Aug ust 25, 2013

14th Sunday of Pentecost
August 25, 2013
Religion Class—for our post-confirmation youth will be starting soon. Classes
will be held weekly through-out the school year. We will begin by studying
through the Gospel of John. Pastor Ohlmann will be contacting students and
parents in the coming weeks to find an time that will work with everyone’s busy
schedule.
Mid-Week Bible Study — continues to meet each Wednesday morning at 9:30
am. We are studying through Paul’s Prison Epistles. We have just begun the
third chapter of Paul’s letter to the Colossians. Please join us if your schedule
will allow.
The Mission Society of Faith Lutheran Church of West St. Louis County —
will be meeting this Wednesday evening (8/28) at 6:30 pm. Please mark your
calendars and make plans to attend. Also, begin thinking and praying about
ways and opportunities for our congregation to be actively involved in carrying
out the great privilege that our Savior has given to each of us as individuals and
corporately as a congregation to be His ambassadors here on earth. We have
such Good News to share! As a reminder, the stated purpose of our Mission
Society is to...
...provide an avenue through which God’s children may enlist their prayers,
time, talents, and treasures to the spread of God’s Word wherever and whenever He provides the opportunity. We will encourage each other to respond faithfully to the Great Commission by meeting regularly to:
1) Study God’s Word.
2) Train and encourage each other in sharing God’s Word.
3) Pray for each other and the outreach efforts of our congregation.
4) Encourage and support mission efforts beyond our local community.
5) Stay informed about the mission work of our church body.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and
the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
Proverbs 9:10
Faith Lutheran Church of West St. Louis County
Pastor Todd H. Ohlmann
Office (636) 225-3458
Cell (314) 517-0177
[email protected]
www.StLouisLutheran.com
Faith Lutheran Church of West St. Louis County
Pastor Todd H. Ohlmann
Office (636) 225-3458 or Cell (314) 517-0177
[email protected]
www.StLouisLutheran.com
Opening Prayer
Hymn 27—Oh, Bless the Lord, My Soul
Invocation
Confession of Our Sins
Pastor: Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a
true heart and confess our sins unto God, our Father,
beseeching Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to
grant us forgiveness.
Pastor: O Almighty God, our Maker and Redeemer,
we poor sinners confess unto You that we are by nature sinful and unclean and that we have sinned
against You by thought, word, and deed. Wherefore
we flee for refuge to Your infinite mercy, seeking and
imploring Your grace for the sake of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Pastor and Congregation: O most merciful God, who
has given Your only begotten Son to die for us, have
mercy upon us and for His sake grant us remission of all
our sins; and by Your Holy Spirit increase in us true
knowledge of You and of Your will and true obedience to Your Word, to the end that by Your grace we
may come to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, our
Lord. Amen
Absolution from Our God
Pastor: Almighty God, our heavenly Father, has had
mercy upon us and has given us His only Son to die for
us and for His sake forgives all our sins. To them that
believe on His name He gives power to become the
sons of God and has promised them His Holy Spirit. He
that believes and is baptized shall be saved. Grant
this, Lord, unto us all. Amen
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Announcements
Our Schedule
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Welcome — to our guests and visitors who
worshipped with us today. Please return
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and worship with us again. Please sign our
guest book.
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We are Glad You Are Here Today — for
the Bible Says: And let us consider one
another in order to stir up love and good
works, not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as is the manner of
some, but exhorting one another, and so
much the more as you see the Day approaching. — Hebrews 10:24-25
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Adult Bible Class
Sundays at 9:00—9:50 am
Children’s Sunday School
Sundays at 9:00—9:50 am
Sunday Worship Service
Sundays at 10:00 am
Confirmation Classes
Begins Soon
Mid-week Bible Study
Wednesdays at 9:30 am
Garden View Bible Study
Thursdays at 9:30 am
Altar Guild for September
Flowers—Volunteer Needed
Communion—Aleea
NOTICE — The balance of the congrega Usher for September
tion’s general fund has dropped below the
Art Pontow
$5000.00 threshold that the voters and
 Assistant Usher for September
treasurer have determined to be the miniVolunteer Needed
mum amount of reserve that the congrega-  Current Calendar
tion should have on hand. As you and the
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Lord so purpose in your heart, please
cheerfully give to the Lord through your offerings to the congregation as you are
able.
