St. Johns - Weekly Bulletin

 

Hymn: Light of Light, O Sole-Begotten                                          LSB 914

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Exhortation (p.151)
Corporate Confession (p.151)

Introit (responsively)      Psalm 143:2, 5–6, 10–11; antiphon: v. 1
    
P  Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for | mercy!*
             In your faithfulness answer me, in your | righteousness!
C  Enter not into judgment with your | servant,*
             for no one living is righteous be- | fore you.
P  I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that | you have done;*
             I ponder the work | of your hands.
C  I stretch out my | hands to you;*
             my soul thirsts for you like a | parched land.
P  Teach me to do your will, for you | are my God!*
              Let your good Spirit lead me on | level ground!
C  For your name’s sake, O Lord, pre- | serve my life!*
              In your righteousness bring my soul out of | trouble!
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  Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for | mercy!*
               In your faithfulness answer me, in your | righteousness!

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

Collect of the Day
P  Let us pray.
Almighty and ever-living God, You have given exceedingly great and precious promises to those who trust in You. Dispel from us the works of darkness and grant us to live in the light of Your Son, Jesus Christ, that our faith may never be found wanting; through the same Jesus Christ, 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: Zephaniah 1:7-16
⁷Be silent before the Lord God!
          For the day of the Lord is near;
  the Lord has prepared a sacrifice
          and consecrated his guests.
⁸And on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice—
  “I will punish the officials and the king’s sons
          and all who array themselves in foreign attire.
⁹On that day I will punish
          everyone who leaps over the threshold,
  and those who fill their master’s house
          with violence and fraud.
¹⁰“On that day,” declares the Lord,
          “a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate,
    a wail from the Second Quarter,
          a loud crash from the hills.
¹¹Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!
          For all the traders are no more;
          all who weigh out silver are cut off.
¹²At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
          and I will punish the men
   who are complacent,
          those who say in their hearts,
   ‘The Lord will not do good,
          nor will he do ill.’
¹³Their goods shall be plundered,
          and their houses laid waste.
   Though they build houses,
          they shall not inhabit them;
   though they plant vineyards,
          they shall not drink wine from them.”
¹⁴The great day of the Lord is near,
          near and hastening fast;
   the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
          the mighty man cries aloud there.
¹⁵A day of wrath is that day,
          a day of distress and anguish,
   a day of ruin and devastation,
          a day of darkness and gloom,
   a day of clouds and thick darkness,
          ¹⁶a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
   against the fortified cities
          and against the lofty battlements.

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

Gradual                     Revelation 7:14b; Psalm 84:5
C   These are the ones coming out of the great tribu- | lation.*
            They have washed their robes and made them white in
            The blood | of the Lamb.
       Blessèd are those whose strength is | in you,*
            in whose heart are the highways to | Zion.

Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
                ¹Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. ²For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. ⁴But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. ⁵For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. ⁶So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. ⁷For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. ⁸But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. ⁹For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. ¹¹Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

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

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Alleluia (p.156)

Holy Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30
                ¹⁴[Jesus said:] “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. ¹⁵To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. ¹⁶He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. ¹⁷So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. ¹⁸But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money. ¹⁹Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. ²⁰And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.’ ²¹His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ ²²And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.’ ²³His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ ²⁴He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, ²⁵so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’ ²⁶But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed and gather where I scattered no seed? ²⁷Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. ²⁸So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. ²⁹For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. ³⁰And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’”

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: The Day Is Surely Drawing Near                 LSB 508
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: Rise! To Arms! With Prayer Employ You                        LSB 668

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®),
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Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2026 Concordia Publishing House.

Prayers – For the home-bound: Charlotte Scepaniak, Ken Maas, Betty Meints, Lloyd Jerde, Maralyn Hoops, Muriel Pigors, Larry & Sandra Grieben, and Doris Vilhauer.
For those sick, injured, or recovering: Nathaniel Wendt, Michael Wendt, Phyllis Yeske, Kevin Fehn, Tom Hanson, Annikki Marttila, Keith Underberg, Doris Larson, Kathie Lassanske, Betty Meints, Sheila Christofferson, William Cutler, Rachelle Moorman, Rick Grieben, Dan Wolf, Joyce Hermansen, Tami Schopp, Sarah Ness, Karl & Val Eichler, Bonnie Ellis, Brandon Lenling, Karla Nelson, and Janean Imberi.
For expectant mother Alexandra Rausch.
For the children we sponsor through Mission Haiti: Michelet Voltaire, Michel Djoury, and Orgea Djouna.

St. John’s
Ushers: Dean & Lorie Ringgenberg
Next Week: Mic & Jen Daggett
Last Week: Attendance – 23; Offering - $5,940

Our Savior
Altar Guild: Trisha Rausch & Family
Acolytes: Rhyan Johnson & Abby Rausch
Last Week: Attendance – 94; Sunday School – 19
Offering – General Fund $3,173; Sunday School $15;
Door Offering $1,353; Total $4,541

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 – 12:15 pm
                            Our Savior By-Laws Review Committee – 2:00 pm
Monday                Mat Ladies – 1:00 pm
Tuesday               Coffee & Confessions – 6:30 am
                            Christian Foundations Class – 6:00 pm
Wednesday           Catechism Class – 5:00 pm
                            Prayer Service – 6:00 pm
                            Bible Study – 6:30 pm
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 By-Laws Review Committee – Our meeting was moved to today at 2:00 pm, due to a schedule conflict next week.

