Pinawa Lutheran Church
A congregation of the ELCIC &
The Brokenhead Shared Ministry
Altruism, Stewardship, Faith, Cooperation

Sunday April 6, 2025-04-21
5th Sunday in Lent

Worship Leader: Paul Johnson

With One Voice – Service of Word and Prayer
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INTRODUCTION: Our God makes all things new. In the first reading God promises it. In the gospel Mary anticipates it, anointing Jesus’ feet with costly perfume in preparation for the day of his burial. In the second reading Paul recalls his transformation from the persecutor Saul into an apostle. In baptism, God’s new person (you!) rises daily from the deadly mire of trespasses and sins.  

GATHERING SONG	ELW 324 – In the Cross of Christ I Glory 
GREETING – Lent to Pentecost				Page 46
Scripture Song					Page 47

Prayer of the Day: 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 Saviour and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.	Amen
First Reading: Isaiah 43:16-21
The prophet declares that long ago God performed mighty deeds and delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage through the waters of the sea. Now, God is about to do a new thing, bringing the exiles out of Babylon and through the wilderness in a new Exodus.
 16 Thus says the Lord,
  who makes a way in the sea,
  a path in the mighty waters,
 17 who brings out chariot and horse,
  army and warrior;
 they lie down, they cannot rise,
  they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:
 18 Do not remember the former things,
  or consider the things of old.
 19 I am about to do a new thing;
  now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
 I will make a way in the wilderness
  and rivers in the desert.
 20 The wild animals will honor me,
  the jackals and the ostriches;
 for I give water in the wilderness,
  rivers in the desert,
 to give drink to my chosen people,
  21 the people whom I formed for myself
 so that they might declare my praise.
Psalm 126
 1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
  then were we like those who dream.
 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.
 4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
  like the watercourses of the Negeb.
 5 Those who sowed with tears will reap with songs of joy.
 6 Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed,
  will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves.
Second Reading: Philippians 3:4b-14
Writing to Christians in Philippi, Paul admits that his heritage and reputation could give him more reason than most people to place confidence in his spiritual pedigree. But the overwhelming grace of God in Jesus calls Paul to a new set of values.
[Paul writes:] 4b If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
  7 Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. 8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. 10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, 11 if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
  12 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.

Gospel Acclamation			 	Page 48
GOSPEL: John 12:1-8
Judas willfully misinterprets as waste Mary’s extravagant act of anointing Jesus’ feet with costly perfume. Jesus recognizes that her lavish gift is both an expression of love and an anticipation of his burial.
1 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” 6 (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) 7 Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. 8 You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”

Sermon

HYMN OF THE DAY	ELW 338 – Beneath the Cross of Jesus 
RESPONSE TO THE WORD			 	Page 49
PEACE							Page 50

OFFERING:  The offering plate is on the table at the church entrance.
OFFERTORY: What Have We to Offer? 
What have we to offer? What have we to share?
Coins from the coffer, hearts filled with care.
God will not falter; so let us dare lay it at the altar there.

What have we to offer? What have we to bring?
Love, ripe with laughter; hope that we can sing;
dreams of what we’re after; promises of when. Lay it at the altar then.

What have we to offer? What have we to give?
Eyes that are wide open; lies that we won’t live;
truth that must be spoken; justice somehow. Lay it at the altar now.

What have we to offer? What have we to give?
Lives ………. we will live.

OFFERING PRAYER:  					Page 51
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION 	

LORD'S PRAYER					Page 52

BLESSING						Page 53
SENDING SONG	ELW 325 – I Want Jesus to Walk With Me 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 
DISMISSAL

BIBLE STUDY:  1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month – 10am.  All are welcome.
IRONWOOD SERVICE:  4th Sunday of the month – 1:30pm.

TENEBRAE WORSHIP/MEAL: The PCF invite us to join them on April 17, 2025 at 6:30pm for worship and a light meal.

GOOD FRIDAY:  Walk of the Cross – details to follow.

Pastor Kolleen Karlowsky-Clark
home 204-272-0444
cell 204-390-4308
kkarlowskyclark@gmail.com

The religion in your heart should be visible in your life.