Confirmation Reception Invitation You are invited to Shailey Marczak s Confirmation Reception NEXT SUNDAY, APRIL 30. It will be held at her home, southwest of Cottonwood, 2586 County Road 24, following Worship until 1:30. ++ Wednesday, April 26 ++ Very Important Conversations designed so that YOU will be a part of making important decisions about our future Sunday school and Confirmation programs Meal and Conversation Bridal Shower Invitations You are invited to an open house bridal shower for Jessi Wagner on Saturday, May 6, at Christ Lutheran, starting at 9:30am. Jessi is the daughter of Diane and the late Doug Wagner. You are invited to an open house bridal shower for Whitney Fischer, bride to be of Cody St. Aubin, on Sunday, May 7, at Christ Lutheran, starting at 1:30pm. Whitney is the daughter of Jason and Wendy Fischer. 5:45-7:00pm I hope to see a whole lot of people there! Contact me if you have questions!!! Your Friend in Christ, Interim Pastor Shelly Olson prshelly3@gmail.com (507) 380-1536 There will be a short meeting of the Congregation on May 7th following Worship to discuss funding for the parsonage remodel project. PARENTS, PLEASE NOTE: Last day of Sunday Morning Live (SML) for this school year is May 7th.
Wednesday, April 26 5:45 to 7 pm Real Talk Meal and Conversation 7 pm Tenth Grade Confirmation Photos 7:45 pm Choir Thursday, April 27 1:30 pm Abigail/Naomi Circle Saturday, April 29 8 am - 2 pm Spiritual Gifts Workshop Next Sunday, April 30 9 am Sunday Morning Live education time 9 am Fellowship/Refreshments 10:15 am Confirmation Worship with Holy Communion 11:30 am (approx.) Worship on Cable 180 YOUTH SOFTBALL RECRUITING NEWS, from Chuck Cub Broberg: Cub will be coaching church softball again this year, and we are starting NOW to form a team. Hopefully we have enough players so that we can participate again this year (girls and boys). Contact Cub if you are interested in joining the team: 507 828 2080. The first game of the season will likely be early June. However, Cub wants to get at least a month s worth of practice in before the season starts. Thanks! ** Pastor Shelly s Schedule This Week Monday Tuesday morning: Mankato Tuesday afternoon - Saturday: Cottonwood ** Please Call Anytime ** 507 380 1536 * Luther League News * LeRoy s is donating $1 for every meal served every Sunday until June 25 th toward the Luther League Jamaica trip. Enjoy a great brunch while supporting our youth. Be sure to thank them for their contribution. Thank for your support!
Welcome! Christ Lutheran Church Community of Faith April 23, 2017 Second Sunday of Easter First Communion Sunday C... E... S... Christ Lutheran Church Location: 126 Front Street (corner of Front and North First on the lake) mailing address: P.O. Box 166, Cottonwood, Minnesota 56229 Office Phone and Voice Mail: 507-423-5100 www.christcottonwood.org Interim Pastor Shelly Olson 507 423 5100; cell 507-380-1536; prshelly3@gmail.com Pastoral Asst. Gwen Arneson 507 423 5100; cell 612-280-5987; gwenarneson@yahoo.com Organist Gwen Arneson See Pastoral Assistant above Administrative Asst. Rhoda Schmidt 507 423 5100; cell 507-829-1426; christlutheran@christcotton.com Accounting Asst. Melanie Olsen cell 507-530-2064; melaniesolsen@live.com Custodians Jon & Jeannette Myrvik cell 507-828-2401; 828-2407; jjmyrvik@charter.net
Holy Communion Second Sunday of Easter First Communion Sunday and LuMin SMSU Campus Ministry Visit April 23, 2017 Christ Lutheran Church Cottonwood, Minnesota In today s gospel the risen Christ appears to the disciples and offers them the gift of peace. Even amid doubts and questions, we experience the resurrection in our Sunday gathering around word and meal, and in our everyday lives. Throughout the coming Sundays of Easter the readings will hear the early Christians proclaiming the resurrection and we will rejoice in the new birth and living hope we receive in baptism. (Sundays and Seasons, Augsburg Fortress 2016) + + + GATHERING (The page number notations in the worship bulletin refer to the pages in the front portion of the hymnal. The hymn numbers in brackets are found in the latter half of the hymnal.) Prelude Call to Worship Welcome, Prayer Requests, and Announcements Please stand as you are able. Thanksgiving for Baptism P: Alleluia! Christ is risen! C: Christ is risen indeed. Alleluia! P: Just as God s work of creation never ends, so the gifts received in baptism are renewed every day. Let us give thanks together for the life given in baptism. We give you thanks, O God, for the waters of life: for water to bathe in, for water to drink, for waters to play in and waters that inspire wonder, for water that gives life to our planet. C: We give you thanks, O God, for the waters of life. P: We give you thanks, O God, for the waters of this place: for water from our tap, for rain and snow, for lakes and rivers nearby. C: We give you thanks, O God, for the waters of this place. -2-
P: We give you thanks for your salvation through water: for delivering Noah and his family through the floodwaters, for leading your people Israel through the sea and into freedom, for preserving your prophet Elijah through the time of drought, for guiding your people across the Jordan into a new land, for quenching the Samaritan woman s thirst with living water. C: We give you thanks for your salvation through water. P: We give you thanks for the life of all the baptized, and for all who gather here: for godparents and baptismal sponsors, for children and grandchildren, for our brothers and sisters in Christ whom we have never seen but to whom we are bound. C: We give you thanks for the life of all the baptized. P: We give you thanks for life in Christ through your Holy Spirit: for our entry into Jesus death through these waters, for our forgiveness and new birth into a life of freedom and service, for our calling to be your people, sent out for the life of the world. C: We give you thanks, blessed and holy Trinity, now and forever. Amen. Gathering Hymn That Easter Day with Joy was Bright - - - - - - - - - - [384] Greeting P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: And also with you. Prayer of the Day P: Let us pray. C: Almighty and eternal God, the strength of those who believe and the hope of those who doubt, may we, who have not seen, have faith in you and receive the fullness of Christ s blessing, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Please be seated. Campus Ministry Reflections WORD First Reading Acts 2: 14a, 22-32 14a But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: 22 You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did -3-
