We Pray For
††† the light of Christ to shine in the midst of darkness
††† that Christ’s Church enjoy the unity of doctrine
††† our congregation
††† that we learn God’s Word
††† our nation’s government officials and military personnel, especially Brant S. and Nathan T.
††† those in need of God’s healing especially Wanda K, Judy P., Dan B., Adam’s uncle, Pastor Ken Humphrey of Morrill,
Kathleen Eagle (Conrad’s sister), Rev. Vernon Boehlke (retired) Pavillion, WY; the recovering, especially
Sheryl B. and Kristin P.; those homebound or in group care homes, especially Lila A., Bonnie H., Wanda K.,
Lorraine P., Kim H., Gene H., and Farren S.
††† gratitude
††† Thanks for ranchers and farmers
††† that Christ’s Church enjoy the unity of doctrine
††† our congregation
††† that we learn God’s Word
††† our nation’s government officials and military personnel, especially Brant S. and Nathan T.
††† those in need of God’s healing especially Wanda K, Judy P., Dan B., Adam’s uncle, Pastor Ken Humphrey of Morrill,
Kathleen Eagle (Conrad’s sister), Rev. Vernon Boehlke (retired) Pavillion, WY; the recovering, especially
Sheryl B. and Kristin P.; those homebound or in group care homes, especially Lila A., Bonnie H., Wanda K.,
Lorraine P., Kim H., Gene H., and Farren S.
††† gratitude
††† Thanks for ranchers and farmers
† “REJOICE IN HOPE, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” (Romans 12:12) †
Announcements
THE JANUARY-MARCH ISSUE OF PORTALS OF PRAYER has been placed in your mailbox in the Narthex. Large print, digest-sized, and extra regular-sized copies are available on the Missions Table in the Fellowship Hall. Be sure to use yours faithfully to bring you into God’s Holy Word daily. Take an extra copy to someone who does not yet trust in Jesus the Savior.
FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING WORKSHOP at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Bridgeport, NE on Saturday, February 1, 2020. A few topics include 1) church tax exempt status, 2) the top 5 reasons churches are being sued, and 3) requirements for retaining certain documents. Because it’s important to have a larger collective memory with the church leadership, the treasurer, financial secretary, congregational president and vice-president and elders are strongly encouraged to come. The training will begin at 10 AM at St. Paul’s, and include a working lunch, and we'll be done by 2 PM. Please let Pastor Bertram know if are able to attend by today.
PLEASE SIGN THE RECORD OF FELLOWSHIP either as the offering is being received or at some other convenient time. While exiting the pew, please hand the completed sheet to the usher.
*Just a Reminder: Please “quiet” or turn off your cell.
OFFERING ENVELOPES FOR 2020 have been placed in your church mailbox. Please start using them in January. If you need offering envelopes but did not receive them, speak with Ken Garner. St. Paul wrote: “Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him” (1 Cor 16:2).
THE BOARD OF EVANGELISM AND STEWARDSHIP will host a Blood Drive here at Our Savior's on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 8 am to 1 pm. West NE Blood Center of Scottsbluff will be here, and the blood you donate at this event will help people in the Panhandle. To sign up to be a donor, talk to Kathi Brown, or email kathi@chadrad.com.
TELL THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS CONVOCATION 2020 is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, February 21 and 22 at the Ramkota Hotel in Casper, Wyoming. The theme this year is Social Media and Technology: Faithfully Confessing the Good News while holding up the 8th Commandment and Matthew 18. The speakers are Rev. Hans Fiene (Lutheran Satire) and Rev. Todd Wilken (Issues, Etc.), while Rev. Ronald Garwood will be the banquet speaker. Youth under 10 are free, youth 10 and above and college students cost $10.00, and adults pay $35.00. Please see the registration form in your church mailbox for more information.
PASTOR BERTRAM will be in Casper this Tuesday, January 28th attending the Wyoming District-LCMS Board of Directors Meeting at the Lutheran Ministries Center. He can be reached at the Quality Inn at 307-266-2400 or the LMC at 307-265-9000.
FEBRUARY LUTHERANS FOR LIFE, CALENDAR AND ROUND UP are posted on the church website. Please read and download these monthly articles. There are some copies on the shelving in the Narthex for those that need them. Also look for the latest edition of the Stewardship Newsletter and Nathaniel’s Newsletter.
WINTER YOUTH RETREAT hosted by Powder River Circuit. Where: Mount Hope Lutheran Church, Casper, Wyoming. Bible topic: The Law in the Life of Christians: a brief look at Romans 7 and 8. When: February 7-8. Saturday Event: Either downhill or cross-country skiing on Casper Mountain. Check-in begins at 4:00 pm Friday, Feb. 7 at Mount Hope, with skiing taking place on the 8th at Hogadon Ski Lodge and Casper Mountain Trail Center. All youth 5th grade and up are invited to attend. The costs are as follows: $20 registration fee (made out to Mount Hope Lutheran Church); downhill lift tickets are $32 (group rate); downhill ski or snowboard rental are $27 (adult) & $22 (age 17 and under); cross country day passes are $10, and rentals from Zeelo's are $15. Please fill out and send one registration form and one Medical Release form (see Pastor) per attendee by FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 to Mount Hope Lutheran Church, 2300 Hickory St., Casper, WY, 82604, or SCAN and EMAIL to mounthopecasper@aol.com.
