St. Stephen’s Weekly News: Week of February 28, 2021

Watch video of our worship services live streaming at 8:00 on Facebook or later this morning on YouTube.

Follow along with this week’s worship folder: https://2021bulletinpdfs.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/2021-02-28_Lent+2.pdf

Welcome Visitors

If you are visiting today, we welcome you in our Risen and Living Savior, Jesus!

• Please let us know you worshiped with us by introducing yourself to a Pastor.
• If visiting, please don’t feel obligated to give an offering. St. Stephen’s members express thankfulness to God through their voluntary offerings which then support the congregation’s work.

Funeral Raymond Moldenhauer was called home to heaven on January 23, 2021, age 73.  Funeral services were held February 27, 2021, here at St. Stephen’s.

Radio Service: 9:30am on AM 1430 WBEV
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Sermon: How Dare You!
Hymns: CW 226, 224, 434, 320
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Sermon: Only the Blind Can See Jesus
Hymns: TLH 16, 512, 514, 352:1,4

New Christian Worship: Hymnal

Goal:  $12,660.00

Received as of end of February 2021:   $10,454.00

Christian Worship: Hymnal Envelopes available in Church entries

More information on the new Christian Worship: Hymnal
go to www.christianworship.com

Video on Facebook and YouTube

Sunday worship will be streamed on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ststephensbd/) and YouTube. Go to www.ssbdwels.com and click on “YouTube” and select St. Stephen’s Worship, Devotions or Bible Study.

Bible Studies

• Winter Bible Study “Book of Acts”. The new Christian church was filled with ups and downs. God worked to bring great numbers into his fold. The world also tried to keep God’s Word from spreading. One thing we do see, God blessed his church tremendously. Join us for a study of the book of Acts to learn about the growth of God’s church after his ascension. To join us for in-person Bible class, join us Mondays at 7:00pm and Wednesdays at 11:00am.  Pastors are recording the Monday session and putting it on YouTube, Wednesdays at noon. An archive of classes including all the previous chapters are available on Youtube for those who want to review or who haven’t attended and want to catch up and join the study in person or online.

Spaghetti Supper for Eighth Grade Class Trip
The eighth-graders have the opportunity to go to the Ark and Creation Museum for their class trip in April 19th-23rd.
They will be hosting a To Go Spaghetti Supper which will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on March 14th, 2021 from 4:30 PM until 7 PM.

Each meal will contain spaghetti with meatballs, bread, salad with ranch on the side, and a dessert.  Just pull in and an 8th grader will bring the meal out to you!  The link to sign up is https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040D4BAAAC22A5FB6-togospaghetti1 or call Andy (920) 210-1097.  If calling, please leave a name for pickup and number of dinners.

Footsteps of Paul Tour Informational Meeting. Would you like to see the sights where Paul preached? Pastor Dorn will hold an informational meeting about a tour going to Greece in 2022. If you are interested, please attend on either March 2 at 6:30 PM, March 6 at 10:00 AM, or March 11 at 6:30 PM. Informational brochures are also available in church or ask Pastor Dorn with any questions you might have.

Blood Drive:  Good Shepherd will host its annual blood drive on Thursday, March 4^th from 1:00-6:00pm in the fellowship hall. If you would like to donate, please check online for appointment times and sign up beforehand at donate.wisconsin.versiti.org.

LWMS Door Offering will be collected at the door after services on March 14 & 21.  These offerings support special WELS mission projects chosen annually by our LWMS Beaver Dam Circuit.

Luther Prep Musical:  Luther Preparatory School is happy to present this year’s musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Evening performances are on March 12th, 13th, and 14th at 7:00pm in the Luther Prep auditorium. This year we also added a matinee performance at 1:30pm on Friday the 12th.
Limited seating will be available for Cinderella. All tickets must be ordered by March 7. We will be holding capacity to 50%. When ordering tickets you will be asked to select either reserved floor, bleacher, or balcony seating. Please indicate the number of seats you would like for a performance. Large groups will be separated to meet our distancing guidelines. We will make the seat selections to ensure the greatest use of our limited capacity. Tickets will be emailed out on Tuesday, March 9th, before the performances. If you have a group that needs social distancing, please indicate how you would like us to create your ticket groups. If you have any questions call the school office.
Tickets are now on sale until March 7th by going online to www.ticketsource.us/lutherprep or calling LPS at (920) 261-4352 between 8:00am and 4:00pm. We encourage people to make their reservation as soon as possible.

Our Response to God’s Grace in Christ:

Participation:

Ash Wednesday, February 17             74+90+70+22=256

Friday, February 19          28               Total for weekend: 264

Sunday, February 21       64+56+75+41= 236

Calendar: 

Sunday, February 28

8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 am – Worship

9:30am – Radio Service, WBEV 1430

11:45am – Call Meeting for 5^th grade Teacher/Choir Director

Monday, March 1

7:00pm – Bible Class

Tuesday, March 2

6:30pm – Board of Property Maintenance

6:30pm – Footsteps of Paul Tour Informational Meeting

Wednesday, March 3

11:00am – Bible Class

1:30, 3:30, 6:30 pm – Lenten Worship

Thursday, March 4

3:30pm – Public School Catechism

Friday, March 5

1:30pm – Worship

Saturday, March 6

10:00am – Footsteps of Paul Tour Informational Meeting

Sunday, March 7

8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 am – Worship

9:30am – Radio Service, WBEV 1430