through him among you, as you yourselves know 23 this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law. 24 But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power. 25 For David says concerning him, I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken; 26 therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover, my flesh will live in hope. 27 For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One experience corruption. 28 You have made known to me the ways of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence. 29 Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would put one of his descendants on his throne. 31 Foreseeing this, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, saying, He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh experience corruption. 2 This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses. L: Word of God, word of life. C: Thanks be to God. Second Reading 1 Peter 1: 3-9 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials, 7 so that the genuineness of your faith being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. L: Word of God, word of life. C: Thanks be to God. Please stand as you are able. -4-
Gospel Acclamation Celtic Alleluia [174] Gospel Reading P: The Holy Gospel according to John, the twentieth chapter. C: Glory to you, O Lord. 19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace be with you. 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you. 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained. 24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe. 26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace be with you. 27 Then he said to Thomas, Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe. 28 Thomas answered him, My Lord and my God! 29 Jesus said to him, Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe. 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name. P: The Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to you, O Christ. Please be seated. Message Pastor Shelly Olson, with Whitney and Bridget -5-
Hymn of the Day We Walk by Faith - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [635] Please stand as you are able. Confession of Faith (The Nicene Creed is found inside the back cover of the hymnal.) Sharing of God s Peace P: The peace of the Risen Christ be with you all. C: And also with you. ** Please share a sign of God s peace with your neighbors. Please be seated for the prayers. Prayers of God s People ** The congregation will respond to the prayer petitions with hear our prayer. Offering Choir Offering You Are Holy Please stand as you are able. MEAL Harling/Helgen Offertory Prayer A: Let us pray. Be known to us, O Lord, in the breaking of the bread, as you were made known to the disciples. Receive these gifts, and the offering of our lives, that we may be your risen body in the world. C: Amen. Great Thanksgiving 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 our thanks and praise. Words of Institution 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. -6-
Invitation to Holy Communion P: Now let us feast this Easter season on Christ, the bread of heaven. Hallelujah! Please be seated. Our Fifth Graders, Whitney Lundberg and Bridget Teske, will be receiving Holy Communion for the first time today. Anyone who has communed elsewhere is welcome to commune here. Those who do not yet commune are invited to come forward for a blessing. If you prefer grape juice rather than wine, please let your server know. Please come forward at the invitation of the ushers to receive communion in a processional manner, then return to your seats via the side aisles. If you would like communion brought to you at your seat, please let the ushers know. Communion Distribution Let Us Break Bread Together [471] What Feast of Love [487] I Come with Joy [482] Beautiful Savior [838] Please stand as you are able. Blessing after Communion P: Now may the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. C: Amen. Prayer after Communion A: Let us pray. Life-giving God, in the mystery of Christ s death and resurrection you send light to conquer darkness, water to give new life, and the bread of heaven to nourish your people. Send us forth as witnesses to Jesus resurrection that we may show your glory to all the world; through the same Jesus Christ, our risen Lord. C: Amen. SENDING Blessing and Sending P: May God who has brought us from death to life fill you with great joy. Almighty God, Father, + Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever. C: Amen. -7-
A: Alleluia! Christ is risen! C: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! A: You are the body of Christ raised up for the world. Go in peace. Share the good news. C: Thanks be to God! Sending Hymn Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and Sing - - - - - - - [385] Postlude Prayer for the Journey O Amazing God, you come into our ordinary lives and set a holy table among us, filling our plates with the Bread of Life and our cups with Salvation. Send us out, O God, with tenderheartedness to touch an ordinary everyday world with the promise of your holiness. Amen. (From Searching for Shalom, by Ann Weems) ** * * * * * * * Prayer Requests Please Take With You The Apostle Paul reminds us in Philippians 4:6-7 to, Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Your prayers are a gift to those requesting them, and encouragement for one another as we experience challenges, sorrows, or thanksgivings of any kind. Health Concerns, as well as Others In Our Hearts and On Our Minds: Robert Fedde (Kim Marczak s father), Sue Gropel, Lisa Jones, Ellen Lenz, Anna (Olson) Meyer, Bud Pederson, Cayson Rialson, Mary Schwisow, Maurice Smith (Gwen s grandpa), Jared Stevens All those dealing with illness, addictions, depression, unemployment, under-employment, and any challenges in their lives. Families of our Congregation. This week pray for: Marge Reishus Tom and Amy Jo Remmele, Clay & Calli Newton Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Care Center Residents. This week pray for Julie Jaeger and Donna Neuharth at Boulder Estates in Marshall. Workers in Other Countries, Missionaries, and Local Congregation Missions. This week pray for Kari Louwagie serving in Madagascar. Our Fifth Graders Receiving Holy Communion for the first time on April 23: Whitney Lundberg and Bridget Teske Our Tenth Graders Who Will be Affirming Their Baptismal Promises on April 30: Desi Crain, Brennen Jarcho, Zane Laleman, Shailey Marczak, Calli Newton, Taylor St. Pierre, Elijah Sterner -8-