869 7 th Avenue SE Rochester, MN 55904

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1 869 7 th Avenue SE Rochester, MN Redeemer Lutheran Church Our Sure Foundation No one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:11 Grow In Christ Share His Love Encourage The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost Thursday, August 11, :00 pm Saturday, August 13, :30 pm Sunday, August 14, :00 am Our Mission Statement: As Christians based on the solid foundation of God s Word, empowered by the Holy Spirit we strive to live out, lift up, and share our faith in Jesus Christ welcoming all into our family of believers. Guiding Principles: - Share the joy of the gospel in word and deed locally and globally - Strengthen our members and facility as a launching pad for ministry - Fostering relationships to strengthen youth and families WELCOME VISITORS We have printed out our worship service to make it easier for all of us to follow. Hymns are found in the hymn section of the Lutheran Service Book or in Worship & Praise, the purple supplement. The service is also projected on the screen. Please visit our Welcome Center in the narthex for additional information about Redeemer. OUR THEME FOR TODAY is Overflowing Love based on Psalm 42. We Come Into God s Presence A SERVICE OF PRAYER AND PRAISE IV (*) Those who are able are asked to stand during these parts of the Service. PRELUDE GREETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS (We welcome our fellow worshipers.) (*) OPENING PRAYER HYMN Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service... LSB

2 869 7 th Avenue SE Rochester, MN (*) THE INVOCATION (Please stand.) P: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. C: We have come to worship You, Father, who creates all life. We have come to worship You, Lord Jesus, our Savior, who won for us new life by the forgiveness of our sins. We have come to worship You, Holy Spirit, who made us alive in Christ to worship You and love our neighbor. P: We worship You for all You are and for all You do and have done for us. C: Grant that we may learn to love You more deeply, and to love others as You have loved us. P: Our great God, Father, Son, and Spirit, we honor and praise You, now and forever. All: "Let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise." All sing: Majesty, worship His majesty. (W&P #94) Unto Jesus be all glory, honor and praise. Majesty, kingdom authority, flow from His throne, Unto His own; His anthem raise! So exalt, lift up on high the name of Jesus. Magnify, come glorify Christ Jesus, the King. Majesty, worship His majesty; Jesus who died, now glorified, King of all kings. (*) CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS P: Heavenly Father, we come before you as Your own dear children. We confess our sins to You, and we ask You to forgive us for Jesus s sake. C: Heavenly Father, by nature we are dead in sin. In our sinfulness, we don t have the power to learn of Your love for us and to grow in faith toward You. In our sinfulness, we often fail to love others and ourselves as persons created in Your image and redeemed by Your Son. We often use others rather than supporting them in love. We are truly sorry for our sins. P: Heavenly Father, we ask You to listen as we in our hearts confess our sins to You, especially those sins of lovelessness toward You and toward those around us. Hear each of us now. And forgive us for Jesus sake. (Silently tell God your sins. Be assured that He hears your personal confession.) P: We have been blessed! God, our Heavenly Father, loves us and promises to forgive us. He sent His Son Jesus to take all our sins with Him when He died on the cross. God gives us new life in Christ through His resurrection from the dead. I have Good News for each of you! Our gracious God forgives all your sins for Jesus sake. -2-

3 869 7 th Avenue SE Rochester, MN (*) HYMN OF PRAISE (LSB 545, st. 1) Word of God, come down on earth, Living rain from heav n descending; Touch our hearts and bring to birth Faith and hope and love unending. Word almighty, we revere You; Word made flesh, we long to hear You. (*) PRAYER OF THE DAY P: The Lord be with you C: And also with you. P: Let us pray O King of glory, Lord of hosts, uplifted in triumph far above all heavens, leave us not without consolation but send us the Spirit of truth whom You promised from the Father; for You live and reign with Him and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen. (Please be seated.) God Speaks to Us SCRIPTURE READINGS L: The Old Testament Reading for Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost is Psalm As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" 4 These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng. 5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. 6 My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon from Mount Mizar. 7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. 8 By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me a prayer to the God of my life. 9 I say to God my Rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?" 10 My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?" 11 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42 NIV L: This is the Word of the Lord. -3-

