Mt. Olive Ev. Lutheran Church
A Praying
Church
1460
Almond Avenue
St.
Paul, Minnesota 55108
651.645.2575
www.mtolive-wels.net
Carl R. Henkel, pastor
651.631.8625
The Fifth Sunday After The Epiphany
February 4,
2007 9:00am
God's Blessings To All Who Worship With Us Today! Lord, help us to
make Your house a home where those who are here will want to remain, where
those who visit will want to return, and where those who have left will want to
come back. May God's Spirit fill your hearts with joy and peace
through the knowledge of His love for you in Jesus. Visitors, we want you to feel at home in our midst. Please know that you are welcome!
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.
Assisting Us In Worship This
Morning
John, Susan, &
Karl Mueller, greeters
Greg Schuyler, head usher
Margaret Meier, organist
Tim Wiedmann, communion assistant
Order of Service: The
Common Service, page 15, front of the hymnal
Hymns: 195 464 * 318
Message: Luke
5:1-11
“Of Fish And Men”
OLD TESTAMENT
LESSON Isaiah
6:1-8
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above Him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of His glory." At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
"Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty." Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for." Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
EPISTLE LESSON I
Corinthians 14:12b-20
Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church. For this reason anyone who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret what he says. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.
If you are praising God with your spirit, how can one who finds himself among those who do not understand say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying? You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified. I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.
GOSPEL LESSON Luke
5:1-11
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around Him and listening to the word of God, He saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then He sat down and taught the people from the boat.
When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch." Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets." When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!" For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men." So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed Him.
WORSHIPER'S
PRAYER
Pray to God the Father,
Jesus, Holy Spirit
·
Ask to be made conscious of His presence
·
Praise Him for a specific attribute
· Thank Him
for His forgiveness
· Thank Him
for a specific blessing
· Ask to be
led by the Spirit as you worship
·
Ask for help to focus on worshipping God
not on pleasing self
·
Thank for opportunity to gather for worship
…with
others here
...with
others in community
...with
others in country
...with
others throughout world
...with angels in heaven
·
Ask for Word to be planted in your heart
·
Ask for Word to produce fruit in your life
·
Ask for awareness as you sing the hymns
·
Ask for a genuine amen to the prayers
·
Ask for the Spirit's presence in the pastor
·
Ask for the Spirit's gifting of the organist
·
Ask for the Spirit's moving within the choir
·
Ask for the Spirit's help of each worshipper
May God answer your
prayer so that He
may be glorified in you
and through you.
Today: 8:45am Prayer Time (Fireside Room)
10:00am Fellowship Hour
10:30am Education
Hour
11:45am Outreach
Committee Meeting
2:30pm SCLHS
Band Concert
Monday: 11:30am Mt.
Olive Worship Service on Cable Channel 14
4:00pm “Cross-Eyed
Warriors” Bible Study
5:30pm Confirmation
Class
6:30pm Mt. Olive
Worship Service on Cable Channel 14
7:00pm “Beautiful Feet” Bible Study
Tuesday: 7:00pm Pre-Marriage
Class
Thursday: 10:00am “Explorers of the Word” Bible Class
Next Sunday: 9:00am Family
Worship Service
10:30am Education
Hour
11:45pm Worship
Committee Meeting
7:00pm Coordinating Council Meeting
Get
Those Pinewood Derby Cars
ready for the February 25th race! This event is open to all in the
congregation who would like to participate. Some of the key dates include:
Feb. 4th Pick up cars at church and begin building
Feb 17th 10:00am, Car Building Assistance Day
Feb 20th 6:30pm, Car Building Assistance Night
Feb 25th 12:45pm, Start Your Engines!!
Calling All Men,
Women, and Families: We are currently
looking for ushers for 2007. All members of Mt. Olive are welcome. If you have
not served as an usher before please consider it. Sign up today on the narthex
bulletin board!
Prom Dress Sale! The Good Shepherd Youth Group will be having a prom dress sale on
Saturday, March 3rd from 9:00am-5:00pm at Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church in Burnsville. In order to make
this sale a success, they will need dresses!
Please consider going through your closets and donating any former prom
dresses, brides maid dresses, or any other dress that you feel would be
suitable for a prom dress. If you
donate a dress, you will receive $10.00 off the purchase of a dress at the
Saturday, March 3rd sale.
They will be holding drop off dates every Sunday in February from
12:00pm-3:00pm at the church. Good
Shepherd Church is located at 151 E. County Road 42 in Burnsville, MN
55306. Call Edie Stellick with any
questions. (952)890-6177. Thank you.
"Puttin' on the Glitz" is the theme for St. Croix's 15th Annual Auction scheduled for Saturday, March 10, 2007. Silent Auction opens at 9:30am and Live Auction begins at 11:30am. A preview time is set for Fri.Mar.9, 6:30pm - 9:00pm. Now is the time to bring your auction donation to the Advancement Office. Please call ahead to make arrangements for large items. 651-455-1521 x106. Receipt forms are available from your church contact person Mae Schmidt, at the front office, or on the rack near the Advancement Office. A few items have already been donated: Orthodontics work, a lake home vacation, ski package, 5 days of Whitewater Rafting in Idaho, decoys, a glass encased pheasant display, attorney services, curio cabinet, hide-a-bed, musket kit and more. Plan ahead to join the fun! Please consider a donation and talk it up. Bring your friends and family to the event and help make "Puttin' on the Glitz" a success!
* DISTRIBUTION HYMN (sung to the tune of Hymn #278)
Come in holy awe
and truth, Brothers, sisters, to the altar:
Teens, now in the
bloom of youth, Elders, come with steps that falter;
All, of great or
no renown, Here, to God, we stand as one.
Those who live by
cares oppressed, Those who scamper through life gaily,
Those who know
unruffled rest, Those who weep in sorrow daily,
Friends and
e--ne-mies, as one, Boldly come, approach the Throne.
By one cup and by
one bread In one body, Lord, unite us;
By the blood the
Savior shed Now with peace and joy delight us;
Speak the good
news once again, What more cause to sing "Amen!"
By one washing, by
one creed, Each to all one Father binds us,
One the hope on
which we feed, One the grace that seeks and finds us;
Joined in love
together so, To one Table let us go.
Here ourselves we
consecrate To all truth, to love, to justice;
By this action let
us state What a holy people's trust is;
Show to all the
Christ who lives, Eat and drink the food He gives.
Tears of
loneliness replace With new tears of happy laughter,
Children of
adopting grace, See the home the world strives after:
Ours it is when we
are one With the Father and the Son.
Copyright (c) 1987 Concordia
Publishing House. Used by permission.