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“Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”

 The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 29, 2024

ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH – LCMS

700 Main St.  P.O. Box 220   Clyman, WI  53016  

Rev. Daniel L. Bohn & Church 1(920) 341-2025 – shepherdatzion@gmail.com

Worship Times: Sundays – 8:30am & Wednesdays – 7:00pm

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Music –  Dee Dee Wille      Elder – Dave Stuebe / Wed: Ralph Kohlhoff

Bulletin Announcements: Email: zionclyman@gmail.com

Congregation Information: Neal Kohlhoff Email: neal.kohlhoff50@gmail.com

Altar Guild for September:  Connie Kreitzman       Thank you.

Guests.  Welcome to Zion.  We are glad to have you with us.  Please sign our guestbook located in the Narthex.  About Holy Communion:  We welcome to the Lord’s Table all who have repented of their sins and seek to amend their sinful life; all who believe that Jesus is truly present in, with, and under the bread and the wine; and all who believe that through the words “given and shed for you” forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation are given.  If this is your confession and you are a member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, then come with a thankful heart and join us.   If you are a visitor and would like to commune, please talk with Pastor Dan before the service.  To help in preparing to receive Holy Communion open the front cover of the Burgundy hymnal or turn to pages 329 & 330.  Gluten free wafers are available, please talk with an Elder or Pastor before the service if you would appreciate them.

Ringing of the Bell and Welcome

 Hymn – “Christ is Our Cornerstone”

Christ is our Cornerstone, On Him alone we build; with His true saints alone, the courts of heaven are filled.  On His great love our hopes we place of present grace and joys above.

 Oh, then, with hymns of praise, these hallowed courts shall ring; our voices we will raise the Three in One to sing, and thus proclaim in joyful song, both loud and long, that glorious name.

 Here, gracious God, do Thou forever more draw nigh; accept each faithful vow and mark each suppliant sigh.  In copious shower on all who pray each holy day, Thy blessing pour.

 Here may we gain from heaven the grace we implore, and may that grace, once given, be with us evermore until that day when all the blest to endless rest are called away!       Amen.

Invocation

Introit Psalm 135:1-3, 13-14 – Your name, O Lord, endures forever, your renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.  Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord, give praise, O servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God!  Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!  Your name, O Lord, endures forever, your renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.  For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.  Glory be 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.  Your name, O Lord, endures forever, your renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.

 Confession and Absolution

Hymn “Chief of Sinners Though I Be”

Chief of sinners Though I be, Jesus shed His blood for me; died that I might live on high, lived that I might never die.  As the branch is to the vine, I am His and He is mine.

 Oh, the height of Jesus’ love!  Higher than the heavens above, deeper than the depths of sea, lasting as eternity.  Love that found me, wonderous thought!  Found me when I sought Him not.

Jesus only can impart balm to heal the smitten heart; peace that flows from sin forgiven, joy that lifts the soul to heaven; faith and hope to walk with God in the way that Enoch trod.  Amen

 We all confess:   O Almighty God, merciful Father, I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto Thee all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended Thee and justly deserved Thy temporal and eternal punishment.  But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray Thee of Thy boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Thy beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor, sinful being.  Amen       God’s absolution is heard– Upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office, as a called and ordained servant of the Word, announce the grace of God unto all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.    Amen

Prayer of the Day – Everlasting Father, source of every blessing, mercifully direct and govern us by Your Holy Spirit that we may complete the works You have prepared for us to do; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.  Amen

Old Testament Reading  Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-30 –  The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!  We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost-also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.  But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!”  vs10-16   Moses heard the people of every family wailing, each at the entrance to his tent.  The Lord became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled.  He asked the Lord , “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant?  What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?  Did I conceive all these people?  Did I give them birth?  Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their forefathers?  Where can I get meat for all these people?  They keep wailing to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’  I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.  If this is how you are going to treat me, put me to death right now-if I have found favor in your eyes-and do not let me face my own ruin.”  The Lord said to Moses: “Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people.  Have them come to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.  vs24-30   So Moses went out and told the people what the Lord had said.  He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the tent.  Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took of the Spirit that was on him and put the Spirit on the seventy elders.  When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not do so again. However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the Tent.  Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp.  A young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”  Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ aide since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”  But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake?  I wish that all the Lord ‘s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!”  Then Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.

Epistle or New Testament Reading  James 5:13-20 –  Is any one of you in trouble?  He should pray.  Is anyone happy?  Let him sing songs of praise.  Is any one of you sick?  He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.  And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up.  If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.  Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.  The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.  Elijah was a man just like us.  He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.  Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.  My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, remember this:  Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

Holy Gospel  Mark 9:38-50 –   “Teacher,” said John, “we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.”  “Do not stop him,” Jesus said.  “No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever is not against us is for us.  I tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward. “And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck.  If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.  It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.  And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off.  It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.  And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out.  It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where ” ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’  Everyone will be salted with fire.  “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”

Hymn-TLH tune but words of – LSB 702  “My Faith Looks Up to Thee”

Apostle’s Creed –  I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.  And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Hymn “Take My Life and Let It Be”  LSB 783

Sermon

Prayers of the Church

The Lord’s Prayer –  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 trespasses 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.

