Bulletin – Easter Sunday April 17, 2022

ST. JOHN’S & EMMANUEL

LUTHERAN CHURCHES

APRIL 17, 2022

Order of Service

The Service Setting One – pg. 154

Today’s Theme

Easter Sunday – Life Marches Victorious Over Death

Death hung like a suffocating shroud over us all. It was a constant source of sorrow and shame. Death doesn’t just bring life to an end. The impending threat of death spoils every moment of life that leads up to it. The moment Christ emerged from the tomb, however, nothing would be the same. Life was unleashed on humanity and it will reign until death and its effects are no more. The salvation Christ brings is not just a rescue from a world gone bad but a resurrection to a world that will once again be good. Christ’s victory restores life to us even now. Even as we continue to wipe the tears that death causes, we can defiantly taunt this fallen tyrant: Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

Hymns

441: 1,2,5,7,8

440: 1,5-7

438

Psalm

16A

Sermon

Romans 4:25 “God’s Easter Sunday Declaration About You”

“²⁵He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.”

Special Music

Choir “Christ is Risen”

Little Lambs – 8^th Grade “Share the Easter Joy”

School Hand Chimes “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”

Trumpet by 8^th Grader Haiden Van Treeck “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”

LESSONS

Isaiah 25:6-9

⁶On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—the best of meats and the finest of wines. ⁷On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
⁸he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The Lord has spoken. ⁹In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

1 Corinthians 15:51-57

⁵¹Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— ⁵²in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. ⁵⁴When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” ⁵⁵“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” ⁵⁶The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke 24:1-12

¹On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. ²They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. ⁵In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? ⁶He is not here; he has risen! Rememberhow he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ⁷‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’” ⁸Then they remembered his words.

⁹When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. ¹⁰It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. ¹¹But they did not believe the women, because their wordsseemed to them like nonsense. ¹²Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lyingby themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, New International Version^®, NIV^®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.^TM Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Software distributed in partnership with Northwestern Publishing House. Created by Christian Worship: Service Builder © 2022 Concordia Publishing House.

INTERCESSORY PRAYERS

– For the sick and others facing trials…Caryl Bassett, Gale “Blackie” Boyd, Ed Buchholz, Darlene Burrough (Judy Fandrey’s niece), Gene & Sharon Crook, Florence Dahlke, Vicki Davis (Marilyn Riemer’s sister), Reinold Eckelberg, Earl Ewert, Judy Freitag, Donna Gatzke, Kelleen Grucza (Judy Fandrey’s daughter), Jerry & Darlene Hunter (Bonnie Chapman’s parents), Bob & Sandy Klapper, Robert Lederer (Jackie & Jeanne Buchholz’ father), Thomas Marcelain (Dawn’s son), Brian Ninneman, Karen Radke, Wayne Riemer, Sierra Schmidt (Linda Lou Wacholtz’s grand-daughter), Wanda Sellnow (Principal Larry Sellnow’s mother), Tom Stempniak (Carol’s husband), Dennis & Ramona Wacholtz, Dixie Wagner, Stacy Weisensel (added this week: Gene Crook, Judy Freitag, Sierra Schmidt)

– For an end to the war and suffering in Ukraine

**Death could not hold him.** Rejoice in the resurrection of **Jesus Christ.** Wishing you a blessed and joy filled Easter!

WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS!

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Pastor Pete Zietlow: 608-408-7830, Email: zietlowPL6@hotmail.com

Principal & 6-8 Grade Teacher: Larry Sellnow: 616-822-6689,

Email: principal@stjohnsmontello.org

3-5 Grade Teacher: Katlynn Tindall: 262-352-7021

K-2 Grade Teacher: Shelley Myers: 920-285-7554

Little Lambs Director: Lynn Sellnow: 616-826-0816

Church/School Secretary/Office: Ciara Neuhauser: 608-297-2866

Church/School Address: 313 E Montello St. Montello, WI 53949

Church/School Email: scsecretary@inmarketsuccess_plx6m6

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHURCH NEWS

Join us for a potluck! Sunday, April 24 @ 11:00am The Everyone Outreach group AND ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED are asked to come together for a potluck lunch in the lower level of St. John’s. Please bring a dish to pass. The main meal and drinks will be Provided. We will eat, have fellowship, reflect and have a short meeting. See you there!

EASTER BREAKFAST AT EMMANUEL Following the 8:00 am service. All are welcome!

CHARTCUTERIE: A FRENCH TERM FOR THE ART OF ASSEMBLING MEATS, CHEESES, AND OTHER FANCY THINGS All women of Emmanuel and St. John’s churches and school are invited to join in on fun, laughter and creating your own adult lunchable OR just for the fun, laughter, and snacks. The social will take place on Friday, April 22 at 6:30pm at Lynn Sellnow’s home 317 E Montello St. (behind the school). Please text or call Christa to RSVP 608-697-5434 or email christavantreeck@gmail.com See you ladies there!

LWMS RALLY “Proclaim the Good News” is the theme for the Spring LWMS Rally to be held at St. John’s, Juneau, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. Featured speaker, current Befriended Missionary Jonathan Bauer from Good News Lutheran Church, our WELS home mission in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, will share first-hand updates on this growing ministry. Registration begins 9:30 a.m. Bible Study 10:30; Business Meeting with election of officers and new mission projects; 11:15; Lunch 11:45; Devotion & Speaker 12:40; Closing 2:05. Spring Hands-On Service Project is collection of needed items or monetary donations for ROC Youth Center in Watertown, WI (see separate bulletin announcement). Carpool signup in the information room at St. John’s or contact your reporter: Helen Stelter, Emmanuel, 608-297-7116; Linda Wachholz, St. John’s, 608-369-2635. Come join us for a day centered on the exciting work of home missions! All are welcome!

HELP US SHARE EASTER JOY AT THE MONTELLO CARE CENTER St. John’s Sunday School invites parish members to join them singing Easter praises to God at the Montello Care Center on Sunday, April 24, 9:00-9:30 a.m. There will be a songbook. Meet us in the Care Center entry!

ALL ARE INVITED Florence Dahlke turns 100! All members of St. John’s and Emmanuel are welcome to celebrate on May 21 at 2:00pm at Riversbend 2614 Fox Lane, Montello WI 53949. Please RSVP to Linda 435-313-3686.

SCHOOL NEWS

EASTER MONDAY No school. We will resume on Tuesday, April 19.

STAGE SET UP VOLUNTEERS NEEDED After the April 24 evangelism potluck, we will need volunteers to help set up the stage at St. John’s Princeton for our May school play. If you can help, please let Mr. Sellnow or the school office know. We will meet at St. John’s Princeton gym at 2:00pm. Thank you!

If you can’t make this date, there will be dress rehearsal on May 5 at 1:30pm at St. John’s Princeton that any are welcome to.

COFFEE AND DONUTS Enjoy a sweet treat and warm drink served to you by 3^rd-5^th grade baristas. This will be held once a month.

Who can come? Anyone! Invite your friends and family

When is it? May 1^st after 10:00am St. John’s service

Where? The basement of St. John’s