4 869 7 th Avenue SE Rochester, MN C: Thanks be to God. L: The Epistle reading is from the eleventh and twelfth chapters of Hebrews. 17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned." 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones. 23 By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict. 24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. 25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel. 29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days. 31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient. 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Hebrews 11:17-31; 12:1-3 NIV L: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. (Please stand to sing.) (*) RESPONSE I love you, Lord, (W&P #67) And I lift my voice to worship you; O my soul, rejoice. Take joy, my King, in what you hear; May it be a sweet, sweet sound in your ear. -4-

5 869 7 th Avenue SE Rochester, MN (*) HOLY GOSPEL L: The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the twelfth chapter. C: Glory to You, O Lord. 49 "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law." Luke 12:49-53 NIV L: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to You, O Christ. (Please be seated.) CHILDREN'S MESSAGE (Parents, please feel free to come forward with your younger children.) HYMN As The Deer (W&P 9) As the deer panteth for the water, So my soul longeth after Thee. You alone are my heart s desire, And I long to worship Thee. Chorus: You alone are my strength, my shield; To you alone may my spirit yield. You alone are my heart s desire And I long to worship Thee. You re my friend and You are my brother Even though You are a King. I love You more than any other, So much more than anything. Chorus PASTOR S MESSAGE Overflowing Love Psalm 42 We Respond To God s Word NICENE CREED (Located on the inside back cover of your hymnal.) -5-

6 869 7 th Avenue SE Rochester, MN GATHERING OF THE OFFERINGS (During this time, the pastor will also collect any special prayer request cards.) (8:00 am) ANTHEM Holy, Holy, Holy Becky, Samuel, Lily-Rose Decker FRIENDSHIP REGISTRATION (Please fill in and pass the booklets in your row, if you have not already done so.) (Please stand to sing when the offerings are brought forward.) (*) OFFERTORY (LSB 542, st. 1) When I behold Jesus Christ, true God who died for me, I wonder much at His love as He hung on the tree. What kind of love is this? What kind of love is this? You showed Your love, Jesus, there to me on Calvary. What kind of love is this? What kind of love is this? Your showed You love, Jesus, there to me on Calvary. God Sends Us Forth to Serve and Proclaim (*) PRAYERS - Congregation's response: "Hear our prayer" (*) LORD'S PRAYER ALL: 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. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. (*) BENEDICTION P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: Amen. (Please be seated.) HYMN How Wide The Love of Christ... LSB 535 POSTLUDE -6-

7 Weekly Announcements and Highlights Week of August 14, 2016 Special Prayer Opportuni es: Health Concerns: Irene Knick, Lynn Hebig, Roger Brand, Aayden Cunningham, Polly Cunningham, Janet Ludwig, Linda Walters, Judy Mueller, Lynette Miller, Harold Priebe, Janet VanProosdy, Sharron Smith, Roger Hovland Guidance: Guidance for our state and national leaders Rejoice: With Mark and Paula Kuisle who celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary on August 11. PRAYER CHAINS If you have a prayer request, call Gail Sim ( ), the church office ( ), or send an to Lori Hameister at littlebitmoo@gmail.com. PRAYER CARDS - Take a look in your pew rack and you ll see our prayer request cards! These cards will be collected by one of the pastors during the offering time. GUEST PREACHER Redeemer is blessed to have God s Word shared with us by a retired pastor and family member of Redeemer, Pastor Dave Wood. SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS! Please come to a teacher training meeting on August 21st after the late service in the North Fellowship Hall. We will meet for an hour discussing this next year's theme, openings, and student safety. See you at 10:45am on the 21st! SERVING TODAY Special thanks to the Malachi ChristCare for serving refreshments today. Free-will offerings will be placed into the Church Work Scholarship Fund. Volunteers to serve on September 4 are still needed. Please contact the church office at if you are able to help. INTERESTED IN JOINING? We will be welcoming new people into this family of believers on Sunday, September 25. If you would like information on joining that day, please speak to Pastor Koglin by September 11. THURSDAY EVENING SERVICES will conclude on Thursday, September 1. FALL WORSHIP SCHEDULE Will resume the weekend of September 10/11 with worship on Saturday at 5:30 pm and Sunday at 8:00 and 10:40 am. Sunday School and Bible Classes will resume at 9:20 am on Sunday. Week of

