RESOLVE 2ND SUNDAY IN LENT

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1 RESOLVE 2ND SUNDAY IN LENT St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church 4911 Brauer Road - Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

2 Welcome to our worship service! In our services here at St. John we have two chief goals. Our first goal is to be built up in our faith through the only means God has given to us, the gospel found in God s Word and Sacraments. Our second goal is to give praise to God Father, Son, & Holy Spirit alone. As we seek these two goals we are equipped to carry out our mission Come, Grow, Live, and Share Christ! May the Lord bless our worship today. Guests We welcome you to St. John with joy in our hearts that you chose to worship with us today! Instructions for worship are found in the bulletin and will be announced by pastor. There is a cry room in the back of church available for parents to calm and care for their children during the service. Bathrooms are located downstairs and to the left. A changing table is available in the women s bathroom. Should you have any other questions, please speak with one of the ushers or with pastor. Today s Service The order of service is called The Common Service. It begins on page 15 in the red pew hymnal: Christian Worship. The hymns and psalm today can also be found in the hymnal. Communion at St. John At St. John we practice membership communion. That means we invite to the altar those who have expressed their agreement with the biblical teachings of this church through current membership in our congregation or other WELS or ELS congregations. Some might have questions about our practice since not every Christian congregation today practices Close Communion. For this reason, we sincerely invite you to schedule a visit with our pastor so that he may talk with you about any questions or concerns you may have. He will be more than happy to sit down with you. Use time before the service to prepare for Communion by turning to page 156 in the front of the hymnal. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Pastor: Benjamin Enstad pastor@stjohnvalmy.com Website: stjohnvalmy.com Office Administration Assistant: Barb Schaefer office@stjohnvalmy.com Organist: Phyllis Simon Treasurer: Kevin Wilke treasurer@stjohnvalmy.com Artwork: Artwork by Ian M. Welch. Copyright 2013 Ian M. Welch. All Rights Reserved. paramentics.com Scripture: Scripture is taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

3 COMMON SERVICE OPENING HYMN: Hail, O Once-Despised Jesus CW 351 Please stand and turn to page 15 in the front part of the hymnal. PRAYER OF THE DAY Almighty God, you see that we have no power to defend ourselves. Guard and keep us both outwardly and inwardly from all adversities that may happen to the body and from all evil thoughts that may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. FIRST LESSON: Jeremiah 26:8-15 8But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized him and said, You must die! 9 Why do you prophesy in the LORD s name that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted? And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. 10When the officials of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the house of the LORD and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate of the LORD s house. 11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and all the people, This man should be sentenced to death because he has prophesied against this city. You have heard it with your own ears! 12Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people: The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the things you have heard. 13Now reform your ways and your actions and obey the LORD your God. Then the LORD will relent and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you. 14 As for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right. 15 Be assured, however, that if you put me to death, you will bring the guilt of innocent blood on yourselves and on this city and on those who live in it, for in truth the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing. PSALM OF THE DAY: Psalm CW p. 82

4 SECOND LESSON: Philippians 3:17-4:1 17Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you. 18 For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. 4:1Therefore, my brothers, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you should stand firm in the Lord, dear friends! VERSE OF THE DAY: Philippians 2:8b Jesus humbled himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross. GOSPEL: Luke 13: At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you. 32He replied, Go tell that fox, I will drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal. 33 In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. SERMON HYMN: Lord, You I Love with All My Heart CW 434:1-2 CHILDREN S MESSAGE: In front of the sanctuary SERMON HYMN: Lord, You I Love with All My Heart CW 434:3

5 SERMON TEXT: Luke 13:31-35 KEEPING ON TRACK After the sermon, please stand and turn to page 20 in the hymnal as we sing the song Create in Me. COMMUNION HYMN: My Song Is Love Unknown CW 110 CLOSING HYMN: God Loved the World So that He Gave CW 391

