THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY

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1 THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY January 14, 2017 A.D. Rev. Dr. Cory J. Rajek (608) Faith Ev. Lutheran Church Pierre, SD Senior Pastor Website: Rev. Joshua Baumann (605) Associate Pastor Church Phone (605) Church Fax (605) A Christ Caring People Who Gather Around Word and d Sacrament, Yoked Together, In Personal Service to Christ in World Wide Missions AS WE GATHER Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears. With this invitation, the prophet Samuel opens himself to receive God s Word for His people. In the Epistle, Paul reminds us that we are not our own. Rather, we belong to the Lord because we have been bought with the price of Jesus precious body and blood given and shed for the forgiveness of sins. This Jesus is God s first and final Word to all humanity the Logos incarnate. Born in Bethlehem and heading for Golgotha, Jesus invites people to follow Him. From one disciple to another, the invitation is to come and see the One whom Moses and the prophets foretold Israel s Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, our Lord and our God. WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS If there are prayer concerns for you, your family, your friends, or your neighbors, please put them on the blue information card. Our Board of Elders are prayerful with our pastors about these joys and struggles of our earthly journey. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. James 5:16b T DIVINE SERVICE T OPENING HYMN Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty (LSB 901) SUNDAY SCHOOL SINGS (11:00am only) Christmas Song Children Only Go Tell It On the Mountain LSB 388 Congregation join on verses INVOCATION P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen. 1

2 OPENING SENTENCES Psalm 139:1 2a, 7 10 P O Lord, You have searched me and known me! C You know when I sit down and when I rise up. P Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your presence? C If I ascend to heaven, You are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, You are there! P If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, C even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. CONFESSION and ABSOLUTION Psalm 145:9 P God, whose Word establishes reality, C we admit that we have turned from the face-to-face relationship of love with You for which we have been created. Sin infects us through and through. Yet, we trust in Jesus alone whose life, death, and resurrection bring Your healing power to bear on our grave condition. Hear us, and heal us by Your love for Jesus sake. P C The Lord is good to all, and His mercy is over all that He has made. Therefore, as a called and ordained servant of Jesus and by His authority, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. KYRIE WORD GLORIA IN EXCELSIS 2

3 SALUTATION and COLLECT OF THE DAY P The Lord be with you. C And also with you. P Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, who governs all things in heaven and on earth, 3

4 C mercifully hear the prayers of Your people and grant us Your peace through all our days; P through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen. (Please be seated) OLD TESTAMENT 1 Samuel 3:1 10 (11 20) ( Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears. ) After the reading: L This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. EPISTLE LESSON 1 Corinthians 6:12 20 (We were bought with a price.) After the reading: L This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. ANTHEM (8:20am only) Give Me Jesus (Traditional Spiritual) Rodd Bauck, vocalist (Please stand) HOLY GOSPEL John 1:43 51 (Philip invites Nathanael to come and see Jesus.) P The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the first chapter. C Glory to You, O Lord. After the reading: P This is the Gospel of the Lord. C Praise to You, O Christ. (Please be seated) CHILDREN S MESSAGE SERMON HYMN God Loves Me Dearly (LSB 392) SERMON God Gives the Greatest Gift (John 1:43-51) Pastor Cory J. Rajek 4

5 CREED 8:20am Apostles Inside back cover of the Lutheran Service Book 11:00am Nicene Inside back cover of the Lutheran Service Book OFFERING We gather our tithes, gifts of love, and our Building Together in Faith gifts. (Please stand) PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH P Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs. God, who shatters the silence, open our ears like Samuel s to listen to Your living voice as You speak to us through Your Word and in the Holy Sacrament. Lord, in Your mercy, C hear our prayer. P C P C P C God, who shatters the silence, You have told us that we are not our own, but we were bought with a price not with gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Jesus. Help us to live as Your redeemed and beloved people and to share Your love with others in our various callings and vocations, inviting them to come and see Jesus who loves us and gave Himself for us all. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer. God, who shatters the silence, Your Word is like a fire and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces. Open the hearts and the mouths of all Your preachers, to bring forth the fire of Your Word in both Law and Gospel. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer. God, who shatters the silence, we ask You to speak healing over all who are sick and suffering in body, mind, or spirit, (especially...). Trusting that Your Word accomplishes the purpose for which You send it, whether now or in eternity, we trust You to bring Your healing purposes to completion in all lives. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer. P Into Your hands we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy, through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns in communion and love with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen. LORD S PRAYER C 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; 5

