Word of God Lutheran Church Second Sunday in Lent March 12, 2017
ORDER OF SERVICE March 12, 2017 Second Sunday in Lent ENTRANCE RITE Announcements Prelude Call to worship chime * Brief Order of Confession and Forgiveness... page 56 * Entrance Hymn Blessed Assurance... screen * Greeting and Kyrie... page 57 * Hymn of Praise Glory to God... page 58 * The Lord be with you... page 62 * Prayer of the Day PROCLAIMING THE WORD First Reading... Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm (Read Responsively)... Psalm 121 Second Reading... Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 * Return to the Lord Verse... page 63 * Gospel... John 3:1-17 Children s Sermon Sermon * Hymn of the Day Breathe on Me, Breath of God... screen * Apostles Creed... page 65 * Prayers... page 65 * Share the Peace... page 66 SHARING OF THE SACRAMENTAL MEAL Offering Offertory... page 66 * Offertory Prayer... page 67 * Great Thanksgiving... page 68 * The Lord's Prayer... page 71 Lamb of God... page 72 Communion * Blessing... page 72 * Canticle Lord, now You let... page 73 * Prayer, Benediction, and Dismissal... page 74 * Closing Hymn Lift High the Cross... LBW 377 * Please stand as able All who are baptized and believe that Jesus is truly present in the bread and wine are invited to receive communion and assurance of God s forgiveness. Children who have not been instructed in the sacrament should fold their hands to receive a blessing. NOTE: Page numbers are in the front of the hymnal, followed by the hymn numbers. LBW is the green Lutheran Book of Worship. All music and words printed with permission CCLI #11046540
Devotion Booklet - March 12, 2017 Prayer List Janet Howard - Please pray for the Alan s sister, she has had a setback with her recovery from bladder cancer; Ruth & Alan Farms. (3/6) Christine Kubinski - Please pray that the doctors will be able to take away her pain; Rose Amiable. (3/5) Yvonne Walker - Please pray for comfort as she mourns the loss of her mother; Melinda Poff. (3/5) Jenn - Please pray for God s guidance with her life choices; Linda Williams. (3/5) Miles Ramsay - Please pray for this 7-year old with unexplained swelling of his brain causing loss of vision; Doil family. (3/5) Eric Thomas - Please pray for a quick recovery from gall bladder surgery; Sandy & Ted Thomas. (3/5) Michael - Please pray for Eddie s best friend; Eddie Griffin. (3/5) Keith Eggers - Please continue to pray for his recovery from kidney cancer; Andi & Bert Laaker. (3/5) Jim Hines - Please pray for the Lindquist's son-in-law who was recently diagnosed with cancer; Darlene & Richard Lindquist. (3/1) Compagno family - Please pray for comfort as they mourn their loss of Mavis mother, Marilyn; Vince Compagno (2/27) Kevin Parise - Please pray, the Farms nephew is in critical condition. Kevin s cancer is not responding to treatment and doctors are deciding which approach will be beneficial; Ruth Farms. (2/26) Evelyn Young - Please pray, she was in a serious car accident; Doris Dahlke. (2/26) Muller family - Please pray for comfort and peace as they mourn their loss of Scott; Kaylee Poff. (2/26) B.J. and daughter - Please pray, B.J. s daughter is going thru some serious health issues; Shirley Arnold. (2/24) Kari & Jon King and family - Please pray for comfort as they mourn the loss of Jon's dad; Judi Holbrook. (2/20) Linda Lake - Please pray for her quick recovery from knee replacement surgery; Patty & Bob Lambert. (2/20) Jan & Jerry Gruenhagen - Please pray for healing from pneumonia for both. Jan is at their son's and Jerry is hospitalized; Carolyn Lystig. (2/20) Colleen Ward - Please pray for Colleen as she has another surgery on Monday ; Lynda Wojcik. (2/20) Ginny Kopac family - Please pray for comfort as they mourn their loss of Ginny; Lynda Wojick. (2/19) Praise! Ginger Charles arm healed quicker than expected, she can return to work; Melinda Poff. (2/19) Dottie - Please pray for clarification and attention of the Word ; Corkey Reel. (2/19) Lee - Please pray that he will have hunger for the Lord and His Word ; Corkey Reel. (2/19) Robin - Please pray for strength and healing as she begins chemo on Feb 20; Margie & Danny Bell.(2/19)
Genesis 12:1-4a 12 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Psalm 121 121 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. 6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 8 The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 4 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness. 4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression. 16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 as it is written, I have made you the father of many nations in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. ~~~~~ John 3:1-17 3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him. 3 Jesus answered him, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born again. 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodemus said to him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered him, Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Prayer List (continued) Greg - Please pray for continued healing and successful therapies so that he will no longer need the aid of a respirator; Margie & Danny Bell.