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ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH
246 Benjamin Street Romeo, Michigan 48065
Second Sunday after Pentecost June 6, 2010
Church Office………………………..752-4588
Hotline............................752-1067
Pastor Mark Evans…........................752-2498
Email
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Website.....www.stjohnromeo.org
WORSHIP 9:30 AM
“Courageous Compassion”
Prelude……………………………………………………………………… Karen Palmer
Praise Ringers “Blessed Assurance”
arr. By Cynthia Dobrinski
Welcome/
Call To Worship ………………………………………………….Pastor Mark
OPENING SONG: This Is The Day
This is the day, this is the day, that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made;
We will rejoice, we will rejoice, and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this is the day, that the Lord has made.
This is the day, this is the day, when he rose again, when he rose again,
We will rejoice, we will rejoice, and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day that he rose again, we will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this is the day when he rose a-gain.
This is the day, this is the day, when the Spirit came; when the Spirit came.
We will rejoice, we will rejoice, and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day when the Spirit came, we will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this is the day, when the Spir-it came.
Prayer of the Day:
Awesome God of power and grace, open our hearts to know your care for us. Sustain us and give us generous spirits, that we may extend your compassion to others. Amen.
Praise Singers and Youth Choir “An Ascription of Praise” arr. By Marty Parks
BAPTISM: (No photographs, please until after worship. The Service of Baptism is an opportunity for all of us to remember our Baptisms.)
P: Dear Parents and Sponsors, you have brought Edie Corrine Hohner to this place because God wants her to be washed and cleansed. Through sin, we live in a broken world, but in baptism, by water and the spirit, we are reborn children of God and made members of Christ’s Body.
S: We present Edie Corrine Hohner to be washed in God’s Baptismal water.
P: As parents and sponsors, you are now asked to see that this child grows up in the
Christian Faith; that she learns the stories of our Faith. See to it that through your lives she understands the meaning of the Creeds, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Commandments. Make sure that she experiences the love of Christ through your love, for it is Christ’s love which shall sustain her throughout her life. Will you keep these promises?
Parents & Sponsors: We will.
P: Together, with this Congregation of Believers, will you affirm your faith and the Faith into which Edie is baptized?
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: (congregation together)
God is love, and in God is the source of all goodness and truth. God is the creator of the universe and continues to recreate with us a kingdom of compassion for all humankind. Jesus is God’s Son. Jesus was born of Mary, lived a life of kindness and concern, died a cruel death on an executioner’s cross, and was raised on the third day to a new life. Jesus’ life is our life. We can now live a life of kindness and concern; we can die and be raised to new life; we can live as forgiven sinners, confident of our place in eternity. We can respond to the call of Christ to follow him. The Holy Spirit is the spirit of God, alive and at work, establishing and building the realm of God on this earth. The Spirit of God leads us into the true faith, guides us through the difficult choices of life, and comforts us when we feel as if we cannot go on. God is with us, living inside of us, through the Holy Spirit. Amen.
THE BAPTISM: Edie Corrine Hohner, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
BAPTISMAL PRAYER
P: Edie, child of God, you have been sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked with the Cross of Christ forever.
A: Let your light so shine before others that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
CONGREGATIONAL WELCOME: We welcome you into the Lord’s family. We receive you as a fellow member of the body of Christ, child of the same heavenly Father, and a worker with us in the kingdom of God.
Today we welcome Edie Corrine Hohner into our family of Christ. Edie is the daughter of James and Lieca (Brown) Hohner of Washington. Edie’s sponsors are Kimberly and John Karns.
SCRIPTURE:
First Lesson: 1 Kings 17:6-16
6The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. 7Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8Then the word of the LORD came to him: 9"Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food." 10So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, "Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?" 11As she was going to get it, he called, "And bring me, please, a piece of bread." 12"As surely as the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have any bread--only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it--and die." 13Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small cake of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD gives rain on the land.'" 15She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the LORD spoken by Elijah.
Kids of the Kingdom “Something” by John Ness Beck
Psalm 146
1 Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
2 I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as
I live.
