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Holy Week and Easter Schedule

Members & Friends of Immanuel:

The Lord be with you.

On Maundy Thursday, the Church begins the journey through the Three Holy Days of Christ’s Passover from death to life and captivity to freedom.

Thursday, April 18                  
Maundy Thursday

7:00 PM                                                  

Holy Communion and Stripping of the Altar

You are invited to observe Maundy Thursday with us in a Service that begins at 7:00 PM. The Maundy Thursday Service consists of the Liturgy of Reconciliation, the Service of the Word, the Service of the Sacrament and the Stripping of the Altar. The Service ends with the Altar and Chancel adornments being removed, while Psalm 22 is chanted, in preparation for Good Friday.

Friday, April 19                        
Good Friday

7:00 PM                                                   

Tenebrae: The Service of Darkness

The Church continues the journey with a Good Friday Service that begins at 7:00 PM. The Good Friday liturgy of Tenebrae (Darkness) features psalms, hymns, and a reading from the Old Testament’s book of Lamentations. This Service of reflection, intercession and quiet meditation ends in darkness as we watch and pray with Our Lord.

Saturday, April 20                   
Holy Saturday

8:00 PM                                                   

The Great Vigil of Easter

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Greenville

Saturday evening at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd (1601 N. Pleasantburg) is the first of the Easter celebrations. The Great Vigil of Easter has ancient roots and features candlelight, Old Testament Readings rehearsing God’s great salvation acts, Baptismal remembrance and the first hearing of the Easter Gospel. This is a joint Service offered by the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod congregations in Greenville (Good Shepherd), Simpsonville (Immanuel), Spartanburg (Lamb of God) and Anderson (Abiding Savior). The Easter Vigil begins at 8:00 PM.

Directions to LCGS Greenville

Sunday, April 21                      
Easter – The Resurrection of Our Lord

7:15 AM                                                  

Sunrise Service with Holy Communion

Easter at Immanuel begins with a Sunrise Service at 7:15 AM. This Service will begin outside the front doors of the church and feature a procession into the Sanctuary. The Lord’s Supper will be celebrated.

8:45 AM                                                  

Breakfast

Easter Breakfast will be served from 8:45-10:00 AM. (There will be no Sunday School or Adult Bible Class.)

9:30 AM                                                  

Easter Egg Hunt

For the children, there will be an Easter Egg Hunt at 9:30 AM.

10:30 AM                                                

Festival Service with Holy Communion

The Resurrection of Our Lord will again be celebrated in a Festival Service (with Holy Communion) at 10:30 AM on Sunday.

Directions to Immanuel in Five Forks

Watch, pray and, celebrate this holiest time of the year with our Lord and with your Immanuel family. A blessed Holy Week to you.

Pastor VanOsdol

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Five Forks Community Yard Sale


April 13, 2019 – 8am to 1pm.

Start your spring cleaning now!

Update: **Don’t let the weather forecast get you down! Sale can be Indoors/ Under-Cover rain or shine!**

Donate items to support Immanuel’s Braille and other ministries and then come see what other treasures are available on the day of the Yard Sale.

Drop off gently-used goods and clothing:

  • Monday, April 8th 9am to 1pm
  • Wednesday, April 10th 6-8pm
  • Thursday and Friday, April 11th and 12th 9am to 1pm
  • Or call Alvine at 704-562-9244 to drop off items by appointment.

Most of all, come by on the day of the sale to fellowship with your community, even if you don’t intend to buy anything. We hope to see you there!

Get Directions.

RSVP on Facebook.

Ash Wednesday


Members & Friends of Immanuel:

The Lord be with you.

On this day the Church begins a Season of reflection on Jesus’ Passion, Cross and Resurrection. Ash Wednesday is the first day in the annual 40-day journey of Lent. Our destination is the empty tomb and arriving at Easter with glad hearts, keeping the Feast “in sincerity and truth.”

