Sunday Bulletin

	Our Savior	St. John’s
Order of Service	LSB 151 – Communion	LSB 184
Hymns	903, 863, 618, 862, 544, 855 (1, 9, 3, 4)	903, 863, 861

Welcome! We ask all of you, both visitors and members, to sign a Welcome card located in the pew rack. Please fill out this card, place it in the offering plate, or hand it to an usher as you leave the service.

Our Communion Practice: Lutherans believe that the Lord’s Supper demonstrates a oneness with Christ in faith, life, and worship among those who receive Communion. Reception of the Lord’s Supper by Christians not in fellowship with us would imply a oneness which does not yet exist. For this reason, we welcome those with whom we have “altar and pulpit fellowship” to the Lord’s Supper. This includes members of sister congregations of the LCMS, members of the American Association of Lutheran Churches, and Lutheran Church Canada; as well as members of partner churches throughout the World. If you would like to know more about this practice, please arrange a time to speak with our pastor. 

Prayers – For the home-bound: St. John’s – Alfred Larson; Our Savior – Charlotte Scepaniak, Doris Vilhauer, Betty Zundel, Vi Schnaidt, Ken & Dorothy Maas, Loretta Podoll, Larry Nupen, Evelyn Grieben, Betty Meints, Verdena Dabbert, Lorraine Krage, Ray Schnabel, and Lloyd Jerde. For the children we sponsor through Mission Haiti: Michelet Voltaire, Michel Djoury, and Orgea Djouna; For Nathaniel Wendt, and Lloyd Dennert.

Introit                                                                           Psalm 127:3–5; antiphon: v. 1a
Unless the Lord | builds the house,*
   those who build it la- | bor in vain.
Behold, children are a heritage | from the Lord,*
   the fruit of the womb | a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a | warrior*
   are the children | of one’s youth.
Blessèd is the man who fills his quiver | with them!*
   He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies | in the gate.
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.
Unless the Lord | builds the house,*
   those who build it la- | bor in vain.
 
Collect of the Day
Merciful Father, Your patience and loving-kindness toward us have no end. Grant that by Your Holy Spirit we may always think and do those things that are pleasing in Your sight; 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                                                                  Genesis 2:18–25
   ¹⁸Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” ¹⁹So out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. ²⁰The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. ²¹So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. ²²And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. ²³Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
   and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
   because she was taken out of Man.”
²⁴Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. ²⁵And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
 
Gradual                                                                                        Psalm 91:11; 103:1
He will command his angels con- | cerning you*
   to guard you in | all your ways.
Bless the Lord, | O my soul,*
   and all that is within me, bless his | holy name!
 
Epistle                                                                                                    Hebrews 2
   ¹Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. ²For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, ³how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, ⁴while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
   ⁵Now it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. ⁶It has been testified somewhere,
“What is man, that you are mindful of him,
   or the son of man, that you care for him?
⁷You made him for a little while lower than the angels;
   you have crowned him with glory and honor,
   ⁸putting everything in subjection under his feet.”
Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. ⁹But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
   ¹⁰For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. ¹¹For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, ¹²saying,
“I will tell of your name to my brothers;
   in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”
¹³And again,
“I will put my trust in him.”
And again,
“Behold, I and the children God has given me.”
   ¹⁴Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, ¹⁵and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. ¹⁶For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. ¹⁷Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. ¹⁸For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
 
Holy Gospel                                                                                         Mark 10:2–16
   ²Pharisees came up and in order to test [Jesus] asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” ³He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” ⁴They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” ⁵And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ⁶But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ⁷‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, ⁸and they shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. ⁹What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
   ¹⁰And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. ¹¹And he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, ¹²and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
   ¹³And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. ¹⁵Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” ¹⁶And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

Acknowledgments
The Introit, Collect, Gradual, and Verse are from Lutheran service Book: Altar Book, copyright 2006 CPH. All Scripture quotations, including those from Luthern Service Book, 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.

St. John’s
Organist: SOS
Ushers: Mike & Molly Ringgenberg
Next Week: Mic & Jen Daggett
Last Week: Attendance – 32; Offering – $1,095

Our Savior
Organist: SOS
Elders: Douglas Klipfel & Don Hoops
Altar Guild: Karla Johnson & Cherise Johnson
Acolytes: Tristan Tschappat & Teigan McKown
Greeters: Sharon Bain & Rachel Hoops
Last Week: Attendance – 102; Sunday School – 23
Offering: General Fund $3,519; Sunday School $5.44; Total $3,524.44

Schedule for the Week
Sunday                St. John’s Service of the Word – 8:15 am
                           Bible Study at St. John’s – after the service
                           Sunday School – 9:30 am               
                           Our Savior Divine Service with Communion – 10:45 am
                           LWML Sunday
Monday               Mat Ladies – 1:00 pm
                           LWML – 3:30 pm
                           Deacons – 3:30 pm
Tuesday              Coffee & Confessions – 6:30 am
                           Senior Potluck – 12:00 pm
Wednesday          Catechism Class – 5:00 pm
                           Vespers – 6:00 pm
                           Bible Study – 6:30 pm
Thursday             Elders – 5:15 pm
                           Council – 6:30 pm
Saturday              Bible Study – 9:00-11:00 am
Next Sunday        St. John’s Divine Service with Communion – 8:15 am
                           Sunday School – 9:30 am
                           Voters Meeting at Our Savior – 9:30 am
                           Our Savior Divine Service with Communion – 10:45 am
                           Sunday School Sings
                           Nursery Circle – after the service
                           Installation – Rev. Chad Schopp – 4:00 pm, a meal to follow

