2nd Sunday in LentMarch 8, 2020

SERVICE THEME:Believing Is Living

WELCOME — We are so glad that you have joined us for worship today! If you are a guest with us, please sign our guest register, which is located in the center entryway of the church. We welcome and encourage children to join our worship services! Enclosed “cry rooms” are available in the back of the church near the restrooms, if your child becomes restless. Pictorial children’s Bibles are available for children to use, on the table in the back of church. Please let us know if there is any other way we can be of service to you. Again, welcome! OUR MISSION — The mission of St. Andrew Lutheran Church is to guide people to know Jesus as their Savior, to grow in their faith, and to show Jesus to others. OUR BELIEF — We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God and the only source of all Christian doctrine and teaching. We believe that the only true God is the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that we are saved not by anything we do, but only through faith in Jesus Christ, who gave his life for our sins. We will be happy to tell you more about what we believe! OUR HISTORY — St. Andrew Lutheran Church was established in 1888 and is a member of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), a confessional Lutheran church body with over 1,200 congregations in North America and with more than 30 sister church bodies worldwide.

Church Office: 3650 S. Honore St., Chicago, IL 60609 (next door to church)Website: www.standrewchicago.org Office Phone: 773-376-5370Office Email: churchsecretary@standrewchicago.orgFacebook Page: www.facebook.com/standrewchicago/ Pastor: Adam Gawel, pastor@standrewchicago.org, cell: 773-383-2395

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The gift of God comes by faith to all nations. Not a holy life, not acts of obedience, but simple trust in the promise of God brings the gift of  living water for thirsty souls. Abraham believed God’s promise and so became not only the father of a nation, but the forefather of the Promised Descendant (Jesus) who would bless all peoples. Abraham had faith in God who justifies the wicked, and so God credited it to him as righteousness. By this same faith, Christ gives righteousness to all who believe and enfolds sinful Samaritans and modern Gentiles  like us into the family of God.

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TO TODAY’S SERVICE

SPECIAL PRAYER REQUESTS – At this time, anyone may share special prayer requests with the pastor, which he will then pray about later in the worship service, during the Prayer of the Church.  If you prefer to submit a written prayer request, you may do so before the service or hand it to an usher during the offering.  As a family of believers, we want to know each other’s joys and struggles, so that we can pray for each other.

OPENING HYMN – 337 – Delay Not! Delay Not

INVOCATION, CONFESSION OF SINS, and ABSOLUTION – CW p. 38

PRAYER OF THE DAYM: Let us pray.

Almighty God, you see that we have no power to defend ourselves. Guard and keep us both outwardly and inwardly from all adversities that may happen to the body and from all evil thoughts that may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

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PASSION HISTORY READING, PART 2: Matthew 26:36-56 (EHV)

Gethsemane36Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. He told

his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” 37He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and he began to be sorrowful and distressed. 38Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to the point of death. Stay here, and keep watch with me.”

39He went a little farther, fell on his face, and prayed. He said, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

40He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, “So, were you not able to stay awake with me for one hour? 41Watch and pray, so that you do not enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

42He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to pass from me1 unless I drink it, may your will be done.” 43Again he returned and found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. 44He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time. He said the same words as before. 45Then he returned to his disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46Rise. Let us go. Look, my betrayer is near.”

The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus47While Jesus was still speaking, suddenly Judas (one of the Twelve)

arrived. With him was a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people. 48Now the betrayer had given them a sign: “The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him.” 49Immediately he went to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him.

50Jesus said to him, “Friend, why are you here?” Then they advanced, took hold of Jesus, and arrested him.

51Suddenly, one of the men with Jesus reached out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. 52Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, because all who take the sword will die by the sword. 53Do you not realize that I could call on my Father, and at once he would provide me with more than twelve legions2 of angels? 54But then how would the Scriptures be

142 Some witnesses to the text omit from me.253 A Roman legion contained as many as six thousand soldiers.

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fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”55At that same time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out to

arrest me with swords and clubs as if I were a robber? Day after day I was sitting in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me. 56But all this has happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.

PSALM OF THE DAY – Psalm 121 – CW p. 112

FIRST LESSON – Genesis 12:1-8 (EHV) Now the LORD said to Abram, “Get out of your country and away

from your relatives and from your father’s house and go to the land that I will show you. 2I will make you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse anyone who dishonors you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you.”

