Join Us Sunday Mornings for Worship at 8:00 am and 10:30 am
Face Book Live Stream at 10:30 am
Coffee Fellowship at 9:00 am
Sunday Adult Bible Study & Youth Experience at 9:15 am
Adult Bible Study on Wednesdays ~ Meal at 6:00 pm Bible Study at 6:30 pm
Weekly Daytime Bible Studies ~ Thursdays at 10:45 am
Women’s Bible Study Wednesday at 10:00 am and Thursdays at 7:00 pm
Events
Take kids deep into an amazing undersea adventure where they’ll experience the ever-flowing, never-ending love of God.
At Scuba VBS, kids will be immersed in the Word and discover what living water is really all about!
Follow the link to register your child or sign up as a volunteer at:
ILC 2024 VBS SCUBA
Join us every Sunday at 8:00 am and 10:30 am for our Regular Sunday Holy Communion Service.
FaceBook Live every Sunday at 10:30. Follow the link at:
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH LIVE STREAM HERE
April 2024 Calendar
Send Your Offerings
Send your offerings/tithes in through the mail or drop them off at the church office during regular office hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
The mailing address is: Immanuel Lutheran Church, PO Box 168, La Vernia TX 78121.
Pastor Eric's Message, Sunday Bulletins & Monthly Newsletters
April 2024 Newsletter
This month, our magazine and Pastors message is about the truth of functional guidance to follow after the excitement of Lent and Holy Week.
The message of the risen Christ in Matthew 28: 1620 is clear, “Go and make disciples.” This text is an active challenge for all believers to become teachers (it is the only way to have disciples) of God’s grace through the Good News of Jesus Christ to pass from generation to generation the message of salvation.
Jesus’ locus as a disruptor of the heavenly king90m into human history is a loud proclamation, not just of God’s grace and sovereignty, but of a game plan for those, us, who are part of His will of salvation for all (John 3:16-17). To ourselves Christian is to sign up for a covenant of spreading the to all humanity -without exceptions. This sacred task also entails loving humanity and rejecting hatred for the gospel’s sake. It is after Easter that the mission starts. Let us Go in Jesus’ name. Halleluia!
Message from Pastor Eric – April
Christian Life After Easter
“Then go quickly and ten his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the death, and indeed, he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.
This is my message for you. “Matthew 28:7
The biblical text above is the angel’s message to “Mary Magdalene and the other Mary “l when they went “the first day of the week” to see the tomb where Jesus had been buried. This message is highly significant not just because it entails the message of the resurrection in the form of a third-person responsibility/action -Jesus’ resurrection here is the act of the Father (He has been raised)- but because the deferred of the public appearance of the resurrected2 because a matter of location. The risen Jesus wants to see his disciples in Galilee, not any other place.
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2024 Immanuel Lutheran Church Scholarship Application
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Worship & Other Activities at Immanuel
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER for 2024
*** All Dates Subject to Change****
April
April 6 – La Vernia Food Pantry 8:30 am to 11:00 am
April 20 – South Texas Mission District Ingathering – Three Rivers – WoF Leaving at 7:30 am & Returning Approximately 4:30 pm
May
May 3 – Sisters in Christ Dinner 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm – Open to all Women of Immanuel
May ? – Ministerial Alliance Senior Luncheon @ Chamber of Commerce
May ? – Confirmation Retreat
May 5 – Church Picnic 10 am Service on Immanuel Lutheran Church Grounds.
May 12 – Mother’s Day, Graduate Recognition Sunday
May 19 – Pentecost Sunday, Confirmation Day if applicable
May 27 – Memorial Day (Church office will be closed)
June
June 9 – WoF Honor Men of Immanuel Banquet – Directly after 2nd Service Open to All Men of Immanuel
June 15 – La Vernia Food Pantry – 8:30 am to 11:00 am
June 16 – Father’s Day
July
July 4 – Fourth of July (Church office will be closed)
July 8th to 11th – 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm – Vacation Bible School – Contact Shasta Franklin or Chelsey Thayer
July – Confirmation Camp
July 21 or 28 – July Semi-Annual Congregational Meeting
Aug
Aug 3 – Set Up for 21st Annual Festival –
Volunteers needed to move items from the Church to the Hall,
Set up at Chamber Hall,
cut vegetables in Chamber kitchen
and much more. Contact Becca Reeves for more information.
Aug 4 – 21st Annual Community Festival at La Vernia Chamber of Commerce Hall.
Volunteers needed in kitchen,
drive thru
clean up after.
Contact Becca Reeves for more information
Aug 24 – La Vernia Food Pantry – 8:30 am to 11:00 am
Aug ? Rally Day
Sept
Sept 2 – Labor Day (Church office will be closed)
Sept – WoF Meeting date and time to be determined – Painted Church Trip Possible
Oct
Oct 31 – Reformation Sunday
Oct 31 – usually First Communions are celebrated
Nov
Nov 2 – La Vernia Food Pantry – 8:30 am to 11:00 am
Nov 3 – All Saints’ Sunday – recognize departed and baptized
Nov 3 – Women of Faith potluck luncheon and Meeting
Nov 19 ? – Community Thanksgiving Service
Nov 20 – Thanksgiving Eve Service
Nov 21-22 – Thanksgiving Day Holiday* (Church office will be closed)
Nov 23 – Decorating of the Church
Nov 24 – Christ the King Sunday – last Sunday of the Liturgical Year
Nov 30 – Hanging of the Greens
Dec
Dec 7 – Christmas Market
Dec 14 – Cantata
Dec 14 ? – Senior Saints’ Luncheon
Dec 15 – Cantata
Dec 15 ? – Sunday School Program
Dec 24th & 25th – Christmas Services – Times to be determined
Dec 29 – Service of Lessons & Carols ?
- Li
CHURCH ISN'T SOMETHING YOU ATTEND...
it’s a family to which you belong.
Ministry Schedules for 2024
Sunday Worship at 8:00 am and 10:30 am – Coffee Fellowship at 9:00 am – Sunday School for all Ages at 9:15
Council Meetings – Contact Church office for dates and times
Men of Immanuel Breakfast – Second Saturday of Each Month – 8:30 am
Women of Faith Meetings – Third Sunday of Each Month – Noon
Weekly Daytime Bible Study – Thursdays at 10:45 am
Ladies Bible Studies Wednesdays at 10:00 am and Thursdays at 7:00 pm
Wednesday Adult Bible Study – Meal at 6:00 pm and Bible Study at 6:30 pm
YACHT ~ Young Adults Church Team – 6:30 to 8:00 pm ~ Check Website, Facebook and Newsletter for dates
Peacemakers Grades 6-8 – Wednesday Nights – 6:00 pm Contact Jana Clarke for Schedule
Children of God – Contact Bridgette Faglie for more information
Bell Choir – Contact Adrienne Stone or Patrice Goodman for more information
Choir Practice – Contact Adrienne Stone or Patrice Goodman for more information
Quilting Circle – Third Tuesday of Each Month – 9 am to Noon – Do not need to know how to sew, just tie knots
Festival Committee Meeting – Contact Jacy Reeves or Becca Reeves for schedule