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We strive to provide meaningful worship, sacred music, commitment to tolerance, open-mindedness, and inclusive love so that

people who come through our doors may discover the spirit and compassion of God in the heart of the Holy City.

Third Sunday of Easter

Citadel Cadet Sunday

April 15, 2018

10:00 a.m.

The Service of word and Holy Communion

500 Years of Reformation

Celebrating the Protestant Reformation

St. Johannes

Lutheran Church

Charleston, SC

THE THE MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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We welcome you to worship today!

☩ WE ARE THRILLED THAT YOU ARE HERE TODAY.

If you are visiting with us today, please take a moment and fill out the information sheet located on the

back of the pews, so we can welcome you properly. We also welcome any prayer requests, there is a

place to put this on the attendance forms as well. If you are looking for a church home, please speak

with Pastor Alvin or contact the church office at 843-722-8906.

☩ CHRIST BIDS WELCOME TO ALL BAPTIZED CHRISTIANS AT THIS SERVICE OF HOLY

COMMUNION.

Baptized children who commune should be assisted by an adult near them. Those who are unable to

partake of wheaten bread or wine are assured that the Church affirms our Lord’s presence in, with, and

under each element alone. All baptized Christians are encouraged to commune with us. It is the Lord’s

Table.

☩ THE WATER IN THE FONT

The water in the font reminds us of our baptism into Christ. You may dip your fingers into the water and

trace the cross upon your forehead to remember your baptism.

☩ RESTROOMS AND QUIET ROOM

These facilities are located in the Parish Building behind the sanctuary. For security reasons, the

building may be locked, but a key is in the narthex to unlock the building. The key is hanging by the

thermostat. [Directions to the restroom: exit the church, turn to the right, and go down the handicap

ramp toward the rear of the church. Go up the ramp, and enter the door to the left into the parish

building. As you enter, the Quiet Room/Nursery is to the left, and restrooms are to the right. Directional

signs are posted for the restrooms. A changing table is located in the women’s restroom.]

☩ ABOUT THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA:

The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the US, with more than 3.5 million members

in 65 synods and nearly 9,300 congregations across the 50 states and Caribbean region. Known as the

church of “God’s Work, Our Hands,” the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in

Jesus Christ, unity among Christians, and service in the world. The ELCA’s roots are in the writings of

the German church reformer, Martin Luther.

Citadel Cadet Sunday

The Citadel is a landmark in Charleston that is noted for its educational reputation as well as its rich history. Founded in 1842, The Citadel has an undergraduate student body of about 2,300 students who make up the

South Carolina Corps of Cadets. The Corps draws students from about forty-five states and a dozen countries. Pastor Alvin has been serving as Chaplain of Lutheran Campus Ministry at the Citadel.

Today we are very excited to have the Cadets leading us in our worship service. And we would like to extend a huge thank you to them for being a part of the ministry at St. Johannes.

The following Cadets have been a part of the Lutheran Campus Ministry: Skylar Addy*, Andrew Brabazon*, Brandon Davis*, Jacob Harding, Grace Jenkins, Grant Mays*, Sam MacDougall,

Chase Muehl, Evan Parry*, Nick Smith, and Evan Sweere.

*indicates they are a member at St. Johannes.

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☩ gathering ☩

(ELW—Setting 3) The congregation’s responses are printed in boldface.

*Indicates to please stand.

PRELUDE WELCOME Sam MacDougall ANNOUNCEMENTS

*SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE The presiding minister and congregation greet each other with the peace of Christ.

The peace of the Christ be with you always. And also with you.

After the peace has been shared, please return to your seat for a time of silence. *CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS [Please stand, as you are able.] Chase Muehl

A: My brother and sisters, we gather in the name in which we are baptized, in the name of the Father, and of the ☩Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. [Please remain standing or kneel as you are able.] Silence for self-reflection. A: God of all mercy and consolation, come to the help of your people, turning us from our sin to live for you alone. Give us the power of your Holy Spirit that we may confess our sin, receive your forgiveness, and grow into the fullness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. A: Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another. C: Gracious God, have mercy on us. We confess that we have turned from you and given ourselves into the power of sin. We are truly sorry and humbly repent. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things we have done and things we have failed to do. Turn us again to you, and uphold us by your Spirit, so that we may live and serve you in newness of life through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. *ABSOLUTION

A: In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. To those who believe in Jesus Christ he gives the power to become the children of God and bestows on them the Holy Spirit. Amen. *ENTRANCE SONG: Here I Am To Worship (lyrics located on insert sheet) *GREETING Andy Brabazon

A: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you.