3 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.
4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day
their plans come to nothing.
5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD
his God,
6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them—the
LORD, who remains faithful forever.
7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The
LORD sets prisoners free,
8 the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are
bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
9 The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise
the LORD.
Second Lesson: Galatians 1:11-24
11I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up. 12I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. 13For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. 14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 15But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased 16to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man, 17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus. 18Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him fifteen days. 19I saw none of the other apostles--only James, the Lord's brother. 20I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie. 21Later I went to Syria and Cilicia. 22I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23They only heard the report: "The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy." 24And they praised God because of me.
Congregation, please stand for the reading of the gospel if you are able.
GOSPEL: Luke 7:11-17 ………………………………….Pastor Mark
11Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out--the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. 13When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, "Don't cry." 14Then he went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!" 15The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. 16They were all filled with awe and praised God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said. "God has come to help his people." 17This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.
Sermon…………..…………Courageous Compassion……..……………Pastor Mark
Sound Disciples ......................................................................................“Mighty to Save”
Announcements and Recognition of Visitors
People Concerns for the Week................................................................Pastor Mark Evans
Please keep the following individuals in your prayers:
Margaret Allemon, The Barke Family, Dennis Barke, Rosalie Blackett, Kitty Braunschweig, Tom Dixon, Melvin Dyker, the Family of Bob Ebeling, Ron Frost, Ernestine Hagedorn, Betty Hanchey, Al & Velma Jean Havers, Bill Higgins, Ted Hillman, Margaret Hotchkiss, Jennifer Hudson, Lorolei Kahl, Pat Koleda, Amy Krawciw, the Family of Hal Lanstra, Brigitte Maday, Ellen Maddin,, Helen Mangold, David Matouk, Marcie Nelson, Brooklynn Oland, Jerry Olson, Lillie Oming, Sharon Orr, Don & Betty Pinnick, Ryan, Ruth Rohm & Family, Clarence Samuel, Eric Schorling, Rick Schwartz, Chris Seablom, Bob See, Judy Seeley, Ron Seglund, Ron Shawver & Family, Debbie Shepak, Virgene Shreves, Jim Smith, Sara Stevens, Nancy Swett, Ed Werderman, Suzanne Wilson, Jim Wiseman, Kenneth Wizinsky Sr., Kim Wizinsky, Peter Yelick, and our servicemen overseas, Brad Morrison and Steve Horney.
PRAYER RESPONSE Bind Us Together
Bind us together Lord, bind us together, with cords that cannot be broken.
Bind us together Lord, bind us together, Bind us together in love.
There is only God. There is only one King.
There is only one Body. That is why we sing.
Bind us together Lord, bind us together, with cords that cannot be broken.
Bind us together Lord, bind us together, Bind us together in love.
THE PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH
Assisting Minister: Lord in your mercy
Congregation: Hear our prayer
Amen
THE LORD’S PRAYER:
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
OFFERING…………………… …When I Praise………………………..Youth Choir
PRAYER: Assisting Minister: Heavenly Father, You hear us when we praise You and for that we are so grateful. Accept the gifts that we offer. Help us to have courage and compassion. Amen
BENEDICTION Congregation please stand if you are able.
Pastor Mark:
Go and live generously in love, trusting that God’s love will never run out and that there’s enough for the whole world. Be courageous ambassadors of compassion and follow Jesus. In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
CLOSING HYMN: I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
I have decided to follow Jesus, I have decided to follow Jesus.
I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back, no turning back.
The cross I carry, till I see Jesus, the cross I carry, till I see Jesus.
The cross I carry, till I see Jesus, no turning back, no turning back.
Though none go with me, still I will follow,
Though none go with me, still I will follow,
Though none go with me, still I will follow, no turning back,
no turning back.
I have decided to follow Jesus, I have decided to follow Jesus.
I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back, no turning back.
Assisting Minister: Go in peace and serve the Lord.
Congregation: Thanks be to God.
Postlude Karen Palmer
All songs are reprinted with permission according to copyright laws under CCLI License #1297012.
