HE HAS DONE ALL THINGS WELL Peace Lutheran Church 2090 Commerce Drive North Mankato, MN 56003
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 PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Evangelical Lutheran Synod NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GOD 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 SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 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 Let Your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend Your Church; and because it cannot continue in safety without Your help, protect and govern it always by Your goodness; for You live and reign with the Father 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 #60 O BLESS THE LORD, MY SOUL 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 ISAIAH 35:4-7A 4 Tell those who have a fearful heart: Be strong. Do not be afraid. Look! Your God will come with vengeance. With God s own retribution, he will come and save you. 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, 6
and the ears of the deaf will be unplugged. 6 The crippled will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy. Waters will flow in the wilderness, and streams in the wasteland. 7 The burning sand will become a pool, and in the thirsty ground there will be springs of water. THE EPISTLE JAMES 1:17-27 17 Every good act of giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, who does not change or shift like a shadow. 18 Just as he planned, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creations. 19 Remember this, my dear brothers: Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. 20 Certainly, a man s anger does not bring about what is right before God. 21 So after getting rid of all moral filthiness and overflowing wickedness, receive with humility the word planted in you. It is able to save your souls. 22 Be people who do what the word says, not people who only hear it. Such people are deceiving themselves. 23 In fact, if anyone hears the word and does not do what it says, he is like a man who carefully looks at his own natural face in a mirror. 24 Indeed, he carefully looks at himself; then, he goes away and immediately forgets what he looked like. 25 But the one who looks carefully into the perfect law, the law of freedom, and continues to do so since he does not hear and forget but actually does what it says that person will be blessed in what he does. 26 If anyone considers himself to be religious but deceives his own heart because he does not bridle his tongue, this person s religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled in the sight of God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world. THE HOLY GOSPEL MARK 7:31-37 P: The Holy Gospel for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost is written in the 7 th chapter of the Gospel according to St. Mark, beginning at the 31 st verse. 31 Jesus left the region of Tyre again and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of the Decapolis. 32 They brought a man to him who was deaf and had a speech impediment. They pleaded with Jesus to place his hand on him. 33 Jesus took him aside in private, away from the crowd. He put his fingers into the man s ears. Then he spit and touched the man s tongue. 34 After he looked up to heaven, he sighed and said, Ephphatha! (which means Be opened! ) 35 Immediately the man s ears were opened, his tongue was set free, and he began to speak plainly. 36 Jesus gave the people strict orders to tell no one, but the more he did so, the more they kept proclaiming it. 37 They were 7
amazed beyond measure and said, He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak! 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; 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. 8
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 #497:1, 5, 6 PRAISE THE ALMIGHTY; MY SOUL, ADORE HIM THE SERMON MARK 7:31-37 HE HAS DONE ALL THINGS WELL 8:30 INSTALLATION OF SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS 10:45 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. 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. 9
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. P: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. 10
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, Who with Your only begotten Son and the Holy Spirit are one God, one Lord. In the confession of the only true God we worship the Trinity in person and the Unity in substance, of majesty coequal. 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. 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. 12
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THE DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION HYMNS #470 O GOD, THOU FAITHFUL GOD #326 O LIVING BREAD FROM HEAVEN 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. 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. 14
THE CLOSING HYMN TO GOD BE THE GLORY CW#399 15 Refrain on next page
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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. Thank you to those who served in our service today: Communion Assistants: Matt Bindert, Paul Fries, Adie Harstad, Doyle Holbird; Organist: Patrick Ernst; The ushers. To God be the Glory! The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV ) copyright 2017 The Wartburg Project. All rights reserved. www.wartburgproject.org Announcements Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 AM Divine Service with Holy Communion 9:45 AM Sunday School & Adult Bible Study begin 5:00 PM Lutheran Pioneers (at Peace) Monday: 7:00 PM Ladies Fellowship Flow Tuesday: 9:00 AM Solid Grounds Bible Study 4:15 PM Youth Choir Rehearsal 5:15 PM High School Choir Rehearsal 6:30 PM Council Meeting Wednesday: 4:00 PM Catechism Class 7:00 PM Adult Choir Rehearsal Friday: 6:00 PM Corn Hole & Chili Dog Family Night Saturday: 10:00 AM Peace Writers Group Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 AM Divine Service with New Member Reception 9:45 AM Sunday School & Adult Bible Study Important upcoming events: September Group 5 Refreshments 17
