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| January 21, 2018 | Issue # 576
Sunday schedule God’s gracious invitation is to live life not as silos but as wheels…
8:30 a.m. Worship Service 9:45 a.m. Christian Education (Sun School / Bible Studies) 11:00 a.m. Worship Service 12:15 p.m. Fellowship Luncheon 12:15 p.m. Beginning English Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) & Al Anon
Many are familiar with the phrase, ‘live like there is no
Upcoming events
tomorrow.’ It may be helpful advice in some circumstances. Yet, I would not recommend this as a universal life philosophy.
Wednesday, 7 p.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study Saturday, January 27, 10:30 a.m. Camarata Children's Choir Saturday, January 27, 7 p.m. Fireside Café
Surprisingly, the Bible says something similar which can be difficult to understand. In the seventh chapter of 1 Corinthians, Paul writes,
to hold one thing. How often do we segregate our lives into separate silos? Family, money, work, vacation, religion—
“From now on, let those who have wives live
each in their own separate container never to be mixed or
as though they had none, and those who
comingled. In this passage, Paul invites us to bring our
mourn as though they were not mourning,
marriage relationships into harmony with our relationship
and those who rejoice as though they were not
with God through faith in Jesus, who is at the heart of all
rejoicing, and those who buy as though they
our human relationships. This way, our lives are more like
had no goods, and those who deal with the
wheels, with many spokes connected by a hub. Jesus is the
world as though they had no dealings with it.
only hub of the wheel of our lives that can hold together all
For the present form of this world is passing
our spokes in an integrated and fully functional manner.
away.” While this may sound like we are to
While it may be tempting to place something else in the
abandon our responsibilities and live freely,
center of the spokes, it never turns out well. God’s gracious
instead what Paul means is to incorporate all
invitation is to live life not as silos but as wheels—with
aspects of our life into our relationship with
Jesus at the center of everything. - Adapted from Concordia
God. For example, Silos are used by farmers
Pulpit Resources
Worship Assistants Online Offering Information Citibank 260-00497-243-01
A sign-up sheet is available by the bulletin board to offer you the chance to volunteer to be a worship assistant (8:30 AM, 11:00 AM) in the areas of greeting/ushering; acolyte; reading the lessons; communion assistants; offering counting; remotely controlling powerpoint slides..etc
International Lutheran Church Thank you for your generosity and faithfulness to this important Stewardship aspect of our ministry. If you will be away from Seoul, please continue to support ILC with your tithes and offerings. The easiest way to do that is by using Online offerings.
January 21 Worship Assistants Altar Greeters & Ushers Acolyte Reader Power Point Communion Assts. Kitchen Offering Counters
8:30 AM Pastor Chuck Chuck Krugler Needed Needed Gretchen Trinklein Richard Sherrer Alex Sandersfeld Gretchen Trinklein Anna Cho Needed
11:00 AM Needed Yoon-Mi Hur Michelle Yoon Seung Hye Jung Suk Yeon Jang Godwin Mruma Doug Lopez Joo Hun Park Anna Cho Needed Joo Hun Park Needed
Richard Sherrer Needed
Flowers
January 28 Worship Assistants Altar Greeters & Ushers Acolyte Reader Power Point Communion Assts.
2017 Contributions ILC issues contribution receipts for members on an annual basis. If you need your 2017 offering receipt for Korea’s Tax Office, please email the office at:
[email protected]. Make sure to include your legal name, address, cell phone number and resident registration number or alien registration card number. This information is required by the Korean government. Receipts will be issued via email starting on January 15.
Kitchen Offering Counters
8:30 AM Pastor Chuck Chuck Krugler Needed Needed Chuck Krugler Richard Sherrer Alex Sandersfeld Gretchen Trinklein Anna Cho Needed
11:00 AM Needed Young Kyoo Han Yoon-Mi Hur Sion Lee Yoon-Mi Hur Sung Hoon Lee Suk Yeon Jang Doug Lopez Anna Cho Needed Joo Hun Park Needed
Richard Sherrer Needed
Flowers
ILC Worship Attendance Jan. 14 8:30
23
11:00
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Third S. after the Epiphany (Jan. 21) OT - Jonah 3:1–5, 10 NT - 1 Cor. 7:29–31 (32–35) Gospel - Mark 1:14–20
Fireside Cafe Fireside Cafe an informal gathering around the fireplace will take place on Saturday, January 27 @ 7 pm all are welcome!
Fourth S. after the Epiphany (Jan. 28) OT - Deut. 18:15–20 23rd S. a. Pentecost (Nov. 12) 24th S. a. Pentecost (Nov. 19) NT - 1 Cor. 8:1–13 OT - Zeph. 1:7–16 OT - Amos 5:18–24 NT - 1 Thess. 5:1–11 NT - 1 Thess.Gospel 4:13–18- Mark 1:21–28 Gospel - Matt. 25:14–30 Gospel - Matt. 25:1–13
International Lutheran Church • 148 Hannam-daero Yongsan-gu Seoul Korea 04417 Church :
[email protected] or 02-794-6274 / Pastor Chuck Hoffman :
[email protected] or 010-2868-7173