Come and see...

John 1:46

We will be worshiping on Sunday mornings at 9:00 via Zoom. Tune into Zoom to join with others as we worship together live for a service of the Word, Music, and Prayer. The service will also be recorded to view at a later time and will be posted on Immanuel's website and Facebook, as well as emailed. And you can make a morning of it! Following worship, remain on Zoom for a time of fellowship and the chance to greet one another. Then finish off the morning by joining the Adult Sunday School Class at 10:00. How wonderful it will be to see one another and gather together! You may access Zoom on your computer, tablet, or smart phone, or you may dial in to hear the service. The log-in for Zoom is:

Why is water important for God's people? Come find out! And hear just how much God loves you!

Join the conversation! We will be looking at Making Sense of Scripture by David Lose. We all know we should read the Bible, and maybe even have tried, but somehow we don’t find ourselves pulled into its pages the way we have been by other books. Tune into Zoom and dig more deeply into this wonderful book!

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Prelude Das alte Jahr vergangen ist - J.S. Bach BWV 614

Josh Ehlebracht, Organ

The one who calls you together this day

yearns for each of you and for all people

to hear and be blessed.

Blessed is the one who comes bringing trustworthy words

for the healing of the world.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Reading 1 Samuel 3:1-10

  

¹Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.

 ²At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room; ³the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. ⁴Then the Lord called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he said, “Here I am!” ⁵and ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So he went and lay down. ⁶The Lord called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” ⁷Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. ⁸The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy. ⁹Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

 ¹⁰Now the Lord came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

Word of God. Word of life.

Thanks be to God.

¹Lord, you have searched me out;

O Lord, you have known me.

²You know my sitting down and my rising up;

you discern my thoughts from afar.

³You trace my journeys and my resting-places

and are acquainted with all my ways.

⁴Indeed, there is not a word on my lips,

but you, O Lord, know it altogether. 

⁵You encompass me, behind and before,

and lay your hand upon me.

⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

it is so high that I cannot attain to it.

¹³For you yourself created my inmost parts;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴I will thank you because I am marvelously made;

your works are wonderful, and I know it well. 

¹⁵My body was not hidden from you,

while I was being made in secret and woven in the depths of the earth.

¹⁶Your eyes beheld my limbs, yet unfinished in the womb; all of them were written in your book;

my days were fashioned before they came to be.

¹⁷How deep I find your thoughts, O God!

How great is the sum of them!

¹⁸If I were to count them, they would be more in number than the sand;

to count them all, my life span would need to be like yours. 

Gospel John 1:43-51

The Holy Gospel according to John:

⁴³The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” ⁴⁴Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” ⁴⁶Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” ⁴⁷When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.” ⁴⁹Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” ⁵⁰Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.” ⁵¹And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Offering Prayer

May we be your voice of construction rather than destruction.

God indeed walks with you and calls you by name.

God hears the cries of your hearts,

takes you by the hand,

and gives you strength.

Listen for God’s Word in all places as you move through your days.

Trust that the Holy Spirit will guide all that you do.

See in each person you meet a beloved child of God.

The peace of Christ, crucified and risen for all, go with you this day + and always.

Postlude Sortie in G Minor - L.J.A. Lefebure-Wely

Pastor: Rev. Joanne Groman-Stewart

Director of Music Ministry: Josh Ehlebracht

Assisting Minister: Dave Ekimoff

In her book, Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, Debby Irving shares her own story of naivety transformed to understanding, and poses an introspective, thought-provoking question with each chapter to challenge readers to consider their own situation and how that impacts their perspective of race and racism. Join in the discussion Tuesdays at 7pm on Zoom as we allow ourselves to be challenged and seek to grow in our own understandings of race and ethnicity. Waking Up White is available through the library system and in both paperback and on Kindle and Nook.

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Bible Study continues this Wednesday at 9:00 on Zoom as we look at the readings for the upcoming Sundays. It's a morning full of friendship, learning, and fun!

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Will You Come and Follow Me, Text ©1987 The Iona Community, admin. GIA Publications. Reprinted by permission under OneLicense #A-714459. 

Here I Am, Lord, Text ©1981, OCP Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission under OneLicense #A-714459. 

Confession and Forgiveness, and Prayers of Intercession adapted from and reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word Worship Companion. Copyright 2014.