10:00 WORSHIP
THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
March 19, 2017
Prelude
Brief Order of Confession and Forgiveness
Opening Hymn
“Beneath the Cross of Jesus”
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Greeting and Response:
P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with
you all.
C: And also with you.
P: The Lord is near to those who call on him.
C: Oh, come, let us worship him.
P: The word is near you.
C: On your lips and in your heart.
P: Behold, now is the acceptable time;
C: now is the day of salvation
P: If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord,
C: and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
P: Faith comes from what is heard,
C: and what is heard comes through the Word of Christ. Amen.
Hymn of Praise
“Lamb of God”
Insert
Prayer of the Day “Almighty God, hear the earnest desires of your humble servants who call upon
you, and stretch out your right hand in majesty to defend us against all our enemies; through Jesus
Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever.” Amen
Gideon Presentation
John Wold
First Reading: Exodus 17:1–17
All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according
to the commandment of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to
drink. Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said
to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?” But the people thirsted there for
water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill
us and our children and our livestock with thirst?” So Moses cried to the LORD, “What shall I do with
this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” And the LORD said to Moses, “Pass on before the
people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which
you struck the Nile, and go. Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you
shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so,
in the sight of the elders of Israel. And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying, “Is the
LORD among us or not?” Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. So Moses said
to Joshua, “Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the
top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought
with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Whenever Moses held
up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses'
hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and
Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady
until the going down of the sun. And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the
sword. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears
of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” And Moses
built an altar and called the name of it, The LORD Is My Banner, saying, “A hand upon the throne
of the LORD! The LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
Second Reading: Romans 5:1–8
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and
we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing
that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces
hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time
Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for
a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were
still sinners, Christ died for us.
Verse
“Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word”
(v. 1)
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Gospel: John 4:5–30, 39-42
So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the
well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her,
“Give me a drink.” (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) The Samaritan
woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of
God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he
would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father
Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” Jesus
said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the
water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in
him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water,
so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.” Jesus said to her, “Go, call your
husband, and come here.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her,
“You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you
now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour
is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the
hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and
truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship
him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming
(he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who
speak to you am he.” Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a
woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” So the woman
left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me
all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” They went out of the town and were coming to him.
Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, “He told me
all that I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he
stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, “It
is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we
know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”
Apostle’s Creed
Sermon
Sermon Hymn/Offering
“Softly and Tenderly”
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Offertory
“Give Thanks”
Prayers of the Church and Lord's Prayer
Announcements
Benediction
Closing Hymn
“Come, Thou Almighty King”
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Pianist Nanci Van Peursem
Lector Sue DeJong
Visitors please sign our Guest Book located in the fellowship hall. Thank you for worshipping
with us at Living Word Lutheran Church. We hope your worship experience is a blessing.
"May the Lord bless you and keep you." Numbers 6:24
PO Box 301
Milbank, SD 57252
Church 438-9672
www.livingwordmilbank.com
Email address: [email protected]
TODAY
8:45
9:00
9:00
9:00
10:00
6:30
Sunday School
Choir
Coffee Fellowship
April servant team meets
Worship
Diabetes Support Group
TODAY
8:45
9:00
9:00
9:00
10:00
6:30
Sunday School
Choir
Coffee Fellowship
April servant team meets
Worship
Diabetes Support Group
MONDAY
2:00
Funeral for Mary Brown
MONDAY
2:00
Funeral for Mary Brown
TUESDAY
7:30
9:00
9:00
7:00
Dawn Circle meets at the church
Faith Circle meets at the church
Mary/Martha Circle meets at the church
Love Circle meets at the church
TUESDAY
7:30
9:00
9:00
7:00
Dawn Circle meets at the church
Faith Circle meets at the church
Mary/Martha Circle meets at the church
Love Circle meets at the church
Searcher’s Bible study
7th & 8th Grade Confirmation
Lenten Supper
Choir
Youth Backpack event
Worship
WEDNESDAY 9:00
3:30
5:00
5:30
5:30
6:30
WEDNESDAY 9:00
3:30
5:00
5:30
5:30
6:30
Searcher’s Bible study
7th & 8th Grade Confirmation
Lenten Supper
Choir
Youth Backpack event
Worship
THURSDAY
Newsletter items due
9:00 Community Coffee Fellowship - Open to the public
THURSDAY
Newsletter items due
9:00 Community Coffee Fellowship - Open to the public
SUNDAY
8:45
9:00
9:00
10:00
SUNDAY
8:45
9:00
9:00
10:00
Sunday School
Choir
Coffee Fellowship
Worship
Sunday School
Choir
Coffee Fellowship
Worship
Radio Broadcast is sponsored in honor of Marlin Fenner’s 70th birthday on
March 22nd.
