Word of Truth: Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God. Psalm 146:5 19th Sunday after Trinity October 2 & 5, 2016 Volume 79, No. 51 Deacon: Daniel Pfeiffer/Charles Olmanson; Organist: Grace Schreyer Sound: Nathan Clobes; Video: Tony Harris; Screen: Clifford Kuehne Head Usher: Karl Friedrichs; Asst. Usher: Kyle Hulke + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + WELCOME to all visitors! Please sign the guest register in the narthex. Visitors and members: feel free to speak with the Pastor after the service, or call Pastor Nolting 507-387-7035 or Pastor Naumann 920-266-5386. Pre-Service Devotion: Psalm 48 (p. 134, red hymnal) [Communion Preparation: The Christian Questions, inside the back cover of the red hymnals.] Pre-Service Prayer: O Lord God, in whom I put my trust and upon whom my life depends, watch over and bless me this day as I enter into Your sanctuary to worship with my fellow believers. Accept my prayers and my praises; open my ears and my heart; instruct and uplift my mind and my spirit, so that I might go forth as Your ambassador into a world that so clearly needs Your truth and Your mercy. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
COMMUNION ORDER OF SERVICE WE PREPARE TO MEET OUR LORD Hymn: 743 (tan Supplement) Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise When the congregation is asked to stand, please do so only if you are able. You may remain seated if standing is difficult. WELCOME in the name of our Lord God whom we can trust completely and without hesitation! Invocation: Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Congregation (sings): Amen. Our Confession of Sins: Pastor: Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins unto God, our Father, beseeching Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness. Our help is in the name of the Lord. Congregation (sings): Who made heaven and earth. Pastor: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord. Congregation (sings): And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. All: O almighty God, merciful Father, I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins and iniquities with which I have offended You. I justly deserve Your temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for my sins and sincerely repent of them. I pray that You would of Your boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, be gracious and merciful to me, a poor, sinful being. Pastor: Upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office as a called servant of the Word, announce the grace of God unto all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Congregation (sings): Amen. 2
Responsive Reading: Psalm 146:1-5 P: Praise the LORD! C: Praise the LORD, O my soul! WE PRAISE OUR LORD P: While I live I will praise the LORD; C: I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. P: Do not put your trust in princes, C: Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. P: His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; C: In that very day his plans perish. P: Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, C: Whose hope is in the LORD his God! P: Glory be to God! Congregation (sings): Gloria Patri Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forevermore. Amen. Kyrie Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Luther's Sanctus Hymn Isaiah, mighty seer in days of old, The Lord of all in spirit did behold High on a lofty throne, in splendor bright, With robes that filled the temple courts with light. Above the throne were flaming seraphim; Six wings had they, these messengers of Him. With two they veiled their faces as was right, With two they humbly hid their feet from sight, And with the other two aloft they soared; 3
One to the other called and praised the Lord: Holy is God, the Lord of heav nly hosts! Holy is God, the Lord of heav nly hosts! Holy is God, the Lord of heav nly hosts! His glory fills the heavens and the earth! The beams and lintels trembled at the cry, And clouds of smoke enwrapped the throne on high. cf. Isaiah 6:1ff CW 267. Text Translation Copyright 1941 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-710933 Pastor: Let us pray. Congregation (sings): Amen. Epistle Reading: 2 Corinthians 7:6-10 OUR LORD SPEAKS TO US God comforts us when we are downcast, especially when He leads us and others who have sinned to godly sorrow, repentance, and salvation. Congregational Praise (sung): Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Gospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50 Congregational Welcome (sung): Glory be to You, O Lord! When a sinful woman anointed Jesus feet with precious ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, Simon the Pharisee was upset. How could Jesus associate with such a sinner? Jesus told Simon the parable of the two debtors to explain how God s loving forgiveness moves people to love. Congregational Response (sung): Praise be to You, O Christ! Our Confession of Faith in the Nicene Creed 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 4
