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May 23, 2021 Pentecost Sunday St James Lutheran Ministries WORSHIP SERVICES Traditional Style Saturday 5:30 PM Sunday 8:00 AM Contemporary Celebration (Gym) Sunday 10:30 AM Online Service 9:00 AM Facebook & YouTube Radio Broadcast 9:00 AM WTCH960 AM / WTCH96.1 FM Senior Service 1st & 3rd Wednesday 11:00 AM DIVINE SERVICE SETTING #4 NO HOLY COMMUNION Preacher: .... Rev. Mark Drengler Liturgist: .... Rev. Steve Schauder TRADITIONAL SERVICE SERVICE HYMNS Opening .......................... #913 Sermon ............................ #650 Hymn of Praise .... #503(st.1,3-5) Closing ............................. #497 Music By:.... Sheri Raddant (Sat) Sue Moede CELEBRATION SERVICE Music By:................ Praise Team VISIT OUR MINISTRY WEBSITE: WWW.STJAMES-SHAWANO.ORG CONNECT WITH US: WELCOME TO ST. JAMES LUTHERAN CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST IN OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR WORLD 324 S. Andrews St., Shawano, WI 54166 • Church 715-524-4815 • School 715-524-4213 • ECC 715-524-5422 WE WELCOME all our visitors to St. James and pray PARENTS WITH CHILDREN: Children are always your worship with us is uplifting and enriching. If there is welcome to worship with us. Children’s bulletins are anything we can do for you, please ask one of the available. There is a Mother’s Room with a changing ushers or the volunteer in the Connection Center and table located by the restrooms in the narthex. they will be happy to assist you. SENIOR SERVICE: Designed for our senior members FELLOWSHIP: Refreshments will not be available until and at-risk individuals, but anyone may attend. Every further notice. first and third Wednesday at 11:00 AM with Holy Communion. HOLY COMMUNION is celebrated during all Worship Services on the first and third weekends of the month, WE ARE HERE FOR YOU and at all Senior Services. Prayers have to be prayed to be answered! The church office is open Monday-Friday from 7:30 AM to 4:00 GLUTEN-FREE COMMUNION WAFERS are available PM. You may also place a call to the office by phone at at all services during communion weekends for those in 715-524-4815. Our pastors are here for you! Contact need of them. Please see a Lay Minister before the Pastor Mark at 715-851-0089, or Pastor Steve at service to let them know of your request. 715-853-2566. SCRIPTURE READINGS THIS WEEK’S SERMON THEME proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling “Fire, Wind, Spirit” in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” 12And all by Rev. Mark Drengler were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, What does this mean?” 13But others mocking said, “They WEEKEND READINGS are filled with new wine.” 14But Peter, standing with the First Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14 eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, “Men of Epistle: Acts 2:1-21 Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known Holy Gospel: John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 to you, and give ear to my words. 15For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour SERMON TEXT: ACTS 2:1-21 of the day. 16But this is what was uttered through the 1When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all prophet Joel: 17“‘And in the last days it shall be, God together in one place. 2And suddenly there came from declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your the entire house where they were sitting. 3And divided young men shall see visions, and your old men shall tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on dream dreams; 18even on my male servants and female each one of them. 4And they were all filled with the Holy servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit shall prophesy. 19And I will show wonders in the heavens gave them utterance. 5Now there were dwelling in above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under and vapor of smoke; 20the sun shall be turned to heaven. 6And at this sound the multitude came together, darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the and they were bewildered, because each one was Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. 21And it hearing them speak in his own language. 7And they shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these name of the Lord shall be saved.’” who are speaking Galileans? 8And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? 9Parthians NEXT WEEKEND’S READINGS and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, First Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8 Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Phrygia and Epistle: Acts 2:14a, 22-36 Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Holy Gospel: John 3:1-17 Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11both Jews and 2 | ST JAMES LUTHERAN MINISTRIES CELEBRATION SERVICE PRESERVICE PRAISE “Battle Belongs” as sung by Phil Wickham “Holy Spirit” as sung by Francesca Battistelli WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING SONG “Joy of the Lord” as sung by Rend Collective SCRIPTURE ON SIN, CONFESSION, AND REPENTANCE SILENT CONFRONTATION OF SIN SCRIPTURE ON FORGIVENESS DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS WE PRAISE GOD “Graves into Gardens” as sung by Elevation Worship TIME FOR PRAYER LORD’S PRAYER 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. WE PRAISE GOD “Great Are You Lord” as sung by All Sons and Daughters SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Acts 2:1-21 CHILDREN’S MESSAGE MESSAGE “Fire, Wind, Spirit” by Rev. Mark Drengler BENEDICTION P The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. C Amen. CLOSING SONG “Build Your Kingdom” as sung by Rend Collective ST JAMES LUTHERAN MINISTRIES | 3 BIBLE STUDIES & CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS RETIREMENT CELEBRATIONS REVELATION BIBLE STUDY ‘Interpreting the Prophecy’ with Wil Kleinschmidt Mrs. Judy Herrmann , head cook for St. James School, will Thurs. @ 9 AM & 6:30 PM be retiring after 35 years of serving our students and Location: Room 112 (Lower level of church) staff in the school cafeteria. Card boxes are available Our Bible class for May 27th will find us completing in the Narthex and gathering areas for this weekend, the study of chapters 2 &3 “The Letter to the Seven May 22/23, for those who would like to share well- Churches.” Judgement begins at “the house of God,” wishes and gifts. Thank you, Judy, for your service to St. so Jesus deals with the seven churches before He deals James, and enjoy your retirement! with the lost world. Happy to see 36 people at the fist sessions. Pastor Steve is retiring as Associate Pastor of St. James Lutheran Church at the end of this month. Together, we “THE GARDEN PATH” SERMON SERIES thank him for his faithful ministry here and wish him good A Worship Series on Walking in the Way of Salvation” luck in his retirement. Begins June 5th/6th We will honor Pastor Steve with a retirement celebration next weekend, May 29th/30th. We will provide For the month of June, join us on a new journey with a refreshments in the Narthex after 5:30 PM worship on 4-week series on the theme of gardens in the Bible Saturday, May 29th. Refreshments and a brief program and how we are always growing in the Lord as we walk in the way of salvation in Him. In these services, will be held on Sunday, May 30th in between services we will follow the plan of salvation down the garden starting at 9:15 AM. Card boxes will be placed in the path, from the newly created garden of Eden, through Narthex and gathering areas for those who wish to the ruin of sin and the garden that held an empty share notes and gifts with Pastor Steve. tomb, to the garden of paradise restored. CONGRATS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE Congratulations to all of our Graduates! We are very Saturday Traditional 5:30 PM proud of these young men and women, and it is our Sunday Traditional 8:00 AM hope and prayer that they will continue to put God first Sunday Celebration 9:30 AM as they take this next step in their lives! Please join us for Monday Worship in the Park 6:30 PM, Franklin Park a cake reception following the 10:30 Celebration service. LUTHERANS FOR LIFE VOTER’S MEETING “[W]e demand an end to the injustice of abortion. We St. James Church members are invited to attend a voter’s demand an end to the injustice of human trafficking, meeting on Sunday, June 6th at 10:45 AM located in the pornography, slavery, and the separation of children sanctuary. Agenda includes: from their parents. But we do so as confessors. We Budget confess that we are sinners, great sinners, with the culture Peaceful release of teachers, Val Moran and Briana of death flowing in our veins and pulsing through our Schingeck corrupted brains.