Immanuel Lutheran Church Waterloo, IL (618) 939-6480
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Immanuel members come together weekly for worship - praising God for the forgiveness of sins He gives to us because of the cross. For it was there on the cross, by suffering sin's punishment of death, that Jesus sacrificially gave up his life for the benefit of all people. By his sinless life, substitutionary death, and succeeding resurrection from the dead, Jesus reconciled humanity to our Creator and heavenly Father. During worship, called the Divine Service because God is serving us, God brings us the benefits of Jesus' work through His Word. We respond in faith by offering sacrifices of praise to His Glory.
We usually offer three worship opportunities a week: Saturday evening beginning at 5:30 p.m., and Sunday mornings at 7:45 & 10:15 a.m. During the church's fall Advent and spring Lenten seasons we also worship on Wednesdays. Other services are held during special holidays and observances such as Easter, Christmas, and Thanksgiving.
In Lutheran Service Book we joyfully and reverently utilize the holy Christian Church's historic liturgies and hymnody, which have arisen over the centuries. Though used as our tradition, we never let them become a "law of man" over us. Other musical pieces, often labeled "contemporary," as well as other special Orders of worship are at times employed to ring out the Good News of Jesus Christ.