Mar. 26th Bulletin

Genesee Lutheran Parish

208-285-1719

Geneseelutheranparish.blogspot.com

Supply Pastor Dana Helsing

Forth Sunday of Lent                                   Mar. 26, 2017

                                             WE GATHER

Prelude

Welcome and Announcements                                   

Confession and Forgiveness:           See Worship Booklet

Hymn                              Lead Me, Guide Me                  #768               

Kyrie and Hymn of Praise                  See Worship Booklet

Prayer of the Day

Bend your ear to our prayers, Lord Christ, and come among us. 

By your gracious life and death for us, bring light into the 

darkness of our hearts, and anoint us with your Spirit, 

for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, 

one God now and forever.  AMEN

                                          WE HEAR GOD’S WORD

First Reading                                                     1Samuel 16:1-13

Psalm  23

¹ The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
²     He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
³     he restores my soul
He leads me in right paths
    for his name’s sake.

⁴ Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
    I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff—
    they comfort me.

⁵ You prepare a table before me
    in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.
⁶ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
    my whole life long.

Second Reading                                           Ephesians 5:8-14

Children’s Time

Gospel Acclamation                               See Worship Booklet

Gospel                                                                                 John 9:1-41

Sermon

                                   WE RESPOND TO THE WORD

Hymn                                 Amazing Grace                        #779

Nicene Creed                                     See Worship Booklet

Prayers of the Church

*Each petition ends with   “Hear us, O God…”

                                              “Your mercy is great.”

Family Blessing: Byron and Linda Chilson

Sharing the Peace

Offering

                                         WE ARE FED

Great Thanksgiving                           See Worship Booklet

Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy)               See Worship Booklet

Eucharistic Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer                            See Worship Booklet

Lamb of God                                      See Worship Booklet

Distribution

Blessing

                           WE ARE SENT TO MISSION

Benediction 

Hymn                      Drawn to the Light                            #593

Call to Mission   P: Go in peace… C: Thanks be to God!

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

9-9:45: Adult and Children’s Sunday school

March 22nd, March 29th, April 5^th-Wednesday Evening 

Soup Supper 6PM and Lent Services 7PM St John’s Fellowship Hall

April 11: Church Council Meeting 7:00pm St. John’s Fellowship Hall

April 15: Habitat for Humanity Bean ‘n’ Jeans Fund

Raiser SEL Event Center, Pullman, 5:30pm to 9pm

$40. Per person more information on the bulletin board in Fellowship Hall     

www.palousehabitat.org

May 19 - 21: Synod Assembly

 If anyone would like to attend please let one of the council  

 members know. We do have a budget for this, but you may

 have to supplement some of the cost. Rosanna and Verna

 have expressed interest in attending; others are welcome

 to attend. One important matter this year is the vote on

 who will be our new Synod Bishop. Information is on the

 bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall

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Total offering for Sunday, March 19 reg. offering    $  580.00

                                                 

                                                              Total          $  580.00

                                                           Attendance              30

                                                 Lent Attendance                10

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                          March 26                              April 2

Sermon:                         Pastor Helsing           Pastor Helsing

Organist:                        Louise Marone          Louise Marone

Greeters:                        Stutzmans                

Communion ASST.:        Linda Chilson

                                       Byron Chilson

Reader:                           Dana Carter                         

Sunday March 16th Readings and Gospel

First Reading

1 Samuel 16:1-13

16 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” ² Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ ³ Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for me the one whom I name to you.” ⁴ Samuel did what the Lord commanded, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?” ⁵ He said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord; sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he sanctified Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

⁶ When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is now before the Lord.”^{[a] 7} But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” ⁸ Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” ⁹ Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” ¹⁰ Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, and Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any of these.” ¹¹ Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.” ¹² He sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and had beautiful eyes, and was handsome. The Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; for this is the one.” ¹³ Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the presence of his brothers; and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. Samuel then set out and went to Ramah.

Footnotes:

1. 1 Samuel 16:6 Heb him

Second Reading

Ephesians 5:8-14

 ⁸For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light— ⁹ for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. ¹⁰ Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. ¹¹ Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. ¹² For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly; ¹³ but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, ¹⁴ for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,

“Sleeper, awake!
    Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”

Gospel

John 9:1-41

9 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. ² His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” ³ Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. ⁴ We^[a] must work the works of him who sent me^[b] while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. ⁵ As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ⁶ When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, ⁷ saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. ⁸ The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” ⁹ Some were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” ¹⁰ But they kept asking him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” ¹¹ He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and received my sight.” ¹² They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”

¹³ They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. ¹⁴ Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. ¹⁵ Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see.” ¹⁶ Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And they were divided. ¹⁷ So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” He said, “He is a prophet.”
¹⁸ The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight ¹⁹ and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” ²⁰ His parents answered, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; ²¹ but we do not know how it is that now he sees, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” ²² His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus^[c] to be the Messiah^[d] would be put out of the synagogue. ²³ Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
²⁴ So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.” ²⁵ He answered, “I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” ²⁶ They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” ²⁷ He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” ²⁸ Then they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” ³⁰ The man answered, “Here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. ³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will. ³² Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” ³⁴ They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?” And they drove him out.

