PRAYERS THIS WEEK

•       Maxine Huryta from Ravenna moved to Rose Lane in Loup City NE.

• Kenny Huryta recovering from hip surgery.
• Kim Dibbern (Steve’s wife) is in the hospital in Kansas.

Suffering from Cancer

Gordon Bredthauer; Earl Knuth (Nathan’s father); Julie Stevenson; Donna Trevino (Barb Teichmeier’s sister)

 

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK:

Jerry & Barb Teichmeier – July 19

 

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK:

Carl Sokol – July 13, Mickhalla Critel – July 17, Doug Meyer – July 17

 

We CLC are collecting ONLY monetary donations for the Pilger NE. Tornado Victims; all donations received will be mailed to the Dist. Office or the Orphan Grain Train out of Norfolk. Please place your donations in the offering plate for the next two weeks with it marked for Tornado Relief.

 

 

Heartland Lutheran High School is participating in the Grand Island Third City Steak Feed on August 16.  All proceeds are split evenly amongst the four Grand Island High Schools to support activities and athletics. Tickets are available through Heartland Lutheran High School at a cost of $19 in advance.  Tickets make you eligible for door prizes; you do not have to be present to win.

 

Don’t forget to purchase your Christian Greeting Cards - They are located in the cabinet in the Fellowship Hall for only .75 cents or 12 cards for $8. Greeting cards include Mother’s Day, Baby Baptism, Birthday, Anniversary, Sympathy, New Baby, Confirmation, Graduation, Christmas, Easter and Thinking of You.

 

SAVE your Junk!! – VOLUNTEERS are NEEDED!! 

Help the General Fund by donating unwanted items to the Junk Jaunt.

We will have a booth for our items to be sold, Items donated need to be clean and priced, we will store the items in the Northeast Sunday School (room by the old bathrooms), all items not sold will be taken to the Goodwill following the Junk Jaunt; also We will be renting space out to other vendors in the West grass field for additional booths; and We are making plans to serve FOOD throughout the Junk Jaunt (rolls/coffee, Meal Deals, Pop/Water and popcorn).

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS (Looking for 20/30 volunteers)

If you are able to help anytime during the Junk Jaunt (Thurs – set up day, Friday, Saturday & Sunday (worship & cleanup) September 25-28, please let the church office know. Plans are being made to have a schedule to sign up for 4 hours shifts (Sign up for more than one shift/day) Watch by the church office for a signup sheet.

See www.junkjaunt.com for more information on the Junk Jaunt.

Sunday September 28 Worship will be outside in the yard at 9:00 a.m. bring your lawn chair.

 

 

The Cairo Community Foundation is sponsoring its first celebrity golf tournament as a fundraiser on Friday, July 18. Funds generated will be used by the Foundation to support economic development, social and civic programs that improve the Village of Cairo. This tournament is a 4 person scramble.  You bring a team of 3 and the foundation will supply a celebrity who could be a Heisman Trophy winner, former Professional athlete or other celebrity. Entry fee includes steak or lobster dinner, $10,000 hole in one contest and silent auction. If you are not a golfer you can purchase ticket dinner tickets for the reception and silent auction. The foundation is accepting donations for flag prizes and silent auction items.  Please come out to support your Cairo Community Foundation.

 

 

OPPORTUNITIES TO TOUR ISRAEL AND ITALY – Looking for a way to see a new part of the world?

Consider these two upcoming travel opportunities offered by church workers in the Nebraska District.

See the Holy Land – Have you ever wanted to take a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee? Walk the streets of Jerusalem? See Bethlehem and Nazareth?  Visit with Palestinian Christians and Moslems, and Israeli Jews? Float in the Dead Sea? Stroll across the battlefield where David fought Goliath?  Watch the excavation of an Israelite city? Sip coffee on the porch of your seaside bungalow in the early morning, listening to the waves of the Sea of Galilee as the sun comes up? If you answered yes to these questions, begin making your plans and saving your dollars/shekels! Dr. Mark Meehl, Concordia University Seward professor, will be leading his fourth tour to Israel and Palestine in June of 2015.  If you have any questions or would like to be notified of further details, contact him at mark.meehl@cune.edu.  Shalom/Salaam!

Highlights of Italy Tour – For centuries, travelers have been fascinated with Italy and its hilltop villages, magnificent ruins and timeless art and architecture.  Even St. Paul not only wrote his epistle to Rome but also a few from Rome.  Join Pastor Michael & Suzy Awe, in cooperation with Nawas International Travel, on an exciting 11-day Tour of Italy December 26, 2014 – January 5, 2015!    Highlights of this trip include:

• A tour of Venice and some of its 118 small islands, its famous waterways and picturesque bridges.
• A serene drive through the Tuscan countryside to Pisa and its famous Leaning Tower.
• A sightseeing tour of Florence and its Neptune Fountain, Santa Croce Church, and Michelangelo’s original statue of David.
• Spectacular views of the Almalfi Coastline with its olive, lemon and orange trees along sheer cliffs and hillsides.
• A step back in time to 79 AD in Pompeii where the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius preserved temples, baths, theaters, and its inhabitants in ash.
• The “Eternal City” itself, Rome, where you will enjoy Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, the Coliseum, Trevi Fountain, Vatican City, various churches, and much more!

