Easter Services
Easter 2024 is Resurrection Day! In-Person Easter Services, Sunday, March 31, 2024 | 6:30, 8:00, 10:30 | Immanuel Lutheran Church LCMS in Joplin, Missouri | immanueljoplin.com/EASTER Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! The time of Lent is over. Holy Week has passed. Jesus, who died, is most certainly alive! Join us In-Person at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Joplin, Missouri as we celebrate all that God has done for us through Jesus Christ His Son. Forgiveness, Life, and Salvation…
Good Friday
Immanuel welcomes you to our In-Person Worship Services. You can also find our services and sermons on FACEBOOK. Good Friday 7:00 pm Worship Service The Friday in Holy Week is a time for remembering Jesus death. Scripture records that Jesus hung on the cross from noon until 3:00pm. Our congregation traditionally observes a prayer vigil and an evening service. This is the second day of special observance for which fasting is recommended. One should use discretion in deciding how best to…
Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday Worship Service with Holy Communion at 7:00 pm This is the Thursday in Holy Week (the week leading up to Easter). The day is a time for remembering The Last Supper. The name comes from the Latin word “Mandatum” for “commandment” as Jesus said, “I give you a new commandment; that you love one another.” At the conclusion of this service, altars are stripped of any ornamentation and crosses are removed or veiled to mark the solemnness of…
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday Worship Services at 8:00 and 10:30 am The Sunday before Easter is the last Sunday in Lent. The day commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem with a blessing of palms and a procession in which the whole congregation often carries palms. The day is also marked by reading the story of Jesus’ passion (the word used to describe Jesus’ death comes from “suffering,” which is one old meaning of passion). Some of the Palm Sunday palms are kept…
Lent 2024 Worship Services
Wednesdays of Lent 2024 Join us each Wednesday during Lent — between February 14 and March 31 until Easter — for our 40-day journey with Jesus to the cross, featuring our Lent 2024 Worship Services. The season of Lent serves not only as a time to meditate on the suffering that Christ endured on our behalf but also as an opportunity to reflect upon our own Baptism and what it means to live as a child of God. Midweek Worship…
Winterfest
Winterfest Chili Cook-Off and Pastry Auction Saturday, February 24, 2024 | 11:00am to 2:00pm The Board of Elders at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Joplin, Missouri will be hosting Immanuel’s once annual “WINTERFEST: A Family & Friends Chili Cook-Off & Pastry Auction” on Saturday, February 24. The day will include a chili feed, chili cook-off competition, pastry auction, music, inflatables for the kids and fun! Invite your family, co-workers, neighbors and friends. Join us anytime from 11am to 2pm in the Martin Luther…
Super Subs Fundraiser
Super Subs Made fresh by our Youth on Super Bowl Sunday, February 11, 2024 — Thanks for ordering ahead! Support the youth of Immanuel as they raise money for various youth trips and activities throughout the year by ordering a fresh-made Super Sub Sandwich! This year our profits will support both our middle school and high school youth as they raise money to attend the Missouri District Youth Gathering on April 5-7, 2024. We are back to building fantastic, fresh,…
Christmas Day Service
Christmas Day With Holy Communion Christ the Savior is born! On that first Christmas, only a few experienced the miraculous happenings of the night before, but word was spreading. Fewer still knew the significance of this baby’s birth. Jesus has come to do no less than save the world! This perfect, tiny child, laid down in a manger, would grow up to lay down his life on a cross for the sins of all mankind. The Word became flesh and…
Advent Service
Wednesdays in Advent — Worship together at a “Peace Came to Earth” Advent Service! Join us each Wednesday until Christmas for a special weekly Advent Worship Service. Advent is a four-week season of preparation and anticipation as we get ready for Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus, our Coming King and Savior! Midweek Worship Services at 12:00 noon and 7:00 pm are held after Thanksgiving each Wednesday evening between December 6 and December 20. Enjoy a thoughtful, grace-filled…
Thanksgiving Eve Service
Thanksgiving Eve At Immanuel Before you gather with family to eat turkey and watch football, come and share in Christ’s Holy Meal with your church family at Immanuel at the Thanksgiving Eve Service! Join us on the Wednesday evening before Thanksgiving for worship with Holy Communion at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Joplin. Give thanks to the Lord for all He has done. In Jesus He has brought us forgiveness, life and salvation. Give thanks! Psalm 136 His Steadfast Love Endures…
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday Easter Vigil 7:00 pm Worship Service Holy Saturday is the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, marking Jesus’ time in the tomb. Immanuel hosts a special Easter Vigil service to mark the day. This service is appropriate from after sunset on Holy Saturday until sunrise Easter morning. This was the traditional time of baptism in the early centuries of Christianity. This service begins in darkness and a new fire is lit, from which the Christ candle is…
Bible Institute
Bible Institute 2023 Sunday Afternoons in March | March 5, 12, 19 | 2:00 to 4:00pm Bible Institute is fast approaching. As you may have heard, Immanuel’s FREE 2023 Institute will cover three Sunday afternoons: March 5, 12, and 19. We will be looking at Jesus Said WHAT?, a book produced by Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis, MO. Joplin’s Bible Institute has been hosted at Immanuel for many years, featuring a variety of topics led by lay leaders from our congregation. Adults young…