Christ Lutheran Church – LCMS

Announcements and Readings for the week of April 15, 2018

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Lisa

Sunday school for all Ages

(2 yr. olds – Adult) 9:00 a.m.
Fellowship 10:00 a.m.
Worship
(Communion on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays) 10:30 a.m.

Pastor – Rev. Brian L. Wright
(303) 506-6481 iamwings@msn.com
Church Office
(308) 485-4863 christcairo@gmail.com

All Belong to Christ Preschool/Daycare
(308) 485-5832 allbelongtochristdaycare@gmail.com

Moses Comfort Dog
Primary Handlers Shawn & Nancy Harders
Shawn – 308-380-6168 Nancy – 308-380-0589 nancyharders@gmail.com
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Christ Lutheran Church LCMS Cairo NE
Moses Comfort Dog
All Belong to Christ Daycare and Preschool
Christ Lutheran LYF (Cairo, NE)

Church Website
www.christlutheranchurchcairo.com
We WELCOME you to Christ Lutheran Church this Sunday morning. There are children’s quiet bags located under the mail boxes that may be borrowed during the worship service and returned to the pegs following the service.

Please check out our Media Center located in the Fellowship Hall. There you will find many publications; Happy Times, My Devotions, Portals of Prayer (large and small print), Church’s monthly calendar, past week’s bulletin, LWML Quarterly, extra church directories and constitutions.

Our Missions for 2018
All Belong to Christ Child Care & Preschool of Christ Cairo; Heartland Lutheran High School, Grand Island, NE; New Hope Christian School, Cairo, NE.; Mission Central and Orphan Grain Train.

New Member Classes
Please speak with Pastor Brian or contact the church office at 308-485-4863 if you are interested in becoming a member of Christ Cairo.
Serving in God’s House today…

Rev. Brian L Wright Pastor
Kimberly Dibbern Pianist
Kylie Neppl Acolyte
Mike Deines/Jerry Teichmeier Ushers
Cole/Ethan Usher Helpers
LaNell Kohtz/Laura Spatz Altar
Nathan Knuth Moses
Brent Gascho/Ted Dibbern Elders

Our Attendance:
Members Visitors
Maundy Thurs 3/29 73 5
Good Friday 3/30 68 3
Easter Sunrise 4/1 107 21
Sunday 4/8 94 14

Our Offerings Sunday 4/8
Building Fund $100.00
General Fund $2,319.00
Mission Fund $332.00
Special Mission $.00
Misc. Gifts $.00

PRAYERS THIS WEEK

Merlin Dibbern and his family would like to say thank you for all of the prayers, house visits and phone calls during his recovery.

Suffering from Cancer
Kyle Arndt from Alda Ne. (6 yr. old Grandnephew of Rick Gilbert)
Donna Harders
Barb Meyer
Danny Godfrey (friend of Ron & Dorothy Schultz)
Deb Bergman (Moses groomer from Island Pet Resort)

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK
Brayden Dibbern – April 16, Evan Meyer – April 16
Ben Dibbern – April 18, Eldyn DeFreece – April 19

*Remember to pick up a 2018 Church Directory.

Pastor Wright will be in the Church office most weeks M-Th; 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. You may call Pastor Wright at 303-506-6481 or email him at iamwings@msn.com
Bulletin announcements need to be submitted to the church office by
Wednesday evening to appear in the following Sunday’s Bulletin.
Don’t forget to check your Church mail box.

Sunday, April 15 – 3rd Sun of Easter
Acts 3:11–21; Ps. 4
1 John 3:1–7; Luke 24:36–49

Sunday School or Adult Bible Study 9 am
LYF Coffee Fellowship 10 am
Worship 10:30 am
Cairo Senior Ctr. Ham Dinner 11am -1pm Everyone WELCOME

Monday April 16

Tuesday April 17 Moses to Crisis Ctr. 5 pm

Wednesday April 18
Men’s Bible Study 8 am
Women’s Bible Study 9 am
WR Good Sam Worship 9:30 am
All Belong to Christ Chapel 11 am
Moses to VA/Boys Town 1 pm
Choir Practice 6 pm

Thursday April 19
Moses to GI (Primrose/Good Sam)

Friday April 20

Saturday April 21
LWML N/S Dist. Seek & Serve Day @ Columbus NE

Sunday, April 22 – 4th Sun of Easter
Acts 4:1–12; Ps. 23
1 John 3:16–24; John 10:11–18

Sunday School or Adult Bible Study 9 am
Ladies Aid Coffee Fellowship 10 am
Worship 10:30 am

SAVE the DATE Chancel Mtg. April 23
Postponed LWML Spring Rally @ Loup City April 28
Elder’s Mtg. April 30
HS Senior Recognition Sunday May 6
ABC Board Mtg. May 7
Pastor Wright Preaching at Grace WR 9 am May 13
Pastor Wright out of Town May 18-20
M & M Mtg. 7 pm May 21
ABC Open House/Preschool Graduation May 17
Mais/Hansen Wedding May 26
Vacation Bible School Tues May 29 – Fri June 1
All Church Campout at Davis Creek July 12-15

All Church Campout
Will be Thurs. July 12 – Sun. July 15 at Davis Creek Campground located 6 miles south of North Loup. If you are interested in a camp spot please see Scott Reynolds or Matt Neppl.

Thank You!
The Chancel Guild would like to thank everyone who generously donated towards the lilies that decorate our sanctuary this Easter morning.

You are invited to the Cairo Senior Ctr. Today for a Ham Dinner served 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Moses Basket Auction
THANK YOU!

The Moses Comfort Dog team would like to say a big THANK YOU for the support we received on the silent auction. The generosity of basket donors, bidders and financial donors went beyond our expectation! We are blessed to belong to a congregation with such charitable hearts and willingness to serve. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 says: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” The funds raised will be used for care of Moses and for travel expenses. Shawn & Nancy Harders and the Moses Comfort Dog Team

VBS NEWS!
Vacation Bible School will be held at Christ Cairo on Tuesday, May 29 through Friday, June 1. If you are interested in helping in any way please see Taryn Wright. Strap on your life jacket and get ready for a rip-roaring river ride with Splash Canyon: God’s Promise on Life’s Wild Ride. The week will be filled with fun stories, crafts, snacks and music! Mark your calendars now more information to follow.

3rd Annual NE LWML Dual Dist. Seek & Serve Day
God of All Comfort; Saturday April 21st; Peace Lutheran Columbus NE. Bible Study Leaders; Sally Handrick & Christie Steffens, What are we doing?? Gifts from the heart for Camp Luther; Sewing pillowcases for hospitals, nursing homes, and military personnel; crochet, knit or quilted memory blankets. More information is located in the Winter Echo.

LWML Spring Rally @ Loup City Sat. April 14 was postponed due to weather. Please mark your calendars Sat. April 28th is the rescheduled date.

HLHS NEWS!
Heartland Lutheran High School will present the musical Kilroy Was Here on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 at 7:00. Enjoy the music styles of the 40’s at a USO in Brooklyn, NY in 1942, while soldiers prepare to go overseas and government agents search for German spies. Tickets may be purchased at the door; $8 for adults and $5 for school age children.

You Are Invited
The Cairo United Methodist Church invites all women of Christ Lutheran to their Annual Salad Luncheon on April 28, 2018 beginning at Noon. Tim Mohanna vocalist of all kinds of music will entertain us. See the bulletin board for the invitation and contact Neta Dibbern at 308-583-0159 if you are planning on attending.

Readings from Holy Scripture
First Reading Acts 3:11–21

11While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s, astounded. 12And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? 13“The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. 14But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. 16And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all. 17“And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. 19Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, 20that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, 21whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.

Epistle 1 John 3:1–7
1See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
4Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

Holy Gospel Luke 24:36–49
36As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” 37But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. 38And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 40And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43and he took it and ate before them. 44Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48You are witnesses of these things. 49And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

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Announcements and Readings for the week of April 8, 2018

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Lisa

Sunday school for all Ages
(2 yr. olds – Adult) 9:00 a.m.
Fellowship 10:00 a.m.
Worship
(Communion on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays) 10:30 a.m.

Pastor – Rev. Brian L. Wright
(303) 506-6481 iamwings@msn.com
Church Office
(308) 485-4863 christcairo@gmail.com

All Belong to Christ Preschool/Daycare
(308) 485-5832 allbelongtochristdaycare@gmail.com

New Member Classes
Please speak with Pastor Brian or contact the church office at 308-485-4863 if you are interested in becoming a member of Christ Cairo.
Serving in God’s House today…

Rev. Brian L Wright Pastor
Beverly Gilbert Organist
McLain Adams Acolyte
Mike Deines/Jerry Teichmeier Ushers
Kylie/Cole Usher Helpers
LaNell Kohtz/Laura Spatz Altar
Paul Wilhelm Moses
Dick Hadenfeldt/Brent Gascho Elders

Our Attendance:
Members Visitors
Sunday 3/25 106 19
Maundy Thurs 3/29 73 5
Good Friday 3/30 68 3
Easter Sunrise 4/1 107 21

Our Offerings Sunday 4/1
Building Fund $100.00
General Fund $2,630.00
Mission Fund $320.00
Special Mission $.00
Misc. Gifts $.00

PRAYERS THIS WEEK
Prayers for Merlin Dibbern recovering from surgery.
Prayers for Deb Homolka (Rick Gilbert’s Sister), Deb is recovering at home following a heart attack.
Prayers for Bill Gideon (Kim Dibbern’s brother-in-law) recovering from surgery.
Prayers for Deb Bergman (Moses groomer from Island Pet Resort), Deb had a hip replacement two weeks ago and just found out she has cancer. Deb generously donates free of charge all of Moses’ grooming needs each month.
Suffering from Cancer
Kyle Arndt from Alda Ne. (6 yr. old Grandnephew of Rick Gilbert)
Donna Harders
Barb Meyer
Danny Godfrey (friend of Ron & Dorothy Schultz)

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK Heath & Sara Hadenfeldt – April 12 (15)

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK
Don Deines – April 8, Scott Reynolds – April 8, Riley Adams – April 10, Kaitlyn Luhn – April 11
Jennifer Hansen – April 12, Lindsey Harders – April 13, Rob Serr – April 13, Isaiah Nation – April 15

*Remember to pick up a 2018 Church Directory.
Pastor Wright will be in the Church office most weeks M-Th; 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. You may call Pastor Wright at 303-506-6481 or email him at iamwings@msn.com
Bulletin announcements need to be submitted to the church office by
Wednesday evening to appear in the following Sunday’s Bulletin.
Don’t forget to check your Church mail box.

