A Prayer Upon Entering Church

God our Fa-ther, You want us to become new creatures in Christ. Lord, You promise us new heav-ens and a new earth. Renew our hope. Enable us to listen to Your Word and to wel-come it with hearts filled with love. Amen ~ Prayer for

Each Day, Taize The Third Sunday in Lent

March 19, 2017 + 9:00 A.M. & 11:00 A.M. Welcome to the Lord’s Day. A woman asked Jesus for fresh, “living” water; we ask His Father for our daily bread. Jesus gave the woman more than she expected; doesn’t our Father gives us more than we ever realize? Unexpectedly given the life of Jesus Christ as our own, we find ourselves loved beyond comparison. That love teaches us to pray as we await the Day of Resurrection, asking God for both our daily bread and the living Bread of the world to come.

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Sharing God’s Blessings Today • Sunday’s bulletins are sponsored in memory of Boots Baumann, who would have

turned 90 years old on March 22, from her sister, Marge Shantz. • Flowers do not adorn the chancel during the penitential season of Lent. • The sponsor charts for 2017 for Broadcasts and Flowers are available for you to

sign up. There are many open dates for you to sponsor. The charts are by the stairs by the northwest entry.

A Welcome for Those With Young Children God and His church are delighted to welcome young children to worship. This house is their home, too. So please, relax and enjoy your time here:

• Jesus knows that children tend to wiggle and squawk, so please don’t feel embarrassed by it. Your children are welcome at Zion.

• To make it a bit easier on your family, please consider sitting towards the front where you children can easily see the worship leaders, hear the words, note the colors, wonder about some of the images up there, and embrace the action at the altar.

• As we go along, softly explain the liturgy to your children, encouraging them to chime in with their parts: Amen! Lord have mercy! And also with you! I be-lieve! Our Father! All of that belongs to them, too.

• Be sure to sing and pray your parts as you stand and kneel and sit. Your children learn by taking your lead.

• If you and your child must leave, please hurry back. There is a nursery downstairs for those who would like to use it, but like Jesus, we want your children in the liturgy, not out. Let the little children come unto me. (Luke 18:16).

• If you need help, just ask. There are lots of folks here who will lend a hand.

Announcements Parish announcements may be found in the weekly newsletter, For You, provided by the ushers after worship.

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PRELUDE “May God Bestow on Us His Grace”

… Johann Walther and Benjamin M. Culli

RINGING OF THE BELLS

Please stand.

INVOCATION P: In the name of the Father, and of the � Son, and of the Holy

Spirit.

C: Amen

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION P: Father of mercies and God of all consolation, come to the aid of

your people, turning us from our sin to live for you alone.

Give us the power of your Holy Spirit that we may attend to

your Word, confess our sins, receive your forgiveness, and

grow into the fullness of your Son Jesus Christ, our Lord and

Redeemer.

C: Amen

P: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is

not in us. But if we confess our sins, God who is faithful and

just will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteous-

ness.

Please kneel. Silence for reflection.

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P: O almighty God, merciful Father,

C: I, a troubled and penitent sinner, confess to you all my sins

and iniquities with which I have ever offended you and

justly deserved your punishment. But I am heartily sorry for

them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray you, of your

boundless mercy, and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bit-

ter sufferings and death of your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to

be gracious and merciful to me, a poor sinful being.

P: Upon this your confession, I, as a called and ordained servant

of the Word, announce the grace of God to all of you, and in

the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ I for-

give you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the �

Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen

Please stand.

INTROIT P: Blessed are those whose strength is ′in you,* in whose heart are the highways to ′Zion. C: How lovely is your ′dwelling place,* O ′LORD of hosts! P: My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts ′of the LORD;* my heart and flesh sing for joy to the ′living God. C: Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for

herself, | where she may ′lay her young,* at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King ′and my God. P: Blessed are those who dwell ′in your house,* ever sing′ing your praise!

“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? We were therefore bur-ied with him, through bap-tism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too might live a new life” (Rom. 6:3-4). Having bur-ied our sins through con-fession at the font of Bap-tism, we jour-ney to the table of the Lord, where He nourishes our new life. So goes the whole Chris-tian life, a journey from death to life.

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C: Glory to the Father, and ′to the Son,* and to the ′Holy Spirit; as it was in ′the beginning,* is now, and will be forever. ′Amen P: Blessed are those whose strength is ′in you,* in whose heart are the highways to ′Zion.

KYRIE P: In peace, let us pray to the Lord.

P: For the peace from above, and for our salvation, let us pray to

the Lord.

P: For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the holy

Church, and for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.

P: For this holy house, and for all who offer here their worship

and praise, let us pray to the Lord.

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P: Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.

PRAYER OF THE DAY P: Let us pray . . . O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy,

be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C: Amen

Please be seated.

MUSICAL INTERLUDE (9:00 a.m.)

