All men will hate you because of Me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.

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1 March 1, nd Sunday in Lent We Preach Christ Crucified ~1 Corinthians 1:23 An Affiliate of the Church of the Lutheran Confession 9:00am Sunday School/Bible Class 10:00am Worship Service Visit us on the web at: Church/Office (920) Pastor Neal Radichel Principal Dave Bernthal Teacher Jenn Ohlmann Altar cloths are purple; the color of royalty signifies Christ s kingdom and rule in our hearts! Welcome to all! This week s focus: All men will hate you because of Me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. Matthew 10:22 Today s service liturgy (how God serves us) and hymns: Red Hymnal p : :3-4 Communion: Pre-service 4 (Front, Red Hymnal pg.123) ~ Opening Bells / Prayer Our worship service centers and glorifies our Savior, Jesus Christ. Please turn off your cell phones to avoid distraction.

2 THE ORDER OF SERVICE I. WE PREPARE TO MEET OUR LORD THE INVOCATION We invoke ( call upon ) the name of our Triune God. PASTOR: We begin our Savior s worship service today in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. CONGREGATION: II. WE PRAISE OUR LORD OPENING HYMN: #32 [Red Hymnal] III. OUR LORD SPEAKS TO US 1 ST SCRIPTURE LESSON ~ GENESIS 38 (NIV) 1 At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah. 2 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and lay with her; 3 she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er. 4 She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan. 5 She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him. 6 Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. 7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD's sight; so the LORD put him to death. 8 Then Judah said to Onan, "Lie with your brother's wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother." 9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he lay with his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from producing offspring for his brother. 10 What he did was wicked in the LORD's sight; so he put him to death also. 11 Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Live as a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah grows up." For he thought, "He may die too, just like his brothers." So Tamar went to live in her father's house. 12 After a long time Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah, to the men who were shearing his sheep, and his friend

3 Hirah the Adullamite went with him. 13 When Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep," 14 she took off her widow's clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. 16 Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, "Come now, let me sleep with you." "And what will you give me to sleep with you?" she asked. 17 "I'll send you a young goat from my flock," he said. "Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?" she asked. 18 He said, "What pledge should I give you?" "Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand," she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him. 19 After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow's clothes again. 20 Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her. 21 He asked the men who lived there, "Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?" "There hasn't been any shrine prostitute here," they said. 22 So he went back to Judah and said, "I didn't find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, 'There hasn't been any shrine prostitute here.'" 23 Then Judah said, "Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn't find her." 24 About three months later Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant." Judah said, "Bring her out and have her burned to death!" 25 As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. "I am pregnant by the man who owns these," she said. And she added, "See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are." 26 Judah recognized them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I wouldn't give her to my son Shelah." And he did not sleep with her again. 27 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. 28 As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said, "This one came out first." 29 But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, "So this is how you have broken out!" And he was named Perez. 30 Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist, came out and he was given the name Zerah. HYMN OF THE DAY: #409:1-2 [Red Hymnal]

4 2 ND SCRIPTURE LESSON ~ MATTHEW 10:1-20 (NIV) 1 He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. 2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: "Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.' 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. 9 Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts; 10 take no bag for the journey, or extra tunic, or sandals or a staff; for the worker is worth his keep. 11 "Whatever town or village you enter, search for some worthy person there and stay at his house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. 15 I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. 16 I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17 "Be on your guard against men; they will hand you over to the local councils and flog you in their synagogues. 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 "Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22 All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24 "A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for the student to be like

5 his teacher, and the servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub, how much more the members of his household! 26 "So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. 32 "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. 34 "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn "'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law-- 36 a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.' 37 "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38 and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 40 "He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me. 41 Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward." OUR CONFESSION OF FAITH ~ EXPLANATION TO APOSTLES CREED I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of the virgin Mary, is my Lord. He has redeemed me, a lost and condemned person, purchased and won me from all sin, from death, and from the power of the devil, not with gold or silver, but with His holy, precious blood and His innocent suffering and death. He did this

6 that I should be His very own, live under Him in His kingdom, and serve Him in eternal righteousness, innocence, and joy; just as He is risen from death, lives and reigns in eternity. This is most certainly true. HYMN OF THE DAY: #409:3-4 [Red Hymnal] AUDIO/VIDEO IN CRYROOM FOR PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WHO NEED A BRIEF REMINDER Today s Meditation: Genesis 38:6-10 (underlined in Genesis reading) Godly Rites are blessed with Godly Responsibility 1. The fear of the Lord adds length to life 2. But the years of the wicked are cut short. (Proverbs 10:27) THE OFFERTORY We Offer God our hearts again, praying for His Spiritual blessings! COMMUNION ANNOUNCMENT: (See also blue handout in entry tract rack) Holy Communion is rightly called a Sacrament because it is a Sacred act; not in what WE do for Christ, but in what Christ does for US! Because God s Word presents the reception of this Sacrament as a most intimate expression of spiritual and confessional unity (1 Corinthians 1:10; 10:16-17 Romans 16:17-18), we ask only those who have publicly professed such oneness of faith and belief with us by membership here or another CLC church come forward at this time. This is not a judgment of anyone s faith, but rather an expression of ours. Please speak with pastor if you are seeking a church home or have any questions. We d love to have you! IV. WE OFFER OURSELVES TO OUR LORD AN OFFERING OF THANKFUL HEARTS TO THE LORD So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. ~ 2 Corinthians 9:7 SPECIAL PRAYERS ~ GENERAL PRAYER

