The Resurrection of Lazarus, Where Jesus Declares, "I Am the Resurrection and the Life" (John 11:1-45; Holy Gospel of the Day)

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1 The Resurrection of Lazarus, Where Jesus Declares, "I Am the Resurrection and the Life" (John 11:1-45; Holy Gospel of the Day) ST. PETER EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH (The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) 1033 E 1100 N, Decatur, IN spl1845@centurylink.net Website: The Rev. Martin K. Moehring, Pastor (cell phone: ) Church & Pastor s Study: Parsonage: (Pastor s mjmoehring@centurylink.net) Seminarian: James Beadle Jen Fuelling, Church Secretary Cell Phone: splchurchsec@gmail.com The mission of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church is to: Teach the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ to all; Reach the lost with the same Word by the witness of our words and actions; Care for all in need as we live in Christ s love through the same Word.

2 THE DIVINE SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT, April 2nd, 2017, 9:00 am "No human being, but only Christ Himself Who was crucified for us, can make of the bread and wine set before us the Body and Blood of Christ" (John Chrysostom, Early Church father). This is what Christ does when we follow His command and institution in THE LORD'S SUPPER. It is also our desire to follow Christ's command to hold fast to everything that He taught. For this reason, the congregations of our Synod have mutually promised to practice "Close" Communion. Penitent, believing members of sister Missouri Synod churches are welcome to commune at this altar. Other guests desiring to commune are therefore kindly asked to speak with the Pastor before the service. PRE-SERVICE MUSIC CALL TO WORSHIP: RINGING THE BELL PRELUDE HYMN: LSB 575, "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less" LITURGY: Divine Service, Setting Three, hymnal p. 184 and following (Stand) Confession and Absolution, p Introit of the Day Ps. 116:1 4, 8; antiphon: Ps. 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD* is the death of his saints. I love the LORD, because he has heard* my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me,* therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;* I suffered distress and anguish. Then I called on the name of the LORD:* "O LORD, I pray, deliv- er my soul!" For you have delivered my soul from death,* my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. Glory be to the Father and to the Son* and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the be- ginning,* is now, and will be forever. Amen. Precious in the sight of the LORD*

3 Kyrie, p. 186 is the death of his saints. ***NOTE: The Gloria in Excelsis is not sung during Lent Salutation and Collect of the Day (Responses sung) P The Lord be with you. C And with thy spirit. P Let us pray. Almighty God, by Your great goodness mercifully look upon Your people that we may be governed and preserved evermore in body and soul; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever; Amen. Old Testament Reading Ezekiel 37: The hand of the LORD was upon me, commanded. And as I prophesied, and he brought me out in the Spirit of there was a sound, and behold, a the LORD and set me down in the rattling, and the bones came together, middle of the valley; it was full of bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and bones. 2 And he led me around among behold, there were sinews on them, them, and behold, there were very and flesh had come upon them, and many on the surface of the valley, and skin had covered them. But there was behold, they were very dry. 3 And he no breath in them. 9 Then he said to said to me, Son of man, can these me, Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, bones live? And I answered, O Lord son of man, and say to the breath, GOD, you know. 4 Then he said to me, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from Prophesy over these bones, and say the four winds, O breath, and breathe to them, O dry bones, hear the word on these slain, that they may live. 10 So of the LORD. 5 Thus says the Lord GOD I prophesied as he commanded me, to these bones: Behold, I will cause and the breath came into them, and breath to enter you, and you shall live. they lived and stood on their feet, an 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and exceedingly great army. will cause flesh to come upon you, and 11 Then he said to me, Son of man, cover you with skin, and put breath in these bones are the whole house of you, and you shall live, and you shall Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are know that I am the LORD. dried up, and our hope is lost; we are 7 So I prophesied as I was clean cut off. 12 Therefore prophesy,

4 and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 14 And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD. A This is the Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God. Gradual for The Fifth Sunday in Lent (read by the lector) [O come, let us fix our eyes on] Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Epistle Romans 8: There is therefore now no mind on the Spirit is life and peace. condemnation for those who are in 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit hostile to God, for it does not submit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus to God s law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those from the law of sin and death. 3 For who are in the flesh cannot please God has done what the law, weakened God. by the flesh, could not do. By sending 9 You, however, are not in the flesh his own Son in the likeness of sinful but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in God dwells in you. Anyone who does the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous not have the Spirit of Christ does not requirement of the law might be belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, fulfilled in us, who walk not according although the body is dead because of to the flesh but according to the Spirit. sin, the Spirit is life because of 5 For those who live according to the righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of him flesh set their minds on the things of who raised Jesus from the dead dwells the flesh, but those who live according in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from to the Spirit set their minds on the the dead will also give life to your things of the Spirit. 6 To set the mind mortal bodies through his Spirit who on the flesh is death, but to set the dwells in you.

