St. John’s
Lutheran Church and School
November 8/9, 2014
The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
200 Charleston Avenue ! Mattoon, Illinois 61938-‐4428 Church (217) 234-‐4923 ! School (217) 234-‐4911 ! Fax (217) 234-‐4925 www.stjohns-‐mattoon.org Prelude
“Sleepers Wake”
Announcements & Greeting
*Thank you to all of our veterans for your service.
J.S. Bach
Hymn
“Baptized Into Your Name Most Holy”
LSB 590
Please Stand for Last Verse Invocation
! In the name of the Father and of the
⨿Amen.
Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Confession and Absolution
! 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,
⨿ who made heaven and earth.
! I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord,
⨿ and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Silence for reflection on God's Word and for self-examination.
! O almighty God, merciful Father,
⨿ I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins and
iniquities with which I have ever offended You and justly
deserved Your temporal and eternal punishment. But I am
heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I
pray You of Your boundless mercy and for the sake of the
holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your beloved
Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor,
sinful being.
! Upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office, as a called and
ordained 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.
⨿ Amen.
Service of the Word
Introit
Ps. 84:1, 9–12; antiphon: Ps. 84:3
! Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
⨿ at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
! How lovely is your dwelling place,
⨿ O LORD of hosts!
! Behold our shield, O God;
⨿ look on the face of your anointed!
! For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.
⨿ I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than
dwell in the tents of wickedness.
! For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and
honor.
⨿ No good thing does he withhold from those who walk
uprightly.
! O LORD of hosts,
⨿ blessèd is the one who trusts in you!
! Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
⨿ at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
⨿ 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, world
without end. Amen.
Kyrie
⨿ Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
LSB 186
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Gloria in Excelsis
LSB 187
⨿Glory be to God on High,
and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.
We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee.
We glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee, for Thy great glory.
O Lord God, heav'nly King, God the Father Almighty.
O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ;
O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us.
Thou that takest away the sin of the world, receive our prayer.
Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have
mercy upon us.
For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord.
Thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost,
art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Salutation and Collect of the Day
! The Lord be with you.
⨿And with thy spirit.
! Let us pray.
Lord God, heavenly Father, send forth Your Son to lead home His
bride, the Church, that with all the company of the redeemed we
may finally enter into His eternal wedding feast; through the same
Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and forever.
⨿ Amen.
Sit
In today's Old Testament Reading the Lord tells the people of Israel that he despised, and would not
accept, their feasts and burnt offerings – though he himself had prescribed them as part of their
worship. The problem was that they had become just a perfunctory display, and did not carry over
into lives of justice and righteousness. So he warned them that the day of the Lord, the day of
judgment, would be darkness and not light for them. His words call also us to worship him with
sincere hearts and lives.
Old Testament Reading
Amos 5:18–24
18
Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD!
Why would you have the day of the LORD?
It is darkness, and not light,
19
as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
20
Is not the day of the LORD darkness, and not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?
21
“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22
Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
23
Take away from me the noise of your songs;
to the melody of your harps I will not listen.
24
But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
! This is the Word of the Lord.
⨿ Thanks be to God.
Gradual
Rev. 7:14b; Ps. 84:5
! These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.
⨿ They have washed their robes and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb.
! Blessèd are those whose strength is in you,
⨿ in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
Paul wrote First Thessalonians partly to correct misunderstandings about the resurrection of the
dead at the Lord's return. We can readily understand why his assurances in today's Epistle found
their way into the Lutheran Order of Burial of the Dead.
Epistle
1 Thessalonians 4:13–18
13
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who
are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
14
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through
Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15For this
we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who
are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have
fallen asleep. 16For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a
cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of
the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17Then we
who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the
clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the
Lord. 18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
! This is the Word of the Lord.
⨿ Thanks be to God.
Stand
Chapter 25 of Matthew's Gospel offers us three parables of Jesus that deal with three different
principles regarding our looking to our Lord's return in glory. Today's Holy Gospel, The Parable of
the Ten Virgins, tells us to be watchful and ready, for we know neither the day nor the hour of his
coming.
Holy Gospel
Matthew 25:1–13
! The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the twenty-fifth chapter.
⨿Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
1
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their
lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish,
and five were wise. 3For when the foolish took their lamps, they took
no oil with them, 4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5As
the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6But at
midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet
him.’ 7Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8And the
foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are
going out.’ 9But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be
enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for
yourselves.’ 10And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came,
and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and
the door was shut. 11Afterward the other virgins came also, saying,
‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ 12But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do
not know you.’ 13Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the
hour.