4So Abram went, as the LORD had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to travel to the land of Canaan. Eventually they arrived in the land of Canaan. 6Abram passed through the land until he came to the Oak of Moreh at the place called Shechem. The Canaanites were in the land at that time.

7The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

8He moved on from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent there, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

SECOND LESSON – Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 (EHV) What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, discovered

according to the flesh? 2If indeed Abraham had been justified by works, he would have had a reason to boast—but not before God. 3For what does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

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4Now to a person who works, his pay is not counted as a gift but as something owed. 5But to the person who does not work but believes in the God who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited to him as righteousness.

13Indeed, the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not given to Abraham or his descendants through the law, but through the righteousness that is by faith. 14To be sure, if people are heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified. 15For law brings wrath. (Where there is no law, there is no transgression.) 16For this reason, the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace and may be guaranteed to all of Abraham’s descendants—not only to the one who is a descendant by law, but also to the one who has the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. 17As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”

VERSE OF THE DAYM: Jesus humbled himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross. (Philippians 2:8b)

GOSPEL – John 4:5-26 (EHV)5So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of

land Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6Jacob’s well was there. Then Jesus, being tired from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8(His disciples had gone into town to buy food.)

9The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

11“Sir,” she said, “you don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do you get this living water? 12You are not greater than our father Jacob, are you? He gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his animals.”

13Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14but whoever drinks the water I will give him will never be

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thirsty ever again. Rather, the water I will give him will become in him a spring of water, bubbling up to eternal life.”

15“Sir, give me this water,” the woman said to him, “so I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

16Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband, and come back here.”17“I have no husband,” the woman answered.Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say, ‘I have no husband.’

18In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true.”

19“Sir,” the woman replied, “I see that you are a prophet. 20Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews insist that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will not worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. 22You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews. 23But a time is coming and now is here when the real worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for those are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. 24God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

25The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (the one called Christ). “When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

26Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am he.”

After the reading of the Gospel, the congregation sings: 

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

HYMN OF THE DAY – 391 – God Loved the World So that He Gave

SERMON – Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 – Believing Is Living

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APOSTLES’ CREED (CW p. 41)I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by

the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

OFFERINGMembers of St. Andrew Lutheran Church use this time to respond to God’s goodness with gifts of thanks and love.  Our giving is guided by this Word of God: “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:7-8, NIV).  If you are a guest with us today, please do not feel obligated to participate.  Online giving is also available to use; please see the announcement on page 13 of this service folder for more information.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH – for Lent – CW p. 125 – including the following special prayer:

for the Grow in Grace institute of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary:Lord Jesus, our Good Shepherd, we thank you for providing pastors

to shepherd the congregations of our synod. Bless our efforts to provide continuing education, mentorship, and ministry resources to pastors through the Grow in Grace institute of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. Use the program to strengthen faith, encourage the discouraged, and inspire dedicated service to you. Provide the leaders of Grow in Grace with wisdom and bless them with the means necessary to ensure the program benefits everyone involved. Amen.

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LORD’S PRAYER (CW p. 43)Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom 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.

PRAYER and BLESSING (CW p. 43-44)M: O Lord God, our heavenly Father, pour out the Holy Spirit on your

faithful people. Keep us strong in your grace and truth, protect and comfort us in all temptation, and bestow on us your saving peace, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

M: Brothers and sisters, go in peace. Live in harmony with one another. Serve the Lord with gladness.The Lord bless you and keep you.The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.

CLOSING HYMN – 353 – Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness

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THIS WEEK AT ST. ANDREWMarch 8-15, 2020

Today 9:30 AM Worship Service10:45 AM Sunday School & Bible Study

Tuesday 6:30-8:30 PM Youth Confirmation Class

Wednesday 7:00 PM 中文聚会 (Chinese Ministry)

Friday 10:30 AM Adult Bible Study

Saturday 1:30 PM Church cleaning & maintenanceday

Sunday 9:30 AM Worship Service w. Communion10:45 AM Sunday School & Bible Study

The paraments are purple for the season of Lent. Purple, like black, is a penitential color. Purple was also a very cherished and expensive color in  the ancient world and was therefore worn mostly by royalty. The Scriptures record that, as the Roman soldiers mocked and tormented Jesus on Good Friday, they put a purple robe on him in order to ridicule him and belittle the claim that he was a king. Therefore, purple is used during this penitential season of Lent as a vivid reminder of the contempt and scorn Jesus endured, and the sacrifice he made for our eternal salvation.

