3.30.25 Bulletin & Announcements

PRAYER REQUESTS- family and friends of Rock Rustad, Linda Haugen, Matt Lunde, Garritt Lunde, Wyatt Simley & Family, Joan Pratt, Arlene Haux, Camden Anderson & family, Jorgene Alsager, Polly Roe, Carol Malone, Garret Fenner & family, Trudy Torgerson, Bonnie Plath, Tanya Ausk, and Erickson family. Please pray for our elders.

ANNOUNCEMENTS- 

April Worship Times-                                                                                                                                                                                       Davenport 9:00am      Norman 11:00am  All are welcome to either service                                                                                                

Sunday School class during worship. Kids will be dismissed after Communion                                                                                   

Confirmation Class *No class during Lent. Youth are encouraged to attend Wednesday Lent Worship services.   

NOTE Easter Sunday Worship time change- Norman will have 9:00am Worship and Davenport 11:00am. Easter egg hunt to follow services.

TODAY Parish Movie event- The Chosen- Sunday March 30th   We have rented Century 10 Theater for this wonderful opportunity to come together as a parish and watch The Chosen: The Last Supper Part 1. We hope that you will join us for this free event. Come and watch The Chosen: The Last Supper Part 1

Sunday, March 30th  Century Theater  Doors open at 2:30 p.m.  Start Time 3:00 p.m.  

Link to video trailer:

https://youtu.be/5CVj41dtkIA   Link to RSVP:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0B4AA8AF23A5FF2-55686508-thechosen

TODAY 5th grade Communion classes- Classes will be March 30 and April 6 from 12:00-12:30pm at Norman church. There First Communion will be during communion at Maundy Thursday Worship Service at Norman church.

*This Wednesday April 2nd, Lenten Worship 7pm at Davenport Church. Lasagna meal served beginning at 6pm All welcome!      

*Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, April 9th following Lent Worship at Norman Church

*Easter Photos with bunnies, chicks and lambs!! Davenport Lutheran will be hosting Easter photos on Saturday, April 12th from 10am-2pm. Sign up at ndparish.net

*KAMA Community Easter Food Basket items for each church to provide. Norman Church 20 half gallons of orange juice and Davenport Church 20 boxes of angel food cake. Please bring to your church by April 13th.

*Norman Lutheran Members New Project – Join us for our next “Listening Sessions; Strengthening Our Church Together” on Wednesday, April 2nd during our Lenten meal at Norman Church. We will have tables set up for groups, to be sorted by years of tenure. 0-5yrs, 5-14yrs and 15+ years.  Please join us to help us (the council) understand how we can grow together cont…     as a church family closer to Christ.  We want feedback from each of you to help guide our strategy in core Church-related areas such as our: Church community: connect and serve, community events, youth group, etc  Worship services: Sunday school: Confirmation: This is a great opportunity to share, connect, and help us strengthen our church for generations to come. We hope you’ll join us in this important conversation!  Electronic and paper feedback forms will also be available to those who cannot participate in the live discussions but have ideas and feedback they would like to provide.

** There are many Outreach opportunities for our members and community… Please visit ndparish.net to learn more of ways you can help our fellow members and people in our communities. There are lend a hand up accounts, Walk in Faith, Viking Village and meal trains opportunities.                                                                                                                                  

*WALK IN FAITH-. April Collections include laundry detergent and Clorox wipes              

 The Kindred Area Food Pantry- accepting any and all donations of canned food, personal hygiene products and dish/laundry/soap.                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Viking Village March item donations- Macaroni & Cheese (individual cups) and Beef Sticks (individually wrapped) 

UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND INFORMATION                                                                                                                                 

Kindred Area Senior Meals- Third Monday of every month @11:45am Bring a friend! Please RSVP 701.428.3630. Kindred Lutheran Church. Wheelchair accessible venue $4.00 suggested donation for meal. Games, Bingo, singing, prizes, etc…Next meal is April 28th. (delayed a week due to Easter) Please RSVP by April 24th                                                                                                                                                        

Bone Builders Class meets every Monday & Thursday at Davenport School from 9:30-10:30    

AA Meeting Monday 7:00pm @ Norman Church Fellowship Hall  See the ndparish.net website to provide a treat for meetings.  Davenport Fire Dept to host Bingo 7pm at the Supper Club Thursday, March 27th! All Welcome!             

