ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH (Missouri Synod)

502 Cedar Street, PO Box 68, Tigerton, WI 54486

Pastor: Rev. Matthew Uttenreither 535-2282 (office) 2281 (home)

Secretary-Treasurer: Carol Fuhrman 535-2294 (cell) 715-701-8053

Custodian: Dale Selle 535-2437 (cell) 715-853-9169

Organists: Jonathon Knaup & Dean Suehring

Pastor’s e-mail: pastoruttenreither@frontiernet.net

Church office e-mail address: stjohntigerton@frontiernet.net

Web site: http://www.frontiernet.net/~stjohntigerton/

September 12 & 15, 2013 Trinity XVI

WELCOME TO ONE AND ALL! Let us attentively wait upon God, learn of God’s word for us, and greet one another in a genuine spirit of Christian fellowship. This is a sacred and joyous occasion for each of us. VISITORS…we are glad to have you with us. If you desire a call from Pastor Uttenreither please contact him at 535-2281 or 2282.

ORDER OF SERVICE: LSB p. 184

Hymns: 594 - 758 - 570, 618, 818 - 461

First Lesson:I Kings 17:17-24 “Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son”

Epistle: Ephesians 3:13-21 “Prayer for Spiritual Strength”

Gospel: St. Luke 7:11-17 “Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son”

Sermon: “Life and Death Contending”

Att. Last Thurs: 16 One year ago: 28 (-12)

Att. last Sun: 89 One year ago: 83 (+6)

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN

Monday: Elder’s Mtg. 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday: Bethesda Thrift Store Workday (Carol F.)

Social Security Seminar at St. Paul, Wittenberg

6:30-7:30 p.m. sponsored by Thrivent - refreshments

Wednesday: Thrivent Bd. Mtg. 9:00 a.m. CCBC Classes 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Thursday: Bible Study 9:00 a.m. starting the Book of Acts

Worship Service 6:30 p.m.

Saturday: Prep for Harvest Dinner starting at 8:00 a.m.

Sunday: NO Bible Study Polka Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

47^th ANNUAL HARVEST DINNER – SERVING BEGINS AT 11a.m.

General Budget: $122,855.00 Amount needed per week: $2,363.00

Mission Budget: $10,000 Amount needed per week: $192.31

Amount Received last week: $1,719.00

Recv’d in Gen/Main. $1,379.50 Missions $329.50 Speaker Fund: $10.00

(Other moneys received go into “special accounts” and will not be listed here weekly.)

Congratulations and God’s Blessings to Michael & Sheri Fuhrman on the Reaffirmation of their wedding vows, Saturday, Sept. 14^th

Prayers for strength and healing for: Sharon Thiel; Harvey Patzer, Marie Hoffmann, Carolina Glover, Walter Webster, Kenneth Malueg, Leonard Hoffmann, Leah Rae Breaker, Irma Hintz, Shirley Kutchenriter, Etta Mae Steinke, Dora Spiegel, Helene and Judy Schroeder, Jodi Breitenfeldt, Delores Gassner. Pray for all who are in nursing homes or shut-ins.

THANK YOU to the family of Irene Selle for memorial gifts of $250 each to the Speaker Fund and CWG & LWML. We are appreciative!

THANKS to Harlan Hirt for a $50 gift to the congregation.

RECEIVED from Thrivent Financial Choice $$ this month - $82.00. Thank you to the two members who designated St. John.

THANK YOU to Mike Tauferner for maintaining the volleyball court again this year.

HARVEST DINNER IS NEXT SUNDAY, SEPT. 22^ND. Letters with what you are being asked to donate and work schedules are in your church mailbox. Please pick up today. If you cannot bring what you are asked or cannot work at the time assigned please call Anne Smith – 715-793-4627. Cash donations should be put in an envelope with your name and dropped in the box designated.

Dartball season will begin in early October. Anyone interested in playing on this year’s team should contact Ken Huebner – 715-754-2910. An organizational meeting and practice will be held after the service on Sept. 29^th.

COMING UP… Soup and Pie Lucheon Sunday, Sept. 29^th at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Birnamwood. Starts at 12 Noon. Chili, Chicken dumpling and Italian Vegetable Soup, Homemade bread, cheese, & pie. All you can eat soup - $3.00; pie - $2.00 piece. Also selling hard candy and other goodies.

Potato Pancake Dinner sponsored by Peace Lutheran Church, Tilleda October 6^th at the Seneca Town Hall. Menu includes potato and regular pancakes, sausages, maple syrup, applesauce, cheese,& homemade pie. Adults $9; 6-12 $4; 5 and under free.

