Special Office Hours:
Monday – Friday 9 am to 3 pm
Telephone: 262-377-6610
Fax: 262-377-9606
In the case of a Pastoral Emergency, please call the main office number and dial #2 for the Pastoral Emergency Mailbox.
RESOURCES
FIL Ministries wants to help equip you to live out your faith. Every day. We are dedicated to creating and curating high quality content for you. Continue to check here for resources and helps for reaching up to God, reaching in to each other, and reaching out to the world.
BULLETIN
We publish our worship bulletins online using the Youversion Bible App.
Find the service and click the link for the bulletin for that worship.
River Of Life Worship Times
The Bible App is a wonderful resource as well, to make sure you have your Bible with you whenever you have your device with you. Go to the App Store on your phone and search “Youversion Bible App” or click here.
BLOG
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CURRENT SERMON SERIES
WHAT’S BEHIND THE DOOR?
As we follow Jesus, we have opportunities to walk away or walk by
faith. We can confess with the Psalmist, “I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness” (Ps. 84:10), or we can turn aside to open doors of darkness and evil. We know what’s behind the door of darkness–death. And we know what’s behind the door of faith–true life.
PREVIOUS SERMON SERIES
Jesus began his ministry by proclaiming, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the Gospel!” (Mark 1:15) Almost 2,000 years later, his call to us remains the same. Pride, fear, insecurity, anxiety, being busy or distracted can keep us from following. But the time is now; God’s Kingdom is drawing close. Jesus invites us to leave behind our baggage and immediately follow him. What are you waiting for?
SEEING 2020: Navigating a Lost World
Working our way through 1 Peter, we kicked off 2020 by considering how to navigate this world according to God’s will.
CLICK HERE for sermon audio and other resources.
WITH: Living a Connected Life in Christ
With- God’s middle name. CLICK HERE to listen to what it means to be WITH: God with us and Us with others.
TRUTH: The Ultimate Reality Check
Seeking Our Identity, Security, and Meaning in the Right Place. CLICK HERE for your reality check.
CALLING? A Journey through Jonah
Are you questioning your purpose? CLICK HERE to walk with Jonah, a man who questioned his calling.
– May 2020 –
Visit www.compassion.com/firstimmanuel to support our May Mission of the Month- Compassion.
Thank you for your support of our Mission of the Month missions. If you have suggestions for missions to support please share them with our Director of Outreach & Missions, Karl Roeske, at KRoeske@fils.org.
Local Mission Opportunities
Twice a month, the first and third Tuesda
y, groups from FIL help serve meals to men, women and children that come looking for help. We travel as a group from FIL, leaving at 3pm, returning by 6:30pm. You may be called upon to serve the main meal, desserts, and occasionally help in the kitchen. Close-toes shoes, conservative dress and a willingness to selflessly serve are the only requirements!
y, groups from FIL help serve meals to men, women and children that come looking for help. We travel as a group from FIL, leaving at 3pm, returning by 6:30pm. You may be called upon to serve the main meal, desserts, and occasionally help in the kitchen. Close-toes shoes, conservative dress and a willingness to selflessly serve are the only requirements!
The Saukville Community Food Pantry was started with several religious and community organizations to fill a need
for food in Ozaukee County. Assistance is needed on distribution days, stocking and organizing the pantry and delivering donated food collected at FIL and ROL to the pantry.
Refuge House is truly “a place of refuge” where women and children who have no place to reside as they prepare for the birth of their babies. The live-in houseparent provides a loving and caring family atmosphere where moms can learn parenting and life-skills, further their education and acquire job skills. Most importantly, the mothers have the opportunity for regular Bible study, prayer and worship so they can grow in their walk with the Lord. Many opportunities are available at the home and the Blessed Again Resale Store that supports this ministry.
Adopt A Highway
Three times per year a team of 8-12 people from First Immanuel walk the edge of Wauwatosa Rd. between Pioneer Rd. and Western Rd. to clean up refuse. Time commitment is for approx. 3.5 hours and you will help keep Cedarburg the beautiful town that it is!
CONTACT KARL ROESKE, MISSIONS/OUTREACH DIRECTOR, FOR MORE INFORMATION AT
kroeske@fils.org or call the church office at 262-377-6610.
Funds provided by the FIL Endowment helped build this school for special needs children. Thanks for your continued support of the First Immanuel Endowment!
Past Missions
Feed My Starving Children
We partnered with Concordia University Wisconsin, along with many other churches in the area to raise money and pack meals for malnourished children around the world. We packed just under 400,000 meals!
Ghana
Fi
rst Immanuel hosted a short-term mission to Ghana January 9 – 20, 2017. This was the third time we have visited this wonderful country to work side by side with Pastor Solomono Salam Ayagri, his family, and other church workers to reach more Ghanaians with the saving message of Jesus Christ. Our work included Gospel outreach to children and adults, malaria net distribution to remote villages, and some light construction work.
rst Immanuel hosted a short-term mission to Ghana January 9 – 20, 2017. This was the third time we have visited this wonderful country to work side by side with Pastor Solomono Salam Ayagri, his family, and other church workers to reach more Ghanaians with the saving message of Jesus Christ. Our work included Gospel outreach to children and adults, malaria net distribution to remote villages, and some light construction work. Guatemala
The focus of the short-term mission trips to Guatemala is Gospel outreach, children’s ministry, other additional work including construction projects. Our group worked alongside members of Jesus es El Camino congregation in La Majada, Guatelmala. This mission trip takes place annually.
PRAYER WALL
Prayer cannot be overestimated! Prayer moves the hand of God. First Immanuel Lutheran Ministries is a family of faith dependent upon prayer and committed to God’s sovereignty.
If you have a prayer request you can submit it below on our prayer wall. A group of volunteers will lift up these prayers throughout the week.
Holly Schaefer, May 29, 2020 - 2:04 am
my friend had hip surgery Wednesday only to come out of anesthesia and was told they rushed her mom to Milwaukee for quadruple bypass. Can you please say prayers for both of them for healing and comfort because neither can have family with them, so both alone during this time
Miriam, May 23, 2020 - 11:59 pm
Pray for my troubled nephew David to obey Social Distancing and to not participate in close contact with others and parties, for my homeless friend Anthony to urgently receive his compensation from unemployment, for Maxine to be respectful and appreciative towards the welfare of her grandsons she's caring for, for my troubled youth nephew Kyrie to respect his younger brother KeShaun and Grandmother, for God to conquer people fighting against Marle'n and Derrick, for me to urgently be Blessed monetarily to rescue me and my household love ones with quaint safe healthy housing, for God's Refuge around me, my daughter, Derrick, John, Tracy, Zachary, David, my great nephews and Anthony at all times. Thanks For Your Prayers!
Miriam Speight, May 18, 2020 - 2:22 am
I THANK YOU PRAYER INTERCESSORS, for praying for me a complete Stranger, during these times. Please pray to Our Heavenly Father God about Anthony and Maxine behaving more Godly and appreciative, conquering people fighting against Marle'n and Derrick, Tracy and his uninhabited hazardous house, Kyrie and financial Blessing to me to rescue and help my family and
Anonymous, May 15, 2020 - 4:25 pm
Asking God for a miracle so that my grandma Lyudmila who is terminally ill with cancer is placed into a hospice facility where she can get the help she needs. It has been challenging to place her into one because of this virus
Rob White, May 15, 2020 - 1:15 am
prayer for Rob and Kris for celebrating 17yrs of marriage
