This Week at St. John’s
3rd Sunday of Lent-February 24, 2008
"A STEWARDSHIP MOMENT"
Romans 5:1-8: People who have recovered from life-threatening illnesses or injuries often respond with renewed lives of love, joy, peace and generosity. How much more should we who have been rescued from the greater threat of eternal condemnation and death live the rest of our days with love, joy, peace and generosity as God’s stewards! (LCMS)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SSAC is Coming! No, it’s not a Russian spy group! It is an organization within our Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod designed to ‘strengthen schools and churches.’ The weekend of March 29-April 1 will see us hosting this team of district education executives as they make interviews, take observations, and worship with us. They will assess our strengths and provide a plan to make improvements for our school and church operations. Please welcome these visitors!
From the Activities Committee: We will have a meeting Monday, March 3, 2008 at 1:15 p.m. in the Ladies Lounge Plan to attend with ideas for the 2008 Fall Festival.
From the Altar Guild: The next regular meeting will be March 5, immediately following the Lenten Service. We are desperately in need of additional members. If anyone is interested, please stay for our meeting.
From the Board of Parish Fellowship: March 9, 2008, is our Something Green” Fest during Fellowship Coffee hour. Enjoy the special treats prepared by the Board members and in some cases, spouses. If you have not attended one of these fests, please come – all children are welcome before going to Sunday School and all adults before attending Bible study. A $2.00 donation per family is requested to help defray the costs of supplies used throughout the year as well as the hog roast.
The Lenten Soup Suppers are still being served Wednesdays, March 5 and March 12, 2008, at 5:30 p.m.; we’ll serve until 6:15 p.m. We will not chase you out at 6:15, but we need time to clean up after supper so we can go to the worship services too. This leaves you time for fellowship. As usual there will be three choices of soup to choose from, along with breads, crackers, fruit, dessert and beverages. A freewill offering will be accepted. See you all there. (This Wednesday we will be serving Minestrone, Tomato Bisque and Potato-Corn chowder.)
Finally, mark your calendars for our next Progressive Dinner on April 18. Watch bulletins and the next newsletter for more details.
Discipleship Class: Prospects for our next Discipleship class are being gathered for a class to begin sometime this spring. If you or someone you know who would be interested in studying the basics of Christian doctrine and would like to become a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, then please call the church office and be included on the list. We will contact those who sign up to inform when and where this class will begin and meet. This class is always open to all members as well, serving as a way to refresh their understanding of the catechism as well as to meet those new to St. John’s. Please consider this as a way of in-reach for yourself and your out-reach to family or friends who would like to know more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
NATIONAL LUTHERAN SCHOOLS WEEK ORDER OF EVENTS
3/2 10:45 AM Worship
3/3 10:00 AM Ronald McDonald visits PS-4th Grade
3/4 5th-8th Grade Math Contest in Valparaiso, Game Day, and
K, 1st- 4th Grades trip to La Porte County Museum
3/5 Dress like ancestors day of 150 years ago
Community Snack Basket Delivery by Student Council
La Porte Community Museum trip for 5th-8th grades
3/6 Grandparents’ Day
7-7:55 AM-Goodies for Grandparents in the cafeteria
(Children may join their grandparents for an early morning treat)
8-9:00 AM Grandparents visit their grandchildren's classrooms
9:00 AM Grandparents and students preview “Walk of Fame” talent on stage in the gym 10:00 AM Grandparents Day ends
11-12:30 Faculty/Staff Luncheon
8-9:00 PM “Walk of Fame” in the gym
Easter Lilies: It is time for us to start asking for donations for the Easter Lilies. We do appreciate all of your help in the past and pray that you will be so generous again this year. The cost per lily is $12.00. You can make your donation to the Church Office, Marilyn Boardman, Mary Jo Uebele, or Sherrill Lee. Please let us know at that time if you will be picking up your lily. The lilies will be taken down after the 2nd service on the Sunday following Easter – (March 30th.) If you are going to take your lily, please be there to pick it up at that time. If not for yourself, maybe you know someone who would really appreciate a flower and a visit from you. Thank you again for your donations to the flower fund.
From the Board of Social Ministry
We are requesting your help to fill care packages for all of the military personnel that we pray for weekly. That is twelve packages to fill and send off for them to receive by Easter. We feel since we are the Church of the Risen Christ we need to celebrate this time especially with those who are away from home and serving our Country. Won’t you help us?
Here are the items that we can send on to them;
ALL ITEMS SHOULD BE TRAVEL SIZE
Deodorant, Kleenex Shampoo & conditioner combined
Shaving Gel (tubes only) Liquid Soap, Razors
Toothbrush, Toothpaste Antibacterial Wipes
Baby Wipes, Foot powder Lip Balm (Carmax)
Beef Jerky Tuna Packets, Chicken Packets
Pre-sweetened Kool-Aid Packets Gatorade packets
Gum, Dried Fruit Word Search & Puzzle Books
Disposable Cameras Radio Batteries
Easter Candy would be appreciated too
We want to have these items collected by March 1st to enable the boxes to reach them by Easter which is March 23rd. Collection boxes can be found in the Narthex and School marked Military Care Packages. Thanks!
