April 26: ONE Service!

This Sunday, April 26th, we'll hold our Spring Joint Service ... which means we have one service at 10am. And, it's not at the Student Center this semester. This Service will be at Immanuel CHURCH, 906 East Grant Street.

It's good and salutary to have everyone come together in one service each semester. In the Fall it will be at the Student Center.

So, get ready for worship just an hour earlier this Sunday. And, if you can't drive over the Church, just come to the Student Center at 9:45am and there will be some students there with cars who can drive you over to the Church.

To the Church : at Walgreen's, go south on Dudley Street. Take a left on Grant Street, and then you'll see the Church on your left, about four blocks down. Can't miss it. That's 10am!

Christ is risen ... Alleluia.

in St. Louis for spring break ...

welcome back!

Students, friends in Christ,

Welcome back from Spring Break. Here’s the latest about your LCMS campus ministry …

· Lutheran Student Fellowship members enjoyed a great little servant trip to north St. Louis over Spring Break. Hard work and fun times. Did you see the Youtube video above?

· Wednesday, March 25 … 6pm Soup Supper. 7pm Lenten Service. 8pm Galatians Bible Study. All right here at the Student Ctr.

· Thursday, March 26 … 7pm Bible Study on Confession & Absolution as we look at the Catechism.

· Sunday, March 29^th … 11am Worship with Holy Communion.

· Next Wednesday, April 1^st … Students are in charge of the Lenten Soup Supper. Please volunteer to help by whipping up a pot of soup, or making toasted cheese sandwiches here in the kitchen. Volunteer by email me a reply, please.

· Saturday, April 4^th … Work Party at the Student Center. Noon to 4pm. Please come to the Center and help with spring cleaning inside and out. Lots of help is needed. Light lunch provided.

The Lord be with you!

-- Pastor B

Lenten Services

'Even now,' declares the LORD, 'return to Me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.' Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He relents from sending calamity. Joel 2:12-13

Let us pray. “Heavenly Father, as our Lenten pilgrimage begins, help us ponder anew Your great love for us revealed in the suffering and death of Your Son. By Your Word, You revealed the depth of our sin and the great cost of our redemption. Confessing our sin, we ask for Your mercy, for it was our transgressions that Jesus carried to the cross. Help us remember that we are dust and to dust we shall return, and grant us always to rejoice in the life You give, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.”

7pm Midweek Lenten Services, each Wednesday

Immanuel Lutheran Student Center

303 N. Clay Street

Soup Supper at 6pm!

Spring 09 Welcome

Welcome back, students and staff! May the Lord grant us a rich semester of learning, fellowship, grace, mercy, and peace.

Sundays:
11am Service! Lord's Supper on 2nd & 4th Sundays. If you prefer an earlier Service, come to Immanuel CHURCH at 8:30am (906 E. Grant Street)

Mondays:
4-5pm : "Horseplay" Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea, sit back, and listen to an episode of "The Whitehorse Inn."

Wednesdays:
7pm "Lesson Planning" is a gathering in which we look ahead to the Scripture Lessons we will hear on Sunday in Service. For 45 minutes we read the lessons, dig deeper into them, glean prayer requests, sing a couple of hymns, and enjoy the fellowship.
8-9pm Galatians Bible Study

Thursdays:
7:00-8:30pm Our Life in Christ Bible Study. This is a study of the foundations of the Christian Faith, using Luther's Small Catechism. We meet for eleven weeks. All are welcome. It's great for long-time Lutherans and anyone interested in learning what we believe and why.

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."
- Galatians 2:20

Watch this video

Watch this video and recall our Biblical roots, core beliefs, and responsibilities for passing on the faith. (produced, I believe, by the Lutheran Church-Canada, you also get a dose of dat good 'ole accent, eh.) -- Pastor B

Our Life in Christ Study begins in January

All are welcome to join in this Bible Study that explores the foundations of the Christian faith. It begins Thursday, January 22, 2009. 7-8:30pm at Immanuel Lutheran Student Center.