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*KYRIE

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*CANTICLE OF PRAISE

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Old and New Testament scriptures are proclaimed.

*PRAYER OF THE DAY (Let us pray)

Almighty God, you wonderfully created the dignity of human nature and yet more wonderfully restored it. In your mercy, let us share the divine life of the one who came to share our humanity, Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

A: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. Evan Parry

PSALM 47 To be read responsively Andy Brabazon

Clap your hands, all you people; shout to God with loud songs of joy. For the LORD, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the earth. He subdued people under us, and nations under our feet. He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the king of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm.[a] God is king over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. The princes of the people gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted.

First Reading: Acts 3:12-19 Grace Jenkins The Lector says: A reading from Acts Peter addressed the people, “You Israelites, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk?The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to release him. But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you, and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. And by faith in his name, his name itself has made this man strong, whom you see and know; and the faith that is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you. “And now, friends, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out.” The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

☩ WORD ☩

Holy and righteous God, you are the author of life, and you adopt us to be your children. Fill us with your words of life, that we may live as witnesses to the resurrection of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

[Please be seated.]

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The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the 24th chapter: Glory to you , O Lord.

*THE GOSPEL: St. Luke 24:36-48 Evan Parry

[Please be seated.]

Second Reading: 1 John 3:1-7 Evan Sweere Lector says: A reading from 1st John See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Jesus himself stood among [the disciples] and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate in their presence. Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.”

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Brandon Davis

*[Please stand, as you are able.]

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CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Sam MacDougall

Hymn #595: Jesus Loves Me (Verse 1 is sung before the message and verse 3 after the message.)

SERMON: Evan Parry

*[Please stand, as you are able.]

*SONG OF THE DAY : 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) (lyrics located on insert sheet)

☩ MEAL ☩

The elements of bread and wine are blessed and prepared for the people of God.

RECEPTION OF THE OFFERING

OFFERTORY: Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) (lyrics located on insert sheet) *[Please stand, as you are able.]

OFFERTORY HYMN #679: For the Fruit of All Creation

*OFFERING PRAYER Grace Jenkins

A: Let us pray. Blessed are you, O God, maker of all things. Through your goodness you have blessed us with these gifts: our selves, our time, and our possessions. Use us, and what we have gathered, in feeding the world with your love, through the one who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS

[Please follow the service in the front portion of the ELW, pages 234-236.]

Please welcome new member Rebecca “Becca” Kersey, who is a student at Charleston Southern University and is majoring in Graphic Design. Please be sure to give Becca a very warm welcome.

PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION [Please stand or kneel, as you are able.] Skylar Addy

A: With the whole people of God in Christ Jesus, let us pray for the church, those in need, and all of God’s

creation.

Each petition ends: Lord, in your mercy, . . . The congregation responds: hear our prayer.

[Please be seated.]

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*GREAT THANKSGIVING The presiding minister greets the assembly and invites all present to give thanks.

It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God, for the glorious resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ, the true Paschal Lamb who gave himself to take away our sin, who in dying has destroyed death, and in rising has brought us to eternal life. And so, with Mary Magdalene and Peter and all the witnesses of the resurrection, with earth and sea and all their creatures, and with angels and archangels, cherubim and seraphim, we praise your name and join their unending

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*WORDS OF INSTITUTION

Holy, mighty, and merciful Lord, heaven and earth are full of your glory. In great love you sent to us Jesus, your Son, who reached out to heal the sick and suffering, who preached good news to the poor, who, on the cross, opened his arms to all, and through his resurrection made salvation available to everyone.

In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.

Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave if for all to drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.

Remembering, therefore, his death, resurrection, and ascension, we await his coming in glory.

Pour out upon us the Spirit of your love, O Lord, and unite the wills of all who share this heavenly food, the

body and blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord; to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, now

and forever. Amen.