Act fast to save your spot on this amazing tour!  The price is $3399 (per person/ double occupancy) and includes most meals, first-class accommodations, transportation, and roundtrip airfare from Omaha. Taxes and tips are extra.

If you are interested in joining this memorable experience, please contact Pastor Michael Awe at 402-368-9929 or 402-368-5690, or e-mail him at The1Rev@cableone.net for more information. Space is limited.

If you are interested in joining us for this memorable experience, please contact Pastor Michael Awe at 402.368.9929 or 402.368.5690 or e-mail me at The1Rev@cableone.net for more information.   Space is limited.

 

The Skit Guys are coming to TOWN! Save the Date – Weds. Eve. Sept. 24, 2014

United Campus Ministry ucmunk.org is pleased to bring The Skit Guys to Kearney, NE!

Date: Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
Time: 7:00pm-8:30 p.m.  (UCM Praise Band followed by around an hour performance by The Skit Guys)

Cost:

• $12 each (plus taxes and fees)
• $10 each with purchase of 10 or more (plus taxes and fees)
• $15 each at the door

Where: Buffalo County Exposition Center
Concessions: Provided and arranged by BCAA Food & Beverage; Skit Guys merchandise will be available for purchase! Tickets will go on sale Aug. 1, 2014 (Group rates available)

Sign up by the church office!! We can order group rates if enough people want to go.

 

Dave Anderson & Roger Walck – Praise and Worship Concert!

Dave and Roger will present a concert at 7:00 p.m., Monday, July 28, 2014, at Christ Lutheran Church, Cairo. The concert is sponsored by Christ Lutheran Church. The Christ Lutheran Church Lutheran Youth Fellowship (LYF) INVITE you to join us at 6:00 p.m. for supper before the concert.

[Dave and Roger's music is a blend of contemporary, gospel, hymns, and lots of old-time Sunday School songs. The audience will be invited to sing along but, as Dave says, "so long as it's the same song." Dave Anderson comes from Arizona and Roger and his wife Patti live in Corona, California. Dave grew up as a Lutheran preacher's kid in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Dave has been involved in lay ministry in the Lutheran church for 48 years first in youth ministry (Dave is the founder of Lutheran Youth Encounter) and then music ministry including concerts and worship resources. Roger Walck is a skilled vocalist, guitarist, and a worship team leader.  Roger is a graduate of Vanguard University and he has studied at Fuller Seminary and Azusa Pacific University.  For many years Roger taught theology at Orange Lutheran High School in Orange, California.  For many years Roger has led Spanish-language worship in various Orange County churches. During the concert/service, Dave will share from his personal experiences from having traveled 4,000,000 miles over the past 35 years of concert ministry. These travels have included concerts in Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Scandinavian countries, and 25 trips to Australia and New Zealand. In 1993, God used incredibly heroic men to rescue Dave, his wife Barbara, and five others from 36-degree water after their plane crashed into the Bering Sea while returning from a missionary and humanitarian mission in the Russian Far East. All seven men and women survived what could not be survived!]

 

First Reading:  Isaiah 44:6-8

 Through the prophet, Isaiah, the Lord states that there is only one, true, God; and God has established a plan and is the ultimate judge as the kingdom of God draws near.

 ⁶ “This is what the Lord says— Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. ⁷ Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I established my ancient people, and what is yet to come— yes, let them foretell what will come. ⁸ Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.”

 

 Second Reading:  Romans 8:18-27

 Even though the world is decaying physically and infected with sin, we do not have to lose heart and be consumed by fear, because future glory awaits us.

¹⁸ I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. ¹⁹ For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. ²⁰ For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope ²¹ that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God ²² We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. ²³ Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. ²⁴ For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? ²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. ²⁶ In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. ²⁷ And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

 Gospel:  Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

 Jesus tells a parable about weeds and then gives the meaning to those who will listen.

 ²⁴ Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. ²⁵ But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. ²⁶ When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. ²⁷ “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’ ²⁸ “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ ²⁹ “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. ³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”

³⁶ Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” ³⁷ He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. ³⁸ The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, ³⁹ and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.⁴⁰ “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. ⁴¹ The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. ⁴² They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁴³ Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.

 

PRAYERS THIS WEEK

•       Maxine Huryta from Ravenna moved to Rose Lane in Loup City NE.

