Evening Prayer (page 52 and following in CW) Opening Hymn Hymn th Sunday After Pentecost October 4, 2018

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1 20 th Sunday After Pentecost October 4, 2018 The closest we can get to a mirror of the love of God for us is the mirror of the love that he wants us to have for one another in the family. The goal of family members is to reflect the love of God for us in self giving love for one another in the family. How tragic that in our society such a mirror is clouded indeed! There is much to repent of and much to strive toward. Morrison Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Jesus Grace is All in All to Us: It leads us to honor him in family life Evening Prayer (page 52 and following in CW) Evening Prayer is based on the historic service called Vespers. Christians gather at the end of the day to raise their voices in thankful praise and prayer. Opening Hymn Hymn 505 Stand M: O Lord, open my lips. C: And my mouth shall declare your praise. M: Hasten to save me, O God. C: O Lord, come quickly to help me. M: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. M: Lord God, you have brought us safely to this hour of evening prayer. We thank you for providing all that we need for body and life. Bless us who have gathered in you your name. Forgive our sins. Speak to our hearts. Dispel our sorrows with the comfort of your Word, and receive our hymns of thanks and praise, through Jesus Christ, our living Savior, who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Be Seated 1 Our mission is to Glorify God as we Gather around the Gospel to help people Grow in the Gospel and Go with the Gospel Welcome! We thank God that you have joined us at worship today. Restrooms are located in the basement. Hearing loop headphones and Large Print Hymnals are available from an usher. If your children need to leave worship, please take them to the basement. A TV broadcasts the service in the basement. Today we gather together in the presence of God. He is present among us in a special way through his Word and Sacrament. We humbly acknowledge our sin and rejoice in the good news of forgiveness through the life and death of Christ. This is the focus of our worship.

2 Let My Prayer Rise Before You Psalm 141 M: Let our prayers be acceptable in your sight. Come and help us in time of need that we may sing your praise in holy joy now and forever, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Psalm of the Day Psalm 139b (CW p. 117) Silence for meditation Psalm Prayer M: Almighty Father, your creation is beyond description and your power beyond measuring. In your wisdom and love you knit us together in our mother s wombs and counted out days for our use. May our praise answer for your goodness; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. First Lesson Genesis 2:18-24 Note how careful God is in his institution of marriage and how eager he is that husband and wife see each other as a special blessing from God. He does not give Adam a wife until Adam first recognizes his need for one. Then he takes the greatest care in 2

3 providing for that need. It is even greater care than he employed when he created Adam in the first place. Then God himself, without consulting either Adam or Eve, regulates the marriage he himself has instituted in a way that will best serve the interests of the married and ultimately of the Church and society as well. Adam got the point and spoke the first humanly authored love poem addressed chiefly in praise of God. 18 The LORD God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him. 19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 The man said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, for she was taken out of man. 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. (NIV) Second Lesson Ephesians 5:21-6:4 Christ himself sets the example in his marriage to us. He did everything he did not for his own benefit but for ours. We, as the bride of Christ, gladly submit to such a head, not least in the way we conduct ourselves in our family life. May the head of the family ever see it as his goal and role to do all for the benefit of those Christ has given him in his household, that the family may become a worthy reflection of the love of Christ for the Church and hers for him. Notice, by the way, that there is not word in the reading to suggest that when the husband fails to imitate Christ, the wife has an excuse to fail in her imitation of the Church. Nor is there a hint of a suggestion that the husband has a reason not to act like Christ when his wife fails to submit as willingly and eagerly as does the Church. Clearly the wife has an incentive to carry out her role that her husband may the more easily carry out his, and vice versa. But neither has an excuse to ignore the beautiful, the vital, the most important assignment of striving to imitate the marriage of Christ and the Church in their marriage. The washing of water by the Word makes such imitation a daily, if imperfect, possibility. 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church 30 for we are members of his body. 31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 32 This is a profound mystery but I am talking 3

