St. John s Evangelical Lutheran Church & School 624 East Street, Baraboo, WI Church Office 355-3870 School Office 355-3860 Email: churchoffice@stjohnsbaraboo.org www.stjohnsbaraboo.org
Last Judgement Sunday November 8 & 11, 2018 WELCOME TO ST. JOHN S We re thrilled that you are here today. Please sign the Friendship Register at the end of your pew so that we have a record of your visit. And please come and worship with us again. Please also introduce yourself to Pastor Kuske. He would love to meet you and to serve you in whatever way he can. OUR FACILITIES Our restrooms are located to the right as you leave the sanctuary in the Mother s Room and downstairs next to the exit. The members of St. John s believe that families should be encouraged to worship together. (Church, like much of life, needs to be taught to young children.) If your young one needs some time out, we have an A/V-equipped Mother s Room just outside the sanctuary to your right. If you need anything during the service, please feel free to ask an usher. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY The readings for this Sunday set in sharp contrast the attitudes of believers and unbelievers. The attitude of the unbeliever to any talk of judgment by God can only be denial or terror. But the attitude of the child of God is formed by the Word of God. As that Word has created his faith during his life on earth, so it molds his confidence in the face of death and judgment. But the Word of God and the faith it creates will be seen as fully vindicated by death and judgment. Therefore, we look forward to the day on which we pass into the courtroom of God to hear the Not guilty! verdict which brought us to faith in the first place. There is no better preparation for death and judgment than a firm clinging to that gracious verdict. There is no better life than the one that has that verdict as its center and the motivation for everything in it. PRAYER BEFORE WORSHIP Lord God, merciful Savior, when the Day of Judgment comes with fire, our only hope will be your grace. Keep us alert and watchful for Christ s return and for Jesus sake let the Sun of righteousness bring healing now and joy to our resurrected bodies on that Day. Amen. Please Note Sunday service is video-recorded and will be aired on our local cable channel at noon today. If you would like a copy, please speak to pastor after the service. 2
THE COMMON SERVICE Page 15 of Christian Worship THE RINGING OF THE BELLS and WELCOME TO GOD S HOUSE HYMN Day of Wrath, Oh, Day of Mourning Christian Worship, 209 3
PLEASE STAND M: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen CONFESSION OF SINS M: Beloved in the Lord: let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins to God our Father, asking him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness. C: Holy and merciful Father, I confess that I am by nature sinful and that I have disobeyed you in my thoughts, words, and actions. I have done what is evil and failed to do what is good. For this I deserve your punishment both now and in eternity. But I am truly sorry for my sins, and trusting in my Savior Jesus Christ, I pray: Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner. LORD, HAVE MERCY (Kyrie) ABSOLUTION M: God, our heavenly Father, has been merciful to us and has given his only Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Therefore, as a called servant of Christ 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. C: Amen 4
PRAYER AND PRAISE M: In the peace of forgiveness, let us praise the Lord. GLORY BE TO GOD (Gloria in Excelsis) 5
PRAYER OF THE DAY M: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you! M: Let us pray. O God, the strength of all who trust in you, mercifully hear our prayers. Be gracious to us in our weakness and give us strength to keep your commandments in all we say and do; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen THE WORD FIRST LESSON Malachi 4:1-3 Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire, said the Lord Almighty. Not a root or a branch will be left to them. 2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall. 3 Then you will trample down the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things, says the Lord Almighty. 6
PSALM OF THE DAY Psalm 90 Christian Worship, page 99 Lord, you have been our dwelling place* throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world,* from everlasting to everlasting you are God. For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by,* or like a watch in the night. Refrain You have set our iniquities before you,* our secret sins in the light of your presence. You turn mortals back to dust.* You sweep them away in the sleep of death. The length of our days is seventy years or eighty, if we have the strength;* yet their span is but trouble and sorrow. Teach us to number our days aright,* that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Refrain (continued on following page) 7
