ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH 420 1st Street SE PO Box 118 Gwinner, ND 701.678.2401 www.ziongwinner.org Pastor Aaron M. Filipek May 2020 Newsletter

Blessed Saints of Zion,

We continue with our year long series of newsletter articles highlighting some saints In This Issue… of the Christian Church. For more information, please see the following LCMS website explaining a few things concerning saints, among other things: (https://www.lcms.org/worship/church-year/commemorations)  Saints of the Church

May 2  Congregation at Athanasius of Alexandria Prayer Athanasius was born in Alexandria in Egypt in A.D. 295. He served as a church leader in a time of great controversy and ecclesiastical disagreements. At the Council of  Mission of the Month Nicaea in 325, he defended Christian orthodoxy against the proponents of the Arian heresy, which denied the full divinity of Jesus Christ. During his 45-year tenure as bishop of Alexandria, Athanasius wrote numerous works that defended the  May Birthdays orthodox teaching. His enemies had him exiled five times; on two occasions he was almost murdered. Yet Athanasius remained steadfast and ended his days restored  Service Lists fully to his church responsibilities. The , though not composed by Athanasius, is named in his honor because it confesses the doctrinal orthodoxy he championed throughout his life.

May 4 Friedrich Wyneken, Pastor & Missionary Friedrich Wyneken is one of the founding fathers of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, along with C.F.W. Walther and Wilhelm Sihler. Born in 1810 in Germany, he came to Baltimore in 1838 and shortly thereafter accepted a call to be the pastor of congregations in Friedheim and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Supported by Wilhelm Loehe's mission society, Wyneken served as an itinerant missionary in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan, particularly among Native Americans. Together with Loehe and Sihler, he founded Concordia Theological Seminary in 1846 in Fort Wayne, Ind. He later served as the second president of the LCMS during a period of significant growth (1850-64). His leadership strongly influenced the confessional character of the LCMS and its commitment to an authentic Lutheran witness.

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The Congregation at Prayer The Order of Meditation and Prayer Hymn of the Month: LSB 633 Invocation: “At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing” In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Prayers:

Apostles’ Creed: In our Prayers this week at Zion: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of Use your weekly bulletin and include the prayer requests heaven and earth. listed in each week’s bulletin. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was The Lord’s Prayer: conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. against us; and lead us not into temptation, but From thence He will come to judge the living and the deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the dead. power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the Morning Prayer: resurrection of the body, and the life + everlasting. I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Amen. Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep The Small Catechism: 10 Commandments & Meanings me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my May 10-16 Ninth Commandment doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I May 17-23 Tenth Commandment commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. May 24-30 Close of the Commandments Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may May 31-June 6 Creed – First Article have no power over me. Amen.

Readings: Evening Prayer: Easter 5 (May 10-16) I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Psalm 66:1-8 Your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me this Old Testament: Isaiah 12:1-6 day; and I pray that You would forgive me all my sins Epistle: James 1:16-21 where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this Gospel: John 16:5-15 night. For into Your hands I commend myself, my Easter 6 (May 17-23) body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be Psalm 107:1-9 with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Old Testament: Numbers 21:4-9 Amen. Epistle: James 1:22-27 Gospel: John 16:23-30 Blessing: Easter 7 (May 24-30) Let us bless the Lord. Psalm 51:1-12 Thanks be to God.

Old Testament: Ezekiel 36:22-28 Epistle: 1 Peter 4:7-11 Word of the Month Gospel: John 15:26-16:4 Terms Relating to Worship and God’s House Pentecost (May 31-June 6) Gloria in Excelsis Psalm 143 Old Testament: Genesis 11:1-9 Latin meaning “glory in the highest” (Luke 2:14). Epistle: Acts 2:1-13 The traditional Hymn of Praise in the Divine Service. Gospel: John 14:23-31

Hymn of the Month: 633 At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing

5 Mighty Victim from the sky, 7 Easter triumph, Easter joy! Hell’s fierce pow’rs beneath You lie; This alone can sin destroy; You have conquered in the fight, From sin’s pow’r, Lord, set us free, You have brought us life and light. Newborn souls in You to be. Alleluia! Alleluia!

