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Devotion Romans 1:24-32   Announcements Hymnal Committee ERC Boy's Basketball Tournament Music Call for 2026-2027 Need for School Cook and Aide Midweek Lenten Service Church Choir Men's Breakfast Red Cross Blood Drive Weekend Worship Bible Class - The Word of the Lord Grows Sunday School - Rejected in Nazareth Board of Deacons Board of Elders Women’s Study Guild Church Council Next Week's Midweek...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on March 8, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Luke 9:51-56 (NKJV) Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 52 and sent messengers before His face. An...

As we continue on in the Lenten season we are reminded that Jesus is the Lamb of God and that He resolutely and willingly went to suffer the pain and punishment of mankind's sin. The prophet Isaiah described what the Messiah came to accomplish in Isaiah 53:4-9 - "Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded...

Devotion Psalm 146   Announcements Outreach Committee Meeting Music Call for 2026-2027 Need for School Cook and Aide Midweek Lenten Service Boy's Basketball Tournament Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies Bible Study Weekend Worship - Communion Bible Class - The Holy Christian Church Sunday School - Jesus and Nicodemus Next Week's Midweek Lenten Service   Prayer List  Pastor Tim Wheaton Jim Lien Ly...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on March 1, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: 1 John 2:12-17 (NKJV) I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake. 13 I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the begi...

The focus of our worship on the Second Sunday in Lent is on the Victory that Jesus has earned for sinners and how He shares the spoils of that victory with those who believe. We live in a fallen world that reveals the impact the curse has had on our lives and on the world that we live in. The enemies of the believer are great: the devil, the world, and even our sinful flesh. As we live as God's ch...

Devotion Romans 1:18-23   Announcements Call News Music Call for 2026-2027 Midweek Lenten Service Girl's Basketball Tournament Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies Bible Study Weekend Worship - Communion Bible Class - The Holy Spirit Sunday School - Jesus Changes Water into Wine Board of Elders Next Week's Midweek Lenten Service   Prayer List  Pastor Tim Wheaton Jim Lien Lynette Roehl Becky Girl's...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on February 22, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Genesis 22:1-14 (NKJV) Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." 2 Then He said, "Take now your son, your...

This weekend enter the Lenten season. The Sundays in Lent are not actually a part of Lent, but are mini celebrations of the resurrection of Jesus DURING Lent. One of the main Biblical themes which we will consider this weekend in our worship is the theme of Grace.   That theme is beautifully described by Philip Doddridge in "Grace Has a Thrilling Sound" (TLH 374; WS 778). This hymn is based on Pau...

Devotion Romans 1:16-17   Announcements John Hein’s victory service Church Council Music Call for 2026-2027 Ash Wednesday Service Soup Supper Board of Elders Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies Bible Study Weekend Worship Bible Class - The Resurrection of Jesus Sunday School - The Temptation of Jesus Sunday School Teacher's Meeting Board of Education   Prayer List  Lynette Roehl Pastor Tim Wheaton...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on February 15, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: John 11:47-57 (NKJV) Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. 48  “If we let Him alone like this, every...

This is the last weekend before we enter the seven weeks of Lent, during which we mediate on the suffering and death of Jesus and its meaning for sinners. Our theme this weekend leads us into that thoughtful meditation. Why was the cross necessary? What was accomplished through it? We will be singing "In the Cross of Christ I glory" by John Bowring this weekend. This hymn is more emotional and per...

Devotion Romans 1:8-15   Announcements ERC Meeting Early Out Today Youth Group Board of Education Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies Bible Study Weekend Worship Bible Class - Death and Resurrection of Jesus Sunday School - The Baptism of Jesus Board of Deacons Women's Study Guild Church Council Ash Wednesday - February 18 Lenten Soup Supper   Prayer List  Family of Pastor John Hein Lynette Roehl...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on February 8, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: John 11:20-27 (NKJV) Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21 Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been...

The hymn that we are studying in preparation for our worship this weekend is from the "Lord's Day" section. The Lord's Day is a term found in Revelation, which referred to Sunday. The early Christians called the first day of the week the Lord's Day, because it was on that day that the Lord had risen from the dead. He was the victor! It was now HIS day! This hymn by Julia Elliott does several creat...

Devotion Romans 1:5-7   Announcements Virtual Women's Retreat Watch Party Installation of Church Officers and Board Members Voters' Meeting Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies Bible Study Weekend Worship Bible Class - Death and Resurrection of Jesus Sunday School - The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus Immanuel Women who Hike ERC Meeting Board of Elders Board of Property Youth Group Board of Education Ash Wed...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on February 1, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Luke 10:38-42 (NKJV) Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary,...

This weekend we take a break from the season of the church year to reflect on the rich instruction that we find on the doctrine of the Lord's Supper in one of our Communion hymns.  The doctrine of the Lord's Supper is a very important and serious doctrine. The proper understanding and use of it has great implications in a Christian's life. Paul says:  For I received from the Lord that which I also...

Devotion Romans 1:1-4   Announcements Whitewater Youth Camp Church Board Reorganization Meeting Outreach Committee Meeting Ladies' Auxiliary Board of Education Church Choir Men's Breakfast No Ladies Bible Study Virtual Women’s Retreat Watch Party Weekend Worship Bible Class - Death and Resurrection of Jesus Sunday School - Joseph Makes Himself Known Installation of Church Officers and Board Member...

Devotion Ecclesiastes 12:9-14   Announcements Annual Voters' Meeting Recap Women's Book Club Church Choir Men's Breakfast Whitewater Youth Camp No Ladies Bible Study Weekend Worship Bible Class - The Ministry of Jesus Sunday School - Joseph’s Brothers come to Egypt and Joseph Tests His Brothers Installation of Church Officers and Board Members Veteran's Memorial Bridge Closing Recessed Voters' Mee...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on January 18, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: John 1:43-51 (NKJV) The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me." 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter....

As we continue in the Epiphany season we move to another theme in this season and that is Jesus' invitation to the world to come to Him. Just as the Wise Men were "invited" to come and see and worship Jesus, so this invitation is for all people. This weekend we will hear and read examples of that invitation which Jesus offers to the world of sinners.  The hymn we are studying this weekend is 277 i...

Devotion Ecclesiastes 12:1-8   Announcements Special Voters' Meeting Board of Deacons Meeting Church Choir Church Council Men's Breakfast Ladies Bible Study Weekend Worship Bible Class - The Birth of Jesus Sunday School - Joseph Becomes Ruler of Egypt Annual Voters' Meetings Whitewater Youth Camp   Prayer List  Pastor John Hein Pastor Tim Wheaton Jim Lien Becky Eunice Mutzke Naumann Family Christi...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on January 11, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 (NKJV) But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light...

On January 6th the church celebrates Epiphany. Epiphany means manifestation or revelation, and looks at how Jesus was revealed as the worlds Savior. That begins with the revelation to the Wise Men through a star God sent to announce Him and to guide the Wise Men to Him.  This weekend we will be studying that revelation, both to the Wise Men and to us. We are studying hymn 718 in the Worship Supple...