Bulletin - St Paul`s Evangelical Lutheran Church Steinbach

JESUS PAID IT ALL
I hear the Savior say, “Thy strength indeed is small!
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
find in Me thine all in all.”
Refrain:
Jesus paid it all, All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain—
He washed it white as snow.
Lord, now indeed I find Thy pow’r, and Thine alone,
Can change the leper’s spots
and melt the heart of stone.
D
id you know that the “scarf” that some
pastors wear around their necks is
called a stole? It symbolizes Christ’s yoke . . .
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me;
for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find
rest for your souls.” Matthew 11:29
It is also a visible symbol of the ordained ministry.
Pastors who are ordained into the office of Word and
Sacrament wear it hanging down from each shoulder.
Pastors who are ordained into the office of Word and
Service wear it diagonally from shoulder to hip. The
colors of the stole correspond to the colors of the
current church season.
For nothing good have I whereby Thy grace to claim I’ll wash my garments white
in the blood of Calv’ry’s Lamb.
And when before the throne I stand in Him complete,
“Jesus died my soul to save,”
my lips shall still repeat.
TONIGHT
SENIOR YOUTH!
7- 8:30 pm at church!
Take a break from exam studies
Drop in anytime, and stay as long as you want. We will be
making Sundaes, and offering prayers for all who are
writing exams this week!
SEE YOU TONIGHT. BRING FRIENDS!
TODAY!
LAST CALL for CLAY 2016
OVERNIGHT LOCK-IN
February 12-13
(Friday 7:00 pm-Saturday 12:00 noon)
@ church
For all youth grades 7-12
(especially those going to CLAY)
REGISTRATION DEADLINE FEBRUARY 10
Cost $20
KEEP IT REAL! BRING IT HOME!
MEMBER OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA
January 31, 2016
Welcome to Our Traditional Worship Service
465 Henry Street, Steinbach MB R5G 0H1
204-326-3758
Fax: 204-326-2548
email: office@stpaulsteinbach.org
www.stpaulsteinbach.org
Coming Soon
Lead Pastor: Rev. Terry Gudmundson
204-380-3293
Associate Pastor: Rev. Melissa Frankland
204-293-7930
SHROVE TUESDAY
PANCAKE SUPPER
St. Paul’s Church Basement
Tuesday, February 9
6:30 –8:00 pm
* Potato Pancakes * Ham & More
Hosted by
St. Paul’s Youth
Good will offering for CLAY
All youth born between 1997-2003
are eligible to attend.
$200. deposit required
Contact Rev. Melissa.
ST. PAUL’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
CHURCH OF STEINBACH INC.
DID YOU KNOW?
WORSHIP NOTES
Children in Worship: We welcome and encourage
children to share in worship. Even very young children
see faith in action as we pray and sing and commune
together. Children’s lessons are available from the
ushers, stationed at both entrances. If children
become restless, there is a quiet room at the back of
the church.
Hearing Assistance: Devices are available at the
sound booth.
Cell phones and pagers should be turned to silent.
Washrooms: Located on the main floor of the Education Wing and downstairs in the Education Wing and
Fellowship Hall.
THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR
Tonight
Tuesday
7:00 Sr. Youth
10:00 Moms & Tots
6:00 Gr. 5 Communion Course
Wednesday 6:30 am Men’s Fellowship
10:00 Quilting
6:30 Jr. Youth Sledding @ Abe’s Hill
7:00 Pioneer Girls, Scouts
Thursday
2:00 Lutheran Church Women Group 2
7:30 Bible Study
Sunday
9:15 Head to Heart
9:25 Traditional Service with Communion;
Sunday School; Adult Study
11:05 Contemporary Service with
Communion
LOOKING AHEAD:
• Tuesday, Feb. 9, 6:30-8:00 pm, Shrove Tuesday
Pancake Supper hosted by St. Paul’s Youth
• Wednesday, Feb. 10, 7:30 pm, Ash Wednesday
Service
HOLY COMMUNION
God feeds and renews us with the presence of
Jesus
Christ. In Christ’s body and blood given to us, God
forgives us and nourishes us for mission. In response
to the Lord’s invitation I come - confessing my sin,
trusting that the Lord is truly present, believing that to
receive Him is to receive forgiveness - to partake of
the Lord’s Supper. People of all ages and faith
communities are welcome.
