Songs & Hymns // Pastor Ward Young
Sermon // Pastor Ryan Fullerton
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. ⁴Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD God is an everlasting rock.
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 2025. The weekly memory verse is shared in the bulletin, the Immanuel Connect, and implemented into the Sunday School hour, with helpful resources available here. May the Word of Christ dwell in us richly during 2025, 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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Promotion Sunday // June 1stHave you heard the news?! Promotion Sunday for Immanuel Kids and Immanuel Youth is next Sunday, June 1st! Immanuel Kids Some children in our Green Hall nursery will move up, but not all of them. Rebecca Cedillo, our Immanuel Kids Director, will email all parents whose children will move to the next class this week. All Huckleberry students will move up to kindergarten in the Blue Hall. This means they will also graduate to attending the worship service with their parents. So, church, be extra supportive as some of these kids are experiencing worship service for the first time. Welcome them with hospitality! All children in elementary Blue Hall Sunday School will promote to the next grade. If you would not like your elementary student to promote to the next grade, please contact Rebecca Cedillo. Summer classes for June–August will be combined kindergarten/1st Grade, 2nd/3rd Grade, and 4th/5th Grade. Immanuel Youth What about rising 6th graders? You will officially be joining Immanuel Youth in the Youth Room located in the Lower Level (also known as the basement)! Access a building map here. Immanuel Youth gathers at 9:00–9:55a on Sunday mornings, though you are more than welcome to arrive early in order to hang out with other students and leaders. On June 1st, we will be kicking off the new Immanuel Youth year and would love for parents to join us! Take this opportunity to come meet your student's youth leaders, experience the Youth Room, hear some of the vision for the year, and participate in an Ask Anything session with Pastors Ryan and Jonny! Bring your IY students and your questions : ). If you have any questions (or simply want to share your excitement), reach out to Cody Farthing at cfarthing@
New Adult Education Classes // June 8thNew Adult Education classes will begin June 8th at 9:00a!
Upcoming Events.Men's Spring Camping Trip // May 30th–31stImmanuel Men // Join us for another men’s camping trip at the end of May at Jefferson Memorial Forest (Group Sites 1 & 2 have already been reserved). For those who want extra time outdoors and an opportunity to build bushcraft skills, a few of us will be heading out a day early on Thursday, May 29th, at the same group sites. This trip includes free BBQ! Luke Vaughan has graciously offered to smoke a bunch of pork for everyone. However, you may want to bring your own dinner to supplement. Please sign up here so we can get an accurate headcount and prepare enough pork for everyone. Signing up also ensures that only those attending receive camping updates—so I don’t have to message the entire men’s ministry. Hope to see you there! Gospel Clarity and Life in the Womb: A Conversation with Samuel Sey // May 30th–31stSpeak for the Unborn invites you to attend "Gospel Clarity and Life in the Womb: A Conversation with Samuel Sey" on Friday evening and Saturday morning, May 30th–31st. This free event will feature author and speaker Samuel Sey and include Gospel-centered pro-life teaching, a Q&A, and next steps. The first 50 registrants will receive a free Chick-Fil-A dinner on Friday evening and a light breakfast on Saturday morning. Childcare is not provided, but children are welcome to join. To learn more and to register, visit speakfortheunborn.com/
Single's Ministry Teaching on Spiritual Disciplines // May 31stImmanuel Singles // Join us in the Fellowship Hall at 7:00p on Saturday, May 31st, for teaching and encouragement on the spiritual discipline of praying through the Scriptures.
Single's Ministry Social Blitz // June 14thImmanuel Singles // Join us in the Fellowship Hall at 7:00p on Saturday, June 14th, for fellowship and fun! We will have a taco bar.
Fourth Street Camp 2025 // June 23rd–27thFourth Street Camp, June 23rd–27th, is a free camp here at Immanuel for students entering 3rd–8th grade. Dive into one of seven tracks for the week—art, crafting, drama, hip-hop/breakdancing, photography (6th–8th graders), soccer, or volleyball—while discovering that Jesus alone is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Register your Camper Register your 3rd-8th grader at fourthstreetcamp.com. Deadline to register and receive a t-shirt is June 1st. Invite your Neighbors Take the sticker invitations at the building entrances to invite the 3rd–8th graders in your sphere. Since our space is limited, please invite children who don't have many opportunities to hear the gospel. Volunteer There are many opportunities to show the compassion of Jesus as a camp volunteer! You can sign up at fourthstreetcamp.com where you can discover the variety of positions with different time commitments. Dinner is provided every evening. Childcare is available for volunteer children, including VBS for ages 4-2nd grade. Donate GCG leaders will receive communication from our team for your GCG to donate pizzas or bottled waters this year. Thank you for sharing your resources as you are able. |
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.
