Listening for the Promise Weekly Devotional Fourth Sunday of Easter April 26 th, 205 By what power or by what name did you do this? Acts 4:7b Important people are mentioned in today s passage. They were men of power and position; they were from the high priestly family. They were accompanied by the rulers, elders, and scribes. These men made up the Jerusalem Sanhedrin, the ruling body of the Jews. The court was mostly made up of Sadducees, men from a sect of Judaism that did not believe in resurrection. Though some Jews believed in a doctrine of resurrection, the Sadducees adamantly rejected it. This is why the disciples preaching was particularly disturbing to them. They could not allow the idea of resurrection to gain popularity among the people. They had to put a stop to it, so Peter and John were arrested. The catalyst for this arrest was the healing of the lame beggar who asked Peter and John for alms. Instead of money, Peter commanded the lame beggar to walk, by the name of Jesus. Peter gave the man a new life and then told the amazed crowds that it was not by his power or ability that the beggar was healed; the healing came by the power of the one they had crucified, the one God raised from the dead. Peter told the people, Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. He spoke about the forgiveness that comes from Jesus Christ. The Court asked Peter and John about the power and name they invoked for the healing. Peter answered, If we ve been arrested because we kindly helped a cripple, then know this: it is Jesus name that healed the man. Jesus is the source of their power. The Sanhedrin might have let them go, except they did more than just heal the man. They offered forgiveness of sins, the same blasphemous crime that Jesus committed. The Sanhedrin, especially the high priests, rejected the capstone of everything the disciples preached: the resurrection of Jesus which gave Him the authority to transform the world. This was the crime for which they had been arrested. The proclamation that Jesus is the only way to salvation took away the power of the Jewish leaders; that is why they destroyed Jesus in the first place and why the world still threatens the faithful today. We need not fear because Jesus continues to be the power and authority behind the forgiveness that blots out our sins. Trinity Lutheran Church Lake Norden Member NALC April 26, 205 Pastor Mark Jamison Sola Worship Resource Weekly Devotional 204, Sola Publishing (www.solapublishing.org), written by Peggy Hoppes. Scripture taken from ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version ), copyright 200 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Monday 27 th Tuesday 28 th Wednesday 29 th 9 am 4 pm -5 pm :30 pm pm 4:45 pm Office Open Food Pantry Open TLCW Quilting Confirmation (Badger) Thursday 30 th :30 pm Office open for printing Friday st Saturday 2 nd Sunday 3 rd 9:45 am 0:45 am Sunday School Worship April Ushers: Gerry & Doris Koisti For Today: Greeters: Barb Ruotsalainen and Jason & Emmett Aho Scripture Reader: Brian Jager Acolytes: Emma Schultz For Next Week: Greeters: Scripture Reader: Acolyte: PRAYER CONCERNS: Our military personnel serving at home & overseas;; all who are recovering from surgery or illness. Please contact Pastor for any additional prayer concerns. H: 605-70-054 C: 880-3907 Email: jamisonmark95@gmail.com REMEMBERED IN PRAYER: this week are Jason, Brandy, Emmett & Melanie Aho; Darin Aho; and Morrell Spencer. OFFERING, April 9 th : Local $75 Benevolence $200, Loose $8. TOTAL: $086.00 BIRTHDAYS 27 th Harvey Aho; 29 th Lee Swanson & Larry Barnett; 30 th Ashley Jensen; POTLUCK SUPPER will be held following the confirmands public exam tonight. The exam will be held in the educational unit at Trinity beginning at 5 pm. Everyone is encouraged to attend! REMINDER that next Sunday is Confirmation Sunday. Please be sure to join us in celebrating this Faith Milestone! HELP THE TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH WOMEN fulfill their mission for 205. It will soon be winter in Kenya, Africa where the temperatures will decrease to around 30 degrees with no snow. The children/families do not have heat for their homes and they are in need of warm clothing. Before you put away your warm clothes or taking any to Goodwill that will no longer fit your children next year, please consider helping our TLCW satisfy their mission. Donations of the following items must be placed in the educational unit by May 0 th : sweatshirts/pants, pants of any kind, shoes without holes, coats, gloves, hats, blankets, quilts, and sweaters are all expectable items. Clothes can be for children or adults. Kenya does not get any snow so snow pants and snow boots are not needed. Thank you for your help! A BABY SHOWER will be held in the church basement on May 0 th in honor of the upcoming birth of Roy & Sami Hauschildt s child and Valerie Rae Delores Hauschildt, daughter of Steven & Tawnee. Sami is due in September. Grandparents are Bob & Theresa Hauschildt of Lake Norden and Mona Matson of Hayti. Valerie was born on March 3 st weighing 7 lb oz and 20 inches in length. THANK YOU for the blankets that were given to us following our house fire, we really appreciated them! ~ Ken, Jessica & Jack Williams. SIGN UP SHEET is being passed around for greeters and readers for the month of May. Thank you for volunteering it is greatly appreciated! THANK YOU to everyone who called, sent cards, visited, and prayed for me. ~ Reid Tuohino THANK YOU for all the prayers, cards, and phone calls received while I was in the hospital and recovering. It was greatly appreciated. Thank you ~ David St. John AN OPEN HOUSE birthday celebration will be held for Pearl Nelson on Sunday, May 3 rd at the Senior Citizen Center in Lake Norden from -3pm. Pearl will turning 90 on 5 th we hope all can come and help her celebrate! CHECK US OUT and like us on Facebook! Updates and upcoming events are shared on our page. We also have our website (http://trinityln.org) where you can find much information about our faith ministry and happenings at Trinity.