4 about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. 6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise 3 so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth. 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. (NIV) M: Give thanks to the Lord; call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Hymn of the Day Hymn 503 Sermon Mark 10:2-16 God takes marriage seriously. Each marriage should be seen by those in it as a most precious gift of God. To violate and destroy that gift is a crime of the first order that brings God s judgment on those who are responsible for breaking the mirror of his union with us in the Church. Such people do damage to their partner and to their children by hindering them in coming to the arms of Jesus by their bad example, by their destruction and despising of God s gift, and by clouding the mirror of the marriage between Christ and his Church. The gospel lesson is a warning not only to those who actually divorce but also to those whose behavior inside of marriage displays a lack of appreciation for the beautiful gift of God in one another and their children. It is also an encouragement to those who are faithful in their family to appreciate God s special blessing through their family for this life and as a mirror for the life of the family with Christ in his marriage with the Church. 2 Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? 3 What did Moses command you? he replied. 4 They said, Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away. 5 It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law, Jesus replied. 6 But at the beginning of creation God made them male and female. 7 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife 8 and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. 10 When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. 11 He answered, Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. 12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery. 13 People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it. 16 And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them. (NIV) Jesus Grace Leads Us To Honor Him In Family Life 4

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6 Be Seated Offering Stand During the offering, please sign the friendship register in your pew. Thank you! 6

7 Lord, Have Mercy Kyrie M: In the closing hours of this day, hear us as we pray, O Lord: C: Lord, have mercy. M: For the well-being of people everywhere, for the growth of your church in all the world, and for the strengthening of all who serve and worship here, we pray, O Lord: C: Christ, have mercy. M: For one another, young and old, for your blessings that come with every stage of life, and for joy in doing your will, we pray, O Lord: C: Lord, have mercy. M: For our public servants who work day and night to bring protection, justice, learning, and health to this and every place, we pray to you, O Lord: C: Lord, hear our prayer. M: For favorable weather and bountiful harvests, for clothing and food, for health of body, mind, and spirit, and for deliverance from all sin and every form of evil, we pray to you, O Lord: C: Lord, hear our prayer. M: For the faithful who have gone before us, who have shared with us your good news, whose souls are now at rest in your heavenly kingdom, we give you thanks, O Lord: M: Thanks be to God. M: In thanksgiving for your many and varied gifts to us, we now commend ourselves to your care. Be our shield and strength, O Lord. Lord s Prayer 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. Prayer for Peace M: Lord God, all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works come from you. Give to us, your servants, that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey your commandments. Defend us also from the fear of our enemies that we may live in peace and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 7

8 Song of Simeon Blessing M: The grace of our Lord (+) Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Be Seated Closing Hymn: Hymn 601 Evening Prayer 1993 Northwestern Publishing House. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A Let My Prayer Rise Before You 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress. 8

