This Week`s News/Announcement Pages (PDF format)

What should we be doing as a congregation to
promote building relationships and spiritual renewal?
Robert Day, Pastor
Date ______________
Welcome & Response Card
(Please place in offering plate)
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(410)615-7230
[email protected]
www.livingwaterlutheran.org
Church 410-604-0414
[email protected]
April 3rd, 2016
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We would like to hear from you. How can we serve you and
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Our Prayer for LWLC
“Building Relationships with God
and Each Other”
We, the people of Living Water Lutheran Church, promise to share
our faith in God and Jesus Christ, with those attending worship, with our
family and friends, neighbors and strangers. We will reach out to the
sick, the poor, those in need and to those unchurched. We will invite
others to join us in worshiping our Lord and Savior. We will pray for
each other through good times and bad times. We will trust in God and
fully rely on Him. We as God’s children, say AMEN.
WELCOME TO WORSHIP!
Thank you for the gift of your presence. We pray that God will bless you
in worship and that you will feel at home in God’s presence and in our
fellowship.
The nursery is in the school wing on
the diagram below.
Restrooms are rooms 15, 16 and 9,
10.
You are (most likely) now in the
Parish Hall.
Living Water Lutheran Church
830 Romancoke Rd.
Stevensville, MD 21666
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410-604-0414
livingwaterlutheran.org
[email protected]
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PRELUDE
+ GATHERING +
Churchwide Assembly Observers
Each ELCA congregation may register one congregation observer for the
Churchwide Assembly, to be held August 8-13, 2016, in New Orleans.
Congregation observers do not have voice or vote during the assembly,
but they will have reserved seating in the observers section of the plenary
hall, and will receive a copy of the report of recommendations for assembly action and any materials distributed on the plenary floor during the
assembly. The registration fee for congregation observers is $100. Please
note that the meal package is not included in this fee, but may be purchased separately when registering. Transportation and lodging must be
covered by the individual or the congregation. Online registration will
open in April and must be completed by May 31. You can contact the
assembly hotline by email or by calling 1-800-638-3522 ext 2911 if you
have any questions.
Faith and Film Series
First Evangelical Lutheran Church (3604 Chatham Road, Ellicott City,
MD 21042) invites you to their Faith and Film Series on Wednesday,
April 6 at 7 p.m. in the fellowship center with the free showing of the
documentary Weapons of the Spirit. As the Nazi war machine marched
across Europe and Jews were rounded up and killed, the small village of
Chambon-sur-Ligno in France became an unlikely haven for the persecuted. This documentary includes interviews with residents who recall
the Nazis searching house to house for Jews in hiding. The villagers took
in 5,000 Jews and explain how they felt it was impossible for them to do
anything other than protect their fellow humans from great evil. Popcorn
and drinks will be provided.
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CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS
In the name of the Father,
and of the ☩ Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
God of all mercy and consolation, come to the help of your people, turning us from our sin to live for you alone. Give us the power of your Holy
Spirit that we may confess our sin, receive your forgiveness, and grow
into the fullness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.
Most merciful God,
we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We
have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have
done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with
our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For
the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in
your ways, to the glory of your holy name.
Amen.
In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and
for his sake God forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained minister of the church of Christ, and by his authority, I therefore declare to you
the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of
the ☩ Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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GATHERING
SONG
The Lunch Bunch is going to Jack's Fortune
(a Chinese restaurant in Annapolis)
on Sunday, April 10th & we want you to join us.
We will meet at church at 3:00 pm and carpool.
If you'd like to join us, see Judy Hurd or contact
her at 410.604.2961
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GREETING
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
And also with you.
CANTICLE OF PRAISE
Men’s Group,
“Theology on Tap” at
Big Bats in Stevensville
the 1st and 3rd
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Let us pray.
A brief silence is kept before the prayer.
Women's Bible Study
Tuesday 9:30 am Choir Room
NEW Study: “Portraits of Christ”
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O God of life, you reach out to us amid our fears with the wounded hands
of your risen Son. By your Spirit’s breath revive our faith in your mercy,
and strengthen us to be the body of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior
and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and forever.
Amen.
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FIRST READING: Acts 5:27-32
Living Water Servants
+ WORD +
A reading from Acts.
Peter has been arrested for proclaiming the good news of Jesus’ death and resurrection. His response to the charges of the high priest summarizes the early
church’s proclamation of forgiveness of sin through repentance.
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When they had brought [the apostles,] they had them stand before the
council. The high priest questioned them, 28saying, “We gave you strict
orders not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with
your teaching and you are determined to bring this man’s blood on us.”
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But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than
any human authority. 30The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom
you had killed by hanging him on a tree. 31God exalted him at his right
hand as Leader and Savior that he might give repentance to Israel and
forgiveness of sins. 32And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the
Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”
The word of the Lord.
PSALM: Psalm 118:14-29
The congregation’s part is in BOLD print
Thanks be to God.
