The Day of Pentecost May 31, 2020

Immanuel Lutheran Church & School (LCMS) “Growing in Faith to Share God’s Grace”

2820 Woodruff Road Simpsonville, South Carolina 29681-4806 Church Office: (864) 297-5815 www.immanuellutheranchurch.com

Rev. Jeff VanOsdol, Pastor

SERVICE OF THE WORD for a Scattered Church DIVINE SERVICE Setting One Lutheran Service Book 151-166

PRELUDE Come, Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire Lyndell Leatherman

GREETING, THEME OF THE DAY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

+ CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION +

ENTRANCE HYMN 489 Hail Thee, Festival Day

Refrain

5 Spirit of life and of pow’r, 6 Praise to the giver of good! Now flow in us, fount of our being, O Lover and Author of concord, Light that enlightens us all, Pour out Your balm on our days; Life that in all may abide: Order our ways in Your peace: Refrain Refrain

The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism. INVOCATION

P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen.

EXHORTATION LSB 151

P If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. C But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Silence for reflection on God’s Word and for self-examination.

CONFESSION OF SINS LSB 151

P Let us then confess our sins to God our Father. C Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.

DECLARATION OF GRACE LSB 151

P 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. May the Lord, who has begun this good work in us, bring it to completion in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. C Amen.

+ SERVICE OF THE WORD +

KYRIE LSB 152

5 THIS IS THE FEAST LSB 155

SALUTATION AND COLLECT OF THE DAY

P Let us pray. O God, on this day You once taught the hearts of Your faithful people by sending them the light of Your Holy Spirit. Grant us in our day by the same Spirit to have a right understanding in all things and evermore to rejoice in His holy consolation; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

OLD TESTAMENT READING Numbers 11:24–30

24Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. And he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tent. 25Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied. But they did not continue doing it. 26Now two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp. 27And a young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” 28And Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, said, “My lord Moses, stop them.” 29But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!” 30And Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.

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

7 GRADUAL Acts 2:17b; Romans 10:10

C I will pour out My Spirit | on all flesh,* and your sons and your daughters shall | prophesy. With the heart one believes and is | justified,* and with the mouth one confesses | and is saved.

SECOND READING Acts 2:1–21

The Coming of the Holy Spirit 1When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. 4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. 6And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. 7And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? 9Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” 12And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”

Peter’s Sermon at Pentecost 14But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. 15For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. 16But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:

8 17“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; 18even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. 19And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; 20the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. 21And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’”

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

ALLELUIA AND VERSE LSB 156

HOLY GOSPEL John 7:37–39

P The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the seventh chapter.

Rivers of Living Water 37On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”

9 39Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

P This is the Gospel of the Lord.

NICENE CREED

C I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

10 who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life T of the world to come. Amen.

HYMN OF THE DAY 498 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest

5 Drive far away our wily foe, And Your abiding peace bestow; With You as our protecting guide, No evil can with us abide.

6 Teach us to know the Father, Son, And You, from both, as Three in One That we Your name may ever bless And in our lives the truth confess.

7 Praise we the Father and the Son And Holy Spirit, with them One, And may the Son on us bestow The gifts that from the Spirit flow!

Text and tune: Public domain

11 SERMON What’s Gotten into You?

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

After each petition of the Prayer:

P Lord, in Your mercy, C hear our prayer.

LORD’S PRAYER

C 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.

BENEDICTION LSB 166

HYMN TO DEPART 503 O Day Full of Grace

P Go in peace. Serve the Lord. C Thanks be to God!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2018 Concordia Publishing House.