To Our Visitors and Guests: Thank You for joining us for worship today. Please fill out a visitor card and give to the usher, or sign our guest register book in the front entrance when you leave. Please come and join us again!
VOLUNTEER MINISTERS FOR JUNE 6, 2010
Assisting Minister: Mellissa Lehman
Acolyte: Stacie Sambrano
Greeters: Tom Jurek Family
Reader: Ryan Schmidt
Nursery: Cassidy Gutenkunst
Ushers: Gutenkunst Family
Counters: Scott Colbert Family
Coffee Hour: Rita Frech
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THE WEEKLY BULLETIN JUNE 5/6, 2010
GUESTS & VISITORS:
The members of St. John Lutheran Church and their Pastor extend to you a most cordial welcome and wish you a blessed worship hour with us. A staffed nursery is available for children 4 and under in the back of the church on Sundays.
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Volunteer Ministers for
June 13, 2010
Assisting Minister:
Mellissa Lehman
Acolyte:
Hannah & Harrison Hunt
Greeters:
Ed & Kay Pauly
Reader:
Mikaela Keller
Nursery:
Amber Bryce
Communion Care:
Mary Kuhn
Communion Bread:
Sue Sturmer
Ushers:
Glen Douglas, Trudie Seablom
Counters:
Drop Bag
Coffee Hour
Steve Hunt Family
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Last Week’s Attendance:
Saturday, 5/29..................35
Sunday, 5/30
9:30am..............................89
Summer hours in the church office have begun. Throughout the summer, office hours will be Monday – Thursday, 8am – 4pm.
May the Lord richly bless Edie Corrine Hohner who is baptized this Sunday. Edie’s parents are James and Lieca (Brown) Hohner of Washington. Her sponsors are Kimberly and John Karns.
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May God bless the marriage of our recent seminary graduate, Nick Billardello and his new bride, Michelle (Losekamp) Billardello who were united in marriage at St. John on Sunday, May 30th. Nick and Michelle will make their home in Texas.
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Beginning May 30th and through the summer, we will have just one worship service on Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday service remains the same at 5:00 p.m.
Gardening Angels Needed!
Volunteers needed for Tuesday and Wednesday mornings or on your own time. Please see the sign-up poster!
Also needed:
Hostas/Perennials
Grass Seed
Mulch
Lawn Bags
Thank You!
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DID YOU KNOW...
Our Fellowship Hall is available to rent for your graduation parties, bridal or baby showers, family reunions, etc.? Members and non-members alike can rent our space (kitchen facilities included) for a very reasonable fee. Call the church office at 586-752-4588 for details!
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Kathy LeRoy and Mary Ann Mueller will have a yard sale starting June 10th to raise money for expenses for the Breast Cancer 3-Day trip to San Diego where they are walking in November. The money raised at this yard sale only, will be for the trip. If you have yard sale items you would like to donate, they can be dropped off at Kathy’s house on June 9th only.
Thank you so very much for your support.
DAY CAMP AND VBS
Mark your calendars!
St. John along with Living Waters Ministries will once again be holding Day Camp this year. Any child who has completed Kindergarten through 5th grade is welcome to attend. Day Camp will be help from August 2-6 here at St. John and will run from 9 am--3 pm. Also, we will be holding Vacation Bible School during the same time from 9 am-11:30 am. Vacation Bible School is for children entering pre-school and Kindergarten. Forms for both camp and VBS are available in the main hallway on the Youth Bulletin Board.
Volunteers Needed.
We are in need of one or two families to host the 4 counselors from Living Waters Ministries the week of August 1st-6th. This is the week of Day Camp and VBS. If you are interested, please see Jennifer Stark for more information.
Also, we still need volunteers to help with VBS that week. If you are available in the morning of the week of August 2nd-6th and would like to help out with the little kids in various activities--it would be greatly appreciated. There is a sign up sheet in the Gathering Area. Thank you!
