Zion Ev. Lutheran Church, Friedheim 10653 N 550 W

Decatur, IN 46733

Rev. Daniel F. Dahling 547-4248 (Office)

547-4534 (Parsonage)

Website – www.zionfriedheim.org Pastor’s E-Mail – pastor@zionfriedheim.org

Secretary’s E-Mail – churchoffice@zionfriedheim.org Parish Nurse’s E-Mail – wlwlichtle@hotmail.com

Mr. Lowell Timm, Principal Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School

Mrs. Sandy Blomenberg, Director of Music Mrs. Wava Lichtle, Parish Nurse

September 6, 2009

Welcome! We are so glad you have chosen to worship with us this beau-tiful summer day. If you are visiting, please sign your name to one of the guest registries that can be found in either entranceway of the church. If you are communing, take a moment to complete a communion registration card. Cards can be found in either entranceway of the church and can be given to one of the Deacons or placed in the offering plate. Come back and worship with us again soon.

Proper 18/Pentecost 14 September 6, 2009

The Order of Service LSB Page 184

The Hymns LSB #819; #797; #524; #575; #560; #850

The Theme of the Day Deliverance

Isaiah 34:4-7a God promises to come and deliver His people from fear

James 2:1-10, 14-18 True religion is found in doing God’s Word Mark 7:24-37 Jesus delivers a person from physical handicaps

Sermon “Jesus, who has done all things well” – Mark 7:31-37

Mark convinces us to count on Jesus Christ be cause He has done all things well.

1. “He has done all things well,” says Mark. 2. Jesus’ work can be ours as well.

We may live with a certain amount of doubt and skepticism about the quality and reliability of goods and services provided for us today, but we have absolute confidence and trust in the goods and services God has provided in Christ Jesus. We know we can count on Jesus Christ. He has done all things well.

The Acolyte Trevor Black + SOLI DEO GLORIA +

Statement of Communion Practice

Luther found his deepest treasure in the forgiveness of sins and called it “the sun around which all other doctrines revolve like pla-nets.” Jesus promised forgiveness in the Lord’s Supper. Deeply thankful for His gift to us here, we also express our deep desire to celebrate the sacrament according to His Will. As this includes doc-trinal oneness, we practice close communion and asks guests to speak with the pastor before the service.

We remember our members who are celebrating birthdays this week—Hank Dahling, Mendi Douglas, Cecelia Smith, JoAnn Baumann, Heath Witte, Mike Linnemeier, Christian Robinson, Kyle Brodbeck, Rachelle Buuck, Ashlyn Black, T racy Stevens, Bethany Evans, and Dennis Werl-ing. We remember Lowell Timm, our Wyneken principal, as well as Lisa Bills. May our loving Savior direct, bless, and guide their lives.

May the Great Physician grant health and strength to all who are in need of His healing hand. We especially remember Jim Riemke, Roz Schamer-loh, Nathan Coffey (Amber Conrad’s brother), and the improved condition of Connie Darnell (Carol Hitzfield’s sister).

We rejoice with Jason & Ashley (Darling) Miller on the birth of their first child, a son, Ezra Charles, last Thursday, September 3. May the Good Shepherd keep an ever-watchful eye on this most precious of His lambs.

We remember in our prayers Gary & Dorothy Heckman who will celebrate their 64th wedding anniversary this Wednesday, September 9. May our Heavenly Father continue to bless and guide this couple.

The flowers on the altar have been placed there to the glory of God and in honor of Gary & Dorothy Heckman’s 64th wedding anniversary. Their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchild have placed flowers in church this morning with much love and admira-tion.

We remember those who are serving our country—Jason Putteet who is in South Korea, Andy Buuck (Jan Buuck’s and Cheryl Bultemeyer’s ne-phew) who is in Afghanistan, Randy McAllister (Fern Riemke’s son and brother of Kim, Terry, and Julie), Nic Timm (Lowell & Jean’s son), our re-servists, Mike Brandt and Cody Kiess (grandson of Gene & Irene Kiess), James Johnson (Jean Timm’s nephew), and Chad Hall (Doris Conrad’s son-in-law). May the Lord protect and guide them in their missions.

Today we conclude or review of Luther’s Small Catechism by reviewing questions 12-20 of Christian Questions with Their Answers, prepared by Dr. Martin Luther. They first appeared in an edition of the Small Catech-ism in 1551. Please turn to pages 329-330 in your Lutheran Service Book.

