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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost — "You Went First" (Matthew 16): a pair of worn, mud-caked work boots too big for anyone to fill, sitting alone on a grey stone step.

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost — August 30, 2026

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Joplin, Missouri: the last 9:00 service of the summer, sung as Matins, with retired pastor Rev. Ken Lampe preaching Matthew 16 on our daily call from Christ — and a congregation thanking Susan Ideker for decades of leading its choir.
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost — "What Shall I Render to the Lord," time and talent (Romans 11): a hammer, tape measure, handsaw, screwdriver, level and paintbrush laid in a row on a weathered workbench.

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost — August 23, 2026

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Joplin, Missouri: breakfast at 8:00, Divine Service Setting Four, and our Martin Luther School teachers installed for the new year. Pastor Christopher Ramstad preached Romans 12 on what you can possibly give a God who already gave you everything.

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Second Sunday after Pentecost — communion chalice and paten with liturgy

What Is the Lord’s Supper?

If you have ever wondered what is the Lord’s Supper, you are asking about the very heart of Christian worship. Also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, or the Eucharist, the Lord’s Supper is the meal Jesus gave His Church on the night before He died. Lutherans confess that in this Sacrament we receive the true body and blood of Jesus Christ, given with the bread and wine, for the forgiveness of our sins. Together with Holy Baptism,…
Third Sunday after Pentecost — chancel and baptismal font at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Joplin, Missouri

What Is Holy Baptism?

If you have ever wondered what is Holy Baptism, you have arrived at one of the most comforting teachings in all of Christianity. For Lutherans, Baptism is not first of all something we do for God — it is something God does for us. In the water and the Word, the triune God washes away sin, gives new birth, and claims a person as His own dear child. It is one of the two Sacraments instituted by Christ, alongside the…

“You shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
Matthew 1:21-23