• Kenny Huryta recovering from hip surgery.
• Kim Dibbern (Steve’s wife) is in the hospital in Kansas.
• Gene Monson (Sue Mrkvicka’s Dad) recovering from surgery at home.
• Tara Janda & family at the death of Tara’s grandmother this past week.
• Prayers of Thanksgiving of restored health to Aubrey Reynolds who returned home from the hospital this past week.

Suffering from Cancer

Gordon Bredthauer; Earl Knuth (Nathan’s father); Julie Stevenson; Donna Trevino (Barb Teichmeier’s sister)

 

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK:……..

Justine & Trent Eriksen – July 9

 

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK:  

Allison Sokol – July 6, Kassidy Gascho – July 9,

Bernard Harders – July 9

Holly Plejdrup – July 9, Haylie Knott – July 11,

Dana Lemburg – July 11, Shari Rathman – July 12

 

 

Scott Jenny, Ethan, Seth and Aubrey Reynolds would like to take this time to say THANK YOU! For all the thoughts and prayers EVERYONE had for Aubrey before/during/after her stay in the hospital.

 

 

Heartland Lutheran High School is participating in the Grand Island Third City Steak Feed on August 16.  All proceeds are split evenly amongst the four Grand Island High Schools to support activities and athletics. Tickets are available through Heartland Lutheran High School at a cost of $19 in advance.  Tickets make you eligible for door prizes; you do not have to be present to win.

THANK YOU!!!! From the LYF and their Sponsors!! – We would like to thank everyone who came and enjoyed the LYF BBQ and Fireworks last Sunday evening. We truly appreciate your help and generous donations towards the evening. What a WONDERFUL feeling to know we have such a GREAT Church Family. Memories are being made every moment we are together!!

 

 

SAVE your Junk!! – VOLUNTEERS are NEEDED!! 

Help the General Fund by donating unwanted items to the Junk Jaunt.

We will have a booth for our items to be sold, Items donated need to be clean and priced, we will store the items in the Northeast Sunday School (room by the old bathrooms), all items not sold will be taken to the Goodwill following the Junk Jaunt; also We will be renting space out to other vendors in the West grass field for additional booths; and We are making plans to serve FOOD throughout the Junk Jaunt (rolls/coffee, Meal Deals, Pop/Water and popcorn).

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS (Looking for 20/30 volunteers)

If you are able to help anytime during the Junk Jaunt (Thurs – set up day, Friday, Saturday & Sunday (worship & cleanup) September 25-28, please let the church office know. Plans are being made to have a schedule to sign up for 4 hours shifts (Sign up for more than one shift/day) Watch by the church office for a signup sheet.

See www.junkjaunt.com for more information on the Junk Jaunt.

Sunday September 28 Worship will be outside in the yard at 9:00 a.m. bring your lawn chair.

 

 

OPPORTUNITIES TO TOUR ISRAEL AND ITALY – Looking for a way to see a new part of the world?

Consider these two upcoming travel opportunities offered by church workers in the Nebraska District.

See the Holy Land – Have you ever wanted to take a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee? Walk the streets of Jerusalem? See Bethlehem and Nazareth?  Visit with Palestinian Christians and Moslems, and Israeli Jews? Float in the Dead Sea? Stroll across the battlefield where David fought Goliath?  Watch the excavation of an Israelite city? Sip coffee on the porch of your seaside bungalow in the early morning, listening to the waves of the Sea of Galilee as the sun comes up? If you answered yes to these questions, begin making your plans and saving your dollars/shekels! Dr. Mark Meehl, Concordia University Seward professor, will be leading his fourth tour to Israel and Palestine in June of 2015.  If you have any questions or would like to be notified of further details, contact him at mark.meehl@cune.edu.  Shalom/Salaam!

Highlights of Italy Tour – For centuries, travelers have been fascinated with Italy and its hilltop villages, magnificent ruins and timeless art and architecture.  Even St. Paul not only wrote his epistle to Rome but also a few from Rome.  Join Pastor Michael & Suzy Awe, in cooperation with Nawas International Travel, on an exciting 11-day Tour of Italy December 26, 2014 – January 5, 2015!    Highlights of this trip include:

• A tour of Venice and some of its 118 small islands, its famous waterways and picturesque bridges.
• A serene drive through the Tuscan countryside to Pisa and its famous Leaning Tower.
• A sightseeing tour of Florence and its Neptune Fountain, Santa Croce Church, and Michelangelo’s original statue of David.
• Spectacular views of the Almalfi Coastline with its olive, lemon and orange trees along sheer cliffs and hillsides.
• A step back in time to 79 AD in Pompeii where the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius preserved temples, baths, theaters, and its inhabitants in ash.
• The “Eternal City” itself, Rome, where you will enjoy Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, the Coliseum, Trevi Fountain, Vatican City, various churches, and much more!

