St. Peter's Lutheran Church & School, LCMS 63924 - 240th St, P.O. Box 23, Gibbon, MN 55335 www.splcgibbon.org

Pastor Ben Rucker: 834-6255 ruckebe@yahoo.com Sec. Loretta Ahlbrecht: 834-6444 loralynn@mchsi.com

Principal Curtis Boeder: 952-479-7174 principalsplsgibbon@gmail.com School / Teachers Lisa Cole & Rachel Vacek: 834-6676

Welcome, guests & visitors! We hope you return to worship with us again. Large print bulletins & hymnals are available from the ushers.

Quarterly Voter’s meeting TODAY after church! Please join us!

Charlie Sievert’s 80th Birthday Party will be held TODAY from 2:00-4:00, here at church. Everyone is invited to come and help celebrate!

Choir practice WEDNESDAY after church. We will sing Maundy Thursday, Easter, and Confirmation. We would love to have a large choir, ALL are welcome - sing one day or all 3! (NOTE: no practice today)

{Easter flower orders taken now thru Wednesday, April 5. There’s a sheet in either entry, or contact Loretta or any SPY member. Plants are coming from Uncle Charlie’s, Winthrop. Cost includes tax, delivery and set up for Easter morning! Pancake breakfast, featuring Rush River Maple Syrup, will be held at the Vorwerk farm on Saturday, April 8th from 7:00am-1:00pm. Everyone welcome!!

Our church on TV Palm Sunday: “Worship for Shut-Ins”, a Lutheran television program from Concordia Seminary, is broadcast on DirectTV chnl 377 and online - www.worshipforshutins.org. On Palm Sunday, April 9, Stained-Glass Windows and Liturgical Art from St. Peter’s, Gibbon, will be featured as transitions between the host, Pastor and choir selections. (Paul Melin, Caption Media Program Director for “Worship for Shut-Ins”, was passing by our area last July and took the pictures. His father was pastor at Augustanna in the 1940’s).

VBS with Camp Omega is still in need of an organizer for the 2017 session in July. This is a wonderful opportunity to help out with a fun project! Contact any school board member if interested or for information.

Looking Ahead: Holy Week begins NEXT Sunday! Maundy Thursday service @ 7:00PM with supper by SPY beginning @ 6:00PM

Good Friday service @ 7:00PM, Easter services @ 7:00AM and 10:00AM Come worship with us - feed your body @ soul!

Schedule for April 2 - 9 Today: 8:30AM Sunday School / Bible Study 10:00AM Service, Sun. School sings Voter’s meeting / meal? 2:00PM Charlie Sievert 80th Birthday (at church) Wednesday: 8:30AM Chapel 5:30PM Confirmation 6:00PM Supper by MOPs 7:00PM Service Choir practice Saturday: 7:00AM Pancakes @ Vorwerk farm 9:30AM Spelling Bee @ LHS Mayer Next Sunday: PALM SUNDAY 8:30AM Sunday School / 8:45AM Bible Study 10:00AM Holy Communion, Hand-bells ring Choir practice

!Happy Birthday: Ralph Schroeder & Niki Svingen (Mon), Rosella Meyer & Cody Sievert (Tues) and Dan Buettner (Thurs). God bless your special day!

Lent continues on WEDNESDAY Supper before the service will be served by Mothers Of Preschoolers –

There is lasagna, salad, garlic toast, and ice cream on the menu! 7:00PM Service This is a time to reflect and repent, please join us!

Our tokens of love & pledges: Sunday March 26: Attendance: 90 Giving Total: $4,634.76

General: $2143.00 Commodities (GF): $1541.50 Missions: $28 Donuts: $38.65 From PTL- General Fund: $487.00 Repair Fund: $226.61

Irene Luehring memorials- School Endowment Fund: $40.00 Repair Fnd: $130.00

Treasurer's Report as of 3/28/2017 YTD Inflows $46,949.95 YTD Outflows $69,433.96

Total --$22,484.01 3 year Deficit --$36,230.00

Fund Balances Total Deficit --$58,714.49

Repair Fund: $46,475.87 Up coming roof project= $50,000.00 Scholarship Fund: $392.38 Willow Schuckert now qualifies for our scholarship

Prayer and thoughtful consideration for ways to meet our growing deficit needed! Respectfully, Scott Schwecke, Treasurer

Sunday, April 2, 2017 Divine Service 1, page 151

Holy Communion

Hymn of Invocation pg686 “Come, Thou Fount / Every Blessing”

Confession & Absolution pg151

Service of the Word pg152

Introit (see ½ sheet)

Kyrie pg152

Salutation & Collect pg156

Scripture readings: Old Testament Ezek. 37:1–14 P: This is the word of the Lord A: Thanks be to God

Epistle Rom. 8:1–11 P: This is the word of the Lord A: Thanks be to God

Alleluia & Verse (LENT) p156-157 Holy Gospel John 11:1–45 (-53) A: Glory to You, O Lord After the reading… P: This is the Gospel of the Lord A: Praise to You, O Christ

Children’s Message by Mr. Boeder

Hymn of the Day pg430 “My Song Is Love Unknown”

Sermon Nicene Creed pg158 Prayers of the Church Offering & Offertory pg159

Service of Sacrament pg160-163 Distribution Hymns (as needed)

647,427 Post-Communion Canticle pg164

“Thank the Lord” Post-Communion Collect pg166

Benediction pg166 A: Amen Closing Hymn pg685 “Let Us Ever Walk With Jesus”

PSALM Psalm 130 Pastor: Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord! Women: O Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! Men: If You, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? People: But with You there is forgiveness, that You may be feared. Women: I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I hope; Men: my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. Women: O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with Him is plentiful redemption. Men: And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. People: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.