Sunday, April 8 – 2nd Sun of Easter
Acts 4:32–35; Ps. 148
1 John 1:1—2:2; John 20:19–31

Sunday School or Adult Bible Study 9 am
Coffee Fellowship 10 am
Worship 10:30 am
Quarterly Voter’s Mtg. Following Worship
Monday April 9
Pastor Spring Conf. at Kearney NE
Tuesday April 10
Pastor Spring Conf. at Kearney NE
Wednesday April 11 Men’s Breakfast Bible Study 6:45 am
Women’s Bible Study 9 am
All Belong to Christ Chapel 11 am
Moses to VA/Boys Town 1 pm
Choir Practice 6 pm
Moses Group Mtg. 7 pm
Thursday April 12
Moses to GI (Wedgewood, Country Home, Tiffany Square)
Friday April 13
Saturday April 14
LWML Spring Rally @ Loup City NE

Sunday, April 15 – 3rd Sun of Easter
Acts 3:11–21; Ps. 4
1 John 3:1–7; Luke 24:36–49
Sunday School or Adult Bible Study 9 am
ABC Coffee Fellowship 10 am
Worship 10:30 am

SAVE the DATE
Pastor’s Spring Conference April 9-10
LWML Spring Workshop April 14
LWML Dual Dist. Seek & Serve Day April 21
Vacation Bible School Tues May 29 – Fri June 1
All Church Campout at Davis Creek July 12-15

All Church Campout
Will be Thurs. July 12 – Sun. July 15 at Davis Creek Campground located 6 miles south of North Loup. If you are interested in a camp spot please see Scott Reynolds or Matt Neppl.

Thank You!
The Chancel Guild would like to thank everyone who generously donated towards the lilies that decorate our sanctuary this Easter morning.

Moses Basket Auction
THANK YOU!

The Moses Comfort Dog team would like to say a big
THANK YOU for the support we received on the silent auction.
The generosity of basket donors, bidders and financial donors went beyond our expectation! We are blessed to belong to a congregation with such charitable hearts and willingness to serve. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 says: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” The funds raised will be used for care of Moses and for travel expenses. Thank you!
Shawn & Nancy Harders and the Moses Comfort Dog Team

NEWS!
You are invited to the GI Zone LWML Spring Workshop Saturday, April 14th; Immanuel Lutheran Church, Loup City NE; 9 am Registration, 9:30-3 pm; Guest Speaker Rev Richard Kothe. This year’s theme is “The ends of suffering” Ingathering items donated to Loup City Food Pantry; non-perishable food, shampoo, conditioner, bar soap (single boxes only) toilet paper, toothpaste and deodorant. DON’T FORGET – Bring your used ink cartridges. Please let Cindy Hansen know if you are able to attend; Registration cost is $5 per person.
3rd Annual NE LWML Dual Dist. Seek & Serve Day
God of All Comfort; Saturday April 21st; Peace Lutheran Columbus NE. Bible Study Leaders; Sally Handrick & Christie Steffens, What are we doing?? Gifts from the heart for Camp Luther; Sewing pillowcases for hospitals, nursing homes, and military personnel; crochet, knit or quilted memory blankets.
More information is located in the Winter Echo.
First Reading Acts 4:32–35
32Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. 33And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. 34There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold 35and laid it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.
Epistle 1 John 1:1—2:2

1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— 3that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
5This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

Holy Gospel John 20:19–31

19On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 22And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive the sins of anyone, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.” 24Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.” 26Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” 28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” 30Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

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Announcements and Readings for the week of April 1, 2018

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Lisa

No Sunday School Today and Sunrise Worship begins at 7 am with LYF Breakfast for all immediately following worship.

Sunday school for all Ages

(2 yr. olds – Adult) 9:00 a.m.
Fellowship 10:00 a.m.
Worship
(Communion on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays) 10:30 a.m.

Pastor – Rev. Brian L. Wright
(303) 506-6481 iamwings@msn.com
Church Office
(308) 485-4863 christcairo@gmail.com

All Belong to Christ Preschool/Daycare
(308) 485-5832 allbelongtochristdaycare@gmail.com

New Member Classes
Please speak with Pastor Brian or contact the church office at 308-485-4863 if you are interested in becoming a member of Christ Cairo.
Serving in God’s House today…

Rev. Brian L Wright Pastor
Catherine Garrett Organist
Ryan Schweitzer Acolyte
Mike Deines/Jerry Teichmeier Ushers
McLain/Kylie Usher Helpers
LaNell Kohtz/Laura Spatz Altar
Paul Wilhelm Moses
Dick Hadenfeldt/Brent Gascho Elders

Our Attendance:
Members Visitors
Weds 3/14 59 3
Sunday 3/18 98 7
Weds 3/21 45 2
Sunday 3/25 106 19

Our Offerings Sunday 3/25
Building Fund $100.00
General Fund $1,430.00
Mission Fund $472.00
Special Mission $.00
Misc. Gifts $4.00

PRAYERS THIS WEEK

Prayers for Merlin Dibbern recovering from surgery.
Prayers for Deb Homolka (Rick Gilbert’s Sister), Deb is recovering at home following a heart attack.
Prayers for Bill Gideon (Kim Dibbern’s brother-in-law) recovering from surgery.
Prayers for the Family and Friends of Navi Nielsen, Navi was in a serious automobile accident March 1 and she died from her injuries on Sat. March 24 in Omaha NE.

Suffering from Cancer
Kyle Arndt from Alda Ne. (6 yr. old Grandnephew of Rick Gilbert)
Donna Harders
Barb Meyer
Danny Godfrey (friend of Ron & Dorothy Schultz)

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK

Terry & Barb Robertson – April 7 (34)

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK

Justin Bredthauer – April 1, Arlene Hadenfeldt – April 1, Kristen Harders – April 3, Aaron Rasmussen – April 3
Tracy Hadenfeldt – April 5, Lilah Kenney – April 5, Shelby Kenney – April 6, Trystan Wright – April 6

Pastor Wright will be in the Church office most weeks M-Th; 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. You may call Pastor Wright at 303-506-6481 or email him at iamwings@msn.com

Bulletin announcements need to be submitted to the church office by
Wednesday evening to appear in the following Sunday’s Bulletin.

Don’t forget to check your Church mail box.

Sunday, April 1 – Easter
Ex. 15:1–11; Ps. 118: 15–29
1 Cor. :6b–8; John 20:1–18

No Sunday School or Adult Bible Study
Easter SUNRISE Worship 7 am
LYF Easter Breakfast following Worship
Moses Basket Auction Fundraiser Ends
Monday April 2
All Belong to Christ Board Mtg. 6 pm
Tuesday April 3
Wednesday April 4
Men’s Bible Study 8 am
Women’s Bible Study 9 am
All Belong to Christ Chapel 11 am
Moses to VA/Boys Town 1 pm
Choir Practice 6 pm
Thursday April 5
Moses to Ravenna (Good Sam & Seneca)
Friday April 6
Saturday April 7

Sunday, April 8 – 2nd Sun of Easter
Acts 4:32–35; Ps. 148
1 John 1:1—2:2; John 20:19–31
Sunday School or Adult Bible Study 9 am
Coffee Fellowship 10 am
Worship 10:30 am
Quarterly Voter’s Mtg. Following Worship

All Church Campout
Will be Thurs. July 12 – Sun. July 15 at Davis Creek Campground located 6 miles south of North Loup. If you are interested in a camp spot please see Scott Reynolds or Matt Neppl.

Thank You!
The Chancel Guild would like to thank everyone who generously donated towards the lilies that decorate our sanctuary this Easter morning.

Moses Basket Auction Benefit

The Moses Comfort Dog team will be holding the 6th annual silent Easter basket auction to benefit the ministry. Bids will be taken until 9:00 a.m. on Easter morning (April 1), and baskets may be picked up at the church or delivered to the highest bidder. As the LCC mission statement states, “The Comfort Dog Ministry will enable us to share the joy and forgiveness we have in Jesus, assist in providing comfort to the grieving and distressed and open doors and hearts that are often closed to Christian ministry.” Our experience so far has been that Moses acts as a sort of magnet that draws people to us and helps open the door for sharing the Gospel and prayer, and we very much appreciate the continued support of the Christ Lutheran family.

Old Testament Reading Isaiah 25:6-9

On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken. It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

Epistle Reading 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

Gospel Reading John 20:1-18

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

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Announcements and Readings for the week March 25, 2018

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Lisa

Sunday school for all Ages

(2 yr. olds – Adult) 9:00 a.m.
Fellowship 10:00 a.m.
Worship
(Communion on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays) 10:30 a.m.

Pastor – Rev. Brian L. Wright
(303) 506-6481 iamwings@msn.com
Church Office
(308) 485-4863 christcairo@gmail.com

ABC – All Belong to Christ Early Childhood Center
(308) 485-5832 allbelongtochristdaycare@gmail.com

Moses Comfort Dog
Primary Handlers Shawn & Nancy Harders
Shawn – 308-380-6168 Nancy – 308-380-0589 nancyharders@gmail.com

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Moses Comfort Dog
ABC Daycare and Preschool
Christ Lutheran LYF (Cairo, NE)

Please check out our Media Center located in the Fellowship Hall. There you will find many publications; Happy Times, My Devotions, Portals of Prayer (large and small print), Church’s monthly calendar, past week’s bulletin, LWML Quarterly, extra church directories and constitutions.

Our Missions for 2018
ABC Child Care & Preschool of Christ Cairo; Heartland Lutheran High School, Grand Island, NE; New Hope Christian School, Cairo, NE.; Mission Central and Orphan Grain Train.

New Member Classes
Please speak with Pastor Brian or contact the church office at 308-485-4863 if you are interested in becoming a member of Christ Cairo.
Serving in God’s House today…

Rev. Brian L Wright Pastor
Beverly Gilbert Organist
Cole Callahan Acolyte
Joshua Harders/Lynn Sundberg Ushers
Ethan/Ryan Usher Helpers
Laura Spatz/Kimberly Dibbern Altar
Nathan Knuth Moses
Rob Schultz/Tim Lemburg Elders

Our Attendance:
Members Visitors
Sunday 3/11 92 3
Weds 3/14 59 3
Sunday 3/18 98 7
Weds 3/21 45 2

Our Offerings Sunday 3/18
Building Fund $225.00
General Fund $3,277.00
Mission Fund $252.00
Special Mission $203.00
Misc. Gifts $9.11

PRAYERS THIS WEEK

Prayers for Merlin Dibbern recovering from surgery.
Prayers for Barb Meyer recovering from surgery.
Prayers for Deb Homolka (Rick Gilbert’s Sister), Deb is recovering at home following a heart attack.
Prayers for Bill Gideon (Kim Dibbern’s brother-in-law) recovering from surgery.
Prayers for our Confirmands this morning.