8 REDEEMER GOLFERS Sign up now for the annual golf outing on Sunday, September 11, at 2:30pm, at Willow Creek Golf Course in Rochester. Golf, meal, and prizes are included for $25. This is a casual golf event emphasizing fun and fellowship. Sign-up sheets are on the counter in the Narthex. Questions, contact Mark Gennrich ( ) or Gordy Rupkalvis ( ). Deadline for registration is September 6. If anyone has prize items they are willing to donate for this event, please contact Gordy. VISITING OUR VISITORS: Did you know Redeemer has around guests per weekend! What an opportunity to "welcome all into our family of believers." Redeemer is looking for a leader who will work with Pastor Koglin and our GTO team to make personal contacts to our visitors a normal part of our ministry here. If you are not interested in leading, we also need people interested in being a visitor, caller, or writer. If interested please contact Pastor Koglin at Rally Day Sunday, September 11 Rally Day is the start of the Educational year, and it is coming up fast! Here are some happenings that you should know about: Worship Schedule beginning September 10/11 will be Saturday - 5:30 pm; and Sunday - 8:00 and 10:40 am. Combined Opening September 11, 9:20am Children and adults will gather in the Sanctuary and kick-off the Sunday School year and have a chance to hear about the church theme! 7th Graders receive Catechisms All services Rally Day weekend As a congregation, we care about our children and youth! The youth in 7th grade are starting their confirmation journey! They will receive their catechisms, and we ask you to lift them and their families up in prayer. 2 Week of

9 Redeemer Vision and Leadership Retreat When: Tuesday, August 30, from 6:30-8:00 pm Where: Redeemer South Fellowship Hall Why: To weave Redeemer's Vision into the ministries ongoing at Redeemer and to make our vision central to what we do as a church. Who: All interested and ANY people in a leadership position of any kind in their ministry group. So this could include any leaders in RLCW, Council, Elders, Youth Ministry Team, Family Ministry Team, Quilters... There are TOO MANY to name them all! Please come and help integrate our Vision with your leadership in ministry. Sign-up: A sign-up sheet is located at the Welcome Center. See you there! ATTENTION ALL 7TH AND 8TH GRADERS AND PARENTS If your child is going into 7th or 8th grade (or 9th grade and they have not had a chance to start confirmation at this point), Michael Harvey needs to hear from you! Before the start of confirmation on September 7th, all first and second year confirmands, along with at least one their parents, need to have a meeting with Michael Harvey. This meeting is a way to get the details of the coming year of confirmation and a way for Michael to learn a little about you! These meetings often happen at church but can take place at your home. They last about an hour, and there are openings in the morning, afternoon and evening. I would like to begin meeting with people August 8 and complete all visits by September 7. Thank you for helping me out with this! You can me at daharveys@msn.com or call/text me at Stephen Ministry What is the Pastor s Role in Stephen Ministry? Pastors will always be the primary care givers, but there is no way pastors can meet all the needs for care. God has called all of us, not just pastors, to minister to one another. Stephen Ministry multiplies ministry by turning pastors into equippers, so they can enable lay people to provide caring ministry as well. For more information about the Stephen Ministry program here at Redeemer or to learn how you can have a Stephen Minister walk with you during a challenging time, please contact Pastor Adam Koglin, (507) Week of