Radio Broadcast is sponsored in honor of Marlin Fenner’s 70th birthday on
March 22nd.
Sympathy and prayers to Frank Brown, Jerry and Sharon Brown and family on the death of wife and mother, Mary Brown. Funeral will be here Monday, March 20th at 2 PM
Sympathy and prayers to Frank Brown, Jerry and Sharon Brown and family on the death of wife and mother, Mary Brown. Funeral will be here Monday, March 20th at 2 PM
Sympathy and prayers to Sharon and Jerry Brown and family on the death
Sharon’s mother, Mildred Olson. Funeral will be Tuesday, March 21st at 2
PM at Mundwiler Funeral Home.
Sympathy and prayers to Sharon and Jerry Brown and family on the death
Sharon’s mother, Mildred Olson. Funeral will be Tuesday, March 21st at 2
PM at Mundwiler Funeral Home.
Thank you to Pastor Bill Nelson-Loefke for leading worship today.
Thank you to Pastor Bill Nelson-Loefke for leading worship today.
Prayers for Ezra Loy (Tim & Sue DeJong’s grandson), Joyce Strube,
Shirley Zahn, Ruth Modin, Vicky Hedge, Joy Berry, Pastor Jim Hulberg,
Marlene Storm, Sheila Schulte, Sandy Wood, Chris Nelson, Merry Lemke
(Hope Pekelder’s aunt), Mandy Terry (John Gustafson’s granddaughter),
Norman Barlund, Bob Crist, Pastor Jean Marc, Berdette Bryngelson.
Prayers for Ezra Loy (Tim & Sue DeJong’s grandson), Joyce Strube,
Shirley Zahn, Ruth Modin, Vicky Hedge, Joy Berry, Pastor Jim Hulberg,
Marlene Storm, Sheila Schulte, Sandy Wood, Chris Nelson, Merry Lemke
(Hope Pekelder’s aunt), Mandy Terry (John Gustafson’s granddaughter),
Norman Barlund, Bob Crist, Pastor Jean Marc, Berdette Bryngelson.
Living Word Lutheran Church is scheduled to deliver Meals on Wheels during the month of April. If you are able to help, please sign up on the tab le in
the fellowship hall. I am in need of someone for one route for the second
week of April and the last week of April.
Living Word Lutheran Church is scheduled to deliver Meals on Wheels during the month of April. If you are able to help, please sign up on the tab le in
the fellowship hall. I am in need of someone for one route for the second
week of April and the last week of April.
Have you directed your 2016 THRIVENT CHOICE DOLLARS?
Eligible Thrivent members have until March 31, 2017, to direct any remaining 2016 Choice Dollars. After that date, Choice Dollars expire. Visit
Thrivent.com/thriventchoice today or stop in the church office and Pam can
help you direct your Thrivent Choice dollars.
Have you directed your 2016 THRIVENT CHOICE DOLLARS?
Eligible Thrivent members have until March 31, 2017, to direct any remaining 2016 Choice Dollars. After that date, Choice Dollars expire. Visit
Thrivent.com/thriventchoice today or stop in the church office and Pam can
help you direct your Thrivent Choice dollars.
As members of the Grant County Service Council, we want to say thank you
to the numerous people in our community who made the latest Grant County
Food Giveaway a huge success. Approximately 250 families were served by
75 volunteers ranging in age from age 6 to 84! We were so fortunate to have
representatives from so many of the local churches. Your enthusiastic and
capable service to others are His hands and feet to the Milbank Area. You
all made a huge difference in many lives.
God Bless you!
LeAnn Kuper and Brenda Maass
Food Giveaway Coordinators
As members of the Grant County Service Council, we want to say thank you
to the numerous people in our community who made the latest Grant County
Food Giveaway a huge success. Approximately 250 families were served by
75 volunteers ranging in age from age 6 to 84! We were so fortunate to have
representatives from so many of the local churches. Your enthusiastic and
capable service to others are His hands and feet to the Milbank Area. You
all made a huge difference in many lives.
God Bless you!
