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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost — Pastor Christopher Ramstad in a blue Hawaiian shirt, clerical collar and straw hat, standing at a painted crossroads signpost whose arrow boards read Parable Town, The Marketplace, Farmer Frank's Field, The Vineyard and Sower's Row beneath a board reading Workers Wanted, with a vineyard on the hill behind him

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost — September 20, 2026

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost fell on September 20. Out in the narthex (the lobby) before the 8:00 service, Pastor Christopher Ramstad asked a group of people whether anyone was looking for work. He said he needed laborers for the vineyard. Nobody volunteered. That question ran through the whole morning. From September through May we worship twice on Sunday mornings, at 8:00 and 10:30. The Christian Education Hour meets between them at 9:15. In June, July and August there is…
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost — a slate chalkboard covered edge to edge in chalk tally marks, wiped clean across the middle where the words FORGIVE SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN are written

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost — September 13, 2026

On the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost the hymn boards were blank on purpose. We held a hymn sing, and the congregation picked every hymn from the pew. Pastor Christopher Ramstad preached Matthew 18 and the servant who was forgiven ten thousand talents, a parable he retitled on the spot as the parable of the merciful master. The children’s message asked everyone to count how many times they heard the word forgive. The sermon alone had forty-four.

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Congregation gathered for Sunday worship at Immanuel Lutheran Church Joplin Missouri

What Is Lutheran Worship?

People who visit Immanuel often ask about our worship style. The short answer is that Lutheran worship here is traditional: a sung liturgy from the Lutheran Service Book, hymns led by the organ, three Scripture readings, and a sermon every Sunday. But style is the second question. The first is what worship actually is, and the Lutheran answer may surprise you. If you want a step-by-step walk through a Sunday morning, start with What Happens at a Lutheran Service? This…
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,…

“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

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PTO fundraiser at Martin Luther School on Friday, October 9