St. Paul s Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

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1 BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES: Members celebrating Birthdays from Dec. 29-Jan.4 are Anna Marie Behrends, Mildred Fornoff, Jessica Towery, Curtis Dean, Jay Frye and Kraig Krause ANNIVERSARIES: Delmar & Elizabeth Ballinger, Brandon & Lisa Painter Happy Birthday to All!! WEEKLY CALENDAR How we worshipped the Lord on 12/12318 Attendance: 179 Offering: $ Average/Person in Attendance: $ Sunday, December 30, :00a.m. Divine Service 10:15 a.m. Children Christmas Program Monday, December 31, :00pm New Year Eve Divine Servicew/Holy communion Tuesday, January 1, 2019 Happy New Year Wednesday, January 2, :30am Bible Study Thursday, January 3, :00pm Elders Meeting Friday, January 4, 2019 Saturday, January 5, :00 p.m. Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Divine Service w/holy Communion Jan. 5, 2019 & Jan. 6, 2019 The 1 st Reading: Is. 60: 1-6 The Epistle Lesson: Eph. 3:1-12 The Gospel: Like 3:15-22 Serving Us Next Week: Altar Committee: Mary Howerter Paula Fliege Elder of the Month: Andy Gilson Jan. 5, :00 p.m. Divine Service w/ Holy Communion Organist: Randy Bell Acolytes: Abby Whitlow Jan. 6, :00a.m. Divine Service Organist: Randy Bell Acolytes: Allyson Brown Madison Tomko Greeters: Beckie Comstock Olivia Duncan Ushers: Mike Emme & Ryan Emme ) Sound Booth: Jeff Hackman Saturday Service 6:00 p.m. Sunday Service 9:00 AM Sunday School/Bible Class 10:15 a.m Office (309) Pastor s Cell (309) Parish Hall & Fax (309) Secretary s Office stpaulsoffice@grics.net Pastor s stpaul@grics.net Treasurer s sptreasurer@grics.net Church Website: ana.com St. Paul s Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 121 N. Pearl St. P.O. Box 534 Havana December 30, 2018

2 St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church " Church of the Lutheran Hour" Building Families in Jesus Christ Brothers and Sisters in Christ gathered together in God s household through God s Word and Sacraments being built on the loving foundation of Jesus Christ. Rev. Kevin Wendorf, Pastor December 30, 2018 WELCOME to Divine Service this morning! Let us join together in song and prayer and hearing the Word of the Lord that we may be refreshed in the Spirit and encouraged for the week ahead. Come again soon! You are always welcome here at St. Paul s! We ask that all guests and members sign the fellowship pads you will find in the pews. Please hand the page to the usher as you leave. Visitors please fill in your address and phone number. Members please fill in address and phone number changes if you have recently moved. PRAYER UPON ENTERING CHURCH Dear Lord God in heaven; Thou who didst give unto us the time and the place for worship; Bless us with the attitude of true worship from Thine abundant grace and mercy; So that we may worship Thee in Word and Sacraments, That we may grow and mature spiritually; Thru Jesus Christ, Thy Son our Lord, who with Thee and the Holy Ghost Are worshiped one God, now and forever. Amen. THE LUTHERAN HOUR for Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018 "A Long Good-By" Speaker: Dr. Dean Nadasdy As the year comer to close, we likely have regrets and guilt. We can beat ourselves up over work left undone, but Jesus Christ has assured us that He is your hope. His grace is more sufficient to take us into another year and give us peace. (Luke 2: 27-32) On WDUK or on the Web at Hear the broadcast available to our military: Listen The Lutheran Hour is also on XM s Family Talk Radio 170 every Sunday at 1:00 pm. FAMILY SHIELD MINISTRIES for Saturday, January 2, This week s topic: TBA This radio broadcast is aired Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. on WDUK. Serving Us Today: ALTAR COMMITTEE: Jan Hackman, Brenda Davenport-Fornoff, Linda Walker ELDER OF THE MONTH: Mark Perkins ORGANIST: Leigh Holiday COMMUNION ASSISTANT: ACOLYTES: Noah Blakeley, Madison Tomko GREETERS: Ken Trimpe & Doris Allison USHERS: Kevin Fornoff Gavin Fornoff SOUND BOOTH: Matthew Clark

