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.

PRAYERS THIS WEEK:

Suffering from Cancer: Gordon Bredthauer and Lamya Luckey

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK:

Leonard & Lorraine Boltz – Nov. 12

Chris & Crystal Johnson – Nov. 16

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK:

Samantha Neppl – Nov. 10, Dana Tonniges – Nov. 11, Kathy Reimers – Nov. 12, Sydney Johnson – Nov. 14, Tiffany Harders – Nov. 16, Jose Ocana – Nov. 16.

 

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.

Christmas at Concordia – REGISTER THIS WEEK!

Concordia University, Seward NE; December 6-8, 2013 online registration begins on Nov 4^th, see the Poster by the church office for more information.

 

 

Cristo Cordero Lutheran Church in GI – TODAY!

Invites you to the ordination and installation of Juan E Aguilar on Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 4:00 pm. A light supper will be served in the fellowship hall following the service.

Zion Lutheran Annual Soup Supper – TODAY!

Sunday, November 10^th 5:30-7:30 pm Serving Chili, Chicken Noodle and Vegetable Beef and homemade desserts. Freewill Offering. Zion Lutheran Church is located at 53125 Grand Island Road.

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.

 HANGING of the GREENS

Will be Sunday Dec. 1^st at 5 pm; bring snacks to share with the group.

EVERYONE is invited to help decorate the church for the upcoming Christmas Season.

 

Weds Evening Bible Study

We have two bibles studies going on one is “Christian Life Today; Health and Well Being”, if you have any questions see Jenny Reynolds. The other Study of Caring for Ageing Parents is still going on with Chaplain Flores.

Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity

The affiliate office new address is 502 W 2^nd St. GI; The ReStore is expanding at 3204 W College St, We are excited to be growing….Come and SEE us! SAVE THE DATES….Sunday, Dec. 8^th Cookie Walk at St Paul’s Lutheran Church GI, Bakers are still needed to provide 15,000 festive, colorful or decorated holiday cookies. Call 308-385-5510 to volunteer. Friday, February 25, 2014 BUILD A DREAM Delicious Dinner and Lively Auction. Call 308-385-5510 for ticket and sponsorship information.

American Red Cross Bloodmobile

Centura National Honor Society will host an American Red Cross Bloodmobile on Thursday, November 14 from 12:00-6:00 pm If you would like to make an appointment to donate blood please call Mrs. Moss at 485-4258 Ext. 132.

 

CNCAA Invites you Friday Nov 15 at 5:30 pm St Mary’s Cathedral Square Homemade Soup and Dessert a free will offering Guest Speakers are Chuck and Nancy Peek. They invite you to celebrate with them with the TREE of HOPE Fundraiser please see the bulletin board by the office for more info.

Hope Harbor, Inc 610 W Division St GI NE cordially invites you to a Holiday Open House Thurs Dec 5^th 5-7 pm

Heartland Lutheran High School Red & Blue 2014

Information for Sponsorship & Ticket Information is up on the HLHS Bulletin Board. Guest speaker is Kevin Kush, head football coach at Boys Town in Omaha NE. The Annual Banquet & Auction will be Sunday March 23, 2014.

Sunday School Notes – November 10, 2013

The account of “The Three Men in the Fiery Furnace” serves as the focus of Sunday School today.  Just as Jesus was with and saved the three men in the fiery furnace, so our Savior is with us and saves us in His Word and Sacraments, sustaining us when we suffer for His name. Questions for discussion include, “Who appeared in the fiery furnace with the three men? How has God rescued us from the fires of hell?”

¹Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. ²And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. ³And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” ⁴When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” ⁵Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” ⁶And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. ⁷Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, ⁸and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. ⁹And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. ¹⁰Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” ¹¹But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” ¹²He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.” ¹³Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” ¹⁴God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I am has sent me to you.’” ¹⁵God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.”

 

¹Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, ²not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. ³Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, ⁴who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. ⁵Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? ⁶And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. ⁷For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. ⁸And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. . . .      ¹³But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. ¹⁴To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁵So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter. ¹⁶Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, ¹⁷comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

 ²⁷There came to [Jesus] some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, ²⁸and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. ²⁹Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. ³⁰And the second ³¹and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. ³²Afterward the woman also died. ³³In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.” ³⁴And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, ³⁵but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, ³⁶for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. ³⁷But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. ³⁸Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him.” ³⁹Then some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” ⁴⁰For they no longer dared to ask him any question.