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Aug 30-31 Weekend – What Are You Setting Your Mind On – Lutheran Worship Services

Have you ever contemplated what you set your mind upon on a daily basis? What is it that drives your daily thoughts, actions, interactions and attitudes? For the most part, we often think that we are generally being positive and … Continue reading

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Aug 23-24 Weekend – “A Bunch Of Questions” – Lutheran Worship Services

Life is full of questions, questions are everywhere. “What am I going to do with my life? What will I be? Will the kids turn out all right? What will tomorrow bring?” These practical question beg for an answer. But … Continue reading

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Aug 16-17 Weekend – “Every Dog Has His Day” – Lutheran Worship Services

If you’ve ever eaten a meal with a dog present, you will soon remember how they are exceptional in the art of begging. Somehow they manage to change their faces to look like the most deprived and yet most irresistible … Continue reading

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Aug 9-10 Weekend – “How Can I Cross This Lake” – Lutheran Worship Services

In your wildest dreams, how many of you planned from childhood on being in the position you are in today? Did you think – when you were ten years old – that you would have ended up in Palatine or … Continue reading

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Aug 2-3 Weekend – “Big Faith For Big Problems” – Lutheran Worship Services

I (Pastor Tom) am just returning to working on-site at Immanuel after a couple weeks of “staycation.” I’ve noticed that some big stuff is happening in the world lately. Since I left: Israel invaded Gaza, and more than 1,000 people … Continue reading

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July 26-27 Weekend – “Better Than Winning The Lottery” – Lutheran Worship Services

If someone was going to sell you the winning Mega Millions Lottery ticket, how much would you be willing to pay? What would you give up to get that winning ticket in your hands?  Would you be willing to sell … Continue reading

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July 19-20 Weekend – “Don’t Pull The Weeds” – Lutheran Worship Services

Have you ever gone out to your garden to pull weeds and had a hard time distinguishing what is a weed and what is a plant?  Sometimes weeds have very colorful flowers on them, and they seem abundant and thriving, … Continue reading

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July 12-13 Weekend – “How’s Your Hearing?” – Lutheran Worship Services

Have you ever experienced when someone is talking to you, and you are trying to listen, but nothing sticks? It may seem like what they are saying is ‘going in one ear and out the other.’ Perhaps other thoughts in your … Continue reading

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June 28-29 – “Happy Birthday America” – 4th Of July – Lutheran Weekend Worship

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! You are a great nation with a great history. When you were very young, the famous French political philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville visited your shores to learn the secret which enabled a handful of people to defeat … Continue reading

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June 7-8 Weekend Worship – Confirmation 2014! & Guest Pastor – Reverend James D. Cerdeñola – Lutheran Church, Philippines President!

Guest Pastor This weekend we will have a guest preacher for three of our worship services – the Reverend James D. Cerdeñola, the President of The Lutheran Church in the Philippines!  Preached on Saturday @ 5:00 p.m. & Sunday @ … Continue reading

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