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Holy Scripture Ev. Lutheran Church 8811 Kinnerk Road

Fort Wayne, Indiana 46819 Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Pastor Paul Jansen office: 478-1717 cell: 918-4778

www.holyscripturefw.org jansenpd@gmail.com Vol. XXXV No. 36 May 13, 2012 Confirmation

Assisted Listening Devices and/or large print bulletins & hymnals are available from the deacons upon request. Welcome to Holy Scripture. We want everyone to feel at home here in God’s house. Ushers and members will be glad to answer any question. If you are unfamiliar with the order of worship, feel free to ask the person next to you for help. All of our members will be happy to assist you. Restrooms are located through the double doors east of the main foyer. Phones are located in either the pastor’s or the secretary’s office. We encourage family worship at Holy Scripture, so we hope you will bring your little ones into church with you. Quiet bags for preschool age children are available in the foyer. If they become restless or noisy, a cry room is available off of the foyer, or you may prefer to quiet them in the church fellowship hall where closed circuit video of the service is available.

Before Worship…Personal Prayers for Worship are found on pages 10-11 in the front part of` the hymnal. A Personal Preparation for Holy Communion is found on page 156 in the front part of the hymnal.

Order of Worship: Service of the Word and Sacrament on p.26 The Organist: Amy Hansel Hymns: 784 597 474 310

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uring this service, we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper. Since this sacrament is the Lord’s Supper and not ours, we are

careful to follow our Lord’s instructions. In particular, we take to heart these important truths. 1. In the Lord’s Supper, Jesus truly gives us his

body and blood together with the bread and the wine. Jesus says, “Take and eat; this is my body... Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood” (Matthew 26:26-28).

2. In the Lord’s Supper, we express a unity of faith with one another. “Because there is one loaf; we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf” (I Corinthians 10:17).

3. Our Lord urges us to practice this unity with great love and care. “Whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. Anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself” (1 Corinthians 11:27, 29).

Because we take these truths seriously, we invite all communicant members of our congregation or of a sister congregation in the Wisconsin or Evangelical Lutheran Synods to commune with us today. However, we ask that those who are not members of a sister congregation refrain from taking the Lord’s Supper with us at this time. In doing this, we are not judging anyone’s faith. Out of love for our Lord and all people, we simply desire to discuss the Bible’s teachings with our guests before communing together. We want all who commune to receive the Lord’s Supper for their benefit and in a way that follows our Lord’s instructions. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching of the Bible – or if you would like information about how to join our congregation – please feel free to speak to our Pastor. HOW OFTEN I HAVE LONGED TO GATHER YOUR CHILDREN

♫ HYMN 784 O Gracious Lord, with Love Draw Near Please stand for final verse.

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SERVICE OF WORD AND SACRAMENT page 26 and following

PRAYER OF THE DAY: Lord God, heavenly Father, we thank and praise you for your great goodness in bringing these young people to the knowledge of your Son, Jesus Christ, and in giving them both the heart to believe and the mouth to confess his saving name. Enable them to bring forth the fruits of faith and to continue steadfast and victorious until the day comes when all who have fought the good fight of faith shall receive the crown of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. BE SEATED

FIRST LESSON: JEREMIAH 20:7-12 recorded on page 1206 in the pew Bible

7 O LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me. 8 Whenever I speak, I cry out proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the LORD has brought me insult and reproach all day long. 9 But if I say, “I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.10 I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side! Report him! Let’s report him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, “Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.”

11 But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten. 12 O LORD Almighty, you who examine the righteous and probe the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.

PSALM 119c sung in unison page 111

SECOND LESSON: PHILIPPIANS 3:7-11 recorded on page 1829 in the pew Bible

7 But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God

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and is by faith. 10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11

and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

ALLELUIA page 30

GOSPEL: MATTHEW 23:37 recorded on page 1538 in the pew Bible

37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.

PRAISE BE page 30

♫ HYMN OF THE DAY 597 May God the Father of Our Lord

SERMON TEXT Matthew 23:37

THE OFFERING

RITE OF CONFIRMATION for Auburn Browne, Zachariah Froehlich, Cameron and Kyle Rittmeyer

THE APOSTLES CREED spoken by the Confirmands with the Congregation I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by

the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

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THE LORD’S PRAYER page 32

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

BLESSING, EXORTATION AND INVITATION

CONFIRMATION HYMN 474 Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus Confirmands sing verses 1 & 3, congregation joins in singing verses 2 & 4;

everyone stands to sing verse 4. v.1 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Ye soldiers of the cross!

