First Immanuel Lutheran Church
A welcoming community centered in Christ’s love, joyfully reaching out together
1816 NW Irving Street, Portland OR 97209
503-226-3659
Email: office@firstimmanuelluth.org
A welcoming community centered in Christ’s love, joyfully reaching out together
1816 NW Irving Street, Portland OR 97209
503-
Come worship with us and join in our ministries. We are located at the corner of NW 19th and Irving in northwest Portland.
Our church is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We believe we are a community called and empowered by the grace of God in Jesus Christ to do Christ's ministry by reaching out into the ever-changing world in which we live.
We welcome people of every race, ethnic background, social status, physical limitation and sexual orientation. Together in diversity, we seek to embrace the love God offers us in Jesus Christ.
We welcome people of every race, ethnic background, social status, physical limitation and sexual orientation. Together in diversity, we seek to embrace the love God offers us in Jesus Christ.
OUR CORE VALUES
Spiritual Life
Friendly Community Life
Acceptance and Diversity
Tradition and Heritage
Music and Worship
Growing in Faith
Family Focus
Serving and Volunteering
Spiritual Life
Friendly Community Life
Acceptance and Diversity
Tradition and Heritage
Music and Worship
Growing in Faith
Family Focus
Serving and Volunteering
Go to the Children and Youth page for further information about VBS.
The Talent Auction is a recent tradition at First Immanuel. The date has been moved to June 8th. Think of what talent you can contribute to the auction and submit a form at the church office. Click on News/Current events page for further information.
On Sunday, May 11, First Immanuel will celebrate three important events during the worship service.
Pentecost. Pentecost is celebrated the fiftieth day after Easter Sunday. Historically and symbolically related to the Jewish harvest festival of Shavuot, it commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus as described in the Book of Acts, Chapter 2. Pentecost is often referred to as the birthday of the church because the disciples were empowered by the Holy Spirit to bring others into the community of Christ. The color for Pentecost Sunday is red.
Confirmation. The rite of confirmation, known in the Lutheran church as affirmation of baptism, is a mature and public profession of the faith by young people as they move from childhood, when their parents took responsibility for their faith formation at their baptism, into adulthood, in which they take on the responsibility for themselves. Kate and Kella Carlson will promise to live by faith, ask for God’s guidance in their lives, and use their God-given talents and resources to serve others in God’s name as they are recognized as adult members of First Immanuel.
Pentecost. Pentecost is celebrated the fiftieth day after Easter Sunday. Historically and symbolically related to the Jewish harvest festival of Shavuot, it commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus as described in the Book of Acts, Chapter 2. Pentecost is often referred to as the birthday of the church because the disciples were empowered by the Holy Spirit to bring others into the community of Christ. The color for Pentecost Sunday is red.
Confirmation. The rite of confirmation, known in the Lutheran church as affirmation of baptism, is a mature and public profession of the faith by young people as they move from childhood, when their parents took responsibility for their faith formation at their baptism, into adulthood, in which they take on the responsibility for themselves. Kate and Kella Carlson will promise to live by faith, ask for God’s guidance in their lives, and use their God-
Mother’s Day. Although Mother’s Day is not specifically a Christian holiday, we as Christians would do well to remember the origins of this special day. Mother’s Day was imported from Great Britain by social activist Julia Ward Howe after the American Civil War. It was intended as a call to unite women against war. In 1870, she wrote the Mother’s Day Proclamation as a call for peace and disarmament, and in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared the first national Mother’s Day as a day for American citizens to show the flag in honor of those mothers whose sons had died in war. As we recognize the women in our families with gifts and the sharing of food and fellowship, let us not forget those mothers who even today are losing children to war.