ST. JOHN’S
Ev. Lutheran Church
Montello, WI
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
FEBRUARY 3, 2019
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. 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!
PRAYER OF THE DAY Lord God, you know that we are surrounded by many dangers and that we often stumble and fall. Strengthen us in body and mind, and bring us safely through all temptations; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
ORDER OF SERVICE–LITURGY
Service of Word (hymnal page 38)
PASTOR’S GREETING
OPENING HYMN 771 “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” (printed on bulletin pages 2 & 3, choir sings first verse, congregation sings second & third verses)
(Please stand)
LITURGY (hymnal page 38, read & sung responsively)
(Please be seated for the day’s Bible readings)
GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY Jesus is a Rejected Savior – True or false: Jesus’ earthly ministry was a huge numerical success. If you think the answer is true, then think again. After Jesus had ascended into heaven, the church gathered at Jerusalem numbered only 120 (Ac 1:15). The fact of the matter is, Jesus wasn’t the type of Savior that people were expecting. He wasn’t flashy enough. He didn’t offer instant gratification. Instead, he promised a life of suffering and sorrow in this world (Mt 16:24). As a result, people in Jesus’ time and our own time are hesitant to follow Jesus. Yes, so often Jesus is a rejected Savior.
OLD TESTAMENT: Jeremiah 1:4-10
Jeremiah was a prophet chosen by God even before he was born. As a true prophet he is sent by God to proclaim a message from God
The word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
“Ah, Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am only a child.”
But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.
Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “Now, I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”
PSALM 78 (hymnal page 95, choir sings first line, congregation sings second line, all sing refrains & Gloria)
EPISTLE: 1 Corinthians 12:27–13-13
Our series of consecutive readings from 1 Corinthians continues. St. Paul explains that in response to the love which God has shown to us, we are to show love to others. He then describes how this love with show itself in our loves.
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? But eagerly desire the greater gifts.
And now I will show you the most excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
VERSE OF THE DAY Alleluia. The Spirit of the Lord is on me; he has anointed me to preach good news. Alleluia. (Luke 4:18)
LITURGY (hymnal page 40, all sing)
(Please stand)
GOSPEL: Luke 4:20-32 (today’s sermon text)
Jesus announces that he is The Great Prophet sent from God. Those who heard this testimony rejected him and tried to kill him.
Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him, and he began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.
Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’”
“I tell you the truth,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown. I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”
All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him down the cliff. But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.
Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath began to teach the people. They were amazed at his teaching, because his message had authority.
After the Gospel, all sing: “Praise be to you, O Christ!”
(Please be seated)
SERMON HYMN 556 “Rise, Shine, You People” (printed in hymnal, all sing)
SERMON Luke 4:20-32
“Jesus Caused a Scandal at Nazareth”
- A scandal over who he claimed to be (20-24)
- A scandal over whom he loved (25-30)
(Please stand)
APOSTLES’ CREED (hymnal page 41, all read)
(Please be seated)
OFFERING, GREETINGS, FRIENDSHIP REGISTERS & WELS CONNECTIN DVD
OFFERING PRAYER
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH (hymnal page 32 or 42, read responsively)
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, Reinold Eckelberg, 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), Arden “Bill” Klimke, Linda Krause, Pete Laun, Lilly Mann, LuAnn Reber, Mark & Peggy Russell (Elsa’s son & daughter in-law), Al & Darlene Schmidt (Dawn Marcelain & Candace Sonnenberg’s parents), Dennis Schwanke (Mary Isberner’s friend), Amanda Stalker, Dennis & Ramona Wacholtz, Donny Weber (Betty’s son), Cheryl Wegner, Heidi Weishaar (Sharon Kekow’s daughter), Paul Weldon, Millie Wildt (John’s wife) – (added this week: Heidi Weishaar)
– For those serving in the armed forces
THE LORD’S PRAYER (hymnal page 43, all read)
HYMN 351: 1-3 “Hail, O Once-Despised Jesus” (printed in hymnal, all sing)
(Please stand)
LITURGY (hymnal page 43b-44, read & sung responsively)
CLOSING HYMN 351: 4 “Hail, O Once-Despised Jesus” (printed in hymnal, all sing)
(Note: As you leave today’s service please give your completed Friendship Register sheet to an usher or pastor)
Announcements
Theme for Next Sunday February 10, 2019
Epiphany 5: “God Calls Us to be Witnesses”
Activities for the week of February 3-February 9 | |||
Sun. | 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 | ||
9:00 A.M. | Emmanuel Congregational meeting | ||
10:00 A.M. | St. John’s Worship | ||
11:15 A.M. | St. John’s Voters/Teacher Call meeting | ||
Mon. | 6:00 P.M. | Hands in Prayer at St. John’s | |
6:30 P.M. | Choir at St. John’s | ||
6:30 P.M. | Bible Information Class at St. John’s | ||
7:30 P.M. | Adult Bible Study at St. John’s | ||
Tues. | 9:00 A.M. | St. John’s Elders meeting | |
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 at St. John’s | ||
6:00 P.M. | St. John’s School Board meeting | ||
6:30 P.M. | St. John’s Worship | ||
Thurs. | 8:00 A.M. | St. John’s School Teen Confirmation | |
12:00 P.M. | St. John’s Ladies Aid lunch and meeting | ||
6:00 P.M. | Griefshare (3rd of 13 weeks) in St. John’s lower level | ||
Fri. | |||
Sat. | |||
Schedule for Next Sunday: February 10, 2019 Epiphany 5: “God Calls Us to be Witnesses” | |||
8:00 A.M. | Emmanuel Worship | ||
8:30 A.M. | St. John’s Sunday School | ||
9:00 A.M. | Emmanuel/St. John’s Adult Bible Study | ||
10:00 A.M. | St. John’s Worship with communion | ||
2019 OFFERING ENVELOPES are ready for pick up in the link way at St. John’s. If you did not receive a box and would like to, please let Ciara know at the office (297-2866) or there is a sign up in the link way.
