A Praying Church
651.645.2575
www.mtolive-wels.net
Carl R. Henkel, pastor
651.631.8625
The
Second Sunday After The Epiphany
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!
Large Print Hymnals and Personal Sound
Devices are available at
the usher's station to help make worship more meaningful for those who may
appreciate such assistance. Just ask one
of the ushers before the service.
Assisting Us In Worship This Morning
Mark Sauer, Ryan
& Angela Young, greeters
Joel Meier, head usher
Margaret Meier, organist
Order of Service: Service
of the Word, page 38 in the front of the hymnal
Hymns: 90 82 st.1-2 343 353
Message: John
2:1-11
“Now,
Where Is Jesus?”
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Isaiah
62:1-5
For
No longer will they call you Deserted, or
name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah,
and your land Beulah; for the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will
be married. As a young man marries a
maiden, so will your sons marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
so will your God rejoice over you.
EPISTLE LESSON I
Corinthians 12:1-11
Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not
want you to be ignorant. You know that
when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to
mute idols. Therefore I tell you that no
one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be
cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy
Spirit.
There are
different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the
same God works all of them in all men.
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common
good. To one there is given through the
Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of
the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of
healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy,
to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different
kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
All these are the work of one and the same
Spirit, and He gives them to each one, just as He determines.
GOSPEL John
2:1-11
On the
third day a wedding took place at
When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to
Him, "They have no more wine."
"Dear woman, why do you involve Me?"
Jesus replied. "My time has not yet come."
His mother said to the servants, "Do
whatever He tells you." Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for
ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the
jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim. Then He told them, "Now draw some out
and take it to the master of the banquet." They did so, and the master of
the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize
where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then
he called the bridegroom aside and said, "Everyone brings out the choice
wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to
drink; but you have saved the best till now."
This, the first of his miraculous signs,
Jesus performed at
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 Worship
Committee Meeting
Monday: 11:30am Mt.
Olive Worship Service on Cable Channel 14
Tuesday:
Thursday: 10:00am “Explorers
of the Word” Bible Class
Saturday:
Next Sunday:
10:30am Education
Hour
Please Pick Up your 2007 offering envelopes from the back of church if you haven’t already done so. Thanks!
Progressive
Dinner: Our Annual
Progressive Dinner is set for Saturday, January 27th, starting at
Calling All Men, Women, and Families: We are currently looking for ushers for 2007. The usher schedule is put together as a
rotating schedule with five groups serving on the corresponding four or five
Sundays of the month (the group that serves for the fifth Sunday also ushers
for holiday and Lenten services). All members of