10:00 WORSHIP THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT March 19, 2017 Prelude Brief Order of Confession and Forgiveness Opening Hymn “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” LBW p77 LBW 107 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) LBW 230 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” RED 301 Offertory “Give Thanks” Prayers of the Church and Lord's Prayer Announcements Benediction Closing Hymn “Come, Thou Almighty King” LBW 522 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]
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