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July 2020 Events at Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Lima, Ohio

Happy Pentecost!

Since I decided to only have this website and shutdown ohiobookmart.com, I decided to make ads for Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS), where I'm an active member, as blog posts. Once you've read this blog post, please feel free to read the other blog posts and to visit the other pages.

About: Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS) is a conservative and Confessional Lutheran congregation in The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS). We celebrate Holy Communion every Sunday and for most major holy days. We believe, teach, and confess, that Jesus died to save every single person from death, Hell, the grave, Satan, Satan's demons, Original Sin from Adam and Eve, and their own personal sins. We believe, teach, and confess, that there are only two Sacraments and those two Sacraments are Holy Baptism and Holy Communion. We believe, teach, and confess the Holy Trinity to be the One True God. Yahweh, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are the Holy Trinity. We believe, teach, and confess, that Jesus won our Salvation on the True Cross. We believe, teach, and confess, that Holy Baptism aka Water Baptism saves the baptized, that Yahweh adopts the baptized as His children in Holy Baptism, that the baptized are connected to Jesus' Death, Burial, and Resurrection in Holy Baptism, and the Holy Spirit lives inside of the baptized from the point of Holy Baptism onward, while He is ever present and present everywhere. We believe, teach, and confess, that Holy Communion is not merely a symbol of Jesus' Death on the True Cross, but rather Holy Communion is the literal Body and Blood of Jesus, while it remains bread and wine.

Address: 2120 Lakewood Avenue Lima, Ohio 45805

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Bible Verse of the Month:

"And Jesus is the Propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."--1 John 2:2 King James Version (KJV 1611)

July Holidays, Holy Days and Festivals without Masses at Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Lima, Ohio:

  • The VIsitation of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary (July 2, 2020)
  • Independence Day (America's Birthday) (July 4, 2020)
  • Isaiah the Israelite Prophet Day (July 6, 2020)
  • St. Mary Magdalene Day (Jesus' best friend) (July 15, 2020)
  • Anniversary of the Christians Capturing Jerusalem from the Muslims during the First Crusade (July 15, 2020)
  • Ruth Day (Advocate for Ancient Jews and Jewish Queen) (June 16, 2020)
  • Elijah the Israelite Prophet (July 20, 2020)
  • Ezekiel the Israelite Prophet (July 21, 2020)
  • St. James the Elder (Apostle of Jesus) (July 25, 2020)
  • Christmas in July Eve (July 24, 2020)
  • Christmas in July (July 25, 2020)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Day (German Composer and Kanter) (July 28, 2020)
  • Mary, Martha, and Lazarus Day (Friends of Jesus) (July 29, 2020)
  • Robert Barnes Day (Confessor and Martyr of the Faith) July 30, 2020)
  • St. Joseph of Arimathea Day (July 31, 2020)

July 2020 Events:

  • Sunday Masses 10 AM in July 2020

 

  1. Fifth Sunday of Pentecost: July 5, 2020--Mass             
  2. Sixth Sunday of Pentecost: July 12, 2020--Mass
  3. Seventh of Pentecost: July 19, 2020--Hymn Festival
  4. Eighth Sunday of Pentecost: July 26, 2020--Mass
  • Sunday Morning Masses at Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Lima, Ohio resumed Sunday June 7, 2020 and on our plan is to continue having in-person Sunday Masses for the rest of 2020. Our pastor, Reverend Michael Phillips, will continue to download services to our YouTube channel, "Immanuel Lutheran Church - Lima, OH," for those, who are ill or who fear getting ill from the Corona Virus or anything else for that matter, to watch at home.  
  • Sunday Morning Bible Studies 9 AM Every Sunday in June 2020 (Cancelled until further notice sadly)           
  • Wednesday Night Bible Studies 6:30 PM (These should resume in the fall.)  

Immanuel Lutheran Church's Response to the Corona Virus and Reopening Protocols (Some positive changes were made!):

  • What Immanuel Lutheran Church is doing to hold in-person Masses safely: 
  1. Our pastor, Reverend Michael Phillips, will shake people's hands after the Mass, if people wish to shake his hand. I plan on shaking his hand after the Mass.            
  2. You are free in Christ to chose, whether you are going to wear a face mask inside of our church building or not, but you are not free in Christ to be mean to people, because they're doing something different than you.
  3. Our church building is being sanitized to keep worshippers safe during the Mass.
  4. Hand sanitizer will be available at the church for your use inside of our church building and you are encouraged to bring your own hand sanitizer or hand washing wipes.
  5. Restrooms will be opened for you to use, while you are worshipping at Immanuel before, during, and after the Mass.
  6. Some pews will not available to sit in during the Mass to promote social distancing.
  7. Hymnals have been deemed safe for weekly use without sanitation and they will be returning home to the hymnal racks in the pews. Worship folders and bulletins will be handed out.
  8. Voluntary offerings are to be placed in the plates, which shall not be passed around as usual for a while due to the Corona Virus and which shall be laying on the shelf in the back of the sanctuary.
  9. I am happy to report, that you are again permitted to kneel at the kneelers in front of the Altar during Holy Communion. :)
  10. If you are sick, then please stay home and watch the service video(s), which Reverend Phillips is posting on YouTube.
  11. If you attend in-person Mass at Immanuel and you find out, that you have the Corona Virus or that you were around someone, who has it, then you must call the church office immediately and let us know. Everyone must be informed according to current church and state health protocols.
  12. If you want to say mean things to people before, during, or after the Mass to people, because they are wearing a face mask and you are not or because you are wearing one and they are not, then please stay home and watch the service video on YouTube. You are welcome, but your negativity is not.

Corona Virus Confession: I believe, that I personally had the Corona Virus back during the First and Second Sundays of Advent 2019. I went to Sunday Morning Bible Study, Sunday Mass, and Wednesday Night Bible Study during those first two weeks of Advent, but I personally practiced social distancing, before social distancing became a common thing. I own my own copy of the hymnal Lutheran Service Book, which we use in The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS), and The Lutheran Study Bible, which we use in The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS). Both me socially distancing myself and using my own hymnal and Study Bible saved a lot of lives and I am not ashamed of going to Immanuel for our services, when I had the Corona Virus, but our world is a radically different now-a-days. A lot has changed between December 2019 and now, so, if I catch the Corona Virus again, then I will stay home to protect everyone. Social distancing and both owning and using your own personal copies of worship materials do actually work to save lives, but we need to be nice to people and now we must stay home, when we are sick. 

Thank you and Happy Pentecost!

James W. O'Flannery, President and Founder of Ohio Irish Lutheran Press (OIL Press)

 https://www.cph.org/p-98-Lutheran-Service-Book-Pew-Edition.aspx

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