LeAnn Kuper and Brenda Maass
Food Giveaway Coordinators
As of February 28, 2017, LWLC's financial information was as
follows:
As of February 28, 2017, LWLC's financial information was as
follows:
General Fund Income for February: $17,614.42
General Fund Expenses for February: $6,766.87
General Fund Income for February: $17,614.42
General Fund Expenses for February: $6,766.87
General Fund Checking Account Balance: $160,322.54
Dedicated Checking Account Balance: $16,498.81
General Fund Checking Account Balance: $160,322.54
Dedicated Checking Account Balance: $16,498.81
Building Fund Balance: $5,871.00
Loan Balance: $135,562.94
Building Fund Balance: $5,871.00
Loan Balance: $135,562.94
All High School youth are invited and encouraged to attend
the "Recharge" youth gathering at Okoboji Lutheran Bible
Camp. The event begins the evening of Friday, March 31st,
April 1 & 2.
All High School youth are invited and encouraged to attend
the "Recharge" youth gathering at Okoboji Lutheran Bible
Camp. The event begins the evening of Friday, March 31st,
April 1 & 2.
The weekend study is entitled: "No Excuses" and based on
The weekend study is entitled: "No Excuses" and based on
John 15:16 : "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that
will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you."
John 15:16 : "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that
will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you."
-Because of our flaws, our failures, and our imperfections, we often
feel unqualified and ill-equipped to be used by God in big ways.
However, we can take courage by looking at the stories in the Bible
of how GOd used normal, everyday, flawed people to do His work.
Moses had excuses, David struggled with sin, and the disciples had
no important credentials. Yet God chose to use every one of them to
lead His people and do amazing things!
-Because of our flaws, our failures, and our imperfections, we often
feel unqualified and ill-equipped to be used by God in big ways.
However, we can take courage by looking at the stories in the Bible
of how GOd used normal, everyday, flawed people to do His work.
Moses had excuses, David struggled with sin, and the disciples had
no important credentials. Yet God chose to use every one of them to
lead His people and do amazing things!
It's time to register for Summer Bible Camp at NeSoDak. Information
with the various camps, grades, dates and pricing is available on the table
in the foyer. Early bird discount deadline is February 15th. For more information talk to Mary Kinder or register online at losd.org and click on
"NeSoDak" under "summer camp".
It's time to register for Summer Bible Camp at NeSoDak. Information
with the various camps, grades, dates and pricing is available on the table
in the foyer. Early bird discount deadline is February 15th. For more information talk to Mary Kinder or register online at losd.org and click on
"NeSoDak" under "summer camp".
Lent and Easter schedule
Lent and Easter schedule
Wednesday, March 15
Supper 5:00 PM Ham Sandwiches
Worship 6:30 PM
Wednesday, March 15
Supper 5:00 PM Ham Sandwiches
Worship 6:30 PM
Wednesday, March 22
Supper 5:00 PM BBQ Sandwiches
Worship 6:30 PM
Wednesday, March 22
Supper 5:00 PM BBQ Sandwiches
Worship 6:30 PM
Wednesday, March 29
Supper 5:00 PM Pork Sandwiches
Worship 6:30 PM
Wednesday, March 29
Supper 5:00 PM Pork Sandwiches
Worship 6:30 PM
Wednesday, April 5
Supper 5:00 PM Beef Sandwiches
Worship 6:30 PM
Wednesday, April 5
Supper 5:00 PM Beef Sandwiches
Worship 6:30 PM
Thursday, April 13 Maundy Thursday
Worship 6:30 PM Absolution/First Communion
Thursday, April 13 Maundy Thursday
Worship 6:30 PM Absolution/First Communion
Friday, April 14 Good Friday
Worship 6:30 PM
Friday, April 14 Good Friday
Worship 6:30 PM
Sunday, April 16 Easter
No Sunday School
Worship/communion 10:00 AM
Sunday, April 16 Easter
No Sunday School
Worship/communion 10:00 AM
Schedule for Pastors that will be preaching during March and April
Schedule for Pastors that will be preaching during March and April
March 26th
Pastor DeVern Schwenn, Milbank
April 2nd
Pastor Jon Lindekugel
April 9th
Pastor John Hostettler
Maundy Thursday/First Communion
April 13th
Pastor Jon Lindekugel
Good Friday April 14th Pastor Jon Lindekugel
April 16th
Pastor Bill Nelson-Loefke
April 23rd
Pastor DaVern Schwenn
April 30th
David Olson, Seminary Student, Sioux Falls
March 19th
March 26th
Pastor Bill Nelson-Loefke, Yankton
Pastor DeVern Schwenn, Milbank
April 2nd
Pastor Jon Lindekugel
April 9th
Pastor John Hostettler
Maundy Thursday/First Communion
April 13th
Pastor Jon Lindekugel
Good Friday April 14th Pastor Jon Lindekugel
April 16th
Pastor Bill Nelson-Loefke
April 23rd
Pastor DaVern Schwenn
April 30th
David Olson, Seminary Student, Sioux Falls
“Lamb of God”
“Lamb of God”
Verse 1
Your only Son no sin to hide,
But You have sent Him from Your side
To walk upon this guilty sod
And to become the Lamb of God.
