Isaiah 12:1-6

In that day you will say: “I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted. Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.”

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins

against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

John 7:30-32, 37-39

At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man?” The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him…. On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Marengo, Illinois

“With Great Boldness . . . Tell Everyone What He Has Done”

ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Marengo, Illinois; 815-568-6564; www.zionmarengo.net

Zion’s Mission Statement: Proclaiming Jesus Christ through Preaching, Teaching and Reaching Pastor: Rev. Jonathan M. Ripke Interim Co-Principals: Dan Bertrand & Merri-lynne Seaburg Music Director: Karina Keating Ministering to Each Other: All Members

WELCOME

A warm and cordial welcome to all! Your presence is a blessing to us and we are happy that we can all join together in worshiping our Lord and in celebrating His triumphant resurrection. We invite you to lift up your hearts with joy and thanksgiving with us. And please do come and worship with us again!

PRAYER BEFORE WORSHIP

Oh God, all good things come from You. By the inspiration of Your Spirit lead us to think of those things that are right and help us to practice them in our lives; through Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Fourth Sunday In Lent

March 30, 31 & April 1, 2019

6:00 PM, 9:00 AM, 6:30 PM-Service of Prayer & Preaching - LSB Page 260

Hymns: LSB 915, 568, 423

Organist: Karina Keating

Sermon: "People of Zion" Pastor Ripke

Sermon Text: Isaiah 12:1-6

“People of Zion” (Isaiah 12)

“You cannot step in the same ______________ twice.”—Heraclitus (535-475 B.C.)

--Heraclitus was a Greek ruled by the Persians…what were some of the empires that arose after his time? _________________ ________________________

--Before? B___________________ (see Is. 13); A___________________ (see Is. 10:5, ff.)

Isaiah is to deliver the word of the LORD to the I_______________...and they will not listen—and so will face the c________________.

--Our lives can be like that: sin o____________ and pay the price f_____________.

--Confess your sins to God, and He will turn away His a____________ and c___________ us. (Is. 12:1)

--When it comes to God and our sin, we don’t have to step in the s________ river twice: it is gone!

Consequences of sin can linger: for the Israelites, those who returned faced the result of the sin of their f_________________.

--Our lives can be like that too: sometimes the sin is not something I c___________; just the result of a s_______________ world that happened to me.

--Unfortunately, the future is uncertain and you can’t change the p______________.

For the Israelites (and for us), it is i_____________ to reach the “day” of Isaiah 12:1,4 without rescue, release and s_________________.

--“God is my salvation” (v. 2); “[The LORD] has become my s_______________” (v. 2); water from the “w____________ of salvation” (v. 3)

--Jesus in the temple (John 7): His name means s____________, or “one who saves.” (see Matthew 1:21)

--Jesus says, “Come to me and d___________________!” (John 7:37): living water (v. 39) from God in one place!

A joyous day yet to come in the h_______________ Zion. (see Rev. 7:9-17)

Also the people of Z________________ today!

--Fill up with Jesus, the living water.

--You can’t step in the same r____________ twice…but in Jesus, you have water that can last forever! (John 7:37-38 or also John 4:13-14)

Zion Lutheran Church

Weekend of March 31, 2019 Information Bulletin

Bulletin Announcements

Due: Wed. @ Noon E-mail submissions

100 words or less to sandy.hauschildt@zionmarengo.net

Typed/neatly printed announcements can be dropped off in the office.

All submissions must include name, phone, and start/stop date (max. three weeks).

Announcements are subject to approval, may be edited, and must be Zion related, reflecting the mission of the church and school.

Church Information

Rev. Jonathan Ripke Pastor

pastor.ripke@zionmarengo.net

Dan Bertrand & Merri-lynne Seaburg

School Co-Principal principal@zionschool.net

Sandee Dunker Director of Early Childhood Zionschoolcares@gmail.com

Steve Macygin IT Administration

steve.macygin@zionmarengo.net

Stacey Sherwood Finance Officer

Stacey.sherwood@zionmarengo.net

Dale Ann Borhart School Secretary

dale.borhart@zionmarengo.net

Sandy Hauschildt Financial Asst./Sec.

sandy.hauschildt@zionmarengo.net

Church 815-568-6564 412 Jackson St.