WELCOME, GUESTS! – We are happy to have you with us today! Please sign the guest register in the church entryway so that we have a record of your visit. Our pastor, Adam Gawel, would be happy to meet with you if you would like. Please join us for worship or Bible study again!

SUNDAY SCHOOL AND ADULT BIBLE STUDY TOPICS TODAYIn Sunday school today, the children begin a new unit from the Cross Explorations series, on the theme “Jesus Teaches about God’s Kingdom.” In adult Bible study, we continue in the series Sing to the Lord: A Study of Lutheran Hymnody. Adults meet for Bible study in the

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back of the church sanctuary, and children meet for Sunday school in the ministry center next door to church. All are welcome!

LENT & EASTER WORSHIP SCHEDULEAs last year, the St. Andrew Ministry Council has decided for this year only to hold mid-week worship services during Lent on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 26) and Maundy Thursday and Good Friday (Apr. 9 & 10), all at 7:00pm. There will not be worship services on the other Wednesdays during Lent. On Easter Sunday (Apr. 12), we will have a single festival service at 9:30am (no dawn service this year), followed by an Easter brunch (about 10:45). Please mark your calendars to join us for these special services, and invite friends, relatives, coworkers, and neighbors to join us as well!

SPRING CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE DAY – Mar. 14 (Sat.), 1:30pmWe are planning a spring cleaning and maintenance day for March 14 (Sat.), starting at 1:30pm, to get our church ready for Easter celebrations. If you’re willing and able to join us that day, please sign up on the sign-up sheet on the podium in the center entryway.

RIDE TO CHURCH NEEDEDA member of our church who lives in the area (near Pershing and Rockwell) but does not have a car would appreciate rides to church during the winter months especially. If you might be willing to help with this one Sunday, please speak with Pastor Gawel or Chairman Tom Pindelski.

NEW MEDITATIONS DEVOTION BOOKLETS AVAILABLENew Meditations devotion booklets are available in the information rack in the entryway. Feel free to take one for use in your personal devotions.

NEXT PRAYER GROUP – Mar. 10 (Tues.), 2:00pmWe will have prayer group again on March 10 (Tues.) at 2:00pm, in the St. Andrew Ministry Center (the house next door to the church building). All are welcome to attend, and you may participate as much as you feel comfortable (just listening is fine).

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PRECAUTIONSSince coronavirus (COVID-19) has been all over the news and is now spreading in some isolated areas of the US, the St. Andrew Ministry

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Council has decided to adopt some of the preventative measures that have also been adopted by some other churches in Chicago and the area. First, please keep yourself informed with reliable information, primarily from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html) and the Chicago Department of Public Health (https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdph/provdrs/health_protection_and_response/svcs/2019-novel-coronavirus--2019-ncov-.html). The primary general advice is to wash hands frequently with soap and water, or use hand sanitizer; cover your mouth with your arm when you cough or sneeze; and stay home when you’re sick. Specific to our worship services: 1) Hand shaking is totally optional, and if you prefer not to shake hands, that’s perfectly fine. 2) A bottle of hand sanitizer is available for use, in the Bible study area in the back of the worship space; and, of course, soap and water are always available in the bathrooms. 3) Before the Lord’s Supper, Pastor Gawel will use hand sanitizer at the altar. 4) For the time being, we ask that all communicants receive the bread (wafer) in their hand rather than directly into their mouth; please hold out your hand to receive the bread. 5) We recommend all communicants to use only individual cups rather than common cup for the time being.Please let us know if you have any additional suggestions, questions, or concerns.

“EVERY MEMBER VISITS” WITH PASTOR GAWELPastor Gawel would like to meet individually with all the adult members of St. Andrew (or with married couples together), so that he can get to know everyone better and to see if there is any way that he or the church can serve you better spiritually. Pastor Gawel is willing to meet with you at your home, at a coffee shop or other venue near your home or workplace, or at our ministry center (next door to church). Please speak with Pastor Gawel, or call or text him at 773-383-2395, to schedule a time for a visit.