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 sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, Whose kingdom will have no end. 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 in 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. Amen. Hymn: Entrust Your Days and Burdens Entrust your days and burdens to God's most loving hand; He cares for you while ruling the sky, the sea, the land. For He who guides the tempests along their thund'rous ways will find for you a pathway and guide you all your days. Rely on God your Savior and find your life secure. Make His work your foundation that your work may endure. No anxious thought, no worry, no self-tormenting care can win your Father's favor; His heart is moved by prayer. 5
Sermon: Text - Jeremiah 17:5-10 Take heart, have hope, my spirit and do not be dismayed; God helps in ev'ry trial and makes you unafraid. Await His time with patience through darkest hours of night until the sun you hoped for delights your eager sight. Leave all to His direction; His wisdom rules for you in ways to rouse your wonder at all His love can do. Soon He, His promise keeping, with wonder-working pow'rs will banish from your spirit what gave you troubled hours. Our hands and feet, Lord, strengthen; With joy our spirits bless until we see the ending of all our life's distress. And so throughout our lifetime keep us within Your care and at our end then bring us to heav'n to praise You there. (tune: TLH 605; text: LSB 754) Text: Paul Gerhardt; tr. F. Samuel Janzow st. 1-5; tr. Lutheran Service Book, st. 6 Text (st.1-5) 1982 Concordia Publishing House; (st. 6) 2006 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-710933 WHOM DO YOU TRUST? I. It is foolish to put your trust in man. II. It is wise to put your trust in the LORD! Pastor Paul D. Nolting 6
WE OFFER OURSELVES TO OUR LORD Offertory Congregation (sings): Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation; and uphold me with Your free Spirit. Amen. Offering of Thankful Hearts [Wed. service offering may be left in narthex basket.] Prayers prayer of thanksgiving upon the 30th Wedding Anniversary of Tom and Diane Lentz (Oct. 4) OUR LORD GIVES HIMSELF TO US Communion Liturgy Pastor: The Lord be with you. Congregation (sings): And with your spirit. Pastor: Lift up your hearts. Congregation (sings): We lift them up unto the Lord. Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. Congregation (sings): It is meet and right so to do. Pastor: It is truly fitting, right, and beneficial that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, O Lord, holy Father, almighty, everlasting God:... Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying: Congregation (sings): Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; heav'n and earth are full of Your glory; hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He, blessed is He, blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest! Pastor: The Lord's Prayer Congregation (sings): For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. Words of Institution Pastor: The peace of the Lord be with you alway! 7
Congregation (sings): Amen. O Christ, the Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. O Christ, the Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. O Christ, the Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world, grant us Your peace. Amen. Distribution Our Practice of Close Communion We believe that God desires unity of faith and confession among all who commune together. All communicant members of Immanuel and of our sister congregations in the CLC (Church of the Lutheran Confession) are welcome at the Lord's Table. If there are visitors present who wish to commune with us in the future, you are invited to speak with the Pastor about this at your convenience. For more information pick up the tract from the narthex titled Why Close Communion. Communing Members who have difficulty at the kneeling rail may sit in the front pew on either side. The pastors will bring communion to you there. Any communicants sitting in the balcony should please come down to the narthex for direction to the table. Communicants are ushered to the communion table. If you desire the bread in your hand, simply extend your hand to the Pastor as he approaches you with the bread. Those desiring an individual cup, please take a cup when the tray is offered. The common cup will immediately follow. Please dispose of your individual cup in the baskets located behind each pillar or in the center aisle. Communion Hymns: 429 Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart 315 I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table Lord, Now Let Us Depart: Congregation (sings): Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace according to Your word. For my eyes have seen Your salvation, which You have prepared before the face of all people. A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel. Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forevermore. Amen. OUR LORD BLESSES US Benediction Congregation (sings): Amen. Amen. Amen. Closing Hymn: 465 Christ Is Our Corner-Stone 8
