KNOW GOD S RADICAL LOVE LUKE 6:27-38 PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 2090 COMMERCE DRIVE NORTH MANKATO, MN 56003
PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Evangelical Lutheran Synod NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GOD CHURCH STAFF Pastor Hartwig: 507-382-6826 Email: pastorhartwig@gmail.com Pastor Moldstad: 507-382-0045 Email: pastormoldstad@gmail.com Church Office: 507-385-1386 Divine Service Sunday 8:30 & 10:45 AM JESUS LAMBS AT PEACE PRESCHOOL Teacher/Director: Joslyn Moldstad Phone: 507-385-7752 Email: joslynmoldstad@gmail.com Church website: Peacemankato.com Email: karen@peacemankato.com FEBRUARY 24, 2019 SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY WELCOME TO PEACE! The purpose of our congregation is to worship God, who gives life through Word and Sacrament; to serve one another in love and fellowship; and to proclaim forgiveness and salvation to all through Jesus Christ alone. PARENT S ROOM A room is available if your little one needs a moment. It is the first room on the right as you walk into the church building. Sound and video are piped into the room to enable you to hear and see the service. Changing tables are in both restrooms. FACILITIES Restrooms are located down the hall and on the right side. An induction loop is provided for the benefit of hearing aid users. To use, please switch your hearing aid to T. BEFORE WORSHIP As you prepare to worship your Lord today, spend a few quiet minutes in prayer before the service. Review the lessons, the service notes, and pray this prayer: PRAYER OF THE DAY Gracious Father, keep Your family, the Church, always faithful to You, that we may lean on the hope of Your promises and be strong in the power of Your love; through Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. 2
THE DIVINE SERVICE WITH HOLY COMMUNION Rite 1, p. 41 OPENING PRAYER P: O Lord, our Maker, Redeemer, and Comforter, we are assembled in Your presence to hear Your holy Word. We pray You to open our hearts by Your Holy Spirit, that through the preaching of Your Word we may be taught to repent of our sins, to believe on Jesus in life and death, and to grow day by day in grace and holiness. Hear us for Christ s sake. Amen. HYMN #65:1-2, 5 PRAISE TO THE LORD, THE ALMIGHTY THE CONFESSION OF SIN P: Let us bow before the Lord and confess our sins. Almighty God, our Maker and Redeemer, we poor sinners confess unto You that we are by nature sinful and unclean, and that we have sinned against You by thought, word and deed. Therefore we flee for refuge to Your infinite mercy, seeking and imploring Your grace, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. C: O most merciful God, You have given Your only-begotten Son to die for us: have mercy upon us, and for His sake grant us remission of all our sins; and by Your Holy Spirit increase in us a true knowledge of You, and of Your will and true obedience to Your Word, to the end that by Your grace we may come to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. THE KYRIE ELEISON (LORD, HAVE MERCY) 3
THE ABSOLUTION P: Lift up your hearts unto God! 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. To all who believe on His name He gives power to become the children of God, and has promised them His Holy Spirit. He who believes and is baptized will be saved. Grant this, Lord, unto us all. Amen. 4
THE GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO (GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST) P: Glory be to God in the highest. 5
THE SALUTATION THE COLLECT P: Let us pray one God, now and forever. THE LESSON GENESIS 45:3-8A, 15 3 Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph! Is my father still alive? His brothers could not answer him, because they were terrified by his presence. 4 Joseph said to his brothers, Come closer to me, please. They came closer. He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 Now do not be upset or angry with yourselves for selling me to this place, since God 6
sent me ahead of you to preserve life. 6 For two years now the famine has been in the land, and there are still five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 God sent me ahead of you to preserve you as survivors on the earth, and to keep you alive by a great act of deliverance. 8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God. 15 He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After that his brothers talked with him. THE EPISTLE 1 CORINTHIANS 15:35-38A, 42-49 35 But someone will object, How can it be that the dead are raised? With what kind of body are they going to come? 36 You are being foolish. What you sow is not made alive unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that will be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body of the kind he wanted it to have. 42 That is the way the resurrection of the dead will be. What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown as a natural body; it is raised as a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, The first man, Adam, became a living natural being. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 However, that which is spiritual is not first; rather, first comes the natural, then the spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As was the man made of dust, so are the people who are made of dust, and as is the heavenly man, so the heavenly people will be. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the man made of dust, let us also bear the image of the heavenly man. THE HOLY GOSPEL LUKE 6:27-38 P: The Holy Gospel for the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany is written in the 6 th chapter of the Gospel according to St. Luke, beginning at the 27 th verse. 27 But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. 28 Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer the other too. If someone takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes away your things, do not demand them back. 31 Treat others just as you would want them to treat you. 32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? To be sure, even the sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? 7
