St. Johns - Weekly Bulletin

 

Hymn: From God the Father, Virgin-born                               LSB 401
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Exhortation (p.151)
Corporate Confession (p.151)
 

Introit (responsively)   Psalm 19:1–4a, b; antiphon: v. 14
P   Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
        be acceptable | in your sight,*
               O Lord, my rock and my re- | deemer.
C   The heavens declare the glo- | ry of God,*
               and the sky above proclaims his | handiwork.
P   Day to day | pours out speech,*
               and night to night reveals | knowledge.
C   There is no speech, nor | are there words,*
               whose voice | is not heard.
P   Their measuring line goes out through all the earth, and
        their words to the end | of the world.*
               In them he has set a tent | for the sun.
C   Glory be to the Father and | to the Son*
              and to the Holy | Spirit; 
        as it was in the be- | ginning,*
              is now, and will be forever. | Amen.
P  Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
       be acceptable | in your sight,*
               O Lord, my rock and my re- | deemer.

Kyrie (p.152)
Hymn of Praise: Gloria in Excelsis (p. 154)

Collect of the Day
P  Let us pray.
Almighty and everlasting God, who governs all things in heaven and on earth, mercifully hear the prayers of Your people and grant us Your peace through all our days; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C  Amen.

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Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 49:1-7
¹Listen to me, O coastlands,
        and give attention, you peoples from afar.
The Lord called me from the womb,
        from the body of my mother he named my name.
²He made my mouth like a sharp sword;
        in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
        in his quiver he hid me away.
³And he said to me, “You are my servant,
        Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
⁴But I said, “I have labored in vain;
        I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the Lord,
        and my recompense with my God.”
⁵And now the Lord says,
        he who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him;
        and that Israel might be gathered to him—
for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
        and my God has become my strength—
⁶he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
        to raise up the tribes of Jacob
        and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
I will make you as a light for the nations,
        that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
⁷Thus says the Lord,
        the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
        the servant of rulers:
“Kings shall see and arise;
        princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
        the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

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

Gradual                    Psalm 117:1–2a; 96:8
C   Praise the Lord, all | nations!*
             Extol him, all | peoples!
       For great is his steadfast | love toward us,*
             and the faithfulness of the Lord endures for- | ever.
       Ascribe to the Lord the glory | due his name;*
             bring an offering, and come in- | to his courts!

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
        ¹Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,
        ²To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
        ³Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
        ⁴I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, ⁵that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge—⁶even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—⁷so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁸who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

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Alleluia (p.156)

Holy Gospel: John 1:29-42a
        ²⁹The next day [John] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ ³¹I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” ³²And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. ³³I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
        ³⁵The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, ³⁶and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” ³⁷The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” ³⁹He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. ⁴⁰One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁴¹He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). ⁴²He brought him to Jesus.

L  This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C  Praise to You, O Christ.

Apostles’ Creed (p.159)  

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Hymn of the Day: To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord       LSB 406
Sermon

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Prayer of the Church
Offering
Offertory (p. 159)
The Lord’s Prayer (p. 162)
Concluding Collect
Benediction     

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Announcements
Hymn: O Savior of Our Fallen Race                                              LSB 403

Acknowledgments
Divine Service, Setting One from Lutheran Service Book.  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 © 2025 Concordia Publishing House.

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Prayers – For the home-bound: Betty Zundel, Charlotte Scepaniak, Ken & Dorothy Maas, Betty Meints, Verdena Dabbert, Lloyd Jerde, Phyllis Lassanske, Maralyn Hoops, Muriel Pigors, Larry & Sandra Grieben.
For those sick, injured, or recovering: Nathaniel Wendt, Michael Wendt, Phyllis Yeske, Kevin Fehn, Daryl Swanhorst, Tom Hanson, Dorothy Maas, Annikki Marttila, Roger Zastrow, Keith Underberg, Doris Larson, Dwight Buntrock, Dwain Buntrock, Carol Krumm, Butch Podoll, Russ Brandt, Kathie Lassanske, Betty Meints, Doris Vilhauer, and Sheila Christofferson.
For comfort for the family of Leroy Neuhardt.
For the children we sponsor through Mission Haiti: Michelet Voltaire, Michel Djoury, and Orgea Djouna.
For Pastor Andreasen & family, and all our LCMS missionaries.

