3.17.24 Bulletin & Announcements
PRAYER REQUESTS- Carol Malone, Nate and Sam Simley, Garret Fenner & family, Shirley Berg, Harold Ebens, Pastor Phil Larsen and family, Trudy Torgerson, Bonnie Plath, Arlene Haux, Tanya Ausk, and Erickson family. Please pray for our elders.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MARCH WORSHIP
Davenport Worship at 9:00am with Sunday School during Worship 9:15am
Norman will Worship at 11:00am with Sunday School during Worship 11:15
*No Sunday School today due to spring break
*THIS WEDNESDAY, March 20, (last Wednesday Service) Lent Worship 7pm at Davenport. Meal at 6pm. All welcome!!
Davenport members, please see signup sheet in entryway for meal items needed.
*THIS WEDNESDAY March 20th Bible Study Recap with Erin immediately following Lent worship at Davenport.
-Interested in joining Bible Study? Contact Erin Westby with questions erin.westby@hotmail.com 701-730-0779.
*Newsletter information due by March 20th. All articles, photos and information due to ndparishnews@gmail.com
*THIS WEEK Saturday, March 23 10-2pm Easter photos with bunnies, chicks and baby lambs at Davenport Lutheran. See signup genius for available times.
*Next Sunday March 24th Youth (9-12 grade) Bible Study with Josiah during 11am Worship at Norman
Future youth Bible Study April 21, May 19
*NEXT SUNDAY March 24, Palm Sunday- Kids will be singing during worship and carrying in palm branches. It is also, Welcome and New Member Sunday at both services.
Davenport potluck brunch following 9am Worship
Norman signup genius at ndparish.net for meal following 11am Worship.
*KAMA Easter Community Food Baskets.
Davenport 25 dozen eggs and Norman 25 bags of apples (2lb bags) Due to our church by next Sunday March 24th.
--If you would like to make a monetary donation for your churches KAMA items, please contact Joan or Pastor Katie.
A friendly reminder….
You may send your lent offering at VENMO@NormanLutheran
**Lenten Offering- The Parish Council has chosen to share this years’ lent offering with two of our Norman Davenport Parish families that are experiencing medical expenses. Nate and Sam Simley of Norman and Janet & Jess Hellman of Davenport. Please also continue to keep them in your prayers. This includes Wednesdays lent offering and Wednesdays meal free will offering.
*Kindred Food Pantry needs- soup, crackers, cereal, hamburger or tuna helper, salt & pepper, spices (onion, garlic & cinnamon), toilet paper, dish soap, toiletries (soap, deodorant, razors) and women’s hygiene products.
*Kindred Elementary School snack donations. This month’s need is applesauce pouches!
HOLY WEEK PARISH WORSHIP SERVICES
*NO Wednesday Worship March 27th
*Parish Maundy Thursday Worship Service- Thursday, March 28th 7pm at Norman Lutheran. Fifth grade First Communion during Worship.
*Parish Good Friday Worship Service- Friday, March 29th 7pm at Davenport Lutheran
*Easter Sunday Worship Services March 31
Davenport 9am (with Easter egg hunt following service)
Norman 11am (with Easter egg hunt following service)
You are welcome to attend either service! All welcome!
*Norman members please visit ndparish.net for opportunities to volunteer for ushering, reading, meal items needed, etc..
**MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR……
Sunday, April 28 Youth Group Meatball Dinner More info to come!!
Saturday, May 3 Dinner Theater at Davenport School featuring our own, Dawn Thompson! More info to come!!
Saturday, June 15th Davenport Community Days
COMMUNITY EVENTS…
Friday, March 22 Leonard Lions Club White Elephant Sale and Meat Raffle at Leonard Country Club 6:30pm
St Peter Church in Leonard Dinner Theater performances March 22, 23 and 24.
Thank you so much to everyone for the wonderful supper church last Sunday! It was a great evening! Thank you to the judges and to all the participants in the Hotdish Showdown. Congratulations to Denise Pfeifer for winning the Hotdish Showdown Trophy!!
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Norman Davenport Lutheran Worship
Fifth Sunday in Lent March 17th, 2024
Pastor Katie Kringstad
PRELUDE/BELL
WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS: P: “The Lord be with you! R: And also, with you
GATHERING
This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God.
GATHERING SONG My Faith Looks Up to Thee (ELW 759) vs 1-2 PEACE
ONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS (ELW p. 94).
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Let us pray. A brief silence is kept before the prayer.
O God, with steadfast love you draw us to yourself, and in mercy you receive our prayers. Strengthen us to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, that through life and death we may live in your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
CHILDREN’S MOMENT – Book – “An Easter Gift From Jesus His Love Lifts Us Up!”
FIRST READING: Jeremiah 31:31-34
PSALM: Psalm 51:1-12
SECOND READING: Hebrews 5:5-10
HYMN OF THE DAY: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (ELW 631) vs 1-2
READING: Philippians 4:7
“7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
SERMON – Max Lucado video – Meditate on These Things
Pastor’s Prayer –
Lord, we thank you for this day and for bringing each person here this morning. Help each of us to accept the invitation from Jesus which is, “Come, live in me! Make my home your home.” Help us to remember that God is near, and with us always. He promises that his supernatural peace will guard our hearts and our minds. Our minds can be filled with God-glorifying, healthy thoughts when we live with Jesus as Jesus lives with us. We know, Lord, that with you we can stop living with perpetual worry and anxiety. With you, we can lead a life in which we are anxious for nothing. In your holy name, we pray. Amen.
HYMN OF THE DAY: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (ELW 631) vs 3-4
APOSTLES’ CREED (ELW p. 152)
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.*
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
OFFERING SONG: Take My Life, That I May Be (ELW 685) 1-4
OFFERING PRAYER (ELW p. 152)
Let us pray.
Blessed are you, O God, maker of all things. Through your goodness, you have blessed us with these gifts: ourselves, our time, and our possessions. Use us, and what we have gathered, in feeding the world with your love, through the one who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ, our Savior, and Lord. Amen.
SENDING
God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world.
BLESSING (ELW p. 155)
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord’s face shine upon and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and ☩ give you peace. In the name of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit. Amen.
SENDING SONG: My Faith Looks Up to Thee (ELW 759) vs 3-4
DISMISSAL
Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God.
