The Twin Steeples Podcast
Podcasts contain weekly sermons and brief discussions concerning the ongoing activities of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mankato, MN.
Episodes
- Devotion
- Ecclesiastes 2:12-17
- Announcements
- Confirmation Last Weekend
- Sunday School and Bible Class
- Ladies' Auxiliary
- Church Choir
- Men's Breakfast
- Ladies Bible Study
- Banquet
- Anchored in Hope
- Recessed Voters' Meeting
- Adopt a Highway - May 10
- Pool Adventure Day - May 11
- Graduation Day ...
This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church on April 27, 2025. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel.
Psalm 56:8-13
You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? 9 Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. 10 In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, 11...
We will be celebrating the confirmation of several of our young people this weekend in our worship service. Confirmation is an opportunity for the Christian (young or old) to declare before their fellow believers their Christian faith and to assure their fellow believers that they are agreed with them on the teachings of Scripture as they prepare to join them in the celebration of the Lord's Supper. As the confirmands make this pro...
- Devotion
- Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
- Announcements
- No Sunday School and Bible Class
- Holy Week Recap
- Voters Meeting
- Board of Deacons
- Church Choir
- Men's Breakfast
- No Ladies Bible Study
- Confirmation - April 27
- Recessed Voters' Meeting
- Ladies' Auxiliary
- Banquet
- Adopt-a-Highway - May 10
- Prayer List
-
...
This weekend we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead in our weekend worship. Over the past 40 days of Lent, we have removed the Alleluia's from the hymns and responses in our liturgy to focus on the somber reality of Christ's suffering for us and in humble repentance over our sins. Now this weekend, our Alleluia's will joyfully return. The word Alleluia is the Greek version of the Hebrew word Hallelujah. Both words me...
- Devotion
- Ecclesiastes 1:16-18
- Announcements
- No Sunday School and Bible Class
- Cemetery Cleanup Day
- Congregational Meeting
- Principal Call
- Holy Week Schedule
- Church Choir
- Men's Breakfast
- No Ladies Bible Study
- Voters' Meeting
- Confirmation
- Prayer List
- Pastor John...
This weekend we are studying a hymn by an Anglican Pastor, Timothy Dudley-Smith. Smith was ordained by the Church of England in 1950 and over the 40 years of his ministry wrote hundreds of hymns some of which have been included in more modern Lutheran hymnals. We have several of his hymns in our Worship Supplement.
The Palm Sunday hymn "No Tramp of Soldiers' Marching Feet" not only summarizes the events of Palm Sunday recorded in ...
- Devotion
- Ecclesiastes 1:12-15
- Announcements
- Sunday School and Bible Class
- Church Cleanup Day
- Midweek Lent Service
- Church Choir
- Men's Breakfast
- Ladies Bible Study
- Cemetery Cleanup Day
- Congregational Meeting
- Anchored in Hope
- Holy Week (April 13-20)
- Voters' Meeting
- Prayer List
- Read more
The hymn we study this weekend was written by Timothy Dwight, a Reformed pastor and teacher at the time of the founding of our country. He was the grandson of revivalist, Jonathan Edwards, and a scholar by his own right. He was known by George Washington, and the President of Yale University.
This is the only hymn that we have by Dwight in our hymnal, and sadly, some of the greater verses have been dropped out of other hymnals to ...
- Devotion
- Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
- Announcements
- Sunday School and Bible Class
- Ladies Auxiliary
- Alumni Day
- Invite a Friend to Church
- Midweek Lent Service
- Church Choir
- Men's Breakfast
- Ladies Bible Study
- Church Cleanup Day
- Communion
- Anchored in Hope
- Craft du Jour
- Board of Education Meeting
- Cemetery Cleanup Day
- Holy Wee...
This weekend we are studying a hymn by Lutheran Pastor, Johnann Mentzer. Like Gerhardt whom we studied last week, Mentzer lived about 100 years after Luther and in a very difficult time, politically and religiously. Like Gerhardt, Mentzer was also familiar with suffering and tragedy. Yet, his faith in the Triune God and the joy which God's work for him instilled, shines through in his hymns. This hymn is no exception. Originally it...
- Devotion
- Ecclesiastes 1:4-8
- Announcements
- Sunday School and Bible Class
- Arts Camp
- Ambassadors
- Athletics Forum
- Women's Book Club
- Board of Elders
- Midweek Lent Service
- Ladies Auxiliary
- Church Choir
- Ladies Bible Study
- Alumni Day
- Invite a Friend to Church
- Anchored in Hope
- Church Cleanup Day
- Cemetery Cleanup Day
- East...
This weekend we are studying a hymn by Lutheran Pastor, Paul Gerhardt. Gerhardt lived about 100 years after Luther and in a very difficult time, politically and religiously. The Thirty Years War rages. Religious turmoil created havoc. He was familiar with persecution and tragedy. Three children died in infancy as well as a son and his wife in later years. He was forced to conform to false teaching or leave his call as pastor. His c...
- Devotion
- Ecclesiastes 1:1-3
- Announcements
- Sunday School and Bible Class
- Red Cross Blood Drive
- Grade School Basketball Tournament
- Winter Sports Awards
- Women's Study Guild
- Midweek Lent Service
- Church Choir
- Ladies Bible Study
- Arts Camp
- Anchored in Hope
- Ambassadors
- College Bible Study
- Immanuel Membership Information...
The hymn, Just as I am, is one of the most familiar and recognizable hymn in Christianity. It was written by Charlotte Elliot, and joined to the tune Woodworth by William Bradbury, which is a beautiful match.
While the hymn never mentions Jesus by name, the entire hymn is a prayer to Him, the one who is the "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29).
The hymn highlights the basic Christian doctrine salvation b...
- Devotion
- 2 Thessalonians 3:13-18
- Announcements
- Sunday School and Bible Class
- Congregational Meeting
- Midweek Lent Service
- Church Choir
- Red Cross Blood Drive
- Grade School Basketball Tournament
- Ladies Bible Study
- Anchored in Hope
- Prayer List
- Pastor John Hein
The hymn, All Hail the Power of Jesus Name, has been called "the most inspiring and triumphant hymn in the English language" and "the National Anthem of Christianity." It was written by Edward Perronet in 1779 in England.
The hymn highlights the praise and honor that Jesus deserves from all of His creation for the work of salvation that He accomplished through the cross. The words of the Apostle Paul in Philippians 2:9-11 serve as ...
- Devotion
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12
- Announcements
- Sunday School and Bible Class
- Ash Wednesday Service
- Church Choir
- Ladies Bible Study
- Women's Bible Study
- Anchored in Hope
- Church Council
- Congregational Meeting
- Basketball Tournaments
- Midweek Lent Service
- Red Cross Blood Drive
- Prayer List
Tomorrow we will enter the season of Lent with Ash Wednesday service. This begins a 40 day journey of solemn reflection, not only on all that Jesus suffered, but also on the seriousness of our sin, which caused Jesus' suffering and death.
The 17th century hymn by Sigismund von Birken, Jesus I will ponder now, is an especially fitting hymn to begin our reflection. It is the first hymn in the Lenten section in our hymnal for a reaso...
This weekend we end of the Gesima Sundays and prepare to enter the season of Lent. Lent points us to the Love of God which is revealed in His work of salvation in the work of Jesus. It is fitting as we prepare to focus on that salvation that we reflect on the great LOVE of God which was caused our salvation.
The hymn that will be the focus of our service this weekend is the hymn "Love Divine, all Love Excelling" by Charles Wesley....
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