Word of Truth Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations! Psalm 96:2-3 March 19, 2017 MISSION FESTIVAL Volume 80, No. 15 3rd Sunday in Lent Serving Us Today Deacon: Charles Olmanson Organist: Karla Olmanson; Sound: Craig Stelter Video: Vern Frank; Screen: Russell Schmitt Head Usher: Fred Friedrichs
WELCOME to all! Visitors: please sign the guest register in the narthex. Visitors and members: feel free to speak with the Pastor after the service, or call Pastor Nolting 507-317-6687 or Pastor Naumann 920-266-5386. Pre-Service Meditation: Psalm 96 (p.144, red hymnal) Pre-Service Prayer: O Lord God, as I enter Your presence for worship on this our Mission Festival, fill my heart with the joy of Your salvation! Move me to confess my sins with sincerity, to listen to Your words with care, to sing Your praises with enthusiasm, to lay before You all my prayers with confidence, and finally to leave Your house with the determination to share Your gospel message as You give me opportunity. I ask this in Jesus name. Amen. ORDER OF SERVICE We Prepare to Meet Our LORD Prayer for the Spirit s Presence and Blessing WELCOME in the name of Jesus whose Gospel message we are to share! Invocation Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Congregation (sings): Amen. Hymn: 767(tan Supplement) Church of God, Elect and Glorious Responsive Reading: Our Gospel Commission P: Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. C: Declare His glory among the nations! [Psalm 96:2-3] P: Jesus commands us: Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, C: Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 2
P: Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; C: And lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. [Matthew 28:19-20] P: Jesus reminds us: Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. C: He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. [Mark 16:15-16] P: Jesus informs us: Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, C: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. [Luke 24:46-47] P: Jesus assures us: If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; C: If you retain the sins of any, they are retained. [John 20:23] P: Jesus promises us: You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; C: And you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. [Acts 1:8] Our Confession of Sins Pastor: Beloved in the Lord! You have heard the commands, reminders, assurances, and promises of our Savior regarding our roles within His kingdom work. Let us examine both our hearts and our lives, for by doing so we will find reason to approach God with repentant hearts. Let us do so seeking His forgiveness. 3
Congregation: O most merciful God, who has given Your only-begotten Son to die for us, have mercy upon us and for His sake grant us forgiveness of our many sins. We have not always taken Your command to make disciples of all nations as seriously as we should, but rather have frequently been preoccupied with our own thoughts and desires. We have often failed to take advantage of those opportunities You have given us to share the gospel with others, even though precious souls are at risk. We have not used the keys as we ought to have used them, forgiving the sins of penitent sinners and retaining the sins of those who refuse to repent. You have commanded us to be Your witnesses to the ends of the earth, but we must confess that all too often we fail to be witnesses in our own back yards. O Lord, have mercy upon us and by Your grace forgive us. Create within us new hearts and renew us by giving us steadfast spirits, so that we heed Your calls and proclaim the good news of Your salvation. Pastor: Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, has had mercy upon us and has given His only Son to die for us, and for His sake forgives us all our sins, including those sins involved in our kingdom work. To all who believe on His name He gives the privilege of being children of God and has promised them His Holy Spirit. Indeed, whoever believes and is baptized shall be saved. Grant this, Lord, unto us all. Congregation (sings): Amen. We Praise Our LORD Congregation (sings): Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forevermore. Amen. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, let our earnest prayer be heard, 4