Beginning tonight, Immanuel will offer Services the next 6 Wednesday evenings. Our 2019 Midweek theme is based on the Lenten hymn, “Lamb of God, Pure and Holy,” and will explore key passages in the Scriptures that focus on Jesus Christ as the LAMB OF GOD who takes away the sin of the world. Learn more about the theme and schedule here. View the events on facebook here. Tonight’s Liturgy will offer the Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion. Ashes are a sign of repentance, sorrow and our need for grace. Ashes will be available for all ages and are entirely voluntary.

Immanuel’s Church Council is preparing and serving a Pancake & Sausage Supper that begins tonight at 6:00 PM. The Ash Wednesday Liturgy begins at 7:00 PM.

Daily devotion booklets for Lent are available for your use on the desk in the Narthex. Or you can receive them in your email inbox by subscribing here: Lenten Devotions :: Lutheran Hour Ministries

Please join us as we mark the beginning of Lent.

O Lord, throughout these forty days
You prayed and kept the fast;
Inspire repentance for our sin,
And free us from our past.
(LSB 418:1)

Pastor VanOsdol

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Lamb of God – Midweek Lenten Services

The Season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6.

You are invited to join your Brothers & Sisters in Christ on this annual 40-day pilgrimage with Jesus to His cross. The theme of our midweek meditations will be Lamb of God and will be structured around the Lenten hymn, Lamb of God, Pure and Holy. Dinner will be served each Wednesday at 6:00 PM. All Wednesday Services begin at 7:00 PM.

Ash Wednesday, March 6
Lamb of God, Pure and Holy
1 Peter 1:18-19

Wednesday, March 13
Lamb of God, Crucified
1 Corinthians 1:21-25

Wednesday, March 20
Lamb of God, Patient
1 Peter 2:21-24

Wednesday, March 27
Lamb of God, Lowly
Philippians 2:5-11

Wednesday, April 3
Lamb of God, Suffering Scorn
Psalm 22:6-8

Wednesday, April 10

Lamb of God, Bearing Our Sins Away
Genesis 22

Lamb of God, pure and holy,
Who on the cross didst suffer,
Ever patient and lowly,
Thyself to scorn didst offer.
All sins Thou borest for us,
Else had despair reigned o’er us:
Have mercy on us, O Jesus! O Jesus!
(LUTHERAN SERVICE BOOK 434:1)

Pastor VanOsdol

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2020 Time and Talents Survey


The Time And Talents Survey is now live!

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ…Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.†(1 Cor 12:12,27)

Christian stewardship is the free and joyous activity of God’s family — the church — in managing life’s resources for His purposes. Immanuel members and friends have diverse gifts that are collectively of great value to our congregation and the community we serve.

What are your God-given gifts? Please take a moment to help us get to know you better by completing a 5-minute survey at the link below. We invite each family member to participate (adults and young adults middle-school-age and older).

Check all areas in which you think you’d enjoy becoming involved as well as those areas where you have some skill that you can share, or areas where you want to learn and grow! We are collecting this information in order to connect Immanuel members with each other through service in current and potential ministries.

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Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events Presentation

 

Immanuel is thankful to Captain John Gardner, Ret. for taking the time on Thursday January 31, 2019 to present “Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events” as part of Immanuel’s continuing education and effort to maintain Immanuel Lutheran Church and School campus security. If you were unable to attend, both video and audio of the presentation are available.

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/qmxSMb5jUJY

Podbean podcast audio: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s57qy-a6be4e

We ask our Father in heaven, through His Son our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, to preserve Immanuel Lutheran Church and School as a safe place of Christian worship and education, and as a refuge of peace to all who are in need. Amen.

Learn more about the Avoid | Deny | Defendâ„¢ three-step plan for surviving an active shooter event at http://www.avoiddenydefend.org/.

If you would like more information about the CRASE course, please visit https://alerrt.org/page/CivilianResponse.