Act fast to save your spot on this amazing tour!  The price is $3399 (per person/ double occupancy) and includes most meals, first-class accommodations, transportation, and roundtrip airfare from Omaha. Taxes and tips are extra.

If you are interested in joining this memorable experience, please contact Pastor Michael Awe at 402-368-9929 or 402-368-5690, or e-mail him at The1Rev@cableone.net for more information. Space is limited.

If you are interested in joining us for this memorable experience, please contact Pastor Michael Awe at 402.368.9929 or 402.368.5690 or e-mail me at The1Rev@cableone.net for more information.   Space is limited.

 

 

 

The Skit Guys are coming to TOWN! Save the Date – Weds. Eve. Sept. 24, 2014

United Campus Ministry is pleased to bring The Skit Guys to Kearney, NE!

Date: Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
Time: 7:00pm-8:30 p.m.  (UCM Praise Band followed by around an hour performance by The Skit Guys)

Cost:

• $12 each (plus taxes and fees)
• $10 each with purchase of 10 or more (plus taxes and fees)
• $15 each at the door

Where: Buffalo County Exposition Center
Concessions: Provided and arranged by BCAA Food & Beverage; Skit Guys merchandise will be available for purchase! Tickets will go on sale Aug. 1, 2014 (Group rates available)

Sign up by the church office!! We can order group rates if enough people want to go.

 

Dave Anderson & Roger Walck – Praise and Worship Concert!

Dave and Roger will present a concert at 7:00 p.m., Monday, July 28, 2014, at Christ Lutheran Church, Cairo. The concert is sponsored by Christ Lutheran Church. The Christ Lutheran Church Lutheran Youth Fellowship (LYF) INVITE you to join us at 6:00 p.m. for supper before the concert.

 

[Dave and Roger's music is a blend of contemporary, gospel, hymns, and lots of old-time Sunday School songs. The audience will be invited to sing along but, as Dave says, "so long as it's the same song." Dave Anderson comes from Arizona and Roger and his wife Patti live in Corona, California. Dave grew up as a Lutheran preacher's kid in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Dave has been involved in lay ministry in the Lutheran church for 48 years first in youth ministry (Dave is the founder of Lutheran Youth Encounter) and then music ministry including concerts and worship resources. Roger Walck is a skilled vocalist, guitarist, and a worship team leader.  Roger is a graduate of Vanguard University and he has studied at Fuller Seminary and Azusa Pacific University.  For many years Roger taught theology at Orange Lutheran High School in Orange, California.  For many years Roger has led Spanish-language worship in various Orange County churches. During the concert/service, Dave will share from his personal experiences from having traveled 4,000,000 miles over the past 35 years of concert ministry. These travels have included concerts in Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Scandinavian countries, and 25 trips to Australia and New Zealand. In 1993, God used incredibly heroic men to rescue Dave, his wife Barbara, and five others from 36-degree water after their plane crashed into the Bering Sea while returning from a missionary and humanitarian mission in the Russian Far East. All seven men and women survived what could not be survived!]

 

The Cairo Community Foundation is sponsoring its first celebrity golf tournament as a fundraiser. Funds generated will be used by the Foundation to support economic development, social and civic programs that improve the Village of Cairo. This tournament is a 4 person scramble.  You bring a team of 3 and the foundation will supply a celebrity who could be a Heisman Trophy winner, former Professional athlete or other celebrity. Entry fee includes steak or lobster dinner, $10,000 hole in one contest and silent auction. If you are not a golfer you can purchase ticket dinner tickets for the reception and silent auction. The foundation is accepting donations for flag prizes and silent auction items.  Please come out to support your Cairo Community Foundation.

 

Sunday School Today This week, Sunday School explores “Cleansing H2Oh! Naaman Healed.” The lesson focuses on how God pours out His healing love for us by cleansing us through water and the Word, giving us life and salvation. “Whom does God use to heal His people today?”, could be discussed by families. 2 Kings 5:1-14

Old Testament Reading   Zechariah 9:9–12

⁹Rejoice 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. ¹⁰I 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. ¹¹As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. ¹²Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Epistle     Romans 7:14–25a

¹⁴For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. ¹⁵I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. ¹⁶Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. ¹⁷So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. ¹⁸For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. ¹⁹For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. ²⁰Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. ²¹So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. ²²For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, ²³but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. ²⁴Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? ²⁵Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Holy Gospel          Matthew 11:25–30

²⁵At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; ²⁶yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. ²⁷All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. ²⁸Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

 

 

 

 

First Reading:  Jeremiah 28:5-9                                  

Hananiah predicts peace.  Jeremiah reminds me that the prophets have always foretold doom, and while Jeremiah ‘wishes’ Hananiah’s prophecy might be true, he will need to actually see it take place

 

5 Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah before the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD. 6 He said, “Amen! May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied by bringing the articles of the LORD’s house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon. 7 Nevertheless, listen to what I have to say in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people: 8 From early times the prophets who preceded you and me have prophesied war, disaster and plague against many countries and great kingdoms. 9 But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly sent by the LORD only if his prediction comes true.”

