THE THIRD SUNDAY

IN LENT

 

March 7, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

A note from the Board of Doctrine and Worship:

 

USE OF UNLEAVENED BREAD DURING LENT

 

At Bethel, we usually use leavened bread, marked with the Christogram "IC XC NIKA," meaning "Jesus Christ is victorious."  During Lent, we will on five occasions use unleavened bread as a reminder of our repentance and exile, remembered especially during our Lenten pilgrimage.

We will use unleavened bread on Ash Wednesday (February 17), and the First, Second, Third, and Fifth Sundays in Lent (February 21 and 28; March 7 and 21).  On the Fourth Sunday in Lent ("Laetare"), during Holy Week, and throughout the rest of year, we will continue to use leavened bread.

 

 

 

+ The Third Sunday of Lent +

March 4, 2010                                                                                     8:15 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.  

Setting Four, page 147

                                                                               

+     WELCOME, VISITORS    +

Please sign our visitor's book at our Welcome Center in the narthex.

CHILDCARE is PROVIDED (11:00 am service) in lower level of the Education Building and there is a “CRY ROOM” down the stairs off the Narthex where the service can still be heard.

“BUSY BAGS” and CHILDREN’S BULLETINS are also provided in the narthex .

 

CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSES ARE IN BOLD TYPE.

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GATHERING

 

GATHERING  HYMN                          Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing                           #807

                                                                1.  All   2.  All, in Harmony.  3.  All .

 

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS                                                                    ELW, page 94

 

KYRIE                                                   Kyrie! God, Father                                                     #409

 

SALUTATION

 

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

 

PRAYER OF THE DAY

 

                Eternal God, your kingdom has broken into our troubled world through the life, death, and resurrection of your Son.  Help us to hear your word and obey it, and bring your saving love to fruition in our lives, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.  Amen.

 

WORD

 

FIRST READING                                                                                                        Isaiah 55:1-9

 

            Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

            Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. See, you shall call nations that you do not know, and nations that do not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for the Lord has glorified you.

            Seek the Lord while the Lord may be found, call upon God while God is near; let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, who will have mercy on them, and to our God, who will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

                                                                              

Holy Wisdom, holy Word.

Thanks be to God.

           

PSALM           Sung in alternation with the cantor, tone 2                           Psalm 63:1-8

 

                        O God, you are my God; eager- / ly I seek you;

                          my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you,

                          as in a barren and dry land where there / is no water.

 

                         Therefore I have gazed upon you in your / holy place,

                          that I might behold your power / and your glory.

 

                        For your loving kindness is better than / life itself;

                          my lips shall / give you praise.

 

                        So I will bless you as long / as I live

                          and lift up my hands / in your name.

 

                        My soul is content, as with mar- / row and fatness,

                          And my mouth praises you with / joyful lips,

 

                        When I remember you up- / on my bed,

                          and meditate on you in / the night watches.

 

                        For you have / been my helper,

                          and under the shadow of your wings I / will rejoice.

 

                        My soul / clings to you;

                          your right hand / holds me fast.

 

 

SECOND READING                                                                                  1 Corinthians 10:1-13

 

            I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the seas, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness.

            Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not become idolaters as some of them did; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.” We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents. And do not complain as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come. So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall. No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing God will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.

 

Holy Wisdom, holy Word.

Thanks be to God.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION           

 

 

GOSPEL                                                                                                    Luke 13:1-9

 

The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the 13th chapter.

Glory to you, O Lord.

           

            At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. Jesus asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them – do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did.”

            Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, ‘See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?’ The gardener replied, ‘Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”

 

The Gospel of the Lord.

 

Praise to you, O Christ.

           

SERMON                                                                                                       Pastor William Yancey

                                                                                                                                                                                               

HYMN OF THE DAY        Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer                              #618

                                                                         

APOSTLES’ CREED                                    

 

I believe in God, the Father almighty,

       creator of heaven and earth.

 

I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord.

       who was conceived by the Holy Spirit

       and born of the virgin Mary.

       suffered under Pontius Pilate,

       was crucified, died, and was buried.

       he descended to the dead.

     

       On the third day he rose again;

       he ascended into heaven,

       he is seated at the right hand of the Father.

       he will come again to judge the living and the dead.

 

 

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

        the holy catholic Church,

        the communion of saints,

        the forgiveness of sins,

        the resurrection of the body                                                                              

        and the life everlasting. Amen.

 

PRAYERS

 

Gathered by the Spirit , let us return to the Lord our God and pray for the church, the world and all who yearn for new life.