10 UPDATES FROM THE FOUNDATION TEAM CALL COMMITTEE The Call Committee is pleased to announce that they have selected six candidates from our list of twenty six as our "Semi Finalists" for our Administrative/Senior Pastor vacancy. The call committee is in the process of contacting these pastors to set up phone interviews for the week of August 15. After these phone interviews are completed, the committee will then meet to review the information we received during the interviews and then narrow the list to three finalists. Once we have our three finalists, we will invite each of them to Redeemer for an on-site personal interview and to meet with the called staff and tour our facilities. The six pastors we have selected are: Pastor Mark Dahn Pastor David Hormann: Pastor Kurt Klaus: Pastor Adam Koglin: Pastor Brent Parrish: Pastor David Seabaugh: Trinity Lutheran Church, Tyler Texas Most recently Executive Director for Missions and Ministry, Cordova TN Senior Pastor, Messiah Lutheran Church, Mounds View, MN Associate Pastor, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Rochester, MN Senior Pastor, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Prior Lake, MN Bethel Lutheran, St. Paul, MN The Call Committee also invites members of Redeemer to share any objections or concerns with the committee regarding any of these candidates. Please feel free to bring any concerns to Dean Jensen. PRAYER TEAM Praise & thanksgiving for God's guidance to the Call Committee in shortening the list of pastoral candidates to six. We thank Him for leading us each step of this process so that we may learn to depend on Him to reveal His choice - & that His will may be done. Thankful for strong leadership here at Redeemer to accept the task God has set before them & thankful for volunteers who have stepped forward to assist in the ministry. Patience for us all as we wait for background checks to be completed & ask God to prepare the hearts of the six candidates to be open to His will for their lives. - to God be the glory! Be sure to check out the Call Groups tab on the Redeemer website ( for the most up-to-date information on the Call Process. 4 Week of

11 Caregiver Connections Expo 2016 Will be held at the Canadian Honker Events at Apache, th St SW. (Old Ramada Inn). The Kick Off Dinner is August 23, and is titled The Music of Our Life. Social at 5 and dinner at 6. (Ideal for working caregivers.) The EXPO is Wednesday, August 24 from 9 to 3. Speakers from 9 am 3 will be presenting on various topics; Vendor Exhibits will be 11 am 3:30 pm. The EXPO provides education, support, resources and advocacy to empower caregivers and those in their care. The Resource has more complete information. Because the Health Cabinet believes the information is valuable for caregivers, they are providing tickets at no charge to those who request them. Tickets are also available for 20 dollars at Elder Network, 1130 ½ 7th St NW, Rochester, MN. Dinner is $25. Contact Janet Dicke or Iva Kietzmann for more complete information and tickets. OUR RESPONSE TO GOD LAST WEEK: WEEKEND WORSHIP ATTENDANCE: 546 ( ) Guests: 44 NEXT WEEKEND S READINGS Psalm 42, Hebrews 11:17-31,12:1-3, Luke 12:49-53 Theme: Overflowing Love Blessed to Serve Today Message... Pastor Dave Wood Children s Message... Josh Heirigs, DCE Organist... April Beckman, DPM Acolytes 8:00 am... Olivia Rossman / Katie Morello 9:30 am... Abbie Manthei / Noah Decker Altar Guild Chair: Shelly Potter Kathy Solomonson, Donna Mundell, Stephanie and Rich Behne Blood Pressures... Emily Applen Elders 6:00 pm... Mark Radtke 5:30 pm... Tony Fick 8:00 am... Scott Feeder 9:30 am... Tim Rossman Greeters 5:30 pm... Gordon and Janet Hoffmann 8:00 am... Don and Eloise Binder 9:30 am... Lynora Miller / Caroline Ferdig Lectors 5:30 pm... Bob Vehrenkamp 8:00 am... Marcia Cochran 9:30 am... Jane Quaintance Nursery 9:30 am... Anita Werle / Madi Werle Technology Helper 5:30 pm... Stephen Smith 8:00 am... Brandon Rossman 9:30 am... Ethan Daniels Welcome Center 5:30 pm... Doug Koepsell 8:00 am... Bernie and Ellie Nesler 9:30 am... Caroline Ferdig Usher Coordinator... Roger Toomey Ushers 5:30 pm. Ken Blazing, Scott Okuno, Terry Severson 8:00 am... Jerry Haack, Bruce Ludwig, Mike Sonnabend, Sam Sonnabend, Damian Chaloner, Ric Thieke 9:30 am... Nate Heining, Glenn Prehn, Christopher Wileman, Sam Janssen, Kailyn Manthei, Josh Zemke Worship Recording... Royce Ernst NOW AVAILABLE The Lutheran Witness magazine for AUGUST is on the long counter in the Narthex. My Devotions for families (Sept. Nov.) are available on the counter in the Narthex. 5 Week of