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”^{[e] 36} He answered, “And who is he, sir?^[f] Tell me, so that I may believe in him.” ³⁷ Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.” ³⁸ He said, “Lord,^[g] I believe.” And he worshiped him. ³⁹ Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind.” ⁴⁰ Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not blind, are we?” ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

Footnotes:

1. John 9:4 Other ancient authorities read I
2. John 9:4 Other ancient authorities read us
3. John 9:22 Gk him
4. John 9:22 Or the Christ
5. John 9:35 Other ancient authorities read the Son of God
6. John 9:36 Sir and Lord translate the same Greek word
7. John 9:38 Sir and Lord translate the same Greek word

March 19th Bulletin

Genesee Lutheran Parish

208-285-1719 

Geneseelutheranparish.blogspot.com

Supply Pastor Dana Helsing

Third Sunday of Lent                                   Mar. 19, 2017

                                        WE GATHER

Prelude

Welcome and Announcements                                   

Confession and Forgiveness:           See Worship Booklet

Hymn         Jesus, Keep me Near the Cross                  #335               

Kyrie and Hymn of Praise                  See Worship Booklet

Prayer of the Day

Merciful God, the fountain of living waters, you quench 

our thirst and wash away our sin. Give us this water 

always. Bring us to drink from the well that flows with 

the beauty of your truth through Jesus Christ, our Savoir 

and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, 

one God, now and forever.  AMEN

                                      WE HEAR GOD’S WORD

First Reading                                                             Exodus 17:1-7

Psalm  95

¹ O come, let us sing to the Lord;
    let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
² Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
    let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
³ For the Lord is a great God,
    and a great King above all gods.
⁴ In his hand are the depths of the earth;
    the heights of the mountains are his also.
⁵ The sea is his, for he made it,
    and the dry land, which his hands have formed.

⁶ O come, let us worship and bow down,
    let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

⁷ For he is our God,
    and we are the people of his pasture,
    and the sheep of his hand.

O that today you would listen to his voice!
⁸     Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
    as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
⁹ when your ancestors tested me,
    and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
¹⁰ For forty years I loathed that generation
    and said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray,
    and they do not regard my ways.”
¹¹ Therefore in my anger I swore,
    “They shall not enter my rest.”

Second Reading                                                Romans5:1-11

Children’s Time

Gospel Acclamation                               See Worship Booklet

Gospel                                                                                 John 4:5-42

Sermon

                             WE RESPOND TO THE WORD

Hymn            Come to Me, All Pilgrims Thirsty            #777

Nicene Creed                                     See Worship Booklet

Prayers of the Church

*Each petition ends with   “Hear us, O God…”

                                              “Your mercy is great.”

Sharing the Peace

Offering

                                               WE ARE FED

Great Thanksgiving                           See Worship Booklet

Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy)               See Worship Booklet

Eucharistic Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer                               See Worship Booklet

Lamb of God                                        See Worship Booklet

Distribution

Blessing

                    

                         WE ARE SENT TO MISSION

Benediction 

Hymn        Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing          #807

Call to Mission   P: Go in peace… C: Thanks be to God!

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                                ANNOUNCEMENTS

9-9:45: Adult and Children’s Sunday school

Today: Last day for Pastor Nominations

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner at the Parkin’s home at

3 pm. If you need directions ask Jennifer.

March 22: Wednesday Soup Supper 6pm, and Lent

Service following at 7pm St. John’s Fellowship Hall

April 15: Habitat for Humanity Bean ‘n’ Jeans Fund

Raiser SEL Event Center, Pullman, 5:30pm to 9pm

$40. Per person more information on the bulletin board in 

Fellowship Hall     www.palousehabitat.org

May 19 - 21: Synod Assembly

 If anyone would like to attend please let one of the council  

 members know. We do have a budget for this, but you may

 have to supplement some of the cost. Rosanna and Verna

 have expressed interest in attending; others are welcome

 to attend. One important matter this year is the vote on

 who will be our new Synod Bishop. Information is on the

 bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall

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Total offering for Sunday, March 12 reg. offering     $1732.03

                                                 Special Offering       $      25.00

                                                              Total           $1757.03

                                                           Attendance                   40

                                                 Lent Attendance                    14

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                          March 19                              March 26

Sermon:                         Pastor Helsing              Pastor Helsing

Organist:                        Louise Marone             Louise Marone

Greeters:                        Betty Morken                Stutzmans

Communion ASST.:        Melissa Kappus            Linda Chilson

                                       Rosanna Cartwright     Byron Chilson

Reader:                           Mark Stutzman             Dana Carter                            

Bishop Martin Wells will meet with the GLP Calling Committee, March 26 at 3 p.m., to bring forth names of  interested pastors to be considered for Genesee Lutheran Parish!