 

After each portion of the prayers:

 

Lord, in your mercy,

hear our prayer.

 

IN OUR PRAYERS

 

            We pray for God’s Spirit to keep safe and guide PASTOR BOARDMAN, VICAR LUND and 14 students as they travel to and work in Guatemala.  May their mission be a witness to Jesus’ ministry of care.

            We pray for Bethel friend, TIM BRENNAN, that he would experience healing after major surgery. (Tim is the husband of NANCY BRENNAN, former pre-school teacher at Bethel School.)

            We hold in prayer ROBERT ENGLE’s grandmother, MYRNA DROEGEMUELLER, who has suffered a medical relapse.  May God grant her hope, courage and strength as she faces this new challenge.

            We pray for DAVID REICHERT’s mother, IRENE, who is now at home. May God’s healing be hers.

            We also pray for JERRY GAUCHE, a dear friend of DAVE REICHERT, who is very ill.

We pray for God’s peace and healing to be with JUSTIN TYE (FORMO and SNIPES family member) during a time of serious illness.

We pray for KAREN FREUND during her treatment for a recurrent heart condition.

We pray for KRISTIN KOPPERUD as she continues her physical acclimation to her heart transplant, especially in the context of abnormal results from a recent biopsy.

            We pray for MICHAEL KUNZ’s father, REV. ROBERT KUNZ, who is being treated for a heart condition.  May God’s healing spirit be with him.

            We pray for DAVID REICHERT’s mother, IRENE, who is being cared for in a nursing home. May God’s healing be hers.

                We remember the people of HAITI and CHILE and pray for each country’s recovery from the disaster of earthquake.  We also pray for an ongoing openness of heart from the world community to bring aid to this disaster and support to alleviate Haiti’s history of poverty.

                We pray for JIM IRWIN, during a time of illness and treatment.  May God’s peace and healing be with him and his family.

                                

Almighty God, you have commanded us to pray, and you promise to hear us.  Hear the prayers of your people and grant us all that we need, for the sake of the one in whose name we pray, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

Amen.

 

 

MEAL

PEACE

 

OFFERING

 

VOLUNTARY (8:15)                       Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy’s Sake     

                                                                                                           John Hilton or Richard Farrant 

 

Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake, lay not our sins to our charge,

 but forgive that is past and give us grace to amend our sinful lives:

 to decline from sin and incline to virtue,

that we may walk in a perfect heart,

that we may walk in a perfect heart now and forevermore. Amen.

 

                          (11:00)                    Out of the Depths, I Cry to You      Setting by Samuel Scheidt

                                                                                                                                   

 

OFFERING CANTICLE               Create in Me a Clean Heart                                            #188

                                                                                   

 

 

OFFERING PRAYER 

         

Holy God,                                                                                                                                     

                gracious and merciful, you bring forth food from the earth and nourish your whole creation. Turn our hearts toward those who hunger in any way, that all may know your care; and prepare us now to feast on the bread of life, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

 

 

 

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING

 

        YOU ARE WELCOME AT GOD'S TABLE. Believing in the real presence of Christ in the holy meal, this church practices eucharistic hospitality. We invite all baptized persons to share in the Holy Eucharist. Children are invited to come forward for the blessing. GRAPE JUICE is provided in the tray of individual cups for those who prefer this alternative.  It is recognized by a deeper rose color.

 

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

 

Lift up your hearts

We lift them to the Lord.

 

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give God thanks and praise.

 

It is indeed right and salutary…we praise your name and join in their unending hymn:

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY (SANCTUS)   

 

                                                                               

THANKSGIVING AT THE TABLE

     In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this is my body given for you.

     Do this for the remembrance of me.

     Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.

     Do this for the remembrance of me.                                                                   

LORD’S PRAYER

 

  Our Father in heaven,

      hallowed be your name,

      your kingdom come,

      your will be done,

on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins

       as we forgive those

who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial

      and deliver us from evil.                                                                                      

For the kingdom, the power,

      and the glory are yours,

      now and forever. Amen.

 

LAMB OF GOD (AGNUS DEI )   O Christ, Thou Lamb of God

 

 

                                                               

                                                                               

COMMUNION HYMN                   As the Deer Runs to the River                                         #331 

                                                                    

COMMUNION ANTHEM (8:15)   Call to Remembrance, O Lord                       Richard Farrant

 

“Call to remembrance, O Lord,
Thy tender mercy and they loving kindness
Which hath been ever of old.
O Remember not the sins and offenses of my youth:
But according to thy mercy,
Think thou on me, O Lord, for thy goodness.”