 

Second Reading:  Romans 7:1-13

 Through the death of Jesus, we too are ‘dead’ to the law, and alive in Christ.

 Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? 2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. 3 So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man. 4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[a] the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. 7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[b] 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. 9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good. 13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good to bring about my death, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

 Gospel:  Matthew 10:34-42

 Matthew relates the story of the transfiguration. Jesus shines. 

The Father proclaims.  The disciples listen.

34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn “‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— 36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ 37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. 40 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”

The Ladies Aid & LYF have taken the first, third and fifth Sundays, please sign up on the calendar by the kitchen window.

 

 

PRAYERS THIS WEEK:

 

• LYF Group as the return home today from their Ski Trip to South Dakota.
• Les Schlegel Jenny Reynold’s father will be in Africa working on a water project from March 2-April 9.
• Pastor Keylon recovering following his bypass surgery.
• Laurie Ocana recovering at home from shoulder surgery.

Suffering from Cancer:

• Gordon Bredthauer
• Earl Knuth (Nathan’s father)

 

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK:   Keith & Sheyanne Harders – March 16.

 

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK:  David Hadenfeldt – March 16, Rachel Bushhousen – March 21,

Tori Strode – March 21, Lorraine Harders – March 22.

 

Mark your calendar SPECIAL Voter’s Meeting on Sunday, March 23^rd following Worship.

 

 

 

 

You are invited to worship with us this Lenten Season

Lenten Worship Services

Ash Wednesday, March 5th – Weds April 9th services begin at 7:30 p.m. 

Lenten Suppers begin at 6:00 p.m.

This Weds. the Ladies Aid will be serving a Soup Supper.

 

Holy Week Worship Services

Palm Sunday / Confirmation Worship on Sunday April 13th at 9:00 a.m.

Maundy Thursday April 17 at 7:30 p.m. Good Friday April 18 at 7:30 p.m.

 

 

RESURECTION of OUR LORD Easter Sunrise Worship Service

Sunday April 20th at 7:00 a.m.  LYF Easter Breakfast following Worship.

 

 

You are INVITED – TODAY!!!

To the Cairo Senior Center for lunch on Sunday March 16^th from 11:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. for a Roast Beef Dinner.

 

Don’t forget to purchase your Christian Greeting Cards

They are located in the cabinet in the Fellowship Hall for only .75 cents or 12 cards for $8. Greeting cards include Mother’s Day, Baby Baptism, Birthday, Anniversary, Sympathy, New Baby, Confirmation, Graduation, Christmas, Easter and Thinking of You.

 

HLHS Red & Blue Banquet & Auction March 23, 2014 at Heartland Lutheran High School 3900 W Husker Hwy. Grand Island NE  3:00 pm Silent Auction; 5:00 pm Dinner; 6:15 pm Speaker (Kevin Kush); 7:00 pm Live Auction

Featured Speaker is Kevin Kush, Head Football Coach Boys Town, NE. “A piece of the Puzzle-Eight traits of a Quality Teammate” Advanced Sale Tickets: $70 ($60 if purchased by 1/31/14) Sponsorship tables available see the poster on the HLHS bulletin board or by the Kitchen window for more information. The BANQUET is SOLD OUT however Jan still has some drawing tickets available.  

 

 

Gift Basket Fundraiser to help support Moses’ ministry. 

We will be taking donations of auction items/gift baskets until Wednesday, March 19th.  All items will be set out, and bidding will open Sun. March 23rd.  Bidding will end on Sun. April 20th 9:00 a.m. Contact the comfort dog group for more information.

 

 

Cairo Volunteer Fire Department Annual Smorgasbord

Where:  Cairo Community Center   When:  Saturday, March 22, 2014

Time:  4:30 P.M. – 8 P.M.   Prices:  Tickets available at the door. 

Adults $8/Kids $5 (12 yrs. & under) Pre-Ticket Sales: Cairo Pathway Bank, Cairo Pathway Insurance, Cairo Village Hall Join us for the raffles and door prizes! For take-out meals please call Jamie at 308-390-1864

 

Nebraskans Impacting the World 2014 Food PackSaturday April 26; 285,120 Meals; $72,000.00; Four 2 Hours Sessions 8/10-10-Noon/Noo-2/2-4; 800 Volunteers; Meals sent to Dominican Republic & Haiti. For more information contact Joann Hulme – joannhulme@hotmail.com You can donate by sending a check payable to ImpactLives c/o First Baptist Church P.O. Box 117, Cairo, NE  68824 or online at www.ImpactLives.org please select campaign ~ Nebraska Impacting the World.