6 REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS Our Shut-Ins Allan Hasenjager, Betty Kiehnau, & Tom McDonald. Jason Staats & Family, that the Lord would bless Jason and the rest of his division with safe and excellent training before they deploy to Afghanistan. And that the Lord bless and keep Nicole and the children while Jason serves our country and the people of Afghanistan. Easton Grasse, (young grandson of David & Tamie Grasse), that the Lord would continue to bless Easton s progress with taking food by mouth so that he can move off of the feeding tube soon. Diann Ehlers, who has been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (a bone marrow disease) and is undergoing treatment. Darlene Krauel, prayers of thanksgiving that she has been told the cancer is gone, that the Lord keep the cancer away and bless her continued recovery and further treatments. ANNOUNCEMENTS Women s Mission Rally All women of our congregation have been invited to attend a local Lutheran Women s Mission Society (LWMS) rally on April 6. It is an opportunity to gather together with fellow sisters in Christ of our WELS congregations to hear about amazing work God is doing in our country and about in the field of mission work. It s also a wonderful time of spiritual renewal and fellowship. It will be held at Trinity Lutheran Early Child Care Center 800 Augustine St., Kaukauna, WI On-site registration begins at 8:00 am with the rally beginning at 9:00 am and running until 12:30 pm. If you would like to attend, please signup on the registration sheet on the shelf below the mailboxes. We will plan to carpool down. New Beginnings Collection Please take a bottle home and fill it with your change, or whatever money you want to help support New Beginnings a program and home that provides care, support and housing for young pregnant women who are escaping bad, even dangerous situations in their lives. The collection will end on Sunday, April 21 (Easter). Family Feud - to - Family Fueled One of the main goals of the game show Family Feud is to create feuding within families. Isn t there enough of that in the world already? Join us as we fill our hearts and minds with the healing and motivation only God can give. In this way we ll learn to move from Family Feud to a Family Fueled to serve God and others. Sunday mornings at 9:00am beginning March 10. Midweek Lent Worship Services will be at our usual 10:00 am and 6:30 pm. If our times do not work for your schedule, you can also worship at 11:00 am - St. Peter 10:00 am & 6:30pm - 6:00 pm.

7 Funeral Luncheon Changes Due to the time commitment and lower numbers of available help, ham and egg salad sandwiches prepared by the women of the congregation for a funeral luncheon will no longer be an option. It has been decided that arranging volunteers for desserts, and volunteers for setup, service, and clean up is what is best handled by the congregation. Meals, therefore, will need to be catered in as often happens through Econo Food and the like. Grief Support Group Griefshare is a weekly seminar and support group designed to help you rebuild your life after losing a loved one. Our group is led by caring people who have experienced grief and want to help you through the difficult days ahead. We know it hurts, and we want to help. Sessions will be held on Thursdays 6:00-8:00 p.m. from February 21- May St. Peter s Lutheran Church. For more information, call or visit their website: Parenting Seminars Monthly parenting seminars began February 23! The basics: Dates) Feb March 16 - April 13 - May 11 - June 8. Time) 10:00 am - Noon. Refreshments will be provided. Onsite childcare will also be provided. For more information and to register, please visit our church s website homepage. Special Offering Grace: Hmong Outreach in Vietnam You each have a booklet in your church mailbox outlining the amazing opportunity to share God s grace with the Hmong people of Vietnam. Within this booklet is an envelope. WELS is collecting a special offering with the goal of raising $2 million to purchase land, construct the campus, and cover the initial two years of operational costs. $500,000 has been raised already. Please use the next few weeks to prayerfully consider what you would like to give to support this amazing opportunity. Easter Sunday (April 21) will be the last Sunday we will be gathering this special offering. Make sure to use the special envelope included in the booklet.

8 ST. JOHN WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS March 17, 2019 Schedule Tuesday Wednesday Sunday 7:00 p.m. - Choir Rehearsal 6:30 a.m. - DC WELS Bible Wanda Jeans 10:00 a.m. - Lenten Service 3:30 p.m. - Catechism Class 6:30 p.m. - Lenten Service 8:45 a.m. - Sunday School 9:00 a.m. - Bible Study 10:00 a.m. - Worship Birthdays March 18-Paul Wiedenhoeft Anniversaries None Altar Guild March 17th-Jane Goggins; April 7-Barb Schaefer; 18th-Amber Enstad Ushering March - Brian Schram & Chuck Ott April - Dean Schumacher & Scott Andreae Communion Server March - Gene Dennis April - Dave Tomjanovich Church Cleaning Week beginning: March 18th-Paul Magle Family; 25th-Gordon Magle Family; April 1- Elmer Tanck Family; 8th-Ehlers/Grasse Family; 15th E-Wilke Family; 15th L- Lynn Nelson Family; 22nd-Tomjanovich Family; 29th-Dean Schumacher Family; May 6-Barb Schaefer & Christine Polster; 13th-Annie Gilbert, Mary Kramer & Phyllis Simon Holiday weeks with multiple services, one family cleans first part of the week, another the second part of the week. Scrip Please remember that Scrip is available in our library before and after services. They are honored by many area businesses at face value, and a portion goes to our church. Gift boxes available.