Trinity Lutheran Church Holy Communion Fourth Sunday of Easter April 26, 205 Prelude Welcome & Announcements Greeting of One Another Entrance Hymn I Know That My Redeemer Lives... ELW #69 Apostolic Greeting... ELW pg. 38 Kyrie... ELW pg. 38 This is the Feast... ELW pg. 40-4 Prayer of the day... See Insert st Scripture Reading... See Insert Psalm... See Insert 2 nd Scripture Reading... See Insert Gospel Acclamation... ELW pg. 42 Holy Gospel... See Insert Sermon... Pastor Mark Hymn of the Day The King of Love My Shepherd Is... ELW #502 Apostles Creed... See Back Page Prayers of the Church Offering Great Thanksgiving... ELW pg. 44 Holy, Holy, Holy... ELW pg. 44 Words of Institution In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me. Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: This is the new testament in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me. Lord s Prayer... See Back Page Distribution Children of the Heavenly Father... ELW #78 Closing Prayer Blessing Closing Hymn Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us... ELW #789 Dismissal Apostles Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God s 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. On the third day he rose again; He ascended into heaven, He is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Lord s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, they 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.
April 26, 205 Fourth Sunday of Easter Prayer of the Day Almighty God, you show those in error the light of your truth, that they may return into the way of righteousness. Grant to all that are admitted into fellowship with Christ the power to avoid all things that are contrary to the faith and to follow you according to the will of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. First Reading: Acts 4:-2 As {the disciples} were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, 2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. 4 But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand. 5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, 6 with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power or by what name did you do this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, 0 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead by him this man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 2 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Brian: Word of God, Word of Life. Congregation: Thanks be to God. Psalm 23 Read Responsively The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures and leads me beside still waters. 3 He revives my soul and guides me along right pathways for his Name s sake. 4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me; you have anointed my head with oil, and my cup is running over. 6 Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. April 26, 205 Fourth Sunday of Easter Prayer of the Day Almighty God, you show those in error the light of your truth, that they may return into the way of righteousness. Grant to all that are admitted into fellowship with Christ the power to avoid all things that are contrary to the faith and to follow you according to the will of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. First Reading: Acts 4:-2 As {the disciples} were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, 2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. 4 But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand. 5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, 6 with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power or by what name did you do this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, 0 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead by him this man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 2 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Brian: Word of God, Word of Life. Congregation: Thanks be to God. Psalm 23 Read Responsively The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures and leads me beside still waters. 3 He revives my soul and guides me along right pathways for his Name s sake. 4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me; you have anointed my head with oil, and my cup is running over. 6 Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Second Reading: John 3:6-24 6 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 7 But if anyone has the world s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God s love abide in him? 8 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 9 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 2 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. Brian: Hear ends the reading. Congregation: Thanks be to God. Gospel: John 0:-8
{Jesus said,} I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 2 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 3 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 4 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 5 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 6 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 7 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 8 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father. Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 6 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 7 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 8 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father. Second Reading: John 3:6-24 6 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 7 But if anyone has the world s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God s love abide in him? 8 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 9 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 2 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. Brian: Hear ends the reading. Congregation: Thanks be to God. Gospel: John 0:-8 {Jesus said,} I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 2 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 3 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 4 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 5 just as the