ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH
REV. DEAN SUEHRING
ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH (Missouri Synod)
PO Box 68, Tigerton, WI 54486
Vacancy Pastor: Rev. Dean Suehring 715-851-1151
Secretary-Treasurer: Carol Fuhrman 535-2294 (cell) 715-701-8053
President: Jim Fuhrman 715-881-0397
Custodian: Dale Selle 535-2437 (cell) 715-853-9169
Organist: Jonathon Knaup
Church office e-mail address: stjohntigerton@frontiernet.net
Web site: http://www.frontiernet.net/~stjohntigerton/
April 5, 2020 Palm Sunday in
WELCOME FRIENDS IN OUR LORD JESUS. God bless you today and always with His very special care, and His love be with you every day and everywhere. May your faith and life be blessed through the week ahead. If you desire a call from Pastor Suehring please contact him at 715-851-1151.
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN
Letters have been sent to members’ homes with the schedule for Holy Week and April.
We take seriously the potential risks associated with the coronavirus, and at the same time recognize the need for spiritual care in the midst of these trying times.
Parishioners who desire to gather for prayer, hearing the Word of God and receiving Holy Communion may do so at the following times and places:
St. John-Tigerton: Monday (4/6) 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 4:00 pm, or 6:00 pm
Maundy Thursday (4/9) 10:00 a.m, 5:00 p.m.
Good Friday (4/10) 10:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. (no communion)
Easter Sunday (4/12) 6:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m.
During these times Pastor will lead individuals, families, and/or small groups, ideally under 10 to remain in compliance with the government mandate, through a brief worship service and commune those who are eligible. Please maintain social distancing and refrain from shaking hands. If you are sick, please stay home until you are well.
A word about tithes and offerings: Church members may drop off offerings during the service times at your church or should contact your congregation’s treasurer about mailing in your offerings. The church continues to have financial obligations to meet throughout this pandemic and it needs your continued financial support. Thank you!
Please continue to pray: For our country and its leaders; For our churches and church members; For doctors, nurses, health care workers, paramedics, police, firefighters, and for all those whose work is difficult or dangerous; For the sick and dying, the lonely and depressed; For deliverance from this pandemic; For all our needs of body and soul, and whatever else we need. Let us pray to the Lord: Lord have mercy.
Zechariah 9:9-12 : “The Coming King of Zion”
Philippians 2:5-11: “Christ’s Example of Humility”
Matthew 21:1-9 “The Triumphal Entry”
Prayers for strength and healing for Maddux Berg, Sue Kersten, Betty Stern, Shirley Kutchenriter, Rita Hohn, Joy Murray, Tully Tauferner, Sharon Dedolph,, Marcella Kauss, Francis Shest, Arnold & Ruby Arndt, Vernetta Schoenrock, Nancy Kersten, Robert & Cheryl Lehman, and Judy Schroeder. Pray for all who are in nursing homes or shut-ins. NOTE: If there are any names you wish to have added or taken off please let Carol know. Thanks.
OUR SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS FOR COMFORT AND PEACE for the family of Marie Tauferner. A private graveside service will be held for the family Wednesday, April 8th.
PASTOR SUEHRING’S EDUCATION FUND REPORT
Following shows total goal along with approx dates and amt’s needed
-$6000.00---------$24000.00----------$28000.00-----------$35000.00 (GOAL)-
--$6000(June-‘20)--$18000(Sept-‘21)--$4000--(April-‘22)--$7000(Aug-‘22)--
Contributions To Date $3,270.00 / Current Bank Balance $3,270.00
(Contribution envelopes available at bulletin table, put in offering plate)
Any questions please contact Tom, Al or Walt (Joint Council members)
NOTE: Thank you for the donation of an additional $1,000 for this fund.
Sunday, May 10th at 4:00 pm has been set as the date and time for installation service. Pastor Suehring will be installed as the permanent pastor for us here at St John and also Immanuel and St Johns. The Installation Worship Service and the dinner to follow will be held at our church and fellowship hall. More information will follow in the coming weeks. Save the date!
