IN OUR DAILY PRAYERS this week we continue to pray for Wyona Hofer still in McKennan Hospital. We also keep in our prayers 2-month-old Landon hospitalized with RSV, 4-year-old Isaac as he and his family prepare for a bone marrow transplant to treat his leukemia, for all others under a doctor’s care, for all who are in cancer treatment, for our shut-in and inactive members and, as always, at least two people in your life who do not know Christ.
THE SAMARITANS will have a meeting February 26th at 1:00 in the Fellowship Hall.
THE YOUTH GROUP will be going tubing in Sioux Falls and going out to eat on Sunday, March 4th. Please let Bob or Karen know if you are planning to attend. We need to know 2 weeks in advance in order to get the group discount.
THE 2011 ANNUAL REPORT will be distributed after today’s worship service. Please be courteous of the next person and take only 1 copy per family so that there will be enough to go around. Additional copies may be obtained later after everyone has had a chance to get a copy. Please review the membership information that pertains to you and let the Church Office know if anything still needs to be updated. Thank you for your cooperation!
LENTEN SEASON SOUP AND SANDWICH SUPPERS are being scheduled. Of the 6 Wednesdays in Lent, only 2 remain open: March 14th and March 21st. Soup/suppers for the other 4 dates have been taken as follows: Feb. 22nd = LWML, Feb. 29th = Pastors’ wives (Bunny and Susan), March 7th = LFL and March 28th = Men’s Bible Study Group. If any person – or a group! – would like to volunteer to do one of the remaining 2 Wednesday soup suppers, please call Aleta at 660-3651 or e-mail her at starner5@gwtc.net as soon as possible. Thanks! We are all looking forward to some great meals and great fellowship time!
MIDWEEK LENTEN SERVICES – The theme for this year’s Lenten season will be “The Christian and Cross-Bearing” in which we will see what “cross-bearing” means and doesn’t mean, how the crosses we bear in our lives are related to our suffering (if at all), the attitude we should have about the crosses we have to bear, the testing of our faith, etc. Services will begin at 7:00 p.m. Please mark your calendars and join us for worship as we examine these issues that affect all of us!
Wed., Feb. 22 “What It Means to Bear the Cross”
Wed., Feb. 29 “Every Christian Bears a Cross”
Wed., Mar. 7 “The Right Attitude Toward Bearing the Cross”
Wed., Mar. 14 “The Purpose of Bearing the Cross”
Wed., Mar. 21 “The Cross and Sin”
Wed., Mar. 28 “The Strength to Bear the Cross”
LENTEN DEVOTIONS (written by Lutheran Hour Ministries) will be provided this year in both electronic and paper formats. The printed devotions will initially be distributed after today’s worship service; extra copies will be available throughout the Lenten season in the library. If, instead, you wish to have the electronic version e-mailed to you, please contact the Pastor.
COMMUNION REGISTRATION – We are suspending the use of registration cards for the Sacrament of Holy Communion. This is an administrative issue only and has no bearing on who can partake of the Lord’s Supper. Those who may come to the Altar for the Lord’s Supper are still those baptized and confirmed members (and members in good standing of a sister LC-MS congregation) who confess the same faith that is preached, taught and practiced here at St. Paul and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. The confession of faith to which we subscribe is based solely upon the Holy Bible which says that we partake of our Lord’s true Body and Blood for the forgiveness of our sins and to strengthen our union with our Lord and with one another, and that we are to be in a like confession with each other. Our Lord invites to His table only those who trust in His words, repent of all sin and set aside any refusal to forgive others who may have wronged them. All those who are unwilling to repent of their sins or are unwilling to forgive others as well as those who hold a confession of faith differing from that of this congregation and the LC-MS yet desire to receive the Sacrament are asked to speak with the Pastor prior to worship.
THE LUTHERAN WITNESS subscription update: If you would like to continue to receive The Lutheran Witness (or to begin receiving it), please sign up on the bulletin board. If we do not see your name on the list, we will assume that you do not wish to receive it. Thank you! (s) Lisa and Aleta
MAIN STREET LIVING CHOIR will be recording on Feb. 25th at Zion Lutheran Church, 1400 So. Duluth Ave., Sioux Falls at 1:00. The choir is a great experience to help spread the salvation message of our Savior. If you wish to sing with the choir as they record more hymns, women are asked to wear a white top and dark slacks; men are asked to wear a white shirt, dark slacks and no tie. Come and sing praises with others as you share the gift of singing! If you have any questions, please call Anne Koosman at 310-0027.
MAIN STREET LIVING – Kid’s Crossing – Feb. 26 – Janitor Bob encourages Simon to learn to say, “No!” when he is tempted to do wrong. The featured speaker is Rev. Dwaine Doremus from St. Peter Lutheran Church in Wentworth. The sermon theme is “Look From Mariah to Calvary.” The hymns are “Come to Calvary’s Holy Mountain,” “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” and “Drawn to the Cross Which Thou Hast Blessed.” The Main Street Living Choir will provide the hymns. MSL may be seen each Sunday morning at 10:00 on KDLT-NBC.
THE LUTHERAN HOUR – Feb. 26 – “Repent” is the sermon theme for Rev. Dr. Ken Klaus. Is repentance important? Is repentance necessary? The answer is an unqualified “Yes!” True, Jesus loves us as we are but He never leaves us as we were. (Mark 1:14-15) The Lutheran Hour is broadcast every Sunday morning at 8:30 on 105.9 FM (KMIT) and at 9:30 on 570 AM (WNAX).
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