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SERVICES: Sundays: "Heritage" (Traditional)-8:15 a.m.; "Celebration" (Contemporary)-10:45 a.m.; Bible Study-9:30 a.m; Wednesdays:6:30 p.m.- Praise/Worship; 7 p.m.-Life University
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 LEFT: Wecolme J.D. Zubia as Exciting Immanuel's new Minister To Adults! Pictured are son, Aaron, 20; wife, Selina, daughter Stephanie, 15, and J.D. He has served as Immanuel Christian School counselor and will be our new school principal in addition to serving as Minister To Adults. Help us welcome the Zubias this Sunday! For more info on J.D., go to our staff page |
| BELOW: Alltell installs their equipment for the use of our tower (Pastor gives up parking space) |
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| ANOTHER AWARD FOR IMMANUEL! Pastor Rix just returned from the Southern Baptist Convention where the North American Mission Board awarded Exciting Immanuel the top church in both per captia and total giving to missions in the entire El Paso area! Congratulations, church! |
 Join us for SPLASHDOWN '08 on Thurs., July 3rd at Wet N WildWaterpark in Anthony, N.M. Fun starts at 5 p.m. with live music and admission is only $5 which includes the rides! Either bring your own food or buy theirs! Baptism at 7 p.m. and fantastic fireworks show at 9:15 p.m.!
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  New members Brenda & Hector Maldonado, Terry Reardon, and Daniel Frankell. |
 Exciting Immanuel's high school and college grads watch during our salute to the church's graduates! |
 IMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL'S 2008 GRADUATING CLASS. Out of 28 graduates, 16 have already completede at least 6 hours of college credit with several having from 18 to 30 hours (equivalent to completing freshman year!) |
 PASTOR'S ASSISTANT Connie Kincaid celebrated her 29th anniversary on staff at Exciting Immanuel! Affectionately known as "Mother Superior", Connie is outstanding at managing the office and keeping Pastor Rix on target! |
  LEFT: Sarah Rico & mom, Rosie at Immanuel school's 8th grade graduation breakfast |
| BELOW: Youth group member Andrew Duran (red shirt) is baptized in the Pacific Ocean by One Way Ministries Pastors after attending "Aquire The Fire" with the youth group in San Diego. |
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 LEFT: Our newest addition! Welcome Josephine Lorraine Hardy, born May 9th to Russell and Evalis Hardy. What a precious bundle of joy! |
| BELOW: Dads & Kids night out at the Diablos game. L-R: Jacob Mosely "at bat"; Kids having fun; Dads Garnett Cook & Ruben Soto "paying attention" to the game. |
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  LEFT: Immanuel's teachers & staff are honored at the annual Spring appreciationluncheon
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| BELOW: New baby boy for Matt and Crystal Newton! |
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 Lester Bennett, Exciting Immanuel Deacon and Truck Stop Chaplain, is pictured outside his office at the Trucker's Chapel of Petro Truck Stop near Horizon City. Lester spends 40 hours a week as a volunteer chaplain and has led scores of truckers to Christ! |
 Victoria Shafer pictured in neo natal unit with new baby boy, Ehin Pascual,weighing 4 lbs & 17" long. PTL, Ehin is now home and growing like a weed! |
| WE'RE BACK! Our "Journeys of The Apostle Paul" trip was fabulous! We returned just after midnight on April 9th after 31 hours, so we're really jet-lagged! See everyone Sunday! BELOW: Sally, Kathy, & Guy Johnsen on Deck on Cruise Ship in the Aegean Sea; Kathy & Guy, Jim & Paula Combs, Sally, Gayle Hart, & Mary Francis Surratt on Island on Mykonos, Greece; Sally Tillman on Acropolis at Lindos on Island of Rhodes, Greece. |
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| NEW! HOST FAMILY PROGRAM TO WELCOME NEW SOLDIERS! |
 DAVID SHUMWAY, one of Exciting Immanuel's shyest members, witnessing to a man at Cielo Vista Mall recently. Our new training course, Way of the Master transforms even the most timid of Christians into witnesses for Christ wherever they go! |