12 The Week at a Glance SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 Sisters in Christ CC 9 am WORSHIP 5:30 pm SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 WORSHIP - 8 and 9:30 am Blood Pressures Nurses Office 9 am Instrumentalists and Music and Worship Kurtz s 4:15 pm MONDAY, AUGUST 15 Quilters NFH 8 am Story Time Narthex 10:15 am Call Team Meeting Rm 102 6:00pm TUESDAY, AUGUST 16 Men s Bible Study - Rm 102-8:45 am FFF Rm L-3 10:30 am Accordion Band Rm L-3 1 pm Singing Teapots Chapel 1 pm Youth Board Picnic SFH 5:30 pm FCCI Board Meeting NFH 6:30 pm Personnel & Staffing Rm pm WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 Newsletter Deadline Noon Seekers CC SFH 1 pm Men s Bible Study - Upper Rm - 6 pm THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 FFF - Rm L-3-8:15 am Faithful Followers CC Rm pm FCCI Workshop FH 5:30pm HOLY COMMUNION 6 pm Stephen Ministry Supervision UR 6:30 pm Technology Team Rm 202 7pm FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 Library Committee Library 9:30 am Arabic Bible Study Upper Rm 6 pm SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 Gary Tollers Memorial Service 11 am Blood Pressures 5 pm HOLY COMMUNION 5:30 pm SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 HOLY COMMUNION - 8 and 9:30 am Blood Pressures Nurses Office 9 am Japanese Fellowship 3:30 pm Partners in Christ Upper Rm 6:30pm LIFE QUOTES Will you, experienced believer in Christ, who have passed through a world of tribulation, lie down in despair, or give up your profession because you are at the present moment passing through some light affliction? Let your past preservation inspire you with courage, and constrain you to brace all storms for Jesus sake. Courage for the present is strengthened by the memory of past deliverances. C. H. Spurgeon, 19th century English preacher 6 Week of

13 869 7 th Avenue SE -- Rochester MN Phone - (507) Fax - (507) office@redeemer-rochester.com Web site: WELCOME VISITORS Whether looking for a church home or just here for the day, we are glad to have you as our guests. Please sign the red Friendship Registration pad in your pew and pick up a visitor packet in the Narthex. Remember that you are our guests; the offering is for our members who support the work of the church through their voluntary gifts. WORSHIP SCHEDULE Thursday 6:00 pm Saturday 5:30 pm Sunday 8 and 9:30 am HOLY COMMUNION is celebrated in each service the weekends of the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays of the month. We invite those who acknowledge their sinfulness, recognize that Christ s body and blood are truly present for our forgiveness, and are willing to give witness to the unity of their faith with this community, to join with us in receiving the sacrament. For those who for health or conscience reasons are not able to receive wine, please note that there is a cup of white grape juice in the middle of each tray. Gluten-free wafers are available in the middle of the bread tray for those with that allergy. CHILDREN are always welcome at Redeemer. Parents should note that according to your needs and preferences, 1) children s bulletins and color bags are available in the narthex; 2) our nursery is staffed each Sunday morning during the 9:20 am Education Hour and the 10:40 am service. The Nursery is located just off the Narthex -- look for our sign! WORSHIP TAPES are available in the rack by the elevator. Listen and bring it back or contribute one dollar if you wish to keep the tape. TRANSPORTATION is available each Sunday morning. Please call the church office ( ) by Noon on Thursday. SPECIAL NEEDS Large print bulletins and personal hearing devices are available in the Narthex from an Usher or at the Welcome Center. OFFICE HOURS Monday through Friday 7:30 am - 4:00 pm STAFF Pastor, James W. Heining Pastor, Adam B. Koglin akoglin@redeemer-rochester.com (office) (cell) Director of Faith Formation, Michael J. Harvey daharveys@msn.com (office) (residence) ( Director of Youth & Education Joshua Heirigs joshheirigs@redeemer-rochester.com (cell) Director of Parish Music, April Beckman beckmana1@hotmail.com (office) (cell) Administrative Secretary, Christina Tjosaas office@redeemer-rochester.com (office) (residence) Custodian, Randy Kautz custodian@redeemerrochester.com (office) (residence) Parish Nurse, Jan Dicke jdicke325@charter.net (residence) Parish Nurse, Iva Kietzmann kietzmanniva@yahoo.com (residence) Nursery Coordinator, Anna Koglin aakoglin@gmail.com (cell)