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Week of March 6, 2016: Thank you for your generosity! Worship Attendance ……………….... 53

Weekly Tithe (Envelopes & Simply Giving) ……………………......$1,495.00

Loose Offerings (Plate & Sunday school offering)..................................$43.00

2016 Weekly Operating Budget ….………………..…. ($2,128)

2016 Capital Improvement Campaign YTD ………….…………... $11,377.00

Improvement Envelopes…………………………...................................$50.00

Our 2016 Benevolence (Mission Support) goal is $6,500 and World Hunger goal is $800.

Mission Support donations for2016 YTD: $1,099.00 World Hunger YTD: $115.00

FAITH UNITED EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 801 E. Third St., Box 335 Nescopeck, PA 18635

(570)759-2469, office (570)752-7401, parsonage fuelchurch@verizon.net

Website: www.faithunitednescopeck.org

The People of Faith United…………………...……………………..……......Ministers Pastor Jessica Kingsborough............…………………………..….……………. Pastor Penny Slusser……………………………………...……Organist & Director of Music John Durkin ……....…...………………………...….……...…………Board President Mary Skwierz…………………………………..…….……………...……….Treasurer Mary Drew .……………………………………..….…..……Congregational Secretary Jackie Galutia……………………………….…..……………...…...Financial Secretary Heather Boston (Helping Hands)…………………………...……...………..Custodian

Please keep these people in your thoughts and prayers:

Ruth Bath Betty Andress Beatrice Harmon Linda Hurley

Edna Burger Pearl Shaw Nancy Pursel Michael Bath Larry

Keller Lori Lowery Shelby Triantis Shawn Timbrell Gerald

Kershner Carol Chambers Penny Slusser Veronica Simeone

Rich Payne Linda Chapin Kelly Bulla Peggy Morgan Lori Ku-

sail Mildred McCarr Sandi Remphrey Dale Slusser John &

Pat Kachurka Paul Torsella Dolores Kovatch John Reed Lou

Guarino George & Anna Lee Patti Pavetti Joyce Joline Ron

Taylor Bonnie Walk Steve Slusser Susan Forsythe Milly

Schell Scott Farley Bonnie Durkin Trisha Baker Cynthia

Austin Jean Brown Mervin Kreischer

Friends & Family of Beth Bodwalk, Ruth Force,

and Duncan Heidler

Our leaders & Military Personnel

And All Others.

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Nescopeck, Pennsylvania

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Faith United Evangelical

Lutheran Church

Sunday, March 13th, 2016

10:30am

WELCOME ONE AND ALL!

The mission of Faith United ELC is creating a Christ -

centered, Spirit driven gathering of excited

Christians by:

v Providing meaningful w orship

v Reaching out and serving all people

v Communicat ing new opportunit ies for ministry

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ORDER OF SERVICE

P = Presiding Minister A = Assisting Minister C = Congregation ELW = red hymnal

OSB = other song book (Best of the Best)

Prelude: “Londenderry Air” arr. Bober

Please stand

Confession and Forgiveness P: Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God, who brings us safely through

the sea, who gives us water from the rock, who leads us into the land of

milk and honey.

C: Amen.

P: Let us come home to God, confessing our sin.

Please kneel or remain standing.

P: Merciful Father,

C: we have sinned against heaven and before you. We do not fully

live as your sons and daughters. We use your gifts to our own ends.

Forgive us and restore us, that we may resist all that draws us away

from you, and be at peace with one another. Amen.

P: We are reconciled to God through Christ; for his sake, God does not

count our trespasses against us. Once dead in sin, we are now alive to

God. Once lost, we now are found. God clothes you in the finest robe

of all, the righteousness of + Jesus Christ, forgiving you all your sins

and making of you a new creation. C: Amen

Gathering Hymn: ELW #803 “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”

Greeting P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the com-

munion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

C: And also with you.

Kyrie

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ing with this endeavor. We need baskets with a mini-

mum value of $20 not to exceed $25 each (only new

items please). Please take a card from the board in the

back and attach it to your basket with all the items in the

basket listed on the back of the card. All baskets due

no later than April 3! Pre-sale tickets are available for

$15 ea./20 games or $20 ea. at the door the day of

bingo. Please see Carla Farley, 570-204-3972 or Jane

Keller, 570-204-5435 for tickets. Also, Bonnie Durkin or

Vicky Whitmire.

MIDWEEK LENTEN SERVICES: This year we are joining

up with the Berwick Area Methodist Cluster. All services

are held at Wesley UMC in Nescopeck on Wednesdays at

7pm. The theme and preacher for the last service is as

follows: March 16th, Pain (Rev. Tom Jones, First UMC).

The Good Friday service will be March 25th at First UCC

at 7pm.

TALENT SHOW: Saturday, March 12th, 6pm in the so-

cial room of Faith United. Sign up sheet in back of

church! Sign up today, we are all ready for a good laugh!

Be creative! We will be collecting jars of peanut butter as

a donation for the Nescopeck Food Cupboard. Contact

Doug Farley at 570-594-2621 or Carla Farley 570-204-

3972.

