4.6.25 Bulletin & Announcements
- Norman-Davenport Lutheran Parish
- 2 days ago
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Today, we welcome through Holy Baptism, Hattie Ruth Gjestvang. Hattie was born January 30th to Dena Flom and Nick Gjestvang. Her Baptismal Sponsors are Brien & Jess Wieser, Justin Flom and Danielle Gjestvang. Jesus loves you Hattie and so do we!
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.
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.
Would you consider providing special music for our worship services? We have so many musically talented people in our parish, it would be great to adorn our Easter services with you! Instrumental or vocal, solo, duet or group! We would love to have you! Please let Pastor Katie know. Thank you!
TODAY 5th grade Communion classes- Classes will be April 6 from 12:00-12:30pm at Norman church. There First Communion will be during communion at Maundy Thursday Worship Service at Norman.
*April 7th Candle Pouring Party Fun and Fellowship Rush River Candle Co. 6:30pm- 8pm more info & sign up at ndparish.net
*This Wednesday, April 9th Parish Lent Worship Service 7pm at Norman Church. BBQ meal served beginning at 6pm. All Welcome!! ndparish.net for volunteer opportunities for meal items.
*Norman Lutheran Members – Join us for our next “Listening Sessions; Strengthening Our Church Together” on Wednesday, April 9th during our Lenten meal at Norman Church. See below for how to participate online
*Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, April 9th following Parish Lent Worship at Norman Church
*Thursday, April 10 Bingo at Davenport Supper Club 7pm All are invited!
NEXT SATURDAY April 12th Easter Photos with bunnies, chicks & lambs!! Davenport hosting Easter photos on Sat, April 12th from 10am-2pm. There are only a few spots available Sign up at ndparish.net
*NEXT SUNDAY April 13- norMEN Palm Sunday Fiesta Lunch. The Norman men will be serving lunch following Palm Sunday Worship. Please go to ndparish.net for opportunities to help with meal items.
DUE NEXT SUNDAYKAMA Easter Food Basket items Norman 20 half gallons of orange juice & Davenport 20 boxes of angel food cake. Please bring by April 13th.
April 26th Bread making class at Norman Church. All spots are filled, however keep watch for a possible second class We will notify you with an email if another class is added.
AA Treats Would you be able to send a dozen cookies or bars for our Monday Night Meetings? Spots are available. Please go to ndparish.net to choose a Monday. Thank you!
*The new Christ In Our Home Daily Devotional Books are in the entryway. Please take. If you visit our homebound members, please share with them also. Thank you!
** 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, April ! All Welcome!
NORMAN DAVENPORT PARISH LENTEN WORSHIP SCHEDULE- April 9th- 7pm Lent Worship at Norman Church- Crying Stones- Pizza 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.
Norman Members-
Haven’t Had a Chance to Attend a Listening Session?
We still want to hear from you! If you haven’t been able to join one of our Norman Church listening sessions—or if you’d prefer to share your thoughts online—you can now fill out a short survey. Your feedback is important as we plan for the future of our church community. Please submit your feedback by April 25th.
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Norman Davenport Lutheran Worship
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
Pastor Katie Kringstad Guest- Deacon Laura Carson
The Story- Sermon Series 25 – Jesus, The Son of God
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: Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service (712) vs 1-2 Peace
Confession and Forgiveness (ELW p. 94). Kyrie
Canticle of Praise
PRAYER OF THE
DAY:
Let us pray. A brief silence is kept before the prayer.
ALL- 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 extravagance 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. Amen.
HOLY BAPTISM: (Davenport) Baptism of Hattie Ruth Gjestvang.
SPECIAL MUSIC: (Davenport) - For This Child
HOLY COMMUNION
LORD’S PRAYER
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.
CHILDREN’S MOMENT – kids excused to Sunday School
Reading: 2 Peter 1:16-21
16For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is my Son, my Beloved, with whom I am well pleased." 18We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain.
19So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 20First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, 21because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
Psalm: Psalm 126 (responsively)
1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
then were we like those who dream.
ALL-2 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.”
3 The Lord has done great things for us,
and we are glad indeed.
ALL-4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like the watercourses of the Negeb.
5 Those who sowed with tears
will reap with songs of joy.
ALL:6 Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed,
will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves.
Hymn of the Day: My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (ELW 596) vs 1-2
Reading: Ephesians 4:1-8, 11-13
1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.
7But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8Therefore it is said,
"When he ascended on high he made captivity itself a captive; he gave gifts to his people."
11The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, 12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.
SERMON: Deacon Laura Carson
HYMN OF THE DAY: My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (ELW 596) vs 3-4
APOSTLES’ CREED (unison)
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.
The church declares your praise, O God. Guide us in the example of Isaiah’s imagination, Paul’s transformed identity, and Mary’s faith and devotion; that our lives, too, may be poured out in love as we trust in your promises. God, in your mercy, All-receive our prayer.
The earth declares your praise, O God. Make a way for the planet’s future in the sea and the wilderness, the mountains and plains, the tundra and wetlands. Repair habitats and sustainable ecosystems on, above, and beneath the ground. God, in your mercy, ALL- receive our prayer.
The nations declare your praise, O God. Where religious differences divide, bring together those who worship you in the name of Jesus Christ and those who call to you with different names. Guide interreligious dialogue, that faith may unite rather than divide communities. God, in your mercy, ALL-receive our prayer.
The people declare your praise, O God. Restore those whose hope has been dampened through a health diagnosis, job or home loss, divorce, or death. Bring healing to those in need. May all who weep now sing songs of joy again. God, in your mercy, ALL-receive our prayer.
The gifts of the Spirit declare your praise, O God. We thank you for artists who proclaim the gospel. Inspire music, poetry, and images that proclaim the new thing you are doing. God, in your mercy, ALL-receive our prayer.
The communion of saints declares your praise, O God. Giving thanks for those who have died, we trust in the one who has made them his own: Christ Jesus, our crucified and risen Savior. 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. ALL-Amen.
OFFERING SONG – Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer (618)
OFFERING PRAYER: (unison)
ALL- 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: Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service (712) vs 3-4
Dismissal: Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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