REFORMATION SUNDAY

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church  †  Bingen

Missouri Synod

pastor@stjohnbingen.com                                                Mr. Keith Dicke, Youth Director

churchoffice@stjohnbingen.com                            Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School

Pastor (Home/study) 701-0001/ Church  639-6178                                    School  639-6177

Website  -  www.stjohnbingen.com                                           Mr. Lowell Timm, Principal

Church Blog  -  http://stjohnbingen.blogspot.com                       Ben Shimm, Seminarian

REFORMATION SUNDAY

25 October 2009

8:00 am Worship

Catechism - Commandment 4  -  page 321

Opening Hymn  -  #578

The Order of Confession  -  page 203

service of the Word  -  page 204
   Introit, Kyrie, Gloria in Excelsis

Salutation and collect  -  page 205

The Holy Scriptures
   Response to readings – page 205-206

   Choir  “Fortress Medley”

the Nicene creed  -  page 206

Hymn of the Day  -  #656

The Sermon

the prayer of the church  -  page 207

The Offering

service of the Sacrament  -  page 208
   Distribution Hymns  #948, 556

       Nunc Dimittis  -  page 211

Closing Liturgy  -  page 212

Closing hymn  -  #655

“ThANK YOU” to everyone for the cards, prayers and care packages sent

during my recent stay in Iraq.  They were truly appreciated.      Andy Sauer

At the OCTOBER 18^TH sPECIAL VOTER’S MEETING the following

motion was approved:  “The Congregation is to proceed with Calling an

Assistant Pastor”.

10:30 am Worship

Catechism - Commandment 4  -  page 321

Opening Hymn  -  #578

The Order of Matins  -  page 219-221

       Psalmody

       Venite

The Psalm  -  Psalm 46  (Antiphon verse 7 by Pastor)

Office Hymn  -  #656

The Holy Scriptures

       Response to readings – page 221

       Common Responsory (sung) page 221

The Sermon

Canticle HYMN  -  #941

The Offering

The prayers

      Kyrie (sung by congregation)  -  page 227

      The Lord’s Prayer; Collects

      Collect for Grace, Benedicamus, Benediction – page 228

Closing hymn  -  #655

In our prayers     Wilbert Reinking (Woodcrest), Fred Berning (New Haven Care and Rehabilitation), Deb Chappel (awaiting test results), Connie Embler, Brooke Conrad, 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 Iraq –Nathan Shelton (grandson of Bob and Ann Thorn); Katie Tedeschi in Japan; Casey Holt in San Diego, CA; Garry Murdock, Jr. at Harrogate, England; Derek Scheumann at Sheppard Base, Wichita Falls, TX; Deb Chappel at Fort Sam Houston, TX; Jason Groce (Son-in-law of Kent and Audrey Strahm) at Fort Sills, OK; Matthew Owen (nephew of Kevin Selking) at Camp Legune, NC; and Daniel Ulman (grandson of Roger and Fay Koenemann) at Bremerton, WA.     Shut-ins: Evelyn Aumann, Tom Aumann, Gert Deister (Woodview), Velma Zelt (Regency), Deanie Holle (Concord Village), Donna Conrad (Huntington), Margaret Scherer (Village of Heritage) and Geraldine Buuck.

This week at St. John:

Today                          8:00 am      Divine Service - 9:15 am  Sunday School/Bible Class - 10:30 am  Matins

                         10:30 am-1:00 pm      Annual Church Dinner

                                        7:00 pm      Youth Group Meeting

MONDAY                      7:30 pm      Bell Choir

TUESDAY                      6:00 am      Early Bird Bible Class

                                6:00-8:00 pm      Adult Catechesis Class

WEDNESDAY                8:20 am      Chapel

                                        9:00 am      Ladies Aid Quilting

                                4:00-5:30 pm      Public School Confirmation

                                        6:30 pm      Midweek Divine Service

                                        7:15 pm      Choir

                                        7:30 pm      Bible Class

SundaY                           8:00 am & 10:30 am Divine Service - 9:15 am  Sunday School/Bible Class

TODAY  -  ST. JOHN BINGEN’S ANNUAL CHURCH DINNER:  Serving from 10:30am – 1:00pm           

Menu: Swiss Steak and Chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, pie, rolls and drink.

Cost is adults $7.50, children ages 6-12 $3.50, children 5 and under are free.

The Bazaar will also run at the same time in the library. Come and support the woman of the church.

TONIGHT  - Youth Group will meet at 7:00 pm.     Invite and encourage each other to attend.

Saturday EveNing:  Time change occurs this coming weekend (Oct 31).  Adjust your clocks - we fall back an hour.

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GENERAL INFO:

CHURCH office hours are 10:00 am-2:00 pm Tuesday-Friday.  Contact info is:  (office) phone - 639-6178, (pastor) phone - 701-0001.  If you prefer e-mail use churchoffice@stjohnbingen.com. Please feel free to leave any bulletin or newsletter info at the office, on the answering machine or via e-mail.  Where corrections are required, don’t hesitate to forward as well. 

hospitalization/OUTPAtient:  If you or someone in your family is scheduled to go into the hospital or outpatient for any reason or is being released from the hospital, please call Pastor Dreyer at church 639-6178 (office) or 701-0001 (cell).  Due  to HIPPA Laws, hospitals will not contact us-so you must initiate the call.

lutheran witness:   Please contact the church office if you wish to continue to receive the Lutheran Witness in 2010.  You may still place your check for your subscription in the offering plate.  If you have not been getting it recently, please contact the church office so we can follow-up on it for you.