Verse 1
Your only Son no sin to hide,
But You have sent Him from Your side
To walk upon this guilty sod
And to become the Lamb of God.
Verse 2
Your gift of love they crucified,
They laughed and scorned Him as He died,
The humble King they named a fraud
And sacrificed the Lamb of God.
Verse 2
Your gift of love they crucified,
They laughed and scorned Him as He died,
The humble King they named a fraud
And sacrificed the Lamb of God.
Verse 3
I was so lost I should have died,
But You have brought me to Your side
To be led by Your staff and rod,
And to be called a lamb of God.
Verse 3
I was so lost I should have died,
But You have brought me to Your side
To be led by Your staff and rod,
And to be called a lamb of God.
Chorus
O Lamb of God, sweet Lamb of God,
I love the holy Lamb of God. O wash me in His precious blood,
My Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.
Chorus
O Lamb of God, sweet Lamb of God,
I love the holy Lamb of God. O wash me in His precious blood,
My Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.
LWLC Committee Contacts
2017 Council Members:
LWLC Committee Contacts
2017 Council Members:
President: Dave Hepper, 432-4478
Email: [email protected]
President: Dave Hepper, 432-4478
Email: [email protected]
Vice President/Youth & Education: Brad Olson, 432-9593,
Email: [email protected]
Vice President/Youth & Education: Brad Olson, 432-9593,
Email: [email protected]
Youth & Education: Mary Kinder, 880-9705
Email: [email protected]
Youth & Education: Mary Kinder, 880-9705
Email: [email protected]
Secretary/Worship & Evangelism: Roslyn Reich - 432-5244
Email: [email protected]
Secretary/Worship & Evangelism: Roslyn Reich - 432-5244
Email: [email protected]
Worship & Evangelism: Roger Christensen, 237-3355
Email: [email protected]
Worship & Evangelism: Roger Christensen, 237-3355
Email: [email protected]
Treasurer/Finance: Larry Olson - 938-4575
Email: [email protected]
Treasurer/Finance: Larry Olson - 938-4575
Email: [email protected]
Property & Management: Brad Leonard, 605-467-3704
Email: [email protected]
Property & Management: Brad Leonard, 605-467-3704
Email: [email protected]
Howard Heinje, 605-938-4142
Email: [email protected]
Howard Heinje, 605-938-4142
Email: [email protected]
Adult Sunday School: Deb Buttke, 432-4457,
[email protected]
Adult Sunday School: Deb Buttke, 432-4457,
[email protected]
Newsletter: Nancy Kruger, 380-9871, [email protected]
Newsletter: Nancy Kruger, 380-9871, [email protected]
Living Word Lutheran Women Officers:
Coordinator: Joanne Schmig, 676-2320
Vice-coordinator: Shirley Zahn, 432-4761
Secretary: Marcia Heinje, 938-4142
Treasurer: Annette Redepenning, 432-6688
Mission Action: Gloria Cooley, 445-1555
Karen Keifer, 432-4050
Mission Growth: Karen McCrea, 432-6335
Mission Community: Carol Grimley, 432-4627
Living Word Lutheran Women Officers:
Coordinator: Joanne Schmig, 676-2320
Vice-coordinator: Shirley Zahn, 432-4761
Secretary: Marcia Heinje, 938-4142
Treasurer: Annette Redepenning, 432-6688
Mission Action: Gloria Cooley, 445-1555
Karen Keifer, 432-4050
Mission Growth: Karen McCrea, 432-6335
Mission Community: Carol Grimley, 432-4627
Quilting: Carol Forster, 432-6480
Quilting: Carol Forster, 432-6480
Servant Teams: Pam Nelson, 438-9673
[email protected]
Servant Teams: Pam Nelson, 438-9673
[email protected]
Thrift Store Volunteers: Annette Redepenning, 432-6688,
[email protected]
Thrift Store Volunteers: Annette Redepenning, 432-6688,
[email protected]