Worship Propers for

5^th Sunday after the Epiphany

Saturday & Sunday, February 4 & 5, 2012

Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper at 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 a.m.

Hymn of Invocation [Stand]....................................................... LSB 398

Confession and Absolution........................................... LSB Page 184

Introit.................................................... Ps. 13:3-5; antiphon: Ps. 13:6

I will sing to the Lord,

      because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;

      light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”

      lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

But I have trusted in your steadfast love;

      my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

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.

I will sing to the Lord,

      because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Kyrie, Etc......................................................................... LSB Page 186

Collect of the Day

O Lord, keep Your family the Church continually in the true faith that, relying on the hope of Your heavenly grace, we may ever be defended by Your mighty power; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.  Amen. [Sit]

Old Testament Reading............................................... Isaiah 40:21-31

        ²¹Do you not know? Do you not hear?

        Has it not been told you from the beginning?

        Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

        ²²It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,

        and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;

      who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,

        and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;

        ²³who brings princes to nothing,

        and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

        ²⁴Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,

        scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,

      when he blows on them, and they wither,

        and the tempest carries them off like stubble.

        ²⁵To whom then will you compare me,

        that I should be like him? says the Holy One.

        ²⁶Lift up your eyes on high and see:

        who created these?

      He who brings out their host by number,

        calling them all by name,

      by the greatness of his might,

        and because he is strong in power

        not one is missing.

        ²⁷Why do you say, O Jacob,

        and speak, O Israel,

      “My way is hidden from the Lord,

        and my right is disregarded by my God”?

        ²⁸Have you not known? Have you not heard?

      The Lord is the everlasting God,

        the Creator of the ends of the earth.

      He does not faint or grow weary;

        his understanding is unsearchable.

        ²⁹He gives power to the faint,

        and to him who has no might he increases strength.

        ³⁰Even youths shall faint and be weary,

        and young men shall fall exhausted;

        ³¹but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;

        they shall mount up with wings like eagles;

      they shall run and not be weary;

        they shall walk and not faint.

This is the Word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God.

Gradual...................................................................... Ps. 117:1-2a; 96:8

Praise the Lord, all nations!

      Extol him, all peoples!

For great is his steadfast love toward us,

      and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

      bring an offering, and come into his courts!

Epistle Reading................................................ 1 Corinthians 9:16-27

¹⁶For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting.  For necessity is laid upon me.  Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!  ¹⁷For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship.  ¹⁸What then is my reward?  That in my preaching I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

¹⁹For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.  ²⁰To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews.  To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.  ²¹To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.  ²²To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak.  I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.  ²³I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.

²⁴Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize?  So run that you may obtain it.  ²⁵Every athlete exercises self-control in all things.  They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.  ²⁶So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.  ²⁷But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

This is the Word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God.

Alleluia and Verse [Stand]............................................... LSB Page 190

Holy Gospel Reading................................................ St. Mark 1:29-39

The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the 1^st chapter.  Glory be to Thee, O Lord.

²⁹And immediately [Jesus] left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.  ³⁰Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.  ³¹And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

³²That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons.  ³³And the whole city was gathered together at the door.  ³⁴And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons.  And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

³⁵And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.  ³⁶And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, ³⁷and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.”  ³⁸And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”  ³⁹And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

This is the Gospel of the Lord.  Praise be to Thee, O Christ.

Confession of Faith (Nicene Creed [5:30 p.m. & 7:30 a.m.]).... LSB Page 191

                                             (Apostles’ Creed [10:00 a.m.])........... LSB Page 192

Children’s Talk Hymn [10:00 a.m.; Sit]................................... LSB 790: 1, 3

Children’s Talk [10:00 a.m.]

Hymn of the Day [Sit]................................................................. LSB 846

Sermon .................................................................. St. Mark 1:32-34, 39

                                                 “Jesus Exercises Divine Omnipotence—Even Over Demons”

Offertory [Stand].............................................................. LSB Page 192

Offering and Attendance Registration [Sit]

Please include your email address if it has changed or you have not yet given it to us.

Prayer of the Church [Stand] Prayer Requests on Bulletin Page 5

After each petition:  Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

Lord’s Prayer & Collect [10:00 a.m.]

Salutation, Etc. [10:00 a.m.]................................................ LSB Page 201

Service of the Sacrament [5:30 p.m. & 7:30 a.m.]................... LSB Page 194

Distribution Hymns [5:30 p.m. & 7:30 a.m.; Sit]............ LSB 578, 668, 825, 663

Non-members of our congregation who desire to partake of Holy Communion in our setting for the first time … please speak with one of our Pastors before doing so (1 Cor. 4:1).  More information about this is on the “Welcome” page of this bulletin.  We cordially invite non-partaking baptized Christians to come forward to receive a Trinitarian blessing.  Please indicate your desire for such by crossing your arms over your chest.

Please remain seated for Trinitarian last stanza (r) of hymns during Holy Communion.

Also, please know that the pastor(s) and assisting elder(s) sanitize their hands prior to distributing the sacramental elements.

