Immanuel Reformed Church-Birmingham

08/15/2026

08/14/2026

Service Information (8/16, 8/23)

Pastor Leithart will be in Ethiopia on the Sundays of August 16 & 23. Chris Kou will lead the liturgy both weeks and preach on August 16. Kody Ward will preach on August 23.

08/14/2026

Be on the alert then, because you do not know the day nor the hour.

Matthew 25:13

07/28/2026

“Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city, so that upon you will fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.” Matthew 23:34-35

*Please label anything that contains nuts.* It is helpful if members and regular attenders bring their own water bottles. Please refrain from bringing pork or shellfish products into the Beth-Hallel building.

07/12/2026

"For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them." — Matthew 18:20

07/08/2026

Christopher Kou continues his “biblical CSI” of Genesis 4, tracing the rejected offering, the blood that cries from the ground, Cain’s mark, and the rise of two rival cities that run all the way to Babylon and New Jerusalem.

Read here:
https://theopolisinstitute.com/what-happened-at-edens-gate-a-biblical-csi-of-cain-and-abel-part-2

07/08/2026

250 Years of Wild American Christianity
by: Peter Leithart

"The United States is the first and greatest post-Christendom Christian nation."

https://theopolisinstitute.com/leithart_post/250-years-of-wild-american-christianity/

07/08/2026

Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. So go to the main roads, and invite whomever you find there to the wedding feast.’ Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.

Matthew 22:8-10

07/08/2026

One of our sister churches, Christ Church Branch Cove, is hosting a singing school. It is geared more for adults but all ages are welcome! They're happy to have visitors.

07/01/2026

Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,

‘A stone which the builders rejected,

This has become the chief cornerstone;

This came about from the Lord,

And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.

Matthew 21:42-43