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††† the General Prayer of the Church is prayed
† Remember to keep these petitions in your prayers faithfully as royal priests of God. (1 Peter 2:9) †
Announcements
THANK YOU to Pastor Found of Bayard for bringing God’s Word to us. And THANK YOU to Dennis Brown for “playing” the organ.
PASTOR BERTRAM will be on vacation through Monday, July 22nd. In case of an emergency in which a pastor is needed please call Pastor Mueller of Alliance at 307-760-7213 or Pastor Schnare at 308-760-7849. Please leave a message if they do not answer. Either can be reached also at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Alliance at 308-762-4663.
PREPARING FOR NEXT SUNDAY (July 28)-To prepare for next Sunday’s Divine Service and your hearing of the Word, read through and meditate upon the readings from God’s Word for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost.
Old Testament: Genesis 18:20-33
Epistle Reading: Colossians 2:6-15
Holy Gospel: Luke 11:1-13
PLEASE SIGN THE RECORD OF FELLOWSHIP either as the offering is being received or at some other convenient time. If you are a member of a sister LCMS church, OR if you would like to request a pastoral visitation, please indicate on the form. While exiting the church, please hand the completed sheet to the usher.
*Reminder: Please “quiet” or turn off your cell phone while worshipping with us today. Thanks!
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL is scheduled for August 5th through the 8th from 5 to 7PM. Anyone who is interested in helping please contact a Board of Christian Education member: Wayne S., Marci S., JoAnn S. or Kristin B.. There will be an evening meal, Bible lesson, arts and crafts and games. Please join us.
DO GOD’S BLESSINGS STOP IN THE SUMMER? Of course not! Many of us take time to vacation during the summer months. While you may be gone for several weekends, the on-going work of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church continues. If you are going to be gone, please make sure that your financial offerings, as a response to God’s continuing blessings, also continue. Thank you!
COLLECTING POP CAN PULLS – Please continue to collect pop can pull tabs, and place them in the bucket on the counter in the church kitchen. They help with expenses at the Ronald McDonald House. Thanks to all who have donated. Questions? Call Esther Wright at 665-1423.
THE CREATION/EVOLUTION SEMINAR has been set for Saturday, October 5, 2019. Tentative topics to be covered are 1) What About the Dinosaurs? and 2) The Flood, Fossils and the Ice Age. The Board of Christian Education is offering this seminar to our congregation, the Panhandle congregations of the Wyoming District, Chadron State College students and all others who are interested. The Board has estimated that the seminar will cost approximately $670.00. This will cover the honorarium of $150.00 for Saturday seminar, Sunday Bible Class and preaching, gift of $100.00, mileage of $220.00, and $200.00 for the Saturday meal we have received $600.00. The Board kindly asks that you prayerfully consider contributing to this important learning opportunity. If you would like to do so, please make your check payable to Our Savior’s Lutheran Church and put “Creation/Evolution” in the memo line. If you have questions, please talk to a Board member: Wayne S., Marci S., JoAnn S. or Kristin B
SAVE YOUR CANCELLED STAMPS FOR TUBFRIM—Stamps for Tubfrim a service program to assist the Norwegian Health Association in its effort to eradicate tuberculosis and aid handicapped and disabled Norwegian children was created in 1928. Over 20 years ago the Wyoming District LCMS elected to collect used postage stamps for the Tubfrim program. To date, Christ The King (collection center for the district) has delivered 122 pounds of stamps to the Sons of Norway, the service organization that finances the delivery of used stamps from around the world to Nesbyen Norway. We are currently holding an additional 40 pounds of stamps waiting to be shipped out. Well done Wyoming District!!
The Stamps for Tubfrim brochure request a ½ inch margin of envelope be left around used stamps when salvaging. The primary reason for the margin is to protect the integrity of the stamp. Any stamp that has had its perforation trimmed is not shipped, but thrown out. The secondary reason for the margin is self-adhering stamps have to be chemically treated to lift the stamp off the envelope section. Without the margin there is no way to attach the stamps to the machinery that carry them through the chemical treating process. Place your stamps in the box labeled “Stamps” on the Missions Table.
PASTOR BERTRAM will be on vacation through Monday, July 22nd. In case of an emergency in which a pastor is needed please call Pastor Mueller of Alliance at 307-760-7213 or Pastor Schnare at 308-760-7849. Please leave a message if they do not answer. Either can be reached also at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Alliance at 308-762-4663.
PREPARING FOR NEXT SUNDAY (July 28)-To prepare for next Sunday’s Divine Service and your hearing of the Word, read through and meditate upon the readings from God’s Word for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost.