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The LORD is my strength and my song,
and has become my salvation.
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Shouts of rejoicing and salvation echo in the tents of
the righteous:
“The right hand of the LORD acts valiantly!
Day
Apr 3rd
Communion
Reader
Liz Sheffey
Judy Hurd
Apr 10th
Bill & Rhonda
Barry Deemer
Moore
Apr 17th
Carol Greenlee
Robin Poust
Suzanne Hennessey
Fellowship Hosts:
Apr 3rd
Moore Family
Apr 10th
**???**
Apr 17th
Carol Greenlee
Greeters
**???**
Jakubowski
Our Stewardship of Worship and Treasure
Amount needed WEEKLY to meet our budget is $2,185.
Mar 6th
Mar 13th
Mar 20th
Mar 27th
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$2,200.00 + $70.00 Synod Debt
$1,844.00 + $130.00 Special Giving
$1,400.00 + $100.00 Special Giving
$2,077.00 + $80.00 Synod Debt
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The right hand of the LORD is exalted!
The right hand of the LORD acts valiantly!”
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I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the LORD.
Apr…
Apr 6th Men’s Theology on Tap
Apr 15th to 17th Youth Weekend at Christ Church
Apr 16th Shred It Event
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The LORD indeed punished me sorely,
but did not hand me over to death.
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Open for me the gates of righteousness;
I will enter them and give thanks to the LORD.
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May…
May 1st Youth/Family Celebration Sunday
May 8th Mother’s Day
May 21st Kent Island Day
“This is the gate of the LORD;
here the righteous may enter.”
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I give thanks to you, for you have answered me
and you have become my salvation.
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This Week at Living Water
Sun
Apr 3rd
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.
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By the LORD has this been done;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
Apr 3rd to Apr 9th
9:55a First Communion class
9:55a Children’s Ministry
10:00a Worship
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This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
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Hosanna! O LORD, save us!
We pray to you, LORD, prosper our days!
(nursery is open if needed)
6p Cornerstone Youth Ministry
Mon
Apr 4th
5:00p Evening Prayer with Fr. Mark
Tue
Apr 5th
9:30a Women’s Bible Study
5:00p Evening Prayer with Fr. Mark
7:00p Pause, Ponder, Pray (Bible Study)
Wed
Apr 6th
10:00a Staff Meeting
5:00p Evening Prayer with Fr. Mark
7p Men’s Theology on Tap
Thurs Apr7th
Fri
Apr 8th
Sat
Apr 9th
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Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD;
we bless you from the house of the LORD.
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The LORD is God and has given us light.
Form a procession with branches up to the corners of the altar.
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You are my God, and I will thank you;
you are my God, and I will exalt you.
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Give thanks to the LORD, for the LORD is good;
God’s mercy endures forever.
3:30 to 6:30pm Farmer’s Market
7p AA Meeting Choir Room
7:30p Al-Anon Meeting-Courage to ChangeRoom TBA
(Christ Church Events are in italics)
SECOND READING: Revelation 1:4-8
A reading from Revelation.
The book of Revelation recounts a mystical vision of the risen Christ, experienced by a Christian prophet named John. Here he describes Christ as a timeless redeemer, the beginning, present, and end of all time.
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Please fill out your Time, Talent and Financial Commitment
form and return it to church. There is a box in the narthex for
your completed form. Didn’t receive a form? There are copies
in the narthex too.
Pastor Bob will be at Living Water each month on the first and
third Wednesday. If you would like to with him, call 410-6157230 or email, [email protected] to schedule a meeting.
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John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to
come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5and from
Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler
of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, 6and
made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be
glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Look! He is coming with the clouds;
every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.
So it is to be. Amen.
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“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who
was and who is to come, the Almighty.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
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GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Please stand as you are able
Monday:
Jim, Debbie, James & Megan Kerins
Tuesday:
Steve & Linda Jakubowski
Wednesday: Carl & Jean Eberline
GOSPEL: John 20:19-31
The holy gospel according to John.
Thursday:
Bob & Beate Moore
Friday:
Liz Elizabeth
Saturday:
John & Marianne Hamilton
Today you can be the answer to someone’s prayer
Glory to you, O Lord.
The unprecedented events of the day of resurrection continue as the risen Jesus
appears to his fearful disciples. A week later, after Thomas worships Jesus, Jesus pronounces that the blessings of the resurrection are also for those who
“have not seen and yet believe.”
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When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the
doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of
the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with
you.” 20After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then
the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again,
“Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22When he
had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy
Spirit. 23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
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But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not
with them when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples told him, “We have
seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in
his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his
side, I will not believe.”
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A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was
with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among
them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your
finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side.
Do not doubt but believe.” 28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my
God!” 29Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen
me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”
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Baptismal Birthday
Gayle Wilcox 4th
David Poust 8th
Birthdays
Erik Narvesen3rd
Linda Jakubowski 4th
Bill Moore 4th
Liz Sheffey 7th
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SENDING SONG
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples,
which are not written in this book. 31But these are written so that you
may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that
through believing you may have life in his name.
The gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN OF THE DAY
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CREED
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s 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 to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
DISMISSAL
Let us pray.
Life-giving God, in the mystery of Christ’s resurrection you send light to
conquer darkness, water to give new life, and the bread of life to nourish
your people. Send us forth as witnesses to your Son’s resurrection, that
we may show your glory to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our risen
Lord.
Amen.
+ SENDING +
BLESSING
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord’s face shine on you with grace and mercy.
The Lord look upon you with favor and ☩ give you peace.
Amen.
SENDING SONG (printed on the next page)
Go in peace. Share the good news.
Thanks be to God.
PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE
Members & Attendees: Inez Sappington; Jean Eberline; Maria
Moore & Family; Elizabeth Gray;
Family: Audrey (Carol’s B Granddaughter); John Sagul (Jean’s cousin
lung cancer) ; Marjorie (Rhonda’s aunt– fallen); Lois (Robin’s Aunt–
Cancer); Father Thomas Fague ( lost sight in one eye)
Friends:
Toni (Colon cancer); Jack (cancer); Carol Bailey (liver cancer); Donna
Blades (cancer); Vicky Schlak (Breast Cancer); Lisa Callahan (Breast
cancer); Haley Pierce (11yrs old Lupus); George (colon cancer); Gerri
(lung cancer); Barbara (stage 4 lung cancer); Beth (friend of Grace has
cancer); David Gray (Chemo for neck cancer); Michelle (cancer); Pastor Tom Miller (Multiple Myeloma); Peggy Wade (Blood clots); John
Coughlin (Hemochromatosis); Becca (3 month old, liver cancer); Penny
(friend of Grace); Michelle (surgery); Fr. Mark (Father passed away;
Mike (Triple by pass, friend of Suzanne)
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LORD’S PRAYER
Please join hands
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.
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
Holy God of resurrection, fill us with your Holy Spirit to announce the
new life you give through Christ Jesus. Lead us to people who need to
hear good news. Hear us, O God.
P: Hear us, O God
C: Your mercy is great.
The prayers conclude:
We deliver all this into your care, O God, trusting in the work of your
Holy Spirit to bring all things into the risen life of Christ our Lord.
Amen.
+MEAL+
SHARING OF GOD’S PEACE
As the gifts are being brought forward we sing together:
DISTRIBUTION OF HOLY COMMUNION
I AM NEW. MAY I TAKE COMMUNION?
As Lutheran Christians we believe the words of Jesus, “This is my body, this is my blood
given for you for the forgiveness of sin.” If you desire this gift, we welcome you to commune
with us. All who do not commune may come forward for a blessing.
Communion is distributed at the front of the church.
As you approach the front of the church, please take a small cup from the basket at the head
of the aisle, and proceed forward to receive a piece of bread from the pastor. There are two
chalices (large cups). The communion
assistants will fill your small cup with your
choice of wine (larger cup) or grape juice (smaller cup). Used communion cups may be
placed in the basket as you return to your seat.
SONG DURING COMMUNION
OFFERING PRAYER
Let us pray
Blessed are you, O God, ruler of heaven and earth. Day by day you
shower us with blessings. As you have raised us to new life in Christ,
give us glad and generous hearts, ready to praise you and to respond to
those in need, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Amen.
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THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,
that we should at all times and in all places
give thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God,
for the glorious resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ,
the true Paschal Lamb who gave himself to take away our sin;
who in dying has destroyed death,
and in rising has brought us to eternal life.
And so, with Mary Magdalene and Peter and all the witnesses
of the resurrection,
with earth and sea and all their creatures,
and with angels and archangels, cherubim and seraphim,
we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
You are indeed holy, almighty and merciful God.
You are most holy,
and great is the majesty of your glory.
You so loved the world that you gave your only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him may not perish
but have eternal life.
We give you thanks for his coming into the world
to fulfill for us your holy will
and to accomplish all things for our salvation.
In the night in which he was betrayed,
our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks;
broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take and eat; this is my body, given for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me.
Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks,
and gave it for all to drink, saying:
This cup is the new covenant in my blood,
shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.
Do this for the remembrance of me.
For as often as we eat of this bread and drink from this cup,
we proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
Remembering, therefore, his salutary command,
his life-giving passion and death, his glorious resurrection and ascension,
and the promise of his coming again,
we give thanks to you, O Lord God Almighty,
not as we ought but as we are able;
we ask you mercifully to accept our praise and thanksgiving
and with your Word and Holy Spirit to bless us, your servants,
and these your own gifts of bread and wine,
so that we and all who share in the body and blood of Christ
may be filled with heavenly blessing and grace,
and, receiving the forgiveness of sin,
may be formed to live as your holy people
and be given our inheritance with all your saints.
To you, O God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
be all honor and glory in your holy church, now and forever.
Amen
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