 

POSTCOMMUNION                       On My Heart Imprint Your Image                                    #811

               

PRAYER

            Compassionate God, you have fed us with the bread of heaven.  Sustain us in our Lenten pilgrimage: may our fasting be hunger for justice; our alms, a making of peace; and our prayer, the song of grateful hearts, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.  Amen.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

SENDING

 

BLESSING

 

SENDING HYMN                    Bless Now, O God, the Journey                                               #326

                                                                                                         

DISMISSAL                                      

 

 

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Acknowledgements:.  Service music reprinted from ELW, copyright © 2006 Augsburg Fortress.  All rights reserved.  Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress license # 14709-LIT.  

 

 

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Again, in observance of the penitential character of this Lenten season,

prelude and postlude are omitted.

 

 

 

Music for this service:

 

This morning's choral anthems (8:15 service) echo the spirit of repentance to which we aspire during the season of Lent. These selections are by the English church musicians and composers. Richard Farrant (d. 1581) was a contemporary of Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585), and William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), while very little is known about John Hilton, who may in fact have been the real author of the voluntary anthem.

Our organ voluntary (11:00) is another setting of the Lenten chorale, Out of the Depths I Cry to You (cf. ELW # 600). This hymn, a paraphrase of Psalm 130, is attributed to Martin Luther. We hear it today in a setting by Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), a close contemporary of the great Heinrich Schütz.

 

Next Sunday's worship will be a Lenten Folksong Service, to include service music and hymns from the American folk tradition. The Chancel Choir will lead our music at the 8:15 service, and various partipants, includeing members of our Worship Band, will assist at the 11:00 service. (The Handbell Choir will also play at 11:00.) We last enjoyed this special worship in an Autumn Service of Folk Hymnody on November 15. Once again, we express our thanks to Perry Nelson, organist at St. Thomas-Holy Spirit Church, who suggested this service, and provided some of the musical settings as well.

 

What happened to the prelude and postlude? We annually begin our Lenten observance by contemplating Our Lord’s forty-day ordeal of fasting in the desert. Accordingly, the worshiping Church also enters upon a kind of “austerity program” to call attention to the serious nature of this holy season. In this time of introspection and repentance, we endeavor to minimize displays of “outward show.” The liturgical vestments are a somber purple, representing penitence (but also traditionally calling to mind Christ’s kingship). At Bethel we display in the chancel a severe, yet inspiring sculpture of the Crucifixion, whose stark, pained angular form aptly expresses the grim brutality of execution a representation of our Savior’s death completely devoid of sentimentality. Likewise, the Church has typically striven to limit the use of festive music during Lent, with two qualified exceptions: Laetare Sunday, and Palm Sunday, both of which contain a note of triumph, though not in the worldly sense. As St. Paul tells us, Christ “became obedient for us unto death, even death on a cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him the name that is above every name.” Thus, the tone and scope of our Lenten music remains subdued and reflective, until, on Easter Sunday, “with high delight,” we may exuberantly “unite in songs of sweet jubilation.”

 

 

 

 

 

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+ CHURCH NEWS +

*Please note: THE DEADLINE for items to be received

for publication in Bethel’s SUNDAY BULLETIN  is WEDNESDAYS,

no later than 1 p.m.! PLEASE E-MAIL your submission, if at all possible, to: Office@bethel-ucity.org. Thank you!  *

 

TODAY, we thank the BETHEL GREEN TEAM for bringing the refreshments for today’s hospitality hour. Please join in the fellowship at the Narthex after the late service !

 

DEACONS meet on Monday, March 8th at 7:00 p.m.

 

CENTER CELEBRATION TODAY:  Sunday, March 7th at 9:30 a.m.

 

MID-WEEK VESPERS:  Wednesday, March 10th  at 7:00 p.m. All are invited to a dinner prior at 6:00 p.m. (Please sign-up in the Narthex, if you plan to attend the dinner.) Each Wednesday before the mid-week Lenten Vespers, Pastor Yancey will be teaching and leading different prayer practices at 6:30pm in the sanctuary. 

 

March 20th, Saturday the Bd. of Property & Maintenance asks your help.  We need a number of people to help with the Spring Cleaning of the Sanctuary and more.