9 News From Zion Mo r r i s o n Z i o n L u t h e r a n C h u r c h P a s t o r R a n d y O t t w w w. m zl u t h. o r g ( h o m e ) ( m o b i l e ) o t t r m zl u t h. o r g ( e m a i l ) Call Extended A call was extended to James Enderle. James is married to Jen. They have a two year old son and are expecting another child. Please pray that God guides James to the best decision. Commons Bible Study Our study is, Paul Ambassador of Peace, based on the book of the same title from the God s People Series. The book is still available for $5. This week we will look at pages Next week we will discuss pages We meet in the commons Sundays at 9:15 a.m. Sunday School Join us Sundays, 9:15-10:00 a.m. in the church basement! All 3-5 year olds are welcome. Parents, feel free to join a Bible class, and we ll walk your child to you when we are finished. Adult Christ Light Bible Study Join us in the church at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday as we explore Bible History events and apply them to our lives. Youth Group Bible Study meets Sundays at 7:00 p.m. Open gym will follow. Bring a friend! Book Study will not meet this Sunday, Oct. 7 Next week we will discuss chapter 5.. Choir meets in the school basement at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Join us! New Life in Christ Class We meet Thursdays in the basement after worship. On Oct. 4 we will look at The Christian and God s Will (Part Three). On Oct. 11 we will look at The Christian and the Victorious Life. Even if you only come once, join us! Women s Bible Study We are studying Love Rules. We look at each commandmentsand apply God's law and love to our lives. Our hosts are: Jen Pingel, Oct. 4: Phyllis Wegener, Oct. 11: Ruth Zeamer. Oct. 18: Michaela Hagenow, No class Oct. 25. Safer Parent Training Our schools have Safer training to prepare for an active shooter threat in a school. That is a terrifying thought. There is something even more terrifying that threatens your children every day of their lives. Do you know the threat? Do you know how to meet and defeat the threat? If you would like to go through this Safer Christian Parenting Training, join us on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m. We will meet at the school. All parents are welcome. Bring a friend! Sponsored by Psalm 18:30 ministries. Soup For Souls has stocked the freezers with sloppy joe and chicken sandwiches. (containers of sloppy joe, chicken and gravy, buns, and strawberry or lemon poppy seed bread are labeled and at school and Announcements church) The meals and cards are free and available at school and church. Brighten someone s day with this expression of God s love in Christ! Scrip Dates to order in person: Monday, Oct. 8 school 8:00-8:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 church between services Monday, Oct. 22 school 8:00-8:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 church between services Monday, Nov. 5 school 8:00-8:30 a.m. If you want to place an order outside these times you can either call or text Michelle at or drop your order off in the office. Church Band We hope to see all of you as we begin band rehearsals for our worship services. Our band will rehearse on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 before choir. Our first rehearsal will be on Oct. 17 in the school basement. Our goal is to play for Reformation on Nov. 4. Anyone who plays an instrument is greatly needed. Grade school band students are encouraged to join us as well! Please join us in this opportunity to serve our God and our congregation. Fall Festival On Thursday, Oct. 18, at 10 :00 a.m. and Friday, Oct. 19, at 7:00 p.m., 4K-grade 4 will give a variety of musical and acting performances in the gym. Snacks and refreshments will follow the 7:00 p.m. performance. Truck Jam Please join us on Saturday, Oct. 20, 1:00-3:00 p.m. in the school parking lot for Truck Jam. Children will have the opportunity to explore a variety of vehicles from fire trucks and semis to farm equipment and tow trucks. This event is free and open to everyone. Please invite your friends and neighbors. Open Forum is Oct. 21 in church. Voters Meeting is Oct. 28 at school. Organization of WELS Seniors (OWLS) convention Oct , 2018 at the Osthoff Resort, Elkhart Lake, WI. Open to all WELS/ELS members who are retired and/or over the age of 50. For more information, visit LWMS Rally Saturday, Oct. 13 at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Chilton.. Hear about how God started and blessed a Spanish Mission, located in Detroit, a few miles away from the largest Muslim area in the US! Also, learn how a young woman adjusts from Manitowoc Country small farm life to being the pastor's wife in a huge city! Includes a light lunch. ALL are welcome! Volume 6 Issue 40 Oct. 4 & 7, th Sunday after Pentecost Our Mission is to Glorify God as we Gather around the Gospel so that we Grow in the Gospel and Go with the Gospel