Inviting all youth in grades K-6 to join in the fun! Pioneers will have the inaugural meeting of the year tonight at Peace, 5-7 p.m. We will be playing in the yard, making awesome art and planning a meal which we will make together in the coming months. The theme of the year is "Building a Better You" and many exciting activities are planned for each month as we learn about how God wants us to take care of ourselves and others. We would love to have you join us! If you can't make the meeting tonight, that's ok. You can always join later in the year. If you have any questions please contact Denice Woller at (507) 351-5472 or dwoller@blc.edu. Calling all singers grades 3-12! Do you like to sing and praise the Lord? Do you enjoy free food? Then you might want to join one of these choirs! Youth Choir (3-7 grade) Tuesdays from 4:15-5:00 p.m. High School Choir (8-12 grade) Tuesdays from 5:15-6:00 p.m. Rehearsals start September 11 th. If interested in joining either of these choirs, please contact Anna Tecken at atecken@blc.edu or 712-539-8745. Adult Choir began Wednesday, September 5 th, and is directed by Eric Harstad. All singers are welcome - from new to experienced, bass to soprano, and everyone in between! Rehearsals will be on Wednesdays from 7-8 pm. We hope you can join! Questions? Contact Eric at emh_music@hotmail.com or call 507-514-2311. Corn Hole & Chili Dog Family Night Please join us on Friday, September 14 th, at 6pm for a Cornhole and Chili Dog Family Night! We'll pair up in teams and have a small cornhole tournament for those willing to join in. Sign up in the church entry way if you know your team ahead of time. A prize will be given to the winners. Come to play or come to cheer! We'll also have a bonfire with s'mores, a small bouncy castle for younger children, Giant Jenga, Giant Connect 4, Ladder Ball, tug-of-war, and other yard games! There will be plenty of fun for ALL ages! Please bring a side dish to share for the meal. We are looking for a number of people to lend us their cornhole games. If you are willing, please let Pastor or Joni Moldstad know- pastormoldstad@gmail.com. Cornhole games can be dropped off in the church office before the 14 th. Calling All Writers! The writers' group meeting will be held Saturday, September 15, at 10 AM here at Peace. Critique writings, share resources, overcome writer's block, have fun, and commiserate with your fellow writers! Come and go as you please. All genres welcome, fiction and nonfiction. If you are interested in joining the writers' group, please contact Jessie Fries at jfries@blc.edu. Members The new church pictorial directory is ready to be picked up! Please stop by the office and get your copy. 18
New Member Sunday is Name Tag Sunday Next week, September 16 th, is our new member Sunday where we invite those who have joined Peace over the last six months to be recognized at the front of church during our services. As part of this special day we would also like you to join in to make our new members feel welcome. We are asking that all of our members, old and new, wear a nametag to help our new members get to know us better. Nametags and markers will be provided in the entryway. Please make sure to pick one up next week. Thanks! Trunk R Treat Planning Meeting on Sept. 17 th This year we are looking to have a Trunk R Treat event at Peace in late October. Trunk R Treat is a fun community event where individuals are invited to decorate the trunk of their car and hand out candy to kids who trick r treat from car to car in our parking lot. If you would be interested in helping plan or volunteer for the event, please join us for a planning meeting on Monday, Sept. 17 th, at 6:30pm at Peace. Jesus Lambs at Peace Preschoolers have enjoyed their first week of classes! We thank all our parents for bringing their children to preschool. The children also enjoyed their first chapel this week. Pastor Moldstad reminded them that learning about Jesus as their Savior is the most important thing that they learn at our school. We have one spot remaining for our M/W/F morning class and spots remaining in the afternoon. Please call Joslyn at 385-7752 to enroll your child at any time. To honor your military service member On Veteran s Day 2018, Peace Lutheran Church wishes to honor members and friends who are currently or who formerly served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Information you submit about these individuals will be displayed on the flat screens at church on Sunday morning, November 11 th. Submission forms are available on the bulletin broad in the narthex. Please drop off completed forms with a picture of the service member on Karen s desk by Sunday, November 4 th. Last week at Peace: Sunday 292 Offerings to the Lord s work here at Peace: $5,440.47 To watch our services live, go to: www.peacemankato.com/livestreaming or our Facebook page. The service will start automatically when it is live (Sundays 8:30AM). For recorded services, go to www.vimeo.com/peacemankato and you can choose which service you wish to watch. Mt. Olive CDS has an immediate need for A and B team volleyball and soccer coaches as well as officials, in order to keep these sports for this fall. Please consider helping so our students can continue to enjoy these sports. Contact Mr. Zibrowski ASAP by email at mrz@mtolivelutheran.org. 19