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,* that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Glory be to the Father and to the Son* and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,* is now, and will be forever. Amen. Refrain Refrain Tune: Eugene Englert. 1986 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, IL, www.giamusic.com. All rights reserved. Used by permission. EPISTLE LESSON Hebrews 9:24-28 24 For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he enters heaven itself, now to appear for us in God s presence. 25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26 Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgement, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. VERSE OF THE DAY (Matthew 24:42) M: Alleluia. Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. Alleluia. 8
PLEASE STAND GOSPEL John 5:19-30 After the announcement of the gospel, the congregation sings: C: Glory be to you, O Lord! 19 Jesus gave them this answer: I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. 24 I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. 25 I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned. 30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. After the Gospel, the congregation sings: C: Praise be to you, O Christ! 9
APOSTLES CREED I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. PLEASE BE SEATED 10
HYMN OF THE DAY The Day is Surely Drawing Near Christian Worship, 207 (Continued on following page) 11
SERMON Malachi 4:1-3 The Sun of Righteousness Rises! PLEASE STAND 12
PLEASE BE SEATED OFFERING PRAYER OF THE CHURCH LORD S PRAYER Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen. 13
HYMN O God, Our Help in Ages Past Christian Worship, 441 14
PRAYER M: Almighty God, grant to your Church the Holy Spirit and the wisdom that comes from above. Let nothing hinder your Word from being freely proclaimed to the joy and edifying of Christ s holy people, so that we may serve you in steadfast faith and confess your name as long as we live, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen BLESSING M: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look on you with favor and (+) give you peace. C: Amen, amen, amen 15
HYMN Hail, O Once-Despised Jesus Christian Worship, 351 The Common Service 1993 Northwestern Publishing House. All text and music in this service folder is reprinted and reported under OneLicense.net # A-723563 and CCLI # 11298314. Graphics used by permission 1994, Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, art by Steve Erspamer, SM 16
Service Participants Organist Radio Announcer Television Producer Greeter Ushers Monday Meadows Altar Guild Cyndi Otto Martin Strobel Will Underwood Jeff and Julie Thieding Jeff Thieding and Bob Demars Jeff and Ann Vogtschaller Judy Schubring and Tamie Pinion Our Fruits of Faith Week of November 4, 2018 Church attendance: Thursday 27 + Sunday 343 + Meadows - 9 = 379 September Budgeted... Actual ----------------- Last September Expenses $78, 219.92... $71,864.82 ------------ $69,095.35 All Revenue $65,161.83... $80,212.25 ------------ $61,172.93 Offerings received last week... $15,720.75 Special Gifts: Memorial: Duane Kopf School Projects - $50 Non-Member Donation School Projects - $25 Mary Martha Circle Teacher Supplies - $60 Mary Martha Circle Charity Sunday - $50 Radio Rebroadcast of 9:00 a.m. Worship Service Sundays at 10:00 a.m. MAXFM, 740 AM and 99.7 FM WRPQ.com for radio streaming Television Rebroadcast Sundays at 12 noon Cable Channel 10 and TV 43 17
Announcements Sponsors: This week s radio and TV broadcasts are sponsored to the glory of our Risen Lord by Duane and Lorene Belter to honor Duane s 77 th birthday (11/9). Many thanks! Sunday Morning Bible Class: We explore the whole book of Hebrews: how Jesus as a High Priest in the order of Melchizedek defines the heart of our faith. Thursday Morning Adult Bible Study: We will investigate the book of Judges. There is a pattern to spirituality which God makes clear in Judges. We encounter this pattern in our time and culture as well. How can we stop the negatives of that pattern today? Veterans Day Ammo Can: This Veterans Day, our congregation s Lutheran Military Support Group (LMSG) is asking for donations in support of our military men, women, and their families. LMSG, a partnership of ELS and WELS veterans, is working to grow awareness of and bring Christian support to military members and their families in our