Songs & Hymns // Pastor Ward Young
Sermon // Pastor Ryan Fullerton
Sermon Text // Matthew 21:28–32
He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. ⁴The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
When churches memorize Scripture together, the members deepen their dependency upon God’s Word, grow in Word-centered friendships, enrich their prayers for one another, and build unity that is essential to the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:13–16, Colossians 3:14). This is why, with the aid of Fighter Verses, a ministry of Truth:78, Immanuel is seeking to memorize Scripture together throughout 2026. The weekly memory verse is shared in the bulletin, the Immanuel Connect, and implemented into the Sunday School hour, with helpful resources available here, and in the Immanuel app. You can even access an example outline for family worship here.
May the Word of Christ dwell in us richly during 2026, that we may teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in our hearts to God (Col. 3:16).
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Immanuel Members // Would you consider helping us celebrate our graduating seniors by contributing to our Immanuel Graduation Celebration potluck on Sunday morning, May 3rd? If so, sign up here to prepare and drop off a potluck item in the kitchen before/during Sunday School hour. While event attendance is limited to graduates and their guests due to capacity, signing up to provide for the meal is an excellent opportunity as a church to serve these grads. We will likewise be announcing and praying for our grads during the Sunday service on May 3rd as a congregation.
Thanks for helping to celebrate such a milestone moment in the life of our Immanuel young adults!
As the Lord continues to faithfully shape our Immanuel family to reflect our vision of "building a community from all cultures where Christ is King," we are grateful to introduce a real-time translation service: Kaleo AI. This tool aims to ensure that the preached Word on Sunday mornings is not hindered by language barriers for our non-English and minimal-English speaking members and guests. Kaleo AI allows you to follow the service in your native language—with 197 languages supported—directly from your own device.
Note: If you choose to listen to the audio translation, please use some form of earbuds to honor those sitting around you.
Unlike standard translation apps, Kaleo AI is custom-trained to recognize theological words and names, and is designed to remain true to the biblical message being spoken.
Looking for a community to walk the Christian life out with? If so, join us for one of our upcoming rounds of Introducing Immanuel. This is the best way to learn about who we are as a body of believers. Please note that all class sessions of Introducing Immanuel are required for church membership. Register here.
Sundays:
Date // May 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th
Time // 9:00–9:55a
Saturdays:
Date // July 11th & 18th
Time // 9:30–11:30a
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The Immanuel Worship Ministry is looking to add singers and musicians to our team. If you are a member of Immanuel and desire to use your musical gifts to help lead worship on Sunday mornings, please carefully read and complete our audition application here. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Ward at wyoung@immanuelky.org.
This was sung by the first congregations as a portion of Psalm 78: "We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done." All members are responsible for telling Immanuel's children about God. One avenue to do this is serving in our nursery.
Will you join our worship service nursery team? We will train you, provide a schedule that does not require outside preparation, and support you through our leadership team.
Apply here or contact Rebecca Cedillo at rcedillo@immanuelky.org.
Mentorship
Immanuel partners with The Prisoner's Hope to provide biblical teaching/counseling for inmates through letter writing and other correspondence. We aim to foster character transformation for wise living under the Lordship of Christ in all areas of life. If you have a desire to learn more about living out the Great Commission by mentoring a prison inmate through The Prisoner’s Hope ministry, please contact William Mullins at wmullins644@students.sbts.edu.
Chaperoning
We are also looking for more men to join the team of chaperones for men who are members and/or visiting Immanuel who are on the Registered Sex Offender Registry. As a church, we are eager to warmly welcome any/all no matter their background, but we also labor to balance our warm welcome with commitments to protect the vulnerable. To volunteer to serve as a chaperone or to learn more about that ministry, please contact William Mullins at wmullins644@students.sbts.edu.
In our efforts to ensure that no need goes unmet among Immanuel's members (Acts 4:34), our deacons seek to connect short-term housing needs with members who are able to open their homes to meet those needs. If you have a room, a basement or garage apartment, or even just a couch that you are willing to offer up to a member who might find themselves in a housing crisis, please let our deacons know by filling out this form.
The Lord provides for the needs of his people and has appointed deacons in the church to help administer this provision so that there would not be a needy person among us at Immanuel. If you are aware of a need that the Lord might meet through the care of our deacons, please make our deacons aware of it through our Mercy Needs Form.
Thank you so much for your continued worship of our great God through your faithful giving. Because of your sacrificial giving, we have been able to continue fully supporting our missionaries, our ministries, and our staff. You are able to give online or in person. Giving boxes are located near the sanctuary exits.
Want a simple resource to help stay connected at Immanuel? Download the new Immanuel app here. While still currently a work in progress, expect to see future resources coming to the app that will integrate with Breeze to better serve our church body.
As we study our community we are seeking to identify the burdens, needs, and desires of our neighbors. The key to serving our community is to locate all available church assets and begin connecting them to these burdens and needs. As a church, God has equipped us with many gifts, talents, and resources to be used to serve one another, as well as, those around us. So, would you share the ways God has gifted you to serve? We would love to know! Please take a few minutes to fill out this gifts assessment form.
We are grateful to offer a nursing mothers' room located off the balcony on the 2nd floor. Furthermore, a cry room is available in the fellowship hall. Both locations offer the service streamed. For directions, view our building map by clicking the desired room above.