Suffering from Cancer
Kyle Arndt from Alda Ne. (6 yr. old Grandnephew of Rick Gilbert)
Donna Harders
Barb Meyer
Danny Godfrey (friend of Ron & Dorothy Schultz)

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK

Jamie & Heather Hadenfeldt – March 25 (18)

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK
Tab Kilzer – March 27, Dick Hadenfeldt – March 28, Dorothy Schultz – March 28
Erica Dibbern – March 29, Jax Campbell – March 31, Rob Schultz – March 31

Pastor Wright will be in the Church office most weeks M-Th; 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. You may call Pastor Wright at 303-506-6481 or email him at iamwings@msn.com

Bulletin announcements need to be submitted to the church office by
Wednesday evening to appear in the following Sunday’s Bulletin.

Don’t forget to check your Church mail box.

Sunday, March 25 – Palm Sunday / Confirmation Sunday
Zech. 9:9–12; Ps. 118:19–29 or Ps. 31:9–16
Phil. 2:5–11; Mark 14:1—15:47 or Mark 15:1–47 or John 12:20–43
Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am
Ladies Aid Cake Reception Coffee Fellowship – 10 am
Choir & SS Children ♫ during Worship 10:30 am
Neppl Family Reserved Church Hall – Noon

Monday March 26
ABC Butter Braid Orders Pickup at ABC 4-6 pm
Chancel Mtg. 7 pm
Elder Mtg. 8 pm

Tuesday March 27

Wednesday March 28
Men’s Bible Study 8 am
Women’s Bible Study 9 am
ABC Chapel 11 am
Moses to VA/Boys Town 1 pm

Thursday March 29
Senior Center Devotions Noon
Maundy Thursday Worship 7 pm

Friday March 30
Good Friday Worship 7 pm

Saturday March 31

Sunday, April 1
Zech. 9:9–12; Ps. 118:19–29 or Ps. 31:9–16
Phil. 2:5–11; Mark 14:1—15:47 or Mark 15:1–47 or John 12:20–43
No Sunday School or Adult Bible Study
Easter SUNRISE Worship 7 am
LYF Easter Breakfast following Worship
Moses Basket Auction Fundraiser Ends

SAVE the DATE
Vacation Bible School Tues May 29 – Fri June 1
All Church Campout at Davis Creek July 12-15

March 26th is National Epilepsy Day
TODAY we wear Purple!
Kendal is very thankful for the care she had at Children’s Hospital a year ago with her diagnosis with epilepsy and she would like to give back by donating items in need to Children’s. If you would like to participate in her quest some items they are requesting include: New markers, paints, crayons, colored pencils, scissors, Play-Doh, bead kits, bubbles, Legos, books, hot wheels coloring books, deck of cards. Items do need to be new. Kendal is also very thankful for her church family during the past year. She will be accepting donations through March 30th and taking to her checkup at Children’s on April 2nd.

All Belong to Christ
Daycare and Preschool
THANK YOU!
ABC Preschool/Daycare would like to say THANK YOU to the church for the monetary donation from the Mission Fund.
REMINDER Butter Braid orders will be ready for pickup from 4:00-6:00 pm on Monday, March 26th at ABC.

All Church Campout
Will be Thurs. July 12 – Sun. July 15 at Davis Creek Campground located 6 miles south of North Loup. If you are interested in a camp spot please see Scott Reynolds or Matt Neppl.

Free Will Donation for Easter Lilies
The Chancel Guild is asking for monetary donations to go towards the Lilies that decorate the sanctuary Easter Morning. If you would like to donate please see Donna Schultz before March 26.

We welcome you to this special worship service for Easter Sunday, part of our “Amazing Grace,.” in which we have explored insights into the amazing grace of God found in the cross of Christ. Listen in this service to the words of the Mary Magdalene, who met the risen Jesus at the open tomb and explains what the amazing grace of Christ’s cross and empty grave means for all those who grieve.
Easter Worship Service Schedule
April 1 Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am
No Sunday School or Adult Bible Study
Everyone is invited to the
LYF Easter Breakfast following Worship

Thank You
Lee Echtenkamp and HFH would like to thank these volunteers for all that they did to help with the Habitat Builds on March 3rd & 17th; Paul W, Rick L, Jeff H, Loren D, Jeff C. Scott R, Wendell S, Steve D, Dick H, Gerry K, Pastor Brian and Kim D,

Moses Basket Auction Benefit

The Moses Comfort Dog team will be holding the 6th annual silent Easter basket auction to benefit the ministry. Anyone who would like to donate a basket can bring it to the church beginning Sunday, February 18. The deadline for donors to bring baskets is Sunday, March 25. Bids will be taken until 9:00 a.m. on Easter morning (April 1), and baskets may be picked up at the church or delivered to the highest bidder. The baskets will be on display at the church, and some of the baskets will also be displayed at the Pathway Bank in Cairo from March 26 through March 29. As the LCC mission statement states, “The Comfort Dog Ministry will enable us to share the joy and forgiveness we have in Jesus, assist in providing comfort to the grieving and distressed and open doors and hearts that are often closed to Christian ministry.” Our experience so far has been that Moses acts as a sort of magnet that draws people to us and helps open the door for sharing the Gospel and prayer, and we very much appreciate the continued support of the Christ Lutheran family.

VBS NEWS!
Vacation Bible School will be held at Christ Cairo on Tuesday, May 29 through Friday, June 1. If you are interested in helping in any way please see Taryn Wright. Strap on your life jacket and get ready for a rip-roaring river ride with Splash Canyon: God’s Promise on Life’s Wild Ride. The week will be filled with fun stories, crafts, snacks and music! Mark your calendars now more information to follow.

LWML NEWS!
You are invited to the GI Zone LWML Spring Workshop Saturday, April 14th; Immanuel Lutheran Church, Loup City NE; 9 am Registration, 9:30-3 pm; Guest Speaker Rev Richard Kothe. This year’s theme is “The ends of suffering” Ingathering items donated to Loup City Food Pantry; non-perishable food, shampoo, conditioner, bar soap (single boxes only) toilet paper, toothpaste and deodorant. DON’T FORGET – Bring your used ink cartridges. Please let Cindy Hansen know if you are able to attend; Registration cost is $5 per person.
3rd Annual NE LWML Dual Dist. Seek & Serve Day
God of All Comfort; Saturday April 21st; Peace Lutheran Columbus NE. Bible Study Leaders; Sally Handrick & Christie Steffens, What are we doing?? Gifts from the heart for Camp Luther; Sewing pillowcases for hospitals, nursing homes, and military personnel; crochet, knit or quilted memory blankets.
More information is located in the Winter Echo.

Old Testament Reading Zechariah 9:9-12

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Epistle Reading Philippians 2:5-11

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Gospel Reading John 12:12-19

The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!” His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”

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Announcements and Readings for the week of March 18, 2018

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Lisa

Sunday school for all Ages

(2 yr. olds – Adult) 9:00 a.m.
Fellowship 10:00 a.m.

Worship
(Communion on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays) 10:30 a.m.

Pastor – Rev. Brian L. Wright
(303) 506-6481 iamwings@msn.com

Church Office
(308) 485-4863 christcairo@gmail.com

ABC – All Belong to Christ Early Childhood Center
(308) 485-5832 allbelongtochristdaycare@gmail.com

Moses Comfort Dog
Primary Handlers Shawn & Nancy Harders
Shawn – 308-380-6168 Nancy – 308-380-0589 nancyharders@gmail.com

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Christ Lutheran Church LCMS Cairo NE
Moses Comfort Dog
ABC Daycare and Preschool
Christ Lutheran LYF (Cairo, NE)

Church Website
www.christlutheranchurchcairo.com

We WELCOME you to Christ Lutheran Church this Sunday morning. There are children’s quiet bags located under the mail boxes that may be borrowed during the worship service and returned to the pegs following the service.

Our Missions for 2018
ABC Child Care & Preschool of Christ Cairo; Heartland Lutheran High School, Grand Island, NE; New Hope Christian School, Cairo, NE.; Mission Central and Orphan Grain Train.

New Member Classes
Please speak with Pastor Brian or contact the church office at 308-485-4863 if you are interested in becoming a member of Christ Cairo.
Serving in God’s House today…

Rev. Brian L Wright Pastor
Kimberly Dibbern/Steve Hansen – Piano/Guitar
Ryan Schweitzer Acolyte
Joshua Harders/Lynn Sundberg Ushers
McLain/Kylie Usher Helpers
Laura Spatz/Kimberly Dibbern Altar
Jaci Knuth Moses
Scott Reynolds/Rob Schultz Elders

Our Attendance: Members Visitors
Sunday 3/4 108 5
Weds 3/7 52 1
Sunday 3/11 92 3
Weds 3/14 59 3

Our Offerings Sunday 3/11
Building Fund $100.00
General Fund $2,195.00
Mission Fund $214.00
Special Mission $.00
Misc. Gifts $5.00

PRAYERS THIS WEEK

Prayers for Merlin Dibbern recovering from surgery.
Prayers for Barb Meyer undergoing surgery on Monday, March 19th in Omaha.
Prayers for the family and friends of Bill Baker (Rick & Bev Gilbert’s brother-in-law) Bill passed away March 12 at the Veteran’s Home in Omaha following his fight with cancer.
Prayers for Deb Homolka (Rick Gilbert’s Sister), from Henderson NE. Deb is recovering at home following a heart attack.

Suffering from Cancer

Kyle Arndt from Alda Ne. (6 yr. old Grandnephew of Rick Gilbert)
Donna Harders
Barb Meyer
Danny Godfrey (friend of Ron & Dorothy Schultz)

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK

Rachel Rice – March 21, Tori Strode – March 21
Travis Grabowski – March 22, Rose Bredthauer – March 23
Don Schnase – March 23, Ethan Frankforter – March 24

Pastor Wright will be in the Church office most weeks M-Th; 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. You may call Pastor Wright at 303-506-6481 or email him at iamwings@msn.com

Bulletin announcements need to be submitted to the church office by
Wednesday evening to appear in the following Sunday’s Bulletin.

Don’t forget to check your Church mail box.