Board of Stewardship’s Food for Thought - J. Hudson Taylor wrote, ―God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.‖ The message from this statement is that God has given His people all the material and spiri-tual resources needed to accomplish His purposes. When we do God’s will, He will supply, through us, all the resources that are needed for His Church (2 Corinthians 9:10-11). He wants us to be His channels through which the gifts needed for His work will flow. By God’s grace, we can be faithful stewards who willingly share our gifts for God’s work.

You can watch Worship for Shut-Ins on Sunday mornings at 6:30 a.m. on WPTA-TV Channel 21, at 8 a.m. on Digital 33.2 & Satellite 252 on Sunday mornings, or on Comcast Cable Channel 55 on Sunday and Monday af-ternoons at 4 p.m. They are also now broadcasting via the DIRECTV Channel 377 on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. Rev. Karl A. Frincke of Concordia Lutheran Church in Ft. Wayne delivers today’s ser-mon, ―Loosened by Tongues,‖ from Mark 7:31-37. Touched by God’s love, we often keep quiet about it, but the Spirit and Jesus enables us to speak and share the good news of Jesus.

If you are unable to come to church, make sure you listen to our live ser-vice on WZBD (92.7 FM) broadcast from 9:05 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. You can also listen to the broadcast over the Internet. Just log on to our website (www.zionfriedheim.org) and click on ―Listen to Zion’s worship service on WZBD radio from 9:05 - 9:50 a.m. on Sunday mornings.‖ Today’s broad-cast is in memory of Eldora Scheumann.

Listen to the Lutheran Hour, which airs on Sunday on WLW (700) from Cincinnati at 7:00 a.m. and on Van Wert stations WERT (1220) and WKSD (99.7 FM) at 10:30 a.m. The program is broadcast on Sundays at 8:05 a.m. on WZBD (92.7 FM) and on WFCV (1090 AM) at 3:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Lutheran Hour can also be heard on WOWO (1190 AM) on Sunday mornings at 11:00 a.m. Today’s broadcast, ―Sign Language,‖ is based on Mark 7:32-35. Need a miracle? God cares, and He gives us our miracle in the person of our Savior, Jesus Christ!

You can listen to Issues, Etc., when you want and hear what you want at www.isuesetc.org. Issues, Etc. is produced by Lutheran Public Radio and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken.

Included in this morning’s bulletin is our weekly study guide, ―Time in the Word.‖ Next week’s theme is ―The Faith of a Christian.‖

Choir practice begins this Wednesday, September 9, at 7 p.m. New members are always welcome!

Our Sunday School teaching staff is complete; however, we still need to know who would be willing to substitute or help in the classroom. Please contact Amy Walker (547-4648), Sara Rhymer (547-4408), or Pastor Dahling as soon as possible. Next Sunday is Rally Day, the first day of Sunday School.

Don’t forget that the ladies of the LWML are planning a brunch in the Pa-rish Hall for Rally Day, Sunday, September 13, following the worship ser-vice. Your help is needed. Breakfast rolls, breads, coffee cakes, muffins, etc. are needed for the brunch, help is needed to set up and to prepare the casseroles at 8 a.m. on Saturday, September 12, serve the brunch on Sunday, or help clean up afterwards. If you are willing to help with any of these tasks, please contact one of our LWML officers—Ann Crosby, Kathy Bultemeier, Cindy Wass, or Evie Fuhrman. Thanks so much.

Beth Kitson is September’s coordinator for Meals of Grace. Beth can be reached at 724-9674 if you know of someone who could benefit from this ministry.

LYF Members: Preble’s LYF has invited you to join them as they go through the Haunted Barn (as a trial run) on Saturday, September 26, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. There will be a bonfire and cookout. Parents are also welcome. There is no cost to go through the Barn and all the food will be provided. We may go over as a group, watch the bulletin for the most up-to-date information.

Visit Immanuel House for clothing and ―garden extras,‖ which can be found in the garage beside Immanuel House) each Wednesday and Fri-day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Keep Immanuel House in your thoughts when you are cleaning out your closets. Your clean, gently used items can be placed in the box in the Parish Hall near the east door and Joe Gorman will deliver them to Immanuel House.

The Portals of Prayer for the October-December quarter can be picked up at your convenience. Copies can be found in either entranceway of the church. You might even consider taking one and dropping it off in the waiting room of your doctor, beautician, at the hospital, or any other place where people may enjoy looking over this devotional. What an easy way to help spread the Gospel. There are usually a number of extra books available; don’t hesitate to take a copy for yourself and one to share.

