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Vol. 81No. 11

Welcome to everyone who has come to share the Good News of the Gospel with us today! We ask our guests to

please sign our register, and invite you to join us regularly for worship. For more information about our church,

please contact Pastor Naumann 920.266.5386.

Second Sunday in Lent

my word… shall accomplish

what i please

421 North Second Street • Mankato, MN 56001507.345.3027 • www.ImmanuelMankato.org

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Pastor Joe Naumann Deacon Scott Kruse organist Grace Schreyer sounD Brent Schreyer ViDeo Mike Schweim screen Clifford Kuehne HeaD usHer Joseph

Friedrichs assistant usHer Kevin Moeri

PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP

OPENING HYMN “Lord, Open Thou My Heart to Hear” {tlh 5}

INVOCATION

Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.Congregation: Amen.

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION

P: We have come into the presence of God, who created us to love and serve Him as His dear children. But we have disobeyed Him and deserve only His wrath and punishment. Therefore, let us confess our sins to Him and plead for His mercy.C: Merciful Father in heaven, I am altogether sinful from birth. In countless ways I have sinned against You and do not deserve to be called Your child. But trusting in Jesus, my Savior, I pray: Have mercy on me according to Your unfailing love. Cleanse me from my sin, and take away my guilt.P: God, our heavenly Father, has forgiven all your sins. By the perfect life and innocent death of our Lord Jesus Christ, He has removed your guilt forever. You are His own dear child. May God give you strength to live according to His will.C: Amen.

THE SERVICE OF THE WORDC: Lord, have mercy on us, Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us.

ORDER OF WORSHIP

Pre-Service Meditation and PrayerPsalm 115 {tlh p. 147}

Lord Heavenly Father, So easily and so often we fail to trust in You and the wonderful promises You have given us. Forgive us for these

times and remind us of Your great faithfulness. Amen!

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GLORY TO GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS

1. Glory to God, we give You thanks and praise; Of heav’nly joy and peace on earth we sing. We worship You, to You our hearts we raise, Lord God, almighty Father, heav’nly King.

2. Lord Jesus Christ, the Father’s only Son, You bore for us the load of this world’s sin. O Lamb of God, Your glorious vict’ry won, Receive our prayer, grant us Your peace within.

3. Alone, O Christ, You only are the Lord, At God’s right hand in majesty most high: Who, with the Spirit worshiped and adored, With all the heav’nly host we glorify.

PRAYER OF THE DAY

P: Let us pray . . . C: Amen.

FIRST LESSON ii timothy 4:1-5I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: 2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

ILS CHOIR (SUN) “O Jesus, My Savior”O Jesus, my Savior, my Lord and my King,I’ll tell of Your tender love, Your praises I’ll sing.In sorrow, my Comfort; in darkness, my Light;my Sunshine by day, and my Song in the night.

O Jesus, my Savior, with You I am blest,my Life and Salvation, my Joy and my Rest.

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Your name be my theme, and Your love be my song;Your grace shall inspire both my heart and my tongue.

In mansions of glory and endless delight,I’ll ever adore You in heaven so bright,and singing Your praises, before You I’ll bow:if ever I loved You, my Jesus, ‘tis now.

SECOND LESSON luke 8:4-15And when a great multitude had gathered, and they had come to Him from every city, He spoke by a parable: 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 “Some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away because it lacked moisture. 7 “And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it. 8 “But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold.” When He had said these things He cried, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” 9 Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?” 10 And He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that 'Seeing they may not see, And hearing they may not understand.'” 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 “Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13 “But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. 14 “Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. 15 “But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.P: Blessed are they who hear the Word of God and keep it.C: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! These words are written that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

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APOSTOLIC CREED

I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there He will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

CHILDREN'S SERMON

HYMN OF THE DAY “Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness” {tlh 371:1-5}

SERMON TEXT isaiah 55:10-13 Seminarian Sam Naumann“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. 12 “For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; And it shall be to the LORD for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

______________________________________________GOD ACCOMPLISHES

WHAT HE SAYS HE WILLI. With His Unfailing Word

II. As Memorials to His Glory______________________________________________

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OFFERTORY

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence. Take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation. Uphold with Your Spirit free.

HYMN “Thy Strong Word” {ws 775:1-5}

OFFERING OF THANKSGIVING

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

LORD’S PRAYER

BENEDICTION

C: Amen.

CLOSING HYMN “How Blest are Thy Who Hear God's Word” {tlh 48}

O Jesus, My Savior Text text is in the public domain Confession and Absolution: Text: from Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal © 1993 Northwestern Publishing House. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-710933 Glory to God, We Give You Thanks: Text: Edwin LeGrice © 1991 Kevin Mayhew Ltd. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-710933 These Words are Written: Tune: Kermit G. Moldenhauer © 1993 Northwester Publishing House All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-710933 Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted, the text, tune, and/or setting of service elements are in public domain

The Altar Flowers for this weekends services are given in honor of Marlys Leiding's birthday by her children.