6 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. SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT 11:00am Service PREFACE P The Lord be with you. C And also with you. P Lift up your hearts. C We lift them to the Lord. P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. C It is right to give Him thanks and praise. P It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord; for what had been hidden from before the foundation of the world You have made known to the nations in Your Son. In Him, being found in the substance of our mortal nature, You have manifested the fullness of Your glory. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying: SANCTUS The 8:20am service continues on page 9 with the Benedicamus and Benediction. 6

7 PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING P Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, for You have had mercy on those whom You created and sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and be our Savior. With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross. Gathered in the name and the remembrance of Jesus, we beg You, O Lord, to forgive, renew, and strengthen us with Your Word and Spirit. Grant us faithfully to eat His body and drink His blood as He bids us do in His own testament. Gather us together, we pray, from the ends of the earth to celebrate with all the faithful the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom, which has no end. Graciously receive our prayers; deliver and preserve us. To You alone, O Father, be all glory, honor, and worship, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen. WORDS OF OUR LORD Matt 26:26 28; Mk 14:22 24; Lk 22:19 20; 1 Cor 11:23 25 PAX DOMINI P The peace of the Lord be with you always. C And also with you. AGNUS DEI 7

8 (Please be seated) DISTRIBUTION HYMNS Take My Life and Let It Be (LSB 784) Abide with me (LSB 907) Now Thank We All Our God (LSB 895) (Please stand) NUNC DIMITTIS 8

9 POST-COMMUNION THANKSGIVING P O God the Father, the fountain and source of all goodness, who in loving-kindness sent Your only-begotten Son into the flesh, we thank You that for His sake You have given us pardon and peace in this Sacrament, and we ask You not to forsake Your children but always to rule our hearts and minds by Your Holy Spirit that we may be enabled constantly to serve You; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen. BENEDICAMUS P Let us bless the Lord. C Thanks be to God. BENEDICTION Numbers 6:24 26 P 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. C Amen. CLOSING HYMN Spread the Reign of God the Lord (LSB 830) Creative Worship for the Lutheran Parish, Series A, Part 4. Copyright 2017 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Welcome to Faith Evangelical Lutheran on this Second Sunday after the Epiphany! We are delighted to have you in worship with us. If you are visiting from out of town, we bid you welcome and God-speed on your journey. Should you be from our community, and have no church home, we invite you to make Faith your church home. Greeting you this morning: Before Early Service After Early Service Before Late Service Vern & Janice Dockter Tom & Cindy Deadrick Dusty & Alicia Schoenhard Joel & Jessica Filler Ryan & Ann Noyes Dusty & Deanna Waldron Preaching this morning is Reverend Cory Rajek, our Senior Pastor. Reverend Joshua Baumann, our Associate Pastor, is our Liturgist. Holy Communion is celebrated at our 11:00 service this Sunday. In this Sacrament, our Lord brings us strength and forgiveness to be about His vision and 9