Parents, we still need a few addresses. If you haven’t yet contacted Pas-tor Dahling and/or the church office with your child’s college information, could you please do so soon with their address (both e-mail and snail mail)? You can also e-mail that information to us, if it would be easier, to pastor@zionfriedheim.org or churchoffice@zionfriedheim.org. Thanks so much for your assistance.

The LWML Fall Quarterlies have arrived. You may pick up a copy as you leave the service this morning.

Don’t forget that you can go on to our church’s website (www.zionfriedheim.org) and look over the available dates, topics, and scripture and make your choice for our 2010 Lenten Devotional, The Gos-pel of Mark. Please e-mail Pastor Dahling (pastor@zionfriedheim.org) with your selection. It will then be marked as ―taken‖ so that it doesn’t get chosen twice. Your help is so very much appreciated.

A sign-up sheet for the Lutheran Study Bible, as well as an informational booklet, can be found in the south entranceway. Orders are needed by October 25.

Come to the First Sunday Brunch at Concordia Theological Seminary to-day from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Shepherds Brass will fill the air with song. The cost of the brunch is $11 for adults, $10 for Senior Citizens (60+), and $5 for children (4-12).

The Ladies Aid of St. Paul, Preble, is having their Gently Used Sale on Friday, September 18, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturday, Septem-ber 19, from 8 a.m. to noon. Saturday will be ―half-price day.‖ There will also be a bake sale.

Be a part of TCT’s Praise-A-Thon, September 13-20 from 9 a.m. to mid-night. Sign up for two-hour shifts and enjoy the company of other volun-teers. See the insert in today’s bulletin for more information.

The 2009-2010 school year marks the 75th anniversary at Concordia Lu-theran High School. Next Sunday, September 13, there will be a special worship service at 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. The congrega-tion is invited to attend, celebrating and thanking God for the blessings of 75 years of education with Christ at the center. As part of this event, there will also be a Festival Choir led by Choral Director, Tim LaCroix. Those who wish to be a part of the choir are asked to attend two brief rehearsals. The first is on Thursday, September 10, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Con-cordia’s Choral Room, while the second one is at 2:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Sunday, September 13.

The 2009 Lutheran for Life Conference will be held on Saturday, October 10, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Valparaiso, IN from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This conference is an event the whole family can enjoy with programming for infants, children, and teens. Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments are included. The cost is $10 per adult if you register by Friday, October 2. After that date, the cost is $15. Children and students can attend free. The main speaker is Dr. Gilbert Meilaender, department chair of theology at Valparaiso University. The title of his presentation is ―Life’s Beginnings: Thinking Ecumenically. You can also choose to attend two other sessions (from four)—―Teaching the Truth of LIFE‖ with Terry and Connie Davis. They will discuss the importance of teaching the value of God’s gift of LIFE to children in our schools and homes. ―Stem Cell Research and Cloning 101: A primer‖ is the topic of Session 2. This DVD is a clear, viewer-friendly beginners’ guide to understanding this complicated topic. Session 3, ―Abortion as Betrayal,‖ is being presented by Dr. Richard Stitch as he discusses abortion and euthanasia. Rev. Jeff and Julie Carter will present, ―Caring for God’s Children.‖ They will share their experiences as foster/adoptive parents of children with disabilities. There will also be a free will offering to benefit the Porter County Women’s Center during the concluding prayer service. There is a cap of 200 participants. You can reserve your spot by phone or e-mail and then pay at the door. Please contact Allison Carter, event coordinator, at ivorysarai@yahool.com or call 219-241-1401. (You may also contact the church office and more com-plete information can be e-mailed to you.)

The Seminary Guild invites you to Tea and Sandwiches on Tuesday, September 15, at 1 p.m. in Luther Hall. They want to share exciting op-portunities and programs for the upcoming year. Bring a friend! Hus-bands are welcome! Please call Marge Gruber at 260-452-2260 by Tues-day, September 8, to reserve your spot.

Martini Lutheran Church, 333 E. Moeller Road in New Haven is having a hog roast with Open House on Sunday, October 11, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Presale tickets are available by calling Kim at 493-0502. The cost is $6 for adults, $4 for children 6-11, and free for those five and under. Carry outs are also available.

The 35th Annual Convention of the Lutheran Laymen’s League (Indiana District) will be held at Zion Lutheran Church in Seymour, Indiana on Sat-urday, October 17, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Richard P. Cohrs, manager of District and Congregational Relations for Lutheran Hour Ministries, is the guest speaker. The registration price is $50 and includes breakfast, lunch, program, break-outs, and the evening banquet. If you wish to go to

the banquet only, that cost is $15. More information will follow, but you might want to save the date.