MISSION INTERPRETER VISIT: Today we will be having

Georgia Suranofsky, a Mission Interpreter for the synod,

worshipping with us. She will be speaking about the im-

portance of our mission support and where exactly our

money goes. Come with your questions and learn about

how our contribution impacts others around our commu-

nity, synod, and world.

MAUNDY THURSDAY DINNER CHURCH: If you are inter-

ested in donating or helping with this year’s Maundy

Thursday Dinner Church on Thurs. March 24th at 6pm,

please contact Tina Superko at 570-752-3544.

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This Week at F.U.E.L: Week of March 13, 2016—March 19, 2016

Today: Assembling Care Packets

Tuesday: Guitars 6:00pm, Choir 7:00pm

Wednesday: Lenten Svc. @ Wesley 7:00pm

Thursday: Emmaus Bible Study @ Parsonage 7:00pm

Saturday: Youth Outing @ P-nut Bowl

All Bulletin announcements will be due the Tuesday before Sunday Worship.

Fuel Announcements

PALM SUNDAY SKIT: “A Most Unusual Parade”; The Tri-

umphant Entry: A Palm Sunday Parody. We are looking

for children 5 years of age and older to take part in a

Palm Sunday skit. Please contact Tina Baucher at 570-

441-5245. Practice is Sunday, March 20, at 9am, with

the skit being Sunday, March 20, at 10:30am during

worship.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH: Basket Bingo! That’s right,

it’s that time again! Mark your calendars, April 9, 2016.

Doors open at 12 noon. First game called at 1pm. Tick-

ets are $15 in advance or $20 the day of the bingo.

Food will be available for the day by FUEL members with

proceeds to General Fund. There is a sign-up sheet for

food donations in the back of the church. Please con-

tact Tina Baucher for any questions regarding the food

at 570-441-5245. The Bingo itself will benefit Commu-

nity Outreach and General Fund. Please consider help-

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Prayer of the Day P: Let us pray...Creator God, you prepare a new way in the wilderness,

and your grace waters our desert. Open our hearts to be transformed

by the new thing you are doing, that our lives may proclaim the ex-

travagance of your love given to all through your Son, Jesus Christ,

our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy

Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen.

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Please be seated

First Reading: Isaiah 43:16-21

L: A reading from Isaiah. 16Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty wa-

ters, 17who brings out chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down,

they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:18Do not remem-

ber the former things, or consider the things of old. 19I am about to do a new

thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the

wilderness and rivers in the desert. 20The wild animals will honor me, the

jackals and the ostriches; for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the de-

sert, to give drink to my chosen people, 21the people whom I formed for my-

self so that they might declare my praise.

L: The Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 126 (chanted)

When the Lord restored the for- * tunes of Zion,

then were we like * those who dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with *

shouts of joy.

Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great

* things for them.”

The Lord has done great * things for us,

and we are * glad indeed.

Restore our for- * tunes, O Lord,

like the watercourses * of the Negeb.

Those who * sowed with tears

will reap with * songs of joy,

Those who go out weeping, carry- * ing the seed,

will come again with joy, shoulder- * ing their sheaves.

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Helping with Worship Today

Greeter: Rose & John Hanley

Lector: Doug Farley

Ushers: Doug & Carla Farley,

John Durkin, Betty Mowery

Acolyte: Maiah Farley

Communion Helper: Jared Watts

Communion Assistant: Tammy Frey

Assisting Minister: Tina Baucher

Counters: John Durkin, Cindy Lombard

Helping with Worship 3/20/16

Greeter: Freda Pague

Lector: Bobby Frey

Ushers: Todd & Rose Thomas,

Willie Turnack, Carl Whitmire

Acolyte: Leah Watts

Communion Helper: Jake Seely

Communion Assistant: Tina Baucher

Assisting Minister: Tammy Frey

Counters: Robin Seely, Lori Bankes

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you always.

C: Amen.

Please be seated

Announcements (Please see pages 14-15 in your bulletin)

Please stand

Sending Hymn ELW #722 “O Christ, Your Heart, Compassionate”

Dismissal A: Go in peace. Remember the poor.

C: Thanks be to God.

Reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship , copyright © 2006 Augsburg

Fortress. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress license

#14513-LIT

WELCOME VISITORS! We are glad to have you with us this

morning! If you do not have a church home, we invite you to join

our fellowship.

The flowers on the altar are presented to the Glory

of God in loving memory of son John by Rose and John

Hanley.

This month’s Eternal Light has been sponsored by

Willie & Bea Turnack in memory of loved ones.

This week’s Bulletin has not been sponsored. If you

are interested in sponsoring, please see the sign up

sheet in the back of the sanctuary.

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Anthem “Jesus Paid It All” arr. Schrader

Second Reading: Philippians 3:4b-14

L: A reading from Philippians. 4If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have

more: 5circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the

tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6as to

zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blame-

less. 7Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of

Christ. 8More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing

value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss

of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from

the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from

God based on faith. 10I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection

and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, 11if some-

how I may attain the resurrection from the dead. 12Not that I have already

obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my

own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13Beloved, I do not consider

that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies be-

hind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14I press on toward the goal for

the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.