10 mission. Those confirmed Lutherans who come to the Sacrament of the Altar today are asked to read the communion side of our information card found in the pew rack and to sign the bottom of the reverse side so that our communion records might be complete. IN REGARD TO HOLY COMMUNION: According to Scripture, Holy Communion should be celebrated by those who are: United in a common faith (1 Cor. 10:16-17, 21-22; Rom. 16:17); Repentant of sins (1 Cor. 5:11, Matt. 18:17-18); Able to examine their lives (1 Cor. 11:27-29); and believe that in this precious meal they receive the true body and blood of Jesus given and shed for the forgiveness of their sins (Luke 22:19-22). Since Scripture teaches that those people who do not fully understand the meaning of this meal eat and drink to their own harm (1Cor. 11:27-29), and because the Lord s Supper is the supreme act of stating our unity in faith and doctrine, we would ask those people who are visiting with us to please speak with one of our pastors, before communing, in order that we might fulfill our responsibility of properly instructing people in the right use of the precious Sacrament. Adult Bible Study Our Bible study on creation will continue at 9:45 in the CFLC. Please join us. Sunday School is for all children age 3 by September 1, Green registration sheets are located on the information table in the Narthex. Nursery Nursery is available during the 11:00 service. Nursery is located in the F/G Room downstairs. It is for children ages infant through 5 years old. God Be With You! * * * Our Broadcasts Our Sonrise Broadcast is made possible this week by our Faith congregation. Did you know that Sonrise is streamed on KCCR live? If you are away, log on to The Broadcast schedules are on the traveling Bulletin board, which is in the Narthex. COST: You may sponsor the radio broadcast of Sonrise for $ This radio broadcast is on 1240 AM KCCR at 6:40 a.m. on Sunday morning. Sun., Jan. 7, Att. 336; General Fund $12,811.50; Building Fund $1, (Building Fund $1,350.00); Sunday School $10.77; Love Fund $125.00; Contingency Fund $100.00; Thrivent Automatic Withdrawal $ (General $940.00, Debt Retirement $30.00); Audio/Video Upgrade $

11 Today: Jan. 14 8:20 am Worship 9:45 am Sunday School/Adult Study 11:00 am Communion Mon: Jan. 15 5:30 pm Beth Moore Study The Quest 6:00-9:00 Robotics Club 6:30 pm Family Trees Bible Study 6:30 pm Christ Care Tues: Jan. 16 8:25 am Staff Devotions 10:15 am Women Bible Study 5:30-7:00 pm Pickleball 6:30 pm Choir Wed: Jan. 17 6:30 pm Midweek This Week at Faith Lutheran 6:30 pm The Cross Study at Dave & Luann Zuercher s 104 Lee Hill Road 8:00 pm LYF Thurs: Jan. 18 8:20 am Staff Devotions 12:00 Forever Young Sun: Jan. 21 8:20 am Communion 9:45 am Sunday School/Adult Study 11:00 am Worship 2:00-4:00 pm JYM Youth Event 6:00-8:30 pm Congregational Swim Night at the Aquatics Center BUILDING NEWS Thank you for your continued gifts to our Building Fund We thank you for your gifts last weekend to the Building Fund of $1, The gifts were designated as follows: The Debt Retirement Account: $1, The Building Fund: $0.00 Building Security To ensure that the church is properly locked and secured overnight, an automatic door lock system has been installed. All doors to the main entrance of the church will remain open during regular business hours as before, however, the door with the remote lock at the main entrance will be open from 6:45 am to 9:30 pm. The church will be locked at all other times. Anyone needing access outside of those hours can get a keycard from Helen in the main office. Note that the regular keys will continue to work as well for those that have them. Finally, please be aware that security cameras have also been placed at all entrances to the building. Audio/Video Upgrade At the December 2017 Voter s Assembly Meeting, the congregation voted to approve the process of purchasing, upgrading, and installing audio and visual equipment for the sanctuary through a bid contracted with Haggarty s out of Rapid City, SD. The bid was a little over $42,000 for the project. This upgrade would stand as a special project to be funded and completed outside the regular work program. The vote included the following provisions: 1) work 11

