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We worship God. We work for justice. We build community. We welcome all.
“Faith that Feeds”
We invite you to worship either in-person or via Zoom at 10:30 am each Sunday
(Prelude often begins at 10:20 am)
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Check out the great video highlighting our Indoor Farmers Market Ministry.
Please note that the first market is Dec. 5, 2026. Visit the Farmers’ Market tab for the full schedule.
Feeding Our Faith
Join our Adult Discussion Class on Sundays, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Gatherings include viewing short videos and lively discussions.
You can participate either in-person (Fellowship Hall) or via Zoom.
2026 November – December Schedule – various justice oriented topics – click on the button to see specifics
Click here for session schedule & past videos
November 1 – How Can We Reclaim Jesus from Empire?
Our video to get the conversation going will be Brian McLaren responding to questions from participants in the Center for Action and Contemplation’s virtual event on the subject. These questions speak to concerns many of us are carrying about white nationalism, the weaponization of Jesus’s teachings, and our current times.
November 8 – No Class this day
November 15 – Current Christian experience of living in the Holy Land
For 2,000 years, Christians have called the Holy Land home. Our discussion starter video will be a CNN segment in which Clarissa Ward travels from Jerusalem to the occupied West Bank to examine how Israeli ultranationalist extremism is reshaping that reality. Pastor Mark will be fresh from his own travels there as well.
November 22 – Video feature will be Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley unpacking themes from his new book “How Western Christianity Got It Wrong.”
Do you ever feel like Western Christianity has misunderstood and misapplied Jesus’ teachings? What if following Jesus was less about believing the right things and more about learning how to live in harmony with God and creation? Randy reflects on his lifelong journey to understand the gap between the teachings of Jesus and the Christianity he encountered. Randy draws on Indigenous wisdom and creation to offer a vision of Christianity centered not on correct beliefs, but on healing, reciprocity, and harmony.
November 29 – Where are we now?
Our video for discussion is from the Unsettled Ground series in which theologians were invited to reflect this past summer on where we were at this 250-year mark of our nation’s founding. Dr. Jennifer Harvey is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean at Garrett Evangelical Seminary, where she also teaches classes in Christian Ethics. She is an award-winning author, educator, and public speaker who creates space for justice-filled, transformative connections that nurture a world where everyone can flourish.
Midweek Adult Spiritual Growth & Study
Tuesdays, 2:00 pm in-person in Fellowship Hall or via Zoom
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. Join us on Zoom or in-person.
Sundays: Feeding Our Faith Series at 9:00 a.m. Worship at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays: Spiritual Growth Conversations about faith and the upcoming Sunday Scriptures 2:00 pm. Wednesdays during Advent & Lent: Evening Prayer Worship at 7:00 pm
(Visit the Calendar for more info or links to any virtual gatherings via Zoom)
Immanuel Lutheran Church is a Reconciling in Christ congregation
We are a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Metropolitan Chicago Synod, and we welcome people of every age and size, color and culture, every sexual orientation and gender identity, socio-economic status and marital status, every ability and challenge. We welcome believers and questioners, and questioning believers.
As a Reconciling In Christ (RIC) congregation, we make explicit our welcome to people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. We are also a member congregation of the Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches. We believe that God works in and through all of us, and so we invite you to join with us in worshiping God and in doing the work God is calling us to do together in our communities and in our world. We commit ourselves to embracing the work of anti-racism, social and economic justice, and environmental care.
Greetings from Pastor Mark Sloss
Welcome! Immanuel Lutheran Church is a vibrant Christian community where we gather to worship God and to serve our neighbor. We’re a place of warm hospitality, beautiful worship grounded in the ancient traditions of the church, amazing music, an openness to spiritual and intellectual questing and questioning, and a strong sense of social justice inspired by the Good News of Jesus. We believe and try to practice a “faith that feeds”—faith that feeds us spiritually, yes, but also a faith that leads us to feed others both physically and spiritually as we work for justice and peace. If you’re looking for a faith community in which to grow spiritually and to work together with others who are trying to follow the way of Jesus, we invite you to come and experience community with us. And please plan to stay after worship for coffee hour to learn about congregational happenings and celebrations. It’s where to get a real taste of this vibrant, God-centered, loving, and caring community.
