Parenting during the teen age years offers a new set of demands and challenges.  Come join us on this week to hear about some ideas and strategies to help you and your teens during these years.

Heather Douglas and Jennifer Ebbott will offer a Becoming a Love and Logic Parent^® introductory class on Tuesday March 19th, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. in the St. Olaf room of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mt. Horeb.

The Becoming a Love and Logic Parent^®curriculum was developed by Jim Fay, Charles Fay, Ph.D., and Foster W. Cline, M.D., of the Love and Logic Institute, Inc., in Golden, Colorado. Heather is an independent facilitator of the Becoming a Love and Logic Parent^®curriculum.

The Church’s Spiritual Growth and Fellowship Committee is sponsoring these sessions.  This seminar was reschedule from earlier this month due to inclement weather.

All are welcome at worship!

Saturday – 5:00 p.m. in Chapel – Worship with Holy Communion

Sunday – 8:30 a.m. – Traditional Worship with Holy Communion

9:30 a.m. – Sunday School, Adult Class, Fellowship time

10:30 a.m. – Contemporary Worship with Holy Communion

Jesus Welcomes Sinners Like Zacchaeus
March 17, 2013
Luke 18:31-19:10

Key Verse: “[Jesus said] ‘For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.’” Luke 19:10

Time: 27-30 C.E.

Since Last Week: Jesus continued to lift up the Gentiles and sinners, and to require more of people than they were capable of giving. His hearers continued not to understand when he spoke of suffering and death. They still believed Jesus would become a king who could conquer Rome.

Background: Jesus healed a blind man, which was an indication that Jesus’ true nature would be revealed soon to the faithful. He also restored a penitent Zacchaeus to a more honorable position within his community. Zacchaeus gave back more than he took; possibly foreshadowing to the extravagant generosity of the gift of life that Jesus would give.

Community: Who in your community has fallen from grace? How might they be restored? What part can you play in lifting up those who have fallen?

At Home: How focused are you on fairness? Could you give more than is fair? How might such generosity change you? How might it change the ones to whom you give?

Read This Week:
Monday: Parable of the Ten Pounds, Luke 19:11-28
Tuesday: Jesus Cleanses the Temple, Luke 19:45- 20:8
Wednesday: Parable of Wicked Tenants, Luke 20:9-19
Thursday:  Jesus is Questioned, Luke 20:20-47
Friday: The Widow’s Offering, Luke 21:1-19
Saturday: Destruction of Jerusalem Foretold, Luke 21:20-38

Next Week: Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem, Luke 19:29-44

 

ELC’s Brighid Monahan departed today, March 15th, with the group from the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin for their visit to our companion synod in India.  Please keep Brighid and the entire group in your prayers as they travel and encounter our a new culture and meet with brothers and sisters in Christ.

 

This Sunday, March 10th, from 8:00 – 10:30 a.m., the Youth and Family ministry of ELC will be serving a pancake breakfast in the fellowship hall.  All funds raised will be used to help defray the costs of our own Brighid Monahan’s mission trip to India with the South Central Synod of Wisconsin coming up later this month.

Stop by for a delicious breakfast, or if you don’t have time to eat,  it’s a great time to drop off a donation as well.

 

 

Jesus’ parable prods us to consider who we listen to, and who we notice as we go through our daily decisions.

Worship this weekend

Saturday — 5:00 p.m. Worship in Chapel

Sunday — 8:30 a.m.  Traditional Worship

9:30 a.m. Sunday School, Adult Class and fellowship time

10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship

 

Parable: A Rich Man Ignores Lazarus
March 10, 2013
Luke 16:19-31

Key Verse: “[Abraham] said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” Luke 16:31

Time: 27-30 C.E.

Since Last Week: Jesus continued to teach in parables. These parables and teachings indicated that people’s hearts would be measured by faithfulness, and that faithfulness would be rewarded. However, since it is impossible for people to get into heaven by their good works, God would have to open heaven to them another way.

Background: Luke regularly indicated that Jesus was the fulfillment of Hebrew scripture and prophetic voices. In this parable, a rich man refused to heed scripture and the voices, which required him to care for those in need.

Community: Whose voices are you listening to? Whose voices are draining? Whose voices are life-giving? Whose voices could you listen to this week?

At Home: How often are you tempted to believe that your sins are keeping you from heaven or that your good deeds are securing a place for you there? If good works are not the way to salvation, then what is? What, if anything, is required of you?

Read This Week:
Monday: Sayings of Jesus, Luke 17:1-10
Tuesday: Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers, Luke 17:11-19
Wednesday: The Coming of the Kingdom, Luke 17:20-37
Thursday: The Widow and the Unjust Judge, Luke 18:1-8
Friday: The Pharisee and the Tax Collector, Luke 18:9-17
Saturday: The Rich Ruler, Luke 18:18-30

Next Week: Jesus Welcomes Sinners Like Zacchaeus, Luke 18:31-19:10