Immanuel Lutheran Loveland Immanuel Lutheran Church

The recording of the prophet Isaiah’s call from God to be His spokesman is pretty dramatic and worth spending some time just soaking in the awe and wonder of what that must have been like. In addition to the miraculous and awe-inspiring presence of angels/seraphim, God’s “train” from the throne, and other amazing things that Isaiah experienced, there are actually some very down-to-earth elements of Isaiah’s call we can relate to. At the end, Isaiah is very inspired to raise his hand and ask God to send him/use him for God’s purposes. How do we get there with that same sense of inspiration and confidence? That’s what we’ll be exploring.

As always, if you can’t be here in-person, take advantage of our live stream option. From now through Labor Day, we will only be live streaming our 8:00am Classic Grace service, which we will do directly from the home page of Immanuel’s website through YouTube. You can view our worship live streams here: https://immanuelloveland.org/ Below are the Scripture readings if you want to take a look at them ahead of Sunday. 

July 21st – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost 
Summer Series: It’s Crazy! 
Old Testament: Isaiah 6:1-8 
Epistle: Ephesians 2:11-22 
Gospel: Mark 6:30-34 
Sermon Title: “Could God Use Me? It Sounds Crazy…”

We’re going to look at the beginning of St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. The opening of this letter is filled with some amazingly powerful promises and guarantees – we’ve been blessed, chosen before the creation of the world, predestined as His children, loving us freely, redeemed by the blood of Christ, forgiveness freely given, God’s grace lavished on us, and MORE! The section ends with the promise of the Holy Spirit, a “deposit guaranteeing our inheritance” – gift after gift after gift! Crazy and amazing! We hope you can join us as we bask in these amazing guarantees!

As always, if you can’t be here in-person, take advantage of our live stream option. From now through Labor Day, we will only be live streaming our 8:00am Classic Grace service, which we will do directly from the home page of Immanuel’s website through YouTube. You can view our worship live streams here: https://immanuelloveland.org/ Below are the Scripture readings if you want to take a look at them. 

July 14th – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Summer Series: It’s Crazy! 
Old Testament: Psalm 85:8-13 
Epistle: Ephesians 1:3-14 
Gospel: Mark 6:14-17 
Sermon Title: “A Guarantee of Eternity? Crazy!”

Focusing on the 2 Corinthians reading once again this Sunday, we hear St. Paul talk about what sounds like some crazy stuff. My focus will be on how this section ends, particularly as Paul writes about grace, power, weakness, and ultimately where real strength is found. To read these things through the lens of the world, it’s all upside-down and doesn’t make much sense – it’s crazy stuff!! But at the same time, life-transforming!

As always, if you can’t be here in-person, take advantage of our live stream option. From now through Labor Day, we will only be live streaming our 8:00am Classic Grace service, which we will do directly from the home page of Immanuel’s website through YouTube. You can view our worship live streams here: https://immanuelloveland.org/ Below are the Scripture readings if you want to take a look at them ahead of Sunday.

July 7th – Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Summer Series: It’s Crazy! 
Old Testament: Ezekiel 2:1-5 
Epistle: 2 Corinthians 12:2-10
Gospel: Mark 6:1-13 
Sermon Title: “Is Grace Enough?”

As we’re in the midst of a financial challenge, this is a great opportunity to hear what “crazy” stuff the Lord has to say to us when it comes to our offerings and our giving to Him. We’ll dig into 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 and some of the “crazy” notions that St. Paul holds up for us when it come to our attitude toward giving to the Lord. Both chapters 8 and 9 provide so many wonderful examples, words of encouragement, and reminders of God’s faithfulness when it comes to how we approach giving in our own lives.

As always, if you can’t be here in-person, take advantage of our live stream option. We live stream our worship services directly from the home page of Immanuel’s website through YouTube. You can view our worship live streams here: https://immanuelloveland.org/ Below are the Scripture readings if you want to take a look at them. 

June 30th – Sixth Sunday after Pentecost 
Summer Series: It’s Crazy! 
Old Testament: Lamentations 3:22-33 
Epistle: 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 
Gospel: Mark 5:21; 24b-34 
Sermon Title: “Giving = Faith? That’s Crazy!”

In Mark 4 we witness Jesus in a boat sleeping during a furious, terrifying storm. The disciples were confused and finally woke Jesus out of their fear. Jesus spoke a word and the wind and waves calmed. And the disciples were suddenly terrified of Jesus. With what God spoke to Job in the Old Testament reading, it seems that there is actually an appropriate fear we should have of God. But this sounds crazy, doesn’t it? We’ll wrestle with this tension.

As always, if you can’t be here in-person, take advantage of our live stream option. We live stream our worship services directly from the home page of Immanuel’s website through YouTube. You can view our worship live streams here: https://immanuelloveland.org/ Below are the Scripture readings if you want to take a look at them. 

June 23rd – Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 
Summer Series: It’s Crazy! 
Old Testament: Job 38:1-11 
Epistle: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 
Gospel: Mark 4:35-41 
Sermon Title: “Afraid of God? It’s Crazy!” 

We continue our new summer series this week, It’s Crazy! In 2 Corinthians 5, St. Paul talks about being “out of our mind” for God. He continues to spout crazy stuff while at the same time, clarifying why we believe it, live it, do it. That changes everything, including how we look at each other, how we approach our daily lives, even being clear on life and death.

As always, if you can’t be here in-person, take advantage of our live stream option. We live stream our worship services directly from the home page of Immanuel’s website through YouTube. You can view our worship live streams here: https://immanuelloveland.org/ Below are the Scripture readings if you want to take a look at them ahead of Sunday. 

June 16th – Fourth Sunday after Pentecost 
Summer Series: It’s Crazy! 
Old Testament: Ezekiel 17:22-24 
Epistle: 2 Corinthians 5:6-17 
Gospel: Mark 4:26-34 
Sermon Title: “Crazy for God!”