10:30 A.M. WORSHIP SERVICESUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2018

FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT

ORGAN (ZION) EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINAORGAN (ZION) EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

1515 Organ Church Road, Salisbury, North Carolina 28146 Rev. Carlin Ours, PastorVicar: Jordan Davis, Mark Brown, Choir Director; Jana Thomas, Organist

March 11, 201810:30 a.m.

WORSHIP SERVICE

Welcome and Announcements

(Congregation will please stand.) (Congregation responses are in bold.)GATHERING

Invocation

P: In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit,C: Amen

The Confession and Forgiveness

P: Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

C: Amen

P: Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.P: Gracious God,C: have mercy on us. We confess that we have turned from you

and given ourselves into the power of sin. We are truly sorry and humbly repent. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things we have done and things we have failed to do. Turn us again to you, and uphold us by

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your Spirit, so that we may live and serve you in newness of life through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

P: God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin, and made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved. In the name of + Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven. Almighty God strengthen you with power through the Holy Spirit, that Christ may live in your hearts through faith. C: Amen

Hymn: “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” # 338 (page 13)

Children's Sermon (3 yr. to 5th grade) dismissed to attend Children’s Church.

THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM for: Adley Grace MayP: In holy baptism our gracious heavenly Father liberates us from sin and

death by joining us to the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are born children of a fallen humanity; in the waters of baptism we are reborn children of God and inheritors of eternal life. By water and the Holy Spirit we are made members of the church which is the body of Christ. As we live with him and with his people, we grow in faith, love, and obedience to the will of God. Trusting in the grace and love of God, do you desire to have Adley baptized?Parent: I do.

PRESENTATIONP: As you present Adley for baptism in Christian love, you are entrusted

with gifts & responsibilities: LIVE with her among God’s faithful people, BRING her to the services of worship in God’s house, TEACH her the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed, and the Ten Commandments. As she grows in years, you should: PLACE in her hands the Holy Scriptures, PROVIDE for her instruction in the Christian faith, so that she may learn to trust God, proclaim Christ through word and deed, care for others and the world God made, and lead godly lives until the day of Jesus Christ. Do you promise to fulfill these obligations?Parent I do.

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P: Family and friends, do you promise to nurture Adley in the Christian faith as you are empowered by God’s Spirit, help her live in the covenant of baptism, support and pray for her in her new life in Christ? We do.

RENUNCIATION OF EVILP: I ask you to reject sin, profess your faith in Christ, and confess the faith

of the church. Do you renounce the devil and all the forces that defy God?

C: I renounce them.Do you renounce the powers of this world that rebel against God?

C: I renounce them.Do you renounce the ways of sin that draw you from God?

C: I renounce them.Do you turn to Christ as your Lord and Savior?

C: In faith I turn to Christ

PROFESSION OF FAITHP: Do you believe in God the Father?

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.P: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?

I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord,who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit,born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven,and is seated at the right hand of the Father,He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

P: Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit?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.

(*which means “the holy Christian church”)THE THANKSGIVING

The Lord be with you. And also with you.Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord.Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

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It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Holy God, holy and merciful, holy and mighty, you are the river of life, you are the everlasting wellspring, you are the fire of rebirth. Glory to you for oceans and lakes, for rivers and streams. Honor to you for cloud and rain, for dew and snow. Your waters are below us, around us, above us: our life is born in you. You are the fountain of resurrection.

Praise to you for your saving waters: Noah and the animals survived the flood, Hagar discovered your well. The Israelites escaped through the sea, and they drank from your gushing rock. Naaman washed away his disease, and the Samaritan woman’s thirst was satisfied.

At this font, holy God, we pray: Praise to you for the water of baptism and for your Word that saves us in this water. Breathe your Spirit into all who are gathered here and into all creation. Illumine our days. Enliven our bones. Dry our tears. Wash away the sin within us, and drown the evil around us.

Satisfy all our thirst with your living water, Jesus Christ, our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

BAPTISMAdley, I baptize you in the name of the Father, (water is poured)

And of the Son, (water is poured again)And of the Holy Spirit. Amen. (water is poured a final time)Blessed be God, the source of all life, the word of salvation, and the spirit of mercy!Amen.

LAYING ON OF HANDSLet us pray. We give you thanks, O God, that through water and the Holy Spirit you give your child, Adley new birth. Wash her from sin, and raise her to eternal life.

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(The presiding minister lays both hands on the head of the newly baptized.)

Sustain Adley with the gift of your Holy Spirit: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord,the spirit of joy in your presence, both now and forever. Amen.

SEALING WITH THE SIGN OF THE CROSS & ANOINTING WITH OIL(In the Old Testament, the anointing of oil signifies a person being chosen by God. The sign of the cross is made on the forehead of each of the baptized. As the sign of the cross is made, the minister says:)Adley, child of God, you have been sealed by the Holy Spirit, and marked with the cross of Christ forever. Amen.

