15 January 2021
*Friday after the Baptism of Our Lord*
Dear Saints and Friends of Grace & Trinity,
This Sunday is
T* The Second Sunday after the Epiphany* T
Exodus 33:12-23; Romans 12:6-16; John 2:1-11 <ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=10689970&l=8e78293f-921b-4951-88db-740f9165323b&r=b69ca4c8-feba-43ed-8935-3e1290d14330>
The first “sign” Jesus gives in John’s Gospel takes place at the wedding feast of Cana. There He becomes Host and turns water into wine so that the feast may go on. This “sign” reveals something about our Lord—something about water and wine, about His hour and authority, and about His joy over humanity. *Join us at 8am at Grace and 11am at Trinity for another epiphany of who our God is for us in Christ.*
*Bible Study is at 9:30am at Trinity. *We’re in chapter 12 of the Revelation of St. John. Please join us!
*Those Serving at Grace & Trinity today…*
*Trinity** Grace*
*Counters: the Kettemans Counters: Jeanette & Margie*
*Greeters: the Lewallens Greeters: the Brunners*
*Ushers: Sheryl Anderson & Ushers: Cory & Terry*
* Keith Buhr Altar Guild: the Browns*
*Altar Guild: the Lessmans*
*Elder: Curt Engelbrecht*
*For those not able to join us in person*, here is the bulletin for Sunday <ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=10689970&l=8f9b04ab-5df6-4d62-a49d-39a140513c50&r=b69ca4c8-feba-43ed-8935-3e1290d14330> to follow along with at home. Please remember to give your offering to the Lord for the service of the Church, either by mailing a check or donating through our PayPal account (Grace <ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=10689970&l=b1e3ca79-0f87-45aa-af8d-0dfeb2b59279&r=b69ca4c8-feba-43ed-8935-3e1290d14330> , Trinity <ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=10689970&l=127ec046-9c35-418a-80c4-14465318c98d&r=b69ca4c8-feba-43ed-8935-3e1290d14330>). I know this is a difficult financial time for many, so if you need assistance, please let us know! We are so thankful for the continued generosity shown to both congregations during this time. Also, here are the news/notes <ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=10689970&l=0c9e644d-8820-41cd-b5a5-b586266ba065&r=b69ca4c8-feba-43ed-8935-3e1290d14330> and the congregation at prayer <ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=10689970&l=46a43cd7-1808-41f6-a111-6ec47cad3179&r=b69ca4c8-feba-43ed-8935-3e1290d14330>for Sunday.
*Coming up this week…*
· *Sunday: **2nd Sunday after Epiphany*
o *8am *Divine Service, Grace
o *9:30am *Bible Study, Trinity
o *11am *Divine Service, Trinity
o *12:30pm *Meal & Catechesis *en Español, *Grace
o *2pm **Misa en Español, *Grace
o *3:30pm *Joint-Parish Council Mtg., Trinity
· *Monday*: *Festival of the Confession of St. Peter*
o *9am *Matins, Grace
· *Tuesday*:
o *9am* Matins & OMT, Grace
o *6:30pm *Grace Council Mtg., Grace
· *Wednesday: **Commemoration of Sarah*
o *9am *Matins, Grace
o *9:30am* Bible Study, Grace
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o *5:15pm *Youth Catechesis, Trinity
o *7pm *Evening Prayer, Trinity
o *7:30pm *Trinity Elders Mtg., Trinity
· *Thursday: *
o *9am *Matins, Immanuel**
· *Friday: *
o *9am *Matins, Grace
o *4pm *Private Absolution
o Kansas District Life Conference
§ *9am* check-in
§ *9:30am *Matins
§ *10am *Keynote Speaker – Rev. Dr. Peter Scaer (for more: kslcms.org/presidents-office/life-ministry/life-conference/)
· *Sunday (1/24): **Feast of the Transfiguration and Festival of St. Timothy*
o *8am *Divine Service, Grace
o *9:30am *Bible Study, Trinity
o *11am *Divine Service, Trinity
o *12:15pm *Trinity Voters’ Mtg., Trinity
o *2pm **Misa en Español, *Grace
o *3:30pm *Grace Voters’ Mtg., Grace
*Looking Ahead…*
· *Jan 26 *~ Marriage & Family Class, 7-8:30pm, Trinity
· *Jan 31* ~ Elders’ Book Study, 3:30pm, Grace
· *Feb 2 *~ Feast of the Purification of Mary, 7pm, Grace
*Other things…*
· The KS District has asked us to contact our legislators regarding the Value Them Both amendment, which is a strong pro-life attempt to defend the most vulnerable among us. See here for more details.
· I was on KFUO radio the other day, talking about reading the OT with the Church Fathers. It’s about a half an hour and you can listen here <ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=10689970&l=41bdc808-5323-476e-a6a8-2134c352cf58&r=b69ca4c8-feba-43ed-8935-3e1290d14330> .
o Speaking of which, the fourth article in the series is now out <ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=10689970&l=690226e7-c448-4c5e-9a85-7b54646c649e&r=b69ca4c8-feba-43ed-8935-3e1290d14330>. It’s on the resurrection in Job with St. Gregory the Great.
· The Seminary faculty at St. Catharine’s, Ontario put together a well-written theological response to Covid and the life of the Church. You can read it here <ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=10689970&l=8bdb661e-0231-4514-9e52-f9c5c7bd7693&r=b69ca4c8-feba-43ed-8935-3e1290d14330>. I especially appreciated the way it spoke of the Church as a family and what that truly implies, as well as the question about the virtue of the virtual.
· Yesterday was the first class of the semester for the course on the Prophets that I’m teaching to the seminarians in the Dominican Republic. I have two students in Chile and the rest are in the D.R. Yesterday went much better than I thought it would—thank God! For those interested, here’s an English draft of the lecture I gave <ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=10689970&l=67fc2746-65da-4762-ad6b-954583df6a92&r=b69ca4c8-feba-43ed-8935-3e1290d14330> (in Spanish). There were a number of things refined, altered, etc. when I translated it, but for the most part, this will give an idea of what was taught.
*Prayer Requests…*
· Leah, Kendall Patterson’s sister, who is hospitalized.
· The Smith family—all four: Scott, Rachel, Caroline, and Ben have tested positive for Covid. They’re fevering and ache-y. Keep them in your prayers.
Many blessings and much joy to you all in Christ our life.
-Pastor
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