BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES: Members celebrating Birthdays from September1-September 7th are Bradley Koke, Bruce Shaw, Julie Adams, Ellen Mibbs, Elizabeth Ballinger, Virginia Barrett, Aaron Leonard, Ryan Gilson, Priscilla Ginglen, Mark Perkins, Michelle Stephens. Members celebrating anniversaries this week are Duane & Shellie Messman Happy Birthday and Anniversary to All!! How we worshipped the Lord on 8/26/18 Attendance: 171 Offering: $ 4730.00 Average/Person in Attendance: $ 27.66 Sunday, September 2, 2018 9:00a.m. Divine Service w Holy Communion 10:15 a.m. Bible Study/ Sunday School Monday, September 3 Tuesday, September 4 Wednesday, September 5 10:30am. Bible Study 6:00pm Confirmation Thursday, September 6 6:00pm. Family Life Meeting 6:00pm Evangelism Meeting 7:00pm. Elders Meeting Friday, September 7 Saturday, September 8 5:00 p.m. Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Divine Service w/ Holy Communion Sept. 8, 2018 & September 9, 2018 The 1 st Reading : Is. 35: 4-7 The Epistle Lesson: James 2:1-10,14-18 The Gospel: Mark 7:(24-30) 31-37 Serving Us Next Week: ALTAR Committee Nan Fornoff Linda Blessman ELDER OF THE MONTH Bill Blessman September 8, 2018 6:00 p.m. Divine Service w/holy Communion ORGANIST: Randy Bell COMMUNION ASSISTANT: Mark Perkins September 9, 2018 9:00a.m. Divine Service w/ Holy Communion ORGANIST Randy Bell COMMUNION ASSISTANT: Harmon Snider GREETERS: Bill & Linda Blessman USHERS: Bill Blessman Doug Fornoff SOUND BOOTH Mark Hackman Saturday Service 6:00 p.m. Sunday Service 9:00 AM Sunday School/Bible Class 10:15 a.m. ------------------- Office (309)543-4850 Pastor s Cell (309) 253-5089 Parish Hall & Fax (309)543-2125 Secretary s Office Email: stpaulsoffice@grics.net Pastor s Email: stpaul@grics.net Treasurer s Email: sptreasurer@grics.net Church Website: www.stpaulslutheranhav ana.com St. Paul s Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 121 N. Pearl St. P.O. Box 534 Havana September 2, 2018
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church " Church of the Lutheran Hour" Building Families in Jesus Christ Brothers and Sisters in Christ gathered together in God s household through God s Word and Sacraments being built on the loving foundation of Jesus Christ. Rev. Kevin Wendorf, Pastor September 2, 2018 WELCOME to Divine Service this morning! Let us join together in song and prayer and hearing the Word of the Lord that we may be refreshed in the Spirit and encouraged for the week ahead. Come again soon! You are always welcome here at St. Paul s! We ask that all guests and members sign the fellowship pads you will find in the pews. Please hand the page to the usher as you leave. Visitors please fill in your address and phone number. Members please fill in address and phone number changes if you have recently moved. PRAYER UPON ENTERING CHURCH Dear Lord God in heaven; Thou who didst give unto us the time and the place for worship; Bless us with the attitude of true worship from Thine abundant grace and mercy; So that we may worship Thee in Word and Sacraments, That we may grow and mature spiritually; Thru Jesus Christ, Thy Son our Lord, who with Thee and the Holy Ghost Are worshiped one God, now and forever. Amen. Serving Us Today: ALTAR COMMITTEE: Nan Fornoff Linda Blessman ELDER OF THE MONTH: Bill Blessman ORGANIST: Marilyn Smith COMMUNION ASSISTANT Danny Houghton GREETERS: Bob & Lisa Hellman USHERS: Larry Ginglen John Kachanuk SOUND BOOTH: Jeff Hackman Thank You I would like to thank our congregation for the monetary support of the Christian Ducks Learning Pond Child Care and Preschool; formerly the Havana Community Christian Daycare Center. Not only has the daycare changed its name, but we are also in the process of relocating to the former Nazarene church. With this move we will be able to offer services beginning with infants, six weeks old. We will continue to provide services to two to five year olds, after school programs and summer programs. The Christian daycare allows our church to help spread the love of Jesus to these children. Again, thank you for your support. Lutheran Church representative to the Christian Ducks Learning Pond. Brenda Davenport-Fornoff THE LUTHERAN HOUR for Sunday, September 2, 2018 "Eager to Preach the Good News." Speaker Dr. Oswald Hoffman In a classic message form 1968, Dr. Oswald Hoffman says, the good News (of Christ) is really good; good enough to believe, good enough to trust ( Romans 1:14-17) is on WDUK or on the Web at www.lutheranhour.org. Hear the broadcast available to our military: www.lutheran.rog.afn. Listen The Lutheran Hour is also on XM s Family Talk Radio 170 every Sunday at 1:00 pm. FAMILY SHIELD MINISTRIES for Saturday, September 1st. This week s topic: TBA This radio broadcast is aired Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. on WDUK
Camp CILCA Whippoorwill Golf Outing September 28 **New Location** at Hickory Point in Forsyth, IL For details or to register contact: Rev. Daniel Smith pastordan@grics.net 217-466-1215 Altar Guild Yearbooks Altar Guild Members can pick up their yearbooks in the fellowship hall on the back shelf. LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES (LHM) is pleased to announce that the Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler of St. Louis, Missouri, has accepted a call to serve as Speaker of the Lutheran Hour radio program. Confirmation Class will start on Wed. Sept. 5, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. The Family Life Committee will meet Sept. 6 at 6:00 p.m. at the Church The Adult Choir The adult choir starts rehearsing again on Wednesday, September 5th at 7:15P.M. The choir is open to anyone who likes to sing. You don t have to be a soloist to join. A choir is a blend of many different types of voices. We have lots