CLC Call News Teacher Andrew Roehl, Messiah Lutheran School, Eau Claire, WI, has returned the call of teacher/principal from Valley Bible Academy - St. John's Lutheran, Clarkston, WA. • From Messiah Lutheran, Eau Claire WI: The congregation has called Becky Buck to serve as a full-time teacher for grades 3-4, Valerie Hammett to serve as half-time teacher in the lower grades, and Jane Murch to serve as music teacher. • Pastor Caleb Schaller has returned the call to serve as pastor of Luther Memorial, Fond du Lac WI. • St. John’s Lutheran, Okabena MN, has called Paul Tiefel III, Messiah Lutheran, Eau Claire WI, to be principal and teacher at its school. • Grace Lutheran, Fridley MN, has called member Heidi Nelson to the position of lower grade teacher.

NEXT SUNDAY: Deacon Ted Schreyer Organist Bonnie Cornish Sound Nathan Clobes Video Tony Harris Screen Russell Schmitt Ushers First Sunday of the Month: Head Usher Karl Friedrichs Assistant Usher Kyle Hulke: Aaron Busse, Matt Hagan, Allen Hansen, Andrew Lentz, Richard Lueck, Alan Olmanson, Brent Schreyer

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Mission Fest March 18th. Divisions 1 & 2 Serving. More details to follow.

Easter Pancake Breakfast prepared by the men, will be April 1, 8-9:30am. All men wishing to assist are welcome. For more information contact Daryl Pischner, Mark Stelter or Larry Hartman.

Installation Pastor Neal Radichel will be installed here at Immanuel in a special service on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 1:00pm. A light lunch will follow.

CLC Youth Camp registration is coming up! You will be able to register online (the website will be up in the next month) on March 25 at 3:00pm CST. Camp this year will be held at Camp JIM in Pillager, MN. The cost will be $175/camper and campers entering grades 6-12 are eligible. You can check out our Facebook page for more updates. Stay warm!

Kindergarten Roundup will be held Friday, March 23, with Open House beginning at 4:30pm and the presentation at 5:30pm. For more information, call 507.345.3027 or email school@immanuelmankato.org.

Midweek Lenten Services continue this week considering the theme, “Keep Your Eyes on Jesus Who Endured the Cross.” This week, Pastor Dumman of our sister congregation Salem Lutheran Church, Eagle Lake, will be preaching on the subject,“He is our Security.”

CAL TOURNAMENTOur annual high school Christian Athletic League (CAL) Basketball Tournament

is March 1, 2, and 3. More information can be found online: ImmanuelMankato.org/school/cal-tournament

Volunteers Needed We are in need of volunteers to help monitor halls, help clean up, and work in the concession stand (We do ask that all students 8th grade and under who wish to work in the concession stand sign up with a parent/guardian). Also, food donations of ground beef and monetary donations toward boneless, skinless chicken breast are appreciated. Sign up sheets for volunteers and donations will be available in the upper school hallway after church today, or Wednesday, and in the school office during the week.Tournament Passes (wristbands) will be distributed to members of Immanuel congregation at no charge to show our appreciation for your support of our athletic program. Non-member volunteers will also receive complimentary passes. Passes must be picked up after church today, the next two Wednesdays, next Sunday, or by Wednesday, February 28th from the school office. Spectators and volunteers must present a pass or pay the $7.00 admission fee. Children ages 12 and under receive free admission and do not need a pass.Concessions Tabs All families that have a concessions tab from the basketball season are asked to pay off their tab before the start of the CAL Tournament. Please contact the school office 507.345.3027 to pay off your tab.If you have any questions concerning the CAL Tournament, please contact Julie Busch 507.345.3027 or 507.386.0706.

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Monday, February 26 • 7:00pm - Winter Concert Tuesday, February 27 • 3:00-5:00pm - Pastor’s Office Hours • 7:00pm - Board Of Ed MeetingWednesday, February 28 • 12:45pm - Worship Service: Charter #181 or Consolidated Communications #7 • 1:00pm - Lenten Worship Service • 4:00pm - Confirmation Class • 7:00pm - Lenten Worship ServiceThursday, March 1 • 5:45pm - Worship Service: Charter #181 or Consolidated Communications #7Friday, March 2 • 8:00-10:00am - Pastor's Office HoursSaturday, March 3 • 6:00pm - Communion Worship Service • 7:00pm - Bible Study and ‘Sunday’ SchoolSunday, March 4 • 8:15am - Immanuel Meditations KTOE 1420am or 102.7fm

• 9:00am - Bible Study and Sunday School • 10:00am - Communion Worship Service

THIS WEEK AT IMMANUEL

LAST WEEK’S FRUITS OF FAITH

LAST WEEK’S ATTENDANCE

SATURDAY: 87 + SUNDAY: 227 = 314

Saturday Bible Class: 15 • Sunday Bible Class: 43 • Saturday ‘Sunday’ School: 12Sunday School: 28 • Ambassadors: 6 • Men's Breakfast: 18

Lenten Service 1pm: 45 • Lenten Service 7pm: 99

Mission Development - $55Benevolent -$1ILC Building - $20Midweek Lenten Offerings - $1,720

Endowment - $61Land Purchase - $113Tuition Aid - $50Major Improvement - $65

*Neededfiguresareupdatedmonthlytoreflect remaining yearly need divided by the remaining weeks

$12,728

Received Needed

IMMANUEL

CLC MISSIONS$784

$1,076

$8,620