Today Is LWML Sunday – This year’s theme is “Ready to Serve,” based on Luke 1:38 – And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her (Luke 1:38).
As redeemed children of God, Lutheran Women in Mission give thanks for the opportunity to serve others as we have been served, to proclaim that Jesus is our Lord and that He came for all nations, and to respond with our mite offerings to support God’s mission. Our example has been the widow and her mites. The offering she made was observed by our Lord leading Him to share that her copper coins, her mites, were “everything she had, all she had to live on” (Mark 12:43). May our mite offerings be blessed for our Lord’s kingdom.

LWML PLEDGE
In fervent gratitude for the Savior’s dying love and His blood-bought gift of redemption, we dedicate ourselves to Him with all that we are and have; and in obedience to His call for workers in the harvest fields, we pledge Him our willing service wherever and whenever He has need of us.  We consecrate to our Savior our hands to work for Him, our feet to go on His errands, our voice to sing His praises, our lips to proclaim His redeeming love, our silver and our gold to extend His Kingdom, our will to do His will, and every power of our life to the great task of bringing the lost and the erring into eternal fellowship with Him.  Amen.

The LWML “Bakeless” Bake Sale at Our Savior continues through October 6^th, which is LWML Sunday.  There is a container in the narthex for monetary donations.  Thank you to everyone for your generosity in helping with our mission fundraiser!

Our Savior Voters Meeting – The quarterly voters meeting will be next Sunday, October 13^th at 9:30 am.

Installation Service – All are welcome to the installation service of Rev. Chad Schopp as our Senior Pastor on Sunday, October 13^th at 4:00 pm. Rev. Scott Sailer will be preaching, Rev. Kevin Moore will be lector, and Rev. Alan Ludwig will be liturgist. A meal will follow the service. We ask Our Savior members to bring salads/side dishes, and St. John’s members to bring desserts. Pulled pork and buns will be provided.

Portals of Prayer for October – December are available in the narthex.

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

LWML Fall Christian Life Workshop – October 12, 2024
"Understanding Mass Media from a Christian Perspective"
Presenter: Rev. Dr. Jacob Bobby 
St. John's Lutheran Church, 1009 Jackson St, Yankton, SD
For more info, go to www.sdlwml.org  

Saturday Bible Study – October 12^th  9:00-11:00 am
The End Times. Although there have always been some strange ideas about the last days, for most of its history the church has been unified in its general understanding of the end of the world. Only in the last 150 years has a teaching known as Dispensational Premillennialism with its insistence on a secret rapture of the church gained wide acceptance among Evangelicals and Pentecostals. What basis is there for this? Where does Israel fit into God’s plan? Will there be a literal thousand-year millennial reign of Christ on earth? A literal seven-year tribulation? An appearance of the Antichrist enthroning himself in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem? Learn the truth about these and other notions.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – 20^th Sunday after Pentecost
Mark 10:6 – “But from the beginning of creation ...” In recent years our country, along with most (formerly) Christian nations of Europe, have lost their way when it comes to marriage. We have ignored the fact that it is God who created us. We always go off-the-tracks when we forget that He made us and that everything good in this world comes from His hand. In big things and in small things, in the life of a nation or the life of an individual, things go dreadfully wrong when we ignore the Creator’s instructions for life.

Building Healthy Families: Over 40 percent of pregnancies, or over 2.3 million pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended. The role of life-affirming, Christian unplanned pregnancy support services, adoption agencies, and pregnancy resource centers is increasingly important. It’s imperative that women facing an unplanned pregnancy receive Christ-centered help so that they can choose life. Research what organizations and services are available in your area, and then plan to get involved. Volunteer, serve on the board, donate needed items, and/or provide your financial support. By working together in God’s name, these efforts make a real difference in the lives of so many, born and yet unborn!
Lutheran Family Service  www.LutheranFamilyService.org
 
Main Street Living – 10:00 AM- This Is the Life – “Transition” – A young boy reacts to the divorce of his parents and the new reality he now faces.  10:30 AM- Rev. Henry Witte, pastor at Hope Lutheran Church in South Sioux City, NE presents the message “Pay Closer Attention or You Will Drift Away,” based on Hebrews 2:1. Watch Main Street Living on Sunday mornings on KDLT NBC TV. The worship segment also airs on Saturdays at 5:00 pm. Past shows are archived at www.mainstreetliving.com.    

The Lutheran Hour – A strong knot in the right place holds everything together. God made Jesus to be the "Master Point" to bind all people to Himself through faith.  Speaker Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler delivers the message "Fit to Be Tied,” based on Genesis 30:8. 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 am. Sermons are also archived on the website www.lutheranhour.org.

YOUR COMPREHENSIVE SOURCE FOR NEWS, INFORMATION & TRUTH… Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show and podcast produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken.  This week’s topics are: Pro-Child Politics & Race, Using Legal Reasoning with Unbelievers, The Minor Prophets Haggai & Malachi, Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts and more.  You can listen at on-demand at issuesetc.org, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomePod, TuneIn, the LPR mobile app and a podcast provider.