A SPEAKER FUND has been started to update and/or replace our speakers in church. We would appreciate donations being directed towards this project. The Trustees are working on different options, but should have an estimated cost soon. If you would care to contribute, please make check payable to St. John and note ‘speaker fund’ on the memo line, or place in an envelope with name & env. # and place in offering plate. THANKS!

LCFS THRIFT STORE MANAGER Vi Golz will be retiring soon. They are looking for someone who enjoys people and would be responsible for the everday tasks of keeping the operation running smoothly. A computer will be installed soon, so computer skills are needed. This person may be male or female. For more information please call Vi at 715-787-3674 or 715-526-9092.

TRINITY XVI

September 12 & 15, 2013

ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH

Tigerton, WI

Rev. Matthew Uttenreither

Priesthood Prays September 15-September 21

The Week of the Sixteenth Sunday after Holy Trinity

L. In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C. Amen.

L. O Lord, open my lips

C. and my mouth will declare Your praise

L. Make haste, O God to deliver me;

C. make haste to help me, O Lord

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Psalm of the Week: Psalm 146 Catechism Meditation: Fourth Petition to the Lord’s Prayer and meaning

The Readings

Sunday: II Chronicles 34:1-4, 8-11,14-33

Monday: II Chronicles 36:1-23 Tuesday: Nehemiah 1:1-2:10

Wednesday: Nehemiah 2:11-20;4:1-6

Thursday: Nehemiah 4:7-23 Friday : Nehemiah 5:1-16; 6:1-9,15-16

Saturday: Nehemiah 7:1-4;8:1-18

Hymn of the Week LSB 758; TLH 517 The Apostles’ Creed

The Lord’s Prayer

Collect of the Day: O Lord, we pray that Your grace may always go before and follow after us, that we may continually be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Luther’s Morning or Evening Prayer

Morning: I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept the night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.

Evening: I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me this day; and I pray that You would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong and graciously keep this night. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.

Daily Themes for Prayer

Sunday: Pray for the joy of the resurrection among us; for the fruit of faith nourished by the Word and Sacraments.

Monday: Pray for faith to live in the promises of Holy Baptism; for one’s calling and daily work; for the unemployed; for the salvation and well-being of our neighbors; for schools, colleges, and seminaries; for good government and for peace.

Tuesday: Pray for deliverance against temptation and evil; for the addicted and despairing, the tortured and oppressed; for those struggling with besetting sins.

Wednesday: Pray for marriage and family, that husbands and wives, parents and children live in ordered harmony according to the Word of God; for parents who must raise children alone; for our communities and neighborhoods.

Thursday: Pray for the Church and her pastors; for teachers, deacons, deaconesses, and other church workers; for missionaries and for all who serve the Church; for fruitful and salutary use of the blessed sacrament of Christ’s body and blood.

Friday: Pray for the preaching of the holy cross of our Lord Jesus Christ and for the spread of His knowledge throughout the whole world; for the persecuted and oppressed; for the sick and dying.

Saturday: Pray for faithfulness to the end; for the renewal of those who are withering in the faith or have fallen away; for receptive hearts and minds to God’s Word on the Lord’s Day; for pastors and people as they prepare to administer and receive Christ’s holy gifts.

L. Let us bless the Lord. C. Thanks be to God.

Quote(s) of the Week on Sunday’s Gospel: The blessed Evangelist St. Luke tells us of the restoration to life through Christ of the only son of a widow. This should touch our hearts, move our soul, and fill our ears with fear and wonder. For it brings to our remembrance that the dead of every age shall at the voice of Christ rise again from their graves. It also speaks to us Our Lord’s compassion. For if the earthly tears of one widow moved Christ to bring her son back to life, will He not do much for in answer to the unceasing prayers of His Church and His Faithful to restore, strengthen and uplift them? Let no one who is a Christian doubt that even now the dead are raised. But not all can see men who are were dead in heart rise up, save those who are themselves risen in heart. It is a far greater miracle to raise to life one who will live forever, than to raise someone who must die again. The widowed mother rejoiced over the young man restored to life. Mother Church rejoices daily over men restored to life in the spirit. He was dead in his body; they in the soul. His visible death was mourned before all; their invisible death is neither seen nor thought of. And Our Lord alone, who knows the [spiritually] dead, has power to make them live. -- St. Augustine