Mt. Olive s K-8 th grade students and teachers are gearing up this fall for their third annual Charger Challenge! The Charger Challenge it the ONE and ONLY fundraiser for the school year. Participants seek donors to sponsor them to walk the four-mile trek, from Lower North Mankato (starting at Spring Lake Park) to Upper North Mankato (Culver s) and back again! Any monetary amount is acceptable and 100% of the money collected goes to the goal of raising $20,000. Receipts for tax purposes are also available! The collected money will be used to purchase a new active board, classroom furniture and loft for the new kindergarten room, and a gaga ball pit for the school playground. In addition, the money raised will support the special programs and events enjoyed throughout the school year. Ways YOU can be a part of the Charger Challenge! (Visit the table in the narthex today or the next 2 Sundays.) *JOIN US! Come and walk with our students, teachers, and school families on September 28 th, and/or come and eat at the picnic at Spring Lake Park (11:45am) and hear the total amount raised at the Grand Reveal! *VOLUNTEER to be at a cheering station along the route! *DONATE needed items for the picnic lunch! *SPONSOR our teachers! Fill out a sponsorship form and donate any amount of money! It is tax deductible and 100% of your donation goes to our school!!!! Proclaim the Wonders God Has Done: 1918 2018 The Synodical Conference came to a close after the ELS and the WELS separated from the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod over the doctrine of church fellowship. In 1993 efforts by the ELS and the WELS to form a new international organization of fellowship came to fruition in what today is known as the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) which meets on a triennial basis. "T-Shirts to Support Peace Devotions!" This is your chance to help not only support our video outreach efforts, but also help spread awareness. By wearing your new Peace Devotion t-shirt in the community and beyond, you'll be letting people know about the videos and the awesome message of Jesus' love for us. BUT WAIT... We also have Peace Lutheran Church t-shirts as well. Let our community see our logo and website! Prices are $15 for ANY size. And if you buy 2 the price is $25! Cash or check is needed to order your shirts. Questions? Contact Stephanie at stephaniewentzlaff@gmail.com or (320) 905-4864. 20
MOMs Bible Study Child Care WOULD YOU LIKE TO EARN A LITTLE EXTRA CASH? Looking for: A few reliable childcare workers to supervise young children while their moms participate in Bible Study. When: Thursday Mornings from 8:00-10am, Sept 20 th - Dec 6 th Where: Peace Lutheran Church Responsibilities: Read bible stories, sings songs, supervise activities and play time, and feed provided snack. This is a paid position. Transportation can be arranged from Mt Olive if needed *Must pass State of MN background check Contact: Emily Peters (emmykf@hotmail.com) Moms supporting Moms in raising godly children Want to meet other moms? Need a little encouragement? Eager to study and discuss Christian parenting and living? Join the Moms On a Mission (M.O.M.s) bible study! There are both morning and evening opportunities. Pick the study that works best in your schedule! Childcare is provided for the morning study. Participants will need a copy of the book, Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No, expanded version with boundaries for the digital age, copyright 2017, by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. You can purchase the book online at Amazon, or email Kristen Lukasek if this is not feasible for you. Pastor Tim Hartwig will be guiding us through this study. New and returning moms, please register by emailing the appropriate contact so we can have study guides prepared for you! Morning M.O.M.s Study: When: Thursdays, 8:30-10am (can drop children off in childcare at 8:15), beginning Sept. 20 Where: Peace Lutheran Church, North Mankato Study: Book-Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend. This study will present a biblical view of boundaries and give guidelines to use boundaries appropriately in parenting, marriage, and much more. Contact: Kristen Lukasek- 507-382-7963 or mattlukasek@yahoo.com 21 Evening M.O.M.s Study: Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm, beginning Sept. 25, No childcare Library at Mt. Olive Book-Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend. This study will present a biblical view of boundaries and give guidelines to use boundaries appropriately in parenting, marriage, and much more. Shaylene Scheele-309-830-2538 scheele.shaylene@yahoo.com
Bethany Lutheran College Events The Mankato chapter of the Bethany Auxiliary invites you to join us at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 11 th for "The Sculpture Walk on Bethany Campus" led by Prof. William Bukowski, head of the Bethany art department. We will follow Prof. Bukowski as we explore how these sculptures, which are part of the gift left to the college by art patron Lester Goetzke, affect the landscape of campus as they have been integrated at various locations. Anyone interested is most welcome to attend. Following the tour, the members of the Auxiliary will gather for a brief business meeting and refreshments. Wed., Sept. 12 th at 7 p.m. in Trinity Chapel: BLC's Guest Artist concert series kicks off the year with the Juli Wood Quartet, a jazz group from Chicago, IL. The quartet consists of Juli Wood, saxophone; Mike Schlick, drums; Clay Schaub, bass; and Paul Silbergleit, guitar. Juli Wood is the Finlandia Foundation performer of the year, performing Jazz influenced folk tunes all across the country. $10 suggested donation at the door. Theatre Physics - Tickets will be available at theatre.blc.edu, and at the Box Office starting Mon., Sept.10 th. 507-344-7374 weekdays, 1-5 p.m. during the two weeks before the performances, or online anytime. Live pre-show music will be performed in the gallery before all five performances! Catch a show on Sept. 21 and 22 at 7 or 9 p.m. or at the Sun. matinee, Sept. 23 at 2 p.m. The Way of the Martyrs: The Best of Italy. Travel with fellow Christians on a Study Tour to Italy May 12-23, 2019. For a brochure with all the information, go to this website: www.blcstudytour.com or look on the bulletin boards. For immediate questions about the tour, email Prof. Adie Harstad at: aharstad@blc.edu. 22