Weekly Schedule
2/25/2008 (Mon.) Pastor Brauer’s Day Off 7:30a-Wom. Ex. Class-GYM 7:00p-WLC Rehearsal-MR2/26/2008 (Tues.) 1:30p-Circle 8-LL 2:45p-Daisy GS#278-YR
2/27/2008 (Wed.) 7:30a-Wom. Ex. Class-GYM 8:00a-Chapel 10:00a-Matins 10:30a-Wed. Warriors-LL 5:30p-Soup Sup.-CAF 6:00p-7th/8th Catechism Class-LL 7:00p-Lenten Worship
2/28/2008 (Thurs.) 2:30p-Girl Scout #234-YR
2/29/2008 (Fri.) 7:30a-Wom. Ex. Class-GYM 10:30a-Bible Study-LL 5:30p-PTL Supper & Scrapping-CAF
3/1/2008 (Sat.) 1:00p-Brentwood 4:30p-Contemporary Worship-GYM 6:00p-Worship
3/2/2008 (Sun.) 8:00a-Worship/Communion 9:15a-Coffee-CAF 9:30a-Bible Study-CAF 9:30a-Sunday School-CHLL 10:45a-Worship
VOTER’S MEETING
Please attend the next Voter’s Meeting on Tuesday, March 4, at 7:00 PM in the cafeteria. The Elders will discuss the motion that was made and passed at the Church Council for Pastor Brauer to take over the duties of Senior Pastor, and to be compensated accordingly.
SERVING US IN WORSHIP THIS WEEKEND
Pastor: Rev. David M. Young
Pastor: Rev. Ronald A. Brauer
Organist Susan Rosselli
Altar Guild: Dawn Crum, Deana Murray, Pauletta Schuster
Elders on Duty: 6:00 PM: Greg McConnell, Jim Sherwood
8:00 AM: Greg McConnell
10:45 AM: Chris Fronk, Ron Scherer
FLOWERS ON THE ALTAR
The Altar flowers this week were sponsored by Circle 7, in loving memory of departed members.
PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR
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WORSHIP ATTENDANCE
Wed. 10AM: 7 Wed 7PM: 96 Sat. 6:00 PM: 79
Sun. 8:00 AM: 93; 10:45 AM: 122
Total: 397
Worship Program for
3rd Sunday of Lent-February 24, 2008
St . John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church & School (LCMS)
111 Kingsbury Ave., La Porte, IN 46350
219-362-3726 email-churchoffice@stjohns-lpin.org
Rev. David M. Young, Pastor—Home phone: 219-324-9049
Rev. Ronald A. Brauer, Pastor—Home phone: 219-362-4703
Worship Services
Wednesday 10:00 AM, Saturday 6:00 PM
Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:45 AM
TO OUR VISITORS: We extend a warm welcome to the assembly of believers gathered to worship with us at St. John’s! First time visitors, please sign the visitors section of the pew pad located at the end of the pew. We want to know who you are! For your convenience, restrooms, first aid, telephone needs and a nursery room for children ages 5 & under are provided in the church basement under the Narthex. God bless your worship!
PETITIONS, INTERCESSIONS, AND THANKSGIVING PRAYERS before worship can be found in Lutheran Service Book, inside front cover and beginning on page 305.
SPECIAL NEEDS: Persons unable to climb stairs to the altar are invited to sit in the extra-wide front pews to receive communion or to place a walker.
ST. JOHN’S COMMUNION STATEMENT:
As a member of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, we believe Scripture teaches that the Lord's Supper is a precious gift of God in which Christ gives us His true body and blood (in a miraculous way), together with the bread and wine, for the forgiveness of our sins and the strengthening of our faith. Because the Bible teaches that this sacrament may also be spiritually harmful if misused, St. John’s communes only those instructed in the teachings of the LCMS and our church who have confessed their faith in these teachings. Prompted by the love for God’s Word, love for God’s people, and love for the Bible’s deep concern for doctrinal truth (Romans 16:17), guests who desire to commune are asked to speak with the pastor before service.FELLOWSHIP COFFEE: All are invited to our Fellowship Coffee across the driveway in our School Cafeteria following the 8:00 AM Sunday Service.
BIBLE CLASSES: Adult Bible Study follows the Fellowship Coffee in the Cafeteria at 9:30 AM.
SUNDAY SCHOOL: Sunday School begins at 9:30 in the Church Lower Level.
6:00 PM & 10:45 AM WORSHIP
Divine Service, Setting Four, LSB page 203
Opening Hymn: LSB 761 “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me”
Confession and Absolution
Introit (See insert, spoken)
Kyrie, Salutation and Collect
Old Testament Reading, Gradual, Epistle Reading,
Gospel Reading (Please rise for the Gospel reading)
Children’s Sermon (10:45 AM)
Nicene Creed
Hymn Of The Day: LSB 451 “Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted”
Sermon: “Stricken for You.” Text: Exodus 17:1-7
Prayer of the Church
Dist. Hymns: LSB 763 “When Peace, Like a River”
LSB 637 “Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord”
Nunc Dimittis, Collect, Benedicamus and Benediction
Closing Hymn: LSB 918 “Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer”
8:00AM WORSHIP Matins, LSB page 219
Order of Matins
Introit (See insert)
Office Hymn: LSB 761 “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me”
Readings (Please rise for the Gospel reading)
Responsory (for Lent, page 222)
Sermon Hymn: LSB 451 “Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted”
Sermon: “Stricken for You.” Text: Exodus 17:1-7
Offering
Canticle (Te Deum, page 223)
Prayers
Benedicamus and Benediction
Closing Hymn: LSB 918 “Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer”
From Pastor Young: Welcome to worship! Lent brings us to thirst for our Lord’s salvation. Being stricken by God’s “unchangeable truth” of Law creates the thirst. Today, God has quenched our thirst by the Gospel. Jesus makes Himself present to us, pouring out salvation through His blood and water. Having received His gifts, we have peace with God through Jesus. Our strength is in Him so we can sing His praise!