2018 OFFERING STATEMENT SIGN UP is now available in the link way. Please pick your statement up in the link way as well.
HELP US DELIVER A VALENTINE OF SCRIPTURE AND SONG! Any time of year is a good time to share the love of Jesus with others! Come Valentine Caroling at the Montello Care Center on Sunday morning, February 10–all love songs–God’s love for us and our love for Him! St. John’s members of all ages are invited! Please meet in the entrance of the Care Center for your song books, so we can be ready to sing at 9 a.m. We will return in plenty of time for church at 10 a.m.
CHRISTIAN ONE-LINERS (from a WELS member): “Forbidden fruits create many jams.”
What Drives You? That is one of the questions we will be thinking about this coming week at the Men’s Bible Study on Tuesday at 6:30pm. We will be asking the man called Saul, who is also the Apostle Paul, the same question. In January/February we will be looking to grow as we consider: “You Can Call Me Saul-You Can Call Me Paul-Just Call Me Saved By Grace,” as we see him in the book of Acts.
ART FOR DINNER Thank you to all who attended, donated, helped and shared their talents to this year’s Art for Dinner. What a wonderful night of fellowship!
“GRACE-HMONG OUTREAD IN VIETNAM” SPECIAL OFFERING SUNDAY 2/17/19 AT EMMANUEL & ST. JOHN’S-MONTELLO We are participating in a special synod-wide offering to support Hmong outreach in Vietnam. The goal of the “Grace—Hmong outreach in Vietnam” offering is to receive gifts totaling $2 million by June 30, 2019, to fund the land purchase, building construction, and the first two years of operational costs for a theological training facility in Hanoi, Vietnam. This offering will assist WELS World Missions as it shares the message of grace with hundreds of church leaders in the Hmong Fellowship Church (HFC) and, in turn, the more than 100,000 members who make up the HFC. Please watch for more information regarding how to contribute and visit wels.net/vietnamhmongoutreach to learn more about this mission opportunity.
THE 6TH ANNUAL IRONMEN OF GOD MEN’S CONFERENCE will be held Saturday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Ixonia. Come and hear God’s word aimed straight at men! Speakers and registration info at www.ironmenofgodwi.org.
Usher Schedule | |
February 3 E SJ | Darrel Buchholz, Bruce Stelter, Brian Ninnemann, comm. assist. Lucas Stelter Kenon Smith; Chief, Matt Borzick, Glen Bubolz, Al Rosenthal, Christopher Smith |
February 10 E SJ | DuWayne Sommerfeld, Paul Wuerch, Paul Dahlke Cal Kapp; Chief, Calvin Wojtalewicz, Zeb Zuehls, Mark Emond, Kevin Kaul |
February 17 E SJ | Wayne Stelter, Glenn Buchholz, Joe Heller James Wachholz; Chief, Scott Ritz, Ken Borzick, Ben Emond, Thomas Wojtalewicz |
February 24 E SJ | Lucas Stelter, Warren Buchholz, DuWayne Sommerfeld Dennis Wacholtz; Chief, James Henke, Paul Van Treeck, Martin Schmanke, Lee Ollendorf |
St. John’s Greeters Schedule | |
February 3 | Harold & Judy Fandrey |
February 10 | Kenon & Mary Smith |
February 17 | Al & Carolyn Rosenthal |
February 24 | Dixie Wagner & Bernice Wegner |
Attendance | Emmanuel | St. John’s |
1-27 1-30 | 52 | 101 Cancelled |
St. John’s Altar Committee: February 2019 | Jennie Utke & Susan Brown | |
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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
Lead 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
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