(2/19) Mary Anderson - Please pray for Linda's sister-in-law, she has had a heart attack and stroke; Linda Williams. (2/19) Connie - Please pray for her, she has been diagnosed with cancer in addition to other serious health issues; Linda Williams. (2/19) Lord I need you; Michael Crofton. (2/12) Becca - Please pray for her, she is having a difficult pregnancy; Ashley Helvig. (2/12) Don & Carol Clay - Please pray for Roger s brother-in-law Don, he is having jaw replacement surgery due to cancer; Susan & Roger Crawford. (2/12) Greg - Please continue to pray for Corkey s son-in-law; Corkey Reel. (2/12) Gloria Birdsong - Please pray for comfort for Judi s 95 year-old friend whose daughter passed away on Feb 9; Judi Holbrook. (2/11) Jody Fleming - Please pray for her, she is in treatment for Lymphoma; Sonya Murphy. (2/7) Lindsay Ellington - Please pray for the Wilson s granddaughter, she has torn her ACL for a second time and will need surgery; Gwyn & Mike Wilson. (2/5) Jack Tate - Please pray for a successful recovery from open heart surgery; Gwyn & Mike Wilson. (2/5) Rosalind Brwoder s family - Please pray for peace as they mourn their loss of Rosalind; Karen & John Krause. (2/5) Peggy Swartz - Please pray for Tim s sister who is recovering from surgery; Kim & Tim Ruck. (2/5) Adam Strickland - Please pray for healing from emergency surgery; Sonya & Terry Murphy. (2/5) Paul Cole - Please pray for continued recovery from a staph infection so he may walk again; Bert Laaker. (2/5) Sermon Notes
ANNOUNCEMENTS Mid-week Lenten services are scheduled on Wednesdays in March and April. Please join us for service beginning at 7:00 pm. There will be a planning meeting for WoG s VBS Journey series on Saturday, March 25 in the Annex at 9 am. For more information, please contact Andi Laaker at laakerroom@att.net. 120 Lutheran World Relief baby care kits will be donated this year. They will be assembled Sunday, March 26, at the Annex immediately following the service. For more information, contact Christina Gerling at stina0702@gmail.com. A Property Work Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 8, at 9 am at the Highway 34 location. Tuesdays with God will not meet April 11, 2017. WoG Easter Egg Hunt is Saturday, April 15 from 3 pm to 5 pm at the Drury family s Shady Oaks Farm 5228 Lower Fayettevile Road, Sharpsburg. This is an Intergenerational Event, all are welcome! The Scholarship Committee is now taking applications for the Larry and Carolyn Lystig Scholarship. Applications should be submitted by May 1. For more information, please see Emily Nadeau, Bert Laaker, or Bonnie Kent. Our next RLC Warehouse service opportunity is Wednesday, March 15, at 9:00 am and the Real Life Center Mobile Food Pantry will be Thursday, March 16, at 9:00 am. Please sign up on the bulletin tear-off or contact Pam Davis at jpdavis403@yahoo.com. The next Midwest Food Bank distribution will be Tuesday, March 21 (8 am - 12 pm & 6 pm - 8 pm); Wednesday, March 22 (8 am - 1:30 pm); and Thursday, March 23 (8 am - 12 pm). Lunch is provided each day to all volunteers. Contact Joe Bowler at ltcbowler@gmail.com, or sign up on the bulletin tear-off. The Redeemer Soup Kitchen serving at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Atlanta will be Monday, May 29, and Tuesday, May 30. Meet in WoG parking lot at 8:30 am and carpool up to Redeemer, returning about 12:30 pm. Contact Cathy Moore at mooreteam5@gmail.com for more info. Unless otherwise indicated, the announcement submission deadline for the Sunday bulletin is the previous Monday at 11:00 AM. Please send all announcements to wogadmin@woglutheran.com. February 2017 Report Average Weekly Worship Attendance: 120 Monthly Giving: $23, 257 Monthly Benevolence: $2,558 Building for Our Future Giving to Date: $540,009 Interested in giving online? Visit http://woglutheran.org/online_giving
Tuesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 15 Thursday, March 16 Friday, March 17 Sunday, March 19 Upcoming Events Please Mark Your Calendars! - Tuesdays with God, 9:30 AM - Gentle Yoga Class, 1:30 PM - RLC Warehouse Senior Box Distribution, 9:00 AM - YOUTH Connect, 6:30 PM - Lenten Service, 7:00 PM - RLC Mobile Food Pantry, 9:00 AM - Assemble Bulletins, 1:00 PM - Service Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM - Midwest Food Bank Pre-pack, 8:00 AM - Club 2.0 Fish Stix Rehearsal, 6:00 PM - Sunday School, 9:00 AM - Worship Service, 10:15 AM - Adult Choir Rehearsal, 11:30 AM Monday, March 20 - Faithful Hands Ministry, 10:00 AM Tuesday, March 21 Wednesday, March 22 Saturday, March 25 Sunday, March 26 Tuesday, March 28 - Midwest Food Bank Distribution, 8:00 AM - Tuesdays with God, 9:30 AM - Gentle Yoga Class, 1:30 PM - Midwest Food Bank Distribution, 6:00 PM - Finance Team Meeting, 7:00 PM - Midwest Food Bank, 8:00 AM - YOUTH Connect, 6:30 PM - Lenten Service, 7:00 PM - Discipleship VBS Planning Meeting, 9:00 AM - Sunday School, 9:00 AM - Worship Service, 10:15 AM - Adult Choir Rehearsal, 11:30 AM - LWR Baby Care Kits, 11:30 AM - Tuesdays with God, 9:30 AM - Gentle Yoga Class, 1:30 PM Wednesday, March 29 - YOUTH Connect, 6:30 PM - Lenten Service, 7:00 PM Thursday, March 30 - Assemble Bulletins, 1:00 PM Sanctuary Space 303 Kelly Drive, Suite 10 Peachtree City, GA 30269 Church Phone 770-897-4508 Mailing Address 401 Dividend Drive, Suite 7 Peachtree City, GA 30269 Pastor Jeffray Greene Phone 770-897-4508 Email prgreene@woglutheran.org Colleen Oakes, Administrative Assistant Email wogadmin@woglutheran.org www.facebook.com/woglutheran Visit us online at www.woglutheran.org Members should sign up for their own password