THIS WEEK AT IMMANUEL
Sunday (10/19)
- 8:00 am—Bible Class
- 9:00 am—Divine Service with Holy Communion
- 10:30 am – Voters’ Assembly Meeting (Tuscola, IL)
- 11:00 am – Divine Service (Broadlands, IL)
- 12:30 pm – Catechism Class (Broadlands, IL)
Monday
- 7:30 am – Matins
- 3:45 pm – Catechism Class (Broadlands, IL)
Tuesday
- 7:30 am – Matins
Wednesday
- 7:30 am – Matins
- 8:00 am – Catechism Class
- 4:30 pm – Individual Confession and Absolution
- 6:00 pm – Divine Service with Holy Communion
- 7:00 pm – Bible History Class
Thursday
- 7:30 am – Matins
Sunday (10/26)
- 8:00 am – Bible Class
- 9:00 am—Divine Service
- 10:30 am – Voters’ Assembly Meeting (Tuscola, IL)
- 11:00 am – Divine Service (Broadlands, IL)
- 12:30 pm – Catechism Class (Broadlands, IL)
- 6:00 pm – Youth Group
IN OUR PRAYERS
HEALTH CONCERNS: Jerry & Joyce Alexander; Cheryl Bozarth (friends of Hilgendorfs); Beau Brown (friend of Ann Carroll); Brad Butler (friend of Hilgendorfs); Darla Combs (friend of Dave Holzrichter); Crystal Davis (friend of Dave Slaughter); Tim Flynn (friend of Dave Holzrichter); Nash Foreman (friend of Sofie Reifsteck); Carol Gaddey (friend of Joan Vukelich); Jerry Graham (teacher of Charlotte Cash); Rick Hardesty (family of the Hoels); Kim Hausman (friend of Ann Carroll); Julie Holzrichter (sister-in-law of Dave Holzrichter); Nancy Holzrichter (wife of Dave Holzrichter); Mary Houvanagle (friend of Hilgendorfs); Ashley Kerns (friend of Joan Vukelich); Bob Kresin; John Lamkin (friend of Dave Slaughter); Lois Love (sister of Mary Appleby, Ruth Bretz, Steve Hilgendorf); Mike Marana (friend of Josh Whitson); Candace McElhaney (daughter of Corky Fields); Jo Richner (mother of Leigh Ann Whitson); Emma Silver; Dave Slaughter; Margaret Stilwell; Kim Travis (friend of Jaimee Whitson); Bob VanCleave (grandfather of Michelle Simpson); Lausanne Walter (mother of Tiffany Cash); Lynn Whitson (father of Mark Whitson); Paul & Sue Wisovaty.
SEMINARY STUDENT: Ethan Baumbach; Reece Parlier.
MISSIONARIES: The Jastram Family (Japan); The Preus Family (Romania).
HOMEBOUND: Bernita Ashwill; Wanda Long; Janet Pollock; Joan Rahn; Norma Uthe.
MILITARY: Carl Crawford; Josh Dyer; Jeremy Gordon; David W. Holzrichter; Jack Leonard; Jake Lindgren; Raymond Longtin; Scott Walter.
CHURCH NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEXT WEEK’S READINGS . . . for the Commemoration of the Reformation are Revelation 14:6–7; Romans 3:19–28; John 8:31–36.
ABOUT THIS WEEK’S READINGS . . . The Pharisees ask a Law question. Jesus asks a Gospel question. The Pharisees seek to test Jesus in His own words. Jesus seeks to “test” them in the saving reality of who He is as the Messiah (Matt. 22:34–46). The Law requires you to “fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul” and to “love the sojourner” (Deut. 10:12–21). Failure to keep the Law perfectly brings judgment. On the other hand, the Gospel brings the grace of God given by Jesus Christ, that you may be blameless in the day of His return (1 Cor. 1:1–9). Jesus is David’s Son yet David’s Lord, true God and true man. He is Love incarnate who fulfilled all the demands of God’s Law on our behalf, that we might be saved from the Law’s condemnation and sanctified in the Gospel’s forgiveness. Thereby we see that “God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Cor. 1:9).
THOUGHTS ABOUT STEWARDSHIP . . . Matthew 22:40 “On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” We serve God and our neighbor through the various vocations (holy callings) that God has given us. We do not need to go searching for or inventing good works: God has given us roles to fill in Home, Church, and Society and when we work hard at them as faithful Christians, God-pleasing works are the result.
REMINDER: VOTERS’ ASSEMBLY MEETING . . . is today, at 10:30 am. Just a reminder that any voting member who is absent from the voters’ meetings for a full year without a valid excuse shall have his/her name removed from the roster of voting members. Those who are 65 and older can submit a written request to have their name placed on the senior voting member list and will be automatically excused. If any senior member is unsure whether or not there is a written request on file, please contact the office. If any member has been removed from the roster of voting members, he/she can be reinstated by a request to the elders and attendance at the voters’ meeting approving that request.
Martin Luther, Church Postils, Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity . . . “Therefore this Gospel teaches us first what we are to do toward God and man, namely, love; and then it shows us where we shall get the power to do it, namely, from Christ, who is both David’s son and David’s Lord. For the Pharisees thought that the Law consisted only in outward works, as though God were satisfied with painted holiness. But Christ strikes at the heart and demands perfect love, which no one can have without faith and the Holy Spirit. This love toward God must come from faith; for how can the heart love God unless it first knows His goodness and mercy? When faith is present, the Holy Spirit is present, who makes the heart glad and willing, so that it loves God and the neighbor freely. Without faith, the Law only commands and terrifies, showing us what we ought to do but giving no power to do it. Christ, however, not only teaches the Law but also fulfills it. He is David’s Lord, true God, who out of love for the Father and for us gave Himself unto death. And He is David’s Son, true man, our brother and High Priest. He alone has loved God with all His heart, soul, and mind, and His neighbor as Himself. Through faith in Him, His love is counted to us, and through His Spirit His love begins to live in us. Thus faith and love are joined together: faith receives from Christ, and love gives to the neighbor.”
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