Scrip:    New order sheets are available at the Scrip table in the parish hall between services. If anyone is  interested in getting to know more about Wyneken PTL’s Scrip program, or are interested in volunteering their time, we need your help! Contact either Jane Kleine or Sarah Butler or call into the school office.

missing lsb hymnal:    If anyone finds a new LSB Hymnal with a personalized name printed in gold on the front; please turn it into the church office.  Thank You!

UPCOMING ST. JOHN EVENTS:

thrivent:       Next Sunday, November 1, we will be having elections in the parish hallway.  All Thrivent members
should stop by either before, between or after church services that day.

SOCIAL EVENT:   November 8th - 1pm Colts game.  Will be held at the parsonage - Adults only, the more the  merrier.  Check out the information sheet at the scrip table.

CARE packages:       Next date to pack and ship boxes is Tuesday November 17^th,    Thank you for your generous gifts and baked goods for our service people.  Items needed:  eye drops, lotion, combs, toothbrushes, razors, deodorant, chocolate candy and baked goods.

scrap drive:     St. John will have a scrap drive again this year. It will be held  Friday, November 27th, from 9 am to 5 pm and Saturday, November 28th, from 9 am-noon in the church grove.  For questions or to make arrangements for earlier pick up of large or heavy items (do not bring these to the grove), please contact Ron Holt (452-8272) or Dean Berning (385-3731).  Collecting: scrap steel, brass, copper, aluminum, cast iron and automobiles.

UPCOMING WYNEKEN RELAted EVENTS:

Bingen volunteers required:   South Adams District School Auctions will be held at the South Adams
Elementary School on Saturday, November 7, and at Geneva Middle School on Saturday, November 14.  These auctions may offer an opportunity to purchase items for our school at bargain prices.  Some possible items include drinking fountains, shelving/cabinetry and lockers.  The Board is seeking volunteers from our congregations who are willing to help organize and spearhead this effort.  The project would involve purchasing items, arranging for removal, transport, possible short term storage, and then installation in our facility.  It would be ideal to have at minimum two members from each congregation.  We will not commit to this project unless we have the support of the Wyneken Association.  Please contact the school office (639-6177) or any board member for additional information.

snow removal bids: Wyneken School is seeking snow removal bids for the winter season. Association
members will be afforded the first opportunity to bid. Please submit your bid to the school office by Tuesday, November 10th. Contact the school office (639-6177) or any board member with questions.

kids against hunger:     On Saturday, November 21st, we will be filling meal bags for our area food banks and some will be sent to other countries.  Two shifts of volunteers are needed. 1^st shift from 9:00-11:30 am, 2^nd shift from 1:00-3:30 pm at Wyneken. All ages are needed from each of our congregations. Contact Joe Gorman at 260-547-4385. This is a good opportunity for those kids who are needing to put in some service hours yet.

UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS:

Services at the Seminary:     Sunday, November 1st, at 4:30 pm Organ Recital and at 7:30 pm All Saints’ Choral Vespers by the Seminary Schola Cantorum. Monday, November 2nd, at 4:00 pm Choral Vespers and at 7:30 pm Hymn Festival with the Seminary Kantorei.

Fish & Tenderloin Dinner:      St. John Lutheran Church (Flatrock) - Saturday, November 7th, from 4:30-7:30 pm. Cost is $8/Adults, $5/Children 6-12, under 6 is free. Carryouts will be available.

Concordia Lutheran High School:    Annual Dinner Auction on Saturday, November 7^th   If you are interested in attending, volunteering, making a donation or other info, please contact Janne Ross at 260-483-1102.

Fall Dance & Raffle:    Hoagland Fire and EMS  -  Saturday, November 14th, Hayloft doors open at 7:00 pm with music at 8:00 pm. Music by “Justus III”  - profits for purchase of fire equipment.

OPPortunities to study god’s word:

wednesday bible class   is now held after services each Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm.  Bring your family and friends. All ages are welcome and encouraged to attend.

WORSHIP FOR SHUT-INS

“Worship for Shut-Ins” can be seen every Sunday on Comcast Cable Channel 19 (MY TV) at 8:00 am, Total Christian Television (TCT) channel 377 on DIRECTV at 11:30am, on WPTA-TV21 at 6:30 am and repeated on Comcast Cable Channel 55 on Sundays and Mondays at 4:00 pm.

      AIR DATE          SERMON          SERMON                         SERMON                                          PASTOR

      WEEK OF              TEXT                TITLE                               THEME

The Old Testament  +  Revelations 14:6-7

Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. And he said with a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water."

The Epistle  +  Romans 3:19-28

Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.   But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.   Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

The Holy Gospel  +  John 8:31-36

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free?" They answered him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, You will become free?"   Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever the son remains forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.