 AT LEFT: "Hallelu Et Adonai" Praise Dancers at 8:15 a.m. service. |
| BELOW: Men's Saturday Basketball is a great way to get exercise, fellowship, and inspiration! |
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 STATE CHAMPS! Teacher/Coach Russell Brockington and two of our students pose with our new Texas TECAF State Championship Boys Varsity Basketball trophy won in Dallas on February 23rd over Faith Academy. This is Immanuel Christian School's 2nd straight boys basketball state championship! |
| BELOW: Korea's "Ambassador Singers" in concert for Exciting Immanuel's "All Nations" Day. Pictured in the second row are members gathering around buffet tables for our ethnic feast & Albert Rolon & Eddie Peralta with one of Albert's Puerto Rican virgin Pina Coladas! |
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 Ambassador and presidential candidate Alan Keys spoke at Exciting Immanuel in February. Keys, former Ambassador to the U.N. and assistant Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan, is a pastor who travels the country speaking about returning America to its moral values. |
| BELOW: Left-Right: Lt. Solomon Adeyemo and wife, Toyin, celebrate the dedication of their baby, Diamond with Nigerian friends; Lt. Adeyemo, Toyin, and Diamond; The Adeyemos hosted a sit-down luncheon for about 50 people in Fellowship Hall with Nigerian food in celebration of the event! |
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| WELCOME HOME, SOLDIER! Exciting Immanuel member Garnet Cook arrived back home from Iraq after a 15 month deployment. Special prayer time was held with Garnet and wife, Regina. Picture at right was taken shortly after Garnet arrived home, met by Regina and their two daughters. |
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| BELOW: Our newest "Princess And The Kiss" graduates-these s have learned about keeping themselves pure and have pledged to remain pure until marriage. |
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| BELOW: Induction ceremony for our magnet school, The Academy of Ethics & Christian Thought. L-R: Faculty members & the school shield; Principal Michael Dewey swearing in a student; the first class of our magnet school! For a bigger picture of the inductee class go here and scroll down the page. |
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| BELOW: New Plantation Shutters have been installed in the back of the Worship Center! |
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BELOW: Pictures from our recent dedication of the newly remodeled Worship Center!
   
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| BELOW: New pews arrived from Ohio and installation began! |
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| BELOW: The concrete is poured for the new stage! |
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 Chelsea Owens, 14, was one of a very select group in her age category from the El Paso, New Mexico, and Arizona region chosen for a full scholarship at the prestigious United States Tennis Association's camp in Seattle, Washington this summer. Chelsea is an incoming freshman at Burgess High School and also accels in swimming. She is very active in Exciting Immanuel's youth group. Congratulations, Chelsea! |
 Pastor Rix receives the award for our church being in the top 100 churches in the Southern Baptist Convention in baptisms from Lifeway President Thom Ranier at the Pastor's Excellence In Evangelism Luncheon in San Antonio. |
 Exciting Immanuel members Sally Tillman, le Hart, and Linda Davis with Beth Moore at El Pinto Restaurant in Albuquerque before the Beth Moore Conference. |
| BELOW: Our "Hal'lu et Adoni" Praise Dancers praising the Lord at Congregation B'Nai Zion's celebration commemorating the 59th year of Israel's independence as a nation. Attending dignitaries included Mayor Cook, Sheriff Samaniego, City Council, etc. Rabbi Steven Leon hosted and presided over a packed house. |
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 Our Israel trip group picture on Mount of Olives!