Golden Meadows Home is sponsoring a ―Potato Bake‖ luncheon at the Riverside Center this Saturday, September 12, from 11 a.m. to noon. Your free-will donation will get you a large baked potato with your choice of trimmings and a dessert. All proceeds benefit their Special Needs Res-ident Fund.

Contact Nila Widenhoefer at 441-8623 if you are interested in getting a craft table at Martini Lutheran Church’s craft bazaar and bake sale on Saturday, November 14. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Bowling Center in Bluffton, Indiana has a ―Subway Church League‖ that bowls every Monday evening at 7:45 p.m. starting on September 14 and running through May 3. Four bowlers compete each week, but you can have an unlimited roster. The team can be all men, all women, or you may field a mixed team. There is a $12 team entry fee and individual sanction fees of $15 for men and $14.50 for women. Last year the weekly fee to bowl was $9 per person. If interested contact The Bowling Center at 260-824-9966.

Wyneken News

The Scholastic Book Fair will open on Tuesday, September 8, and will run through the week from 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Your child will have an opportunity to visit the book fair during the school day and after school. Wednesday, September 9, will be Book Fair Family Night. The Book Fair will remain open until 6:30 p.m. to let anyone who cannot make it dur-ing school hours an opportunity to look over and purchase items then.

The first PTL meeting of the year is set for Monday, September 14. This is a great way to become involved with the activities and events at Wyne-ken. The PTL is also responsible for much of the fundraising done throughout the year. Make a point of coming to this 7 p.m. meeting. The 8th graders will provide childcare.

Chapel offerings for the first quarter have been designated to the Confes-sional Lutheran Education Foundation to help pay for a mission trip Pastor Dan Brege is planning. Pastor Brege needs to raise $5,000 to go on the trip and will not know his destination until he comes closer to his funding goals.

School pictures will be taken on Friday, September 11. Checks should be made payable to Gibby’s Express Photo. You are not obligated to pur-chase a picture package, but all students will be photographed for the yearbook.

Just a reminder that all students are to be inside the building at the 8 a.m. bell. Anyone arriving after that time will be considered tardy and will need to report to the office for a tardy slip.

If a student forgets to bring in his/her signed permission form for a field trip, no phone calls on their behalf will be made to parents or grandpa-rents. If they don’t have the permission slip turned in the morning of their trip, they will no go on the field trip with their rest of their class. They will stay in the school office with class work to complete.

SCRIP is available every day in the school office and after school on Fri-days. You can also purchase SCRIP today from our SCRIP representa-tive, Kim Weiland, or e-mail her at kimw@jwgroupinc.com to place your SCRIP order.

The 8th graders are sponsoring the school carnival this year to be held on Sunday, October 18. As in the past, a silent auction will be a part of this event. If you have items that you would like to donate for the auction, please contact the families of any of our 8th graders. Friedheim’s 8th grad-ers are Kolton Everett, Anna Franke, Freddie Geels, Ryan Hockemeyer, Kaity Jenkins, Taylor Rhymer, and Alyssa Strickler. Profits will be used for their Washington, DC trip.

Sports

The Athletic Boosters are accepting donations of bottled water, Gatorade, and pop in 20 oz. (or smaller size) capped bottles. All donations must be in bottled form, no cans please. Your donations help offset our athletic expenses (officiating services, uniforms, equipment, and other miscella-neous expenses). You may bring your donations to the school office; just indicate somewhere on the items that it is for the Athletic Boosters. Thanks in advance for your help!

The Wyneken sports calendar can be found on www.highschoolsports.net. There is also a link to that site on the Wyneken website, www.wyneken.org.

Parents, please remember to pick up your child/ren in a timely manner from practice. This is greatly appreciated.

We are in need of team pictures from the following LSAA (Wyne-ken) Championships – Varsity Boys’ Wrestling – 2005; Varsity Girls’ Vol-leyball – 1993, 1994, 1995; Varsity Girls’ Basketball – 1994. If you have a team picture, can you please mail (or drop off) a copy at the school office?

The 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams will be at Wyneken on Wednesday, September 9. The 7th graders face St. John’s (Ft. Wayne) at 4:15 p.m. while the 8th graders will play St. Peter’s at 5:15 p.m. The 6th grade squad will face Ascension on Thursday, September 10, at 4:15 p.m. at Wyne-ken. On Saturday, September 12, the 6th graders will be playing at the Bellmont Middle School Invitational scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. On Sat-urday, the 8th graders face Unity at 10 a.m. and Emmanuel-St. Michael at noon. The 7th grade team will face Holy Cross at 1 p.m. These games are being played at Concordia High School. The boy’s soccer team has two games this week, both at Wyneken. On Wednesday, September 9, they face Concordia and Suburban Bethle-hem on Friday, September 11. Both games begin at 4:15 p.m.