Sunday, March 18 – 5th Sunday in Lent
Jer. 31:31–34; Ps. 119:9–16
Heb. 5:1–10; Mark 10:(32–34) 35–45
Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am /
LYF Coffee Fellowship – 10 am

Monday March 19 M & M Mtg. 7 pm

Tuesday March 20 New Hope Devotions 8:10 am
Moses to Crisis Ctr. 5 pm

Wednesday March 21 Men’s Bible Study 8 am
Women’s Bible Study 9 am
Wood River Good Sam Worship 9:30 am
ABC Chapel 11 am
Moses to VA/Boys Town 1 pm
8th gr. Only Confirmation Class 5:30 pm
(Moses) Lent Supper 6 pm / Lent Worship 7 pm
Comfort Dog Group will be serving Breakfast
Biscuits & Gravy, Pancakes, Bacon & Fruit

Thursday March 22 Ins Mtg. Church Mutual 12:30 pm
♫ Choir Practice 6 pm

Friday March 23

Saturday March 24 Easter Egg Hunt Centura Hills March 24
Project Hunger Eggstravaganza March 24

Sunday, March 25 – Palm Sunday / Confirmation Sunday
Zech. 9:9–12; Ps. 118:19–29 or Ps. 31:9–16
Phil. 2:5–11; Mark 14:1—15:47 or Mark 15:1–47 or John 12:20–43
Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am
Ladies Aid Cake Reception Coffee Fellowship – 10 am
Choir & SS Children ♫ Worship 10:30 am
Neppl Family Reserved Church Hall – Noon

SAVE the DATE Maundy Thursday Worship w/Comm. March 29
Good Friday Worship March 30
Moses Basket Auction Ends April 1
Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am April 1
Vacation Bible School Tues May 29 – Fri June 1
All Church Campout at Davis Creek July 12-15

March 26th is National Epilepsy Day
Wear purple to church on March 25th!
Kendal is very thankful for the care she had at Children’s Hospital a year ago with her diagnosis with epilepsy and she would like to give back by donating items in need to Children’s. If you would like to participate in her quest some items they are requesting include: New markers, paints, crayons, colored pencils, scissors, Play-Doh, bead kits, bubbles, Legos, books, hot wheels coloring books, deck of cards. Items do need to be new. Kendal is also very thankful for her church family during the past year. She will be accepting donations through March 30th and taking to her checkup at Children’s on April 2nd.

All Belong to Christ Daycare and Preschool
THANK YOU!
ABC Preschool/Daycare would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who helped and contributed during their past fundraisers. The Butter Braid Sales was outstanding with 435 Braids sold, ABC profited $2,175. With the ABC Lenten Supper and Egg Hunt and also to all who donated during Sunday Coffee fellowship, all donations from Sunday Morning was given to the Centura Band Program in Memory of Bailey Packer. Bailey was related to our ABC Family Matt & Tara, Lizzy & Harper (Packer) SchenK.

Thank You
A big THANKS to all who donated food, or your time helping serve, or both during the Packer Funeral.

Free Will Donation for Easter Lilies
The Chancel Guild is asking for monetary donations to go towards the Lilies that decorate the sanctuary Easter Morning. If you would like to donate please see Donna Schultz before March 26.

Worship Service Schedule
March 21 (Moses) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 25 Palm Sun / Confirmation 10:30 am
March 29 Worship with Holy Comm. 7 pm
March 30 Good Friday Worship 7 pm
April 1 Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am
LYF Easter Breakfast following Worship

Moses Basket Auction Benefit

Christ Care Team
The Christ Care Team held their first organization meeting Feb. 11th. As a team they are in the beginning stages how this ministry will proceed. Each member is committing to sharing God’s love and compassion with those who are hospitalized, in care facilities or for anyone who wishes a visit; if you have questions or are interested in being a part of this ministry please see Steve Dibbern or Pastor Wright. Visit request cards are located on the cupboard next to the member mailboxes. Please fill out the card and return to Steve Dibbern’s church mailbox.

Project Hunger in Action…Easter Basket Extravaganza
Public fund-raiser held at the Conestoga Mall on the Saturday before Easter 10-3 pm. Bid on baskets or donate a decorated basket. All proceeds go to stock the food pantry. Public fund-raiser held each year on the Saturday before Palm Sunday at the Conestoga Mall. Close to 400 Easter baskets are donated by individuals and businesses and bid on in a silent auction format. Want to donate a basket Baskets can be dropped off at the mall office during the week prior to the event from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or during the evening at the South end of the mall. Be sure to include the donor’s name and a list of items and their value in the basket.

Ladies Aid Greeting Cards
New cards have arrived for all occasions, Easter, Baby Baptism, Confirmation, Graduation, Mother’s & Father’s Day, Birthday, Get Well, Thinking of You, Thank You, Wedding, Sympathy and Baby. Cards are located in the glass cupboard in the old fellowship hall for .75 cents each or 12 for $8. If you need assistance with the cards talk to Donna Harders.
THANK YOU!!
The Ladies Aid would like to thank everyone who helped to make our soup supper a success. We raised a total of $711.00 and with our $500.00 match a check for $1211.00 will going out to New Hope school. Our next project will be our annual burrito breakfast in April with a $500.00 match going to Heartland Lutheran directly or to help meet our church assessment for the school. May God Bless each of you for your generosity.

Readings from Holy Scripture – Old Testament Reading Jeremiah 31:31–34

31“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD. 33But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Epistle Hebrews 5:1–10

1For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. 3Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people. 4And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. 5So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”; 6as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” 7In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. 9And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, 10being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

Stand – Holy Gospel Mark 10:35–45

35And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to [Jesus] and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” 37And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” 38Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” 39And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized, 40but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.” 41And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John. 42And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 43But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 44and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. 45For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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Announcements and Readings for the week of March 11, 2018

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Lisa

Sunday school for all Ages
(2 yr. olds – Adult) 9:00 a.m.

Fellowship 10:00 a.m.

Worship (Communion on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays) 10:30 a.m.

Pastor – Rev. Brian L. Wright
(303) 506-6481 iamwings@msn.com

Church Office
(308) 485-4863 christcairo@gmail.com

ABC – All Belong to Christ Early Childhood Center
(308) 485-5832 allbelongtochristdaycare@gmail.com

Moses Comfort Dog
Primary Handlers Shawn & Nancy Harders
Shawn – 308-380-6168 Nancy – 308-380-0589 nancyharders@gmail.com

Join US on Facebook
Christ Lutheran Church LCMS Cairo NE
Moses Comfort Dog
ABC Daycare and Preschool
Christ Lutheran LYF (Cairo, NE)

Our Missions for 2018
ABC Child Care & Preschool of Christ Cairo; Heartland Lutheran High School, Grand Island, NE; New Hope Christian School, Cairo, NE.; Mission Central and Orphan Grain Train.

New Member Classes
Please speak with Pastor Brian or contact the church office at 308-485-4863 if you are interested in becoming a member of Christ Cairo.
Serving in God’s House today…

Rev. Brian L Wright Pastor
Kimberly Dibbern Organist
Cole Callahan Acolyte
Joshua Harders/Lynn Sundberg Ushers
Ethan / Ryan Usher Helpers
Laura Spatz/Kimberly Dibbern Altar
Paul Wilhelm Moses
Elders

Our Attendance:
Members Visitors
Weds 2/21 56 0
Sunday 2/25 94 18
Weds 2/28 55 1
Sunday 3/4 108 5

Our Offerings Sunday 3/4
Building Fund $200.00
General Fund $2,345.00
Mission Fund $235.65
Special Mission $.00
Misc. Gifts $5.00

PRAYERS THIS WEEK

Prayers for safe travels for the LYF and Sponsors from Terry Peak South Dakota from their ski trip. They return home today.
Prayers for Merlin Dibbern recovering from surgery.
Prayers for the family of John Peterson, John is Bill Garrett’s Uncle. He passed away March 4 at the age of 100.
Prayers of Thanksgiving for Flora Meester, Catherine Garrett’s friend, she has regained the sight in her eye and is returning to work tomorrow part time.
Prayers for the Matt & Joselin Lockard family, their home was destroyed by fire last Sunday.
Prayers for the family of Bailey Packer, Bailey’s funeral was this past Tuesday, March 6th.
Prayers for Navi Nielsen (Jr. at Centura) who was severely injured in a car accident last weekend, she is in ICU in Omaha.
Suffering from Cancer
Kyle Arndt from Alda Ne. (5 yr. old Grandnephew of Rick Gilbert)
Donna Harders
Barb Meyer
Bill Baker (Beverly Gilbert’s Brother-in-law)
Danny Godfrey (friend of Ron & Dorothy Schultz)

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK
Troy & Carly Callahan – March 15 (15), Keith & Sheyanne Harders – March 16 (5)

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK Les Hargens – March 11, Barb Teichmeier – March 12
Mark Rasmussen – March 14, David Hadenfeldt – March 16
Pastor Wright will be in the Church office most weeks M-Th; 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. You may call Pastor Wright at 303-506-6481 or email him at iamwings@msn.com
Bulletin announcements need to be submitted to the church office by
Wednesday evening to appear in the following Sunday’s Bulletin.
Don’t forget to check your Church mail box.

Sunday, March 11 – 4th Sunday in Lent
Num. 21:4–9; Ps. 107:1–9
Eph. 2:1–10; John 3:14–21

Daylight Savings Time Begins at 2 am SPRING Forward 1 hour
Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am
ABC Coffee Fellowship – 10 am / Comfort Dog Mtg. 10 am
The Free Will donation this morning for ABC Coffee Fellowship will be given to the Centura Band Program,
In memory of Bailey Packer. Bailey was a cousin to Lizzy Schenk who attends ABC Preschool, Bailey was killed in a car accident on March 1.
LYF Return home from SD Ski Trip
Chili Cook-Off Fundraiser Boelus NE

Monday March 12 Pastor Winkel Mtg.

Tuesday March 13

Wednesday March 14 Men’s Breakfast 6:45am
Women’s Bible Study 9 am
ABC Chapel 11 am
Moses to VA/Boys Town 1 pm
8th gr. Only Confirmation Class 5:30 pm
(ABC) Lent Supper 5:30 pm / Lent Worship 7 pm
ABC will be having an Easter Egg Hunt
During dinner for all children ages 0 – 3rd Grade.

Thursday March 15 Moses to GI Primrose / Good Sam
(Note Date Chg. During Lent) ♫ Choir Practice 6 pm

Friday March 16

Saturday March 17 HFH Build GI
Sara Hansen Bridal Shower
HLHS Red/Blue Auction/Dinner
Cairo Fireman Smorgasbord 4:30-8 pm

Sunday, March 18 – 5th Sunday in Lent
Jer. 31:31–34; Ps. 119:9–16
Heb. 5:1–10; Mark 10:(32–34) 35–45

Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am /
LYF Coffee Fellowship – 10 am

SAVE the DATE
13th Annual Easter Egg Hunt Centura Hills March 24
Project Hunger Eggstravaganza March 24
Palm Sunday/Confirmation March 25
Maundy Thursday Worship w/Comm. March 29
Good Friday Worship March 30
Moses Basket Auction Ends April 1
Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am April 1
Vacation Bible School Tues May 29 – Fri June 1
All Church Campout at Davis Creek July 12-15

Habitat For Humanity House Build
Saturday, 17th
We will be working on concrete both of those days. On the 17th we will be pouring the crawlspace walls. We will need 5-10 people for each volunteer day. We will begin work at 8am and finish up close to noon. The address for the build day is 525 St Paul Road at the intersection of E 6th Street and St Paul Road. If you can volunteer either day contact Lee Echtenkamp 308-850-8816 all you need to bring is gloves, wear construction clothing and thick soled shoes.

