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It is the single purpose of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church to be a Christian church which strives to proclaim the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Bible, by which alone man can know the true God and the way to eternal life.
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Sermons
Festival of Transfiguration
4th Sunday in the Season of Epiphany
3rd Sunday in the Season of Epiphany
1st Sunday in the Season of Epiphany
2nd Sunday in the Season of Christmas
1st Sunday in the Season of Christmas
4th Sunday in the Season of Advent
3rd Sunday in the Season of Advent
2nd Weekend in the Season of Advent
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Twin Steeples Podcast
The Twin Steeples Podcast
- Hymn 377 - Salvation unto Us Has ComeThis weekend we enter into a short season between Epiphany and Lent called the Gesima Sundays. These names of these three weeks roughly count down the days until the celebration of Jesus' resurrection. On the first of these Sundays, Septuagesima (70 days), we reflect on our guilt and unworthiness before God and His mercy in […]
- February 12, 2025Devotion 2 Thessalonians 2:13-15 Announcements Sunday School and Bible Class Ladies Bible Study Anchored in Hope Support Group ERC Women's Bible Study Church Council Ambassadors 3rd Sunday Communion Women's Study Guild Women Who Hike Ash Wednesday Prayer List Pastor John Hein Pastor Tim Wheaton Jim Lien Lilia Howley Margaret Fraze Jeff Strand Parents […]
- Hymn 720 - Oh, Wondrous Type, Oh, Vision FairEpiphany is an often overlooked season of the church year. It is sandwiched between Christmas and Lent, two of the most familiar seasons of the church year. Epiphany concludes with the Transfiguration of Jesus, which we will be celebrating this weekend. This is fitting, first because the Transfiguration is a magnificent proof that Jesus is […]
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Joseph Naumann
pastor
Pastor Joe Naumann is a fifth generation pastor who grew up in Alaska and Wisconsin. He was baptized at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes, MN and was confirmed at Luther Memorial Church in Fond du Lac, WI. He attended high school at Immanuel Lutheran High School in Eau Claire, graduating in 2008.
In 2013, he graduated from Immanuel Lutheran College with an Associate of Arts Degree in Pre-Theological. In 2014, he vicared under Pastor Wilke at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Saginaw, MI. In 2015, he vicared under Pastor Dave Schierenbeck at Berea Lutheran Church in Inver Grove Heights, MN. In 2016, He graduated from Immanuel Lutheran Seminary. That same year, he received the call to serve as Associate Pastor at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, MN.
He serves as vice-president of the Church of the Lutheran Confession.
Pastor Naumann married Rachel Sydow in 2014. He and Rachel have been blessed with four children: Eleanor, Olivia, Samson, and Adelaide

Nathanael Mayhew
pastor
Nathanael Mayhew graduated from Immanuel Lutheran College (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) in May, 1998 with an Associate of Arts Degree in Pre-Theology. In 2001 he graduated from Immanuel Lutheran Seminary in Eau Claire.
In 2002 he accepted the call to serve Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in Lawrenceville, GA where he served for almost 12 years. In July 2014, he accepted the call to serve Grace Ev. Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye, and Faith Lutheran Church in New Ulm, serving them for 10 years. In May 2024, he was installed as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church.
He has served as a part-time missionary to East Africa and on the CLC Board of Missions.
Pastor Mayhew and his wife Debra have seven children: Luke, Katherine, Hope, Daniel, Julia, Mark, and Noah.
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421 North Second Street
Mankato, MN 56001