  • Cleaning the chandeliers will take three people to handle the large step ladder and be willing to climb up to clean the lighting.
  • Cleaning the woodwork around the altar area will take at least two people willing to climb stepladders, not too high.
  • Cleaning the back of the Sanctuary will take one person on a step ladder.
  • Cleaning the stained glass window involves dusting and once again some ladder climbing, one or two people.
  • Treating the pews with lemon oil ++ will take at least two people.
  • Lemon oil treatments in the Narthex and dusting will take at least one person.

 

To get all the jobs done in a reasonable amount of time it will take about 12 workers.

Valerie Yancey will be making a light lunch for all the workers.  Please sign up on the clipboard in the Narthex if you can help.

 

TUESDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY meets on March 2nd at 7:00 a.m. in the Flesch Home. (7236 Maryland). All are most welcome!

 

PEACE AND HEALTH:  Next meeting is changed from March 22 to March 29th at 7:00pm.

 

LAY INTERNSHIP COMMITTEE meets next on Tuesday, March 23rd, 7:00 p.m at the home of Mary Etta Skinner (3438 Russell Blvd. #401, St Louis MO 63104

 

EASTER LILIES:   The sign up chart for Easter Lilies is in the narthex. The price is $8.00 per plant and you are welcome to place more than one plant. Just sign your name and the number of plants you wish to place on the chart along with any tribute that you would like to appear in the bulletin. Please make the check out to the Church and place in one of your unused, numbered envelopes and mark it “Easter Lilies” and leave it in the offering plate. Alternatively, specially marked “flower” envelopes are also in the narthex. Thank you for your generosity to Bethel’s flower fund!

 

GO ST. LOUIS MARATHON NEWS:  VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the Bethel Water Station at the Go St. Louis Marathon on Sunday April 11th from 7:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.  We'll need 30 volunteers to staff the water station in front of the church.  Greet the runners with a smile and much needed water!  Please contact Carrie Costantin at 314-725-9361 or sign up on the volunteer sheet in the narthex. [WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 11th:  one regular communion service at 11:00 a.m., no regular service at 8:15am, although communion will be offered outdoors and the worship band will play.]

 

BETHEL GREEN TEAM NEWS! 

Congratulations to Peter Schmoeker and MaryEtta Skinner!  They are the proud new owners of the reusable bags that the Green Team gave away last Sunday.  Thank you to all who stopped by to learn how they can make their lives more green.

 

On March 19th  and 20th,  Web Innovations & Technology Services (WITS, website is: www.witsinc.org. ) will be accepting electronics, gadgets, TV, computers, etc. at Shaw Park in Clayton. WITS is a non profit organization that uses recycling for education, job training, replacing objects into the community, and of course, keeping  these objects out of the landfill. 

At the Clayton Events, Friday recycling is usually done by business firms who fill out special forms for larger quantities. Individuals usually recycle on Saturday. There may be a small $5 fee for certain items, but most of it is free.

 

THE DEADLINE for the April issue of The Bethel Connection newsletter is THURSDAY, March 18th.  Please submit items to jaroos@att.net or to the church office marked "Attention: JUDY ROOS." Thank you!

 

BandTogether  proudly  presents,

Simply Inspiring, Our 13th Anniversary Concert

March 27, 2010 At 8:00 pm

E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall At the 560 Music Center

560 Trinity Avenue At the Western End of the U City Loop

ADMISSION IS FREE!!

 

NO ADULT EDUCATION TODAY-

why not attend the Center Celebration instead?

Adult Education meets in the Fellowship Hall at 9:30 a.m. on most Sundays, except the first Sunday of the month!

Join us next Sunday for an hour of  education and thoughtful discussion!

Coffee and goodies await you!                  

 

COMING LATER THIS MONTH:

 

"The Cross of Christ and Christian Life: Understanding the Crucifixion"

Presenters:  Bethel members,  Allen Mueller and Jim Kelhoffer

 

March 14: Allen Mueller will reflect briefly on his 25 years of ordained ministry and begin the March series on "The Cross of Christ and Christian Life" by leading a discussion on the various theories of the Atonement found in our liturgies, hymns, and creeds.

 

March 21:  Examination of key passages in the New Testament that address the meaning of the cross of Christ.  We will also view a 20-minute DVD by biblical scholar Marcus Borg, "Execution and Resurrection: Good Friday and Easter." ( For more information about Dr. Borg, a former Lutheran, see: http://marcusjborg.com

 

March 28:  "Christian Experience in Light of the Cross." Presentation and discussion will focus on the implications of Christ's suffering for the life of the Christian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+COMMUNITY NEWS+

 

Bethel School's 6th Annual Auction – SATURDAY, MARCH 13th! 5:00-7:30 p.m.