THE BAPTISMAL CANDLE(A lighted candle is given to the newly baptized. This candle connects the death & resurrection of Jesus with our baptismal death & resurrection to new life.)

Let your light so shine before others that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Receive this baptismal candle which is to be lighted at each anniversary of Adley’s baptism as a reminder of the glory and obligation which Baptism bestows.

Let us pray: O God, the giver of life, look with kindness upon this family. Let them ever rejoice in the gift you have given them. Make them teachers and examples of righteousness for her. Strengthen them in their own baptism, so they may share eternally with Adley the salvation you have given them, through Jesus Christ our Lord.Amen.

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PRESENTATION and WELCOME(The pastor presents the newly baptized to the congregation.)C: We welcome you into the Lord’s family. We receive you as a

fellow member of the body of Christ, a child of the same heavenly Father, and a worker with us in the kingdom of God.

May the Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor (+), and give you his peace.

Amen.

Apostolic Greeting(pg. 138)

P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

C: And also with you.

Kyrie.......

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Prayer of the DayAlmighty God, grant that we, who for our evil deeds worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of your grace, may mercifully be relieved; through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.C: Amen

OFFERING

Choir Anthem: “Come to the Table of the Lord” By Jay Althouse

Offertory Hymn: “Create in Me” # 186

WORD

FIRST READING: NUMBERS 21:4-94From Mount Hor {the Israelites} 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.8

PSALM 107:1-91Give thanks to the Lord, for | he is good,*

and his mercy en- | dures forever.2Let all those whom the Lord has re- | deemed proclaim*

that he redeemed them from the hand | of the foe.3He gathered them out | of the lands;*

from the east and from the west, from the north and | from the south.4Some wandered in | desert wastes;*

they found no way to a city where | they might dwell.5They were hun- | gry and thirsty;*

their spirits lan- | guished within them.6Then they cried to the Lord | in their trouble,*

and he delivered them from | their distress.7He put their feet on a | straight path*

to go to a city where | they might dwell.8Let them give thanks to the Lord | for his mercy*

and the wonders he does | for his children.9For he satis- | fies the thirsty*

and fills the hungry | with good things.

SECOND READING: EPHESIANS 2:1-101You 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 9

Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

P: GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

P: The Holy Gospel according to ST. JOHN THE 3RD CHAPTER C: Glory to you, O Lord

GOSPEL: JOHN 3:14-2114{Jesus said,} “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. 16For 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 works were evil. 20For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. 21But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”10

P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to you, O Christ.

THE SERMON Pastor Ours

Hymn: "O Living Bread from Heaven” # 542 (page 14)

HOLY COMMUNION

P: The Lord be with you.C: And also with you.P: Lift up your hearts.C: We lift them to the Lord.P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.C: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

P: It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and everliving God. But chiefly we are bound to praise you for the glorious resurrection of our Lord; for he is the true Passover Lamb who gave himself to take away our sin, who by his death has destroyed death, and by his rising has brought us to eternal life. And so, with Mary Magdalene and Peter and all the witnesses of the resurrection, with earth and sea and all their creatures, and with angels and archangels, cherubim and seraphim, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

THE SANCTUS: “Holy, Holy, Holy Lord” # 144P: THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER AND WORDS OF INSTITUTIONC: Amen THE LORD’S PRAYERC: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy

kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the

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kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

(We Sit) Serving of the Communion.(We Stand) Post-communion Blessing:

The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. Amen.

SENDING Benediction

Hymn: “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” #742 (page 15)

Dismissal /Doxology # 884

Postlude

LESSONS FOR NEXT WEEK:Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 119:9-16; Hebrews 5:1-10;

Mark 10:[32-34] 35-45

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

THIS WEEK AT ORGANTODAY: Sunday, March 11, 2018

8:00 am Council Meeting9:00 am Chat-N-Chew9:30 am Sunday School

10:30 am Worship ServiceMonday, March 12, 2018

10:30 am Bible Study/Communion/Prayer7:00 pm Bible Study/Communion/Prayer

Wednesday, March 14, 20186:00 pm Meal (Seniors)6:30 pm Lenten Bible Study/Fellowship Hall7:30 pm Choir Practice

Thursday, March 15, 20189–10:00 Food Pantry/ Clothing Closet

Next Sunday, March 18, 20189:00 am Chat-N-Chew9:30 am Sunday School

10:30 am Worship Service11:45 am 1st Communion Instruction

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SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR Cody Trexler Logan CheesemanAnn Donahue Jackie Brown Fred Basinger Colleen FespermanCoy Shive Wendy Sifford Gene Ray Floyd GoodmanRay Fryer Scott Shoe Larry Brown Sandy CampbellAshley Sapp Kay Lambe Linda Pless Claudine CochranNancy Lyerly Betty Buckwell Elvira Linder Scarlett LivingoodRenee Wright Maurice Staley Donald Wilhelm Bill ThompsonHope Schenk Clarence Miller Larry Castor Cleo HaynesFrank Brady Daisy Bost Connie Griffin

THANK YOU to everyone who came out and supported Jesse’s Ride last week. The lunch was a great success! Many effected by PTSD will be blessed by your donations.