How does a person learn more about what LCMS Lutherans believe and/or become a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church?

 By the Sacrament of Baptism children and adults become baptized members of God’s family and our fellowship.

 Youth are taught the foundations of the Christian faith according to Luther’s Small Catechism, usually during grades 6, 7, and 8, preparing for Junior Confirmation. Through this learning process, one becomes a confirmed member of the congregation and is admitted to participation in the Lord’s Supper.

 Adults not previously instructed and confirmed in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod participate in the “Our Life in Christ” Bible Study, a twelve-lesson study of the Bible and Luther’s Small Catechism. Those who have learned what the congregation confesses, teaches, and practices have the opportunity to become confirmed members of Immanuel, if they wish. All are welcome to participate in this study, with no expectation or obligation to join the church. However, we would rejoice to have you walking with us in faith in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit!

 The next 12-week series of this class begins at 7pm Thursday, January 22, 2009 at Immanuel Student Center, 303 N. Clay St.


Our Life in Christ
Catechism Bible Study

Lesson I
• Introduction to the Bible and Catechism. Knowing about God. Knowing God. Luke 15:11-32. Is there one way to heaven? Law and Gospel.
Lesson II
• Commandments 1, 2, 3. American “idols.” Bad and good ways to use God’s name. Reasons to be thankful. Do we have to worship on Sunday? What’s a Sabbath? Honoring God’s Word.
Lesson III
• Commandments 4, 5, 6, 7. Love for God. Love for neighbor. Who has authority for me on earth? What about murder, hatred, abortion, and taking care of my body? God’s gift of sexuality and marriage. What about divorce? Have I stolen anything? How can I be a better steward?
Lesson IV
• Commandments 8-10. Gossip. Reputation. Standing up for my neighbors’ honor. Coveting and the gift of contentment. Actual sin. Original sin. Sins of omission and commission. The purposes of the Law. Revisiting Law and Gospel.
Lesson V
• Apostles’ Creed. God the Father. Creation. Angels. The Fall into sin.
Lesson VI
• Apostles’ Creed, Second article. The nature and the work of Jesus, the Christ. Was Jesus damned? Did he bodily rise from the grave, or just spiritually? The return of Christ.
Lesson VII
• Apostles’ Creed, third Article. The person and work of the Holy Spirit. What is “the Church”? What about different Christian denominations? The central doctrine of the faith: Justification by grace, through faith, for Christ’s sake. Will my body be resurrected? Eternal life now and forever.
Lesson VIII
• Prayer. Are all prayers heard by God? God answers every Christian prayer. How should I pray? Do I have to forgive someone who sins against me? What’s the greatest evil? Does “Amen” mean the end?
Lesson IX
• The Sacrament of Baptism. What’s a sacrament? Should infants be baptized? What happens in baptism? Should you be re-baptized once you’ve come back to the faith? Can I be immersed? Must I be baptized? How do I live my baptism every day?
Lesson X
• Confession, Absolution, and the Office of the Keys. What is repentance? Whose sins are forgiven? Why can’t women be ordained into the pastoral office? Is a pastor a servant or a lord? Should we ever excommunicate a person from the church? I don’t want to know if your church is friendly, I want to know if it’s forgiving.
Lesson XI
• The Sacrament of the Altar – Holy Communion. The real presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper. How should I prepare? Why close communion? Am I worthy? What are the benefits of the Lord’s Supper?
Lesson XII
• A brief history of Martin Luther, and the Lutheran Church. Wrap up. Loose ends. What next?

first week, first things

Welcome back, students.
It was good to meet new students and see familiar faces on Sunday. Here are some of the precious people who worshiped here Sunday...

Canoe Trip

Saturday, September 13
Lutheran Student Fellowship Canoe Trip
on the Iowa River, from Wapello, IA.
we'll depart from the Student Center at 8:00am, and return around supper time.
Bring $10 and a water bottle.
Sign up by emailing Pastor B at lutheran@macomb.com, or sign your name on the table in the narthex.