PREPARING FOR NEXT SUNDAY (Feb 2)-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 Presentation of Our Lord Sunday.
Old Testament: 1 Samuel 1:21-28
Epistle Reading: Hebrews 2:14-18
Holy Gospel: Luke 2:22-32
FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING WORKSHOP at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Bridgeport, NE on Saturday, February 1, 2020. A few topics include 1) church tax exempt status, 2) the top 5 reasons churches are being sued, and 3) requirements for retaining certain documents. Because it’s important to have a larger collective memory with the church leadership, the treasurer, financial secretary, congregational president and vice-president and elders are strongly encouraged to come. The training will begin at 10 AM at St. Paul’s, and include a working lunch, and we'll be done by 2 PM. Please let Pastor Bertram know if are able to attend by today.
PLEASE SIGN THE RECORD OF FELLOWSHIP either as the offering is being received or at some other convenient time. While exiting the pew, please hand the completed sheet to the usher.
*Just a Reminder: Please “quiet” or turn off your cell.
OFFERING ENVELOPES FOR 2020 have been placed in your church mailbox. Please start using them in January. If you need offering envelopes but did not receive them, speak with Ken Garner. St. Paul wrote: “Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him” (1 Cor 16:2).
THE BOARD OF EVANGELISM AND STEWARDSHIP will host a Blood Drive here at Our Savior's on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 8 am to 1 pm. West NE Blood Center of Scottsbluff will be here, and the blood you donate at this event will help people in the Panhandle. To sign up to be a donor, talk to Kathi Brown, or email kathi@chadrad.com.
TELL THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS CONVOCATION 2020 is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, February 21 and 22 at the Ramkota Hotel in Casper, Wyoming. The theme this year is Social Media and Technology: Faithfully Confessing the Good News while holding up the 8th Commandment and Matthew 18. The speakers are Rev. Hans Fiene (Lutheran Satire) and Rev. Todd Wilken (Issues, Etc.), while Rev. Ronald Garwood will be the banquet speaker. Youth under 10 are free, youth 10 and above and college students cost $10.00, and adults pay $35.00. Please see the registration form in your church mailbox for more information.
PASTOR BERTRAM will be in Casper this Tuesday, January 28th attending the Wyoming District-LCMS Board of Directors Meeting at the Lutheran Ministries Center. He can be reached at the Quality Inn at 307-266-2400 or the LMC at 307-265-9000.
FEBRUARY LUTHERANS FOR LIFE, CALENDAR AND ROUND UP are posted on the church website. Please read and download these monthly articles. There are some copies on the shelving in the Narthex for those that need them. Also look for the latest edition of the Stewardship Newsletter and Nathaniel’s Newsletter.
WINTER YOUTH RETREAT hosted by Powder River Circuit. Where: Mount Hope Lutheran Church, Casper, Wyoming. Bible topic: The Law in the Life of Christians: a brief look at Romans 7 and 8. When: February 7-8. Saturday Event: Either downhill or cross-country skiing on Casper Mountain. Check-in begins at 4:00 pm Friday, Feb. 7 at Mount Hope, with skiing taking place on the 8th at Hogadon Ski Lodge and Casper Mountain Trail Center. All youth 5th grade and up are invited to attend. The costs are as follows: $20 registration fee (made out to Mount Hope Lutheran Church); downhill lift tickets are $32 (group rate); downhill ski or snowboard rental are $27 (adult) & $22 (age 17 and under); cross country day passes are $10, and rentals from Zeelo's are $15. Please fill out and send one registration form and one Medical Release form (see Pastor) per attendee by FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 to Mount Hope Lutheran Church, 2300 Hickory St., Casper, WY, 82604, or SCAN and EMAIL to mounthopecasper@aol.com.
PREPARING FOR NEXT SUNDAY (Feb 2)-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 Presentation of Our Lord Sunday.
Old Testament: 1 Samuel 1:21-28
Epistle Reading: Hebrews 2:14-18
Holy Gospel: Luke 2:22-32
READ THE BIBLE IN 2020: This past week we read from Genesis 35 – Exodus 3. Much of that was centered on God’s work in the life of Jacob's youngest son, Joseph, including Genesis 45 where Joseph reveals himself to his brothers saying, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt” (v. 4). Teaching on Genesis 45, Francis C. Rossow (Gospel Handles, 34) tells his readers, “The Gospel in this portion of the Joseph story is the concrete example it provides in the providence of God. Our God oversees all things—even evil things contrary to His will—to ensure that they serve His good and saving purposes. Joseph’s brothers did evil: they sold him into slavery. Yet God overruled their evil and put it into the service of good." Rossow supports his position by citing verses 5, 7 and 8 where Joseph tells his brothers 3 times that God exercised His control over the events. Next with the whole Bible in view, Rossow “connect[s] the episode with Christ, who is both the basis for God’s providence (by eliminating the barrier of our sin) and the ultimate expression of God's providence (the apparent evil of His execution providing the good of salvation for the whole world)." In the week ahead we read Exodus 4 through 24 where we remember that God gave Jacob a new name, Israel, and find out how God freed Israel’s offspring from slavery in Egypt and see the beginnings of how God formed them into a great nation.