“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” … Susan Geschke

OLD TESTAMENT Exodus 17:1-7 1All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wil-derness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?” 3But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?” 4So Moses cried to the LORD, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” 5And the LORD said to Moses, “Pass on before the peo-ple, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the

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quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?” L: The Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.

PSALM 95:1-9 L: Come, let us sing ′to the LORD;* let us shout for joy to the rock of ′our salvation. C: Let us come before his presence ′with thanksgiving* and raise a loud shout to ′him with psalms. L: For the LORD ′is a great God,* and a great king a′bove all gods. C: In his hand are the caverns ′of the earth,* and the heights of the hills ′are his also. L: The sea is his, ′for he made it,* and his hands have molded ′the dry land. C: Come, let us bow down and ′bend the knee,* and kneel before the ′LORD our maker. L: For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and

the sheep ′of his hand.* Oh, that today you would hearken ′to his voice! C: Harden not your hearts, as your forebears did ′in the wilder-

ness,* at Meribah, and on that day at Massah, when they ′tempted

me. L: They put me ′to the test,* though they had ′seen my works.

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All: Glory to the Father, and ′to the Son,* and to the ′Holy Spirit;

as it was in ′the beginning,* is now, and will be forever. ′Amen.

EPISTLE Romans 5:1-8 1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. 6For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—8but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

L: The Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

Please stand.

VERSE

Whenever the devil declares: “You are a sinner!” Christ inter-poses: “I will reverse the order; I will be a sinner, and you are to go scot-free.” Who can thank our God enough for this mercy? ~ Martin Luther,

Sermons on the Gospel of St. John

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GOSPEL P: The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the 4th chapter.

5So [Jesus] came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8(For his disci-ples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Sa-maritans.) 10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” 13Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty forever. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.” 16Jesus said to her, “Go, call your hus-band, and come here.” 17The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; 18for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” 19The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” 21Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22You wor-

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ship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salva-tion is from the Jews. 23But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” 26Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”

P: The Gospel of the Lord.

APOSTLES CREED P: Let us confess the faith with one heart:

C: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and

earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was con-

ceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin

Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died,

and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he

rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the

right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the liv-

ing and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the

communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the � resurrec-

tion of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen

Please be seated.

Our Savior Christ as-cribes to our heavenly Fa-ther the care of our souls, our bodies, our lives, our food, and clothing (Matt. 6:32). Therefore, we are com-manded to ask him in prayer for these bless-ings and to remove and deliver us from harm. If these things happen to us, with great thanksgiving we are to ac-knowledge them as spe-cial blessings from God . . . .

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SUNDAY SCHOOL (9:00 a.m.)

During the singing of the hymn, children of preschool age through grade 4

may leave for Sunday School classes downstairs in the church hall. Please

reclaim your children at 10:25 a.m. after their music time in the balcony.

HYMN OF THE DAY “May God Bestow on Us His Grace” green hymnal #335

SERMON “The Lord’s Prayer, Part Four”

P: What is the fourth petition of the Lord’s Prayer?

C: Give us this day our daily bread.

P: What does this mean?

C: God certainly gives daily bread to everyone without our

prayers, even to all evil people, but we pray in this petition

that God would lead us to realize this and to receive our

daily bread with thanksgiving.

P: What is meant by daily bread?

C: Daily bread includes everything that has to do with the sup-

port and needs of the body, such as food, drink, clothing,

shoes, house, home, land, animals, money, goods, a devout

husband or wife, devout children, devout workers, devout

and faithful rulers, good government, good weather, peace,

health, self-control, good reputation, good friends, faithful

neighbors, and the like.

Please kneel.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH P: Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus, and for

all people according to their needs.

P: . . . let us pray to the Lord,

C: Lord, have mercy.

. . . . In all

this we pray

that God

would take

away from us

all ungodly

worrying,

doubting, dis-

trusting, and

coveting so

that we may

be undoubt-

edly con-

vinced that

our heavenly

Father is both

willing and

able to give

daily bread

unto his chil-

dren. In qui-

etness, this

hope is our

strength.

~ Martin Chemnitz, Lord’s Prayer, 1598 A.D.

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P: Into your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray,

trusting in your mercy; through your Son, Jesus Christ our

Lord.

C: Amen

Please be seated.

OFFERING While the offerings are received, please pass in your row the Friendship Register, and add your name(s). If you are a guest or visitor, please in-clude your address.

VOLUNTARY “May God Bestow on Us His Grace” … Paul Bouman

Please stand.

OFFERTORY

When we pray for “our bread,” this petition teaches us to be mindful also for the needs of oth-ers. Yes, those things that are given to me and given to you are given to us so that we should give some of it to others (Eph. 4:28). It is not mine or yours, but “our” bread. Therefore, it is the poor man’s bread that you keep when you do not give to the poor. ~ Martin

Chemnitz, Lord’s Prayer, 1598 A.D.

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OFFERTORY PRAYER P: Let us pray. Blessed are you, Lord of heaven and earth, who

by your tender love gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption. May we who now receive his body and blood be filled with the strength to take up our cross and follow him.

