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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost — August 2, 2026

On the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Immanuel Lutheran Church in Joplin, Missouri heard about a Savior who wanted to get away and fed a hillside instead — Pastor Christopher Ramstad preached Matthew 14, and Mr. Jason Glaskey’s children’s message opened a Ziploc bag with five crackers and two goldfish.
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost — July 26, 2026

On the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Pastor Christopher Ramstad returned from his first LCMS synodical convention in Phoenix and preached the three short parables of Matthew 13 — treasure, pearl, and net — alongside a children’s message on the one bond that cannot be broken.

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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