13 The Priesthood at Prayer Interceding for the Church, the World and our Neighbors

*New to the list May 31, 2020

Members *Alex Gentile, Abby Nelson, Danielle Henson Youth of the Week *Mary Schumpert, Catherine Benecke, Ryan Klotz, Birthday this week Jill Decker, Sigrid Clark, Ruth Lukemire *Kirk & Annette Tower Anniversary this week *Rev. Bob Herrod Surgery for benign cyst Julie, Jeff, Penny & Olive VanUffelen Healthy birth of Gulliver and August Dorothy Koob Rehabilitating after surgery Christine Hitchcock Health concerns Ginny Bley Health concerns John Kleis Surgery scheduled for July 7 Lucille Simon Recovering well Jean Biggerstaff, Linda Emeliantsev, Homebound Mary Anne Henderson, Dorothy Koob, Pat Lipinski Barney Albers Health concerns Bill Buckley Thyroid cancer

Family of Members *Michael & Jennifer Fickler (family of Lynn Herrod) Health concerns *Hilda Mae Patti (mother of Jim Patti) Fractured hip; other health concerns Mark Holombo (brother-in-law of Karl & Jena Tervo) Health concerns Diane Froiland (mother of Chris Froiland) Recuperating at home: COVID-19 Danyelle Skalma (daughter of Rita Weeks) Recovering well Jim Holly (cousin of Rita Weeks) Chemo complications April Renee McGraw (daughter of Jean Biggerstaff) Health Concerns Jeremiah Huntley (cousin of Duane Henson) Needing liver transplant Pauline Emberton (mother of Dana Emberton) Health concerns Jim Johnson (grandfather of Leah Johnson) Hospice care Robin Schermbeck (mother of Amy Froiland) Recuperating after surgery Ben Veltri (son of Liz Patti) Cancer diagnosis Tim Huppe (son of Andre Huppe) Cancer diagnosis Darryl Price (father of Nita Price) Recuperating after stroke Wade Sams (cousin of Linn Eckert) Final days Helen Lyttle (relative of Walter Leppert) COPD

Family of Members (cont.) Carey Gotsch (Norm & Nancy Gotsch daughter-in-law) Brain cancer Tonya Sitzmann (cousin of Linn Eckert) Final stages of cancer Steve Newton (former colleague of Jennifer VanOsdol) Bedridden; long recovery Dan Page (grandson of Richard Hitchcock) Difficult times

Friends *Synod President (Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison) St. Louis, MO Ruth Gedenberg (mother of Rachel Anderson) Recuperating: Blood and kidney issue Rev. Michael Sherman (Messiah, Mauldin) Health and Family concerns Nicholas Yaworsky (cousin of Michelle Maloney) Recuperating: COVID-19 Sawyer Summerlin (friend of Tervo family) 7-year-old; rare cancer Sean (attending Immanuel) Difficult times Ms. Knanoui (friend of Jean Biggerstaff) Coronavirus threat Ella, Maggie and Sophie Koller Identical triplets in NICU (mother a friend of Sarah Danielson) Bill & Ida Winistorff (friend of the Herrod family) Health concerns Becky Mayes (friend of Becky Mabrey) Cancer treatment Linda Eidell (friend of Sam Baker) Health concerns: treatment for cancer Rick Waters (friend of Sam Baker) Recovering from stroke Gary Loughmiller (friend of Olson Family) Awaiting kidney donor Chris McElcar (attending Immanuel) Pain management & PT Rebecca Barnes (friend of Rita Weeks) Pancreatic & liver cancer Birthright Crisis Pregnancy Center 40 days 4 Life

To help keep the Prayer List current, please notify the office of any changes. Thank you.

15 Announcements

A PLAN TO RETURN! For the first time since March 15, Immanuel Lutheran Church & School will gather again in the Sanctuary for Services next Sunday, June 7! We plan to do so according to the following guidelines:

General considerations:  Request that anyone with fever, cough, shortness of breath, muscle pain, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, or other symptoms of illness stay home and continue to watch online  Recommend that "high-risk" individuals such as the elderly, the immunosuppressed, and those with pulmonary disease stay home and continue to watch online  Encourage the use of masks (except during Communion Distribution, when servers will be masked)  Continue to make the entire Service available online, being aware of changes to that experience when there are people in the room  Recommend that families bring their own hand sanitizer to use  Remove Busy Bags; parents should bring their own "busy supplies" from home  No Sunday School or Adult Bible Class will be offered at this time

