The Transfiguration of our Lord

Calendar Monday 2/6 The Transfiguration of our Lord 10:30am Table Talk Next Sunday 2/12 February 5, 2017 8:00am Elder s meeting 8:30am Divine Service Sunday School following service 7:00pm Council In our Prayers: For Restoration to Health: For Our Homebound and Those in Nursing Facilities: Lisa Ehlers; Ivan Mortensen; Helen Nelson If you wish to have a prayer concern added or removed, please contact Pastor Brown. Statistics 45 Last Sunday Morning: January Income: January Expenses: Short Communicants: 35 6,170.00 6,877.00 (707.00) Stewardship Bulletin Sentence And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. Matthew 17:8. Jesus is enough. Moses and Elijah point to Jesus and are happy to fade into the background. With our eyes focused on Him and Him alone the rest of our lives come into focus. He is primary, all else secondary. When that order is right in our lives, things truly fall into place. Stewardship Bulletin Sentence: Courtesy of LCMS.org About the cover: Healing the Centurion s Servant is an illustration by Alexandre Bidá. Permission to use this image is limited to non commercial purposes. Courtesy of www.scholia.net Saint John Lutheran Church LCMS 504 Wallace Avenue (PO Box 64), Curtis, NE 69025 stjohn.curtis.ne@gmail.com 367 4238 Rev. Derrick C. Brown 367 6625 pastor.dcbrown@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook/stjohncurtis Sermons: www.stjohncurtis.podbean.com! And [Jesus] was transfigured before [Peter, James and John], and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. Matthew 17:2

Introit Divine Service (Setting Three, page 184 ff.) Opening Hymn: #413 O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair Confession and Absolution (page 184) The Psalmody Psalm 2 (the Gloria Patri is sung, pg. 186) Kyrie (page 186) Gloria in Excelsis Salutation and Collect of the Day Readings from Scripture Exodus 34:29 35 2 Peter 1:16 21 Matthew 17:1 9 Nicene Creed (page 191) Hymn of the Day: #416 Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory Sermon Announcements Offertory (page 192 ff.) The Offerings Prayer of the Church Preface and Proper Preface (page 194) Sanctus Holy, Holy, Holy Lord s Prayer (spoken by all) The Words of our Lord Agnus Dei Lamb of God (page 198) Distribution Distribution Hymns: #631, #414, & #417 Nunc Dimittis Song of Simeon (page 199) Salutation Benedicamus Benediction Closing Hymn: #415 Jesus on the Mountain Peak

The Transfiguration of our Lord INTROIT Ps. 84:1 2a, 4, 10 11; antiphon: Ps. 77:18b Your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook. How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD. Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook. COLLECT OF THE DAY O God, in the glorious transfiguration of Your beloved Son You confirmed the mysteries of the faith by the testimony of Moses and Elijah. In the voice that came from the bright cloud You wonderfully foreshowed our adoption by grace. Mercifully make us co heirs with the King in His glory and bring us to the fullness of our inheritance in heaven; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. VERSE Ps. 96:2 3 Alleluia. Sing to the LORD; tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! Alleluia.

Announcements Birthday blessings to everyone with a February birthday! Fund Raiser and Supply Drive Frontier County Food Pantry and The Connection Homeless Shelter in North Platte Please consider donating to the Frontier County Food Pantry and The Connection. The following items are needed: Frontier County Food Pantry List of items needed: dish soap, paper towels, shampoo and conditioner, toilet tissue, bar soap, Kleenex, laundry soap, flour, sugar, pancake mix and syrup, tuna, cereal, pudding, J ello, mustard, ketchup, and any non-perishable food items. The Connection Homeless Shelter List of items needed: towels, twin sheets, laundry soap, cleaning supplies (Fabuloso, bleach, mops, etc.), spaghetti sauce, condiments (ketchup, mayonnaise, etc.), and monetary donations for perishable items such as milk, eggs, hamburger, bread. Two thrift stores proceeds go to The Connection, so donatable items (clothes, etc.), are also appreciated and accepted to support the shelter. Two boxes will be placed in the church for the two supply drives. Non perishable items for the Food Pantry may also be left at anytime in the grocery cart outside of the Post Office (in the Curtis Mall). If you would rather have your donation picked up, please do not hesitate to call Melanie Standiford at 308 367 7536. If you have a preference for which location receives your donation, please specify. Thank you for any support! Even a little helps! May God Bless you. If you are a member or regularly attend a church which holds a confession of faith differing from that of this congregation and the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, please schedule an appointment to meet with Pastor Brown prior to coming forward to receive the Supper from this altar. Pastor s contact information is located on the bottom of the back page of this bulletin.