ST. JOHN’S
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Montello, WI
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
THE 23rd SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
October 28, 2018
PLEASE WELCOME TODAY’S (10/28) WORSHIP LEADER Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary senior Andrew Nemmers
WELCOME TO OUR CHURCH! We extend a warm welcome to everyone today, especially our visitors. In the bulletin you’ll find an outline of today’s service, a calendar of events and other bits of information. In the red hymn book you’ll find the songs we sing and the order of service that we follow. If you would like a large print hymnal or bulletin please ask one of our ushers and they will gladly assist you. Restrooms and nursery area are located the parish hall at Emmanuel and in the lower level and “link-way” at St. John’s. It’s nice to have you visit today. May God bless our worship together!
GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY Jesus Delights in the Faith He Creates: On his way to Jerusalem to die for all our sins, Jesus pauses for something remarkable. When a blind beggar yells, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me,” Jesus accepts that title and heals the man. But “Son of David” means Jesus is the Jewish king. Doesn’t Jesus know such titles will shortly get him killed? He knows that well. He knows about the crown of thorns he will soon wear. He restores Bartimaeus’ sight anyway—mercifully and fearlessly. Then he praises the man’s God-given faith. Again, how astonishing!
A PERSONAL PRAYER BEFORE WORSHIP O Lord, our God: rule over the nations of earth and direct the affairs of this world so that your church may worship you in peace and joy. Through your Word and Sacrament, come to us. Forgive our sins, strengthen our faith, and help us live up to our high calling as your children. Amen. (see also hymnal pages 10-11)
ORDER OF SERVICE–LITURGY
St. John’s: Holy Baptism (hymnal page 12-14)
The Common Service” (hymnal page 15)
PASTOR’S GREETING
NOTE: AT SUNDAY ST. JOHN’S…
HOLY BAPTISM (hymnal page 12-14)
Riggs Abraham Gimnick
OPENING HYMN 300:1-2 “See This Wonder In The Making” (printed in hymnal, all sing)
BAPTISM LITURGY (hymnal page 12, read responsively)
HYMN 300: 3-4 “See This Wonder In The Making” (printed in hymnal, all sing)
(Please stand)
PRAYER OF THE DAY
LITURGY (hymnal page 17b, read & sung responsively)
(Please be seated for the Scripture readings)
THE DAY’S BIBLE READING THEME
Jesus Delights in the Faith He Creates
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Jeremiah 31:7-9
The Lord promised to restore his wayward people
This is what the Lord says:
“Sing with joy for Jacob;
shout for the foremost of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
‘Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.’
See, I will bring them from the land of the north
and gather them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind and the lame,
expectant mothers and women in labor;
a great throng will return.
They will come with weeping;
they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead them beside streams of water
on a level path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,
and Ephraim is my firstborn son.
PSALM 126 (hymnal page 113, sung in unison)
EPISTLE LESSON 2 Corinthians 4:1-6, 16-18
God gives spiritual sight through the light of the gospel
Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
VERSE OF THE DAY Alleluia. The Lord will rescue me from every evil and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. Alleluia. (2 Timothy 4:18)
LITURGY (hymnal page 18, all sing)
“Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! ”
(Please stand)
After the announcement of the Gospel, all sing:
“Glory be to you, O Lord!”
GOSPEL Mark 10:46-52 (today’s sermon text)
Blind Bartimaeus receives his sight
Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”
So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.
“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.
The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”
“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
After the Gospel, all sing:
“Praise be to you, O Christ!”
NICENE CREED (hymnal page 18b, all read)
(Please be seated)
SERMON HYMN 438 “In God, My Faithful God”
(printed in hymnal, all sing)
SERMON Mark 10:46-52 Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus
(Please stand after the sermon)
LITURGY (hymnal page 20, all sing)
“Create in me a clean heart, O God…”
(Please be seated)
OFFERING, WORSHIPER GREETINGS & FRIENDSHIP REGISTERS
(Please stand)
OFFERING PRAYER
PRAYER FOR GROWTH IN FAITH AND CHRISTIAN LIVING
INTERCESSORY PRAYERS
– For those hospitalized, ill, shut-in and facing trials: George Alexander, George Chapman, Gene & Sharon Crook, Harley & Liola Crown & son Terry, Agnes Dassow, Caleb & Emery Degenstein (Mark Emond’s friends), Elaine Emond (Mark’s mother), Earl Ewert, Mike Farrell, Kellen Grucza (Judy Fandrey’s daughter), Dawn Hirn (Linda Krause’s niece), Bob Klapper (Sandy’s husband), Linda Krause, Pete Laun, Anna Madigan, Lilly Mann, LuAnn Reber, Wayne Riemer, Frankie Russell, Mark Russell (Elsa’s son), Dennis Schwanke (Mary Isberner’s friend), Dennis & Ramona Wacholtz, Donny Weber (Betty’s son), Paul Weldon, Millie Wildt (John’s wife) – (added this week: Earl Ewert)
– For Michelle Coyle and Zachary Petersen were were united in Christian marriage on 10/20
– For Riggs Abraham Gimnick, the son of Matthias & Amber Gimnick, baptized in today’s (10/28) service at St. John’s
– For our Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary staff, students, vicars (3rd-year student pastors) & graduates
LORD’S PRAYER (hymnal page 20b)
HOLY COMMUNION LITURGY (hymnal page 21, read & sung responsively)
(Please be seated for holy communion)
Our church follows the historic and widespread Christian practice of closed Communion. We ask that only members of Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church and St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church or another congregation of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) partake of the sacrament. We follow this practice because the Bible teaches it and because we love you. Please speak with the pastor if you have any questions.