Attendance: Sunday Worship Service – 238 with 152 receiving Holy Communion; Monday Evening Bible Class - 4

OFFERINGS LAST WEEK

Fund Last Week’s Contributions Home Purpose $4,423.11 Missions – 8/23 Missions – 8/30

$270.00 $164.00

Wyneken Contributions (July – August 23) - $6,230, with year-to-date con-tributions totaling $40,885.

Labor brings glory to God,

develops our abilities, provides joy of accomplishment, and

provides for ourselves. ―Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord not men‖ (Co-lossians 3:23).

THIS WEEK AT FRIEDHEIM

Tuesday: 6:00 a.m. Early-bird Bible Class 9:00 a.m. Morning Glories

9:30 a.m. Pastors’ Meeting at Faith (Roanoke) Wednesday: 8:20 a.m. Chapel at Wyneken

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Immanuel House Open 7:00 p.m. Choir

Thursday: 8:00 a.m. Thrivent Meeting at Adams Memorial Board nominations needed! 9:00 a.m. LWML Bible Class at Marlene Conrad’s

6:30 p.m. Exercise Class 7:00 p.m. Wyneken School Board

Friday: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Immanuel House Open

Saturday: 8:00 a.m. Set up for LWML Brunch

NEXT WEEK AT FRIEDHEIM

September 13 9:00 a.m. Worship Service (Rally Day) Blood Pressure Clinic 10:00 a.m. Sunday School & Bible Class 10:00 a.m. LWML Brunch in Parish Hall September 14 7:00 p.m. Adult Bible Class 7:00 p.m. Busy Women’s Bible Class 7:00 p.m. PTL Meeting at Wyneken

September 15 6:00 a.m. Early-Bird Bible Class 9:00 a.m. Morning Glories

September 16 8:20 a.m. Chapel at Wyneken All Day Tabea Society Extra Quilting 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Immanuel House open

September 17 9:00 a.m. LWML Bible Class

September 18 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Immanuel House open

Decatur Zone

LWML Work-

shop

Sunday,

Sept. 27th

2009

3:00 PM

St. Peter Lutheran Church –Fuelling,

1033 East 1100 North Decatur, IN

Speaker: Major Leslie Haines

Lutheran Military Veterans and

Families Ministries

Ingathering: Gas and Food gift cards

for veterans

Light supper will be served

INSERT – TCT Praise-A-Thon

INSERT – Seminary Guild

Readings – Deliverance

Isaiah 34:4-7a – God promises to come and deliver His people from fear – All the stars of the heavens will be dissolved and the sky rolled up like a scroll; all the starry host will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like shriveled figs from the fig tree. My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; see, it descends in judgment on Edom, the people I have totally de-stroyed. The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood, it is covered with fat—the blood of lambs and goats, fat from the kidneys of rams. For the LORD

has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in Edom. And the wild oxen will fall with them, the bull calves and the great bulls. P O Lord, have mercy on us. C: Thanks be to God. James 2:1-10, 14-18 – True religion is found in doing God’s Word – My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favorit-ism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, Here’s a good seat for you,‖ but say to the poor man, ―You stand there‖ or ―Sit on the floor by my feet,‖ have you not discriminated among yourselves and be-come judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? But you have in-sulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong? If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ―Love your neighbor as yourself,‖ you are doing right. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles

at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. … What good is it, my broth-ers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, ―Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,‖ but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say, ―You have faith; I have deeds.‖ Show me your faith without deeds,

and I will show you my faith by what I do.

P: O Lord, have mercy on us. C: Thanks be to God.

Mark 7:24-37 – Jesus delivers a person from physical handi-caps - Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was pos-sessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. ―First let the children eat all they want,‖ he told her, ―for it is not right to take the child-ren’s bread and toss it to their dogs.‖ ―Yes, Lord,‖ she replied, ―but even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.‖ Then he told her, ―For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.‖ She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone. Then Jesus left the vi-cinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Gali-lee and into the region of the Decapolis. There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the man. After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephpha-tha!” (which means, ―Be opened!‖). At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. People were overwhelmed with amazement. ―He has done everything well,‖ they said. ―He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.‖