WE NEED A CURRENT LIST of members e-mail addresses and your current phone number where you can be reached. If there are announcements to go out it would be very helpful to have an updated e-mail list. PLEASE take a moment to e-mail your info to the church office – stjohntigerton@frontiernet.net. THANKS!!
Palm Sunday- Palmarum
Introit: Psalm 118:19-29; antiphon: Psalm 118:26
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord.
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it.
I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord.
The Lord is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us.
Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar!
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you.
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord.
The Gloria in Excelsis is omitted during the season of Lent
Collect of the Day
Almighty and everlasting God, You sent Your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to take upon Himself our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross. Mercifully grant that we may follow the example of His great humility and patience and be made partakers of His resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Zechariah 9:9-12
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. 11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. 12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
Gradual: Psalm 73:23b-24, 1
You hold my right hand, you guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.
Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
Epistle Reading: Philippians 2:5-11
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Tract: Psalm 22:1, 4-5
In the season of Lent the Tract replaces the Alleluia
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
Gospel Reading: Matthew 21:1-9
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, 5 “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’” 6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed
them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
In the prayers “for others and ourselves,” the following suggestions may be used to establish a pattern of daily and weekly prayer.
Sunday: For the joy of the resurrection among us; for the fruit of faith nourished by the Word and the Sacraments.
Monday: 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 peace.
Tuesday: For deliverance against temptation and evil; for the addicted and despairing, the tortured and oppressed; for those struggling with sin.
Wednesday: For marriages 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: For the Church and her pastors; for teachers, 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: 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: 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.
Congregation at Prayer: Holy Week: April 5- April 11, 2020
Hymn of the Week: “A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth” LSB #438, TLH #142
Psalms for the Week: 22, 31, 34, 40, 41, 56, 70, 118, 141
Daily Bible Reading: Old Testament New Testament
Sunday: Exodus 8:1-32 Hebrews 1:1-14
Monday: Exodus 9:1-28 Hebrews 2:1-18
Tuesday: Exodus 9:29—10:20 Hebrews 3:1-19
Wednesday: Exodus 10:21—11:10 Hebrews 4:1-16
Holy Thursday: Exodus 12:1-28 Hebrews 5:1-14
Good Friday: Exodus 12:29-32, 13:1-16 Heb. 6:1-20
Holy Saturday: Exodus 13:17—14:9 Hebrews 7:1-22
Collect (Prayer) of the Day: Almighty and everlasting God, You sent Your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to take upon Himself our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross. Mercifully grant that we may follow the example of His great humility and patience and be made partakers of His resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Luther’s Morning Prayer: I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this 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.
Luther’s Evening Prayer: 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.
An Order of Service for Morning Devotion:
In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
In the morning, O Lord, You hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for You and watch
My mouth is filled with Your praise,
and with Your glory all the day.
O Lord, open my lips
and my mouth will declare Your praise.
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.
A hymn, canticle, or Psalm may be sung or spoken.
Bible reading
A portion of the Small Catechism may be read.
The Apostles’ Creed
The Lord’s Prayer
Prayers for others and ourselves
Concluding prayers:
Almighty God, merciful Father, who created and completed all things, on this day when the work of our calling begins anew, we implore You to create its beginning, direct its continuance and bless its end, that our doings may be preserved from sin, our life sanctified, and our work this day be pleasing to You, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Luther’s Morning Prayer.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
An Order of Service for Evening Devotion:
In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
The Lord Almighty grant us a quiet night and peace at the last.
Amen.
It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praise to Your name, O Most High;
To herald Your love in the morning,
Your truth at the close of the day.
A hymn, canticle, or Psalm may be sung or spoken.
Bible reading
The Apostles’ Creed
The Lord’s Prayer
Prayers for other and ourselves
Concluding prayers:
Lord Jesus, stay with us, for the evening is at hand and the day is past. Be our constant companion on the way, kindle our hearts, and awaken hope among us, that we may recognize You as You are revealed in the Scriptures and in the breaking of the bread. Grant this for Your name’s sake. Amen.
Luther’s Evening Prayer.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
