Hybrid Sunday Worship

Sunday Worship

Prelude begins at 10:20 am

Service at 10:30 am

Pr. John Lang will be preaching this Sunday. Masks are optional during in-person worship service. For the livestreaming Worship service, you can join by clicking on the button below. The Worship bulletin is also available.

Feeding Our Faith

Will resume on Sunday, December 7, 2025.

Midweek Adult Spiritual Growth & Study

Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 2:00 pm

We have conversations about faith and upcoming Scriptures for Worship during midweek Adult Bible Study/Spiritual Growth Discussion on Tuesday afternoons. We gather for prayer, check in, and conversation around the Word and things that matter. We meet on Zoom or in-person. Click on the zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86372212374?pwd=U3RwUEJpWEN2eUJydkFndXFMSTNOdz09#success

Praying with the Saints in Advent

Wednesdays, December 3, 10, 17, 2025

7:00 pm

During our midweek evening prayer worship, we will use Holden Evening Prayer liturgy around reflections on the lives of saints that are commemorated during the month of December.

Commemorations illuminate various aspects of the church’s life and mission through the lives of women and men who have followed Christ in succeeding generations.

Even as we look to Christ as our light, breaking through the darkness of these often cold and weary days, we can also see that light reflected—however imperfectly—in the lives of ordinary people. May this great cloud of witnesses inspire our prayer and our reflecting the light of Christ in our own ordinary lives.

The Saints we will remember (and the day of their commemoration)

December 3 - Love Seen and Felt - John of Damascus (Dec. 4), Nicholas (Dec. 6)

December 10 - Love Heard and Confessed - Ambrose (Dec. 7), Lucy (Dec. 13)

December 17 – Love Desired and Fulfilled - John of the Cross (Dec. 14), Katharina von Bora Luther (Dec. 20)

Poinsettia Orders for Christmas

As is tradition at Immanuel, we're planning to have poinsettias adorn the sanctuary for Christmas Eve and Christmas. If you're interested in ordering poinsettias, order forms are inserted in the worship bulletins on Sundays. Please give your completed form and payment to an usher. Or, you may complete a form by downloading the form below, completing it and sending it to parish-admin@immanuelevanston.org. Send payment to the church office. Deadline for ordering is Wednesday, Dec. 10th.

Unsigned poinsettia order form

Friends, the church office received an unsigned Poinsettia order form on Nov. 25th. If this is your form or you recognize the handwriting, please contact the church office at 847-864-4464 or parish-admin@immanuelevanston.org.

Mark Your Calendar!

Carols & Cocoa Returns in 2 Weeks!

Saturday, December 13, 2025

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, Fellowship Hall

Invite your family & friends to celebrate the Christmas season at Immanuel at our annual Carols & Cocoa! We'll gather in Fellowship Hall on Saturday, Dec. 13th at 2:30 pm to sing favorite carols and other songs of the season.

Afterwards, stay for fellowship, hot cocoa and treats!

Katie Gunn Organ Concert

On Sat. Nov. 15, 2025, Katie Gunn, awardee of the 2025 Organ Scholar Graduate Student scholarship, performed in the sanctuary. Her performance included several pieces with trumpet accompanient, a first in the history of Immanuel Organ Scholar concerts. The trumpet was played by Luke Sargent, Katie's husband. After she was awarded the scholarship and medal, attendees enjoyed a champagne reception to celebrate her accomplishments.

Photos by Pr. Mark

Thank-You Note Received...

As you know, 2 out of our 4 Pillars from the Immanuel Lutheran Mantra are We build community and We welcome everyone. To this end, Immanuel rents some of our space to various individuals and groups in the community. Isabelle Cowan is a recently graduated Northwestern U. music student who received her Master's degree in June. She began giving voice lessons at the church in 2024 and continues to do so; primarily to other Northwestern music and drama students and some children in the community. She sent the following note to the congration:

Interfaith Action of Evanston SNAPGap – December 2025

At a time of unprecedented problems within the SNAP program, please assist with Interfaith Action’s ongoing collection of household items that are never available with these federal benefits. For November/December we are collecting any brand of toothbrushes, toothpaste, and lotion. These items will be distributed on Wednesday, December 17, at the Vineyard Food Pantry. Your generosity is greatly appreciated by the 200 anticipated households who benefit. Items can be purchased online at:

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/EU78AK7T6LVH/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1

If you buy these items locally, you can drop them off at: First United Methodist Church, 516 Church St, Evanston, IL, open Monday through Friday, 10am-2pm. Please know that all who benefit send their warm thanks and deep appreciation!

Catch the Fall 2025 issue of the Chicago Metro Word. Click on the icon to read words from Bishop Wayne Miller, about congregations developing Land Acknowledgement statements and more... https://online.fliphtml5.com/dfhdo/iwfa/#p=2