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1 IMMANUEL EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 1000 Wisconsin Ave Kewaunee, WI Sunday Worship 9:00am Wednesday Lenten Worship 1:00pm & 6:30pm M a r ch 15, 2015 L e n t 4 Pastor Michael P. Sullivan (H) pastor.sullivan@me.com

2 OUR MISSION IS TO SHARE THE TIMELESS MESSAGE OF SALVATION IN LOVE AND TO SHOW OUR FAITH IN WORDS AND ACTIONS. Welcome We welcome you to this hour of worship and pray that this time together might be a blessing for all of us. Large print hymnals and hearing impaired receiver units are available in the Narthex by the bulletin board. Just ask an usher. We are also equipped with a Hearing Loop System that can be used with hearing aids featuring a t-coil. If you are a resident of this area and have no church home, we invite you to give consideration to Immanuel. Please worship with us again! We ask that everyone in attendance please take the time to sign our Friendship Register. These red folders can be found in each pew. Thanks! Service Theme: BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH What is the cause of our salvation? It is God s grace: his undeserved love that sent his Son to sacrifice himself for our salvation while we were still dead in our sins. How do we receive God s salvation? Through faith: a simple trust in God s promised salvation. Even this faith is a gift of God.

3 Opening Hymn: CW 391:1-4 God Loved The World So That He Gave Order of Service: Service of the Word (p.38) (In place of Oh, Taste And See we will sing: CW 103:1-3 Glory Be a Jesus ) Prayer of the Day Almighty God, we confess that we deserve to be punished for our evil deeds. But we ask you graciously to cleanse us from all sin and to comfort us with your salvation; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Old Testament: Numbers 21:4 9 (NKJV) 4 Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread. 6 So the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD that He take away the serpents from us. So Moses prayed for the people. 8 Then the LORD said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live. 9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. Psalm: 38 (p. 81)

4 Epistle: Ephesians 2:4 10 (NKJV) 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Verse of the Day For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16 NKJV) Gospel: John 3:14 21 (NKJV) 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.

5 Sermon Hymn: CW 122 Sing, My Tongue, The Glorious Battle Sermon: Numbers 21:4 9 Offering: The Manitowoc Lutheran Lancer Link will be shown during the offering today. Prayer for Lent: (page 125) Final Hymn: CW 331 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Worship Service DVD s The A/V committee makes DVD copies of each service and they are available in the Narthex. Please take one and share it with a family member or friend. Cable TV Broadcast Our Sunday Morning Worship Service is broadcast on Charter Channel 984 at 7:00pm on Wednesday evenings and 5:00pm on Friday afternoons. Forward in Christ The MARCH Forward in Christ has arrived. This monthly publication by the WELS is paid for by the congregation for you to enjoy free of charge. Organ Repairs The organ is currently being repaired and the swell side doesn't work, which is around 20 stops. Please be patient during worship while the repairs are being made. Thank You! Sunday School Teacher Needed We are in need of a Sunday School teacher for grades 5 & 6 beginning with the next school year in September. Please consider serving the Lord in this capacity. Questions can be directed to Pastor or Brian Dax.

6 Stewardships Received for Budget Last Week: $11, or 240% Needed Weekly for Budget: $4, March ALMS to date: $ Organ Fund Drive ($35,000): $17,205 or 49% Family Life Center Included in receipts from last week was $6, for the Family Life Center. Pizza Sales accounted for $3,120.50; Concession Food Sales were $3,252.22; and a donation of $500 from Hooray for Hollywood. March ALMS Recipient WELS Multi-Language Publications WELS Multi-Language Publications assists in the production of confessional Christian literature and other mass-media in the languages of countries where WELS is working and in other areas or language groups where the synod does not have an official presence. Men s Club Heart to Heart Dinner The Men s Club invites you to their annual Heart to Heart Dinner being held in the Immanuel Fellowship Hall on Sunday, March 15 th, with Social Hour at 5:00pm and a catered chicken dinner from Dairy Deans at 6:00pm, followed by entertainment provided by Jeff Goffard and family from DePere. A sign-up sheet is posted on the Narthex Bulletin Board. Cost is $15 per person. Contact Lloyd Nimmer with questions. Easter Lilies If you would like to purchase a lily in memory of, or in honor of someone, please put $6.50 for each lily in an envelope and place it in the basket in the narthex. You can also place the envelope in the collection plate if you choose. Please put the person s name & also your name on the outside of the envelope. Checks should be made payable to Immanuel Ladies Aid. Any questions, call Michele Kitzinger at Thank you!