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NORMAN DAVENPORT PARISH LENTEN WORSHIP SCHEDULE-                                                                                                                                

April 2nd- 7pm Lent Worship at Davenport Church- Upon This Rock- Lasagna meal served 6pm.                                                                 

April 9th- 7pm Lent Worship at Norman Church- Crying Stones- BBQ meal served 6pm.                                                                                   

Holy Week-

April 13th Palm Sunday Worship- Davenport 9am Norman 11am - (Fellowship meal at both churches)               

April 17th- Maundy Thursday Parish Worship Service 7pm at Norman Church – Stones to Bread - 5th grade First Communion (no meal served this night)                                                                                                                                                                                                    

April 18th- Good Friday Parish Worship Service 7pm at Davenport Church - The Final Stone-  (no meal served)                                        

April 20th- Easter Sunday Worship - Norman Church 9am and Davenport Church 11am. -He’s Alive!!!- All are welcome at either worship service!  Easter egg hunt at both churches following worship.          

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Norman Davenport Lutheran Worship                                                                             

Sunday, March 30th 2025                                                                                                         

Pastor Katie Kringstad

The Story- Sermon Series 25 – No Ordinary Man

PRELUDE/BELLS

WELCOME:  P: “The Lord be with you!  R:   And also, with you                                                                                      GATHERING  This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God.                                                                                                                                                             ANNOUNCEMENTS:      

GATHERING SONG: Beautiful Savior (838) vs 1-2                                                                                                                   Peace                                                                                                                                                                                              Confession and Forgiveness (ELW p. 94).                                                                                                                             PRAYER OF THE DAY:      (unison)                                                                                                                                                             

Let us pray. A brief silence is kept before the prayer.                                                                                                             

ALL-   God of compassion, you welcome the wayward, and you embrace us all with your mercy. By our baptism clothe us with garments of your grace, and feed us at the table of your love, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.  Amen. 

CHILDREN’S MOMENT – kids excused to Sunday School 

Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. 17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. 20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Psalm: Psalm 100:1-5

1Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. 2Worship the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing. 3Know that the LORD is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name. 5For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Hymn of the Day: What Wonderous Love is This (ELW 666) vs 1-2

Gospel: Mark 4:35-41                                                                                                                                                                 The holy gospel according to Mark.          

Glory to you, O Lord.

35On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side." 36And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" 39He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?" 41And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

The gospel of the Lord.                                                                                                                                                             Praise to you, O Christ.

SERMON: Pastor Katie Kringstad      

Hymn OF THE DAY: What Wonderous Love is This (ELW 666) vs 3-4

Apostles’ creed

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 conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried;

he descended to the dead.*

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 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.

Prayers of Intercession

Led by the Spirit, let us turn to God in prayer for the church, the world, and all those in need.  A brief silence.

God of faithful promise, make your church a new creation in Christ. As you reconcile us to yourself, guide us also in your way of reconciliation, that through confession and forgiveness, repentance and reparations, your church may bear witness to your love. God, in your mercy,                                                                                                                      ALL-  receive our prayer.

God of new beginnings, restore balance to the earth. Send rain to places of drought and sunshine to places of flooding, that the produce of the land may again support life. God, in your mercy,                                                                    

ALL- receive our prayer.

God of prodigal grace, unite the nations as fellow members of the human family. Give leaders the courage to put aside pride and ego, to cease squandering lives and time, and to work for the well-being of all. God, in your mercy, ALL- receive our prayer.

God of boundless love, receive with open arms any in need of compassion. Embrace all who are far from home or estranged from loved ones, and all who live with regret. Embolden your people to offer and to seek forgiveness. God, in your mercy,                                                                                                                                                                              

ALL- receive our prayer.

God of radical inclusion, widen human circles to welcome all who are excluded. Bless the work of disability ministries, ministries by and with neurodivergent people, and multicultural and ethnic-specific ministries; that the welcome of Jesus be extended to all. God, in your mercy,                                                                                                                 

ALL- receive our prayer.

God of resurrection life, welcome home all who have died. We thank you for their lives and entrust them into your keeping, where true reconciliation and eternal peace are found. God, in your mercy,                                                           

ALL- receive our prayer.

Receive the prayers of your people and draw all things together in your love, in the name of Jesus, who leads us from death to life.  Amen.

OFFERING SONG – Just a Closer Walk With Thee (697)                                                                                                            

OFFERING PRAYER:  (unison)                                                                                                                                                       

Blessed are you, O God, maker of all things. Through your goodness you have blessed us with these gifts: our selves, our time, and our possessions. Use us, and what we have gathered, in feeding the world with your love, through the one who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.  Amen.

Sending God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world.                                                                                              Blessing The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord’s face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and ☩ give you peace. Amen.                                                                                                              Sending Song: Beautiful Savior (838) vs 3-4                                                                                                                     Dismissal Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God.