March 22, 2020   The Fourth Sunday in Lent

Post date: Mar 23, 2020 2:29:22 PM

For the Fourth Sunday in Lent on Mar. 22, 2020

Isaiah 42:14-21

Ephesians 5:8-14

John 11:1-7, 13-17, 34-39

 11 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” 4 But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”

13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” 16 So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.” 17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

34 And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?

38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.”

Prayer List

Cancer:  Denice Creveling (member)

Dan Lutrick (member)

Patty Gipple (niece of the Bullocks)

Rev. Blake Rickbiel (friend of Deb Melzer)

Suzanne Troxel (Pastor Troxel’s daughter)

Brad Still (friend of the Booths)

Karen Goeglein (cousin of Dorothy Cook)

Dick Stream (brother of Cindy Isdahl & b-i-l of Pat Stream)

Otto Guiter (grandson of Kathy Parker)

On-going health concerns, Hospitalized,  Surgery/Recovery: 

Members:  Norm Schroeder; Jay Bochart, Byron Bilderback, and

Dan Lutrick

Oliver Gish (great nephew of Waunita Watt)

Bob Beatty (friend of Waunita Watt)

Rev. Dave Ericksen

Rachel Heck (Trinity Preschool aide)

Terry Melzer (brother of Deb Melzer)

Brian Mills (nephew of Cooks)

Rev. Larry Troxel (former pastor at Trinity)

Bonnie Wissink (mother of Vicki Sickels)

Shut-ins: May Carlisle, Bertha Jensen, Lawrence Herzberg,

Walt & Nelda Herzberg, Clara Buchanan; Doyle Hembry;

Warren Kruse

Military:  Nathan Nonneman (grandson of Sharon Nonneman)

Kyle Marchok (husband of Hembry’s granddaughter)

Prayers for  safety of  those in military serving in dangerous situations.

Missions: Concordia Mission Society

Pastor James and Christel Neuendorf (Puerto Rico)

Pastor Daniel Vogel (Denison Hispanic Ministry)

Pastor Herb and Markie Burch (Belize)

Pastor James and Angela Sharp and Family (Uruguay)

Pastor Stephen and Maggie Oliver and Family (Taiwan)

Life Care Clinic, (Stuart & Creston)

Trinity Preschool (Creston)

 Due to the coronavirus, most activities many activities have been canceled.   

Live Streaming of Creston’s Services: 9:00 a.m. Sundays and 6:00 p.m. Wednesdays.  Go to www.trinitycreston.org and in the left hand column under Worship click Live Services.   

Service Bulletins:  Bulletins will be available on the church website in the Worship section.   

Weekly Announcements:  These are available on the church website in the same location where they have been for many years.   Click on Trinity News.

Sermons:   Sermons will be available in print via the website the following day.   They will be found in the left hand column Worship section.

Email Addreses:  We have had some emails come back to the church undeliverable.  If your address has changed please phone the office with those changes or email lhadley@trinitycreston.org with the changes.  This is important, especially in recent days, when we’ve tried to keep you informed about all the changes.   

Thrivent Choice Dollars:  If you have policies or investments with Thrivent, it is the time of year to select recipients of your Choice Dollars.  You have until the end of March to do so.  Prayerfully consider Trinity Lutheran Church and/or Trinity Lutheran Preschool as you make your choices.