All Belong to Christ Daycare and Preschool
Easter Egg Hunt
ABC Preschool/Daycare will be hosting an Easter Egg hunt on Weds. March 14th beginning at 5:30 pm; Please join them for supper and then an egg hunt will be held for all children ages 0 – 3rd Grade beginning at 6 pm. If you would like to donate prefilled plastic eggs for this event please leave them with Sarah in the Daycare office or with Lisa in the church office.

Project Hunger In Action…Easter Basket Extravaganza
Public fund-raiser held at the Conestoga Mall on the Saturday before Easter 10-3 pm. Bid on baskets or donate a decorated basket. All proceeds go to stock the food pantry. Public fund-raiser held each year on the Saturday before Palm Sunday at the Conestoga Mall. Close to 400 Easter baskets are donated by individuals and businesses and bid on in a silent auction format. Want to donate a basket Baskets can be dropped off at the mall office during the week prior to the event from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or during the evening at the South end of the mall. Be sure to include the donor’s name and a list of items and their value in the basket.

Moses Basket Auction Benefit The Moses Comfort Dog team will be holding the 6th annual silent Easter basket auction to benefit the ministry. Anyone who would like to donate a basket can bring it to the church beginning Sunday, February 18. The deadline for donors to bring baskets is Sunday, March 25. Bids will be taken until 9:00 a.m. on Easter morning (April 1), and baskets may be picked up at the church or delivered to the highest bidder. The baskets will be on display at the church, and some of the baskets will also be displayed at the Pathway Bank in Cairo from March 26 through March 29. As the LCC mission statement states, “The Comfort Dog Ministry will enable us to share the joy and forgiveness we have in Jesus, assist in providing comfort to the grieving and distressed and open doors and hearts that are often closed to Christian ministry.” Our experience so far has been that Moses acts as a sort of magnet that draws people to us and helps open the door for sharing the Gospel and prayer, and we very much appreciate the continued support of the Christ Lutheran family.

We invite you to join us for a special worship series for Lent called “Amazing Grace.” Each service in the series includes a dramatic monolog from someone who participated in the story of salvation and contemplates how that participant would respond to the amazing grace found in the cross of Christ.
Ash Weds. Lent and Holy Week
Worship Service Schedule
March 14 (ABC) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 21 (Moses) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 25 Palm Sun / Confirmation 10:30 am
March 29 Worship with Holy Comm. 7 pm
March 30 Good Friday Worship 7 pm
April 1 Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am
LYF Easter Breakfast following Worship

VBS NEWS! Vacation Bible School will be held at Christ Cairo on Tuesday, May 29 through Friday, June 1. If you are interested in helping in any way please see Taryn Wright. Strap on your life jacket and get ready for a rip-roaring river ride with Splash Canyon: God’s Promise on Life’s Wild Ride. The week will be filled with fun stories, crafts, snacks and music! Mark your calendars now more information to follow.

Heartland Lutheran HS Auction Red and Blue 2018
March 17, 2018 at Riverside Golf Club in Grand Island, NE. Haven’t purchased your Heartland Lutheran Red and Blue Auction Tickets yet? It’s not too late! The deadline for ticket purchase and meal choice is March 13th for the March 17th event at Riverside Country Club. You may purchase online and find more information about this event at heartlandlutheran.maestroweb.com or you may call the school office at 308-385-3900.

CAIRO VFD SMORGASBORD
Cairo Community Center; Saturday, March 17, 2018;
4:30 PM – 8:30 PM. The Cairo Volunteer Fire Department is holding its annual Smorgasbord again this year. This festive fund-raiser features a two-meat buffet of roast beef and ham. Au gratin potatoes, baked beans, and assorted salads. The thirty-member Fire Department works together to prepare and serve this dinner. The Smorgasbord has been in existence for over 50 years! The proceeds for the Smorgasbord go towards the purchase and upkeep of new fire-fighting and extrication equipment. Please mark the calendar for this special event.

Old Testament Reading Numbers 21:4–9
4From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. 5And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.” 6Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. 7And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” 9So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

Epistle Ephesians 2:1–10 1And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Holy Gospel John 3:14–21 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16[Jesus said:] “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil. 20For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been carried out in God.”

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Announcements and Readings for the week of March 4, 2018

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Lisa

Sunday school for all Ages
(2 yr. olds – Adult) 9:00 a.m.
Fellowship 10:00 a.m.
Worship
(Communion on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays) 10:30 a.m.

Pastor – Rev. Brian L. Wright
(303) 506-6481 iamwings@msn.com

Church Office
(308) 485-4863 christcairo@gmail.com

ABC – All Belong to Christ Early Childhood Center
(308) 485-5832 allbelongtochristdaycare@gmail.com

Moses Comfort Dog
Primary Handlers Shawn & Nancy Harders
Shawn – 308-380-6168 Nancy – 308-380-0589 nancyharders@gmail.com

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Moses Comfort Dog
ABC Daycare and Preschool
Christ Lutheran LYF (Cairo, NE)

Please check out our Media Center located in the Fellowship Hall. There you will find many publications; Happy Times, My Devotions, Portals of Prayer (large and small print), Church’s monthly calendar, past week’s bulletin, LWML Quarterly, extra church directories and constitutions.

Our Missions for 2018
ABC Child Care & Preschool of Christ Cairo; Heartland Lutheran High School, Grand Island, NE; New Hope Christian School, Cairo, NE.; Mission Central and Orphan Grain Train.

New Member Classes
Please speak with Pastor Brian or contact the church office at 308-485-4863 if you are interested in becoming a member of Christ Cairo.
Serving in God’s House today…

Rev. Brian L Wright Pastor
Kimberly Dibbern Organist
McLain Adams Acolyte
Joshua Harders/Lynn Sundberg Ushers
Kylie/Cole Usher Helpers
Laura Spatz/Kimberly Dibbern Altar
Kimberly Dibbern Moses
Ted Dibbern/Scott Reynolds Elders
Our Attendance:
Members Visitors
Sunday 2/18 78 2
Weds 2/21 56 0
Sunday 2/25 94 18
Weds 2/28/18 55 1

Our Offerings Sunday 2/25
Building Fund $100.00
General Fund $2,245.00
Mission Fund $213.00
Special Mission $.00
Misc. Gifts $10.00

PRAYERS THIS WEEK
Please pray for Flora Meester (Friend of Catherine Garrett) suffering from a severe case of the shingles.
Prayers for safe travels for the LYF and Sponsors to Terry Peak South Dakota for their ski trip. They leave Thurs. March 8th and return home Sunday March 11th.
Prayers for Barb Meyer waiting for her test results.
Prayers for Merlin Dibbern recovering from surgery.

Suffering from Cancer
Kyle Arndt from Alda Ne. (5 yr. old Grandnephew of Rick Gilbert)
Donna Harders
Bill Baker (Beverly Gilbert’s Brother-in-law)
Danny Godfrey (friend of Ron & Dorothy Schultz)

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK
Ron & Dorothy Schultz – March 5 (35), Shelby & David Kenney – March 6 (8)

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK
Jerry Meyer – March 6, Jeff Harders – March 7, Kevin Harders – March 7
Harold Plejdrup Jr. – March 7, Nicole Dibbern – March 8, Gordon Bredthauer – March 9
Pastor Wright will be in the Church office most weeks M-Th; 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. You may call Pastor Wright at 303-506-6481 or email him at wrightb@csl.edu
Bulletin announcements need to be submitted to the church office by
Wednesday evening to appear in the following Sunday’s Bulletin.
Don’t forget to check your Church mail box.

Sunday, March 4 – 3rd Sunday in Lent
Ex. 20:1–17; Ps. 19
1 Cor. 1:18–31; John 2:13–22 (23–25)

Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am
Ladies Aid Coffee Fellowship – 10 am

Monday March 5

ABC Board Mtg. 6 pm

Tuesday March 6

Wednesday March 7

Men’s Bible Study 8 am
Women’s Bible Study 9 am
ABC Chapel 11 am
Moses to VA/Boys Town 1 pm
8th gr. Only Confirmation Class 5:30 pm
(Ladies Aid Soup Supper) Lent Supper 6 pm
Free Will Offering matched up to $500
will be given to New Hope Christian School
Lent Worship 7 pm

Thursday March 8

LYF Leave for SD Ski Trip

Moses to GI
Wedgewood/Country Home/Tiffany Square
(Note Date Chg. During Lent) ♫ Choir Practice 6 pm

Friday March 9 LYF Ski Trip

Saturday March 10 LYF Ski Trip
Daylight Savings Time Begins at 2 am Sunday morning, Spring Forward set your clocks ahead 1 hour when you go to bed Saturday night.

Sunday, March 11 – 4th Sunday in Lent
Num. 21:4–9; Ps. 107:1–9
Eph. 2:1–10; John 3:14–21

Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am
ABC Coffee Fellowship – 10 am
Comfort Dog Mtg. 10 am
LYF Return home from SD Ski Trip
SAVE the DATE

Chili Cook-off Fundraiser March 11
HFH House Build March 17
Weds Lent Worship/Suppers March 7, 14, 21
ABC Easter Egg Hunt during Weds Supper March 14
Cairo Fireman Smorgasbord March 17
HLHS Red/Blue Auction/Dinner March 17
13th Annual Easter Egg Hunt Centura Hills March 24
Palm Sunday/Confirmation March 25
Maundy Thursday Worship w/Comm. March 29
Good Friday Worship March 30
Moses Basket Auction Ends April 1
Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am April 1
Vacation Bible School Tues May 29 – Fri June 1
All Church Campout at Davis Creek July 12-15
Check out the App store for our Church App
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More info located on the table in the fellowship hall.

All Belong to Christ Daycare and Preschool Easter Egg Hunt
ABC Preschool/Daycare will be hosting an Easter Egg hunt on Weds. March 14th beginning at 5:30 pm; Please join them for supper and then an egg hunt will be held for all children ages 0 – 3rd Grade beginning at 6 pm. If you would like to donate prefilled plastic eggs for this event please leave them with Sarah in the Daycare office or with Lisa in the church office. Thank you for supporting ABC!
Thank you to Fontanelle Hybrids, Brandon Nowak & Mark Gloe for their donation of $500 to ABC’s Playground Fund.