6 Now no more can death appall, D 8 Father, who the crown shall give, Now no more the grave enthrall; Savior, by whose death we live, You have opened paradise, Spirit, guide through all our days: And Your saints in You shall rise. Three in One, Your name we praise. Alleluia! Alleluia!

“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.” This is our focus now more than ever! If we keep our eyes focused on Jesus, who has already conquered sin, death, and the devil, what is there to be anxious about?

Mission of the Month Sargent County Food Pantry

The Food Pantry provides food and personal products to those in need and is an opportunity for Zion to serve our 2 – David Nelson neighbors in our local communities. Both cash donations 8 – Jax Greenley and items are appreciated. 14 – Ashley Brockman Please place donated items in the box near the kitchen in 15 – Donna Olson Zion's fellowship hall. Thank you for your continual generosity and support! 25 – Zach Drevlow

29 – Delores Johnson Cindy Linderkamp Food Pantry Needs List Lennon Swanson 31 – Reed Nelson

Juice Peanut Butter Baked Beans Mac-n-cheese Canned fruits/veggies

Pastor’s Study Hours Parish Assistant Office Hours

Friday is Pastor’s Day Off Monday-Friday 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Email: [email protected] Generally, Pastor is in his study Monday –

Thursday. However, he will be in and out for visitations, meetings, etc. Please call or email either Pastor or the Church Office if you need spiritual care, know of If you would like to meet with him, somebody in the hospital needing a visit, have please contact him directly. prayer submissions for the divine service, or for any other church related circumstance.

Saints of the Christian Church

May 5 May 9 Frederick the Wise Job, Patriarch Frederick the Wise, elector of Saxony from 1486 to Job was a blameless and upright man who came from 1525, was 's sovereign in the early years Uz (Job 1:1), a land northeast of Canaan. The Book of of the . Were it not for Frederick, there Job examines the depths of his faith, which was might not have been a Lutheran Reformation. Born in severely tested through the sufferings God Torgau in 1463, he became so well known for his skill permitted. Despite the sudden death of his ten in political diplomacy and his sense of justice and children and the loss of all his wealth and his health, fairness that he was called "the Wise" by his subjects. Job refused to curse God: "Naked I came from my Though he never met Luther, Frederick repeatedly mother's womb, and naked shall I return; the LORD protected and provided for him. In all likelihood he gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the saved the reformer from a martyr's fate. Frederick name of the LORD" (1:21). Still, in the midst of his refused the pope's demand to extradite Luther to tribulations Job questioned the meaning and purpose Rome for a heresy trial in 1518. When Emperor of suffering to the point of asserting his own Charles V declared Luther an outlaw in 1521 at the righteousness (34:5- 6). Finally, the Lord revealed Diet of Worms, Frederick provided sanctuary for that a man cannot know the mysteries of God Luther at the Wartburg castle. On his deathbed, (chapters 38-41). Job's faith in his Redeemer and the Frederick received the Lord's Supper in resurrection prevailed (19:25-27). In the both kinds--a clear confession of the end the Lord restored his wealth and evangelical faith. blessed him with another seven sons and three daughters. May 7 C.F.W. Walther May 11 Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther (1811- 87), the father of The Lutheran Church-- the Slavs Missouri Synod, served as its first president from 1847 to 1850 and then Cyril (826-69) and Methodius (c. 815-85) again from 1864 to 1878. In 1839 he were brothers who came from a Greek emigrated from Saxony, Germany, with family in Thessalonica. The younger other Lutherans, who settled in brother took the name "Cyril" when he Missouri. He served as pastor of several became a monk in 868. After ordination, congregations in St. Louis, founded Concordia Cyril became librarian at the church of Seminary, and in 1847 was instrumental in the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople. In formation of the LCMS (then called the Evangelical 862 the brothers were sent by the emperor as Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States). missionaries to what is now the Czech republic, Walther worked tirelessly to promote confessional where they taught in the native Slavic tongue. Cyril Lutheran teaching and doctrinal agreement among invented the alphabet today know today as "Cyrillic," all Lutherans in the United States. He was a prolific which provided a written language for the liturgy and writer and speaker. Among his most influential works Scriptures for the Slavic peoples. This use of the are Church and Ministry and The Proper Distinction vernacular established an important principle for between . evangelical missions.