Even the sinners do the same thing. 34 If you lend to those from whom you expect to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even the sinners lend to sinners in order to be paid back in full. 35 Instead, love your enemies, do good and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the unthankful and the evil. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. 37 Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. In fact, the measure with which you measure will be measured back to you. THE CREED P: Let us confess our holy faith in the words of the Nicene Creed: C: 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; 8
and the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father; And He shall come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead; Whose kingdom shall 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 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. HYMN #503:1-4 LORD JESUS, WHO ART COME THE SERMON LUKE 6:27-38 KNOW GOD S RADICAL LOVE THE PRAYER OF THE CHURCH THE APOSTOLIC BENEDICTION P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 9
THE OFFERING The members of Peace Lutheran Congregation have joined together to do the Lord s work in this community and around the world. Visitors need not feel obligated to participate in this offering which supports our ministry. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. (Malachi 3:10) PLEASE FILL OUT THE FRIENDSHIP REGISTER. THE SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION Peace Lutheran Church practices close communion. We ask that only members of the ELS and WELS partake of the Sacrament today. Visitors, please speak to the Pastor about receiving the Sacrament in the future. THE PREFACE P: The Lord be with you. P: Lift up your hearts unto the Lord. 10
P: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. THE PROPER PREFACE AND SANCTUS P: It is truly good, right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, and now we praise You that You sent us Your only-begotten Son and that in Him, being found in fashion as a Man, You manifested the fullness of Your glory. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying: THE SANCTUS (HOLY, HOLY, HOLY) 11
THE LORD S PRAYER C: 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. 12
THE WORDS OF INSTITUTION P: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to His disciples saying: Take, eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me. In the same way also He took the cup after supper, gave thanks, and gave it to them saying: Drink of it all of you; this cup is the New Testament in My blood, which is shed for you and for many, for the remission of sins. This do as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me. THE AGNUS DEI (LAMB OF GOD) 13
THE DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION HYMNS #456 MY SOUL, NOW BLESS THY MAKER #532 JESUS CHRIST, MY SURE DEFENSE HYMN OF THANKSGIVING #325 O JESUS, BLESSED LORD, TO THEE THE COLLECT OF THANKSGIVING P: Let us give thanks and pray: We thank You, Lord God Almighty, that You have refreshed us with these Your salutary gifts; and we beseech You of Your mercy, to strengthen us through the same in faith toward You, and in fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord. 14
THE BENEDICTION P: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace. 15
THE CLOSING HYMN SON OF GOD, ETERNAL SAVIOR CW #492 16
Text: Somerset T. C. Lowry, 1855-1932, abr., alt. Tune: The Revivalist, Troy, NY, 1868 Setting 1986 James E. Engel. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-721927. THE CLOSING PRAYER P: O Lord, we render unto You our heartfelt thanks that You have taught us what You would have us believe and do. Help us, O God, by Your Holy Spirit, for the sake of Jesus Christ, to keep Your Word in pure hearts, that we thereby may be strengthened in faith, perfected in holiness, and comforted in life and death. Amen. 17
Thank you to those who served in our service today: Communion Assistants: 1 st - Jason DeWitt, Paul Fries, 2 nd Doyle Holbird, Adie Harstad; Ushers: 1 st Mike Madson, Corey Olsen, Bob Paulsen, Rob Paulsen; Ushers: 2 nd Rick Brennhofer, Dan Holz, Rob Pipal, Sergio Salgado; Organist: Nathan Madson. To God be the Glory! The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV ) copyright 2017 The Wartburg Project. All rights reserved. www.wartburgproject.org Announcements This week s schedule: Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 AM Divine Service with Holy Communion 9:45 AM Sunday School, Adult Bible Class, CROSSED Youth 12:30 PM Sudanese Service Tuesday: 9:00 AM Solid Grounds Bible Study 7:00 PM M.O.M.s at Mt. Olive School Library (no childcare) Wednesday: 4:00 PM Catechism class 7:00 PM Adult Choir Rehearsal Thursday: 8:15 AM M.O.M.s at Peace (childcare provided) Friday: 6:30 AM Men s Breakfast and Bible Study Saturday: 9:00 AM Sudanese Event at the Beacon Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 AM Divine Service 9:45 AM Sunday School, Adult Bible Class, CROSSED Youth Important upcoming events: February Group 4 Refreshments March Group 2 Refreshments March 6 th Lenten meals and services begin March 8 th Family Night Pizza Party & Pictionary Jesus Lambs at Peace Preschool will host our annual Open House on Tuesday, March 6-8 p.m. We will enjoy games, crafts, face-painting, and a singa-long. Parents also are able to sign up for our Christ-centered preschool that evening. Bring your family for an enjoyable evening! For more information, call Joslyn at 385-7752. Also, we are still looking for a child s thermos for our preschool play and evergreen garlands that you wouldn t mind us cutting up. Last week at Peace: Sunday 287 Offerings to the Lord s work here at Peace: $8982.75 18