 

Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity House BuildHabitat is seeking volunteer groups to schedule their businesses, organizations and other groups for Saturdays during construction season. Both unskilled and skilled volunteers are needed for tasks from hammering to raking and measuring to carrying. The first home to be built this year, with support from community volunteers, will be at 930 Lambert, just northeast of Lincoln Elementary School. For several months, preparations have been underway to build two houses on the site. Our church is scheduled to tentatively work on March 15^th (footings), 22^nd (floor), 29^th (walls); we need a crew of 5 or more, if you are interested in helping in any way see Lee Echtenkamp his phone number is 308-850-8816. More information is posted on the bulletin board by the church office.

 

YOU are invited! Prairie Fire Come be equipped and encouraged for sharing the love of Jesus Christ in your communities and with your neighbors and loved ones. Make plans now to attend Prairie Fire: Sowing Seeds hosted by the Nebraska District at Concordia University, Seward. Bruce Wurdeman, Lutheran Hour Ministries executive director emeritus, will examine “Planting Today for Tomorrow’s Harvest,” sharing words of encouragement and practical tools for congregations and individuals to engage their communities today for the opportunity to share Christ tomorrow. Breakout sessions will offer ideas and encouragement for individuals and congregations that are looking to share God’s Word faithfully in their congregations and fruitfully into their communities. Day Camp will be offered by Camp Luther for students in grades 1-8 while their parents attend Prairie Fire. Sowing Seeds Outreach Grants will be offered to congregations that attend Prairie Fire and meet eligibility requirements. Registration forms and more information is available in the church office or online at www.ndlcms.org.

 

Trinity Lutheran School Color Run 2014If life hands you Color – Run with it! ~ Honoring Educators Saturday, April 26^th at 8:30 a.m. Trinity Lutheran School parking lot 208 West 13^th Street, Grand Island, NE. 5K and 1 Mile FUN Run! Registration information available at http://trinitylutherancolorrun.weebly.com/  and Facebook -Trinity Lutheran Color Run or email: trinitylutherancolorrun@gmail.com.

 

HLHS Easter Meat Sales time is now here!Order Deadline – April 2, 2014 Pickup meat on April 10 from 8 am – 6 pm OR April 11 from 8 am to noon. See the order form on the HLHS Bulletin Board, If you have any questions please give us a call – Lloyd W Wagnitz Heartland Lutheran High School 308-385-3900.

 

Today in Sunday SchoolMarch 16, 2014

Today in Sunday School, we learn about Jesus teaching the Pharisee Nicodemus under the cover of night (John 3:1–21). Since the fall into sin, all are born spiritually blind, sinful, and unclean. We are like Nicodemus and cannot see our sin or understand who Jesus truly is for us. As children of God, born of water and the Spirit, we can see our sinfulness and the salvation that is ours in Jesus Christ. Talk to your children about their Baptism and discuss what Baptism does for us.

 

 

We are looking for individuals and or groups to help serve coffee and goodies on Sunday Mornings.  The Ladies Aid & LYF have taken the first, third and fifth Sundays, please sign up on the calendar by the kitchen window.

 

 

 

PRAYERS THIS WEEK:

• Les Schlegel Jenny Reynold’s father will be in Africa working on a water project from March 2-April 9.
• Bill Garrett who will undergo some tests on Tues. March 4^th in Grand Island.
• Nancy Harders Mother recovering from her stroke.
• Pastor Keylon recovering following his bypass surgery.
• Laurie Ocana recovering at home from shoulder surgery.

 

Suffering from Cancer:

 

• Gordon Bredthauer
• Earl Knuth (Nathan’s father)

 

 

 

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK:   

 

Ron & Dorothy Schultz – March 5

 

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK:  

 

Jerry Meyer – March 6, Jeff Harders – March 7, Kevin Harder – March 7,

Harold Plejdrup Jr- March 7, Leonard Boltz – March 8, Nicole Dibbern – March 8

 

 

 

 

You are invited to worship with us this Lenten Season

 

Lenten Worship Services

 

Ash Wednesday, March 5th – Weds April 9th services begin at 7:30 p.m. 

 

Lenten Suppers begin at 6:00 p.m.  Ash Weds Supper provided by Jenny R & Kassidy G, Ash Weds. Supper free will offering will be used for replenishing the children’s quiet bags used during worship.

 

Holy Week Worship Services

 

Palm Sunday / Confirmation Worship on Sunday April 13th at 9:00 a.m.

 

Maundy Thursday April 17 at 7:30 p.m. Good Friday April 18 at 7:30 p.m.

 

RESURECTION of OUR LORD Easter Sunrise Worship Service

 

Sunday April 20th at 7:00 a.m.  LYF Easter Breakfast following Worship.