Thanksgiving Services:
Our Savior – Wednesday, November 25 at 6:30 pm
St. John’s – Thursday, November 26 at 9:00 am
Dinner at Our Savior Thursday, Nov. 26 at noon, all are welcome! There are sign-up sheets in the narthex at both churches, so we know how much food to order. Please sign up by Nov. 15, as the food has to be ordered a week in advance.

Catechism Class is cancelled for November 25^th.

Calendars – The youth group is selling 2027 God’s Creation calendars for $10 each. The calendars should arrive before Christmas, and you can pay when you pick them up. The youth will have a table in the narthex at Our Savior after the service where you can sign up, or you can call or email the office (St. John’s members also).

Sunday School Christmas Pageant – From Nov. 29 through Dec. 20, Sunday School will begin at 9:00 am instead of 9:30 to allow time for practicing the Christmas pageant. There will also be a dress rehearsal on Saturday, Dec. 19^th at 9:00 am. The final program will be Sunday, Dec. 20^th at 4:00 pm, with a potluck afterward.

Our Savior Tree Decorating – We will meet to decorate the church for Advent/Christmas on Wednesday, December 2^nd at 5:00 pm in the sanctuary. Any helping hands will be appreciated!

Advent Midweek Services will begin on Wednesday, December 2^nd at 6:30 pm at Our Savior, for both congregations.

Our Savior LWML Christmas Party will be held at The Flame on Thursday, December 3^rd at 5:00 PM. A sign-up sheet will be on the table in the narthex. Bring a $10-15 gift to exchange.

Circuit Youth Retreat – Saturday, December 5^th from 9 am-3:30 pm at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Aberdeen. Join us for learning, games, and fun! There will be separate sessions for Catechism and High School students. Please contact St. Paul’s to register so they have a headcount for lunch (605-225-1847).

Our Savior LWML Christmas Stocking Ingathering will be Sunday, December 6^th. You can pick up a felt stocking in the narthex. A basket will be placed in the front of the church for collection on Dec. 6^th. We encourage you to take part in this mission event. 

Updated College Addresses – If your college student has a different address than last year, please call or email the office to give us an update. The Board of Social Ministry would like to send them a care package.

The Rural Gospel Initiative (RGI) is non-profit, a Recognized Service Organization (RSO) by the LCMS, and the only RSO in the SD District. This important designation allows the RGI to invest funds with the LCMS Foundation and ensure adherence to Biblical Stewardship Principles building trust between the RGI and congregational members. We can’t do it without you. Learn more at www.RuralGospel.org, watch the video, and God bless! More to come…

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – 25^th Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 25:30 – “And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness.” Why did the worthless servant act the way he did? Because of what he believed about the Master. He didn’t trust or love the Master; so, his actions did not demonstrate love and trust, but rather hate and mistrust. It’s the same with us, but in reverse: since we know our Lord God to be faithful and kind, we desire to serve Him and render faithful service with what He has given us.

Building Healthy Families – Still Growing, Still Giving, Still Loved!
Who says growing older means your best days are behind you? Certainly not God! The later years of life can bring a cascade of unwelcome changes. Departed loved ones are missed, familiar routines change, and some days feel really lonely. But one thing never changes: God's love for you and His promises in Christ Jesus. The wisdom you've gained, the prayers you offer, the encouragement you share, and the faith you've lived through life's joys and sorrows are precious gifts to your family, congregation, and community. Psalm 92:14 reminds us that even in old age, God's people “still bear fruit.” What a wonderful reminder! Keep praying, encouraging, sharing your stories, and reminding younger generations of God's faithfulness. You are never too old to make a difference in someone's life, and you are never beyond the loving care of your Savior.
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 – “Amazing Grace” – A man who has come from a poor beginning to a rich and full life must learn not to forsake his Christian beginnings.  10:30 AM- Rev. Joshua Jones, pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Rapid City, SD, presents the message “Knowing the Master” based on Matthew 25:14-30. Watch Main Street Living on Sunday mornings on KDLT NBC TV. Past shows are archived at www.mainstreetliving.com.

The Lutheran Hour – The tree of Christ’s cross bore life-giving fruit. Guest Speaker Rev. Dr. Glenn Nielsen delivers the message "Fruitful Trees" based on Genesis 1:11-12 and 1 Peter 2:24. 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.

WHERE DOCTRINE IS LIFE.. 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: Hymn Therapy for Depression, The Case for Technological Foot-Dragging, Worship in the Book of Revelation, Feminism & Grievance Culture and more.  You can listen at your convenience at issuesetc.org, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomePod, TuneIn, the LPR mobile app and a podcast provider.