DISTRIBUTION HYMN 353 “Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness”, 411:1-2 “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” (printed in hymnal, all sing)
(After the distribution, please stand)
SONG OF SIMEON, CLOSING PRAYER, & BLESSING (hymnal pages 24-25)
(Please be seated)
CLOSING HYMN 411:3 “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” (printed in hymnal, all sing)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
THEME FOR NEXT SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2018
End Times 1–Reformation Sunday:
“What Does This Mean?
| ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 3 | |||
| Sun. | 8:00 A.M. | Emmanuel Worship | |
| 8:30 A.M. | St. John’s Sunday School | ||
| 9:00 A.M. | St. John’s Adult Bible Study | ||
| 9:00 A.M. | Emmanuel Council meeting | ||
| 10:00 A.M. | St. John’s Worship with communion | ||
| 11:15 A.M. | Youth Group bake sale and meeting | ||
| Mon. | 5:00-7:00 P.M. | St. John’s School Fall Festival “Trunk or Treat” | |
| 6:30 P.M. | Bible Information Class at St. John’s | ||
| 7:30 P.M. | St. John’s Adult Bible Study | ||
| Tues. | 6:30 P.M. | Men’s Bible Study at St. John’s | |
| Wed. | 8:00 A.M. | St. John’s School Chapel | |
| 10:00 A.M. | Adult Bible Study at St. John’s | ||
| 1:40 P.M. | St. John’s School/Little Lambs early release | ||
| 2:15 P.M. | Public School Teen Confirmation Class at St. John’s | ||
| 6:30 P.M. | St. John’s Worship with communion | ||
| Thurs. | 8:00 A.M. | St. John’s Teen Confirmation Class | |
| 12:00 P.M. | St. John’s Ladies Aid lunch and meeting | ||
| 6:00 P.M. | Griefshare at St. John’s | ||
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| Sat. | |||
| SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2018
End Times 1–Reformation Sunday: “What Does This Mean? |
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| 8:00 A.M. | Emmanuel Worship with communion | ||
| 8:30 A.M. | St. John’s Sunday School | ||
| 9:00 A.M. | St. John’s Adult Bible Study | ||
| 9:15 A.M. | Emmanuel Congregational meeting | ||
| 10:00 A.M. | St. John’s Worship | ||
YOUTH GROUP The youth group is having a bake sale in the linkway today after church. Stop in for some yummy treats to take home or to enjoy there! Coffee, juice & water available!
ST. JOHN’S DIRECTORIES ARE HERE! If you sat with Lifetouch for a photography session and had a Lifetouch photo put into our new directory, come pick up your free directory in the link way. If you submitted your own photo and would like a directory, they can be purchased for $10.00 ea.
PLEASE MUTE YOUR CELL PHONES before the worship service begins. No texting while driving or worshiping.
WANTED FOR BOOK FAIR The following items are wanted for use & decorating this year’s book fair: clothes rack, clothes hangers with clips (need about 25), artificial Christmas trees (5ft & under), white Christmas lights, Christmas light up deer, fairies, butterflies, unicorns, knomes, butterflies, etc. Anything that would work for our theme, “A Christmas Enchanted Forest”. If anyone has & is interested in donating/helping, please contact Heather Schwochert at 608-369-1084. Thank you everyone!
MEN’S BIBLE CLASS will resume this week Tuesday at 6:30pm. Being tolerant is good, right? Or is it? What does God say?