 

 

 

 Gift Basket Fundraiser to help support Moses’ ministry. 

 

We will be taking donations of auction items/gift baskets until Wednesday, March 19th.  All items will be set out, and bidding will open Sun. March 23rd.  Bidding will end on Sun. April 20th 9:00 a.m. Contact the comfort dog group for more information.

 

 Job Opportunity – Childcare Director

 

All Belong to Christ Daycare & Preschool Director provides leadership and oversight in areas of program implementation, fiscal management, community relationships, and fund development. Responsibilities include ensuring that the program standards are met in the facility, food service, hiring/supervising staff, and providing leadership for the program quality. This is a full-time position. Possibility of teaching a preschool class for the 14-15 school year. The pay is based on education and relevant experience. Experience working with Google Drive, Quickbooks, and Microsoft Office is preferred. Please send resume to Christ Lutheran Church PO BOX 9 Cairo, NE 68824 or email to allbelongtochristdaycare@gmail.com

 

 PLEASE TAKE NOTE…LWML 

 

Will no longer be collecting ALL ink cartridges. They will ONLY be collecting the ink cartridges with the ink head included in it. PLEASE see the example on the donation box.  THANK YOU for supporting this LWML project.

 

 The LWML Planning Meeting for the Spring Workshop will be held Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. at Christ Lutheran Church in St. Paul. All society presidents and zone board members should attend this meeting.  If the president of your society can not attend, please send another representative from your group. Also, please remember to bring your used printer cartridges you have collected at your church

 

Don’t forget to purchase your Christian Greeting Cards

 

They are located in the cabinet in the Fellowship Hall for only .75 cents or 12 cards for $8. Greeting cards include Mother’s Day, Baby Baptism, Birthday, Anniversary, Sympathy, New Baby, Confirmation, Graduation, Christmas, Easter and Thinking of You.

 

 HLHS Red & Blue Banquet & Auction March 23, 2014 at Heartland Lutheran High School 3900 W Husker Hwy. Grand Island NE  3:00 pm Silent Auction; 5:00 pm Dinner; 6:15 pm Speaker (Kevin Kush); 7:00 pm Live Auction

 

Featured Speaker is Kevin Kush, Head Football Coach Boys Town, NE. “A piece of the Puzzle-Eight traits of a Quality Teammate” Advanced Sale Tickets: $70 ($60 if purchased by 1/31/14) Sponsorship tables available see the poster on the HLHS bulletin board or by the Kitchen window for more information. The BANQUET is SOLD OUT however Jan still has some drawing tickets available.  

 

 Sunday Morning Bible Study, led by Chaplain Flores. The curriculum is by Philip Yancey, renowned Christian author, who says: “WHAT’S SO AMAZING ABOUT GRACE? – Take the principals I learned from Jesus and apply them in real-life, contemporary situations. Grace is not just about what happened two thousand years ago. It affects how we treat illegal aliens and former enemies, as well as outspoken pro-choice activists or other groups with whom we might disagree. It concerns what happens today, between you and your father or your unjust employer or the cranky neighbor down the street.”

 

 

Nebraskans Impacting the World 2014 Food Pack

 

Saturday April 26; 285,120 Meals; $72,000.00; Four 2 Hours Sessions 8/10-10-Noon/Noo-2/2-4; 800 Volunteers; Meals sent to Dominican Republic & Haiti. For more information contact Joann Hulme – joannhulme@hotmail.com You can donate by sending a check payable to ImpactLives c/o First Baptist Church P.O. Box 117, Cairo, NE  68824 or online at www.ImpactLives.org please select campaign ~ Nebraska Impacting the World.

 

 Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity House Build

 

 The nonprofit organization has set its sights on March 15 for the start of its 22nd construction season. Habitat is seeking volunteer groups to schedule their businesses, organizations and other groups for Saturdays during construction season. Both unskilled and skilled volunteers are needed for tasks from hammering to raking and measuring to carrying. The first home to be built this year, with support from community volunteers, will be at 930 Lambert, just northeast of Lincoln Elementary School. For several months, preparations have been underway to build two houses on the site. Our church is scheduled to tentatively work on March 15^th (footings), 22^nd (floor), 29^th (walls); we need a crew of 5 or more, if you are interested in helping in any way see Lee Echtenkamp his phone number is 308-850-8816. More information is posted on the bulletin board by the church office.

 

 Today in Sunday School  March 2, 2014

 

Today’s Sunday School, lesson is about the Transfiguration of our Lord as recorded in Matthew 17:1–9. At the transfiguration, Jesus’ glory was unveiled before the disciples. Today, His glory is unveiled for us in the Word preached by the pastor, in the water of Baptism, and in the bread and wine of His Holy Supper. In heaven, we shall see Him in all His glory! Talk with your children about how we are like the disciples, who trembled at the sound of God’s voice, because we, too, are sinful and unworthy to see Him face-to-face. Emphasize that through His Word and Sacraments, Jesus makes us clean and worthy to stand face-to-face with God, our Father.

