“Our mission is to serve our community with love, as Jesus served the world, by sharing the timeless message of salvation and showing our faith in words and actions.”
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Sunday, March 7, 2010 Third Sunday in Lent
Theme: “Life – A Time of Grace”
Welcome! Welcome to our worship service! We pray that the Holy Spirit will enlighten you through the Word to repent with us and to believe in His gracious forgiveness in Christ. May He also produce the fruits of faith in us all that we might give Him honor and bring others to saving faith!
We welcome you to this hour of worship and pray that this time together might be a blessing for all of us. Large print hymnals and hearing impaired receiver units are available. Just ask an usher. If you are a resident of this area and have no church home, we invite you to give consideration to Immanuel. Please worship with us again!
We ask that everyone in attendance please take the time to sign our Friendship Register. These red folders can be found in each pew. Thanks!
Prayer before Worship Mighty Savior, May the message of sin and grace be heard and believed by Your holy people this day. Please work in us today so that we may work hard at living a God-pleasing life according to Your commandments to the praise of Your holy name. Amen.
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Order of Service
Liturgy: CW page 45 – Morning Prayer
Hymns: 255; 238; 236:1; 528
Psalm: Psalm 38, page 81
Choir Anthem: “The Lord is My Shepherd”
Lessons: Exodus 3:1-8b 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Message Basis: Luke 13:1-9
“God Looks for Fruit!” 1. He has a right to expect this fruit. 2. He does all He can to encourage this fruit.
Exodus 3:1-8b
The reading from the book of Exodus contains God’s assurance to His servant Moses that He has seen the affection of His people in Egypt. He has heard their cries for help. He promises to lead them to a better land. God also hears the cries of people in the slavery of sin. He sent Jesus, who by His death offers an escape from this slavery. He promises to lead His people to an eternal inheritance with Himself in heaven.
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.” When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.” “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God. The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
In this letter, Paul reminds us that Israel, even while on the way to the Promised Land of Canaan was still in danger. Many fell into sin, displeased God and perished on the way – There is a warning for us in this. Our salvation in Christ is assured. But by our own disobedience to God we too can fall and lose our eternal inheritance in Christ.
For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert. Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry.” We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. We should not test the Lord, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel. These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
Luke 13:1-9
Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.” Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’” The Message
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Today’s Radio Broadcast The radio broadcast, on this Third Sunday in Lent, is sponsored in loving memory of Mr. Irl Karnopp on the occasion of his birthday on March 12th, by his wife, Mrs. Karen Karnopp, and his children, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Karnopp and family, and Mr. & Mrs. Paul Karnopp and family. We thank them for sharing the love of Jesus with those listening to the radio broadcast.
Radio & Cable TV Broadcasts Our Sunday Morning Worship Service is broadcast live on WBDK – 96.7FM. You can also watch the service on local Cable TV Channel 97 or Charter Channel 984 at 7:00pm on Wednesday evenings.
NO Sunday Bible ClassToday The next Sunday Bible Class will be March 14th. We will be finishing the last lesson of Catholicism Today entitled “Reaching Out to Catholics”. All members of the congregation are encouraged to attend.
Tuesday Bible Class The nextTuesday Bible class will on March 2nd at 9:30am. All members of the congregation are encouraged to attend.
Lenten Service times at other area WELS Churches participating with Immanuel in the rotation:
Sunday School Singing March 17th Just a reminder that the Sunday School children are singing during the Lenten Service on Wednesday, March 17th at 7:00pm. Immanuel Lutheran Sunday School Association will hold a fellowship after the service.
Pizza Making Day Thank you to everyone who helped to make Pizza Day at Immanuel a success. We made over 3,200 pizzas.
Heart to Heart Dinner This annual event will be held on Saturday, March 20th at CJ’s here in Kewaunee. Cocktail hour starts at 5:00pm and Dinner (Chicken & Ribs) will be served at 6:00pm. This year’s entertainment will be provided by “Classic Memories”, Tammy & Rolly Ferron of Green Bay. Classic Memories plays Country Favorites and Old Time Rock & Roll. Cost is $12.50 for singles and $25 for couples.
Easter Lilies We have ordered lilies for Easter again this year. If you would like to order a lily in memory of someone, or would like to honor someone, please put $6.00 in an envelope (checks payable to the Ladies Aid) with your name and the information and put the envelope in a basket in the narthex by March 28th. If you have any questions, please call Eunice Siebert at 388-2947. Thank you!
MLHS Sunday Showcase, March 7th, 11am – 4pm Silent & live auction items, food, musical entertainment, kids games, and much more make this a great event for all ages! Bring the family, friends & neighbors and enjoy a great day on MLHS’ campus. Proceeds from this year’s event will be used to replace the gymnasium bleachers. Preview the auction items by visiting the MLHS website: www.mlhslancers.com. Can’t wait to see you there!
MLHS Blood Drive, March 10th, 8am-2pm MLHS National Honor Society students are holding a blood drive in the MLHS gym during these times. Anyone interested in giving blood may call the school office at 682-0215 or email at jnass@mlhslancers.com to schedule a time slot. Please consider donating blood – One Person Giving Blood Saves Three Lives!
Lancer Singers at Culvers Fundraiser; Tuesday March 16th, 5-8pm 10% of ALL sales in these three hours will be donated to the MLHS Lancer Singers to help with their April, 2010 trip to the National WELS Choral Festival in Arizona. Take that special someone out for dinner!
Manitowoc Lutheran High School Calendar of Events
3/7 MLHS Sunday Showcase Auction; 11am-4pm 3/10 MLHS National Honor Society Blood Drive; 8am-2pm 3/12 Friends of the Lancer Fish Fry @ American Legion (811 Jay St., Mntwc); 4:30 – 9:00 3/13 MLHS Youth Wrestling Invite 3/16 Lancer Singers @ Culvers Fundraiser; 5-8pm 3/19 Lakeshore Lutheran Music Festival @ MLHS; 4-8pm 3/20 MLHS Grade School Academic Fair 3/21 MLHS Sunday @ Immanuel, Kewaunee; 9am 3/27 Trinity Tiger Wrestling Invite @ MLHS 3/28 MLHS Sunday @ Rockwood; 9am 3/31 MLHS Easter Concert; 7pm
Scrip Update Great news...JCPenney® and Great Lakes Scrip Center will be offering a 1% bonus effective Saturday, February 27, 2010, through Friday, March 26, 2010. That means JCPenney $25 and $100 gift cards will have a 6% contribution instead of the normal 5%, during that period only.
Daylight Savings Time Don’t forget to set you clocks ahead next Saturday, March 13th.
Birthday wishes go out this week to the following members of our congregation:(7) Scott Kieckbusch, Shirley Severin; (8) Donald Wessel; (12) Gary Hardtke. Members celebrating wedding anniversaries this week are: (8) Tom & Kathy Vanness; (10) Mike & Lindsey Vandenhouten, Wayne & Marge Wodsedalek. God’s Blessings!
Birthday wishes go out this week to the following members of our congregation:(7) Scott Kieckbusch, Shirley Severin; (8) Donald Wessel; (12) Gary Hardtke. Members celebrating wedding anniversaries this week are: (8) Tom & Kathy Vanness; (10) Mike & Lindsey Vandenhouten, Wayne & Marge Wodsedalek. God’s Blessings!