Holy Communion is served in a continuous format
unless announced otherwise. Participants are asked
to fill out a registration card, available in the pews
or at both entrances, and place them in the
baskets at the entrances, or in the offering plates.
Ushers will direct you toward the aisle to come forward
to the serving stations. If you desire to commune,
extend your hand to the server who will place a wafer
in your hand. If you prefer a gluten-free wafer, simply
say “gluten-free” to the server. Wine is served from the
chalice or individual cups; white grape juice is served
from individual cups.
OUR MISSION
Come and hold in your hand and taste on your lips the
love we cannot comprehend.
God’s purpose for
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church is:
Accepting all people through God’s grace,
sharing our faith in Christ,
and making disciples.
THE NUMBERS
ATTENDANCE: January 24: 9:25 - 175; 11:05 - 71
Sunday School - 36; Teachers/Helpers - 8
OFFERING:
January 24 - $13,368.00
(includes January direct deposit)
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
JANUARY 31, 2016
Please Note: Small numbers (eg. p. 211) refer to liturgical
settings at the beginning of the Lutheran Book of Worship.
Larger bold numbers (eg. # 239) refer to hymn numbers.
The up arrow means the congregation is asked to stand, the
down arrow, to be seated.
Welcome & Announcements
↑ Confession & Forgiveness - p. 94-96
Gathering Song:
“Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee” - # 836
GREETING:
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.
The Kyrie - p. 203
Canticle of Praise - p. 204
PRAYER OF THE DAY:
L. Let us pray together:
ALL: Ever-living God, increase in us the gifts of faith,
hope and love; and that we may obtain what you
promise, make us love what you command,
through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and
Lord. Amen.
GOD’S WORD: Reader Lorna Khan
FIRST READING: Jeremiah 1:4-10
4
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, 5 ‘Before I
formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were
born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the
nations.’
6
Then I said, ‘Ah, Lord GOD! Truly I do not know how to
speak, for I am only a boy.’ 7But the LORD said to me, ‘Do
not say, “I am only a boy”; for you shall go to all to whom I
send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you.
8
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,
says the LORD.’
9
Then the LORD put out his hand and touched my mouth;
and the LORD said to me, ‘Now I have put my words in
your mouth.
10
See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to
overthrow, to build and to plant.
L. The Word of the Lord.
C. Thanks be to God.
RESPONSIVE READING: Psalm 71:1-6
(Congregation reads the bold parts)
1
L. In you, O LORD, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
C. 2 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me and save me.
L. 3 Be to me a rock of refuge,
a strong fortress, to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
26
C. 4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the
wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.
L. 5 For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O LORD, from my youth.
C. 6 Upon you I have leaned from my birth;
it was you who took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of you.
yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at
Zarephath in Sidon. 27There were also many lepers in
Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them
was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.’ 28When they
heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage.
29
They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to
the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that
they might hurl him off the cliff. 30But he passed through
the midst of them and went on his way.
SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but
do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as
to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over
my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain
nothing.
4
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant 5or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it
is not irritable or resentful; 6it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. 7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8
Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come
to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.9For we know only in part,
and we prophesy only in part; 10but when the complete
comes, the partial will come to an end. 11When I was a
child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned
like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. 12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we
will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will
know fully, even as I have been fully known. 13And now
faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest
of these is love.
L. The Gospel of the Lord.
C. Praise to you, O Christ.
13
L. The Word of the Lord.
C. Thanks be to God.
↑ Gospel Acclamation: “Alleluia” (sung) - p. 205
Alleluia! Lord and Savior,
open now your saving word.
Let it burn like fire within us;
speak until our hearts are stirred.
Alleluia! Lord, we sing,
for the good news that you bring.
HOLY GOSPEL: Luke 4:21-30
Congregational response after the announcement:
“Glory to you, O Lord.”
↓ Message
Hymn of the Day:
“All Are Welcome” - # 641
↑ Apostles’ Creed - p. 105
Prayers of the People
Sharing of the Peace
↓ Offering
↑ Offertory - Doxology - # 884
The Great Thanksgiving - p. 206-207
The Lord’s Prayer - p. 208
↓ Communion
Hymns (sung during the distribution):
“O Lamb of God” - p. 208
“I Am the Bread of Life” - # 485
“Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound” - # 779
“O Master, Let Me Walk with You” - # 818
“Jesus Paid It All” - printed on back page
↑ Prayer after Communion
The Benediction - Blessing
Sending Song:
“Lead On, O King Eternal!” - # 805
CONTINUOUS STYLE COMMUNION
Holy Communion is offered in the CONTINUOUS
FORMAT today. Registration cards are available in
the pews and at both entrances. Participants are
asked to fill out a card and place it in the baskets provided
or in the offering plate. All are welcome at God’s table.