The prayer Your Son taught us to pray; For, lo, Your children s hearts are stirred In ev ry land in this our day To You with fervent soul to plead, Lord, help us in our time of need. And let Your Word have speedy course, Through ev ry land be glorified, Till all the heathen know its force And fill Your churches far and wide. Oh, spread the conquest of Your Word And let Your kingdom come, dear Lord! [Christian Worship, Hymn 567:2, 4] Our LORD Speaks to Us Epistle Reading: 1 Peter 2:4-10 In this beautiful section of Scripture Peter identifies us believers as part of a great spiritual house and a holy priesthood. We are, he says, God s special people called to proclaim His praises! High School Choir & Pastors: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing LSB 686 Come, Thou Fount of ev'ry blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. While the hope of endless glory fills my heart with joy and love, Teach me ever to adore Thee; may I still Thy goodness prove. Here I raise my Ebenezer, * hither by Thy help I've come; And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, wand'ring from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, interposed His precious blood. Oh, to grace how great a debtor daily I m constrained to be; Let that grace now like a fetter bind my wand'ring heart to Thee: Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it; prone to leave the God I love. Here s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above. Oh, that day when freed from sinning, I shall see Thy lovely face; Clothed then in the blood-washed linen, how I ll sing Thy wondrous grace! Come, my Lord, no longer tarry; take my ransom'd soul away; Send Thine angels soon to carry me to realms of endless day. * Ebenezer means "Thus far has the LORD helped us" and was the name given to the stone of remembrance that Samuel raised to God's glory (1 Sam. 7:12) 5
Gospel Reading: Luke 13:22-30 While the kingdom of God is open to all, the gate by which we enter is narrow faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord! Jesus urges us to strive to enter through that narrow gate, recognizing that there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last. Welcome of New Members to Immanuel Welcome! Mario Foster: Mandie Hanel: Leslie Landon: Sitong Emily Liu: New Members: if any part of your address listing is incorrect, please give the updated information to the church office (church@immanuelmankato.org). These addresses are provided so that our family of believers may encourage one another and add them to the Immanuel Membership Address Directory. 6
Confession of Faith: Luther s Explanation to the 3 rd Article I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him. But the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified, and kept me in true faith. In the same way He calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian Church on earth and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith. In this Christian Church He daily and richly forgives all sins to me and all believers. On the Last Day He will raise me and all the dead and give to me and all believers in Christ eternal life. This is most certainly true. Hymn: 773 (tan Supplement) Rise, Shine, You People The Sermon: Text Isaiah 66:18-24 GOD S CONFOUNDING WELCOME I. Narrow Is the Entrance II. Wide Is the Invitation Seminary Senior: Samuel Rodebaugh Sermon Notes: 7
We Offer Ourselves to Our LORD Offertory: I Hear the Savior Calling I hear the Savior calling! His call has urgency! Each moment souls are dying; soon comes eternity. And so, my precious Savior, this is my humble plea: Prepare me for my mission for You are calling me! WS 770:5 Text: John C. Lawrenz 1993 Northwestern Publishing House. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-710933 Hymn: Christ the Eternal Lord Congregation: Stanzas 1-3, 5 ILS Alumni: Stanza 4 (The Alumni are asked to rise.) ALL Rise and Join to Sing: Stanza 5 1) Christ the eternal Lord, whose promise here we claim Whose gifts of grace are freely poured on all who name Your name; With thankfulness and praise we stand before Your throne, Intent to serve You all our days and make Your glory known. 2) Christ the unchanging Word to ev'ry passing age, Whose timeless teachings still are heard set forth on Scripture's page; Transform our thought and mind, enlighten all who read, Within Your Word by faith to find the bread of life indeed. 3) Christ the redeeming Son, who shares our human birth, And by His death salvation won for ev'ry child of earth; Inspire our hearts, we pray, to tell Your love abroad, That all may honor Christ today and follow Him as Lord. ALUMNI of Immanuel School please rise and sing: 4) Christ the unfading Light of everlasting day, Our Morning Star in splendor bright, the Life, the Truth, the Way; That light of truth You give to servants as to friends, Your way to walk, Your life to live, till earth's brief journey ends. 8