12 for the project will begin once 50% of the needed funds have come in, and 2) a portion of undesignated memorial funds would be applied to help offset the total costs. The congregation is asked to prayerfully consider supporting this needed update to the Sanctuary. A $5,000 challenge grant has been put forward to make this project complete. Please specify in the memo line: Audio / Video for any contributions given toward the project. Audio/Video Update With last weekend s contributions and audio/video contributions over the last year we have $35, to put toward our system upgrade. This does not include memorials given in prior years that will be added. Governor s Prayer Breakfast All are invited to the 14 th Annual Governor s Prayer Breakfast to be held at the Ramkota River Center on Friday, January 19, 2018, beginning at 6:20 am. Message to be given by Virginia Prodan, International Human Rights Attorney, originally from Romania, now living in Dallas, Texas. Tickets can be purchased on line at sdgpb.org or from the Pierre Chamber of Commerce. All Boards & Circles 2017 reports for all entities of Faith Lutheran Church are due for the Annual Report by January 19. The Annual Report is usually our February Newsletter and is not sent via mail. Reports may be sent via to faith@faithluth.com or dropped off in the office. Thanks. Little Dresses for Africa is coming soon!! Our initial meeting will be held Monday, February 12th at 7:00 PM in the old Fellowship Hall downstairs. Following our initial meeting, we will be meeting each Thursday afternoon and each Monday evening at 1:00 and 7:00 respectively. Please help with this fun and worthwhile outreach to girls across the globe! We are in need of buttons (2-4 holes only - no shanks please), all types of trim (lace rick rack, ribbon etc.) and gently used or new pillowcases! No sewing experience is needed to help with this project! We will be assembling kits for members of the congregation to take home and complete. Finished dresses will be displayed in the Narthex throughout February, March and April. All completed dresses are due back by April 30th. If you would like to help but cannot attend or do not have the needed items, we are always in need of cash to ship the dresses. It costs about $1.00 for each dress we make to ship it to the distribution center. There will be a collection tub near the display in the Narthex for your donated items. Thank you so much for your support of this project! 12

13 Adult In-home Bible Study The Cross continues Wednesday, January 17 th, 2018, at David & Luann Zuercher s home at 104 Lee Hill Road in Pierre. Sunday Night Bible Study The Sunday night Bible study will be studying the Parables. They will meet at 6:30 pm beginning January 21 st. Would welcome anyone interested. Greeters The Greeters Schedule lists are on the table next to the envelopes. If you are a greeter or a sub, please pick yours up today. Offering Envelopes The offering envelopes for 2018 are on a table in the Narthex. They have been done alphabetically so everyone now has new envelope numbers. If you picked up the same number you had last year please return it so the correct person can pick up their new number. Please pick up your envelopes today if you have not already done so. If you do not see envelopes for you Helen can get you set up with envelopes. Just let her know. Also, PLEASE put your name on your envelope. If there are questions or the name does not match the correct envelope number Helen can catch it and correct it. Thanks! Main Street Living Did you know the Main Street Living program is broadcast throughout South Dakota and into bordering states on two TV stations: KDLT in Sioux Falls at 10:00 AM central and KEVN at 8:00 AM mountain in Rapid City? Did you know you can see the Worship Service and Kid's Crossing on our website at anytime? All programs are streamed on and are available the day before they are broadcast. January 14, 2018 Kid's Crossing-Lily is disturbed that her mother is giving her rules for when she can be on the computer, and Aunty Lisa explains to her why the rules are important. Worship Service- Rev. Dr. Roger Paavola, District President of the Mid-South District LCMS, brings today's message Come and See, based on 1 Corinthians 6: The Main Street Living Choir will lead the singing of: God of Grace and God of Glory; Son of God, Eternal Savior; and Savior Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise. The program is interpreted and closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Life Quotes The church must be reminded that it is the conscience of the state It must be the guide and the critic of the state If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life 13