C: Amen

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING P: The Lord be with you.

P: Lift up your hearts.

P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

P: It is indeed right and salutary . . . we praise your name and join

their unending hymn:

SANCTUS (“Holy”)

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WORDS OF INSTITUTION P: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when he was betrayed,

took bread; and when he had given thanks, he broke it and

gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is my body,

which is given for you. This do in remembrance of me.”

In the same way also he took the cup after the supper, and

when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying: “Drink

of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in my blood,

which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as

often as you drink of it, in remembrance of me.

THE LORD’S PRAYER P: Lord, remember us in your kingdom, and teach us to pray:

C: 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 tres-

passes, 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

ACCLAMATION P: Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

Fasting does not have its value in that man is de-prived of food, but rather it anticipates the next life, in which man is fed by God. He lives a life which is no longer de-pendent on ordinary food. In his fast in the desert Jesus refused to turn stones into bread because even in this world man is nour-ished not “by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matt. 4:4). God’s Word is bread and food for those who live in his pres-ence . . . .

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AGNUS DEI (“Lamb of God”)

Please be seated.

The congregation is ushered forward for Communion. If you cannot use

the steps to the altar, you may either ask an usher to have Communion

brought to you, or you may go to the altar in the side (west) chapel. Those

not communing may cross their arms over their chest for a blessing.

Holy Communion is the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ which

He joyfully gives to His Church to eat and to drink. This gift bestows tre-

mendous benefits. His body and blood forgives ours sins, strengthens our

faith, binds us to the Lord, and unites us with each other. In this is life

and salvation.

The Lord therefore invites to His altar baptized Christians who trust that

they will receive in Holy Communion all that He promises there: His body

and blood, the forgiveness of sins, union with Christ and His Church, life,

and salvation. Know that He gives it to you with great joy.

. . . . “Give us

this day our

daily bread”

places the

Eucharist

squarely not

only in the mid-

dle of the

Lord’s Prayer

but in the mid-

dle of the life of

the community

of Jesus and the

lives of all

members of

that commu-

nity. The

prayer for

bread is not

simply a prayer

for bread or

food in general,

but the Bread,

which is Jesus.

~ Pr. David

Scaer,

The Sermon

on the Mount,

2000 A.D.

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COMMUNION HYMNS “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me” green hymnal #327 “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say”

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Please stand after all have received the sacrament.

POST-COMMUNION CANTICLE

POST-COMMUNION PRAYER P: Almighty God, you gave your Son both as a sacrifice for sin

and a model of the godly life. Enable us to receive him always

with thanksgiving, and to conform our lives to his; through the

same Jesus Christ our Lord.

C: Amen

BENEDICTION P: Almighty God, Father, � Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now

and forever.

SILENT PRAYER

A Prayer as You Go Almighty and merciful God, we have again worshiped in your presence and have re-ceived forgive-ness for our many sins and the assurance of your love in Jesus Christ. We thank you for this unde-served grace and ask you to keep us in faith until we in-herit eternal salvation; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. ~ Lutheran

Worship

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POSTLUDE “The Kingsfold Trumpet” (I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say)

… Alfred V. Fedak

+ Soli Deo Gloria + To God alone be glory

Serving at Worship Preaching: Vicar Joseph Pinzl

Presiding Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Steven K. Gjerde

Organist: Kantor Irene Beethe

Choir: (9:00) Handchime Choir

Radio Announcer: (9:00) Scott Schubring

Lector: (9:00) Mark Gehrke

(11:00) Craig Bergendorf

Acolyte: (9:00) Taylor Halverson

(11:00) Jay Stahl

Elder: (9:00) Gordon Schalow

(11:00) Karla Westcott

Ushers: (9:00) Mark Gehrke; Jane Janz; Grace Mueller;

Frank and Tammie Rodemeier

(11:00) Al Lippert; Herbert Zahrt

Communion Assistants:

(9:00) Rob Kittel; Joe Pinzl; Vicky Radunz

(11:00) Marge Gausewitz; Gary Gisselman; Joe Pinzl

Altar Guild: Marge Gausewitz; Bonnie Glasel

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Acknowledgements The liturgy is reprinted from the Lutheran Book of Worship, © 1978. Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress license #SB129062. Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Introit” from “Propers of the Day”: 2007 © Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO. Used by permission LSBLiturgyLicense.net #000013767. “Create in Me”, “O Christ, thou Lamb of God”, and “On My Heart Im-print Your Image” are public domain. “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say” text and tune are public domain.

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Church Telephone: 715-848-7286 Senior Pastor Steven K. Gjerde Visitation Pastor Theodore B. Gulhaugen Pastoral Assistant Joseph C. Pinzl Kantor Irene Beethe Parish Nurse Lenore Grosinske Office Manager Pam Gabriel Secretary Anna Mae Zeinemann Custodian Michael Renken

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Zion Lutheran Church Sixth and Grant Streets, Wausau, Wisconsin 54403

Those who trust in the Lord shall be like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. (Psalm 125:1)