Immanuel Lutheran School

Wonderful Day

July 11, 2010

Today saw the culmination of several efforts which have occupied my time lately. Hana, a woman from Ethiopia and the mother of two students at our parish school, was confirmed and received her first Communion today. Also, Robert Kieselowsky was installed as vicar at Immanuel at today’s Divine Service. It is a convertible vicarage, meaning [...]

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Thanksgiving Matins sermon

November 26, 2009

God made man from the earth. Our very first father, Adam, was made from the clay, but he came alive when God breathed into Adam the breath of life. And not only was Adam made from the earth, he depended on the earth for his life. The food that he had to eat came from [...]

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Funeral Sermon: +Ralph Behrens

November 7, 2009

Texts: John 10:27-30; 1 John 3:1-2 I deviated somewhat from this manuscript in the actual sermon. Lola; Jackie, Julie, Jean; brothers and sisters in Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. It would be difficult to overstate the influence of Ralph Behrens. His service at Immanuel impacted [...]

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If you were Job

January 21, 2009

I gave my 7/8 grade Christian Faith class in our parochial school an assignment recently to read the first two chapters of Job and analyze it. The last part of the assignment was to answer this question: “Describe how you might respond in a similar situation [as Job's].” Most of the responses were probably what [...]

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From the mouths of babes

November 5, 2008

I give a religion quiz to the 7th and 8th graders in our parochial school each Friday. Usually it is just writing out their hymn stanzas assigned for memorization that week, along with identifying some terms and multiple-choice questions on Bible stories or doctrines. We’ve been working our way through the Te Deum, and we [...]

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