Before & After Services:  Encourage people to talk/visit outside (at an appropriate distance) rather than inside the building  No coffee hour food or beverages  No nametags  Print all hymns and liturgy in the Bulletin  Greeters open doors for people or prop open (to limit door handle touching)  Open doors to Sanctuary with fans turned on to circulate fresh air and disperse potential aerosols  Sanitize common surfaces (chairs, door handles, bathrooms)

Service changes:  Remove attendance books and hymnals  Place Bulletins on a table in the Narthex  Place Offering Plate in Narthex  Nursery will not be staffed  No Sharing of the Peace  Chairs will be arranged in the Sanctuary in groups of 2, 4 and more to create space between family units (Ushers/Elders will be available to add a chair or two in appropriate locations to accommodate larger family units)

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS The Church Office is open Monday-Friday from 8:30 AM-12:30 PM. You may deliver Offerings or transact any needed business at the church during these times. Please continue to call, text or email Pastor VanOsdol with any critical pastoral care needs: (864) 607-3496 or [email protected].

I would like to ask our sewing enthusiasts if you would be interested in sewing bucket hats for the kids for VBS next summer. I found a pattern online that is minimal-to-moderate difficulty and has 4 size ranges. If you would be interested in this project, please contact Kristal Kemppainen at [email protected].

CALL FOR GRADUATES The Spring of the year brings with it the end of another academic year and the milestone of Graduation for many. If you have an Immanuel family member celebrating a high school or college graduation this Spring, please send a note to Pastor at [email protected] so your graduate can be included in Immanuel’s Graduate recognition.

2020 STEWARDSHIP Thank you for your faithful and generous offerings and gifts thus far in 2020! Offerings may continue to be mailed to the church or delivered during Office Hours. Online giving (one-time or recurring gifts) is now available. Please see www.immanuellutheranchurch.com for details.

WEEKLY EMAIL DIGEST We hope you are enjoying the Immanuel Weekly Email Digest, receiving weekly announcements and a calendar of events at your email address. The Digest is the most up-to-date form of communication from Immanuel Lutheran Church & School. Not receiving the Weekly Email Digest? Please email [email protected] and we will add you to the list. Thank you. —Communications Team

STEWARDSHIP Acts 2:1 – “When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.” Pentecost is the Old Testament harvest festival—it happens around the time when the wheat and oats are ready to be brought in. Of course, this was a picture and foreshadowing of the great harvest of humankind that God means to bring in through the preaching of His Word. God gives the seed, and God brings about the harvest. From first to last, in things temporal and things eternal, we stand only by His grace.

HYMN OF THE SEASON Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus (c. 530- 609) gives the Christian Church a venerable and triumphant hymn for the Easter season that connects our celebration with that of Christians 1500 years ago. Fortunatus was born in Italy and died in France, where he had become a Bishop in the Christian Church. The refrain of Fortunatus’ hymn, "Hail Thee, Festival Day" comes from his long Latin poem celebrating the conversion of the Saxons. It is an adaptable hymn in that there is a version for Easter, Ascension and Pentecost. Today we sing the stanzas for Pentecost. The hymn’s music is by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), one of England's best known 20th-century composers. His tune has the feel and pacing of a fine processional hymn.

GROUNDSKEEPING Thanks to Ron Moore, Karl Tervo, John & Pat Schnorr, Mel Bley and Jim Nelson for their work on the upkeep and maintenance of the Immanuel Lutheran Church & School grounds. Spring maintenance work on the grounds continues and is being planned. If you would like to contribute your time and talent to help complete these tasks, please reach out to Head Trustee Karl Tervo ([email protected]) for tasks and direction. Iris bulbs are available for planting in your home gardens. If interested, pick up some in the garden area outside the front doors of the church.

ANNUAL YARD SALE will be rescheduled for a later date. If you have been collecting items for the yard sale and need to drop them off at church house, please call John Palotta 704-579-2632.