5 Holy Gospel A C A This is the Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God. ***NOTE: The Triple Alleluia is not sung during Lent John 11:17-27, (Responses sung) The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the eleventh chapter. Glory be to Thee, O Lord. 1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, he whom you love is ill. 4 But when Jesus heard it he said, This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, Let us go to Judea again. 8 The disciples said to him, Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again? 9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him. 11 After saying these things, he said to them, Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him. 12 The disciples said to him, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover. 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus has died, 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him. 16 So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. 17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you. 23 Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again. 24 Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again in the

6 resurrection on the last day. 25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this? 27 She said to him, Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world. 28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, The Teacher is here and is calling for you. 29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled. 34 And he said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews said, See how he loved him! 37 But some of them said, Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying? 38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days. 40 Jesus said to her, Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God? 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me. 43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out. 44 The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, Unbind him, and let him go. 45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, A This is the Gospel of the Lord. C Praise be to Thee, O Christ. (Sit)

7 NICENE CREED, p. 191 HYMN OF THE DAY: LSB 685, "Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus" SERMON (John 11:32-44; Rev. James Fundum, Seminary Development Officer) OFFERTORY, "Create in me a clean heart," p OFFERING PRAYER OF THE CHURCH (P: Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.) (Including our shut-ins, those on our hearts and minds, and the following) Max Fuelling (undergoing treatments) Kay Brown (sister of David and Lynn Matthews; at home in GA, receiving therapy) Dr. Cynthia Matthews (home) Julaine Hockemeyer (mother of Lori Conrad) Frank Crosby (Charlie's brother; at home) Faith Gibson (grandniece of Jim & Joyce Gariepy; in Pennsylvania) Phil Wolpert (former owner of West End Restaurant; known to St. Peter members) Sarah Biskupski (Traverse City, MI; wife of one of Pastor's nephews) Ruth Brege (husband, Rev. William, is retired pastor of Bethlehem, Ossian) SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT, p. 194 and following DISTRIBUTION OF HOLY COMMUNION DISTRIBUTION HYMNS: LSB 637, "Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord" LSB 548, "Thanks to Thee, O Christ Victorious" LSB 752, "Be Still, My Soul; the Lord Is on Your Side" CONCLUDING LITURGY, p HYMN TO DEPART: LSB 919, "Abide, O Dearest Jesus" Organist: Leanne Busick Deacons: Joe Werling (Head), Matt Bischoff, Steve H. Fuelling, Louie Fuelling Elders: Allen Franz, Ron Franz (Head), John Fuelling, Dale Busick

8 ANNOUNCEMENTS WE THANK REV. JAMES FUNDUM from the Seminary Development Office for serving as celebrant and preacher this morning. We pray the Lord's blessings on his message from the Word of the Lord, and on our hearing of the Word. WHILE PASTOR MOEHRING IS ON THE RETURN TRIP FROM GERMANY, if a pastor is needed in an emergency, you can call Pastor Koeneman at Immanuel Lutheran (Union Twp.): (church); (his cell). Pastor Moehring and the group will return sometime this evening. NEXT SUNDAY, PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 9th, will be the Divine Service of Holy Communion with the Rite of Confirmation. The Confirmands this year will be Kaylee Fuelling and Briena Myers. OFFERINGS: Currently unavailable; will be included next week. Thanks! Discipleship is a life of joy. Jesus invited, "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" (Matt. 11:28). While discipleship requires ongoing learning and training, education is not a prerequisite. Few of the disciples were scholars; their learning of the Word was lifelong. Yet was also lifelong was the response of worship and service in the Lord from the saving faith He had given them. * SEMI-ANNUAL COLLECTION OF LWML MITE BOX OFFERINGS IS TODAY * THE GRAINERY EASTER FLOWER PLANT PRICE LISTS have been included in the bulletin. Please have these turned in by TODAY, April 2 nd. Thank you! THANK YOU FROM THE ST. PETER BEREAVEMENT COMMITTEE: We wish to thank those of you who generously donate food or money for funeral meals when we call you...it makes our service to the family so much easier. We are always looking for more volunteers to help the day of the meal with preparing the food, serving and clean up. There are several pans/bowls in the kitchen that are left from these food donations that you may be missing from your kitchens...check the counter to see if any of them are yours. We currently have some there with the last names Linder, Gresley, Zimmerman and several that have no names. Feel free to give us a call if you are so moved. Karen and Leanne Thank you.