All rise and join to sing: 5) Christ the ascended King exalted high above, Whose praise unending ages sing, whom yet unseen we love; When mortal life is past Your voice from heaven's throne Shall call Your children home at last to know as we are known. Offering of Thankful Hearts Prayer Lord s Prayer: Sung by Congregation LSB 829 Text: Timothy Dudley-Smith 1999 Hope Publishing Co. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-710933 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 debts as we forgive our debtors. 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. Our LORD Blesses Us! Benediction Congregation (sings): Amen. Amen. Amen. Closing Hymn: 507 Spread, Oh, Spread, Thou Mighty Word Liturgy from The Lutheran Hymnal 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. License #000013595 Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved. When applicable permission to Podcast the music in this service obtained from OneLicense.net. Unless otherwise noted service elements are in public domain. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Immanuel s WEEKLY Activities Following the service: 3rd Sunday Communion is offered in the pastor s office (to attend come to the office and sign the communion sheet there; pastor will be with you shortly) 9
Following the service: Fellowship Meal in the MPF (Multi-Purpose Facility/gym) We invite you to join us! All guests and new members with their families are asked to sit at the reserved table(s). We encourage Immanuel members to introduce themselves to our new members. We ask that younger children go through the line with their parents. Immanuel Women s Service Division #3 will be on kitchen duty and as always, they welcome any additional help. This fellowship meal is catered. [FYI: a suggested donation of at least $3.00 per person will help cover the meal expenses]. This evening: Road to Emmaus Support Meeting to attend come to the south school entrance meeting is held in the upper hallway middle high school classroom. Tues. Mar. 21 10:00 A.M. Keystone Bible Study 3:00-5:00 P.M. Pastor s Office Hours (JN) 7:00 P.M. Women s Study Guild meeting (serving: V. Hanel, R. Mueller) Wed. Mar. 22 Lent 4 12:45 P.M. Immanuel Church Service on KTV Charter Ch.181 / Consolidated Communications Ch. 7 1:00 P.M. Lent WORSHIP (G. Dummann) Deacon: Gary Hanel; Screen: Russell Schmitt; Organist: Viv Hanel 5:30 P.M. Youth Instruction Class 6:00 P.M. Wed. Bible Study a study of the Gospels, miracles, and life of Christ is viewed via DVDs with discussion 7:00 P.M. Lent WORSHIP (PDN) Thurs. Mar. 23 Deacon: Charles Olmanson; Screen: Clifford Kuehne; Organist: Viv Hanel Sound: Craig Stelter; Head Usher: Fred Friedrichs; Asst. Usher: John Heinze 10:00 A.M. Walnut Towers Bible Study 1:00 P.M. Old Main Bible Study 5:45 P.M. Immanuel Church Service on KTV Charter Ch. 181 or Consolidated Communications Ch. 7 10
Thurs. Mar. 23 cont d 6:00-7:15 P.M. Church Choir Practice 7:15 P.M. Men s Choir Fri. Mar. 24 6:30 P.M. Men s Breakfast/Bible Study 8:00-10:00 A.M. Pastor s Office Hours (PDN) Kindergarten Roundup 5:00-8:00 P.M. Ambassadors Skating Sat. Mar. 25 10:30 A.M. FA Meeting Sun. Mar. 26 8:15-8:20 A.M. Immanuel Meditations KTOE 1420 AM or 102.7 FM radio sermon 8:15-9:15 A.M. Sunday School, Ambassadors, & Bible Study 9:30 A.M. WORSHIP Service [JN; ILGS sings] Altar Flowers: D. Pischner; Deacon: Ted Schreyer; Sound: Brent Schreyer; Video: Mike Schweim; Screen: Clifford Kuehne Ushers: Fourth Sunday of the Month: Head Usher: Joseph Friedrichs (380.7521); Asst. Usher: Kevin Moeri (388.6084); Ben Busse; Jacob Busse; Adam Geiger; Mark Geiger; Sam Geschwind; Sam Hagen; Devon Libby; Karl Mueller; Dan Nelson; Bernt Olmanson; Wayne Timm ILS Senior Class Bake Sale Thank you! We thank Senior Seminarian Samuel Rodebaugh and his wife Jessica for traveling to Mankato and presenting the Gospel to us this morning. In the Hospital: ECHO Donations: March is MN Foodshare Month. Between March 1 and April 6, MN Foodshare will proportionally match all donations to ECHO whether cash, checks, or food items. In 2017 already, ECHO has seen an 8% rise in food requests. 1,800 children per month are served. 11