GRIEFSHARE A 13-week session has started at St. John’s. We meet in the lower level at St. John’s at 6:00p.m. Feel free to call or leave a message with any questions or concerns (608) 697-1600 Mark Emond
VOLUNTEERS WANTED AT EMMANUEL Emmanuel Lutheran Church is still recruiting 1 (or more) volunteers to assist with the following position; all expenses are reimbursed by Emmanuel Lutheran Church.
1) Sunday School Teacher: This individual will help further the Christian up-bringing of parish and non-parish children, historically between the ages of 2 and 6, by managing the weekly Sunday School sessions held in the Emmanuel Parish Hall. The timing of the class and age group preference is flexible.
If you are interested in serving the Lord with your time and talents by assisting with these important activities, please contact Darrell Buchholz or Pastor Zietlow.
CHRISTIAN ONE-LINERS (from a WELS member): People are funny; they want the front of the bus, middle of the road, and back of the church.
ST. JOHN’S A/V ROOM–HELP WANTED Our current audio/visual crew (Tracy Hoffman & Aaron Wachholz) welcomes more members to learn what they do to show PowerPoint services on the big screen, record services to create DVD’s and upload to our church website, operate the sound system, etc. We just need a couple extra volunteers to call on occasionally to help out upstairs. No one will be expected to create powerpoints or copy the dvd’s, just learn how to record a service and run the powerpoints for services. “Many hands make light work.”
PRISON CARD MINISTRY At St. John’s, we collect card fronts from Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, and general greeting (thinking/praying for you) cards, so save them for us and deposit them in the collection box outside the office. We then write encouraging Christian messages on them and share them with Institutional Ministries. In turn, they are shared with prisoners. We’d love to have your help! Writing the cards is something all ages can do–even parents & their children could do this as a service project at home! Contact Linda Wachholz (608-369-2635). Our goal is to complete cards by mid-November.
| Attendance | Emmanuel | St. John’s |
| 10-21 10-24 | 78 | 130 9 |
| St. John’s Altar Committee:
October 2018 |
Elaine Kelm
& Carolyn Rosenthal |
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| St. John’s Greeters Schedule | |
| Oct 28 | Al & Carolyn Rosenthal |
| Nov 4 | Dixie Wagner & Bernice Wegner |
| Nov 11 | Linda Lou Wacholtz & Karen Wojtalewicz |
| Nov 18 | Don & Doris Smith |
| Nov 22 | James & Linda Wachholz |
| Nov 25 | Ron & Evie Blada |
| Usher Schedule | |
| October 28
E (with comm.) SJ |
Wayne Stelter, Jim Steumpges, Paul Dahlke
James Wachholz; Chief, Kevin Kaul, Scott Ritz, Ken Borzick, Thomas Wojtalewicz |
| November 4
(with comm.) E SJ |
Lucas Stelter, Noah Buchholz, Joe Heller, comm. assist. Wayne Stelter
Dennis Wacholtz; Chief, Ben Emond, Tyler Emond, James Henke, Paul Van Treeck |
| November 11
E (with comm.) SJ |
Don Stelter, Bruce Stelter, Duwayne Sommerfeld
Jack Yates; Chief, Martin Schmanke, Lee Ollendorf, Aaron Kendall, Chuck Boetcher |
| November 18
E SJ |
Brian Ninneman, Paul Wuerch, Don Stelter
Don Smith; Chief, Jim Eisermann, Corey Kaul, Jerre Duerr, Robin Smith |
| November 21
Thanksgiving E |
Darrell Buchholz, Glenn Buchholz, Paul Dahlke |
| November 22
Thanksgiving SJ |
Kenon Smith; Chief, Del Henke, Joe Zauner, Gordon Krause, Richard Freitag |
| November 25
E (with comm.) SJ |
Duwayne Sommerfeld, Glenn Buchholz, Joe Heller
Cal Kapp; Chief, Gergardt Voigt, Mitch Simon, Karl Whitrock, Matt Borzick |
Welcome To Our Visitors!
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Pastor Peter Zietlow Office (608) 297-2321
Cell & Text (608) 408-7830, E-mail: zietlowpl6@hotmail.com
Teacher Karin Stellick (920) 342-3689
Teacher Sara Borck (858) 731-7919
Teacher Rachel Naumann (847) 913-2135
Teacher Cassie Doering (920) 723-8986
Parish/School Secretary Ciara Neuhauser (608) 297-2866
Altar Ladies Elaine Kelm (920) 344-0025 &
Carolyn Rosenthal 589-5036
Mail to: 313 E Montello St, Montello, WI 53949
OR scsecretary@stjohnsmontello.org
Winnebago Lutheran Academy
Principal Mr. David Schroeder/WLA office (920) 921-4930
WLA website: www.wlavikings.org