! This is the Gospel of the Lord.
⨿ Praise be to Thee, O Christ.
Apostles' Creed
⨿ I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From thence He will come to judge the living and the
dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Christian Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life
everlasting. Amen.
This confirmation year, we as a congregation will recite Luther’s Small
Catechism as it is assigned to our 8th grade confirmands.
! The Second Article: Redemption. What does this mean?
⨿ I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father
from eternity, and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is
my Lord. Who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned
person, purchased and won me from all sins, from death, and
from the power of the devil; not with gold or silver, but with
His holy, precious blood and with His innocent suffering and
death, that I may be His own and live under Him in His
kingdom and serve Him in everlasting righteousness,
innocence, and blessedness, just as He is risen from the dead,
lives and reigns to all eternity. This is most certainly true.
Sit
Children’s Message
Hymn
“Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying”
LSB 516
Sermon
Stand
Offertory
LSB 192
⨿Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit
within me.
Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy
Spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation, and uphold me with
Thy free spirit. Amen.
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Offering
Organ Offertory “Faith and Truth and Life Bestowing”
The Record of Fellowship Is Shared
Stand
Response “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
Prayer of the Church
Lord’s Prayer
LSB Back Cover or LSB 241
! Taught by our Lord and trusting His promises, we are bold to
pray:
⨿ Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those
who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory
forever and ever. Amen.
Salutation and Benedicamus
! The Lord be with you.
⨿And with thy spirit.
! Bless we the Lord.
⨿Thanks be to God.
Benediction
LSB 202
! The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look upon you with favor and
give you peace.
⨿Amen. Amen. Amen.
Hymn
“I Know My Faith is Founded”
LSB 587
Postlude
✝ The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod ✝
Next Week’s Readings: First Reading: Zephaniah 1:7-‐16 Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-‐11 Gospel: Matthew 25:14-‐30 Memory for 11/16: Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed & Meaning Rev. Troy Countryman
Rev. Adam Jacobsen
Bailey Maldonado
Brenda Severson
Lynn Shaffer
Anita Polston
Dr. Herman Taylor
Joyce Zschau
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Assoc.Pastor
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School Secretary
Organist
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Assisting in Worship: 11/8 & 11/9
Preacher:
Organist:
Elder:
Assisting:
Ushers:
Greeters:
Acolytes:
Altar Guild:
Video:
Driver:
Rev. Adam Jacobsen
Dr. Herman Taylor
Mark Ewald
Mike Love
8:00 am Terry Reel, Mike Schaljo & Kris Maleske
10:30 am Don Bareither, Robert Reid, Everett Spencer & Ryan Hill
8:00 am Steve & Barbara Degler
10:30 am Jim Arnholt
5:00 pm Brendan Rau
8:00 am Kaitlyn Walker & Grace Harlin
10:30 am Abigail Allen & Kira Wolf
Chris Diepholz, Tierre Diepholz & Amy Sweeney
Mike Salinas
Karen Stoll (258-6377)
Assisting in Worship Next Week: 11/15 & 11/16
Preacher:
Celebrant:
Organist:
Elder:
Assisting:
Ushers:
Rev. Troy Countryman
Rev. Adam Jacobsen
Dr. Herman Taylor
Mark Ewald
Mike Love
8:00 am Terry Reel, Mike Schaljo & Kris Maleske
10:30 am Don Bareither, Robert Reid, Everett Spencer & Ryan Hill
Greeters:
Acolytes:
Altar Guild:
Video:
Driver:
8:00 am Steve & Barbara Degler
10:30 am Jim Arnholt
5:00 pm Mason Phipps
8:00 am Mikayla Prevo & Layla Dhom
10:30 am Josie Orris & Anna Maleske
Chris Diepholz, Tierre Diepholz & Amy Sweeney
Mike Salinas
Janice Mann (234-6084)
Please Remember in Your Prayers
Those Added to the Prayer List this Week:
Vivian Rod – Bill Havlik’s Cousin
