Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS)

Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS) Immanuel Lutheran Church in Santa Fe is a member congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

MISSION AND VISION:

"Reaching out to make and strengthen disciples of Jesus Christ, with emphasis in North Central New Mexico"

The official Mission "Reaching out to make and strengthen disciples of Jesus Christ, with emphasis in North Central New Mexico"

The official Mission/Ministry Motto of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Santa Fe, New Mexico

09/22/2026

Today is the last full day of summer.

More than a century ago, Rainer Maria Rilke welcomed the turning of the season with these words:

“Lord: it is time. The summer was immense.”

As summer gives way to autumn, we give thanks for what has grown, what has ripened, and what has sustained us through these long days.

Every season carries its own gifts. May we enter this new one attentive to the changing world around us, grateful for what has been, and open to the ways God continues to call us into growth, service, and grace.

🍂 Welcome, autumn.

From “Autumn Day” by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Galway Kinnell and Hannah Liebmann

09/22/2026

Christ took on our human flesh to save us from our sins! Hear Christ for you at kfuo.org.

Lutheran Service Book 546

1 O Jesus so sweet, O Jesus so mild!
For sinners You became a child.
You came from heaven down to earth
In human flesh through human birth.
O Jesus so sweet, O Jesus so mild!

2 O Jesus so sweet, O Jesus so mild!
With God we now are reconciled.
You have for all the ransom paid,
Your Father’s righteous anger stayed.
O Jesus so sweet, O Jesus so mild!

3 O Jesus so sweet, O Jesus so mild!
Joy fills the world which sin defiled.
Whate'er we have belongs to You;
O keep us faithful, strong, and true.
O Jesus so sweet, O Jesus so mild!

09/22/2026

🌧️ Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding: Prepare Now

Heavy rainfall is expected across northern and central New Mexico beginning Tuesday and continuing through much of the week. The National Weather Service says the storm system could bring locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding.

Before the rain arrives, know where to get official information:

🔹 Ready Santa Fe: Check current emergency information, maps, road closures and public safety notices at ready.santafenm.gov.

🔹 Alert Santa Fe: Make sure you are signed up to receive official emergency notifications directly by text or email.

🔹 Ready.gov: Find additional flood preparedness and safety information at ready.gov/flood-toolkit.

A few important reminders:
• Never drive through a flooded roadway. Turn around, don’t drown.
• Stay away from arroyos, drainage channels and normally dry streambeds during heavy rain.
• Have more than one way to receive weather and emergency alerts.
• Know alternate routes in case flooding makes your usual route unsafe.

Conditions can change quickly during heavy rainfall. Stay aware and rely on official sources for the latest information.

Learn more: ready.gov/flood-toolkit

09/22/2026

PSALM 43

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!
For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you rejected me?
Why do I go about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?

Send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy hill
and to your dwelling!
Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.

Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.

09/22/2026

By Deaconess Kim Trombley Placing ourselves in Esther’s shoes is not an easy thing to do as Americans living in our time. We do not serve an earthly…

09/22/2026

Imagine you're having a conversation with two men. One has gray hair, a long gray beard, and an equally ancient way of speaking. The other is younger and describes things in a way that feels new. Yet both tell the same kind of story about the same person, just from different perspectives and in different languages.

That’s what happens today in Bible in One Year as we read Ezekiel 1 and John 8 as the prophet and evangelist tell us the same truth: Jesus is Yahweh.

Ezekiel, the older Hebrew prophet, tells us about his vision of the chariot-throne of Yahweh, borne along by the living creatures. The vision reaches its climax when Ezekiel looks above them and sees “the likeness of a throne,” and seated upon that throne was “a likeness with a human appearance” (Ezekiel 1:26). On God’s throne, Ezekiel sees a human-like figure. Then he concludes, “Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD” (1:28).

The younger man in our conversation is John, recording the words Jesus spoke to the Jews. Jesus said, “Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” They mockingly replied, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:56–58).

They understood what Jesus was claiming. That’s why they picked up stones to throw at him.

The one Ezekiel saw enthroned in divine glory, with the likeness of a human appearance, is the Son of God. John tells us that this eternal Word truly became human. He “became flesh and dwelt among us,” and John adds, “we have seen his glory” (John 1:14).

Ezekiel saw the likeness of the glory of the LORD with a human appearance. John tells us that this divine Son became flesh and showed us the glory of God in human form.

From all eternity, the Son, with the Father and the Spirit, is the great I AM. He came down from heaven, assumed our human nature, was crucified, died, was buried, and rose again. And he has taken our humanity to the very throne of God, where he reigns forever as the enthroned GodMan.

Jesus is Yahweh. Praise be to him!
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Join us for Bible in One Year at https://www.1517.org/oneyear

09/22/2026

TODAY IN HISTORY: On September 21, 1841, C. F. W. Walther and Emilie Buenger were married in Dresden, Missouri.

Their story began a few years earlier in Germany when they were part of the Saxon Immigration Society, though Walther did not feel he could marry during the upheaval following the deposition of Martin Stephan. Thus, his proposal to Emilie came after the Altenburg Debates were conducted. Walther and Emilie went on to spend forty-three years together until her death in 1885. Their union was blessed with six children, four of whom (two boys and two girls) survived into adulthood.

In 1846, while away from home on his wife’s birthday, Walther wrote a poem to Emilie. You can see the original manuscript as well as an English translation here:
https://concordiahistoricalinstitute.org/pieces/pieces-of-our-past-no-47/

09/22/2026

Meteorologists predict a monsoonal surge will arrive Monday night, bringing widespread showers and thunderstorms Tuesday through at least Thursday.

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209 E Barcelona Road
Santa Fe, NM
87505

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 8am - 1pm

Telephone

+15059837568

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