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| BELOW: Immanuel's Israel Tour Group in the middle of the Sea of Galilee; Jim Combs kissing a Saint Peter's fish! |
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| BELOW: Newly ordained deacons and their wives; All-church reception in their honor |
| BELOW: Baby dedications, 1st row, L-R, Angel & Kathy Luna with Adriana Paula, Rosie & J.C. Rico with Alyna Celeste; Jackie & George Soto with Jaden Elijah; 2nd row: Stephen & Emily Waigwa with Josh; Marcy & David Shumway with Nathan Charles; Whole group standing before the church. |
 PASTOR RIX AND SALLY NOW IN 13TH YEAR! Pastor Rix officially became Senior Pastor of Immanuel on December 4th, 1994, and Sally has been our church administrator for the past three years. Pastor Rix was honored as President of the Southern Baptists of Texas Pastor's Conference last year and has twice been President of the El Paso Pastors' For Jesus. |
 PRAYING FOR SOLDIERS: At left is Exciting Immanuel members praying for 3 soldiers deploying to Iraq. Please keep our soldiers in your prayers! |
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| BELOW:(L-R) Glorieta Conference Center's new luxury hotel, "Hall of The States" nears completion; 3,000 seat Holcomb auditorium; view from the grounds. Glorieta is 18 miles northest of Santa Fe, and Exciting Immanuel owns a cabin there, which is one of two national conference centers owned by Southern Baptists--the other being in Ridgecrest, North Carolina. To learn more, including great family vacation rates starting at only $39 per night, go to the Glorieta Website |
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| BELOW: "The Name Of Jesus Tour" at Exciting Immanuel with Todd Agnew & Big Daddy Weave! L-R: A look from the back door; Mike Weaver with Brianna Lopez; Brianna, Todd Agnew, & Margaret Felizco; Todd Agnew, Mike Weaver and band member with Laura Powers and Lindsay Lopez |
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  El Paso Mayor John Cook playing the guitar and leading a worship song at Immanuel. At Left, Mayor Cook giving a testimony. |
| Below, Just a sampling of the ethnic diversity of our members. We're red, black, brown, yellow, white, toupeed, bald, pierced..you name it! Immanuel...We're Ethnically Balanced & Culturally Relevant! -More pictures! |
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| SIGN UP TO BE A HOST FAMILY FOR A SOLDIER COMING TO FT. BLISS! THIS GREAT NEW PROGRAM IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO HELP NEW SOLDIERS GET ACCLIMATED TO EL PASO. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HAVE THEM OVER FOR A MEAL ONCE IN A WHILE, INVITE THEM TO CHURCH, AND GENERALLY JUST BE A FRIEND! TO SIGN UP, GO TO https://www.bliss.army.mil/ , SCROLL HALF WAY DOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, & CLICK ON "HOST FAMILY SIGN UP", THEN GO TO "HOSTING FAMILY SIGN UP", FILL OUT THE FORM AND CLICK "SUBMIT" |
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| Below: Our "Radiate" Youth Group Facility, "Cornerstone", next door to the church: 1st row, L-R: Kids in Den; Crowd in Kitchen; Backyard patio; 2nd row, L-R: The "Jesus Crib" sign; Living Room; Patio looking back toward church. |
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 Former Senior Pastor Richard Blake (1988-94), pictured with wife, Stephanie, is now President of the International Baptist Mission Partnerships and can be reached at rblake@charter.net We had a glorious homecoming service for the Blakes this year and Richard caught us up on all the mission work he and Stephanie have been doing all over the world! |
| Check out our New Members page and see who's joined recently! |
| Immanuel's Christian School of nearly 700 students, grades Pre-school through 12th grade, is one of the area's finest Christian academies. Go to our School Website now. |
| MISSION STATEMENT: Our mission is to encourage and challenge people to develop a dynamic relationship with the Living Lord and equip God's people for service as we share the , life changing news of Jesus. |
| OUR BELIEFS: Read a complete statement of the beliefs of Southern Baptists |
 Take A CHIA Mission Trip! Immanuel members Dr. John and Sue Sherman founded Christian Hands In Action Mission Brokers over 30 years ago. This organization takes medical and church groups from all over the nation into Mexico for tailored mission experiences and also sends medicines all over the world. Go to the CHIA website now! |
 Each Tuesday our ministerial staff gathers in the War Room For Strategic Intercession and prays through all of the prayer requests from the previous Sunday's morning worship services. Immanuel is a house of prayer and we know that begins with our staff and leadership! If you need prayer about anything in your life, please go to our PRAYER REQUEST page now and submit your prayer need. |
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 Immanuel's tower can be seen for miles around the Cielo Vista Neighborhood |
| El Paso For Jesus is a group of local pastors of all denominations working together to raise the moral climate or El Paso. Headed by founder and former businessman Barney Field, El Paso For Jesus is making a profound difference in our city by working with local government leaders, law enforcement officials, and educators. Check out their many ministries at their website. |
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