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Happy 8th Birthday Comfort Dogs

Jackson And Louie the Comfort Dogs Celebrate Their Eighth Birthday in June LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry | Immanuel Lutheran Church and Martin Luther School | Joplin, Missouri June is the month for Comfort Dog birthdays! Happy 8th birthday to Louie and Jackson, the Joplin Comfort Dogs! Summer 2018 also marks the seventh year of LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry in Joplin. Jackson and Louie are a part of a partnership between Immanuel Lutheran Church and Martin Luther School in…
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Summer 2018 Youth Calendar

Summertime Fun In Christ What a summer! Immanuel-Joplin Youth are out of school and having a great time with the summertime change of pace. More relaxing, staying up late, summer jobs, sports and swimming, family vacations — and Youth Group! Check out the Summer 2018 Youth Calendar as you stay connected to God’s Good News and your church family too.   Learn More Youth Ministry at Immanuel Saturday POWERwalk Service Join us on Sunday Morning! About Us at Immanuel-Joplin  

Buy One Get One Book Fair At MLS

scholastic Book Fair At Martin Luther School May 7-11, 2018 in the Gym | Buy One, Get One Free! School families, congregation members, and the community are invited to the gym at Martin Luther School in Joplin for the upcoming Book Fair! Get lots of affordable books into the hands of children you know, and stock up for summertime reading! The books are BOGO – buy one, get one free! Martin Luther School is located at 2616 Connecticut Ave in…
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Comfort Dogs At The Seminary

Regional Comfort Dog Conference Concordia Seminary in St. Louis | Saturday, April 14, 2018 There were Comfort Dogs at the Seminary! Louie, Jackson, and their handlers had a great time at the bi-yearly Regional Comfort Dog Conference in St. Louis this past weekend! Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog teams from all around Missouri, southern Illinois and Tennessee gathered to worship, learn, network and connect. More than 70 people and their various Comfort Dogs came to the campus of Concordia…
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Now What?

Now What? Daily Devotion for Easter | Easter Monday, April 2, 2018 Read Luke 24:1-11. When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome brought spices, so that they might go and anoint Him. (Mark 16:1) Joseph and Nicodemus didn’t have time to do a proper burial for Jesus that Friday evening. Though they did the best they could, the women who followed Jesus were not satisfied. They planned to come back early Sunday morning…
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A Homely Beginning

A Homely Beginning Daily Devotion for Lent | Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 | Holy Week Read John 20:1-9. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. (John 20:6-7) It seems so tidy, somehow. When the disciples look into the tomb, they see the linen cloths…
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Access To The Father

Access To The Father Daily Devotion for Lent | Good Friday, March 30, 2018 | Holy Week Read Luke 23:44-46. And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed His last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. (Mark 15:37-38) Imagine what it would feel like to be a priest going about your duties in the temple that Friday, getting ready for the Sabbath. You would be doing it nervously, in near-darkness—the sun’s light…
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For You

For You Daily Devotion for Lent | Maundy Thursday, March 29, 2018 | Holy Week Read 1 Corinthians 11:23-25. (Jesus said) “This is My body, which is for you….This cup is the new covenant in My blood….” (1 Corinthians 11:24b-25a) “I need a hug,” my son says to me when he’s having a bad day. “Can you hold my hand?” a child asks her mother, standing in line for an amusement park ride. “Stay with me, don’t leave me,” beg…

Youth Serving On Easter Weekend

Busy, Busy Youth Group! SPECIAL HOLY WEEK ACTIVITIES — YOUTH SERVING! Youth Day of Serving — Saturday, March 31 — 10am to 7pm Easter Breakfast – Sunday, April 1 The youth of Immanuel will continue their tradition of spending Holy Saturday serving our congregation and neighborhood with service projects. Youth and their families are invited to participate as we set up and prepare foods for the Easter Breakfast in the gym, fill eggs for the children’s Easter Egg Hunt, clean and scrub the…
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Are You Sure He’s Dead?

Are You Sure He’s Dead? Daily Devotion for Lent | Wednesday, March 28, 2018 | Holy Week Read John 19:31-37. But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. (John 19:34) They wanted to be sure He was dead. So one of the soldiers took a spear and stabbed Jesus in the side, bringing out a flow of blood and water. This was good proof He was dead, because…
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The Nails

The Nails Daily Devotion for Lent | Tuesday, March 27, 2018 | Holy Week Read John 20:24-28. But he (Thomas) said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into His side, I will never believe.” (John 20:25b) As a carpenter and builder, Jesus would have known the use of nails. Nails were expensive; if a wooden peg would do instead,…
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Whose Cross?

Whose Cross? Daily Devotion for Lent | Monday, March 26, 2018 | Holy Week Read Mark 15:21-25. So they took Jesus, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. (John 19:16b-17) After Jesus had been flogged, mocked, and condemned, they took Him out on the road to Golgotha, carrying His own cross. Now the cross was probably what we would call the crosspiece only—the patibulum.…