May 21 May 25 Constantine, Emperor & Helena, his mother The Venerable Bede Constantine I served as Roman Emperor from A.D. Bede (673-735) was the last of the early church 306 to 337. During his reign the persecution of fathers and the first to compile the history of the Christians was forbidden by the Edict of Milan in 312, English church. Born in Northumbria, Bede was given and ultimately the faith gained full imperial support. by his parents to a monastery in Northern England at Constantine took an active interest in the life and the age of seven. The most learned man of his time, teachings of the church and called the Council of he was a prolific writer of history, whose careful use Nicaea in 325 at which orthodox Christianity was of sources provided a model for historians in the defined and defended. His mother, Helena (ca. 255- Middle Ages. Known best for his book, The 329), strongly influenced Constantine. Her great Ecclesiastical History of the English People, he was interest in locating the holy sites of the Christian faith also a profound interpreter of Scripture; his led her to become one of the first Christian pilgrims commentaries are still fresh today. His most famous to the Holy Land. Her research led to the disciple, Cuthbert, reported that Bede was working identification of Biblical locations in Jerusalem, on a translation of John's Gospel into English when Bethlehem, and beyond, which are still maintained as death came, and that he died with the words of the places of worship today. Gloria Patri on his lips. He received the title "Venerable" within two generations of his death and May 24 is buried in Durham Cathedral as one of England's Esther greatest saints. Esther is the heroine of the biblical book that bears her name. Her Jewish name was Hadassah, which means "myrtle." Her beauty, charm, and courage served her well as queen to King Ahasuerus. In that role she was able to save her people from the mass extermination that Haman, the king's chief advisor, had planned (2:19--4:17). Esther's efforts to uncover the plot resulted in the hanging of Haman on the very same gallows that he had built for Mordecai, her uncle and guardian. Then the king named Mordecai minister of state in Haman's place. This story is an example of how God intervenes on behalf of his people to deliver them from evil, as here through Esther he preserved the Old Testament people through whom the Messiah would come.

Prayer Families May 10 May 17 Greg & Janet Nelson Brynlee Netterville Blake, Reed, Annika, Halle PO Box 346 th 13443 80 St SE Gwinner, ND 58040 Milnor, ND 58060

May 24 May 31 Kelly & Liz Neustel Donna Olson Adam, Howie, Sadie, Harry 406 4th Ave SE Ushers PO Box 562 Gwinner, ND 58040 Gwinner, ND 58040 May

10th Dustin & Keisha Schreiner 17th Jody, Roger & Kathy Schreiner Acolytes Counters What is the conscience? How does the 24th Gary & Kay Drevlow devil work in our conscience? And, how th 31st Allen & Diane McDaniel 10 Sadie Neustel does the Holy Spirit work to train and 10th Marsha Mathias & Jason Asche th comfort the conscience? Join us in 17 Marcus Mathias 17th Sam Helm & Gary Drevlow Hankinson where we will explore the 24th Kinsey Olson Biblical teaching of the conscience, what 24th Michelle Brockman & Bob Orn affects it, what hurts it, and how the 31st Autumn Gaden 31st Rodney & Sandy Asche Lord Jesus intends to give us a clean, clear, good and joyful conscience through the Gospel.

Pastor Brian Wolfmueller is a pastor of Note: If you are unable to usher or acolyte Hope Lutheran Church in Aurora, CO. He on your scheduled date, is the co-host of Table Talk Radio, teacher we ask that you please contact another member to switch with. of the Bible study Grappling with the Text, and the author of Has American Christianity Failed? (CPH, 2016). Pastor Wolfmueller and his wife Keri and their four children live in Aurora, CO. Cleaners List Download registration forms and register 10th to 16th 24th to 30th online at www.higherthings.org/retreats  Brian & Tana McKenna  Dennis & Cindy Linderkamp  Greg & Janet Nelson  Randal & Michelle Brockman

 Wayne & Genise Arnst *Please remember to sign your name 31st to 6th 17th to 23rd on the chart on the bulletin board by the kitchen noting which area of  Kelly & Liz Neustel  Jason & Hollie Asche the church you have cleaned*  David & LaVonne Nelson  Jay & Karen Enderson  Geneva Waswick  Alex & Sam Opdahl  Andy & Stephanie Stroh

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