IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 421 North Second Street Mankato, Minnesota 56001 (507) 345-3027 www.immanuelmankato.org Word of Truth By grace you have been saved through faith! Eph. 2:8 NKJV 3rd Sunday after Trinity July 6 & 9, 2014 Volume 77, No. 39 Deacon: David Lueck; Organist: Gary Hanel Sound: Craig Stelter; Video: Tony Harris; Screen: Russell Schmitt & Head Usher: Karl Friedrichs; Asst. Usher: Kyle Hulke + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 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: 387-7035 for Pastor Nolting or 344-0898 for Pastor Eichstadt or 345-3027 for the church office. Pre-Service Devotion: Psalm 25 (p. 492, pew Bible; p. 128, red hymnal) [Pew Bibles are located on the book shelves in the narthex.] [Communion Preparation: The Christian Questions, inside the back cover of the red hymnals.] Pre-Service Prayer: O Lord God, my dear Heavenly Father, how can I ever praise You enough for Your grace. I have at times wandered from Your ways and Your truths, yet You welcome me home in love when I come with a repentant heart. I have at times been cool and aloof over against my fellow sinners, yet You counsel me with patience regarding true mercy. May my heart ever be filled with joy as I contemplate Your grace offered in connection with Jesus, Your dear Son and our Savior. Amen.
COMMUNION ORDER OF SERVICE WE PREPARE TO MEET OUR LORD Hymn: 241 Father, in Whom We Live WELCOME in the name of God, who loves you! Invocation: Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Congregation (sings): Amen. Our Confession of Sins: Pastor: Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins unto God, our Father, beseeching Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness. Our help is in the name of the Lord. Congregation (sings): Who made heaven and earth. Pastor: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord. Congregation (sings): And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. All: O almighty God, merciful Father, I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins and iniquities with which I have offended You. I justly deserve Your temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for my sins and sincerely repent of them. I pray that You would of Your boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, be gracious and merciful to me, a poor, sinful being. Pastor: Upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office as a called servant of the Word, announce the grace of God unto all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Congregation (sings): Amen. WE PRAISE OUR LORD Responsive Reading: Psalm 84:1-4, 11-12 NKJV 2
P: How lovely is Your tabernacle, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD; C: My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. P: Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young: C: Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. P: Blessed are those who dwell in Your house: C: They will still be praising You. P: For the LORD God is a sun and shield: C: The LORD will give grace and glory! P: No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly: C: O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You! P: Glory be to God! Congregation (sings): (TLH 244:1) Glory be to God the Father, Glory be to God the Son, Glory be to God the Spirit: Great Jehovah, Three in One! Glory, glory, while eternal ages run! OUR LORD SPEAKS TO US Epistle Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10 (p. 1038, pew Bible) By nature we are dead in trespasses and sins. But God has saved us by grace through faith without any works on our part. We have been saved, however, in order to do good works prepared by God beforehand for us to do! Gospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13 (p. 856, pew Bible) Jesus here calls Matthew, a tax-collector and therefore a social outcast, to be one of His disciples. The religious leaders of that day questioned Jesus association with such known sinners, but Jesus proclaimed that He had come to call such sinners to repentance. 3
Hymn: (Sun. a.m.) 749 Come to Living Word and Water Adult Baptism: (Sun. a.m.) Raymond Folkerts Our Confession of Faith in the Nicene Creed I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by Whom all things were made; Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, Whose kingdom will have no end. And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life, Who proceeds from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, Who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, And I look for the resurrection of the dead And the life of the world to come. Amen. 4