Bible test or quizzes are not being added this year, but the weekly quizzes from 2019, complied by month, are still available here
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Sun. 26 Human Life Sunday
Adult Bible Class 9:00am Sunday School 9:00am Divine Service 10:00am Bibliophiles Study Group 11:15am Mon. 27 Pastor’s Day of Rest Tue. 28 Pastor attending Wyoming District Board of Directors Meeting at LMC, Casper Blood Drive 8:00am – 1:00pm Wed. 29 Women’s Bible Study Group 9:00am Catechism Class 5:15pm Thur. 30 Men’s Bible Study 8:00am Sun. 2 Adult Bible Class 9:00am Sunday School 9:00am Divine Service w/Holy Communion 10:00am |
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LIFE QUOTES JANUARY 26, 2020
“The ‘right’ of abortion does not expand personal choice or freedom; it severely restricts it because it establishes the prior ‘right’ of the state to permit or to deny the right to life at will. Such a step, the legalization of abortion, is the beginning of the death of freedom and of man.” R. J. Rushdoony, theologian and philosopher – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life • www.lutheransforlife.org
STEWARDSHIP BULLETIN SENTENCES JAN 26, 2020
Third Sunday after Epiphany
Matt. 4:20 – “Immediately they left their nets and followed him.” Discipleship cost Peter and Andrew everything they had. They left their trade, their hometown and their families, and they followed Jesus. God has called us to the same discipleship and the same devotion, though the exact details of how that is lived out will vary. The important thing is that we know that all we have is the Lord’s to be used for His purpose, and we are His disciples, ready to follow where He leads.
KFUO.ORG FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 26, 2020
The Coffee Hour (weekdays at 9:15 a.m.), the Sharper Iron series "All Righteousness Fulfilled" (weekdays at 8:00 a.m.), and study Joshua 9-13 on Thy Strong Word (weekdays at 11:00 a.m.). All times CST.
LUTHERAN HOUR JANUARY 26, 2019
"Call it a Comeback" Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler
New Series - "In Christ, God is writing a comeback story for you. But we don't call it a comeback if it's the same old you that's been here for years. You call it a comeback because life in Jesus means the death of the old you, and through faith in Jesus the real you can truly live." (Genesis 41)
LUTHERAN HOUR FEBRUARY 2, 2019
"Gold Without Glitter"
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler
Without the fire of the refiner's forge, there can be no glittering gold. And so it is with us. You are more precious to God than gold. But, like gold, you and I need refining. (Genesis 42)
The Lutheran Hour is broadcast each Sunday at 7:30am on Stereo AM 610 KCSR.
“The ‘right’ of abortion does not expand personal choice or freedom; it severely restricts it because it establishes the prior ‘right’ of the state to permit or to deny the right to life at will. Such a step, the legalization of abortion, is the beginning of the death of freedom and of man.” R. J. Rushdoony, theologian and philosopher – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life • www.lutheransforlife.org
STEWARDSHIP BULLETIN SENTENCES JAN 26, 2020
Third Sunday after Epiphany
Matt. 4:20 – “Immediately they left their nets and followed him.” Discipleship cost Peter and Andrew everything they had. They left their trade, their hometown and their families, and they followed Jesus. God has called us to the same discipleship and the same devotion, though the exact details of how that is lived out will vary. The important thing is that we know that all we have is the Lord’s to be used for His purpose, and we are His disciples, ready to follow where He leads.
KFUO.ORG FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 26, 2020
The Coffee Hour (weekdays at 9:15 a.m.), the Sharper Iron series "All Righteousness Fulfilled" (weekdays at 8:00 a.m.), and study Joshua 9-13 on Thy Strong Word (weekdays at 11:00 a.m.). All times CST.
LUTHERAN HOUR JANUARY 26, 2019
"Call it a Comeback" Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler
New Series - "In Christ, God is writing a comeback story for you. But we don't call it a comeback if it's the same old you that's been here for years. You call it a comeback because life in Jesus means the death of the old you, and through faith in Jesus the real you can truly live." (Genesis 41)
LUTHERAN HOUR FEBRUARY 2, 2019
"Gold Without Glitter"
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler
Without the fire of the refiner's forge, there can be no glittering gold. And so it is with us. You are more precious to God than gold. But, like gold, you and I need refining. (Genesis 42)
The Lutheran Hour is broadcast each Sunday at 7:30am on Stereo AM 610 KCSR.