We invite you to join us for a special worship series for Lent called “Amazing Grace.” Each service in the series includes a dramatic monolog from someone who participated in the story of salvation and contemplates how that participant would respond to the amazing grace found in the cross of Christ. The participant we hear from in the Ash Wednesday service is Jonah, who explains what amazing grace means for those who come to the cross repentant.
Ash Weds. Lent and Holy Week
Worship Service Schedule
March 7 (Ladies Aid) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 14 (ABC) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 21 (Moses) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 25 Palm Sun / Confirmation 10:30 am
March 29 Worship with Holy Comm. 7 pm
March 30 Good Friday Worship 7 pm
April 1 Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am
LYF Easter Breakfast following Worship

Chili CookOff & Prize Raffle
Fundraiser for Relay for Life hosted by Karly Nitsch
Sunday March 11; 11 – 2 pm; Boelus Civic Center
See the bulletin Board by the office for more info.

VBS NEWS! Vacation Bible School will be held at Christ Cairo on Tuesday, May 29 through Friday, June 1. If you are interested in helping in any way please see Taryn Wright. Strap on your life jacket and get ready for a rip-roaring river ride with Splash Canyon: God’s Promise on Life’s Wild Ride. The week will be filled with fun stories, crafts, snacks and music! Mark your calendars now more information to follow.

Heartland Lutheran HS Auction
Red and Blue 2018
March 17, 2018 at Riverside Golf Club in Grand Island, NE. This year we are celebrating our emerald anniversary (20th) and we adding elegance for this milestone. Choose Prime Rib or Chicken Cordon Bleu for your meal. Haven’t purchased your Heartland Lutheran Red and Blue Auction Tickets yet? It’s not too late! The deadline for ticket purchase and meal choice is March 13th for the March 17th event at Riverside Country Club. You may purchase online and find more information about this event at heartlandlutheran.maestroweb.com or you may call the school office at 308-385-3900.

Old Testament Reading Exodus 20:1–17
1And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3“You shall have no other gods before me. 4“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. 7“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. 8“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 13“You shall not murder. 14“You shall not commit adultery. 15“You shall not steal. 16“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Epistle 1 Corinthians 1:18–31
18For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 22For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 30He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

Holy Gospel John 2:13–25
13The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” 17His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. 23Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

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Announcements and Readings for the week of Feb. 25, 2018

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Lisa

Sunday school for all Ages
(2 yr. olds – Adult) 9:00 a.m.
Fellowship 10:00 a.m.
Worship
(Communion on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays) 10:30 a.m.
Pastor – Rev. Brian L. Wright
(303) 506-6481 iamwings@msn.com

Church Office
(308) 485-4863 christcairo@gmail.com

ABC – All Belong to Christ Early Childhood Center
(308) 485-5832 allbelongtochristdaycare@gmail.com

Moses Comfort Dog
Primary Handlers Shawn & Nancy Harders
Shawn – 308-380-6168 Nancy – 308-380-0589 nancyharders@gmail.com

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Moses Comfort Dog

ABC Daycare and Preschool

Christ Lutheran LYF (Cairo, NE)

Church Website
www.christlutheranchurchcairo.com
We WELCOME you to Christ Lutheran Church this Sunday morning. There are children’s quiet bags located under the mail boxes that may be borrowed during the worship service and returned to the pegs following the service.
Please check out our Media Center located in the Fellowship Hall. There you will find many publications; Happy Times, My Devotions, Portals of Prayer (large and small print), Church’s monthly calendar, past week’s bulletin, LWML Quarterly, extra church directories and constitutions.

Our Missions for 2018
ABC Child Care & Preschool of Christ Cairo; Heartland Lutheran High School, Grand Island, NE; New Hope Christian School, Cairo, NE.; Mission Central and Orphan Grain Train.

New Member Classes
Please speak with Pastor Brian or contact the church office at 308-485-4863 if you are interested in becoming a member of Christ Cairo.
Serving in God’s House today…

Rev. Brian L Wright Pastor
Beverly Gilbert Organist
Ethan Reynolds Acolyte
Tim Lemburg / Adam Dibbern Ushers
Ryan/McLain Usher Helpers
Julie Dibbern Altar
Nathan Knuth Moses
Elders

Our Attendance:
Members / Visitors
Sunday 2/11 83 / 7
Ash Weds 2/14 58 / 5
Sunday 2/18 78 / 2
Weds 2/21 56 / 0

Our Offerings Sunday 2/18
Building Fund $200.00
General Fund $1,647.00
Mission Fund $185.00
Special Mission $297.00
Misc. Gifts $4.25

PRAYERS THIS WEEK
Please pray for Judy and Charlie Kemptar (Kristin Schultz mother and father).
Please pray for Flora Meester (Friend of Catherine Garrett) suffering from a severe case of the shingles.
Please pray for Marilyn Wilhelm following back surgery.
Please pray for Blenda Keylon, struggling with the flu and bronchitis.
Please pray for the family and friends of Dorothy Oldston “Cookie” (Cousin to the Dibbern family) she passed away this past week her funeral was Sat. at Trinity Lutheran GI.
Please pray for Danny Godfrey (friend of Ron & Dorothy Schultz) suffering from lung cancer.
Prayers for baby Kreytan Bloomquist on his baptism this morning, welcome Kreytan!
Suffering from Cancer
Kyle Arndt from Alda Ne. (5 yr. old Grandnephew of Rick Gilbert)
Donna Harders
Bill Baker (Beverly Gilbert’s Brother-in-law)

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK
Brian & SiAra Rasmussen – Feb. 25 (17), Dave & Barb Rasmussen – Feb. 25 (45)

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK
Victoria Schnase – Feb. 25, Karen Hadenfeldt – Feb. 27
Laurie Ocana – Feb. 27, Morgan Dibbern – Feb. 28, McLain Adams – Feb. 29
Pastor Wright will be in the Church office most weeks M-Th; 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. You may call Pastor Wright at 303-506-6481 or email him at wrightb@csl.edu
Bulletin announcements need to be submitted to the church office by
Wednesday evening to appear in the following Sunday’s Bulletin.
Don’t forget to check your Church mail box.

Sunday, Feb. 25 – 2nd Sunday in Lent
Gen. 17:1–7, 15–16; Ps. 22:23–31
Rom. 5:1–11; Mark 8:27–38

Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am
ABC Coffee Fellowship – 10 am
Worship w/Bloomquist Baptism 10:30 am

Monday Feb. 26 No Chancel Mtg.
Elders’ mtg. 7 pm

Tuesday Feb. 27

Wednesday Feb. 28
Men’s Bible Study 8 am
Women’s Bible Study 9 am
ABC Chapel 11 am
Moses to VA/Boys Town 1 pm
8th gr. Only Confirmation Class 5:30 pm
(LYF) Lent Supper 6 pm
Worship 7 pm

Thursday March 1
Moses to Ravenna (Seneca/Good Sam)
(Note Date Chg. During Lent) Choir Practice 6 pm

Friday March 2

Saturday March 3

Sunday, March 4 – 3rd Sunday in Lent
Ex. 20:1–17; Ps. 19
1 Cor. 1:18–31; John 2:13–22 (23–25)

Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am
Ladies Aid Coffee Fellowship – 10 am
Worship w/Bloomquist Baptism 10:30 am

SAVE the DATE
HFH House Build Vol. Needed March 3 & 17
ABC Board Mtg. March 5
Weds Lent Worship/Suppers March 7, 14, 21
Daylight Savings Time Starts March 11
Cairo Fireman Smorgasbord March 17
HLHS Red/Blue Auction/Dinner March 17
13th Annual Easter Egg Hunt Centura Hills March 24
Palm Sunday/Confirmation March 25
Maundy Thursday March 29
Good Friday March 30
Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am April 1
Vacation Bible School Tues May 29 – Fri June 1
All Church Campout at Davis Creek July 12-15

Check out the App store for our Church App
Christ Lutheran Church, Cairo NE.
More info located on the table in the fellowship hall.

Habitat For Humanity House Build
Saturdays, March 3rd and 17th
We will be working on concrete both of those days. On the 3rd we will be pouring the footings and on the 17th we will be pouring the crawlspace walls. We will need 5-10 people for each volunteer day. We will begin work at 8am and finish up close to noon. The address for the build day is 525 St Paul Road at the intersection of E 6th Street and St Paul Road. If you can volunteer either day contact Lee Echtenkamp 308-850-8816 all you need to bring is gloves, wear construction clothing and thick soled shoes.
All Belong to Christ Daycare and Preschool will be selling Butter Braids from February 9th-March 2nd. I will have order forms in the church office if any church members would like to stop in and purchase. They will be $12 per Butter Braid. We will be selling Apple, Blueberry & Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, Strawberry & Cream Cheese, Cherry and Cinnamon Rolls. They will arrive the week before Easter.

Thank you to Fontanelle Hybrids, Brandon Nowak & Mark Gloe for their donation of $500 to ABC’s Playground Fund.

Ladies Aid Greeting Cards
New cards have arrived for all occasions, Easter, Baby Baptism, Confirmation, Graduation, Mother’s & Father’s Day, Birthday, Get Well, Thinking of You, Thank You, Wedding, Sympathy and Baby. Cards are located in the glass cupboard in the old fellowship hall for .75 cents each or 12 for $8.
If you need assistance with the cards talk to Donna Harders.
Moses Basket Auction Benefit

We invite you to join us for a special worship series for Lent called “Amazing Grace.” Each service in the series includes a dramatic monolog from someone who participated in the story of salvation and contemplates how that participant would respond to the amazing grace found in the cross of Christ. The participant we hear from in the Ash Wednesday service is Jonah, who explains what amazing grace means for those who come to the cross repentant.

Ash Weds. Lent and Holy Week
Worship Service Schedule
Feb. 28 (LYF) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 7 (Ladies Aid) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 14 (ABC) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 21 (Moses) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 25 Palm Sun / Confirmation 10:30 am
March 29 Worship with Holy Comm. 7 pm
March 30 Good Friday Worship 7 pm
April 1 Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am
LYF Easter Breakfast following Worship

Once again it’s time to designate your Thrivent Choice Dollars. Heartland Lutheran High School is indeed thankful for your opportunity to assign your Choice Dollars to the school. In order to continue your Choice Dollar selection, please contact your Thrivent representative or call 800-847-4836. Selections have to be made annually and need to be completed by March 1st.