“April Showers Brings May Flowers”

Silent Auction, Gourmet Appetizers, and Entertainment

Ways you can help - Donate Items, Cash Contributions,

Plan to Attend and Bring Your Friends...It will be FUN!

Auction items can be dropped off at the school office or call 314-863-1311, for more info.

Proceeds benefit the Scholarship Fund

for Bethel Lutheran School students.

 

17th ANNUAL BETHEL GOLF SCRAMBLE TO BE HELD SUNDAY, MAY 2nd 1:30 pm AT RUTH PARK GOLF COURSE !!! We welcome all Bethel golfers and want-to-be golfers who want to help the students of Bethel school. Players can participate for only $45 with approximately $30 going to the Bethel School Scholarship Fund.  If you are unable to play, but could sponsor a hole for $100 or co-sponsor a hole for $50 or even get a group together to sponsor a hole, please contact Art Busekist at 314-381-8832 or Al Kalin at 314-878-1137. 

What a great way to reach out to the future by helping the children!

 

MASTERWORKS CHORALE SPRING CONCERTS:

Our own Dr. Stephen Mager will direct two Masterworks Chorale concerts next month:

the Children’s concert, “A Viennese Kaffee Klatsch is on March 14th , 3:00 pm at St. Paul UCC Activity Center in Belleville , IL. and the Adult concert is on March 21st, 3:00 p.m. at St. Claire’s Catholic Church in O’ Fallon, IL where the program will feature Brahms’s Requiem .  Please see the website for more information: www.singmasterworks.org

 

BREAD FOR THE WORLD WORKSHOP: Sat., March 13, 2010, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Parkway United Church of Christ, 2841 N. Ballas Road, STL 63131

This workshop, sponsored by Bread for the World (a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad) will focus on the 2010 Offering of Letters Campaign: Bridging the Gap.  The workshop will train people on how to hold an offering of letters in their own communities and even how to teach others to do the same. Bread for the World will provide everything needed for success in this venture! Please consider joining Pastor Yancey at this important conference! Bright orange Sign up/ Information sheets can be found in the narthex or go to www.bread.org.

Lutheran School of Theology invites you to register for the following Easter term courses: “Israel In Exile: A Crisis of Faith” (Dr. John Bracke), “The Life and Letters of Paul” (Dr. James Kelhoffer), and “Seeing God in the Movies” (Peter Mead and Travis Scholl). Brochures with registration forms are on the LST poster in the narthex. You may also call 314-725-9710 or email <registrar@lststl.org> or register online at http://www.lststl.org.

Taizé Prayer for Lent
Sunday evening, March 14, 2010
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Location:
Mercy Center, 2039 N. Geyer Rd. 63131
Contact: Rita O'Dea: 314.966.4682
This is an ecumenical service of song, silence, and scripture. "That Little Springtime"--an introductory video about the history, spirit, and prayer style of the Taize community in
France--will be shown at 6:30 p.m.

 

NATIONAL LUTHERAN CHOIR to perform its touring hymn festival on Friday , March 12, 2010 at 7:30 p.m., at the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus on the Concordia Seminary campus, located at 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO 63105.  Tickets for this performance are $20 for adults, $15 group (of 10 or more) and $10 for students and are available by contacting the National Lutheran Choir, 888-747-4589. Order tickets online at www.nlca.com. Tickets will be available at the door.  For further information about the National Lutheran Choir, call 612-722-2301 or visit www.nlca.com

 

CARE FOR KIDS PROGRAM

March 21, 2010 from 12 – 1 PM

Four local organizations that serve children and families at risk will share their inspirational work and stories of hope. Learn more about volunteer, donor and/or adoption/fostering opportunities available with these organizations. They are:

  • Basket of Hope
  • Children’s Foundation of Mid-America
  • Gateway Homeless Shelter for Women and Children
  • Winger Food Pantry of Trinity Presbyterian Church

 

Location:         Trinity Presbyterian Church

6800 Washington Avenue

University City, MO 63130

See flyer posted in the narthex for additional information.