St. John’s
Ushers: Brent & Barb Miller 
Next Week: Lyle & Cathi Podoll
Last Week: Attendance – 34; Offering – $1,836

Our Savior    
Altar Guild: Amy Johnson & Family
Acolytes: Cassie McKown & Ella Brick
Last Week: Attendance – 98; Sunday School – 21;
Offering – General Fund $3,402; Sunday School $11;
Missions $10;  Total $3,423

Schedule for the Week
Sunday                  St. John’s Service of the Word – 8:00 am
                             St. John’s Bible Study – 9:15 am
                             Our Savior Sunday School – 9:30 am
                             Our Savior Divine Service – 10:45 am
                             Our Savior Board of Education – 12:00 pm
Monday                 Mat Ladies – 1:00 pm
Tuesday                Coffee & Confessions – 6:30 am
                             Winkel at Our Savior
Wednesday            No Evening Activities (Pastor Schopp out of town)
Next Sunday          St. John’s Divine Service – 8:00 am
                             Our Savior Sunday School – 9:30 am
                             Our Savior Bible Study – 9:45 am
                             Our Savior Divine Service – 10:45 am
                             Our Savior Elders – 12:30 pm
                             Our Savior By-laws Review Committee – 2:00 pm
 

Announcements
 

Thank You – Roger and I would like to thank everyone, friends, family, our church family for all the prayers when he had his heart surgery and his recent surgery, we could feel the prayers!! 
God has blessed us with many miracles through it all. Bless you all!! Love, Roger and Sharon

Pastor Schopp will be out of town from this afternoon through Friday. So there will be no Wednesday evening activities. If you need pastoral care, please call Pastor Ludwig’s cell phone 509-540-9083.

St. John’s will begin having another Divine service on the first and third Mondays of each month at 6:00 pm, beginning on February 2^nd.

Our Savior Council and Voters Meetings Postponed – The council will meet on Thursday, January 29^th at 6:30 pm, and the first quarterly voters meeting for 2026 will be on Sunday, February 8^th at 9:30 am.

Our Savior Contribution Statements – Please pick up the record of your offerings in 2025 from the table in the narthex.

Our Savior Offering Envelopes for 2026 are in the fellowship hall. Your number may have changed in order to keep the list in alphabetical order, so please throw out any old envelopes you may have, to assist us with accurate record-keeping. Thank you!

Lutheran Witness – The January issue of LW is available in the narthex.

***Lighthouse Preschool/Jr. Kindergarten***
Registration for our full-day Jr. Kindergarten program for the 2026-27 school year is now open!  Our program is limited to 12 students, ages 4-5, so turning in your application and deposit in a timely manner is essential to guarantee your child a spot! Applications and information can be picked up in the narthex. Please see Jenelle Siebert with any questions.
  
Christian Foundations Class:  Pastor Schopp will be teaching a ten-week adult education class on Tuesdays, Jan 27 – Mar 31, 2026 at Our Savior.  This class is both for those without a church home and also for members who would like a fresher on the basics of the Christian faith.  There is no cost and all materials are provided.  There are invitations in the narthex if you know of someone you would like to invite (and perhaps attend with them).  Please RSVP through the church office.

Mission Trip – The South Dakota District is looking for five to seven volunteers to go on a mission trip to Brasov, Romania to help Pastor Andreasen with a project. A building there needs paint and some repairs. The trip will take place around April 24 to May 3. The deadline to sign up is January 20^th. If you are interested, contact Eric Johnson at 605-216-6701 for more information.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – Second Sunday after Epiphany
John 1:29 – “The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’” The Israelites of old offered a lamb to God at Passover so that death might pass over them and do no harm. Over those long centuries of sacrifice, did they understand that this was actually God’s gift? That God would be the true Giver of the true Lamb? Truly, we can never out-give God, for all that we have is His.

Building Healthy Families: Life can be hard, and relationships can cause pain. When someone hurts you, you may find it difficult to trust again. Through all life's challenges, God never breaks His promise: "I will never leave you; I will never forsake you." (Hebrews 13) He does not abandon you in the pain but promises to stay with you – and puts people in place to be there, including pastors and counselors who are available to help with troubled relationships and the pain they leave behind. Remember, you’re not alone and (no matter what your German genes or your American individualist pride tells you) it’s okay to ask for help. God put us here to be good for one another.
Lutheran Family Service  www.LutheranFamilyService.org
Email: info@lutheranfamilyservice.org  or call 605-271-1081

Main Street Living – 10:00 AM- This Is the Life – “Live Option” – A 15-year-old pregnant daughter and her mother disagree on the future of her child.   10:30 AM- Rev. Michael Salemink from Lutherans for Life presents the message “From Invisible to Indispensable” based on 1 Corinthians 12:22. Watch MSL on Sunday mornings on KDLT NBC TV. Past shows are archived at www.mainstreetliving.com.

The Lutheran Hour – The Christian faith has the power to make us act better. But that’s not the goal. Speaker Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler delivers the message "Outstanding Universal Value" based on 1 Corinthians 1:18-19. Listen to The Lutheran Hour on Sunday mornings at 9:00 on KAWZ 88.1 FM, or on Sirius-XM Family Talk 131 at 9:00. Sermons are also archived on the website www.lutheranhour.org.

EXPERT GUESTS, EXPANSIVE TOPICS, EXTOLLING CHRIST... Issues, Etc. is a podcast and radio talk show produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken.  Recent subjects include: The Return of the Jewish Question; Fact-Checking Sermons; Strengthening the Hyde Amendment; Jesus as Prophet, Priest & King; Luther’s Large Catechism and more.  You can listen on-demand at issuesetc.org, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomePod, TuneIn, the LPR mobile app and a podcast provider.