Heartland Lutheran HS Auction
Red and Blue 2018
March 17, 2018 at Riverside Golf Club in Grand Island, NE. This year we are celebrating our emerald anniversary (20th) and we adding elegance for this milestone. You can buy tickets; choose Prime Rib or Chicken Cordon Bleu for your meal, and more for this semi-formal celebration and fundraiser at our new Red & Blue website http://heartlandlutheran.maestroweb.com/ or through the school office at 308-385-3900. Online Auction The week before Red & Blue 2018 Bid on your mobile device (TEXT2BID) Silent Auction During Cocktail Hour before Dinner 4:30-6:00 One of a kind items & experiences. Bid on your mobile device (TEXT2BID) Live Auction Event Only – After Dinner Includes Amazing Adventures, Unique Items, Art, HLHS VIP Items, & More!

Christ Care Team
The Christ Care Team held their first organization meeting last Sunday following worship. As a team they are in the beginning stages how this ministry will proceed. Each member is committing to sharing God’s love and compassion with those who are hospitalized, in care facilities or anyone who wishes a visit; if you have questions or are interested in being a part of this ministry please see Steve Dibbern or Pastor Wright.
Visit request cards are located on the cupboard next to the member mailboxes. Please fill out the card and return to Steve Dibbern’s church mailbox.

Old Testament Reading Genesis 17:1–7, 15–16

1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. 6For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Epistle Romans 5:1–11
1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. 6For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Holy Gospel Mark 8:27–38

27And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” 30And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him. 31And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” 34And he called to him the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? 37For what can a man give in return for his life? 38For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

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Announcements and Readings for the week of February 18, 2018

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Lisa

Sunday school for all Ages
(2 yr. olds – Adult) 9:00 a.m.
Fellowship 10:00 a.m.
Worship
(Communion on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays) 10:30 a.m.

Pastor – Rev. Brian L. Wright
(303) 506-6481 iamwings@msn.com
Church Office
(308) 485-4863 christcairo@gmail.com

ABC – All Belong to Christ Early Childhood Center
(308) 485-5832 allbelongtochristdaycare@gmail.com

Moses Comfort Dog
Primary Handlers Shawn & Nancy Harders
Shawn – 308-380-6168 Nancy – 308-380-0589 nancyharders@gmail.com
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Christ Lutheran Church LCMS Cairo NE
Moses Comfort Dog
ABC Daycare and Preschool
Christ Lutheran LYF (Cairo, NE)

Church Website
www.christlutheranchurchcairo.com

Our Missions for 2018
ABC Child Care & Preschool of Christ Cairo; Heartland Lutheran High School, Grand Island, NE; New Hope Christian School, Cairo, NE.; Mission Central and Orphan Grain Train.

New Member Classes
Please speak with Pastor Brian or contact the church office at 308-485-4863 if you are interested in becoming a member of Christ Cairo.
Serving in God’s House today…

Rev. Brian L Wright Pastor
Lynda Sundberg Pianist
Kylie Neppl Acolyte
Tim Lemburg / Adam Dibbern Ushers
Cole/Ethan Usher Helpers
Julie Dibbern Altar
Jaci Knuth Moses
Brent Gascho/Ted Dibbern Elders
Our Attendance:
Members Visitors
Sunday 1/28 99 4
Sunday 2/4 70 12
Sunday 2/11 83 7
Ash Weds 2/14 58 5

Our Offerings Sunday 2/11
Building Fund $.00
General Fund $3,170.00
Mission Fund $230.00
Special Mission $.00
Misc. Gifts $9.00

Suffering from Cancer
Kyle Arndt from Alda Ne. (5 yr. old Grandnephew of Rick Gilbert)
Donna Harders
Bill Baker (Beverly Gilbert’s Brother-in-law)
ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK Lee Echtenkamp – Feb. 18, Ryan Dibbern – Feb. 20
Vernon Harders – Feb. 20, Dave Rasmussen – Feb. 20, Lynda Sundberg – Feb. 20
Tara Janda – Feb. 23, Kayla Becker – Feb. 24, Brian Hansen – Feb. 24

Thank You to everyone who came and contributed to the Free Will offering dinner on Ash Weds. All donations will be used to purchase a new computer for the church office.

You are INVITED today to come and enjoy a Chicken dinner Cairo Senior Center: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Pastor Wright will be in the Church office most weeks M-Th; 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. You may call Pastor Wright at 303-506-6481 or email him at wrightb@csl.edu
Bulletin announcements need to be submitted to the church office by
Wednesday evening to appear in the following Sunday’s Bulletin.
Don’t forget to check your Church mail box.

Sunday, Feb. 18 – 1st Sunday in Lent
Gen. 22:1–18; Ps. 25:1–10
James 1:12–18; Mark 1:9–15

Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am
New Members Welcome – Ladies Aid Mtg. 9:30 am
LYF Coffee Fellowship – 10 am
Worship 10:30 am
TODAY – Chicken Dinner at Cairo Senior Ctr. 11-1

Monday Feb. 19 Presidents’ Day
M & M mtg. 7 pm

Tuesday Feb. 20
Moses to Crisis Ctr. 5 pm

Wednesday Feb. 21 Men’s Bible Study 8 am
Women’s Bible Study 9 am
Moses to ABC
ABC Chapel 11 am
Moses to VA/Boys Town 1 pm
8th gr. Only Confirmation Class 5:30 pm
(Chancel Guild) Lent Supper 6 pm
Choir Practice 6:30 pm
Worship 7 pm

Thursday Feb. 22

Friday Feb. 23

Saturday Feb. 24
New Hope Auction/Dinner 5-8 pm

Sunday, Feb. 25 – 2nd Sunday in Lent
Gen. 17:1–7, 15–16; Ps. 22:23–31
Rom. 5:1–11; Mark 8:27–38

Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am
ABC Coffee Fellowship – 10 am
Worship w/Bloomquist Baptism 10:30 am

SAVE the DATE
Weds Lent Worship/Suppers Feb 28 March 7, 14, 21
HFH House Build Vol. Needed March 3 & 17
Daylight Savings Time Starts March 11
Cairo Fireman Smorgasbord March 17
HLHS Red/Blue Auction/Dinner March 17
Palm Sunday/Confirmation March 25
Maundy Thursday March 29
Good Friday March 30
Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am April 1

Check out the App store for our Church App
Christ Lutheran Church, Cairo NE.
More info located on the table in the fellowship hall.

New members welcome!
Women of the church are invited to join the Ladies Aid. Next meeting is February 18th, 9:30 am before church in the fellowship hall. Members: identify & raise funds for church & local community needs; attend periodic meetings to plan events & have devotions; decorate the fellowship hall for the different seasons; Provide catechisms to the youth & recognize confirmands; take turns serving coffee / goodies on a monthly basis. For more information, contact Mary, Harders or Barb Teichmeier.

New Hope Christian School
Silent Auction & Dinner
Sat. Feb. 24th 5-8 pm Cairo Comm. Ctr.
Please join us for New Hope’s largest annual fundraiser! The proceeds from this event will be used to supplement the capital & education programs at the school. Free will donations will be accepted for the meal and there is no cost to anyone who would like to come and bid on silent auction items!

All Belong to Christ Daycare and Preschool will be selling Butter Braids from February 9th-March 2nd. I will have order forms in the church office if any church members would like to stop in and purchase. They will be $12 per Butter Braid. We will be selling Apple, Blueberry & Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, Strawberry & Cream Cheese, Cherry and Cinnamon Rolls. They will arrive the week before Easter.

Thank you to Fontanelle Hybrids, Brandon Nowak & Mark Gloe for their donation of $500 to ABC’s Playground Fund.

Moses Basket Auction Benefit

Ash Weds. Lent and Holy Week
Worship Service Schedule

Feb. 21 (Chancel) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
Feb. 28 (LYF) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 7 (Ladies Aid) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 14 (ABC) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 21 (Moses) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm
March 25 Palm Sun / Confirmation 10:30 am
March 29 Worship with Holy Comm. 7 pm
March 30 Good Friday Worship 7 pm
April 1 Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am
LYF Easter Breakfast following Worship

Once again it’s time to designate your Thrivent Choice Dollars. Heartland Lutheran High School is indeed thankful for your opportunity to assign your Choice Dollars to the school. In order to continue your Choice Dollar selection, please contact your Thrivent representative or call 800-847-4836. Selections have to be made annually and need to be completed by March 1st.
Heartland Lutheran HS Auction
Red and Blue 2018
March 17, 2018 at Riverside Golf Club in Grand Island, NE. This year we are celebrating our emerald anniversary (20th) and we adding elegance for this milestone. You can buy tickets; choose Prime Rib or Chicken Cordon Bleu for your meal, and more for this semi-formal celebration and fundraiser at our new Red & Blue website http://heartlandlutheran.maestroweb.com/ or through the school office at 308-385-3900. Online Auction The week before Red & Blue 2018 Bid on your mobile device (TEXT2BID) Silent Auction During Cocktail Hour before Dinner 4:30-6:00 One of a kind items & experiences. Bid on your mobile device (TEXT2BID) Live Auction Event Only – After Dinner Includes Amazing Adventures, Unique Items, Art, HLHS VIP Items, & More!

Readings from Holy Scripture- Old Testament Reading Genesis 22:1–18

1After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” 2He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” 3So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. 4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. 5Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.” 6And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. 7And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here am I, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” 8Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together. 9When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. 11But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” 12He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” 13And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14So Abraham called the name of that place, “The LORD will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.” 15And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven 16and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, 18and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

Epistle James 1:12–18

12Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. 13Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. 16Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Holy Gospel Mark 1:9–15

9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens opening and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” 12The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him. 14Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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Announcements and Readings for the week of Feb. 11, 2018

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Lisa

Sunday school for all Ages

………………………………. (2 yr. olds – Adult) 9:00 a.m.

Fellowship……………………………………….. 10:00 a.m.

Worship

(Communion on the 1^st, 3^rd & 5^th Sundays)… 10:30 a.m.

Pastor – Rev. Brian L. Wright

……………………. (303) 506-6481 iamwings@msn.com

Church Office

………………… (308) 485-4863 christcairo@gmail.com

ABC – All Belong to Christ Early Childhood Center

(308) 485-5832 allbelongtochristdaycare@gmail.com

Moses Comfort Dog

Primary Handlers Shawn & Nancy Harders

Shawn – 308-380-6168 Nancy – 308-380-0589 nancyharders@gmail.com

Join US on Facebook

……………….. Christ Lutheran Church LCMS Cairo NE

…………………………………………… Moses Comfort Dog

……………………………….. ABC Daycare and Preschool

………………………….. Christ Lutheran LYF (Cairo, NE)

Church Website

……………………… www.christlutheranchurchcairo.com

Please check out our Media Center located in the Fellowship Hall. There you will find many publications; Happy Times, My Devotions, Portals of Prayer (large and small print), Church’s monthly calendar, past week’s bulletin, LWML Quarterly, extra church directories and constitutions.