Marengo, IL www.zionmarengo.net

School School (Kg-8th) Pre School & Ext (Kg-8th grade) Extended Care 815-568-5156 815-814-5156

408 Jackson St. Marengo, IL

www.zionschool.net

Sunday 8:00 AM ...................................... Worship 9:00 AM .............. One Service For Service 5:00 PM.................................... Volleyball

Monday Scrip Due

4:30 PM ............... 7th & 8th Grade Public ............................................. Confirmation 5:30 PM ..................... All Captains Count 6:30 PM ....................................... Worship

Tuesday 8:45 AM ........................Ladies Bible Study 9:00 AM ........................ Reading Partners

Wednesday 10:00 AM ...................... Lenten Worship 1:30 PM .................................... Ladies Aid 5:00 PM............................. Lenten Supper 5:30 PM ......................... Adult Handbells 6:30 PM ......................... Lenten Worship 7:15 PM ................................. Adult Choir

Saturday

7:30 AM ...................... Men’s Bible Study 6:00 PM............................. Worship W/C

Weekly Church Calendar

Zion Worship Services Marengo

Community Radio (WXMR) is now

broadcasting at 94.3 FM, our service is played Sundays at

9:00 AM.

Eugene Fettes

Ginny Kamholz

Mandie Polizzi

Dolores Landwehr’s 90th Birthday

Coffee Hour Next week’s coffee hour is

being hosted by the The Shetley & Sternberg

Families

Next Week’s Greeters —April 6, 7, 8 6:00 PM ........................................................................ Mike & Jill Secor 8:00 AM ....................................... Sandy Ackmann & Shawn McAuliffe 10:30 AM ................................................. Judith Steurer & Elaine Fiepke

6:30 PM ............................................................................ Norm Pollock

In honor of Dolores Landwehr’s

90th Birthday From Her Children

In Memory of : Quinn Gieseke

From His Family

Last Week’s Attendance Total – 556 6:00 PM .......................... Saturday Worship Service ........................... 92 8:00 AM .......................... Sunday Worship Service ............................ 149 10:30 AM ........................ Sunday Worship Service ..............................99 6:30 PM .......................... Monday Worship Service ............................ 72 10:00 AM & 6:30 PM ..... Lenten Worship Service ................... 32 & 112

Outreach Quilters

The outreach quilters will meet in the teen room (upstairs)

after the 9:00 AM service on Sunday, March 31st. Please come join us!

No Bible Study,

Sunday School

or Coffee Hour These will resume next Sunday

Next Week’s Acolytes Lent April 3

6:30 PM ........... Cheyenne Welker April 6, 7, 8

6:00 PM ................ Carina Switzer 8:00 AM .............. Mallory Lesher 10:30 AM ...... Macgregor Hellyer 6:30 PM ................ Devon Oliveira

SCRIP Orders Monday, April 1st

New in the Narthex April Newsletter

Hope-Full Living

Portals of Prayer

One Service for Service

Our work efforts will commence immediately

after the service. We will have a pizza lunch to conclude.

Shop for SCRIP Online

You are now able to order SCRIP online using PrestoPay. To sign up you can find

forms in the school and church office. Please wait to order online until

PrestoPay sign up is complete and has sent you an approval code.

Financial Recap

GENERAL GIVING: Weekly Budget $19,000 Weekly Mar 24 $13,591 YTD Giving Over $ 53 BUILDING FUND GIVING: March Budget $3,000 March Received $ 2,960 2019 GIVING FOR: Pastor Ferry $4,413 Comfort Dogs: $7,130 Operational Loan Balance: Buhrows Endowment $42,309 Current Operations $ 0.00

Youth Group

Eight of our students are planning to attend the National Youth Gathering in Minnesota this

summer. In order to raise funds, they will be selling Danish

Kringles for $12. Please see the insert in your bulletin or a youth

group member for more information. Samples will be

available when the youth help serve Lenten supper this

Wednesday, April 3.

Need some work done in the yard? Putting off doing it? Then ask our youth to help you! Groups of four or eight students will be available for silent auction

bid during this Wednesday's Lenten supper. Bidding starts at

$100 for a group of four students and $200 for the entire group of eight. All student helpers come

with an adult supervisor, and work can be arranged for a mutually-

agreeable date.