congregations and beyond. By placing your gift in the AMMO can in the narthex, you are supporting the work of local congregations that are ministering to nearby military families, the WELS European chaplain program, and global broadcasts of Time of Grace to our military. Questions? See Jim Allen, or visit www.lutheranmilitary.org. THANK YOU for standing shoulder to shoulder with those serving our nation! Hunter s Worship: Thursday, November 15 th at 6:30 pm will be a hunter s worship service. Come in camo, if you want! All are welcome. Christmas Light Parade: The Light Parade is coming up Saturday, November 17 th, and we are in need of Nativity actors for the float as well as people to walk behind the float to hand out flyers and goodies. If you have a truck and are willing to pull the float, that would be great, too. We will meet at church at 4 pm for pizza and will leave for the parade at about 5 pm. Contact Brent Bailey for more info, (609)393-9046. Please join us! Ladies Aid Shut-in Baskets: Ladies Aid is collecting for and delivering Shut-in Baskets Monday, November 19. They are looking for donations. These baskets will go to men and women in nursing homes and individual residences, so items must be individually wrapped candies and snacks, tea and hot chocolate, gum or personal items such as purse-size hand lotions, and socks. No homemade items, please. THANK YOU!! Thanks to all who donated time, effort, and candy to make St. John s Trunk-Or-Treat a success. We had over 500 visitors this year! 18
St. Vincent de Paul Thanksgiving Day Banquet: The members of St. Vincent de Paul cordially invite you to attend their annual Thanksgiving Day Banquet. They will be serving dinner between noon- 12:30 at St. Joseph s cafeteria. It is an opportunity to have a great meal, and to socialize with others in our community. There is no need to be alone for Thanksgiving. If you would like to come, you will need a reservation, so please call the store at 608-356-4649, by Monday, November 19th. If you live in the city of Baraboo and have no ride, we can provide transportation for you. Please come and join us. Monday Meadows Evangelists Needed: We need occasional Monday evening volunteers to help show the video of Sunday s service and to gather patients from their rooms and return them after the worship service is over. It all takes about 90 minutes. If you are interested in helping with this outreach program, please contact the church office at 355-3870. The Meadows residents greatly appreciate your time and effort to bring God s Word to them. Ushers Needed: Evening ushers are needed for the 3 rd and 4 th Thursdays of each month. Please contact Tom Tiedt at 414-526-8733 or the church office at 355-3870 if you have any questions or would like to sign up. School Announcements Eagles Gear Sale: Now is the time to order your updated St. John's Eagles gear! Hats, hoodies, t-shirts, golf shirts and more! Order online at the below link now through Sunday, November 18th. https://stjohnseagles.itemorder.com/sale Christmas is coming, give the gift of some great books! PTO is having an Usborne book fair at St. John's school November 6 th from 3-3:30 pm, November 7 th from 1-7 pm, and November 8 th from 3:30 pm. Can't make it? No problem, you can also order online at https://w4274.myubam.com/ 1110197. The online ordering is open now through November 14th. The school library receives 50 percent worth of all purchases in free books. Not familiar with Usborne books? Check out the link to learn more. 19
Sun 11/11 Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun 11/18 7:45 am 9:00 am 10:30 am 1:00 pm 6:30 pm 6:30 pm 7:00 pm 10:00 am 6:30 pm 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 10:00 am 6:30 pm 8:00 am 6:00 pm 7:45 am 9:00 am Week of November 11, 2018 Bible Class and Sunday School Worship Service Senior Choir practice Veterans Day Ammo Can Collection Division D, at Meadows, Marilyn Forbush hosting TAC Meeting Monday Meadows Property Committee Pastor Circuit Meeting, Reedsburg Church Council Public School Catechism at school Oak Park Adult Christ Light Bible Study 1 John Bible Study in Church Library Mid-Week Bible Study Worship Service with Holy Communion Newsletter Items Due Men s Bible Class Christmas Light Parade Bible Class and Sunday School Worship Service with Holy Communion St. John s Evangelical Lutheran Church and School (WELS) Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913 624 East Street (Church) 515 5th Street (School) 608-355-3870 608-355-3860 Rev. Tim Kuske Deacon Andrew Tramp tkuske@stjohnsbaraboo.org atramp@stjohnsbaraboo.org 608-963-1118 920-366-5352 Rev. Erv Vomhof (Visitation) 608-356-9181 stjohnsbaraboo www.stjohnsbaraboo.org 20