Thank You — to Art Pontow and Len Benter for their service to the Lord in serving all of us here today with the Word of God.
Pastor Ohlmann — and his family are away this weekend to enroll Caleb as a
sophomore at Immanuel Lutheran High School in Eau Claire, WI. They will return Monday night.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own
understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
Weekly Stewardship Report
General Fund Balance
as of 8/19/2013
$2,904.86
Thank Offering (8/18/2013)
Needed Weekly
Difference
$2,197.00
$1721.00
+ $476.00
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Continued...
the journey is too much for you.” 8 So he got up
and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he
traveled forty days and forty nights until he
reached Horeb, the mountain of God. (NIV)
The Sermon
Even God’s Prophets
Get Discouraged
Sermon Provided by CLC Ministry By Mail
www.clutheran.org/ministrybymail
Written by Pastor Michael Eichstadt, August-2003
The Offertory
Pastor & Congregation: (sing)
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me
Cast me not away from Thy presence;
and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
and uphold me with thy free spirit. Amen
The Offerings of Thankful Hearts
Prayer
Hymn 427:5-7 — How Firm a Foundation
The Lord’s Prayer
The Benediction
Responsive Reading
Psalm 1
(page 123 in the front of the Lutheran Hymnal)
The Gloria
Pastor & Congregation: (sung to the tune: Easter Hymn, hymn 199)
Hymns of praise, then, let us sing ~ Alleluia!
Unto Christ, our heavenly King, ~ Alleluia!
Who endured the cross and grave ~ Alleluia!
Sinners to redeem and save. ~ Alleluia!
Sing we to our God above, ~ Alleluia!
Praise eternal as His love: ~ Alleluia!
Praise Him, all ye heavenly host, ~ Alleluia!
Father, Son. and Holy Ghost. ~ Alleluia!
The Prayer for the Day
Scripture Readings
Epistle Reading
Ephesians 4:30-5:2
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by
whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor,
and evil speaking be put away from you, with all
malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in
Christ forgave you. 1 Therefore be imitators of
God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ
also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling
aroma.
(The New King James Version. 1982. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
Hymn 50—Lord, Dismiss Us
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Gospel Reading
John 6:41-51
The Jews then complained about Him, because
He said, “I am the bread which came down from
heaven.” 42 And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the
son of Joseph, whose father and mother we
know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come
down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, “Do not murmur
among yourselves. 44 “No one can come to Me
unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I
will raise him up at the last day. 45 “It is written in
the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by
God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and
learned from the Father comes to Me. 46 “Not that
anyone has seen the Father, except He who is
from God; He has seen the Father. 47 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. 48 “I am the bread of life. 49 “Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are
dead. 50 “This is the bread which comes down
from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
51 “I am the living bread which came down from
heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live
forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh,
which I shall give for the life of the world.”
(The New King James Version. 1982. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
  Confession of Faith
The Apostolic Creed
I BELIEVE…
in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born
of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pi4
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late, was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose
again from the dead; He ascended into
Heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of
God the Father Almighty; from thence He
shall come to judge the quick and the
dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost; the Holy Christian Church, the Communion of saints; the
forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the
body; and the life everlasting. Amen
Hymn 427:1-4 — How Firm a Foundation
Sermon Text
I Kings 19:1-8
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had
done and how he had killed all the prophets with
the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah
to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so
severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make
your life like that of one of them.” 3 Elijah was
afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while
he himself went a day’s journey into the desert.
He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and
prayed that he might die. “I have had enough,
LORD,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than
my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the tree
and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched
him and said, “Get up and eat.” 6 He looked
around, and there by his head was a cake of
bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water.
He ate and drank and then lay down again. 7 The
angel of the LORD came back a second time
and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for
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