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Passion Sunday, The Fifth Sunday in Lent

“For their sakes I sanctify Myself that they also might be
sanctified through the faith.” —John 17:19

 

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church  †  Bingen

Missouri Synod

 

 

The Reverend John Dreyer, Pastor                      Worship  8:00 am & 10:30 am / Wed. 7:00 pm

Mrs. Leanne Busick, Director of Music                           Sunday School & Bible Class: 9:15 am

Mr. Keith Dicke, Youth Director                                          Pastor 701-0001/Church  639-6178

Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School                                                       Parish Hall  639-6244

Mr. Lowell Timm, Principal                                                                           School  639-6177

Judica Sunday

29 March 2009

8:00 am

Opening Hymn   #563

The Order of Confession  -  page 184

The service of the Word  -  page 186
Introit, Kyrie

Salutation and collect  -  page 189

The Holy Scriptures

the nicene creed  -  page 191

The Hymn of the Day   #430

The Sermon

The offertory  -  page 192

The Offering

service of the Sacrament  -  pg. 194
Distribution Hymns   #610, 449

Closing Liturgy  -  page 199

Closing Hymn   #718

10:30 am

Opening Hymn   #563

The Order of Matins  -  page 219

The Psalmody  Psalm 43 antiphon 5

Office Hymn   #430

The Holy Scriptures

The Sermon

the Canticle  “The Benedictus”  -  page 226

The Offering

The prayers

Closing Hymn   #718

Seminarians   Tab Ottmers, Lance Klamer,
                     Ben Shimm

Guest Organist     Carol Bittner

Passiontide   Today we enter Passiontide with its intense focus on the death of our Savior.
                           The deep humiliation of Christ’s suffering is impressed upon us in the divine service by the omission of the Gloria Patri. This will be notable in all services in these two weeks. The veiled crosses bring to mind the suffering of our Lord, to whom be thanks forever.

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Regarding participation in the Blessed Sacrament of Christ’s True Body and Blood: Because oneness at the altar presupposes oneness in faith and doctrine, we expect that all who commune at the Lord’s altar are members in good standing of an LCMS congregation. We ask that all who commune register on a communion card. All visitors should state their home LCMS congregation. First time visitors please speak to Pastor Dreyer. Individual cups for those desiring them are available as you approach the altar.

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Welcome visitors   Please sign the guestbook in the narthex to acknowledge your presence.

office hours  The secretary is in the church office 10:00 am-2:00 pm Tuesday-Friday, and is
                             available at 639-6178. Any changes to this will be noted in the bulletin and newsletter. Pastor can be reached at 701-0001.

Church clean-up  The Trustees have scheduled 8:30 am, Saturday, April 4, for the annual
                                      spring grounds cleanup. Pease call one of the trustees if you have questions. Rain date is scheduled for 8:30 am on Saturday, April 18.                                                              Thank you, Trustees.

                                      Inside–Saturday, April 4, 8:30 am - noon. We will clean sanctuary, chancel area, pews, etc. There is much to be done. All members are needed to help inside/outside to prepare our sanctuary and church grounds for the Easter Season.                          Thank you, Deacons

Adult Choir   The choir will be featured on Worship for Shut-Ins on Palm Sunday, April 5.
                             They will be singing “Abide with Me.”

Calendar of the Week

Today             8:00 am   Morning Worship - 9:15 am  SS/BC - 10:30 am  Divine Service

                          4:00 pm    Passion Choral Vespers at the Seminary

MONDAY         7:00 pm    Count

TUESDAY        6:00 am    Early Bird Bible Class

WEDNESDAY  9:00 am    Ladies Aid Quilting

                          1:00 pm    Lenten Service

                  4:00-5:00 pm    Public School Confirmation

                  5:00-5:30 pm    Private Absolution

                  5:30-6:30 pm    Lenten Meal

                          7:00 pm    Lenten Service

                          8:30 pm    Men’s Basketball

saturday     8:30 am    All Church Clean-Up Inside and Outside (Raindate 3/18)

Sunday          8:00 am    Morning Worship - 9:15 am  SS/BC - 10:30 am  Divine Service

         11:00 am – 1:30 pm   1st Sunday Brunch at the Seminary

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Attendance last Week:        8:00 am  (177)        10:30 am  (140)        Wed. 1:00 pm  (21)     7:00 pm  (78)

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hospitalization/  If you or someone in your family is scheduled to go into the hospital or
outpatient             outpatient for any reason or is being released from the hospital, please call
                                    Pastor Dreyer at church or 701-0001 (Decatur). Due to HIPPA Laws hospitals will not contact us-so you must.