PRAYER REMINDERS
In your prayers this week, please remember Larry
Auch, Ed Bornn, Emma Kuehn, Lena Borkowsky,
Louise (David) Falk, Jennifer Krentz, Rudolf (Roy)
Freund, Lee Schmidtke, John Klassen, Chris Funk,
Katarina Grienke, Tina Heckert, Wanda Hoehn, Marlene
Klassen, Evelyn (Art) Krentz, Lena Krentz, Helmuth Renz,
Art Schultz and Elsie Schilke.
21
Then he began to say to them, ‘Today this scripture has
been fulfilled in your hearing.’ 22All spoke well of him and
were amazed at the gracious words that came from his
mouth. They said, ‘Is not this Joseph’s son?’ 23He said to
them, ‘Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb,
“Doctor, cure yourself!” And you will say, “Do here also in
your home town the things that we have heard you did at
Capernaum.” ’ 24And he said, ‘Truly I tell you, no prophet
is accepted in the prophet’s home town. 25But the truth is,
there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah,
when the heaven was shut up for three years and six
months, and there was a severe famine over all the land;
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY
Our sympathy to Claude and Darlene Chartier and their
family on the passing of Claude’s father, Alfred Chartier,
on Jan. 26 at the age of 95. The funeral service will be
held Saturday, Feb. 6, 1:00 pm, at St. Joachim Parish, La
Broquerie.
Sympathy also to Lena and Art Borkowsky on the passing
of Lena’s brother, Harold Schnellert, of Edmonton. May
our God of compassion, comfort and peace surround
these families now and in the days to come.
GIFT OF REMEMBRANCE
In a tribute of love and remembrance, a Memorial Gift has
been received from Marilyn Levesque, Harold and Jean
Borkowsky, and their families, in memory of mother,
grandmother and great-grandmother, Tillie Schalla, who
passed away January 28, 2007. “Sweet memories will
linger forever, time cannot change them it’s true; years
that may come cannot sever, our loving remembrance of
you.”
H2H NEEDS OUR HELP!
To date, there has been no response to calls for alternate
guides for H2H, and so the need still exists. Please
prayerfully consider saying “yes” to this urgent plea to provide current guides with sorely-needed additional help.
Contact Lisa Wilson at lisa23@mts.net, 204-261-8718.
COMMUNION COURSE
A four-session course on communion began on Tuesday,
and will continue February 2, 9 and 16, 6:00 pm, for all
Grade 5 students. The course will conclude with a breadbaking session on Saturday, Feb. 20, followed by First
Communion on Sunday, Feb. 21. Any students beyond
grade 5 who have not had opportunity to participate
before are still welcome to attend.
YOU’VE GOT MAIL!
A trip to your church mailbox this morning will be a good
thing. It should contain one or more of the following:
• 2016 church contribution receipt
• Luther Village 2016 brochure which outlines their summer camp schedule and more!
• Jr. Youth February activity calendar
The mailboxes, located across from the pastors’ offices,
are just a few steps away from the coffee area. Pick up
your mail, then come enjoy coffee, snacks and fellowship!
VESPERS SERVICE
A Vespers Service will take place Sunday, Feb. 7, 7:00
pm at Mennonite Heritage Village. Free admission. All are
welcome to this evening service of prayers and song.
FESTIVAL OF FRIENDS DINNER
Steinbach Youth for Christ is hosting its annual Festival of
Friends dinner on Thursday, Feb. 25, 6:30 pm, at Steinbach Mennonite Church. If you are interested in attending,
contact the church office, or call YFC, 204-326-4366.
WELCOME VISITORS
If you are a visitor to our church today, we invite you to
sign the guest book located in the narthex. Welcome
here. May you be blessed as you worship with us. There
is a time of coffee fellowship in the Education Wing following the service. All are invited to come, and enjoy.
THANK YOU DEPARTMENT
• To all who have assisted with the service today.