A Praying Church
651.645.2575
www.mtolive-wels.net
Carl R. Henkel, pastor
651.631.8625
carl.henkel@juno.com
The
Second Sunday of Easter
Thank You for
sharing this time of worship with us.
We're glad you're here! Please
sign the Friendship Register. Do come again!
If you do not have a local church home, we invite you to make your home
with us. Here you will find Christian
love, opportunities for spiritual growth, warm friendships, and a feeling of
being part of the family of God.
The Lord's Supper is being celebrated today. This
special meal, instituted by Christ, unites us with Him and our brothers and sisters
in the faith. This sacrament is intended for those who are baptized in the name
of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; trust in Jesus Christ as the only way to
heaven; and believe that the true body and blood of Jesus are present with the
bread and wine of Holy Communion. Guests
who share this faith are invited to speak with the pastor before joining us in
this holy meal.
Angela Young, organ & Clavinova ~
Joel Meier, communion assistant
Order of Service: Service
of Word and Sacrament, page 26 in front of the hymnal
Hymns: 154 165 265 162
Special Music: “Lord, I
Lift Your Name on High” (
Message: John 20:28
“Believing
Thomas”
The
apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all
the believers used to meet together in Solomon's Colonnade.
Then the
high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the
Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the night an angel of the Lord
opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. "Go, stand in the temple courts,"
he said, "and tell the people the full message of this new life."
At
daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to
teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called
together the Sanhedrin-- the full assembly of the elders of
On hearing
this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were
puzzled, wondering what would come of this.
Then someone came and said, "Look! The men you put in jail are
standing in the temple courts teaching the people." At that, the captain went with his officers
and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the
people would stone them.
Having
brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be
questioned by the high priest. "We
gave you strict orders not to teach in this name," he said. "Yet you
have filled
Peter and
the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men! The God of our fathers raised Jesus from the
dead-- whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree. God exalted Him to His own right hand as
Prince and Savior that He might give repentance and forgiveness of sins to
John, To the seven churches in the province of
Look, He
is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him;
and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be!
Amen.
"I am
the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was,
and who is to come, the Almighty."
I, John,
your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance
that are ours in Jesus, was on the
I turned
around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven
golden lampstands, and among the lampstands
was someone "like a Son of Man," dressed in a robe reaching down to
His feet and with a golden sash around his chest. His head and hair were white like wool, as
white as snow, and His eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,
and His voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In His right hand He held seven stars, and
out of His mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun
shining in all its brilliance.
When I saw
Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and
said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I
am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades."
On the
evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with
the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and
said, "Peace be with you!"
After He said this, He showed them His hands and side. The disciples
were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
Again
Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has
sent Me, I am sending you." And
with that He breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are
forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."
Now Thomas
(called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the
disciples when Jesus came. So the other
disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them,
"Unless I see the nail marks in His hands and put my finger where the
nails were, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe it."
A week
later his disciples were in the house again, and
Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among
them and said, "Peace be with you!"
Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe."
Thomas
said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"
Then Jesus
told him, "Because you have seen Me, you have
believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
Jesus did
many other miraculous signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not
recorded in this book. But these are
written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that
by believing you may have life in His name.
This Week At
Today:
8:45am Prayer
Time in the Fireside Room
9:00am Family Worship with Holy
Communion (at the front pew)
10:00am Fellowship
Hour
10:30am Education Hour
11:45am Outreach Committee Meeting
Monday: 11:30am Mt. Olive Worship Service on Cable Channel 14
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday: 10:00am “Explorers of the Word” Bible Class
Saturday:
9:00am Planning
for the Future
Next Sunday: 9:00am “Time
of Grace” on WUCW, Channel 23
9:00am Family Worship
10:30am Education Hour (
The WELS Minnesota District Spring Pastoral Conference is being held in
It’s Been 10
Years since
The Congregation Is cordially invited to attend
the wedding service of Trisha Wright
and Ryan Jacobs
on Saturday, May 5, 2007 at
St. Croix Lutheran High School has an opening for a grounds
keeper beginning May 1 until the end of September. Forty
hours/week. Lawn mowing, trimming, trash clean up,
various other duties.
Applications are available at the high school -
Can You Help? The Petersens and Folkens will be in
Whenever We Have The