of fun! Come join us as we begin another year. You are always welcome. To all CID congregations: I just wanted to remind you the Camp CILCA fundraising auction is on Labor Day weekend. We are still in need of many themed baskets for the auction or other items such as quilts to auction off for a successful fundraiser! Please contact me at 309-696-3782 or weselohamy@yahoo.com if I can help you with ideas or you need me to pick up a basket or other item. September 2, 2018 AS WE GATHER It has been said, The Church is never more than one generation away from extinction. This bold statement perhaps finds support in the admonition found in today s Old Testament Reading. There Moses writes this concerning the works of the Lord, Make them known to your children and your children s children (Deuteronomy 4:9). Each generation has the responsibility, and privilege, of passing on the works of God to the next generation. While much of this teaching happens in the setting of a local congregation, the Christian instruction that happens in the home, in our own family, is key. This teaching is always centered in Jesus Christ, the one through whom our Lord has worked the mightiest work of all our salvation. That same Savior promises that even the gates of hell will not prevail against His Church! OPENING HYMN: Onward, Christian Soldiers #662 Divine Service 4 LBS # 203 CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION Introit for The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Pastor: Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! People: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Pastor: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
People: Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Pastor: Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. ALL: 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. Pastor: Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! KYRIE GLORIA IN EXCELSIS SALUTATION Pastor: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. PRAYER OF THE DAY Pastor: Let us pray. O God, the source of all that is just and good, nourish in us every virtue and bring to completion every good intent that we may grow in grace and bring forth the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. ALTAR FLOWERS: Altar flowers are given to the Glory of God by the Altar Guild. Young Women s Book Club starts September 24, 2018. Women of all ages are welcome to get involved in a monthly book club. To sign up or for more information please contact Jenny Hackman @jennnifer.s.hackman@gmail.com or Barbara Wendorf at barbarawendorf@icloud.com. September's book is Why Motherhood Matters: An Invitation to Purposeful Parenting by September McCarthy. LLL Retreat Camp CILCA Dr. Joel Biermann, professor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis will share on the topic of What Lutherans really believe about the Two Kingdoms. Many have not explored what Luther himself taught about the realms. Come for a lively discussion. This topic for the retreat is sponsored by the CID LLL at Camp CILCA on September 8, 2018. The day will begin with registration at 8:30a.m. and conclude around 3p.m. The cost is $ 10 per person which includes the noon meal. Please contact Deloris Blessman by September 2 at 24204 ECR 1850N, Topeka, IL 61567 or at delorisblessman@yahoo.com in order to register. LYF / Youth Group is hosting a Food Drive for the local food pantry. It will run from August 25th until September 9, 2018. Bring your nonperishable items and place them on the table in the Parish Hall Camp CILCA Chicken Fry and Auction on September 2 nd Worship is at 10:30a.m. in the Indoor Chapel. Dinner is served from 11:30-2:30p.m. in the Dining Hall. The Live Auction starts at 1p.m. sharp. Camp out all weekend for swimming, boating, games, campfire devotions, and good friends. See the full schedule at cilca.org/chicken-dinner People: Amen
SERMON PRAYER OF CHURCH OFFERING SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT By Grace I m Saved #566 Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me #761 Have No Fear, Little Flock #735 How Firm a Foundation #728 BENEDICTION Pastor: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. People: Amen HYMN: Almighty Father, Bless the Word #923 FIRST READING Deuteronomy 4:1 2, 6 9 1 And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you... 6Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 7For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? 8And what great nation is there, that has statutes and just decrees so righteous as all this law that I set before you today? 9 Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children s children Pastor: This is the Word of the Lord People: Thanks be to God. Gradual for The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Pastor: Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing! People: Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
EPISTLE Ephesians 6:10 20 10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, 19and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, 20for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak. HOLY GOSPEL Mark 7:14 23 Pastor: The Holy Gospel according to St Mark the seventh chapter. People: Glory to you, O Lord. 14And he called the people to him again and said to them, Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him. 17And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18And he said to them, Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled? (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20And he said, What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person. Pastor: This is the Gospel of the Lord. People: Praise to you, O Christ Nicene Creed HYMN OF THE DAY: Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word #655