FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)

231 Smoke Tree Lane, Prescott, AZ

Office Phone: 445-2807 E-Mail: rothet@cableone.net

Web Page: firstlutheranprescott.org

1/2 Hour Worship on Cable Channel 13: Mondays- 5:30PM

                                                                          Tuesdays- 11:00AM

Rev. Thomas Rothe - Pastor (541-0035; cell: 420-2097)

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THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT                          MARCH 14, 2010

 

WELCOME  Visitors- we are happy that you’ve joined us for worship today and we extend to you a warm and heartfelt welcome!  If you haven’t received a welcoming folder, please pick one up from the table by the organ.  May the Lord bless your worship with us.  We also ask our visitors to please read & complete the yellow tri-fold located in the hymnal rack and sign the Guest Book.  Thank you!

 

PREPARATION  As you wait for the worship service to begin, instead of visiting with someone in a pew near you, you may want to prepare yourself for worship by reading a section of Scripture and/or by saying a prayer.  The following prayer is one suggestion.

Gracious Father in heaven, in countless ways we have transgressed against you.  But you have been merciful to us and have forgiven the guilt of our sin.  Surround us with your unfailing love that we may rejoice in your great goodness now and forever; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”  Additional prayers can be located on pages 10 & 11 and 134-139 in the front of the hymnal.

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ATTENDANCE LAST SUNDAY  51                     

ORDER OF SERVICE  The Common Service (Communion) on page 15 

HYMNS  116, 304, 311 v. 1-3 & 379, 334

SCRIPTURE LESSONS  (Printed on insert)

PSALM  Psalm 32 (Sung in unison - page 78)

SERMON TEXT, THEME, & PARTS  Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

SUCCESS = LOVE!

                                                1. Appreciate this love from God

                                                2. Pass this love along to others

 

100% SUNDAY  Sunday, March 28 (observance of Palm Sunday) has been designated a “100% Sunday”.  We’d like to have as close to 100% of our members in worship that day!  The purpose of such a Sunday is to stress the importance of receiving the Gospel in Word and Sacrament through regular, faithful Church attendance!   

 

COMMUNION  To Our Members- If you plan to commune, please sign up on the table by the organ.  To Members Of Other WELS/ELS Churches- If you would like to commune, please talk to the Pastor before the start of the worship service.  To Our Guests- We appreciate your presence among us and ask that you respect our communion practice.  Please talk to the Pastor after the worship service so your might better understand and appreciate our “Close Communion” practice.  Personal preparation for worthy reception of the Lord’s Supper can be located on page 156; with communion prayers located on page 11. 

 

SERVICE Serving the Lord today are...Organist- Pat Jahns, Ushers- Fred Janes & Weldon Hopman (Lenten Service- Roger Burger & Richard Ranck; Next Sunday- Gerald Bade & Dave Warnke), Assistant Ushers- Darold Andrist & Rudy Listol, Communion Assistant- Jon Meyer, Greeters- Mary Sorrentino & Miriam Haubrich (Lenten Service- Jon & Maxine Meyer; Next Sunday- Rudy & Adeline Listol), Altar Guild- Lorraine Johnson & Maxine Meyer, Flowers- (none listed).  May the Lord bless such service!

THIS WEEK WITH MY CHURCH

Today              Worship (Com.) at 9:30AM, Choir Rehearsal at 10:45AM

Monday             NO Pastor’s Office Hours: 9:00AM-12:00PM,

                                    Half Hour Worship on Channel 13 at 5:30PM

Tuesday            Half Hour Worship on Channel 13 at 11:00AM, Ladies B-day Lunch (Cracker Barrel) at 11:30AM, Committee Meetings at 7:00PM, Ev. Program Committee at 7:30PM, Council at 8:00PM

Wednesday         Pastor’s Office Hours: 9:00AM-12:00PM, Bible Class (Smoke Tree Village Clubhouse) at 10:00AM, Lenten Service at 6:30PM (Soup Supper- 5:30PM-6:15PM)

Sunday (next)           Bible Class at 8:30AM, Worship at 9:30AM, Greeter Meeting at 10:25AM, Fellowship Hour at 10:30AM

 

THANK YOU  Donna Jacobs thanks everyone for their prayers, well-wishes, and get-well cards following her recent knee replacement surgery.  May the Lord bless her recovery.

 

LUNCH  It’s not to late to sign up and attend this month’s Ladies Birthday Lunch.  It’ll be held  this Tuesday, March 16, at 11:30AM, at The Cracker Barrel in Prescott Valley.  The sign-up sheet is located on the Narthex bulletin board. 

 

SPECIAL MEETING  The Worship Greeters will hold their “Annual Meeting” next Sunday, March 21, immediately following the worship service (before going in to Fellowship Hour) .  They’ll meet in the Church and review duties/responsibilities.  All Greeters (as well as anyone who would like to serve as a Greeter) are asked to be in attendance.

   

WELS COMMITTEE ON RELIEF  If you’d like to help the people of Haiti (and now Chile), our WELS Committee on Relief is accepting donations.  You can either drop it in the collection plate (labeled Committee On Relief - Haitian or Chilean Relief) or pick up information from the table by the organ and send it in directly.  May the Lord bless our Christian charity!    

 

SCRIP  Haven’t purchased Scrip/Gift Certificates yet?  They can be used just like cash - with a percentage of the sales benefiting Arizona Lutheran Academy.  Someone will be at the small table in the Narthex, before the worship service, to assist you.

 

FLOWER CHART  A 2010 Flower Chart has been posted on the Narthex bulletin board.  You now have the opportunity to donate Fresh Flowers, select a Silk Flower Arrangement, or bring an Arrangement of your own.  Stop by the Narthex bulletin board and sign up.