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MONDAY BIBLE STUDY CLASSES WITH COMMUNION AND PRAYER is at 10:30 in the morning and the other is a 7:00 in the evening with Pastor Ours.

LENTEN BIBLE STUDIES CONTINUE. Organ is teaming up with Rev. Ken Reed of Concordia Lutheran, Rev. Jarrod Lanning of Trinity Lutheran, Rev. Dawn Rister of Salem Lutheran and Rev. Randy Drafts of Faith Lutheran for Lenten Bible Studies on Wednesday nights. Pastor Ours will have our first Bible Study that begins with a meal at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall and Bible Study at 6:30 p.m. Others as follows:Wed. Mar 14 Rev. Jarrod LanningWed. Mar 21 Rev. Dawn Rister

WRITE PASTORIAL CONCERNS (prayers needed or sick folks etc.) on the sheet in the narthex for the Pastor to see.

THE CLOTHING CLOSET is stuffed…. overloaded with clothes right now and will not be accepting clothes for a while! We will let everyone know when we need more! Thank you for all your donations! Please continue to donate to our Food Pantry, as we are running low on food!

A CHICKEN DINNER FUNDRAISER will be held March 24, 2018 from 4:00––7:00 p.m. at Rock Grove UMC. (Sponsored by Troop 324.) Meal includes ½ chicken, beans, slaw, roll and dessert for $10 a plate, carry out only. See Zeke Brown or Kellin Ours for tickets.

FIRST COMMUNION instruction will be held right after the church service on March 18. This class is for anyone 1st grade and above, who has never participated in Communion.

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If YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND CONNIE GRIFFIN a get well card, her address is:

2375 Sides Rd.Rockwell, NC 28138

RENEE WRIGHT has moved and has a new address. Please send cards to:

Renee Wright (Room 102-B)1930 Woodhaven Dr.Albemarle, NC 28001

THE CHURCH BIRDHOUSE located at the church office is given to the Glory of God in memory of Dennis “Gobe” Goble by his family. This birdhouse was handmade by Shawn Cox.THE EASTER EGG HUNT will be taking place on March 24 from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm. Let Rita Ramsey know if you are willing to bring candy, trinkets, eggs, cupcakes, Hawaiian Punch, or are willing to volunteer at the event.

THE YOUTH GROUP is selling tickets for their BBQ chicken plate fundraiser to help pay for the Summer Retreat. The meal will be April 14. Tickets are $9 a plate. Please see any Luther League member to buy tickets.

YOUTH GROUP DATES TO SAVE! March 21—Lenten meal planning and service. March 23-24 Luther League Lock-In

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ROWAN HELPING MINISTRIES’ DONATIONS for March are FRUIT & JUICES (CANNED).

Please place the items in the bins in the breezeway.

ORGAN FOOD PANTRY DONATION for March are CANNED SOUPS & CANNED PASTA.Please place the items in the bins in the breezeway.

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March 4, 2018 TELLER REPORTNeeded for weekly 2018 BUDGET: ($5,737.88)General Fund $ 6,985Loose Offering $ 93Building & Repair $ 25Chat and Chew $ 13.00Sunday School Attendance 104 $ 65.0010:30 Worship Service 301 $ 7,078.00Children’s Church (Adults 3) 18

VOLUNTEERS FOR MARCH 2018

Head Usher: Kenny AustinDate Ushers Tellers Greeters11 Sarah Rex, Cory

Ours, Dale & Cherry Funderburk

Perry AustinKenny AustinJonathan McCullough

Buddy & Dianne Artz

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Perry AustinKenny AustinJonathan McCullough

Buddy & Dianne Artz

25Palm Sunday

Sarah Rex, Cory Ours, Dale & Cherry Funderburk

Perry AustinKenny AustinJonathan McCullough

Buddy & Dianne Artz

29 Com.Maundy Thur

Sarah Rex, Cory Ours, Dale & Cherry Funderburk

Perry AustinKenny AustinJonathan McCullough

Buddy & Dianne Artz

30Good Friday

Perry Austin, KennyJonathan McCullough

Buddy & Dianne Artz

Date Acolytes Crucifer Lector11 Braden & Bryson Shive Blaze Shoe Alvin Park

18 Camrie & Celia SiffordHunter Hill

Jim Lober

25Palm Sunday

Mallory BentleyRiley McCullough Zeke Brown

Bill Shive

29 Com. Kellin Ours

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Date Communion Assistants Communion Helpers29 Com. Teenie McCullough Wayne McCullough

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