March 24, 2019 Third Sunday in Lent Fairfax Lutheran Parish Central and Our Saviors Lutheran Churches e-mail: fxluth@gmail.com website: www.fairfaxlutheranparish.com Office Phone: (507) 426-7540 Cell Phone: (507) 380-8284 Pastor: Kent Krumwiede Ministers: All of us! Organist: Karen Nesburg Bleick Reader: OS: Central: * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * Welcome to worship! Your presence here is a blessing to all! You re invited to participate in worship to the extent that you re able.
Order of Worship Prelude Announcements, Silence and Church Bell Gathering Hymn In the Cross of Christ, I Glory #324 Confession and Forgiveness (Congregation please stand) Page 94 (All may make the sign of the cross, the sign marked at baptism, as the presiding pastor begins) Pastoral Greeting Kyrie Page 203 Prayer of the Day (Congregation please stand) Eternal God, your kingdom has broken into our troubled world through the life, death, and resurrection of your Son. Help us to hear your word and obey it, and bring your saving love to fruition in our lives, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Hymn of Praise Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound #779 First Reading Isaiah 55: 1-9(NRSV) (To those who have experienced long years of exile, the return to their homeland is a celebration of abundant life. God calls them into an everlasting covenant of love. Those who return to the Lord will enjoy new life and forgiveness, because God s ways are not our ways.) 55Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. 3 Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. 4 See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. 5 See, you shall call nations that you do not know, and nations that do not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. 6 Seek the LORD he may be found, call upon him while he is near; 7 let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the LORD, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Word of God, Word of life. All: Thanks be to God!
Psalm 63: 1-8 (read responsively by whole verse) after pg. 338 Second Reading 1 Corinthians 10: 1-13 (NRSV) (Paul uses images from Hebrew story and prophecy to speak the truth of Jesus Christ: He is our rock, our water, our food, and our drink. Christ is the living sign of God s faithfulness.) 10I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness. 6 Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did. 7 Do not become idolaters as some of them did; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play. 8 We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9 We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents. 10 And do not complain as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 11 These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall. 13 No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it. Word of God, Word of life. All: Thanks be to God! Gospel Acclamation We Are Turning To The Lord Page 205 Gospel Luke 13: 1 9 (NRSV) Pastor: The Holy Gospel according to Luke the 13th Chapter: All: Glory to you, O Lord (Asked about current tragic events, Jesus turns a lesson about whether suffering is deserved into a hard call to obedience. He then tells a parable that holds out hope that the timeline for ultimate judgment will be tempered by patience.) 13At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 He asked them, Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? 3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. 4 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did. 6 Then he told this parable: A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. 7 So he said to the gardener, See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find
none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil? 8 He replied, Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down. Pastor: The Gospel of the Lord ALL: Praise to you, O Christ. Children s Sermon Sermon Pastor Kent Hymn of the Day Jesus Is a Rock in a Weary Land #333 Apostle s Creed Page 105 Prayers of the Church (Petitions conclude: Hear us O God Congregation responds: Your mercy is great ) Sharing of the Peace Offering (congregation please rise as the offering is brought forward) Offering Prayer Let us pray. God our provider, you have not fed us with bread alone, but with words of bounty, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Lord s Prayer Blessing The Lord bless you and keep you The Lord s face shine upon you with grace and mercy. The Lord look upon you with favor and +give you peace. Three Fold Amen Sending Hymn Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer #618 Silence, Church Bell, and Dismissal Pastor: Go in Peace. You are loved by God. All: Thanks be to God.
Let us remember the following in our prayers: Alpha Evenson, Mark Isaacson, Cindy LaFrambroise, Don Lee, Kevin and Deb Johnson, Corinne Danielson, Ellsworth Sather, Earl Peterson, Phyllis Iverson, Duane Nesburg, Dale Hanson, Dan Berntson, Scot Hagen, Geneva Loverude, Tom Nesburg, Mike Palmer and family. Lord hold them in Your loving hands. GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES Monday @ Parsonage [MAP} Bible Study Begins at 9:30 AM NOTE TIME CHANGE During Lent, starting March 11 th, we will be doing a Lent study about Grief. How does the Bible about and to grief.? What are the biblical references in relation to grief? Everyone from the community is welcome to attend any of the MAP Bible Studies. Join us for study, fellowship and refreshments. LENTEN BIBLE STUDY on the theme of the evening services. The gathering is for the residents and anyone who might not be able to be at the evening services. Wednesdays at 2:15 PM, March, 27, April 3 and 10. SOAP DRIVE Our Savior s will once again be collecting soaps and paper products during the month of March for the Renville County Food Shelf. The Soap Drive will end today, Sunday, March 24, 2019. The Food Shelf gets laundry soap, dish soap, and bar soap from Second Harvest, so they would prefer we give more personal items such as body wash, shampoo, toothpaste, Kleenex, paper towels, etc. Money is also appreciated. During the month of March a portion of your donation is matched by MN Food Share. HELP WANTED
After many years of service to the MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM, Ruth Wojahn is stepping down. If you are interested in being the new coordinator for Our Savior s for the Meals on Wheels Program, please contact the church office for more information. Our Thanks to Ruth for all her years of service! THANK YOU Food Pantry: Until the weather becomes warmer we are asking for only dry good products be placed in the Food Pantry. Once the weather is warmer, we will once again be placing canned goods in the Food Pantry. Pancake Breakfast: Central Men s Group will be having their Pancake Breakfast next Sunday, March 31, 2019, from 9 am to 1 pm at the Fairfax City Auditorium. Come have breakfast and support your Men s Group! - Free Will Offering. There is no church service at Central Lutheran that morning. SW MN Synod Assembly: Looking for two volunteers from each congregation to attend SW Minnesota Synod Assembly on June 6 and 7, 2019 in Redwood Falls. Early registration ends May 17, 2019. For voting purposes each congregation is eligible to send 1 male and 1 female. If you are interested, please let the church office know as soon as possible so we can take advantage of the early registration! This Week in Our Parish Office Hours: Tuesday, 9-3
Wednesday and Friday 8-12 Sunday, March 24, 2019 9:00 am Worship @ Our Savior s - Acolyte: Abigail No Sunday School 10:30 am Worship @ Central - Acolyte: Nikita Monday, March 25, 2019 9:30-11 am Bible Study @ Parsonage Tuesday, March 26, 2019 9:30 Noon Back the Pack - Olivia Wednesday, March 27, 2019 2:15 pm Lenten Bible Study @ Fairfax Community Home 5:30-6 pm Community Meal 7:00 pm Lenten Worship Service @ Our Savior s Acolyte: Spencer Confirmation following Worship Thursday, March 28, 2019 7:00 pm Education Committee Meeting @ Our Savior s Sunday, March 31, 2019 9:00 am Worship @ Our Savior s - Acolyte: Parker 10:00 am Sunday School @ Our Savior s NO SERVICES AT CENTRAL 9am to 1 PM Central Lutheran Church Men s Group Pancake Breakfast at Fairfax Community Center