3 ALTAR FLOWERS: Altar flowers are given to the Glory of God by the Altar Guild. PARENTS: We have KIDS Packs in the Parish Hall to help assist the children with sitting through service. LWML LWML is resuming the recycling of ink cartridges. Please place them in the box on the south shelf in the Parish Hall. Thanks! MARCH FOR LIFE CHICAGO: Join area Lutherans at the March for Life Chicago on January 13, LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison is among the featured speakers. Meet on Federal Plaza (50 W. Adams Street, Chicago) at 1:55 p.m. under the LOVE AFFIRMS LIFE and the EYES FOR LIFE banners. RIDE A BUS LEAVING FROM TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH IN LISLE, 1101 Kimberly Way, Lisle, at 1 p.m. FREE WILL DONATIONS are received to cover cost for the round-trip bus ride. Call Kris Blackwell at to reserve your seat. Space is limited. Wednesday Bible Study: Starting January 16th at 10:30 AM our Wednesday Bible study is going to watch several Christian videos over the next few months. We plan on watching the films and having a discussion about them. Some of the videos that we will be watching include: "Is Genesis History", "Noah -The Man, the Ark, the Flood", and "We the Church: The Priesthood of All Believers". We will also be watching a series of videos about Martin Luther and the Reformation. Please join us! Confirmation returns on Wed. Jan.16, at 6:00pm. December 30,2018 AS WE GATHER Simeon and Anna rejoiced when Mary and Joseph brought week-old Jesus to the temple. He was physical proof that God was keeping His promises made centuries ago. Firstborn males had to be consecrated to God because He had spared them at the time of the exodus. In our Psalm today, God promises redemption for His people, and in Christ we are His chosen people, holy and dearly loved, as Paul writes in the Epistle. Today is the Sunday after Christmas, and we focus on how we exhibit love, forgiveness, and peace, thanking God for His promises kept. OPENING HYMN: Angels from the Realms of Glory #367 INVOCATION Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION Pastor: Let us confess our sins to God our Father. People: Heavenly Father, although You have called us as Your own people, dearly loved, we confess that we have failed to forgive one another as You have forgiven us. We have neglected to reflect Your love at home, school, and work. We have let discord and conflict drown out the peace that You have given us in Christ. We have failed to thank You for Your great love in our private prayers and with our outward words and actions. Forgive us for Jesus sake, and guide us by Your Holy Spirit so that our lives may reflect the love with which You surround us by grace each day.

4 Pastor: Rejoice! By God s love, He gives us forgiveness as a gift for the sake of His Son, whose birth we celebrate. The Holy Spirit clothes us with the very compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience the Father expects. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Freely have you received all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen! LUTHER S EVENING PRAYER I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me this day; and I pray that You would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen. Introit for The First Sunday after Christmas Pastor: The LORD has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. C. Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! Pastor: His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. C. The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. Pastor: He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. C. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Pastor: Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises! ALL: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Pastor: The LORD has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, LUTHER S MORNING PRAYER I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen. BENEDICTION Pastor: People: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. Amen CLOSING HYMN: The Ancient Law Departs #898 Creative Worship for the Lutheran Parish, Series B, Quarter 4. Copyright 2018 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. Used by permission. and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

5 32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel. 33And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. 34And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed. 36And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, 37and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. 38And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. 39And when they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. 40And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him. Pastor: This is the Gospel of the Lord. People: Praise to You, O Christ APOSTLES CREED CHILDREN S MESSAGE HYMN OF THE DAY God Loves Me Dearly #392 SERMON PRAYER OF THE CHURCH LORD S PRAYER OFFERING OFFERTORY: LSB 192 SALUTATION Pastor: The Lord be with you. People: And with thy spirit. Collect for The First Sunday after Christmas O God, our Maker and Redeemer, You wonderfully created us and in the incarnation of Your Son yet more wondrously restored our human nature. Grant that we may ever be alive in Him who made Himself to be like us; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. HYNM OF PRAISE: Now Sing We, Now Rejoice # 386 FIRST READING Exodus 13:1 3a, The LORD said to Moses, 2 Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine. 3Then Moses said to the people, Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by a strong hand the LORD brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten. 11 When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you, 12you shall set apart to the LORD all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are

6 males shall be the LORD s. 13Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. 14And when in time to come your son asks you, What does this mean? you shall say to him, By a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. 15For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem. Pastor: This is the Word of The Lord People: Thanks be to God Gradual for The First Sunday after Christmas Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation. Blessèd is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless You. EPISTLE Colossians 3: Put on then, as God s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Pastor: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. HOLY GOSPEL Luke 2:22 40 Pastor: The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the second chapter. People: Glory to You, O Lord. 22 When the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord ) 24and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. 25Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord s Christ. 27And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, 29 Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; 30for my eyes have seen your salvation 31that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,