Liturgy from The Lutheran Hymnal 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission. License #000013595. Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved. When applicable permission to Podcast the music in this service obtained from OneLicense.net. Unless otherwise noted service elements are in public domain. Immanuel s WEEKLY Activities Following the service: 11:00 A.M. Youth Instruction [JN] This evening: 7:00 P.M. Road to Emmaus Support Meeting please enter via the south school entrance. Meeting is held in the upper middle high school classroom. Tues. Oct. 4 Wed. Oct. 5 MN Pastors Conference in Okabena, MN for any emergencies, please call Pastor Nolting 507.317.6687 or Pastor Naumann 920.266.5386 Tues. Oct. 4 5:00 P.M. (H) JV VB vs. Maplewood Academy 7:00 P.M. Expansion Relocation Committee (ERC) meeting 6:30 P.M. (H) V VB vs. Maplewood Academy Wed. Oct. 5 12:45 P.M. Immanuel Church Service on KTV Charter Ch.181 or Consolidated Communications Ch. 7 5:30 P.M. Youth Instruction 6:00 P.M. Wed. Bible Study join us for Patterns of Evidence: Exodus DVD presentation and discussion. Meeting is in the middle high school upstairs classroom. South parking lot doors are unlocked for entrance. 7:00 P.M. WORSHIP Service (repeats previous Sunday s service) 9
Thurs. Oct. 6 10:00 A.M. Walnut Towers Bible Study 1:00 P.M. Old Main Bible Study 4:00 P.M. (H) GS Soccer vs. Courtland 5:30 P.M. (H) GS VB vs. Courtland 5:45 P.M. Immanuel Church Service on KTV Charter Ch. 181 or Consolidated Communications Ch. 7 6:00-7:15 P.M. Church Choir Practice Fri. Oct. 7 6:30 A.M. Men s Breakfast/Bible Study 8:00-10:00 A.M. Pastor s Office Hours (PDN) 10:15 A.M. Keystone Bible Study Oct. 7.-Oct. 16: Please contact Pastor Naumann during this time: 920.266.5386 Sat. Oct. 8 through Oct. 13 ILS History Tour Sun. Oct. 9 8:15-8:20 A.M. Immanuel Meditations KTOE 1420 AM or 102.7 FM radio sermon 8:15-9:15 A.M. Sunday School, Ambassadors, & Bible Study 9:30 A.M. WORSHIP [JN church choir sings] Altar Flowers: ; Deacon: Daniel Pfeiffer/Charles Olmanson Sound: Joshua Clobes; Video: Paul & Diane Bode; Screen: Clifford Kuehne Ushers: Second Sunday of the Month: Head Usher: Paul Bade; Asst. Usher: Justin Mueller (387.6488); Todd Kruse; David Lueck; Bennett Olmanson; Daniel Pfeiffer; Daryl Pischner; Mike Schweim; Dale Spear; Philip Stelter 11:00 A.M. Youth Instruction [JN] 10
Pre-order Immanuel s 150th Anniversary Cookbooks after Sunday services on October 2nd and 9th Great Christmas Gifts! They ll arrive in early December! 1 = $15 / 2 = $25 and $10 for each additional Pay when you pick up! 11
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Mt. 11:28 Communion Registration: Communicants are asked to register by placing a check by your name on a list found in the narthex or on the counter by the back entrance. Or you may register via email church@immanuelmankato.org. CLC Guests: please sign your name on the "Guest Sheet." Needed Ice Cream Buckets: the flu season is upon us, and ice cream pails are needed. They can be put in the church kitchen. Cemetery Meeting: The Pilgrims Rest Cemetery Board will meet on October 4th, at 6:00 P.M. in Karl's office. Oct. 7th through Oct. 16th. Please contact Pastor Naumann (920.266.5386) during this time. Farewell! The Immanuel Lutheran School PTO will be hosting a farewell event for Mrs. Marie Casto. We truly appreciate everything she has done over her past nine years as Secretary, Office Manager and AD. We wish her the best and the Lord s blessings as she moves into her new role at MSU-Mankato. Please join us following the 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday, October 16 th for some light refreshments and to wish her well. A basket will be available if you wish to leave a personal note or card. QUARTERLY VOTERS MEETING: Monday, October 17, at 7:00 p.m. We encourage our voters attendance and involvement at this meeting. To become a voting member you must be: (1) male communicant member of Immanuel for 6 months or longer; (2) 18 years old or older; (3) make your request known to the pastor or to the chairman of the congregation prior to the voters meeting in which you will present yourself for voting membership. As always, non-voters are welcome to attend voters meetings. Agenda: membership matters (release Erin Brandt; transfer Helgeson family to Salem, Eagle Lake; receive into communicant membership: Nyibol Kuan; Kelly Hanel; Hunter Hanel). 12
