t deliver. But Jesus delivered exactly what they – and you – need: salvation.

March 28 – Palm Sunday service
March 28 bulletin
March 28 announcements

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“Expectations Meet Reality” – Zechariah 9:9-12

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!

March 24 – Lent Midweek service

This is the final Wednesday night Lent service. Zechariah continue to proclaim that God’s kingdom comes to us through a redeeming refinery flowing from the fountain of Jesus. Augustus Toplady’s hymn, “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me” summaries the only sane response to Zechariah 13:1–“Foul, I to the fountain fly, wash me Savior or I die!”

March 21 – Fifth Sunday in Lent

The Divine Service for the Fifth Sunday in Lent (March 21, 2021). Jesus is a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. What does this mean? Pastor Augustine unpacks the text from Hebrews 5 to answer that question and help us to know that we also belong to a royal priesthood – the priesthood of the baptized – priests in the order of Jesus!

March 21 video service
March 21 bulletin
March 21 announcements

“Priests in the Order of Jesus” – Hebrews 5:1-10

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!

March 17 – Lent Midweek service

This week’s theme from the Lent series on the book of Zechariah: “First secure your own oxygen mask.” This directive is familiar to anyone who travels on commercial airplanes. This is also Zechariah’s decree for us—today! As we breathe in the oxygen of the Gospel, we can then help others get set up with it, too!