In our prayers  Fred Berning (Harborside), Herb Mailand (Woodcrest), Gert Deister and
                                 Mary Scheumann (Woodview), Amanda Bultemeier, Xavior Palacios, Marie Hobrock, Sherrill Peters (sister-in-law of Bob and Jeanette Peters) and Betty Schroeder (sister-in-law of Jean Uffelman and Jeanette Peters. Our soldiers: in Afghanistan - Erich Roberts (brother of seminarian’s wife Emily Ottmers); Katie Tedeschi in Japan; Casey Holt in San Diego, CA, Garry Murdock, Jr. at Harrogate, England, Deb Chappel (daughter of Phil and Evie DeBolt) at Fort Sill, OK; Matthew Owen (nephew of Kevin Selking) at Camp Legune, NC; Daniel Ulman (grandson of Roger and Fay Koenemann) at Bremerton, WA and Chaplain Daniel Gard, in Louisiana. Shut-ins: Erna Scheiman, Evelyn Aumann, Tom Aumann (Woodcrest), Velma Zelt (Regency), Deanie Holle (Concord Village), Donna Conrad (Huntington), Margaret Scherer (Village of Heritage) and Geraldine Buuck.

palm sunday   Next Sunday we invite the children of the congregation to participate in our
                              Palm Sunday Procession. Please contact Pastor Dreyer regarding your child(ren)’s participation.

Private Absolution is offered midweek in the sanctuary during Lent from 5:00-5:30 pm.

midweek lenten service   Pastor Dreyer will be our preacher. The theme is: We are
                                                     Temporary; God is Eternal. Come for supper prior to the service.

lenten meals  our final Wednesday from 5:30–6:30 pm. This week’s is sponsored by Thrivent.

flowers for easter   Order a plant to grace our Easter service and plant it in your garden
                                            later. See order form in parish hallway or Evelyn Aumann to order.

Scrip   Certificates are available in the parish hall between services today.

LWML Retreat   On April 17-18 the LWML Indiana District Retreat will be at Madison, Indiana
                                at Clifty Falls State Park. They are in need of plus size clothing and coats.

LWML PRAISE SERVICE   Decatur Zone LWML Praise Service will be at 9:00 am on Saturday,
                                             April 25, at St. John + Flatrock with registration at 8:30 am. Ingathering is food items for the Fort Wayne Seminary Food Bank.

LLL/LWML    Decatur Zone Spring Rally is Sunday, April 26, at 3:00 pm at Immanuel + Union.

lwml convention  is June 25-28 in Portland, OR. Registration was in the winter quarterly.

red cross       at Wyneken on Thursday, April 16, from 2:00-7:00 pm by appointment
blood drive  only. See any Wyneken student or the school office for an appointment card.

8th-12th grade students  CLHS will offer two summer school sessions. All area students
                                                  currently in grades 8-12 are eligible to register and earn high school credit for classes. Cost is $260 per course. Session 1 will be June 11-July 1 with Session 2 from July 6-24. Each session will be held Monday-Friday from 7:30 am-12:30 pm. For more information contact Mrs. Diane Lewis, assistant principal at 483-1102 ext. 239.

Lutherfest    at Concordia Lutheran Seminary will be held on Friday, April 17. A German
                           Meal will be served from 5:00-6:45 pm and an auction will be held at 7:00 pm.

CTS    Sunday, April 19, at 4:00 pm, the Seminary Kantorei will hold its Easter Choral Vespers
           in Kramer Chapel at the Seminary.

this ‘n that   Hoagland Volunteer Fire/EMS and Ladies Auxiliary-Annual Easter Egg
                           Hunt on Saturday, April 4, at 1:00 pm at the fire station for children 0 to age 12. St. John Lutheran Church-Flatrock-Rummage Sale on Friday, April 17, from 8:00 am-4:00 pm and $2 Sack Sale on Saturday, April 18, from 8:00 am-Noon. Trinity Lutheran Church-Decatur Road-Nelson’s Port-O-Pit Chicken on Saturday, April 18, at the Southtown Walmart parking lot from 10:00 am-2:00 pm. Cost $6 for ½ chicken. Matching funds provided by Thrivent and benefit the Men’s Club Ministry.

 

Judica Sunday

The Old Testament  +  Genesis 22:1-14

After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.” And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here am I, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together. When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place, “The LORD will provide,” as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.”

The Epistle  +  Hebrews 9:11-15

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

The Holy Gospel  +  John 8:42-59

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.” The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never) taste death.’ Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

 

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