Old Testament: Genesis 18:20-33
Epistle Reading: Colossians 2:6-15
Holy Gospel: Luke 11:1-13
PLEASE SIGN THE RECORD OF FELLOWSHIP either as the offering is being received or at some other convenient time. If you are a member of a sister LCMS church, OR if you would like to request a pastoral visitation, please indicate on the form. While exiting the church, please hand the completed sheet to the usher.
*Reminder: Please “quiet” or turn off your cell phone while worshipping with us today. Thanks!
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL is scheduled for August 5th through the 8th from 5 to 7PM. Anyone who is interested in helping please contact a Board of Christian Education member: Wayne S., Marci S., JoAnn S. or Kristin B.. There will be an evening meal, Bible lesson, arts and crafts and games. Please join us.
DO GOD’S BLESSINGS STOP IN THE SUMMER? Of course not! Many of us take time to vacation during the summer months. While you may be gone for several weekends, the on-going work of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church continues. If you are going to be gone, please make sure that your financial offerings, as a response to God’s continuing blessings, also continue. Thank you!
COLLECTING POP CAN PULLS – Please continue to collect pop can pull tabs, and place them in the bucket on the counter in the church kitchen. They help with expenses at the Ronald McDonald House. Thanks to all who have donated. Questions? Call Esther Wright at 665-1423.
THE CREATION/EVOLUTION SEMINAR has been set for Saturday, October 5, 2019. Tentative topics to be covered are 1) What About the Dinosaurs? and 2) The Flood, Fossils and the Ice Age. The Board of Christian Education is offering this seminar to our congregation, the Panhandle congregations of the Wyoming District, Chadron State College students and all others who are interested. The Board has estimated that the seminar will cost approximately $670.00. This will cover the honorarium of $150.00 for Saturday seminar, Sunday Bible Class and preaching, gift of $100.00, mileage of $220.00, and $200.00 for the Saturday meal we have received $600.00. The Board kindly asks that you prayerfully consider contributing to this important learning opportunity. If you would like to do so, please make your check payable to Our Savior’s Lutheran Church and put “Creation/Evolution” in the memo line. If you have questions, please talk to a Board member: Wayne S., Marci S., JoAnn S. or Kristin B
SAVE YOUR CANCELLED STAMPS FOR TUBFRIM—Stamps for Tubfrim a service program to assist the Norwegian Health Association in its effort to eradicate tuberculosis and aid handicapped and disabled Norwegian children was created in 1928. Over 20 years ago the Wyoming District LCMS elected to collect used postage stamps for the Tubfrim program. To date, Christ The King (collection center for the district) has delivered 122 pounds of stamps to the Sons of Norway, the service organization that finances the delivery of used stamps from around the world to Nesbyen Norway. We are currently holding an additional 40 pounds of stamps waiting to be shipped out. Well done Wyoming District!!
The Stamps for Tubfrim brochure request a ½ inch margin of envelope be left around used stamps when salvaging. The primary reason for the margin is to protect the integrity of the stamp. Any stamp that has had its perforation trimmed is not shipped, but thrown out. The secondary reason for the margin is self-adhering stamps have to be chemically treated to lift the stamp off the envelope section. Without the margin there is no way to attach the stamps to the machinery that carry them through the chemical treating process. Place your stamps in the box labeled “Stamps” on the Missions Table.
READ THE BIBLE IN 2019 AND THEN TAKE A QUIZ: This past week we read from the book of Proverbs (chapters 4-23). We finish Proverbs and read Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs next week, which finishes the portion of the Bible called wisdom books and we start reading from the prophets. In our Bible Reading Plan I use the ESV’s name of “Song of Solomon,” but I’m looking at this particular book of the Bible in a better light this year. I should mention that many versions of the Bible call it the Song of Solomon, including the ESV, KJV and the NKJV. But in verse 1 we read “The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.” Like the Holy of Holies (Ex 26:33 NASB), or vanity of vanities (Ecc 1:2 ESV, KJV, NASB, NKJV), Song of Songs is a Hebrew superlative which can mean the best or to the highest degree. Since God judged Israel from the Mercy Seat in the Holy of Holies, we can understand how that would be seen as the best or highest place in the Tabernacle, but what makes this book of the Bible the best song? For the Hebrew, the Song of Songs tells of God’s great love for His people. That also works for Christians, but Christians favor the Song of Songs as a love poem that tells of Christ’s great love for His bride—the Church—and that makes the Song of Songs the greatest love poem ever written. The Song of Songs, using poetic language from thousands of years ago, is not the easiest love poem to understand, but “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” (2Tim 3:16).
Read the Bible, then take a weekly quiz (here). Our next quiz will be posted on July 27, 2019.