⁸And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.” ⁹Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, ¹⁰and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. ¹¹And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank. ¹²The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” ¹³So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. ¹⁴And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.” ¹⁵Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. ¹⁶The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. ¹⁷Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. ¹⁸Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

 

¹⁶For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” ¹⁸we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. ¹⁹And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, ²⁰knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. ²¹For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

 

PRAIRIE FIRE COMING IN JUNE Prairie Fire is back! After taking a few years off to sharpen our focus, Prairie Fire will once again be offered on Saturday, June 7, at Concordia, Seward. This day-long event for laity and church workers will focus on equipping congregations and individuals for being out in their communities, shining the love of Christ for all to see, building relationships with those outside the church, strengthening those inside the church, and being ready to give an answer when they are asked about what they believe.We are pleased to welcome Bruce Wurdeman, former executive director of Lutheran Hour Ministries, as the keynote speaker for the day. He will offer encouragement and practical tools for sharing our faith in everyday conversations. Breakout sessions will be offered on a number of topics, all designed to offer you practical, take-home tips and outreach activities that you can start right away when you return home. Registration materials will be made available online and mailed to church offices in March. Mark your calendar and plan now to join us for this exciting day!

 

HLHS Red & Blue Banquet & Auction March 23, 2014 at Heartland Lutheran High School 3900 W Husker Hwy. Grand Island NE  3:00 pm Silent Auction; 5:00 pm Dinner; 6:15 pm Speaker (Kevin Kush); 7:00 pm Live Auction

 Featured Speaker is Kevin Kush, Head Football Coach Boys Town, NE. “A piece of the Puzzle-Eight traits of a Quality Teammate” Advanced Sale Tickets: $70 ($60 if purchased by 1/31/14) Sponsorship tables available see the poster on the HLHS bulletin board or by the Kitchen window for more information.

 The BANQUET is SOLD OUT however Jan still has some drawing tickets available.  

Sunday Morning Bible Study, led by Chaplain Flores. The curriculum is by Philip Yancey, renowned Christian author, who says: “WHAT’S SO AMAZING ABOUT GRACE? – Take the principals I learned from Jesus and apply them in real-life, contemporary situations. Grace is not just about what happened two thousand years ago. It affects how we treat illegal aliens and former enemies, as well as outspoken pro-choice activists or other groups with whom we might disagree. It concerns what happens today, between you and your father or your unjust employer or the cranky neighbor down the street.”

Nebraskans Impacting the World 2014 Food Pack

 Saturday April 26; 285,120 Meals; $72,000.00; Four 2 Hours Sessions 8/10-10-Noon/Noo-2/2-4; 800 Volunteers; Meals sent to Dominican Republic & Haiti. For more information contact Joann Hulme – joannhulme@hotmail.com You can donate by sending a check payable to ImpactLives c/o First Baptist Church P.O. Box 117, Cairo, NE  68824 or online at www.ImpactLives.org please select campaign ~ Nebraska Impacting the World.

 

 Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity House Build

 The nonprofit organization has set its sights on March 15 for the start of its 22nd construction season. Habitat is seeking volunteer groups to schedule their businesses, organizations and other groups for Saturdays during construction season. Both unskilled and skilled volunteers are needed for tasks from hammering to raking and measuring to carrying. The first home to be built this year, with support from community volunteers, will be at 930 Lambert, just northeast of Lincoln Elementary School. For several months, preparations have been underway to build two houses on the site. Our church is scheduled to tentatively work on March 15^th (footings), 22^nd (floor), 29^th (walls); we need a crew of 5 or more, if you are interested in helping in any way see Lee Echtenkamp his phone number is 308-850-8816. More information is posted on the bulletin board by the church office.

 

Gift Basket Fundraiser to help support Moses’ ministry. 

 We will be taking donations of auction items/gift baskets until Wednesday, March 19th.  All items will be set out, and bidding will open Sun. March 23rd.  Bidding will end on Sun. April 20th 9:00 a.m. Contact the comfort dog group for more information.

 

Today in Sunday School  February 23, 2014

 In Sunday School today, the theme is love for one’s enemies as recorded from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:38–48). The children studied the account of Ananias and Saul from Acts 9:10–19. Talk with your children about what made these two natural enemies. Ask your children to tell you how Jesus instructs us to treat our enemies. Talk about how we were enemies of God and how through Jesus God has made us His friends. I will be kind to others, even when they hurt me.

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. . .⁹“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. ¹⁰And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God. ¹¹“You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. ¹²You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. ¹³“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning. ¹⁴You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord. ¹⁵“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. ¹⁶You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord. ¹⁷“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. ¹⁸You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.