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DTE Energy Gardens
DTE Energy is offering their buffer property located at 12700 30 Mile Road, Washinton to be used as a garden. The produce from this project will go to Macomb Food Program, St. Teresa of Avita Food Program, Salvation Army – Mt. Clemens, Samaritan House, and Turning Point. To make this project a success, help is needed; preparing the garden, creating walkways, plant seeds and seedlings, harvest the crops. Obviously this will be a spring, summer and fall project. If you or your group is interested in helping to grow fresh food for our low income clients, please contact Marc Zupmore, DTE Energy Gardens Project Manager at
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INTERESTED IN READING THE BIBLE?
HAVE YOU EVER READ THROUGH THE BIBLE FROM BEGINNING TO END? THIS MAY BE THEYEAR YOU CHOOSE TO BEGIN. THE ONE YEAR BIBLE (NIV)) WILL BE GIVEN TO MEMBERS ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH. TO RECEIVE A BIBLE YOU MUST SIGN UP. LARGE PRINT BIBLES ARE AVAILABLE BUT YOU MUST ASK FOR ONE WHEN YOU SIGN UP (PLEASE PUT AN LP AFTER YOUR NAME). THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE BIBLE AS THEY WERE DONATED TO THE CHURCH.
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JUNE PANTRY NEEDS
FOR SAMARITAN HOUSE
Canned Fruit * Oatmeal * Pancake Syrup * Pancake Mix * Hamburger Helper * Spaghettios/Ravioli * Jelly * Coffee/Tea * Juice * Crackers * Canned Meat * Deodorant * Laundry Soap * Toilet Paper * Dish Detergent * Shampoo * Toothpaste * Disposable Razors
We appreciate any non-perishable food items and toiletries that you can donate. Drop off your food donations during our normal business hours: Tuesday and Wednesday, 10-6 and Friday 10 – 4. We are located at: 62324 Van Dyke, Washington, MI 48094, (586) 336-9956
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Meijer Community Rewards for
APRIL 2010
$13.23
YTD for 2010: $66.47
Thank you,
Shoppers!
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St. John Lutheran
is a Stephen Ministry Congregation
Please call:
Jan Alling at 586-752-7016
or Jan or Bob Gallardo at:
586-781-5803 for more info.
Please save your pop can tabs and turn them in at the church for the purchase of kidney machines. Over 186.5 lbs. have been collected since February 2007! This fundraiser is for the purchase of kidney machines.
NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE RECYCLING
Thank you for the tremendous response with this! In April we recycled 3.31 tons and received $16.53. Year to date for 2010 – $111.74. Landfill space saved – 10.33 cubic yards. The total collected since the program began in 2005 is $4,152.41. Thank you!
PLEASE, NO CARDBOARD or PHONE BOOKS
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THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN, JUNE 5-14, 2010
Saturday -Worship w/Communion, 5pm
Sunday -Choir Sunday
-Worship, 9:30am
-New Member Class after Worship
Monday -LOVE Day, 9am-3pm
-Pack 259 Committee, 7pm
Tuesday -Weight Watchers, 4pm
Wednesday -LOVE Day II, 9am-12pm
-Tai Chi, 10:30am
-ZUMBA Classes begin, 6:30-7:30pm
-Youth Choir, 7:30pm
-Praise Singers, 7:30pm
Thursday -Finance, 5:30pm
-Bible Study, 7pm
-AA/Alanon, 8pm
Saturday -Worship, 5pm
Sunday -Worship w/Communion, 9:30am
-Blood Pressure Checks
Monday -Church Office Closed June 14th
We will be open Tuesday, June 15 – Friday, June 18, this week only!
Kathy and Karen will be attending a church safety seminar. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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Softball News Update
St. John ANGELS beat the St John SAINTS on Thursday June 3 by a score of 17 to 8.
The SAINTS (Don Schwartz - Manager) play at Our Redeemer Lutheran on 27 Mile in Washington on June 10. Game time is always 7 PM - be there by 6:30 pm if possible.
The ANGELS (Scott Hudson - Manager) play at Memorial field on Morton Street against the ARMADA United Methodist team. Game time is always 7 PM be there by 6:30 pm for practice.
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