The Twin Steeples Podcast

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on May 10, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Psalm 145:13-21 (NKJV) Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations. 14 The LORD upholds all who fall, And raises up all who are bowed down...

This weekend our worship service emphasizes one of the blessings of Christ's resurrection, the privilege and power of prayer. Our hymn, "Approach, My Soul, the Mercy Seat" is a hymn by John Newton about prayer.  Jesus invites us: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will fi...

Devotion Romans 4:1-8   Announcements Banquet Mini-Musical Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies' Bible Study Hymnal Committee Meeting Weekend Worship Services Bible Class - The Lord's Supper Sunday School - The Lost Sons Muffins with Mom Granny Shots TVBS Ice Cream and Information Board of Education Board of Property   Prayer List  Jim Lien Lynette Roehl Becky Pastor Tim Wheaton's Family Merl Roman...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on May 3, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: John 6:60-69 (NKJV) Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying; who can understand it?" 61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained...

This weekend we are going to study a hymn from the "Close of Service" section of our hymnal, but which has a connection to Easter. The hymn is "Savior, again, to Thy dear name we raise" (TLH 47), written by John Ellerton.  The hymn emphasizes the PEACE that Jesus assures us of because of His life, death and resurrection for us. The opening verse points to the conclusion of worship shared by fellow...

Devotion Romans 3:27-31   Announcements Cemetery Clean Up Confirmation Ladies' Auxiliary Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies' Bible Study Weekend Worship Services Bible Class - The Lord's Supper Sunday School - The Daughter of Jairus and The Canaanite Woman’s Daughter Communion Board of Elders   Prayer List  Jim Lien Lynette Roehl Becky Pastor Tim Wheaton's Family Mark Geiger Steve Groth Merl Fami...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on April 26, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Isaiah 40:26-31 (NKJV) Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness of His might And...

This weekend is Confirmation Sunday as we continue the Christian practice of almost 2,000 years, of receiving people who have been instructed in the truths of the Christian faith into communicant fellowship of the Church by profession of that faith.  The young people who will be making a public profession of their faith this weekend chose the following hymn as their Confirmation hymn. Hymn 784 in...

Devotion Romans 3:19-26   Announcements Quarterly Voters' Meeting Women's Study Guild Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies' Bible Study Cemetery Clean Up  Weekend Worship Services Confirmation Sunday No Bible Class Sunday School - Jesus Calms the Storm Board of Education Ladies' Auxiliary   Prayer List  Pastor Tim Wheaton Jim Lien Lynette Roehl Becky Mark Geiger Steve Groth Merl Encouraging others...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on April 19, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Micah 7:14-20 (NKJV) Shepherd Your people with Your staff, The flock of Your heritage, Who dwell solitarily in a woodland, In the midst of Carmel; Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, As...

This weekend is the Second Sunday after Easter, which is known as "Good Shepherd Sunday." There are some beautiful and rich connections to Jesus the Good Shepherd and the Season of Easter. For example Jesus says: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the...

Devotion Romans 3:9-18   Announcements ILS Spring Concert Special Voters Meeting Outreach Meeting Youth Group Event Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies' Bible Study Cemetery Clean Up  Weekend Worship Services Bible Class - Baptism Sunday School - The Four Soils and the Workers in the Vineyard Quarterly Voters' Meeting Board of Deacons Women's Study Guild   Prayer List  Pastor Tim Wheaton Jim Lien...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on April 12, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel . Sermon Text: John 21:15-19 (NKJV) 15 When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter,   “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”   “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I care about...

This weekend we continue to bask in the truth of the resurrection of Jesus. We will be reviewing one of the resurrection accounts of Jesus to His disciples, this one at the Sea of Galilee. Our hymn study will focus on a hymn that was written as a paraphrase of that account. It was written by a modern English hymn writer, who was ordained as a pastor in the Church of England. Timothy Dudley-Smith h...

Devotion Romans 3:1-8   Announcements Holy Week Easter Egg Hunt Church Council Preparing Phoebes Teaching Timothy's Women's Book Club Church Choir Men's Breakfast No Ladies' Bible Study Cemetery Clean Up  Hymnal Committee Weekend Worship Services Bible Class - Fellowship Sunday School - Calling Fishers of Men Sunday School Teachers Meeting ILS Spring Concert Special Voters' Meeting Outreach Meetin...

This weekend is Resurrection Sunday, and is the conclusion of "Holy Week." This is the final assurance that what Jesus did was accepted by God the Father and our salvation is sure. The hymn, "He's Risen, He's Risen, Christ Jesus the Lord" was written by Lutheran pastor and professor, C.F.W. Walther, who was probably the most important figure in American Lutheranism in the 19th century. He was also...

Devotion Romans 2:17-29   Announcements Arts Camp Immanuel Service Organization Patty Stelter Victory Service Bumper Magnets Church Choir Maundy Thursday Men's Breakfast Good Friday Ladies' Bible Study Resurrection of Jesus Christ Worship Services Sunrise Service No Bible Class or Sunday School Pancake Breakfast  Board of Elders Church Council Preparing Phoebes Teaching Timothy's   Prayer List  Pa...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on March 29, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Zechariah 9:9-12 (NKJV) “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a...

This weekend is Palm Sunday, and marks the beginning of "Holy Week." These are the final days that lead to Jesus' death and resurrection for our salvation. Palm Sunday marks a significant change in the ministry of Jesus. Before this time He had told people not to tell others that He was the Messiah. But all that changes on Palm Sunday. The floodgates are released. Jesus allows and even encourages...

Devotion Romans 2:12-16   Announcements Music Call for 2026-2027 School Cook and Aide Bumper Magnets Time and Talents Basketball Award Night Midweek Lenten Service Ladies' Auxiliary Church Choir Men's Breakfast Arts Camp Ladies' Bible Study Weekend Worship Bible Class - Church and Churches Sunday School - Jesus’ Crucifixion, Burial, and Resurrection Patty Stelter Victory Service Holy Week Resurrec...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on March 22, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Numbers 21:4-9 (NKJV) Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. 5 And t...

Join us for a study of the Scottish hymn "Thy Works, Not Mine, O Christ" (Hymn 380 in The Lutheran Hymnal) by Horatius Bonar. This is a beautiful hymn on the doctrine of Justification the the person and work of Jesus for sinners.  While this hymn is not strictly a "Lent" hymn, it fits nicely during the season of Lent. It points clearly to the suffering (verse 2) and death (verse 4) of Jesus at the...

Devotion Romans 2:1-11   Announcements Grade School Basketball Tournament Music Call for 2026-2027 Need for School Cook and Aide Bumper Magnets Midweek Lenten Service Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies' Bible Study Hymnal Committee Weekend Worship Bible Class - The Word of the Lord Grows Sunday School - Rejected in Nazareth Time and Talent Name Tag Usher Meeting Tour Choir Board of Education Next...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on March 15, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 7:4-10 (NKJV) Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation. 5 F...

Join us for a study of "Jesus Refuge of the Weary" (Hymn 145 in The Lutheran Hymnal) by the Italian Reformer Girolamo Savonarola. You can also listen to a former hymn study on Hymn 149 (which we will also be singing this weekend) here: https://twinsteeples.podbean.com/?s=Hymn%20149 In this hymn, Savonarola points to who Jesus is (Refuge, Redeemer, Fountain, Savior) and what He has done (bore the p...