Patrice Clark – Friend of the Stortzum Family
Those In Need of Comfort, Health, & Recovery (Recently Added):
Boyd Bridges
Karen Johnson
Julie Gass
Wayne Martin – Father of Michael Martin
Craig Dixon – Friend of the Ferree Family
Albert Saunders - Father of Brandon Saunders
Mack Smith - Friend of the Ferree Family
Aaron Watkins – Grandson of Micki Rappe’
Peyton Webb – Friend of Joyce Zschau
Ethan Robison – Family friend of Jane Anderson
Charles & Jan Cunningham – mother and stepfather of Christa Packer
Those Who Need Our Ongoing Prayers: Ava Gass
Donna Homann
Oliver Countryman
Hillary Love
Chuck Winders
Howard Diepholz
John Kendall
Helen Smith
Erna Bridges
Norma Schussler
Brenda Eisel
Gavin Waterman
Kirk ZuHone
Martha Spencer
Clara Woelber
Dorothy Hurst
Corinne Thomley
Roland Dahnke
Angie McNamer – Friend of Norma Ferree
Vivian Staehli – Mother of Phyllis Schultz
Marilyn Leftwich – sister of Norma Schussler
Erica Holmes-Kremitzki - friend of Micki Rappe’
Jill Bell
Brenda Severson
Laurence Montgomery
Paul Welton
Laverne Barbee
Virginia Johnson
Phyllis Montgomery
Nedra Rauch
Carol Speakman – friend of Joyce Zschau
Wendy Lane – Friend of Heidi Larson
Barb Hinkle - sister of Joe Dosien
Ruth Morrison - Mother of Barb Kirts
Prayers For Those In The Military:
Gavin Wright
Chris Miller
Jason Wetzel
Center Altar Flowers are in memory of Vic VonBehrens and all veterans given by Alvin & Judy
Schagemann.
Side Altar Flowers are in memory of Chris DuFrain from the DuFrain and Butler families.
Church Attendance: 399
Sunday School Attendance:
Nursery: 3 PreK-‐K: 10 1st – 2nd: 6 3rd – 4th: 8 5th – 7th: 7 8th: 6 Previous Bal
$456,445 $408,353 Adult: Last Week
$10,615 $18,872 29
Current Bal
$467,060 $427,225 Budgeted
Collected
Moving Forward In Faith Campaign: (As of 10/16/2014) Cash Received: $825,060 Pledge Balance: $98,656 Schedule for November 9 Sun 8:00 & 10:30 am Worship 9:15 am Education Hour 4:00 – 7:00 pm Pancake Supper 7:00 pm Pickup BasketballCancelled Thu Mon 8:00 am LOL
9:00 am LFL 2:30 – 8:40 pm LifeTouch Photos 3:15 pm Play Practice 4:00 pm Girls Basketball Practice 4:00 pm Girls on the Run 5:00 pm Boys Basketball 6:30 pm Trustee Meeting Fri Tue No School – Veteran’s Day
6:30 am Men’s Bible Study @ Pagliacci’s Sat 8:30 am Exercise Class 9:00 am Quilters 2:30 – 8:40 pm LifeTouch Photos 3:15 pm Play Practice 3:30 pm Basketball Practice Sun
Wed 2:30 – 8:40 pm LifeTouch Photos 4:00 pm Girls on the Run-‐FH November 16
4:00 pm Girls Basketball 5:00 pm Boys Basketball 5:30 pm Jr. High Confirmation 7:00 pm FIRE Bible Study 8:30 am Exercise Class 9:15 am Thursday Morning Bible Study 2:30 – 8:40 pm LifeTouch Photos 4:00 pm Girls Basketball Game 6:30 pm Men’s Club -‐ Cancelled 7:00 pm Choir Practice 2:30 – 8:40 pm LifeTouch Photos 3:15 pm Play Practice 7:00 pm Chris K Music Event 8:00 am Boys Basketball 10:00 am–2:00 pm LifeTouch Photos 1:00 pm Brandenburg Baby Shower-‐ Fam Rm 5:00 pm Worship 8:00 & 10:30 am Worship w/Holy Communion 9:15 am Education Hour 7:00 pm Pickup Basketball Upcoming Events, Classes & Meetings:
Pick-Up Basketball is cancelled this Sunday, November 9th due to the Pancake Supper. It will also be cancelled Sunday, November 30th due to Thanksgiving. Pancake Supper: The Pancake Supper is this Sunday, November 9 from 4:00-‐
7:00 pm. November Men’s Club: Our November meeting has been cancelled due to having the Pancake & Sausage Supper. Announcements:
Poinsettia Orders: We are beginning to take poinsettia orders for the advent season. We will be buying them from Immanuel Lutheran Church this year. They will be all red poinsettias and will be the same size we normally buy for $10. If you would like to order please fill out the poinsettia order form in this bulletin (there are extras on the ledge outside the church office). Orders are due Friday, November 21 by 4:00 pm. Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse since 1993. Christmas boxes will be delivered to more than 100 countries on six continents. Today our congregation will have the opportunity to contribute through a door offering to pay for the postage of the shoeboxes that were put together by our school children and their families. The shoeboxes are filled with gifts of toys, school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement. Also included is a Bible or Book about Jesus put in their language. One of the highlights of this project is that the boxes will be personally delivered to each child and the letter read to them by an interpreter. This year their hope is to reach 10 million children. Our children have collected over 100 boxes. The postage cost is $7.00 per box 2015 Church Directory Announcements:
Photo Session Sign Up: Photo sessions begin this Monday! If you have not signed up, please contact the church office or you may sign up in the fellowship hall between services. Photos will be taken November 10-‐15, 24, 25, 28 & 29. Group Photos: Each group will need to have a group photo taken and submitted to the church office. These photos should be emailed to office@stjohns-‐mattoon.org Contact Information Changes: If your mailing address, email address or contact phone number(s) have changed, please contact the church office. We would like to have the most accurate and up to date information in the new church directory. New Church Sign at Broadway & 3rd Street: Pledges as of November 1 total $18,657. We need a total of $22,500 to move ahead with this project. To make a pledge, please contact Joel DuFrain at 234-‐8329. Pecans: Pecans have arrived. We will have a table set up during the Pancake Supper and between church services. ~Edith Creek & Nancy Donnell Pies: Ready to bake, frozen fruit pies made by the Friendship Guild will be sold between services on Sunday, November 16. We have a limited supply of blackberry, cherry and peach pies. Get a pie for your thanksgiving dinner! To My Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Thank you for your continued prayers, calls, cards and visits. Your support and encouragement is greatly appreciated. May God richly bless you all. ~ Norma Schussler. One Stop Community Christmas: The FIRE will once again be partnering with One Stop Community Christmas to help give area families a Christmas to remember. Items that are requested are socks and underwear of all sizes for men, women, boys and girls. These gifts do not need to be wrapped, but Christmas gift bags and wrapping paper is requested. The decorated box to place items in will be next to the Tree of Joy. School News:
Did you know...that our St. John’s PTL has purchased two loads of wood chips to go under our playground equipment? Thank you, PTL! School Dates to Remember:
o December 4, 5:30 -‐ 6:30 pm: Christmas caroling with hot chocolate and cookies in the multipurpose room afterwards o December 18, 9:30 and & 6:30 pm: School Christmas program in the church As you may already know, the 7th & 8th graders are going to Washington D.C. Here are some ways you can help: o You can go into Papa Murphy’s on Wednesday, November 12 and mention St. John’s and Papa Murphy’s will donate 20% of any regular priced menu item to the school. So take a night off from cooking and drop in and pick up a pizza! o If you go to Papa Murphy’s you can check out the celebrity chefs!! Mrs. Shaffer & Mrs. Atwell will be there from 4-‐5 pm, Mrs. Rufener from 5-‐6 pm and Mrs. Stortzum from 6-‐7 pm. o You can shop at My Store on Saturday, November 15 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The 7th and 8th graders will be sacking for tips. If you bring the flyer on the ledge outside the church office, you will get 10% off your total purchase!! 9 -‐ 10 -‐ 11 -‐ 12 -‐ 13 -‐ November 9 - 16 Birthday Celebrations:
David Salinas, Randy Rappe’, Doug Blume Dorothy Emily, Randy Ervin, Nicholas Fanelli, Gabrielle Farkas, Benjamin Ferree, Laura Hall, Kimberly Miller, Courtney Rhoads, Kathryn Wrye Merritt Bennitt, Terry Cole, Boyd Bridges, Michelle Myracle, Charles Winders, Dina Gass Tara Cavanah, Rachel Mattox William Kearney, David Friese 14 -‐ 15 -‐ 16 -‐ Richerd Berg, Kimburly Havlik, Mikayla Prevo Beth Arnholt, Jodi Maleske August Stortzum, Lorraine Seils, Stephanie Pointon, Cory Cunico, Sean McCain November 9 - 16 Anniversary Celebrations:
Verne & Joy Adkins Nov 14, 1982