 

The Passion According to St. John as set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach will be performed Sunday, March 21 at 3:00 p.m. in Concordia Seminary’s Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus, in Clayton, Missouri, by The American Kantorei, with Dr. Robert Bergt conducting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BETHEL’S  LENTEN/EASTER SCHEDULE

 

 

Wed., Mar.10               Vespers                        6:00 p.m. Meal/6:30 Prayers/7:00 Worship

 

Sun., Mar. 14               Fourth Sunday in Lent                                    8:15/11:00 Worship

 

Wed., Mar. 17              Vespers                        6:00 p.m. Meal/6:30 Prayers/7:00 Worship

 

Sun., Mar. 21               Fifth Sunday in Lent                                       8:15/11:00 Worship

 

Wed., Mar. 24              Vespers                        6:00 p.m. Meal/6:30 Prayers/7:00 Worship

 

Sun., Mar. 28               Palm Sunday                                                    8:15/11:00 Worship

                                                                           

Thurs., Apr. 1               Maundy Thursday                                               7:00 p.m. Worship

 

Fri., Apr. 2                    Good Friday                                                     12:15 p.m. Worship

                                      LCM Service                                                                     7:00 p.m.

 

Sat., Apr. 3                    Easter Vigil                                                       8:10 p.m. Worship                 

                                                                                      followed by a champagne reception

 

Sun., Apr. 4                    Easter                                                         7:30/11:00am Worship                                      

                                                                                                             9:00 Easter Breakfast

                                                                                           benefiting Bethel’s Youth Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lutheran Campus Ministry

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   7:00 Dinner                                                                         8:00 Worship                         

     

WELCOME, STUDENTS!

 

LCM invites students to "Live, Love, Serve" with us!  We are here to help you build community in St Louis as you wrestle through questions of identity & vocation during your college & graduate years.  Please stop by the house or join us for one of our weekly events!

 

HAVE A SAFE SPRING BREAK!
+ Keep all students in your prayers as many travel home or abroad during this time of rest.
+ Especially keep in your prayers our LCM group traveling to
Guatemala!

 

Candlelight worship resumes on March 21.

 

LCM Staff:

Rev. Rebecca Boardman (pastor.rebeccab@sbcglobal.net)

Vicar Rebecca Lund, Seminary Intern (vicar.rcl@sbcglobal.net) + Aaron VanderYacht, Administrator

314.863.8140  or lcm-stl@sbcglobal.net or  www.lcmstl.org

 

 

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

 

TODAY                 8:15 & 11:00 a.m.        Worship in the Sanctuary

                                9:30 a.m.                      Center Celebration

                                8:00 p.m.                      NO LCM CANDLELIGHT SERVICE

MONDAY             7:00 p.m.                       DEACONS meet

TUESDAY            7:00 a.m.                       Bible Study meets at the FLESCH HOME

WEDNESDAY     6:00 p.m.                       Vespers Dinner

                               6:30 p.m.                       Prayers led by Pastor Yancey        

                               7:00 p.m.                       Vespers Service 

SATURDAY          5:00 p.m.                      BETHEL SCHOOL AUCTION

SUNDAY               8:15 & 11:00 a.m.         Worship in the Sanctuary

                                9:30 a.m.                       Adult Ed., Youth Group, Sunday School, and                                                                                                         

                                                                     Confirmation Classes

                                8:00 p.m.                      NO LCM CANDLELIGHT SERVICE

 

TODAY'S WORSHIP LEADERS

 

           Celebrant and Preacher                  Pastor William Yancey  

                   Assisting Ministers                  Marlene Hartman Sheetz (8:15)

                                                                      Ron Brooker (11:00)

                                      Lectors                   Keith Womer (8:15)

                                                                      (11:00)

                                     Acolytes                   Andrew Gutknecht (8:15)

                                                                      Noah Lee (11:00)                

                                  Musicians                   Dr. Stephen Mager, organist and music director

                                                                      Bethel Chancel Choir (8:15)

 

                                                                     

BETHEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Rev. Dr. William L. Yancey, Pastor

Stephen Mager, D.M., Music Director

Rev. Rebecca Boardman, Lutheran Campus Ministry, e- mail: pastor.rebeccab@sbcglobal.net

Vicar Rebecca Lund, Bethel /Lutheran Campus Ministry Intern, e-mail: vicar.rcl@sbcglobal.net

7001 Forsyth Boulevard at Big Bend - St. Louis, Missouri  63105

(314) 863-3112    FAX (314) 863-3393 Church website:  www.bethel-ucity.org

Church E-mail: Office@bethel-ucity.org  School website: www.bethelKids.org

School Number (314) 863-3111, Sandy Kalin, Principal

A Reconciling in Christ (A welcoming ministry to persons of all sexual orientations

and gender identities) and Stephen Ministry (A lay ministry of care and listening) Congregation

In Covenant with Lutheran Campus Ministry and Bethel Lutheran School

 

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