Arts Camp Registration Deadline is Monday, March 20 th! We have room for more campers! Students grades 5-8 can still register for Arts Camp March 31-April 2! Forms can be found in the narthex or school office! Questions about camp? Contact Kym Stelter at 507-327-2076 or artscamp@immanuelmankato.org Special Voters' Meeting: 7:00 p.m. Monday, March 20th in the church basement. Agenda: (1) consider pastoral matters and call a pastor to replace Pastor Nolting; (2) consideration of Servant Loan fund which could relate to our teacher call; (3) membership matters (release Jason Boyer and Nathan Johnson; accept Mario Foster by confession of faith). Kindergarten Roundup Friday, March 24 Open House: 4:30-5:30 pm Program and Play: 5:30 pm Program includes a presentation from the school principal, classroom teacher, and school nurse. You will take home information on enrollment, tuition, lunch program, kindergarten readiness, and much more! The current kindergarten class will perform a play. For more information, call (507) 345-3027 or email school@immanuelmankato.org. Ambassadors Ice Skating Event: This Friday the Ambassadors will be hosting an Ice Skating Event at All Seasons Arena. We will meet at 5:45 for skating from 6:00-7:00pm. We will then return to Immanuel for snacks, team building, fellowship, fun and a devotion. We will plan on finishing around 9:00pm. The cost is $3 per person for skating and skate rental. Please sign-up on the downstairs bulletin board. Hope to see you there! Spring Cleanup Day at Immanuel: Saturday, March 25. List for items that were not completed in February is on the narthex bulletin board. 2017 Spring Women s Retreat: Winona, MN, April 21-23. Register on the website at http://ladiesretreat.clclutheran.net by March 21. See poster on narthex bulletin board. 12
Easter Lily, Tulip, or Hyacinth: If you would like to have one or more of the 6 inch potted plants placed on the altar or given in memory of a loved one, please sign the sheet on the narthex table or email church@immanuelmankato.org. Cost is $8.00 for each lily and $12.00 for each tulip or hyacinth. Make checks payable to Women s Study Guild. Checks, not cash may be left in the box labeled Easter Plants on the narthex table. Deadline for ordering is Sunday, March 26 th. You may take your plant(s) home following the 2 nd service on Easter Sunday. Sophomore 5k Pajama Run! Stay warm and cozy when you run the 4th Annual Sophomore 5k Fun Run/Walk in your PJs! The event will be held on Saturday, April 1 at 9:05 AM at Riverfront and Sibley Parks. Pick up a registration sheet in the school entry after church. The cost is only $20 through March 18! More information can be found online at: sophomore5k@weebly.com. CLC News: Claire Abbas, Peace Thru Christ Lutheran, Middleton WI, has returned two calls: Messiah Lutheran, Hales Corners WI, and Redeemer Lutheran, Cheyenne WY. <> Pastor David Reim, St. Paul Lutheran, Vernon BC, has returned the call to St. Luke s Lutheran, Lemmon SD. <> Pastor Nathan Pfeiffer, Trinity Lutheran, Spokane WA, has returned the call to Immanuel Lutheran, Winter Haven FL. MISSING from the Pastors Closet: TWO DVDs entitled A Biblical Portrait of Marriage DVD #1: Adjusting to Expectations; DVD #2: Learning to Communicate Clearly if you know where they are, please return to the church office. Pilgrims Rest Cemetery Board will be hosting its annual cemetery cleanup day on April 8th, 9AM - 2PM. We will be raking leaves, picking up lots of sticks, cleaning flat stones, leveling flat stones, raising lot markers, and other general cleanup. If you can, please bring a rake and shovel. Lunch will be provided. Hope to see you there! Tony Harris - Chairman. SUMMER YOUTH CAMP 2017 Camp (and Pre-Camp) registration opens Sunday, March 19th at 2:00 PM. Register online at our website, youthcamp.clclutheran.net. Camp is June 18-24 and costs $135 per camper. Camp will be for grades 6-9 this year. However, we have decided to add 5th graders to the Pre-Camp pro- 13
gram. Pre-Camp costs $60/camper. Feel free to email any questions you have to us over at youthcamp.clc@gmail.com. Easter Pancake Breakfast, prepared by the men, will be on April 16 th 8-9am. All men wishing to assist are welcome. For more information contact Daryl Pischner, Mark Stelter or Larry Hartman. Greeting Cards for Sale: If in need of a card, please see the rack by the back church entrance. Our Response of Faith Attendance: 3/8 Wed. Lent (1pm) = 43 / (7pm) = 127 / Bible Study = 14 3/10 Men s Bible Study = 17 / BEC Jail Ministry for Men = 11 3/10 BEC Jail Ministry for Women = 6 3/12 Sunday School = / Ambassadors = / Bible Study = 36 3/12 Sunday Worship = 219 3/16 Walnut Towers = 9 / Old Main = 9 Immanuel Weekly Current Need = $11,557 CLC Weekly Mission Need = $1,094 Current = $1,404 + $6,959 Missions = $560 Endowment = $140 ILC Building = $25 Expansion / Relocation = $50 ILC Student Aid = $0 Major Improvement = $45 MDF: Mission Develop. Fund = $20 OTHER: 150th Anniversary = $5 OTHER: Benevolent = $40 Imm. Student Aid = $150 Tuition Aid = $50 14