Hymn TLH tune but words of – LSB 729  “I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus”  

Service of the Sacrament

The Words of our Lord – Consecration of the Elements

We celebrate the Lord’s Supper

 Distribution Hymns – TLH tunes but we will sing the words of LSB               “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me” LSB 761 “Just As I Am, without One Plea” LSB570  “What a Friend we Have in Jesus” LSB 770                                                                  “The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want”           LSB 710

Post-Communion Thanksgiving – Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is Good.  And His mercy endureth forever.  Amen

We give thanks to Thee, Almighty God, that Thou hast refreshed us through this salutary gift, and we beseech Thee that of Thy mercy Thou wouldst strengthen us through the same in faith toward Thee and in fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.  Amen.   The Lord be with you.    And with thy spirit.  Bless we the Lord.  Thanks be to God.

Benediction – The Lord bless thee and keep thee.  The Lord make His face shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee.  The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee and give thee peace.  Amen, Amen, Amen

Hymn  tune of TLH but words of  LSB 718   “Jesus Lead Thou On”

Announcements

YES IN CHRIST    Saying Yes With Our Treasures

Needed To Make Budget Per Week = $3177	9/18/2024	9/22/2024
Attendance/Communed:	11/11	57/46
Envelope:		$2,346
Plate		$106

The next Elder meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 30^th at 6pm.

The “Chosen” Bible Study –   The Chosen is an American Christian historical drama television series. The Chosen allows us to see Him through the eyes of those who knew Him. The bible study will watch an episode and have a discussion afterwards. We meet on EVERY Tuesday of the month at 6pm in the sanctuary starting on September 10^th. Feel free to join us as all are welcome.

Choir is starting again on Wednesday, October 2^nd at 6:00pm.  All you song birds come and join us for the singing fun. All are welcome.

QUILTING – The quilters meet on Thursdays 11am to 2pm. If interested, contact Caroline Jeffers as they do not meet every Thursday. Donations of fabric, sheets (flat or fitted), and yarn are always appreciated. You do not have to know how to sew as there are many non-sewing tasks to be completed. All are welcome.

TURKEY DINNER at Immanuel in Reeseville – October 6^th from 11am to 1pm. Carry-Out ONLY.  Pre-orders are strongly encouraged. Call 920-927-5734.  For more details on cost, food included, etc., see the fliers on the doors.

Wish a Blessed Happy Birthday to these members!

AJ B.  10/4     Jordan S. 10/9     KateLee-Ann B. 10/10   Janet O. 10/13                  Doyle R. 10/17   Ashley B. 10/18     Dee Dee W. 10/20    Steven D. 10/24                  Lisa J. 10/28     Chris S. 10/28

God’s continued and rich blessings on these couples celebrating an Anniversary!

Gary & Beth B.  10/3       Dan & Laurel F. 10/7     Lonnie & Faye H.  10/16

Mark & Lisa F.  10/17

Special Prayers

Beverly Schwantes who is recovering at home after her surgery.                                Erik Angove and Shannon Marsh as they continue to face health challenges.         Felix and Janet Ortega as they continue to have testing done and see doctors.
Pastor Groth as he deals with cancer.

From the Board of Stewardship and Evangelism

Mark 9:45 – “And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.” So what is causing us to sin? Lust? Greed? Fear? Better to cut it off! We need the Lord’s help to do this — and you are in the right place this Lord’s Day to receive that help through Word and Sacrament!

The Pewpoint – Theme of the Day –  Our Father in Heaven Protects His Children by Giving His Holy Angels Charge Over Them

We live in “a time of trouble” (Dan. 12:1), in the midst of great tribulation. Satan and his wicked angels have been thrown out of heaven and have come down to earth “in great wrath,” with woeful “temptations to sin” and with constant accusations (Rev. 12:8–12; Matt. 18:7). Even so, we are encouraged by the presence and protection of St. Michael and the holy angels, whom God sends to help us in the strife (Dan. 10:11–13). By “the authority of his Christ,” His holy angels guard and keep us in body and soul. These heavenly servants of God preserve His human messengers on earth, the ministers of “the blood of the Lamb,” against all the power of the enemy, for by “the word of their testimony,” the Church is saved and the devil is defeated (Rev. 12:10–11; Luke 10:18–19). By their preaching and Baptism of repentance, the old Adam and the old evil foe are “drowned in the depth of the sea” (Matt. 18:6). As God raised Christ Jesus from