7 Mid-Week Lenten Services will be held at 1:00pm and 6:30pm on Wednesday s leading up to Holy Week. Food & Refreshments will be served after the services. Immanuel will be participating in a rotation with St Paul s, Algoma. Monday night worship will not be held during Lent. Worship Outlook I Tell You the Truth... Mar 18 If One Dies, It Produces Life for Many - John 12:23-27 Mar 25 Fruits of Faith Will Be Remembered - Mark 14:1-9 Lenten Serving Schedule March 18 - Athletic Club (Soup & Sandwich) March 25 - Men's Club (Kolaches) / Sunday School (Ice Cream) Soup & Sandwich Luncheon, March 18 th The Athletic Club will be serving a soup and sandwich meal before the services on March 18th. They will be serving from 11:30am -12:45pm and 5:00pm - 6:15pm. This will be a free-will offering meal and profits will be given to the Organ Fund. Hope you can join us for this delicious meal and some friendly fellowship. Seminars for Christian Service The WELS Northern Wisconsin District Committee for Adult Discipleship invites you to attend Seminars for Christian Service on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Fox Valley Lutheran High School in Appleton. The day will include presenters and topics of interest to young adults, women, elected congregation leaders and members not holding church offices. Participants can choose to attend two seminars in addition to the morning's keynote presentation. This year Rev. Paul Prange, the motivational WELS administrator for ministerial education, will lead attendees in considering: Why and How to be lnvolved in Christian Service. Seminar information and registration forms are available by the Narthex Bulletin Board. Forms must be postmarked by March 13th. The registration fee, but not lunch tickets, is paid by Immanuel. Please let Scott Kieckbusch, Glenn Brunner or Pastor know if you would like to attend.

8 MLHS Presents Beauty & The Beast Join us for any (or all) of these great performances of MLHS Spring Musical. Performances are at 7pm on Fri & Sat 3/20 & 21; 2pm on Sun 3/22. A great show that all ages will enjoy! Tickets available at the door or by calling the MLHS School Office, x.500. MLHS Easter Concert The annual MLHS Easter Concert will be held on Wednesday, April 1 st at 7:00 pm and will feature the Lakeshore Lutheran Youth Choir, Freshman Choir, Cantate Choir, Concert Choir, Lancer Singers, and Symphonic Band. Fireside Dinner Theater Trip Come and join us for a day of FUN as we travel to the Fireside Dinner Theater at Fort Atkinson sponsored by the Immanuel Fellowship Group! The date is Thursday, May 6, The show is "All Shook Up" featuring Elvis songs. The cost is $87 per person, which includes the dinner show ticket, coach bus transportation and refreshments. The bus will leave Immanuel parking lot at 7 a.m. and return about 8 p.m. Reserve your seat by calling Mari Fager at Lakeshore OWLS Trip Join our OWLS group on Monday, June 15, 2015, touring Kewaunee County and Door County! Stops will include: WPS Packaging, Country Ovens (Cherry DeLite), Farm Market Kitchen for lunch and East Shore Industries. Cost is $15 for school bus ride and lunch. Blue paper information sign-up sheets are in the back of church. Call: Eunice Siebert , Carol Krueger , or Mari Fager Birthdays: (15) Brian Dax, Neil Karnopp; (16) Steve Ihlenfeldt; (17) Blake Bortolini, Carol Cherney; (18) Eden Payton, Sarah Purzner, John Tess; (19) Brian Ihlenfeldt; (21) Lila Stangel. Anniversaries: (21) Randy & Carla Kuehl. IMMANUEL S CALENDAR

9 March S (15) 7:45am Sunday School 8:00am Bible Class 9:00am Worship Service Bible Information Class Choir Practice M (16) 6:00pm Confirmation Class T (17) 9:00am Bible Class 10:00am Little Lambs W (18) 10:30am Kewaunee Care Center Devotion 1:00pm Lenten Worship 6:30pm Lenten Worship TR (19) 1:30pm Ladies Aid Meeting S (22) 7:45am Sunday School 8:00am Bible Class 9:00am Worship Service Bible Information Class Choir Practice M (23) 6:00pm Confirmation Class T (24) 9:00am Bible Class 10:00am Little Lambs (Playroom) 6:30pm Church Council Meeting W (25) 10:30am Kewaunee Care Center Devotion 1:00pm Lenten Worship 6:30pm Lenten Worship S (29) 7:45am Sunday School 8:00am Bible Class 9:00am Worship Service Bible Information Class Choir Practice Greeters (Today): Next Week: Organist: Altar Guild: Gail Bellin & Shirley Severin Char Hackman & Eleanor Machut Mrs. Tonya Fenendael Michele Kitzinger