14 Faith Lutheran Youth Here s what happening with the youth of Faith Lutheran. Acolytes for Sunday January 14 (Sunday School Sings at 11 o clock) Early: Hannah Schochenmaier, Samantha Axtell Late: Molly Neyhart, Shelby Roman January 21 (Sanctity of Life Sunday) Early: Adam Forman, Ethan Hill Late: Hannah Lingle, Megan Pease January 28 Early: Zane Schuchard, Trevor Penrod Late: Jordan Thompson, Jacob Larson * If acolytes are not able to be present for their assigned day, it is their responsibility to call someone else to find a replacement and then notify the church office. Thank you so very much! Verse(s) of the Week: Mark 8:27-29 "And Jesus went on with His disciples to the village of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way He asked His disciples, Who do people say that I am? And they told Him, John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; and others, one of the prophets. And He asked them, But who do you say that I am? Peter answered Him, You are the Christ. PRAYERS of all types and sorts In your prayers this week, we lift up before our good and gracious God: those who have diabetes, all youth who struggle, and especially the youth of this church who must battle with diabetes, that God would use us to encourage, help, and pray for them and that God would grant healing, patience, and relief to all who call upon Him in their trouble. Lord in Your mercy Hear our prayer. J.Y.M. meets on Jan. 21 st from 2-4 pm in Jon s Place! BRING A FRIEND! 6-8 th Grade Junior Youth Ministry Here are the dates we are planning on meeting from 2-4 pm at Faith up in Jon s Place throughout the year: 14

15 January 21 st February 18 th March 18 th April 15 th May 20 th June 1-2 Crazy Horse Volksmarch Trip LCMS National Youth Gathering? For More Info Check Out: 8 th Graders are welcomed to join HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP please just come Wednesdays at 8 pm in the gym unless directed otherwise!!! HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP meets every 8:00 p.m. at faith. Open to anyone in high school and is intended to be a safe place where high school aged youth can come together to spend time and fellowship together as young Christians each week. Pastor Baumann and Michael Shoup co-lead the group and love to spend time with each person that comes. If you have an activity that you would like to do, please let either of us know! Creativity is welcome! Did you know? Next Year s Bible Bowl Date is going to be: Saturday, April 7 th 2018 at Faith. Mardi Gras will be the next major LYF activity. It is Tuesday, Feb. 13 th from 5:00-6:30 p.m. Our high school youth will help with the games L.Y.F. youth would be ideal to help out! Set-up will be Monday, Feb. 12 th at 6:00 p.m. High school youth, come Monday and Tuesday for Mardi Gras Festivities! Sunday School Children Singing Date: On Sunday, January 14 th our N-3 rd Sunday School Children will be singing in the late service (11:00) only. Thank you for being present and for allowing your Sunday School child to bless our worship service on that day. Sunday School Children Singing Dates for the Remainder of the Year: Here are the Sundays the N-4 th grade Sunday School will be singing at the 11 a.m. service: Jan. 14 th ; Feb. 18 th ; Mar. 25 th (Palm Sunday) ; Apr. 15 th ; and May 13 th (Midweek Children Sing on May 13 th ) Need to talk? Need prayers and encouragement? Pastor Baumann would love to pray for you, and if possible even with you for anything big or small that may be on your heart or mind. Find him after worship, or in the office for a special opportunity for prayer and conversation. 15

16 Upcoming Youth Dates to Keep in Mind: Jan. 21 st Congregational Pizza Pool Party at the Aquatic Center 6-8 p.m. Feb. 4 th Friendship Sunday. Invite a friend to worship! Feb. 12, 13 Mardi Gras set-up on the 12 th and Mardi Gras celebration on the 13 th from 5:00-6:30 April 7 th Bible Bowl at Faith July 2019, th LCMS Natl Youth Gathering - Minneapolis, MN On the Lighter Side Q: What is bigger than you but doesn t weigh anything? A: "Your Shadow" Q: What time is it when ten elephants are chasing you? A: Ten after One! 16