Nunc Dimittis, Etc. [5:30 p.m. & 7:30 a.m.; Stand]...................... LSB Page 199

Closing Hymn............................................................................ LSB 849

Daily Prayer Requests for

Personal and Family Devotions

Our Members:

Guy & Cathy Bieller, Ray Rudert, Nancy Reisenbichler, Kathy Lintner, Darrell Hecht, Nancy Wills, Erwin Fritsche, Dorothy Sommer, Eunice Koenig, Earline Leible, Sandra Ehlers, Gerald Guemmer, Earl Mueller, Paul Kasten, Howard Krauss, Alma Hoffstetter, Janet Conrad, Leona Lintner, Patsy Lukefahr, Ruby Kassel, Leroy Dreyer, Sharon Dees, Allyn Steffens, Sandy Roth.

Our Members’ Relatives & Friends:

Charles Pillars, Rev. Jeffrey & son Jacob Geske, Joann Reiss, Zac Lukefahr, Summer Bastian, Nicki Bastian, Velda Schremp, Jim Miget, RoseLee Preston, Jerry Brockmeyer, Cindy A. (Mattingly) Ponder, Donald Syberg, Milton Fritsche, Larry Stahlman, Eunice Rohlfing, Brian Mann, Bobbie Jo Bushman, Imogene (Mary) Zoellner, Doug L. Koenig, Lee Clinton, Donnie Ritter, Gail Seiler, Moriah Renaud, Robert Callahan, Nolan Weber, Marilyn Schumer, Danny Webb, Rick Ernst, David Pearce, Madyson Oliver, Ruby Moldenhauer, Haley Fulmer, Diane Moore, Nancy Blechle, Nathan Hart, Megan Green, Bill Weibrecht.

Our Congregation, School, & Community:

†  Deaths: Othella Colin (Grandmother of Angie [Tim] Brewer & Shannon [Keith] Tarrillion) on January 29, 2012.

†  Local & Area First Responders: Law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, etc.

†  Our country’s active military personnel with safety and protection, especially family and friends of Immanuel: SPC Allen Amschler (Army), Zach Beckerman (Army), Cody Blessing (Marines-Afghanistan), Andrew Brewer (Marines), SSG Brock A. Buerck (Air Guard-Afghanistan), Joseph Burfiend (Army), Andrew Camarillo (Air Force), Kelly Emmendorfer (Navy), SPC Logan Favier (Army), Christopher Flentge (Navy), Kyle Heck (Navy), Brandon Koenig (Navy), SS Zachary W. Mais (Air Force), SPC Christopher Miller (Army), SFC Jeff Oliver (Army), LCPL Adam Pfeiffer (Marines), SSG Brian Pingel (Army), CTRSN Andrew Roth (Navy), GYSGT Andrew Schemel (Afghanistan), LCPL Matthew J. Schremp (Marines), Captain Joshua T. Suthoff (Army), SW3 SGT Samuel Thole (Army), Josh Weinkein (Sea Bees), A1C Brent Wichern (Air Force), Benjamin Unterreiner (Marines).

Divine Service Pastors, Organist, and Other Information

for the Weekend of This Sunday, February 5, 2012

Liturgist & Proclaimer................................................. Rev. Thomas V. Handrick, Sr.

Organist................................................................................................. Mr. Allyn Steffens

Flowers Behind the Altar Given By..........................................................................

LaDonna Oliver, Angie Brewer, Jeff Oliver, and Sandy Stuart

        in loving memory of Al Oliver who would have been 61 years old on February 4, 2012

The Radio Broadcast Is Sponsored By........................................................................

Nancy & Elaine Hoff, Emily, Michael and Jacob Kramer

In loving memory of Ron Hoff who departed this life 4 years ago on February 5

Divine Service Servants and Other Information

for Next Weekend of Sunday, February 12, 2012

Elders....... (5:30 p.m.)..................................................................................... Robert Dees

                     (7:30 a.m.)................................................................................... David Werner

                     (10:00 a.m.)............................................................................... Mark Weinkein

Acolytes.. (5:30 p.m.).................................................................... Luke & Marissa Rigsby

                     (7:30 a.m.)............................................................ Jessica Stueve & Ahnie Hoff

                     (10:00 a.m.).................................................. Kelly Hurt & Peyton Kontomook

Ushers....... (5:30 p.m.)........... Mike Kueker, Palmer Lohmann, Calvin Ehlers, Keith Ehlers

Jerry Bergman, Andrew Miesner, Jerry Ruessler

                     (7:30 a.m.)............................ Wayne Kasten, Kenneth Kaempfe, Robert Hacker

Carl Eggers, Elbert Hadler, David Mueller, Charles Kasten

                     (10:00 a.m.)...... Bud Bohnert, Derek Chappius, Phil Norman, Andrew Norman

Brad Flentge, David Miesner

Greeters.. (5:30 p.m.)...... Grace Miesner, Linda Ruessler, Sherry Kueker, Clare Bergman

                     (7:30 a.m.)... Janet Hadler, Deanna Mueller, Sherry Kasten, Elmer & Velma Oswald

                     (10:00 a.m.)................................. Kristi Norman, Cindy Mueller, Judy Bohnert

Linda Chappius, Donna Flentge

Chancel Guild...................................... Alter & Flowers: Judy Bohnert & Betsy Boettcher

Bible Readings..... 2 Kings 5:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:[19-30] 31-11:1; St. Mark 1:40-45

                  Hymns..... 394, 867, 412, 555, 826, 825, 864

                Sermon..... Guest Preacher: Rev. Paul Winningham Missions Emphasis Weekend: Saxony Lutheran High School)