SERMONS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING, DOWNLOAD, AND PODCASTINGIf you miss the Sunday sermon, would like to listen to it again, or would like to share it with a friend, audio recordings of the sermons are archived on our church website, posted weekly to our church Facebook page, and are available for podcasting (quick links and instructions available on our website). Go to http://standrewchicago.org/sermons/

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to listen! Service folders are also available for download on our church website: http://standrewchicago.org/bulletins

ONLINE GIVING AVAILABLESt. Andrew Lutheran Church is set up to receive online donations. There are a number of ways to do that. Step-by-step instructions with screenshots are available in the center church entryway, for both the mobile app “Give+” (from Vanco) and the giving page through our church website (go to standrewchicago.org and click on the “Giving” tab). Or, scan this QR code with your smartphone. Please contact St. Andrew’s elder for stewardship, Sam DeLaurentis delaurentis.sam@gmail.com, with any questions.

WEDNESDAY EVENING CHINESE MINISTRYOn Wednesday evenings at 7:00pm in the ministry center (the house next door to church), we have Chinese ministry, which includes elements of a worship service, Bible study, song, and prayer. New friends are always welcome to join! Please invite any Chinese friends or neighbors. You may share with them the following invitation: 每周三晚上 7:00，圣安得烈基督教路德宗教会之福音事工中心（教堂隔壁的房子）有成人中文圣经学习。欢迎您参加！事工中心楼上设有活动间供儿童使用；欢迎小孩跟家长一起来！地址是 3650 S. Honore St.（在麦金利公园区）。高乐仁牧师的电话号码是 773-383-2395。BIBLE INFORMATION CLASSIn Bible Information Class, we study the main teachings of the Christian faith. Adults and teens who would like to become members of St. Andrew are encouraged to attend this class to learn what St. Andrew teaches according to God’s Word. This class is also open to anyone who is interested in learning more about what the Bible teaches and what Christians believe, with no requirement to join the church after the course is finished. Pastor Gawel is able to teach the class in English and Chinese, and course materials are also available in Spanish and other languages, as an aid for those whose first language is not English or Chinese. If you or someone you know are interested in starting this class, please contact Pastor Gawel to set up a time.

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Check out the NEW Forward in Christ magazineForward in Christ, the official magazine of WELS, has relaunched with the January 2020 issue. Changes include: a redesigned cover and interior pages; expanded “Confessions of Faith” column; “This Is WELS”—photos from our readers; Q&A column with accompanying Bible study; a new website and weekly e-newsletter. Subscribe at nph.net and check out the new website, forwardinchrist.net

New Hymnal from Northwestern Publishing House coming soonNorthwestern Publishing House will be introducing the NEW Christian Worship hymnal and accompanying suite of musical and liturgical resources in 2021. You can learn more about it at christianworship.com

WELS Home MissionsWELS Home Missions is blessed to plant churches and assist mission-minded congregations in the United States, Canada, and English-speaking West Indies. Home Missions currently supports 126 congregations with financial subsidy or district mission board/mission counselor assistance, with 26 of those being cross-cultural mission congregations. Find out how WELS is reaching our neighbors right here in North America at wels.net/missions

2020 Taste of MissionsRegistration opens March 2 for the second annual Taste of Missions, held on Saturday, July 11, 2020, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, Wis. Join WELS Missions for an afternoon of family fun, ethnic cuisine, fellowship with home and world missionaries, and MORE! Learn more at wels.net/tasteofmissions2020

WELS International Youth RallyThe WELS International Youth Rally will be held June 23-26, 2020, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. Registration opens March 2. Teens and parents, if you’re interested in growing in your faith, meeting WELS members from around the country, and having fun, check out wels.net/youthrally

Worship attendance last Sunday: 38(adults: 31; children: 7)

Wednesday Chinese ministry: 9Adult Bible study attendance last week: 12

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(Sunday: 6; Wednesday: 6)Youth Confirmation Class: 3

Income needed each month Offerings received in February$11,840.00 $9,117.75

Offerings received last week: $1,357.89(needed each week: $2,732.31)

March Head Usher: Dale TaylorAssistant ushers: George Lawson and Mike SalasMusic and liturgy printed under OneLicense # A-714339Scripture readings are from the Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV), copyright 2019 by the Wartburg Project, www.wartburgproject.org

PLEASE GREET THOSE AROUND YOUIf you are able, please stay for a time of fellowship after the worship service concludes; greet those around you and introduce yourself to people you don’t know.

Please take this service folder with you! Continue to meditate on the Bible readings throughout the week, and pray for God’s blessing on the mission and ministry of the church!

God bless your week, as you live and witness for him!

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