Bible reading 2018, monthly tests, on our website (here)
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Sun. 21 Adult Bible Class 9:00am
Divine Service w/ Holy Communion 10:00am 8-22 Pastor on vacation 20-25 LCMS Convention Tampa, FL Tues. 23 Board of Christian Education Meeting 5:00pm Wed. 24 Women’s Bible Study 9:00am Thur. 25 Men’s Bible Study 8:00am Sun. 28 Adult Bible Class 9:00am Divine Service 10:00am Fellowship Time 11:15am |
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LIFE QUOTES JULY 21, 2019
“When you attend divine worship, remember only one thing is needful, attentiveness to Christ and His Word. He is Lord and Savior, and we live by every word that proceeds from His mouth. Over time, through hard times and good times—winter, spring, and summer—we will grow in Him. The season for fruit will come, a season of refreshment. But first comes the hard work of the patient vinedresser.” James M. Kushiner, The Fellowship of St. James – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life • www.lutheransforlife.org
STEWARDSHIP BULLETIN SENTENCES JULY 21, 2019
Proper 11
Luke 10:40 – “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone?” Martha is doing the right thing but in the wrong order. Her service to the Lord is good, but she has let it get ahead of hearing His Word. Mary has placed the Word first, which is good. Is there any doubt she will rise once she has heard the Word and get to serving as well? Isn’t that what hearing the Word always leads us to do? We listen, then respond. We believe, and thus we act.
KFUO.ORG FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 21, 2019
This week on KFUO AM850, hear live broadcasts from the LCMS Synodical Convention during The Coffee Hour (weekdays at 9:15 a.m.), study the Saga of Salvation in Exodus 6-8 on Sharper Iron with host Rev. Timothy Appel and guest pastors (weekdays at 8:00 a.m.), and hear incredible insight into Numbers 31-35 on Thy Strong Word with host Rev. AJ Espinosa and guest pastors (weekdays at 11:00 a.m.). Find these programs on demand at kfuo.org!
LUTHERAN HOUR JULY 21, 2019
"Turning Point"
"Relationship. Relationship. Relationship"
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler
Communing with God--Lord's Supper. To a home buyer, it's "location, location, location." To God, it's "relationship, relationship, relationship." (1 Corinthians 11:17-34)
LUTHERAN HOUR JULY 28, 2019
"You Have No Right to Be Angry"
Guest Speaker: Rev. David Haberstock
Anger belongs to God, it is not yours. When we feel angry we should be prompted to pray.
(Matthew 5:17-26)
The Lutheran Hour is broadcast each Sunday at 7:30am on Stereo AM 610 KCSR.
“When you attend divine worship, remember only one thing is needful, attentiveness to Christ and His Word. He is Lord and Savior, and we live by every word that proceeds from His mouth. Over time, through hard times and good times—winter, spring, and summer—we will grow in Him. The season for fruit will come, a season of refreshment. But first comes the hard work of the patient vinedresser.” James M. Kushiner, The Fellowship of St. James – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life • www.lutheransforlife.org
STEWARDSHIP BULLETIN SENTENCES JULY 21, 2019
Proper 11
Luke 10:40 – “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone?” Martha is doing the right thing but in the wrong order. Her service to the Lord is good, but she has let it get ahead of hearing His Word. Mary has placed the Word first, which is good. Is there any doubt she will rise once she has heard the Word and get to serving as well? Isn’t that what hearing the Word always leads us to do? We listen, then respond. We believe, and thus we act.
KFUO.ORG FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 21, 2019
This week on KFUO AM850, hear live broadcasts from the LCMS Synodical Convention during The Coffee Hour (weekdays at 9:15 a.m.), study the Saga of Salvation in Exodus 6-8 on Sharper Iron with host Rev. Timothy Appel and guest pastors (weekdays at 8:00 a.m.), and hear incredible insight into Numbers 31-35 on Thy Strong Word with host Rev. AJ Espinosa and guest pastors (weekdays at 11:00 a.m.). Find these programs on demand at kfuo.org!
LUTHERAN HOUR JULY 21, 2019
"Turning Point"
"Relationship. Relationship. Relationship"
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler
Communing with God--Lord's Supper. To a home buyer, it's "location, location, location." To God, it's "relationship, relationship, relationship." (1 Corinthians 11:17-34)
LUTHERAN HOUR JULY 28, 2019
"You Have No Right to Be Angry"
Guest Speaker: Rev. David Haberstock
Anger belongs to God, it is not yours. When we feel angry we should be prompted to pray.
(Matthew 5:17-26)
The Lutheran Hour is broadcast each Sunday at 7:30am on Stereo AM 610 KCSR.