Mark 1:29-39 | This weekend we hear the story of Jesus healing Simon’s mother-in-law. Being told of her fever, Jesus comes to her, takes her by the hand, and lifts her up. Still today, Jesus also comes to us, takes us by the hand, and raises us up to newness of life. But then what? For Simon’s mother-in-law, immediately after being healed, she began to serve them. So then, what about us? As people who also have been touched by Christ, do we have the gumption to be lifted up into service? Join us this weekend as once again we receive God’s gift of life through Word and Sacrament, and as we are commissioned to live as servants so that the message of God’s Kingdom can be both proclaimed and experienced by even more people.
Sunday, February 4, 2024, Fifth Sunday of Epiphany Bulletin
Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under Augsburg Fortress License #SB135131, CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A. Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Prelude: Holy, Holy, Holy. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2006 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Gathering Song: You Are Holy. Text and Music: Per Harling, b. 1945. Text and Music: © 1990 Tom Vis Production AB, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of the Day: Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness. Text: Rust Edwards, b. 1955. Music: J. Wyeth, Repository of Sacred Music, Part II, 1813. Text and Music: © 1987 Hope Publishing Company. Covered under One License subscription. Offering Song: The Lily of the Valley. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2013 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Communion Song: He Will Give the Weary Strength. Text and Music: Ellie Holcomb. Text and Music: © 2013 Full Heart Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing). Covered under CCLI subscription. Sending Song: I’m So Glad Jesus Lifted Me. Text and Music: African American spiritual. Text and Music: Public Domain.
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