L: The Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

Please stand

Lenten Acclamation

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P: The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the 12th chapter.

C: Glory to you, O Lord.

Gospel Reading: John 12:1-8 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus,

whom he had raised from the dead. 2There they gave a dinner for him. Mar-

tha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 3Mary took a

pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped

them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the per-

fume. 4But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to be-

tray him), said, 5“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii

and the money given to the poor?” 6(He said this not because he cared about

the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to

steal what was put into it.) 7Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She bought it so that

she might keep it for the day of my burial. 8You always have the poor with

you, but you do not always have me.”

P: The Gospel of the Lord.

C: Praise to you, O Christ.

Please be seated

Message: Georgia Suranofsky, Mission Interpreter

Please stand

Hymn of the Day: ELW #337 “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed”

Apostles’ Creed A: As we journey together with Christ, we confess our faith in the

words of the Apostles Creed.

C: 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 con-

ceived by 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,

he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come again 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.

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grape juice. When you have received the bread and wine (or juice), return to

your pew via the side aisle. Children and others who do not wish to receive

communion are welcome to come forward for a blessing. If you have not yet

filled out a communion card this year please take the time to do that today.

Music During Distribution: “Lamb of God”, quiet music

Please stand

Post-Communion Blessing P: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and

keep you in his grace. C: Amen.

Prayer after Communion A: O God, we thank you for gathering and feeding us as a mother hen

embraces her young. Release us now to go on our way in these forty

days, ready to see our work as prayer, ready to fast from complacency,

and ready to share with those in need; through Jesus Christ, our Savior

and Lord. C: Amen.

Blessing P: The blessing of God Almighty, the wisdom and power of + Christ

Jesus, and the light of the Holy Spirit be among you and remain with

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heal the sick and suffering, who preached good news to the poor, and

who, on the cross, opened his arms to all.

In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and

gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and

eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of

me.

Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to

drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you

and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remem-

brance of me.

Remembering, therefore, his death, resurrection, and ascension, we

await his coming in glory.

Pour out upon us the Spirit of your love, O Lord, and unite the wills of

all who share this heavenly food, the body and blood of Jesus Christ,

our Lord; to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and

glory, now and forever.

C: Amen.

Lord’s Prayer P: Lord, remember us in your kingdom, and teach us to pray:

C: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy king-

dom 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 kingdom, and the power, and

the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

P: All who thirst, all who hunger, come and be filled with the good-

ness of God.

Please be seated

Holy Communion As a member of the ELCA, Faith United celebrates open communion. All

those who wish to receive the grace found in Christ are welcome to come for-

ward to the table to share in communion. Following the usher’s guidance,

please come forward down the center aisle, and receive an individual cup.

There are two chalices (pouring cups); the first contains wine and the second

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Joys and Concerns

Prayers of the Church

A: Hearing the call to return to the Lord, let us join the whole people of

God in prayer for all who cry out in pain and in hope.

(A brief silence)

Holy God, in times of both joy and sorrow you call us to worship

you. Bless the work of musicians, altar guilds, readers, presiding and

assisting ministers, and all who serve in worship. Sustain them with

your Spirit as we journey toward Holy Week. Lord, in your mercy,

C: hear our prayer.

A: Creative God, you made every living creature and saw that it was

good. Teach us to care for the homelands of animals in the wild. Lord,

in your mercy,

C: hear our prayer.

A: Living God, you require mercy and justice. Bless the work of all or-

ganizations that work to restore cities and countries, especially Lu-

theran Volunteer Corps and Lutheran Disaster Response. Lord, in your

mercy,

C: hear our prayer.

A: Compassionate God, you make a way out of no way. Give your

peace and vision to all who struggle with addiction, depression, grief,

or illness, especially (names). Make a plain that in the midst of suffer-

ing, you are suffering, and that your desire is wholeness and life. Lord,

in your mercy,

C: hear our prayer.

A: Shepherding God, you tend your flock with mercy and love. Guide

the outreach ministries of this congregation. Strengthen our relation-

ships in this community as we serve our neighbors in love. Lord, in

your mercy,

C: hear our prayer.

A: Triune God, in you there is abundant life. Deepen our union with

you, that in living we may die and in dying we may live with all your

saints. Lord, in your mercy,

C: hear our prayer.

P: To you, gracious God, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting

in your boundless mercy; through Jesus Christ, our Savior.

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C: Amen.

Peace P: The peace of the Lord be with you always.

C: And also with you. (The congregation shares a sign of peace by simply saying “Peace be with you”.)

Please be seated

Offering

Please stand

Offertory Response “Let the Vineyards”

Offering Prayer A: Let us pray...God our provider, you have not fed us with bread

alone, but with words of grace and life. Bless us and these your gifts,

which we receive from your bounty, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

C: Amen.

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Great Thanksgiving

P: It is indeed right, our duty… and join their unending hymn:

Eucharistic Prayer P: Holy, mighty, and merciful Lord, heaven and earth are full of your

glory. In great love you sent to us Jesus, your Son, who reached out to