Family Night - Pizza & Pictionary - Our next Family Night will be on Friday, March 24th at 6pm. The theme will be Pizza and Pictionary. We invite you to bring a pizza (homemade or store bought) to share. We will be playing a large group version of Pictionary with multiple teams competing against each other. All are welcome to attend. Lenten Meals Ash Wednesday is March 6 and during Lent Peace Lutheran Church members will be hosting a meal every Wednesday from 5:15 6:15 before the 6:30 p.m. worship service. Please come for the food, fellowship and enjoying time with your friends along with no worries about trying to feed your family at home and make it to church on time. The schedule of when your group is serving is listed below--please note, they are not in numerical order so check the schedule carefully. March 6 Group 5 Group Leaders Greg and Missy Vandermause March 13 Group 4 Group Leader Crystal Foslien March 20 Group 3 Group Leader Ben and Alison Petzel March 27 Group 1 Group Leaders Keith and Joni Wiederhoeft and Becca Zenk April 3 Group 2 Group Leader Sergio Salgado April 10 Group 6 Group Leaders Paul & Terri Fries and Jon & Michele Moldstad Group Co-Leaders needed: Group 3 is in need of co-leaders to work with Ben and Alison Petzel as soon as possible. (you don t have to be in Group 3 to volunteer for this, you can be moved from your group to group 3) If you are a good communicator and/or delegator you would make an awesome Group Leader. If you have wondered about being a Group Leader but don t know what it involves, being a Co-leader is a great way to find out. The leaders are responsible for organizing the meals by reminding the group members when it is their turn to serve. The leaders are responsible for reminding their group what month they are scheduled for serving Sunday refreshments, but the leaders are not responsible for making coffee or serving every Sunday. The church members of each group are reminded to volunteer their service, whether it be making food, serving, helping to set-up tables and chairs or putting their hands in the dishwater. Please watch your emails for notifications from your group leader of opportunities to serve the church. Serving Refreshments on Sunday Mornings: March Group 2 April Group 5 May Group 3 June Group 1 MVL Pork Chop Dinner & Winter Band Concert - On Sunday, March 3, come over to MVL for good food and fun! The Booster Club is sponsoring a pork chop dinner, 10:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Freewill offerings will support Booster Club projects. The annual Winter Band Concert follows at 1:30 P.M., featuring the Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble. 19
Bethany Lutheran College Events Wed., Feb. 27 at 7 pm in Trinity Chapel - The Bethany Lutheran College Concert Band performs on tour in both February and March. Their program features a variety of selections that will entertain and educate audiences of all ages. Included are several beautiful, lyrical tunes: Be Thou My Vision, Salvation Is Created, and Nostalgia, while other selections will be both powerful and exciting: John Philip Sousa s The Thunderer, Hans Zimmer s Pirates of The Caribbean: At World s End, and John Powell s How to Train Your Dragon. The concert is free and open to the public. A freewill donation will be received to help offset tour expenses. Moms supporting Moms in raising godly children Moms On a Mission Spring Schedule: The Peace/Mt. Olive Moms On a Mission (M.O.M.s) bible study will resume in February and will meet through the month of April. Morning and evening groups will be studying different curriculums this session. Please see the table below for specifics. New and returning mothers, please register by emailing the appropriate contact so we can have materials prepared for you! New mothers welcome to join any study at any time. Morning M.O.M.s Study: When: Thursdays, 8:30-10am (can drop children off in childcare at 8:15), beginning Feb. 7 Where: Peace Lutheran Church, North Mankato Study: Morning study will resume its study of the book, Boundaries, by Cloud and Townsend. Pastor Hartwig will join at the end of the study each week to provide biblical principles, answer questions, and give encouragement. Childcare: Provided, please register children by sending names/ages to Kristen Lukasek prior to the start of the study. Contact: Kristen Lukasek- 507-382-7963 or mattlukasek@yahoo.com Evening M.O.M.s Study: Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm, beginning Feb. 5 Library at Mt. Olive Church and School Evening study is going to start a new bible study on the book of 1 Peter. Bring your bible. Other materials will be provided. Enjoy weekly support and fellowship with other moms while seeing what promises God has for mothers in this book. Not provided. Shaylene Scheele-309-830-2538 scheele.shaylene@yahoo.com 20