VICTORY LUTHERAN CHURCH

403-527-5617 / victorylutheran.ca

SENIOR PASTOR:

Pastor Jim Bredeson

403-580-2161

DIACONAL MINSITER:

Lila de Waal

SENIOR’S VISITATION MINISTER

Dallas Hjorth

SPLASH COORDINATOR

Barb Beifus

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

Judy Brown

POWERPOINT/PUBLISHER

Leah Ebelher

CUSTODIAN

Kaitlyn Whelan

Weekly Scriptures Isaiah 29:11-19

Psalm 14 Ephesians 5:22-33

Gospel: Mark 7:1-13

WEEKLY FINANCIAL UPDATE Attendance: 206

Weekly budget: $7,875.00

Offering: $6,258.06

The Alberta Project

Here at Victory

What does that mean? It

means there is a team of

believers in AB who pray;

including our Pastor Jim.

They come from different

faith groups and different

walks of life, and since

2009 have been united to-

gether to pray for God’s will

in Alberta. Their children

will present to you the

spiritual legacy and history

of Alberta. It’s a thought

provoking drama and food

for your own prayers as we

all continue the journey

toward Jesus together.

DATE: Friday,

August 24th

TIME: 7:00 p.m.

Ralph Havinga

Esther Krause

Pastors & Staff

Our grieving families

Church finances

Canadian Association of

Lutheran Congregations

August 19, 2018

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10:00 a.m. Worship Service Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Welcome Confession & Forgiveness LBW pg 56 Opening Hymn In Christ Alone Litany WOV pg. 46 Prayer of the Day Children’s Sermon First Reading Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 Tricia MacPhail Psalm 34:12-22 Tricia MacPhail Second Reading Ephesians 5:6-21 Tricia MacPhail Gospel Acclamation: Halle Halle Halle GOSPEL John 6:51-69 Pastor Jim Hymn I Surrender All SERMON Hymn Let Us Break Bread Together LBW 212 Nicene Creed LBW pg. 64 Sharing of the Peace Offertory Thankful Lord Listen to Your Children Praying Prayers Holy Communion Lord’s Prayer LBW pg. 76 Communion Hymn Instrumental Communion Benediction Sending Song 10,000 Reasons Go in Peace

TODAY’S SERVANTS

Greeters: Ken & Edna Ealey Ushers: Gary & Verdene Denton

Pianist: Heather Schlichting Sound: Joanne Hodges

Coffee Hosts: Shirley Reiger & Florence Jans

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MARTIN LUTHER Luther asserted that we pray to God because God has commanded us to pray to him, has promised to hear us and is capable of hearing us. God hears our prayer despite our unworthiness. Prayer is not a good work but rather honest communica-tion with God. Christians should not mindlessly repeat prayers but instead boldly and persistently present their needs to God. All should pray, not just clerics. Luther taught prayer in many ways and in many genres of literature—prayer book, catechism, biblical commentary, sermons, letters, even in polemics (the art or practice of

engaging in controversial debate or dispute.) His writings on the subject extend from very early in his career as a reformer to the end. In Lent of 1517 (before the Ninety-Five Theses!), Luther preached a series of sermons on the Lord’s Prayer; he reworked these for publication in 1519. Those sermons appeared at least twenty-three times by 1526 in places as diverse as Basel, Leipzig, Wittenberg, Augsburg, and Hamburg. His Appeal for Prayer against the Turks, 6 was published in 1541, just five years before his death. Some of his writings on prayer became very popular. Multiple editions of Luther’s works on prayer show that they achieved public resonance. His 1519 sermon On Rogationtide Prayer and Procession was reprinted thirteen times between 1519 and 1523.

Luther’s Betbüchlein (Personal Prayer book) was printed at least seventeen times between 1522 and 1525 (in Augs-burg, Erfurt, Grimma, Wittenberg, Jena, and Strasbourg) and at least forty-four times by the end of the century. In some areas, it was the most popular prayer book.