9 2017 DECATUR CIRCUIT LUTHERANS FOR LIFE ESSAY SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST: The scholarship was open to any member of a Decatur Circuit Lutheran Church who will be attending college in the fall of To enter for a chance to win the scholarship, each student submitted an essay answering the question: How does our confession of fatherhood inform our approach to life issues? Each essay was then reviewed by the pastors of the Decatur Circuit and a winner was selected. The winner of this year's $ LFL Essay Scholarship Contest is Leah Ness of Faith Lutheran Church, Roanoke. WORSHIP FOR SHUT-INS can be viewed on the following stations: Sunday, 7:00 a.m., NBC-TV 21.2, Fort Wayne Sunday, 8:00 a.m., WISE-TV 21.3, Fort Wayne; FiOS Cable 9 Sunday, 11:30 a.m., DIRECTV 377 & DISH 7442 Sunday & Monday, 4:00 p.m., Comcast 55 & FiOS 25 Monday, 10:00 a.m., Comcast 55 and FiOS 25 Sermon text for next Sunday, April 9: John 12:13; preacher: Rev. Dr. Daniel Brege, St. Paul Lutheran, Preble THE LUTHERAN HOUR can be heard on the following radio stations: WZBD-FM 92.7, Sundays, 8:05 am WOWO-AM 1190, Sundays, 11:30 am WFCV-AM 1090, Sundays, 3:30 pm LUTHERAN INTERNET PROGRAMMING 1) LISTEN TO...your Lutheran Radio Station, Worldwide KFUO.org, your radio station for news, talk, and sacred music with a cross-focused, Christ-centered Lutheran worldview. Join us! Archived at KFUO.org. Find us at kfuo.org and follow us at Facebook.com/KFUOradio, or Instagram@kfuo.radio for shareable photos and program info. This program is available only on the Internet! 2) THE FAITH ONCE DELIVERED TO ALL THE SAINTS Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL; and is hosted by Missouri Synod Pastor Todd Wilken. You can listen to what you want, when you want, at This program is available only on the Internet! 3) LUTHERAN PUBLIC RADIO Sacred Music for the World ; listen to the music of the Church anytime, at LutheranPublicRadio.org, available only on the Internet. 4) CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, FORT WAYNE, live streaming of daily chapel service and special services; go to the Seminary's home page at and click on the proper link on the right side of the home page.

10 LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT SUNDAY'S (APRIL 9th) READINGS Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11 John 12:12-19 Now Is the Hour When the Son of Man Is Glorified "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming." He comes in gentle humility, "sitting on a donkey's colt," yet also as the King of Israel "in the Name of the Lord" (John 12:13, 15). His royal glory is faithful obedience and self-sacrificing service "to the point of death, even death on a cross" (Phil. 2:8). The love of God is manifested in the Cross and Passion of His Son for the salvation of sinners. Since He has borne our sins and suffered our death, "God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the Name that is above every name" (Phil. 2:9); and, He exalts us in His Resurrection. Our Lord did not hide His face "from disgrace and spitting" (Is. 50:6), but He trusted His God and Father, Who raised Him from death and the grave and exalted Him to His right hand. This same King Jesus now comes to us in gentle humility in His Supper, where He feeds us with His Body and cleanses and covers us with His Blood, so that "after His Resurrection" we also shall rise and enter the New Jerusalem of heaven. The Season of Lent, 2017 Theme: "Sacred Head, Now Wounded" Wednesday, April 5, 7:00 pm Sub-Theme: "The Wound of Abandonment" Holy Week, 2017 Sunday, April 9, Palm Sunday Holy Communion with Rite of Confirmation Thursday, April 13, 7:00 pm Maundy Thursday Communion Service Theme: "A Meal for the Wounded" Friday, April, 14, 7:00 pm Good Friday Solemn Service

11 EASTER SUNDAY, 2017 APRIL 16, FEAST OF OUR LORD'S RESURRECTION 7:00 am Early Service (Full breakfast after the service) 9:00 am Festival Divine Service of Holy Communion CHURCH CALENDAR FOR WEEK OF APRIL 2nd, 2017 TODAY 9:00 am Divine Service of Holy Communion 10:15 am Sunday School 3:00 pm Ladies Bible Study MONDAY 8:00 am SPI resumes classes WEDNESDAY 7:00 pm Lenten Service THURSDAY 9:00 am Quilting 9:30 am Pastors' Study Group, at Bingen

12 THE GRAINERY COMPANY Phone North First St. Decatur, IN EASTER PLANT PRICE LIST 2017 Easter Lilies 6 1 stem (5+ blooms) $11.25 Easter Lilies 8 2 stem (9+ blooms) $20.95 Easter Lilies 10 3 stem (14+ blooms) $29.99 Hydrangea 6-3 bloom $22.99 Colors: Pink & Blue Daffodils 6 $9.95 Colors: Yellow only Tulips 6 $9.95 Colors: Red, Yellow, Pink, Purple, Orange Hyacinths 6 $9.95 Colors: Pink, Blue, Purple Azaleas 6 $18.95 Colors: Pink shades Mums 6 $12.95 Colors: Pink, Yellow, Lavender Foil Pot Covers Included Orders must be in to the Grainery 2 weeks prior to Easter April 2 nd.