Hymn: 280 Return, O Wanderer, Return (Melody Angelus TLH 242) Sermon: Text - Luke 15:11-32 (p. 925, pew Bible) Sermon Notes: GOD HAS A PROFOUND LOVE FOR HIS CHILDREN! Including I. Those who are lost in the world! II. Those who are lost in the church! Pastor Paul D. Nolting WE OFFER OURSELVES TO OUR LORD Offertory Congregation (sings): Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation; and uphold me with Your free Spirit. Amen. Offering of Thankful Hearts [Wed. service offering may be left in narthex basket.] Prayer & Lord s Prayer 5
OUR LORD GIVES HIMSELF TO US Words of Institution Pastor: The peace of the Lord be with you alway! Congregation (sings): Amen. Distribution Our Practice of Close Communion We believe that God desires unity of faith and confession among all who commune together. All communicant members of Immanuel and of our sister congregations in the CLC (Church of the Lutheran Confession) are welcome at the Lord's Table. If there are visitors present who wish to commune with us in the future, you are invited to speak with the Pastor about this at your convenience. For more information pick up the tract from the narthex titled Why Close Communion. 6
Communing Members who have difficulty at the kneeling rail may sit in the front pew on either side. The pastors will bring communion to you there. Any communicants sitting in the balcony should please come down to the narthex for direction to the table. Communicants are ushered to the communion table. If you desire the bread in your hand, simply extend your hand to the Pastor as he approaches you with the bread. Those desiring an individual cup, please take a cup when the tray is offered. The common cup will immediately follow. Please dispose of your individual cup in the baskets located behind each pillar or in the center aisle. Communion Hymns: 755 What Is This Bread 315 I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table 7
OUR LORD BLESSES US Benediction Congregation (sings): Amen. Amen. Amen. Closing Hymn: 45 Now, the Hour of Worship O er Liturgy from The Lutheran Hymnal 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. License #000013595. Immanuel s WEEKLY Activities Tues. July 8 3:00-5:00 P.M. Pastor s Office Hours [PDN] 6:30 PM Board of Deacons meeting 7:00 PM Board of Education meeting 7:00 PM Board of Property meeting 7:30 PM Board of Finance meeting 8:00 PM Church Council meeting Wed. July 9 12:45 P.M. Immanuel Church Service on CCTV Charter Ch. 13 or Enventis Ch. 7 7:00 P.M. WORSHIP Service (repeats previous Sunday s service) Thurs. July 10 10:00 A.M. Bible Study @ Walnut Towers 1:00 P.M. Bible Study @ Old Main 5:45 P.M. Immanuel Church Service on CCTV Charter Ch. 13 or Enventis Ch. 7 6:30 P.M. WPNA Committee meeting in Gr. 5-6 classroom Fri. July 11 6:30 P.M. Men s Breakfast/Bible Study 8:00-10:00 AM Pastor s Office Hours [PDN] Sat. July 12-Fri. July 18 TVBS Teaching Trip to Morris, MN 8
Sun. July 13 8:15-8:20 A.M. Immanuel Meditations KTOE 1420 AM or 102.7 FM radio 8:15-9:15 A.M. Summer Sunday School & Bible Study 9:30 AM WORSHIP Service [WCE] Altar Flowers: Daryl Pischner; Deacon: Nick Stelter Sound: Andrew Stelter; Video: Paul & Diane Bode; Screen: Clifford Kuehne Ushers: Second Sunday of the Month: Head Usher: Paul Bade; Asst. Usher: Justin Mueller (387.6488); Talon Harris; Todd Kruse; Bennett Olmanson; Daryl Pischner; Mike Schweim; Dale Spear Jesus says: "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Mt. 11:28 Communion Registration: Communicants are asked to register by placing a check by your name on either communion list. The lists are found in the narthex or on the counter by the back entrance. CLC Guests: please sign your name on the "Guest Sheet." In the Hospital: IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH SPECIAL MEETING SUMMARY June 29, 2014 It was decided to begin starting new full-time teaching calls on July 1 st rather than August 1 st. This will begin with Phillip Matzke and Anita Meyer. A motion to tear-down the house at 218 Washington was tabled. The meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Alan Olmanson, Congregational Secretary QUARTERLY VOTERS MEETING: Monday, July 21, 7:00 p.m. We encourage our voters attendance and involvement at this meeting. To become a voting member you must be: (1) male communicant member of Immanuel for 6 months or longer; (2) 18 years old or older; (3) make your request known to the pastor or to the chairman of the congregation prior to the voters meeting in which he will present himself for voting membership. As always, non-voters are welcome to attend voters meetings. 9