10 Page 2 News From Zion Weekly Calendar Sunday 9:15 a.m. Bible Study, commons 9:15 a.m. Adult Christ-Light, church 9:15 a.m. Sunday School, basement 7:00 p.m. No Book Study 7:00 p.m. Youth Group Study, school Tuesday 8:30 a.m. Fun Day, church Wed. 5:00 a.m. Ladies Group workouts 5:00 p.m. Confirmation class 5:30 p.m. Bible History Class 7:30 p.m. Choir, school basement Thursday 7:00 p.m. Pentecost 20 Worship, communion 8:00 p.m. New Life in Christ Class, 8:00 p.m. Women s Study Saturday 7:00 am. Ladies Group workouts Sunday 8:00 a.m. Pentecost 20 Worship, communion 9:15 a.m. Commons Bible Study 9:15 a.m. Adult Christ-Light, church 9:15 a.m. Sunday School, basement 10:30 a.m. Pentecost 20 Worship, communion 7:00 p.m. Book Study, Narrow, ch. 5 7:00 p.m. Youth Group Study, school Fellowship Established with a Lutheran Church Body in Kenya On Sept , 2018, our sister synod the Lutheran Church of Central Africa Zambia Synod (LCCA-ZS) met in convention for the 31st time in its history. The LCCA-ZS, along with the Lutheran Church of Central Africa Malawi Synod, was established as a mission by WELS and has since become a fully independent church body in fellowship with WELS. Delegates at that convention approved the recommendation of the LCCA-ZS Synodical Council to declare full fellowship with a Lutheran church body located in Kenya. Swedish missionaries brought Lutheranism to Kenya in 1948, and in 1963 the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya (ELCK) became an independent church body. Over time, however, the ELCK began to tolerate false teachings in its fellowship, and a group of Kenyan Our Stewardship of the Means of Grace Worship: 241 (34, 128, 79) Bible Study: 61 (6, 8, 26, 10, 11) Youth Group: 6 WELS News pastors broke away and began searching for a confessional Lutheran church body. In 2015, Rev. Mark Onunda of the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) Kenya met with the Doctrinal Committee of the LCCA-ZS and with WELS representatives in Zambia and presented a formal request for fellowship. Over the past three years, the LCCA-ZS Doctrinal Committee carefully examined the constitution of the LCMC Kenya and identified key doctrinal areas to be discussed with their leaders. Representatives of the LCCA- ZS, WELS Pastoral Studies Institute, and WELS missionaries from the One Africa Team made multiple trips to Kenya to study issues like the roles of men and women, Pentecostalism, and the doctrine of the Call. After all these issues were thoroughly discussed, the Doctrinal Committee of the LCCA-ZS gave a recommendation for a full declaration of fellowship with the LCMC- Kenya, which was endorsed by the LCCA-ZS Synodical Council in July. Last month, delegates to the LCCA-ZS synod convention ratified this recommendation. The next step will be a formal recommendation by the LCCA-ZS to accept the LCMC- Kenya into the fellowship of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference, of which WELS is a member. WELS anticipates declaring formal fellowship with the LCMC- Kenya at its 2019 convention. Read more about the LCCA-ZS synod convention. Learn more about WELS mission work in Africa at wels.net/missions. News From Our High Schools FVL Let the Children Come Progress -- Thanks be to God and our supporters! The current total of gifts and pledges is $890K, only $110 away from our $1M goal. The low-interest tax-exempt bonds to finance the building expansion over the next 20 years will close in early October. Please remember this effort in your prayers. Visit fvlhs.org to donate. FVL Plan to attend the Dedication Service for FVL s new addition on Sunday, 10/14 at 2 p.m. in the FVL Auditorium. Our guest preacher is District President Rev. Joel Zank. Following the service, visitors can tour. Demonstrations by teachers and students will be offered FVL Grade school boys and girls can sign up for the FVL Hoops Club and Nothing but Net programs now. Go the FVL Schools Youth Sports page for details. Fall Showcase/Concert Sunday, Oct. 21- Showcase 2:00 p.m. Concert 4:00 p.m. Come enjoy live music, desserts, coffee, and a silent auction. The Fall Concert will feature the MLHS Freshman Choir, Concert Choir, Lancer Singers, Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble. Fall Showcase Baskets Needed! The silent auction theme baskets at MLHS Fall Showcase (Oct 21 st ) are an annual highlight. All congregations (Ladies Aids, Mens Clubs, Parent/Teacher Orgs, etc) are invited and encouraged create and submit a basket. Please contact Brenda Kuchenbecker (markbrendakuch@centurytel.net or Scott Reinhard (screinhard@mlhslancer.org or ) for ideas and to avoid duplications. Finished baskets can be delivered to the MLHS office the week of 10/15. Thank you in advance for helping! MLHS LCREW Meeting: Tuesday, Oct. 4:00 p.m. at MLHS Room 101- This is our Quarterly Meeting and anyone is welcome to join the crew! Join the fun and hear what MLHS could use your help for and more! For more information visit today! MLHS K-4 Basketball Camp Sunday, Oct. 14 This camp is sponsored by the MLHS National Honor Society Students. Every year they have four locations where they put on a camp from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Kids love this camp and have lots of fun. If interested go to Cost is $10. Register by Oct. 10. Pastor Randy Ott ; ; ottrr@mzluth.org Principal Rick Muchka , richard.muchka@mzls.org President Charles Edinger , candmedinger@icloud.com Elders: DJ Kittell School Board: Joel Dobberpuhl Website: Synod : Secretary: Nancy Pantzlaff Custodians Church: Dick Tisler School: Paig Alexander Wisconsin Lutheran Child & Family Service Appleton (WELS counseling) Kathleen Jasman Living Hope Counseling Ministries De Pere (WELS counseling) Dr. John Johnson Glorify Gather Grow Go