Sunday Worship

Prelude begins at 10:20 am

Service at 10:30 am

Masks are optional during in-person worship service. For the livestreaming Worship service, you can join via Immanuel's Zoom by clicking on the button below. The Worship bulletin is also available.

Click to make your offering.

Please sign up to host Coffee Hour

Additional Coffee Hour hosts are needed for July and August. Sign up on the sheet in Fellowship Hall, or contact Terri Simchak.

Thank you for your help with this important, welcoming ministry!

Midweek Adult Spiritual Growth & Study

Tuesday, July 8, 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

Fourth of July

Friday, July 4, 2025 - Church office is closed.

Happy Fourth of July! Have a safe, healthy and pleasant holiday!

Funeral Service for Kathleen M. Roderer

We were saddened to learn of the passing of long-time Immanuel member Kathy Roderer on June 13, 2025. A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Kathleen M. Roderer will be held on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 10:00 am in the Immanuel Sanctuary, with light reception immediately following in Fellowship Hall. Please keep Kurt, their children and their families in your prayers, as we commend Kathy into God's eternal light and peace.

"I am the resurrection and the life. 

Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live." 

John 11:25

The service will be livestreamed. Click the buttons below for the livestream link and the funeral service bulletin.

Immanuel Welcomes

Serve Boldly - Green Lake Lutheran Ministries

Youth Service Plan | Chicago, IL | July 6 -11, 2025

Hosted by Immanuel Lutheran Church, Evanston

Beginning on this Sunday evening, July 6 through Friday morning, July 11, Immanuel will host the Serve Boldly Youth Service Plan for Chicago. The group of 30 middle school students and 8 adult chaperones will take meals, have worship and activities, and sleep overnight at Immanuel during the week. During the daytime, the group will perform various service projects with their ministry partners in the Chicago area, including Bernie's Books in Lake Bluff, Common Pantry, Care for Real, Cradles to Crayons, Christ Lutheran Church Migrant Ministry (all in Chicago), and Evanston Grows, among others. The group originates from Green Lake Lutheran Ministries in Minnesota and the Nativity Lutheran Church in St. Anthony, MN. They will travel in four vehicles and a trailer and will have Immanuel parking permits on their dashboards.

Kit & Jim McCarthy will serve as host liaisons and will greet Serve Boldly upon their arrival to Immanuel on Sunday, July 6th evening. Certified Kitchen Manager Allison Lamberg will be available to assist with any Kitchen matters. Please note that access to the church building will be limited the week of July 6-11 to respect Serve Boldly's use of our facilities. We ask that before going to Immanuel for any reason, please contact the church office at parish-admin@immanuelevanston.org or contact Jane at 847-212-4574 (call or text). We understand this may be an inconvenience to some members and we thank you in advance for your cooperation.

We welcome Serve Boldly and this opportunity to support a Lutheran youth ministry & their community partners!

Your Input Is Needed....All Are Welcome!

Facilities Walk Through

Hopefully, you have noticed that Immanuel is making an effort to be more available to those in the community looking for space for events. To that end, we will be doing a walk through of the facility. Would you like to participate? We want to consider how best to create and provide space for different individuals and groups in the Evanston area and beyond. To date, income from sharing our space has been a great contributor to our overall budget. We hope to grow this over time. However, discussion at Council meetings has clarified that we need to be sure that our space and resources can support this growth.

--Michael Kloster, Council President

If you are interested in participating, please contact Kit McCarthy (kit.mccarthy@comcast.net), Pastor Mark, or Jane Kaihatsu in the church office.

Help Needed with Sunday Soup Kitchen

Interfaith Action needs volunteer teams at the Sunday Soup Kitchen at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1004 Greenwood in Evanston. Lunch is served from Noon to 1:00 pm. Teams provide 65 meals. Five or 10 of the meals should be vegetarian. The team can prepare the meal in the church kitchen or bring the meals already prepared. Guests have the option of taking the meals with them or eating in a dining area. 

The available dates are:

7/6, 7/13, 7/27, 8/3, 8/10, 8/31

Please contact me at ia@interfaithactionofevanston.org or Paula at paula.ketcham@gmail.com to sign up or for more information. Thank you!  

--Sue Murphy, Executive Director

Come be a Beacon of Light!

Thursdays, 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm this summer through August.

Inspired by the Beacons of Light national movement, we're joining a growing chorus of resistance, hope, and solidarity right here in Evanston. The interfaith clergy invite the community to gather in solidarity at one of these locations in Evanston (there will be people gathering at all 3 locations each Thursday):

• Dempster & Ridge
• Chicago & Main
• Central & Lincolnwood Drive

All are welcome. Bring a colorful sign with a positive message of solidarity and hope, or include The Beacon’s QR code to spread the light even further.