*THE LORD’S PRAYER Evan Parry

Lord, remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us;

and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

[Please be seated]

DISTRIBUTION OF HOLY COMMUNION

All baptized persons are welcome to receive Holy Communion, which is offered by common cup or intinction. When leaving the altar,

you may celebrate your baptism by dipping your fingers into the water of the baptismal font and making the sign of the cross.

INVITATION TO COMMUNION

Come to the banquet, for all is ready now.

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*[When all persons have communed, we stand.]

Service music from Sundays and Seasons.com © 2017 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved.

Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License 24142.

COMMUNION MUSIC: O Come to the Altar (lyrics located on insert sheet)

*COMMUNION BLESSING Evan Parry

A: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in His grace. Amen.

*PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Grace Jenkins

A: O God of Abundance, with this bread of life and cup of salvation you have united us with Christ, making us one with all your people. Now send us forth in the power of your Spirit, that we may proclaim your redeeming love to the world and continue forever in the risen life of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

☩ SENDING ☩ THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE SENT OUT TO SERVE.

*BLESSING/BENEDICTION

The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord’s face shine on you with grace and mercy. The Lord look upon you

with favor and ☩ give you peace. Amen.

*CLOSING SONG: Fields Of Grace (lyrics located on insert sheet) *DISMISSAL Sam MacDougall

A: Go in peace. Christ is with you. Thanks be to God.

Postlude

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this Week at St. Johannes

Tuesday: 5:30 p.m. - Bible Study with Dr. Michael Kogan Wednesday: Noon - Service of Holy Communion

Wednesday: 5:30 p.m. - Choir Practice

Next Week

9:00 a.m. - Coffee and Conversation in Gatch Hall 9:10 a.m. - Catechism Class Sunday School Room

10:00 a.m. - The Service with Holy Communion 12:30 p.m. - Spirited Brunch

In Our Prayers

Marilyn Stehmeier, Bootsie Witt; Harry Kluttz, Bonnie Richardson Leslie Carpenter, Chuck Long, Rita Marlow, Smith Pruitt, Diane Hogue,

Genelle Stuckey, Libby Lilienthal, Chelsea Christ, Gerda Bemder, Betty and Sarah Bourne

2nd Annual Spirited Brunch

On Sunday, April 22nd, we will be opening our doors for the 2nd Annual “Spirited Brunch”, sponsored by the Post & Courier and College of Charleston’s Department of Religious Studies. Last year’s

naugural event was so successful that this has become an annual event! (Approximately 100 people stopped by to learn a little more about St. Johannes!) If you would like to help by baking a German Apple Cake or serving

as a host or hostess, please contact Kay Winnett either by phone 843-571-1666 or email misskayhw@aol.com.

Centenary United Methodist Church

On Sunday, April 22nd at 4 p.m. Centenary United Methodist will be celebrating their 152nd Anniversary. They have invited St. Johannes members to join them as their honored guests for this

celebration. The Honorable John J. Tecklenburg, Mayor of Charleston, SC, will be the keynote speaker. Following the worship celebration, there will be a time of fellowship with light refreshments.

Serving Today

Crucifer / Worship Assistant: Brandon Davis

Lector: Grace Jenkins, Andy Brabazon & Evan Sweere

Acolyte: Grace Jenkins

Singing/Vocalist: Skylar Addy

Guitarist: Grant Mays

A special thanks to Bob Mays and Scott Carpenter for joining the Cadets and leading us with our worship songs. Council Persons of the Day: Mary Lou Waitschies and Andy Hogue

St. Johannes Lutheran Church

48 Hasell Street - Charleston, SC 29401; PO Box 21927 - Charleston, SC 29413

www.stjohanneschurch.org Email: office@stjohanneschurch.org

The Reverend Alvin G. Shrum, Pastor Office: 843-722-8906 - Cell: 803-201-1857 - Email: pastor@stjohanneschurch.org

Mr. George Hiatt, Organist/Choirmaster

Find us on Facebook @ St. Johannes Evangelical Lutheran Church

The flowers on the altar are given by Betty Heinsohn in memory of Charles W. Heinsohn.