Our Missions for 2018

ABC Child Care & Preschool of Christ Cairo; Heartland Lutheran High School, Grand Island, NE; New Hope Christian School, Cairo, NE.; Mission Central and Orphan Grain Train.

New Member Classes

Please speak with Pastor Brian or contact the church office at 308-485-4863 if you are interested in becoming a member of Christ Cairo.

Serving in God’s House today…

Rev. Brian L Wright ……………………………… Pastor

Beverly Gilbert…………………………………… Organist

Ryan Schweitzer………………………………… Acolyte

Tim Lemburg / Adam Dibbern……………… Ushers

McLain / Kylie………………………….. Usher Helpers

Julie Dibbern…………………………………………… Altar

Paul Wilhelm……………………………………….. Moses

……………………………………………………………… Elders

Our Attendance:

Members………………….. Visitors

Sunday 1/14……………… 87……………………………. 0

Sunday 1/21……………… 74……………………………. 1

Sunday 1/28……………… 99……………………………. 4

Sunday 2/4……………….. 70………………………….. 12

Our Offerings Sunday 2/4

Building Fund……………………………………. $100.00

General Fund…………………………………. $2,490.00

Mission Fund…………………………………….. $194.01

Special Mission……………………………………….. $.00

Misc. Gifts………………………………………………. $1.25

PRAYERS THIS WEEK

Please pray for Judy and Charlie Kemptar (Kristin Schultz mother and father).

Please pray for Ed Garner’s mom Cindy; Cindy broke her wrist last week.

Please pray for Flora Meester (Friend of Catherine Garrett) suffering from a severe case of the shingles.

Please pray for Rick Gilbert, Rick underwent a scope of the knee last Weds.

Suffering from Cancer

Kyle Arndt from Alda Ne. (5 yr. old Grandnephew of Rick Gilbert)

Donna Harders

Bill Baker (Beverly Gilbert’s Brother-in-law)

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK

Ron & Mary Harders – Feb. 14 (31)

Shawn & Nancy Harders – Feb. 14 (42)

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK

Heather Hadenfeldt – Feb. 11

William Hadenfeldt – Feb. 11

Laura Spatz – Feb. 13

Larry Hadenfeldt – Feb. 15

Brian Tonniges – Feb. 15

Tucker Erikesen – Feb. 16

Tiffany Jacobsen – Feb. 16

Pastor Wright will be in the Church office most weeks M-Th; 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. You may call Pastor Wright at 303-506-6481 or email him at wrightb@csl.edu

Bulletin announcements need to be submitted to the church office by

Wednesday evening to appear in the following Sunday’s Bulletin.

Don’t forget to check your Church mail box.

Sunday, Feb. 11 – Transfiguration

…………. 2 Kings 2:1–12 or Ex. 34:29–35; Ps. 50:1–6

………….. 2 Cor. 3:12–13 (14–18); 4:1–6; Mark 9:2–9

………………….. Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am

……………………………. ABC Coffee Fellowship – 10 am

…………………………………………………. Worship 10:30 am

………………………………….. LYF Valentine Banquet 6 pm

Monday Feb. 12

…………………….. Pastor Winkel Mtg. at the Vault 9 am

Tuesday Feb. 13…………………………………………………..

Wednesday Feb. 14…………………….. Ash Wednesday

♥ Happy Valtentines Day ♥

……………………… Men’s Breakfast Bible Study 6:45 am

…………………………………… Women’s Bible Study 9 am

……………………………………………….. ABC Chapel 11 am

……………………………….. Moses to VA/Boys Town 1 pm

………………………… 7&8 gr. Confirmation Class 5:30 pm

………………………………………………. Choir Practice 6 pm

……………. (Baked Potato Bar – LCP) Lent Supper 6 pm

.. Worship with Imposition of Ashes / Communion 7 pm

Thursday Feb. 15

……………………….. Moses to GI – Primrose / Good Sam

……………………………. Cairo Senior Ctr Devotions Noon

Friday Feb. 16………………………………………………………

Saturday Feb. 17.. SS Teacher Mtg. at the Vault 9 am

Sunday, Feb. 18 – 1^st in Lent

…………………………………. Gen. 22:1–18; Ps. 25:1–10

……………………………… James 1:12–18; Mark 1:9–15

……………….. Sunday School / Adult Bible Study 9 am

……………………………………… Ladies Aid Mtg. 9:30 am

…………………………… LYF Coffee Fellowship – 10 am

………………………………………………. Worship 10:30 am

…………………………………………………………………………….

SAVE the DATE New Hope Auction/Dinner Feb. 24

………………………………. Weds Lent Worship/Suppers

Feb 21, 28, March 7,14, 21

……….. HFH House Build Vol. Needed March 3 & 17

……………….. Daylight Savings Time Starts March 11

……………….. Cairo Fireman Smorgasbord March 17

……………. HLHS Red/Blue Auction/Dinner March 17

………………….. Palm Sunday/Confirmation March 25

………………………………. Maundy Thursday March 29

………………………………………. Good Friday March 30

……………………. Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am April 1

Check out the App store for our Church App

Christ Lutheran Church, Cairo NE.

More info located on the table in the fellowship hall.

Habitat For Humanity House Build

Saturdays, March 3^rdand 17^th

We will be working on concrete both of those days. On the 3rd we will be pouring the footings and on the 17th we will be pouring the crawlspace walls. We will need 5-10 people for each volunteer day. We will begin work at 8am and finish up close to noon. The address for the build day is 525 St Paul Road at the intersection of E 6th Street and St Paul Road. If you can volunteer either day contact Lee Echtenkamp 308-850-8816 all you need to bring is gloves, wear construction clothing and thick soled shoes.

New members welcome!

Women of the church are invited to join the Ladies Aid. Next meeting is February 18th, 9:30 am before church in the fellowship hall. Members: identify & raise funds for church & local community needs; attend periodic meetings to plan events & have devotions; decorate the fellowship hall for the different seasons; Provide catechisms to the youth & recognize confirmands; take turns serving coffee / goodies on a monthly basis. For more information, contact Mary, Harders or Barb Teichmeier.

New Hope Christian School

Silent Auction & Dinner

Sat. Feb. 24th 5-8 pm Cairo Comm. Ctr.

Please join us for New Hope’s largest annual fundraiser! The proceeds from this event will be used to supplement the capital & education programs at the school. Free will donations will be accepted for the meal and there is no cost to anyone who would like to come and bid on silent auction items!

All Belong to Christ Daycare and Preschool will be selling Butter Braids from February 9th-March 2nd. I will have order forms in the church office if any church members would like to stop in and purchase. They will be $12 per Butter Braid. We will be selling Apple, Blueberry & Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, Strawberry & Cream Cheese, Cherry and Cinnamon Rolls. They will arrive the week before Easter.

Ladies Aid Greeting Cards

Are you looking for greeting cards for any occasion? Cards are located in the glass cupboard in the old fellowship hall for .75 cents each or 12 for $8

Moses Basket Auction Benefit

The Moses Comfort Dog team will be holding the 6th annual silent Easter basket auction to benefit the ministry. Anyone who would like to donate a basket can bring it to the church beginning Sunday, February 18. The deadline for donors to bring baskets is Sunday, March 25. Bids will be taken until 9:00 a.m. on Easter morning (April 1), and baskets may be picked up at the church or delivered to the highest bidder. The baskets will be on display at the church, and some of the baskets will also be displayed at the Pathway Bank in Cairo from March 26 through March 29. As the LCC mission statement states, “The Comfort Dog Ministry will enable us to share the joy and forgiveness we have in Jesus, assist in providing comfort to the grieving and distressed and open doors and hearts that are often closed to Christian ministry.” Our experience so far has been that Moses acts as a sort of magnet that draws people to us and helps open the door for sharing the Gospel and prayer, and we very much appreciate the continued support of the Christ Lutheran family.

First Baptist Church Cairo Invites You

We wanted to invite you and your youth on Weds, Feb 21, we will be hosting Lannie and Marilyn Johnson from the Alpha Omega Institute, their topic will be Dinosaurs and the Bible. Supper will be served from 5:30 – 6:30 (RSVP jrboling56@charter.net how many will be here for supper so we plan accordingly) they will present their topic from 6:45-8pm. There will be a free will offering to help support their ministry. Hope you can make it, Blessings Jack

We invite you to join us for a special worship series for Lent called “Amazing Grace.” Each service in the series includes a dramatic monolog from someone who participated in the story of salvation and contemplates how that participant would respond to the amazing grace found in the cross of Christ. The participant we hear from in the Ash Wednesday service is Jonah, who explains what amazing grace means for those who come to the cross repentant.

Ash Weds. Lent and Holy Week

Worship Service Schedule

Feb. 14……………………… (LCP) Ash Weds Supper 6 pm

…………….. Worship w/Imposition of Ash & Comm. 7 pm

Feb. 21………….. (Chancel) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm

Feb. 28……………….. (LYF) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm

March 7………. (Ladies Aid) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm

March 14…………….. (ABC) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm

March 21………….. (Moses) Supper 6 pm / Worship 7 pm

March 25………………. Palm Sun / Confirmation 10:30 am

March 29………………….. Worship with Holy Comm. 7 pm

March 30……………………….. Good Friday Worship 7 pm

April 1…………………………. Easter Sunrise Worship 7 am

…………………… LYF Easter Breakfast following Worship

Heartland Lutheran HS Auction Red and Blue 2018

March 17, 2018 at Riverside Golf Club in Grand Island, NE. This year we are celebrating our emerald anniversary (20th) and we adding elegance for this milestone. You can buy tickets; choose Prime Rib or Chicken Cordon Bleu for your meal, and more for this semi-formal celebration and fundraiser at our new Red & Blue website http://heartlandlutheran.maestroweb.com/ or through the school office at 308-385-3900. Online Auction The week before Red & Blue 2018 Bid on your mobile device (TEXT2BID) Silent Auction During Cocktail Hour before Dinner 4:30-6:00 One of a kind items & experiences. Bid on your mobile device (TEXT2BID) Live Auction Event Only – After Dinner Includes Amazing Adventures, Unique Items, Art, HLHS VIP Items, & More!

Old Testament Reading….Exodus 34:29–35

²⁹When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. ³⁰Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. ³¹But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them. ³²Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. ³³And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. ³⁴Whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded, ³⁵the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face was shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

Epistle………….. 2 Corinthians 3:12–13; 4:1–6

¹²Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, ¹³not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. ¹Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. ²But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. ³And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. ⁴In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. ⁵For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. ⁶For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Holy Gospel……………… Mark 9:2–9

²And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, ³and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. ⁴And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” ⁶For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified. ⁷And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.” ⁸And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only. ⁹And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

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