Immanuel Lutheran Church in Amherst, MA

10/20/2026

Yesterday we had Blessing of the Animals…during the regular service.

This is not a mere mid-liturgy snuggle. This is straight-up air-jail!

It’s always the pastor’s kid!!! !

Really…we mean it! All are welcome and come as you are!

Peace! Pastor Jeffrey and Maple!

10/18/2026

10/06/2026

When with friends and colleagues at Bishop’s Convocation…you too could end up in the donation pile…Unbeknownst to me! 😂🤷🏼‍♂️. Pastor Jeffrey

09/26/2026

Congratulations, Craig’s Doors! It’s an honor to be partners in your mission!

Peace! Pastor Jeffrey

09/11/2026

Join us at Immanuel Lutheran Church for Lectionary Study at 1:00pm on Mondays in the Church Office, and Centering Prayer at 2:15 on Mondays in the sanctuary.

06/30/2026

Maybe the prayer changing was the answer.

Maybe God wasn't waiting for better words. Maybe he was waiting for open hands.

Stop trying to control the outcome and start trusting that God loves you enough to choose what you cannot yet see for yourself. 🤍

06/12/2026

This lovely letter is from our friends with the Interfaith Opportunity Network (ION).

Peace! Pastor Jeffrey

https://gazettenet.com/2026/06/11/letter-immanuel-lutheran-church-steps-up-to-help-unhoused-in-amherst/

05/27/2026

This Sunday, we celebrate the Holy Trinity…which means we are about to talk about God in math problems and metaphors that never quite hold up.

Three in one.

One in three.

And somehow the church has been trying to explain it for centuries without accidentally becoming heretics.

But maybe the Trinity was never meant to be solved like a puzzle.

Maybe it was meant to be experienced.

The Trinity reminds us that at the very center of the universe is relationship. Not loneliness. Not power for power’s sake. But connection.

Love shared and given away. Creator. Christ. Spirit. Distinct, yet inseparable. A living movement of grace constantly reaching outward toward the world.

And here’s the wild part: we are invited into that love.

Not once we have it all figured out.
Not once our faith is perfect.
Not once our lives are polished and presentable.

Now.

This Sunday, we’ll explore what it means to belong to a God who is bigger than our explanations, closer than our fears, and always drawing us deeper into mercy, community, and new life.

Come wrestle with mystery.

Come rest in grace.

Come discover that sometimes the holiest thing we can do…is stop trying to control God long enough to simply stand in awe.