Zion Preschool Pre-Registration Zion Preschool Pre-registration is now open for the 2019-20 school

year. Classes available for 2 year olds, 3 &4 year olds & super 4's. Go to Zion's website zionschool.net and click on he pre-registration

request link or call the preschool office at 815-6814-5156 for information.

Zion (KG-8th) Pre-Registration

We still have many parent who have not pre registered. These

were sent out in February, so if you have misplaced your

registration or did not receive one please contact the office. We encourage everyone to register as soon as possible. Pre Registration assists us in

planning for next years classes. A $50.00 per child deposit is

due for all returning students to secure your child’s enrollment.

We now have open enrollment for new incoming

students.

Lenten Supper Thank you Elders for

hosting last weeks Lenten dinner. Thank you also to Sandra

Ham for the Desserts.

Please join the Youth Group as they host Lenten Dinner with

Pork Chops. Sandra Ham will be making the desserts.

College Care Packages

Thank you to everyone who has donated items for the College

Care Packages. We will be getting them ready to send off

later this week. You can still donate at church on Monday

night. A Thrivent Action Team will be paying for our shipping charges. This is a nice way to remind our college students that Zion cares about them

even when they are at school. It's something we hope to continue next year again.

God Bless America

The first through fourth grade are looking for pictures of Veterans

from our school & congregation. These pictures will be shown

(on a slideshow) on the night of the operetta. You can email

pictures to Kelli Sok to kelli_sok@yahoo.com or bring them to her classroom to scan

into the slideshow. Thank you for your support!

Lutherans For Life

There have been 146 national calls to prayer, humiliation,

fasting and thanksgiving by the Presidents of the Us

(1789-2017) Zion will host the 2019 National Day of Prayer. Mark your calendars for May

2nd, for this time of prayer for America, our churches, our families & our community.

Volunteers are needed for this "Love One Another" event.

Contact Genny Hertel or Ruth Zielke

Lilies for Easter!

The Zion Altar Guild is collecting Easter lilies for our

Easter services. If you would like to purchase one or more lilies

the orders are due on April 1st . The cost is $9 each. The forms and box are available on the

counter in the Narthex. Please print all information and

include your phone number. The Altar Guild thanks

everyone!

Circle your calendars

for a special prayer event coming to Zion for the National Day of

Prayer on Thurs., May 2nd.

Easter’s Living Cross

The Living Cross will be a part of our Easter services again this

year. Please bring fresh flowers to the Easter service that you attend and add them to the cross to create a beautiful declaration that Christ “Is Risen Indeed!”

There also will be extra flowers available so everyone can be a part of this lovely tradition.

Save The Date

Coming to Zion on April 13th a time for "Women to Women" to

connect & share their lives journeys. We'll save a seat for

you. More information will come soon. Contact Brooke Sullivan, Genny Hertel or Ruth Zielke

Faith Lutheran High School

Faith Lutheran High School students invite all current 7-11 graders to a dance on Saturday,

April 6 from 7-9:30 pm. Come for an evening of fun, friends, and food. There is no cost for the Hawaiian-themed

dance. Dress nicely and modestly, no jeans please. If

dancing is not your thing, stay to construct a Rube-Goldberg

machine. Parents -have questions about Faith? Stay and talk with current parents, staff and alumni about what Faith is all about. No RSVP required. Questions? Contact Jennifer

Schulz at schulzj@faithlhs.org.

Holy Scrap

You are among the many who have supported Zion School

through your donations to the Holy Scrap collections over the

years. In March we have collected $687.04. We have now collected

$16,000 total.

On April 6, 7 & 8 I will have my truck out in front of church during worship services all

weekend. There will also be a big garbage can chained to the post for cans and small items. You

might start to think about spring cleaning one of these weeks and

when you do feel free to call (815-568-6738) or email me

anytime with bigger items like appliances or lawnmowers. If the truck is full when you come, just set your things besides it and we

will take care of it very soon. Thanks again. Pastor Borhart

Thank You

Thank you Zion family for you hygiene item contributions to Veterans in need Transforming

Lives Through Service to Veterans (TLS). Your donations are very

appreciated! PFC Martin

Box Tops for Education

A easy way to help the school. You can bring them in anytime.