WEEKLY BIBLE READINGS Spend some time in God’s Word as you read next week’s Readings: Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Acts 2:14a, 22-36; Matthew 28:16-20.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Due the uncertainties surrounding the possibility of large gatherings this Summer, we have made the difficult decision not to try to offer VBS this summer. All preparations made and materials already purchased will be used to help us offer the Rainforest Explorers VBS in Summer 2021. We offer a big Thank You to Kristal Kemppainen (Chair) and Amy Trudell (Co-Chair) for their work and leadership on Vacation Bible School and we look forward to offering a great VBS next year! —Christian Education Board

SOCIAL MINISTRY We will continue to collect specific items for children to support Foster and Adopt Resource Center through May. We need: Tear-free baby soap and wipes; diapers and pull-ups (toddler sizes 4-7T); gift cards: (Food - $10) Chick-fil-A, Panera etc.; Walmart-$10-20); children & infants toothpaste (no whiteners/fluorides). Also please pick up a "Blessing Bag" to keep in your car to give to someone in need.

PARISH ADMINISTRATOR Applications are still being accepted for the position of Immanuel Parish Administrator. Interested applicants are asked to provide a resume and cover letter to [email protected]. However, due to the current pandemic we are currently on hold until we are able to return to normal activities. Please watch for updates in our newsletter, bulletin and website.

PLANNING PROCESS UPDATE Immanuel’s planning process has now been formed into a Ministry Plan for the Church & School: a listing of prioritized goals and tasks to guide our decision-making in the future. The Church Council will be presenting the Plan to the Congregation for adoption and implementation at the next Voters’ Assembly.

IMMANUEL PRAYER PARTNERS We are here to pray for your concerns. Fill out a prayer card in the Narthex and hand to an usher. For more information contact Pat Schnorr at (864) 757-9056.

BUY-A-DOT! The Buy-A-Dot campaign has raised all but $90,000 for the new braille plate embossing machine. It will be purchased to make the work of Lutheran Braille Workers easier and faster. LBW has made braille books of the Bible for 75 years. The books are offered free to anyone. In order for braille pages to be made, we need the embossed plates. The Immanuel braille workers use them when we produce books of the Bible on Monday mornings. We currently reproduce four books, Nahum-Malachi, Leviticus (in the Indonesian language), Acts and Daily Walk with God (a devotional). Please consider helping this campaign by contributing. You can make out a check to Lutheran Braille Workers, donate cash or use a credit card. Put your contribution in the jar on the table and list your name. See one of the braille volunteers if you need help. We can put the dots on the poster or give them to you to put on. We are turning the poster red from top to bottom. $1.00 per dot. Help those who cannot see read the Bible. —Braille Ministry

SUNDAY BULLETIN PRINT SCHEDULE The deadline for inclusion of items in the Sunday Bulletin, Calendar, Prayer List or Announcements page is 9 AM each Thursday morning. Send items to [email protected].

IMMANUEL’S WEBSITE Check out Immanuel’s weekly activities and view videos of Pastor’s Sermons on our website: www.immanuellutheranchurch.com.

THE LUTHERAN HOUR The Lutheran Hour airs every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on WLFJ Radio 660 AM/92.9 FM. The Lutheran Hour is also available as a podcast from the web, online at www.lutheranhour.org and on the American Forces Network for members of the military and their families. For more information go to www.lutheranhour.org and click Broadcast Guide, or call 1-800-876-9880. A Lutheran hour mobile app is also now available for your iPhone or Android device so you can take the program wherever you go.

ISSUES, ETC. Issues, Etc. is another source of Lutheran information and discussion. While not available on local airwaves, you can listen to it any time you want at www.issuesetc.org.

Activities this week at Immanuel:

May 31 Service of the Word (Online)

Tuesday June 2 9:30 AM-12:30 PM Quilters 7:00 PM Elders (Sanctuary)

Sunday June 7 8:00 AM Divine Service (Sanctuary) The Holy Trinity 10:30 AM Divine Service (Sanctuary)

In response to the Gospel 5-17-20:

Sunday Offering $3730 Weekly Needs $6400 Weekly Year-to-Date Average $7660

(Offerings may continue to be mailed to the church or delivered during Office Hours. Online giving is now available. Sign up at www.immanuellutheranchurch.com)

Serving Today:

Videographer – Jonathan Anderson Organist – Dr. Linda Dzuris Symphonic Chimes – Linda Nichols Trumpet – Dave Pugh