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.

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!

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.

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!

The Divine Service for the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (October 24, 2021). Pastor John Fuchs, Emeritus, serves up the Word of God from Mark 10 and the account of blind Bartimaeus who sees Jesus as the Son of David, the Savior. Jesus sees him and gives him the eyesight to see what he already knows by faith. May we also trust that Jesus is our Savior who went to the cross for us and opens heavens gates to all who believe!

2021-10-24 service (PDF)
2021-10-24 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 video edits are completed.

“A Beggar Who Sees” – Mark 10:46-52

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! May your week ahead be blessed in the Lord!

The Divine Service for the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost and Heritage Fest. Do you remember the first time you tried to thread a needle, perhaps as a child? Did you think it was impossible, but then it finally went through? Jesus lays out an absurd possibility of a grown camel threaded through a needle, and that is easier than a rich person’s salvation. It isn’t any easier for the poor or middle class, either. So who can be saved? No one. So God does the impossible for us in Christ Jesus. He is our substitute so that salvation is not only possible, but guaranteed!

Today is Immanuel’s 26th annual heritage fest. Chuck Thiel and the Jolly Ramblers have been providing old time/polka music for a generation and they bring their musical talents to praise God with the style of music that many in rural America with European heritage grew up with.

Heritage Fest Service 2021 (PDF)
2021-10-17 bulletin and 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.

“Making the Impossible Possible in Christ” – Mark 10:23-31

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! May your week ahead be blessed in the Lord!

The Divine Service for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost. Caring for one another is sometimes easier said than done. But as Christians, we are called to do this because we all share in Christ, and we want the whole body to be working well. Stephen Ministry is a tool that God has blessed Immanuel to have to help those who are stuck in a fog of sin or despair to care for those who need an extra measure of God’s love and direction to be healed and be mentally and spiritually healthy. Thank you, Lord, for those you equip to care givers to those in need!

2021-October-10 service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
2021-October-10 bulletin and 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.

“Caring for One Another” – Hebrews 3:12-19

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! May your week ahead be blessed in the Lord!

Today we celebrate God’s gift of marriage and children. They are an image of God’s unfailing commitment to His people that is perfectly fulfilled in Christ Jesus. He is the groom that adores His bride, the Church, and lays down His life to make her holy, even when she has been terribly unfaithful. Divorce is not in our Lord’s vocabulary!

We also observe LWML Sunday and give thanks to God for raising up this auxiliary organization that helps support so many missions, outreach, and people in need all around the world.

2021-October-03 service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
2021-October-3 bulletin and announcements (PDF)

The 8:00 service was live-streamed today on our YouTube channel. The video will be linked on this page when the hymn texts are added.

“God’s Unfailing Commitment to You” – Mark 10:2-16

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! May your week ahead be blessed in the Lord!

Have you ever been scandalized? That is caught in a sin or uncomfortable situation that made you wish you were somewhere far away? To Jesus, the scandal we are to avoid is causing others to sin. We often get comfortable with our sins and think we need not repent of them. But woe to those who think that way! Fortunately, the scandal of the cross is the way out and the way to forgiveness and right living.

2021-September-26 service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
2021-September-26 announcements (PDF)

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

“Scandalized!” – Mark 9:38-50

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! May your week ahead be blessed in the Lord!

The Divine Service for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Sept 19, 2021). God’s Word in the epistle of James is often hard to hear and understand. This is the result of our sin and inability to understand. So we need the Holy Spirit to enlighten our hearts and invigorate our lives that reflect the love of God who cares enough to take us aside once in a while in order to correct sinful behavior. This is the wisdom from above that pays dividends for eternity!

2021-September-19 service (PDF) or try this web version that will fit your computer, tablet, or phone.
2021-September-19 bulletin and announcements (PDF)

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

“Wisdom from Above” – James 3:13-4:10

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! May your week ahead be blessed in the Lord!