7 V. OUR LORD BLESSES US CONFESSION & ABSOLUTION OF SINS P: Knowing that God searches the heart, I ask you, are you sorry that you have sinned against Him in thought, word, and deed; and do you hope by the Holy Spirit, to amend your sinful life? Then declare so by saying, Yes, with the help of God. C: Yes, with the help of God. P: Upon this confession of your sins, I announce the grace and peace of God to you, and by the authority and command of our Lord Jesus Christ I forgive you all of your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. P: Lift up your hearts in the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ! P: Let us give thanks unto the Lord, our God! P: It is right and spiritually beneficial that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and everlasting God, through Jesus Christ our Lord: ALL: Who on the tree of the cross gave salvation to all mankind, and when He rose from death, brought eternal life to the world. P: Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven, we magnify Your glorious Name, praising You singing: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY SANCTUS

8 THE LORD S PRAYER P: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil THE WORDS OF INSTITUTION P: May this peace of our Lord be with you always! LAMB OF GOD AGNUS DEI

9 DISTRIBUTION HYMN: #305 O LORD, NOW LET YOUR SERVANT NUNC DIMITTIS Latin: Now Dismiss. Simeon s words after seeing the Christ Child. (Luke 2:29-32)

10 THE BENEDICTION The blessing given by God for the blessing of His people (Numbers 6:24-26). P: The LORD bless thee and keep thee; The LORD make His face shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee; The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee and give thee peace. CLOSING HYMN: #309 [Red Hymnal] ANNOUNCEMENTS Welcome to all! Guests, please sign our guest book in entryway and we hope you will come and join us again! Questions? (920) THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE: If the LORD wills, we will do this or that. James 4:15 *online calendar at FDLlutheran.com / or go to facebook.com/fdl.lutheran Mar 1 Sun Usher Team #2 / Organist: Mrs. Fillmore / Counter: Bob C. 9a Sunday School / Bible Class 10a Worship w/communion Mar 3 Tue 4p Catechism Mar 4 Wed 6:30p Lenten Worship (Come and hear!) Mar 5 Thu 6p School Committee 7p Dave Ramsey Financial Class in copy room Mar 7 Sat 9a LMS 5-8 th grade Round Robin Basketball Tourney (Markesan) Mar 8 Sun Day light savings spring ahead (set clocks ahead) one hour! Usher Team #3 / Organist: Mrs. Fillmore / Counter: Bob C. 9a Sunday School / Bible Class 10a Worship Service 11a Special voters meeting to discuss more project details UPCOMING DATES: Mar Fri CLC Grade school Basketball Tourney (Eau Claire, WI) Mar 21 Sat 7p ILC Tour Choir Concert here at LM Apr 19 Sun Spring Mission Festival Guest speaker: Seminarian Sam Rodebaugh GET LMNEWS TEXTED TO YOUR PHONE = Just Text LMNEWS to CALL NEWS Calvary Lutheran, Marquette MI, has called the Rev. Andrew Schaller, pastor of Trinity Lutheran, Watertown, and Zion Lutheran, Hidewood Twp. SD. <> The Rev. Michael Roehl, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran, Bismarck ND, has returned the call to Resurrection Lutheran, Corpus Christi TX. OUR SUNDAY SERIES is a Chronological Bible reading plan for the next two years, Lord willing. Daily Bible reading chapters will be posted in our church calendar each month. If you wish to read the Bible in a couple of years, this would be a great way to do it! If you ever have any questions about any of these readings, don t hesitate to me at pastor@fdllutheran.com

11 FRUITS OF FAITH PAST WEEK / FOR THE YEAR Bible Class 17 Worship 106 LUTHER MEMORIAL CHURCH CHURCH OF THE LUTHERAN CONFESSION Budgetary ($3365 needed each week) Budgetary ($577 needed each week) $2473 LM General Budget $442 CLC General Budget Non-Budgetary Non-Budgetary $85 LM School $ ILC Student Aid Fund $3 LM Student Aid Fund $ ILC Building Fund $20 LM Debt Retirement $ ILC Improvement Fund $22 LM Maintenance & Improvements $15 Mission Development-(MDF) $20 LM Local Missions/Outreach $35 Project Kinship/Orphanage $ LM Other: Building Fund (Memorial) $45 CLC Other: Foreign Memorial gift (Designated): Don. Tagliapietri s Bday ($20 Non-Designated) $50.00 Dolores Soles Abler - Fund: General Budget LM Budgetary $ (YTD Jan-Dec 8/52 wks) Received: $19,907 / Needed: $26,920 LM $0 $25,000 $50,000 $75,000 $100,000 $125,000 $150,000 $175,000 Received Budget

12 CLC Budgetary $30,000 (YTD July-June 34/52 wks) Received: $17,697 / Needed: $19,618 CLC $0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000 $30,000 Received Budget IN OUR PRAYERS If you are hospitalized, please let pastor know if you would like a visit! In the Hospital or on Hospice: Marie P. is on hospice at Grancare Shut-ins: Pearl Becker (N6329 Colonial Dr), Frieda Birkheim (Sterling House), Evelyn Chase (Lutheran Home), Mildred Cox (Patriot Place), Eileen Gantner (Woodlands), Ed Jacobs (868 W Scott St), Gloria Jacobs (Woodlands), Doris Kaiser (Woodlands), Jeanette Keipe (675 S. Main St.), John Lenburg (769 Mustang Ln), Marion Mach (253 Sheyboygan St.), Verdelle Manowske (Lakeshore, Oshkosh), Ray Miller (Harbor Haven), Marie Pflueger (Grancare), Dorothy Schmolesky (Lutheran Home), Jim Steffen (N8652 Linden Beach Rd), Leah Wirkus (St. Peter s Place), Ruth Woller (315 S. Spring St, Sparta)