**Fall Mission Festival October 23, 2016: (ILHS, ILGS. and church choirs sing) Meal follows the worship service and will be held in the MPF (Multi-Purpose Facility/gym). It will include a catered meal with a suggested donation of at least $2.50 per person to help cover the meal expenses. Please bring a dessert or pan of bars to share. Beverage and utensils will be provided. Remember to label your dish/cover with your name. Women s Service Division #6 volunteers will take care of set-up, serving, and cleanup, and as always, they welcome any additional help.** In the Hospital: 2017 CLC Mission Helper Trip to Nepal plans are underway for the CLC Mission Helper Trip to Nepal in July. More information can be found at: www.mht.lutheranmissions.org/2017-nepal. Also see page 15. Immanuel member, Harley Bode, is going on the 2017 Mission Helper Trip. Monetary donations made out to Immanuel Lutheran Church Mission Helper Fund will help pay Harley s expenses. CLC News: Pastor Nathan Pfeiffer, Trinity Lutheran, Spokane WA, has returned the call to Faith Lutheran, Markesan WI. <> Mt. Zion Lutheran, Madison Heights MI, has called Pastor Michael Gurath, Holy Cross Lutheran, Phoenix AZ. <> The CLC Board of Missions has issued the divine call for a Full-Time Visiting Missionary to Pastor Todd Ohlmann, Faith Lutheran, Manchester MO. ILS-Mankato Endowment Fund: Purpose: The purpose of the Immanuel Lutheran School (ILS) Endowment Fund is to collect gifts with the following goals in mind: to lower and ultimately eliminate tuition rates for students who attend ILS to supplement the salaries of teachers and staff of ILS to provide funds for the repair and/or building of ILS facilities Gifts will be invested and the income earned will be used toward the goals stated above. "Gift" envelopes are available from the narthex tract rack. For more information see "Immanuel Lutheran School Endowment Fund" brochure or speak to one of the Investment Committee members. We greatly appreciate all the gifts we have received, and we pray for continued blessings for the Endowment. 13
Deacons would like to clarify and communicate to its members the IMMANUEL FACILITY USE POLICY. All and any events and activities that are not scheduled by the church or school will need to have the ILC USE REQUEST form filled out and submitted to deacons for review and approval of that facility for that use. This would include any and all events and activities that would use Immanuel s sanctuary, school, church basement, kitchens, and the multi-purpose facility. There are no exclusions of any activities or events from the policy. If you have activities or usage that carry from year to year a form will need to be filled out for that year of usage. This helps and maintains an accurate and efficient schedule between church, school, and requested usage. The USE REQUEST forms are available by requesting from church administrator Sara Nolting or Mark Stelter Facility Use-Deacon. If you have any concerns and or questions on the policy, guidelines, and forms please feel free to contact a deacon and / or council member. It is crucial that Immanuel be responsible for providing safe facilities for its members, protecting our ministry, while properly operating, maintaining, and caring for its property. 14
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For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (Gal. 3:26-27) NKJV The daughter of Lucas and Leah Cornish was baptized at home in Lake Crystal on September 24, 2016 by Pastor Joe Naumann. The baptism was witnessed by family, Evan Gustafson, and Chelsea Steinborn. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16). NKJV Marjorie Ann Krause was summoned in the spirit into the heavenly presence of our Savior on September 18, 2016. Funeral service was held at Immanuel Lutheran Church on September 29, 2016. Interment was at Resurrection Park--Calvary Cemetery, Mankato. Our Response of Faith Attendance: 9/23 Men s Bible Study = 26 9/23 BEC Jail Ministry for Women = 8 / BEC Jail Ministry for Men = 14 9/25 Sunday School = 45 / Ambassadors = 11 / Bible Study = 49 9/25 Sunday Worship = 363 9/28 Wed. Bible Study = 18 / Wed. Worship = 20 9/29 Walnut Towers = 5 / Old Main = 6 Immanuel CLC Sunday Current NEED $10,865 Weekly Missions NEED $1,077 Sunday Current = $7,821 Missions = $828 Endowment = $55 ILC Building = $20 Expansion / Relocation = $85 ILC Student Aid = $63 Major Improvement = $190 MDF: Mission Develop. Fund = $215 OTHER: Benevolent Fund = $15 OTHER: 150th Anniversary = $5 Food Shelf = $25 Imm. Student Aid = $585 Tuition Aid = $50 16