The Twin Steeples Podcast

Devotion Romans 5:1-5   Announcements ILC Graduation Memorial Day Service Ladies' Auxiliary Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies' Bible Study Tim Wheaton Victory Service Weekend Worship Services No Bible Class or Sunday School this Summer 9am Sunday Service Outreach Committee   Prayer List  Jim Lien Lynette Roehl Becky Sue Heise Merl Bev Menton Family of Dennis Ahrens Homebound Members 3 CLC Missio...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on May 24, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Ephesians 2:11-22 (NKJV) Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh — who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands — 12 that at...

This weekend we come to the festival of Pentecost, and focus on the work of God the Holy Spirit. It is only through the work of the Holy Spirit that we receive the benefits of Christ's work for sinners.   The hymn we are studying this weekend is 234 in The Lutheran Hymnal: "Holy Ghost, with Light Divine" by English pastor and hymn writer, Andrew Reed. You will see in this hymn a very simple way of...

Devotion Romans 4:19-25   Announcements Ascension Day Graduation Day Church Council  Victory Service No Church Choir Tonight Men's Breakfast Ladies' Bible Study Weekend Worship Services No Bible Class or Sunday School this Summer Memorial Day Service Board of Education   Prayer List  Jim Lien Lynette Roehl Becky Merl Family of Nellie Edwards Family of Phyllis Worden Sue Heise Cole Whitehead Summer...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on May 14, 2026, Ascension Day. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Colossians 3:1-4 (NKJV) If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things...

As we continue in the Easter season we move to another theme in this season and that is Jesus' invitation to the world to come to Him, even though He has physically ascended into heaven and is no longer visibly present as He was during His earthly ministry. 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 week...

Devotion Romans 4:9-18   Announcements Mini-Musical Muffins with Mom TVBS Ice Cream and Information Outreach Ascension Day Service No Church Choir Men's Breakfast Graduation No Ladies' Bible Study Weekend Worship Services Bible Class - Christian Life Sunday School - Jesus' Ascension Board of Deacons Church Council   Prayer List  Jim Lien Lynette Roehl Becky Phyllis Merl   Principal's Report Lookin...

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...