THANK YOU from the Property Board to the volunteers who helped with the cement sidewalk! Christian Women s Seminar - The Southeast congregations of the CLC are organizing the first ever Southeastern Women s Retreat for women of the CLC. It will be held on October 3-5, 2014 in Savannah, Georgia. While hosted by the congregations of Southeastern CLC, all are invited to join us! We hope to have at least 30 women attend the retreat this opening year. The estimated cost for the retreat is between $150 - $340 for the weekend (depending on how many you share your room with) and includes food and lodging. More details are available in the separate Registration Form (available through your pastor). If you have any questions please contact: Amy Osborne - (651-329-3662 - newyorker13@hotmail.com) or Pastor Nathanael Mayhew (404-729-4602 - ndmayhew@juno.com). Ladies, consider taking some time this fall to attend the retreat in beautiful Savannah, Georgia where you will be encouraged and renewed in Christ. Vacation Bible School Student registration is open! A sign-up sheet is in the narthex. Individuals who wish to help with VBS teaching, crafts, kitchen, recreation, and more please sign-up in the narthex. Talk to Pastor Eichstadt if you have questions. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED at Immanuel Lutheran College Our volunteer work day at Immanuel Lutheran College will be held Saturday, July 19. We will leave from the church at 6:30 a.m. and car-pool to Eau Claire returning Saturday evening about 9:00 p.m. Please pack a noon lunch and bring money for supper. Bring any needed tools, gloves, sunscreen, change of clothes, etc. Come enjoy a day of work, fun, and fellowship! Please sign up on the sheet in the narthex. Write after your name the area in which you would like to work (for example, roofing, painting, cleaning, etc.). Church Choir Music & Folders: Please return to a narthex table or upstairs where they are stored. Missing folders numbered: 7,12,13 (this one was not signed out anyone know where it is contact Sara),15. Foreign Mission Fact Sheets: The CLC Board of Missions has 10
produced fact sheets about our foreign missions. Please feel free to pick up and read a packet from the narthex table. CLC News: Pastor Paul Naumann, Ascension Lutheran, Tacoma WA, has returned the call to St. Paul Lutheran, Lakewood CO. <> Mrs. Peggy Kesterson has accepted the call to teach Kindergarten half days, beginning with the next school year, at St. Stephen Lutheran school, Mountain View CA. <> Pastor Matthew Gurath, Gift of God Lutheran, Mapleton ND, has resigned from the pastoral ministry for personal reasons. <> Pastor Caleb Schaller, Redemption Lutheran, Lynnwood WA, has returned the call to Berea Lutheran, Sioux Falls SD. <> Pastor Lawrence Bade, Trinity Lutheran, Millston WI, has announced his resignation for personal reasons, effective the end of July. The congregation has called Burgess Huehn to be their vacancy pastor. He is a retired WELS pastor who joined Messiah Lutheran, Eau Claire WI, this spring and has applied for a colloquy, which will be held this fall. PULPIT VACANCIES: Trinity, Millston WI; Gift of God, Mapleton ND; Grace, Live Oak FL; St. Paul, Lakewood CO; Berea, Sioux Falls SD; Grace/Faith, Sleepy Eye/New Ulm MN; Living Word, Lexington MO CLC FINANCIAL REPORT May 2014 Balance YTD Received YTD Spent 5/31/2014 General Fund $830,949 $834,489 -$3,540 ILC Operations $1,215,975 $1,217,258 -$1,283 ILC Improvement $62,940 $31,445 $73,846 ILC Building Fund $120,021 $120,315 $16,758 Mission Development $269,349 $179,977 $220,484 Kinship $81,363 $74,350 $49,022 Church Extension CEF $1,176,210 $768,840 $1,513,193 Student Aid (SAF) $169,862 $165,855 $20,545 The Idaho farm bequested to the CLC was sold for $842,500. In accordance with the will this amount was placed in the Public Ministry Preparation Endowment Fund, which has a balance of $1,329,331 as of the end of May 2014. A complete CLC financial report is posted on the narthex bulletin board. 11
Women s Service Organization (WSO) Mid-Year Meeting: Division leaders and any interested members are asked to meet following the service next Sunday, July 13, to discuss issues and updates to the instruction sheets and anything related to the WSO. Topics will be the funeral process changes and anything else that is brought forward. Anyone is welcome. Summer Ensembles/Music for Worship: During the school year, we enjoy the blessing of having a choir present a musical selection nearly every week. The musical presentations of God s Word are a valued addition to our worship services. During the summer the choirs are not in session. However, if you would like to offer your musical talents to a worship service, please contact either pastor. This may be an instrumental selection, solo, duet, ensemble, etc. Our Response of Faith Attendance: 6/27 Men s Bible = 15 / BEC Jail Ministry = 11 6/29 Sunday School = 21 Ambassadors with Bible Study = 43 6/29 Sunday Worship = 305 7/2 Wed. Worship = 20 7/3 Walnut Towers = 8 Old Main = 13 Immanuel Sunday Current NEED = $10,237 CLC Weekly Missions NEED = $1,250 Sunday Current = $7,883 Missions = $1,145 Endowment = $45 ILC Building = $16 Expansion / Relocation = $140 ILC Student Aid = $0 Major Improvement = $62 MDF: Mission Develop. Fund = $50 OTHER: Benevolent = $20 OTHER: Food Shelf = $30 Tuition Aid = $100 The following gift is received with thanks by Immanuel In Memory of Marie Lueck Memorial Fund $50 12