Lift high his royal banner; It must not suffer loss. From vict’ry unto vict’ry His army shall he lead Till ev’ry foe is vanquished And Christ is Lord indeed.

v.2 Stand up, stand up for Jesus! The trumpet call obey;

Forth to the mighty conflict In this his glorious day! Ye that are brave, now serve him Against unnumbered foes; Let courage rise with danger And strength to strength oppose.

v.3 Stand up, stand up for Jesus! Stand in his strength alone.

The arm of flesh will fail you; Ye dare not trust your own. Put on the gospel armor; Each piece put on with prayer; Where duty calls or danger, Be never wanting there.

PLEASE STAND

v.4 Stand up, stand up for Jesus! The strife will not be long; This day the noise of battle, The next, the victor’s song. To him that overcometh A crown of life shall be; He with the King of glory Shall reign eternally.

Thank you for honoring our practice of “close” communion. The Bible teaches that participating in the Lord’s Supper is an expression of unity of faith (1 Cor. 10:17). We ask, therefore, that a unity of faith based on the Bible be established through membership in this congregation or in a sister congregation of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod or in

the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. If you would like to discuss “close” communion or any other spiritual matter with the pastor, please call him at 918-4778.

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THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION page 33ff.

♫ DISTRIBUTION HYMN 310 I Come, O Savior, to Your Table

STAND

THANK THE LORD page 36

THE BLESSING page 37 BE SEATED

♫ CHOIR ANTHEM Thy Holy Wings

Thy holy wings, dear Savior, Spread gently over me; And thru the long night watches, I’ll rest secure in thee. Whatever may betide me, Be thou my hiding place, And let me live and labor Each day, Lord, by thy grace.

Thy pardon, Savior, grant me, And cleanse me in thy blood; Give me a willing spirit, A heart both clean and good. Oh take into thy keeping Thy children, great and small And, while we sweetly slumber, Enfold us, one and all.

Lyrics by Lina Sandell, tr. Ernest Edwin Ryden, arr. Karle Erickson. Copyright © 1986 Augsburg Publishing House. All rights reserved. Reproduced by special permission of Augsburg Fortress

Scripture portions taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, © 1984 by International Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

Welcome to our guests! We are pleased that you could worship with us today. Please do us the honor of signing our guest book. We pray that you have been blessed by the service today and that you will come again, often!

News and Notes Please join us in congratulating and honoring the Confirmands at the reception in the fellowship hall. There is lots of cake!

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Thanks again to all who participated in the rummage sale last weekend. The net income from the rummage sale was $265; the Bake Sale, $129; and the Food Court, $135.05 for a total of $530. EXCELLENT!

Next week there are two very important occasions: Wednesday at 6:30 PM let’s come together to recognize the hard work of Joy Rittmeyer and the learning of the Preschoolers at their Graduation. Thursday at 7:00 PM let us join in worship of our Ascended Lord Jesus, our great high priest who has gone through the heavens.

Coming up: In June, on the 2nd and 9th, at 9:00 A.M., Weldon is asking for helpers to do yard work, including weeding, mulching and pruning. There is a sign up sheet on the hall table. Financial Update: Our offering goal by June 30th, 2012 is $108,940

Week Ending 4/29: Through 4/29: Weekly Need: $2,095.00 Fiscal Year-to-date Need: $92,181.00 Weekly Actual:

$1,157 Fiscal Year-to-date Actual: $81,607.05

Weekly +/-: -$938 Fiscal Year-to-date +/-: -$10,573.95 WELS Disaster Relief: $294

Servants of the Word Date Driver Reader Signboard Cleaning mowing 5/13 Jansen Rekeweg Cameron,

Kyle Stone Kesslers

5/20 Kesslers Rittmeyer Zach, Ethan Froehlich Pharoah, Schwarz 5/27 Meinzen Sampson Holly, Melissa Stroh Meinzen, Stone Mowing teams and cleaning families do their job the following Friday or Saturday.

Schedule for the Week Sunday: 5/13 9:00 A.M. Worship with Communion, Confirmation

10:15 A.M. Reception for Confirmands 10:30 A.M. Sunday School and Adult Bible Class

Tuesday: 5/15 9:00 A.M. Worship committee 4:00 P.M. Kingston worship service 7:00 P.M. Council meeting

Wednesday: 5/16 6:30 P.M. Preschool Graduation and reception NO Wednesday Evening Bible Study

Thursday; 5/17 7:00 P.M. Ascension Service Next Sunday: 5/20 9:00 A.M. Worship

10:30 A.M. Sunday School and Adult Bible Class