Sixth Sunday of Easter
MAY 21, 2017
Welcome to Trinity!
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Thank you for worshipping with us today. If you are visiting, please fill out the pink slip on the
front of this Order of Service and place it in the offering. We would love the opportunity to get to
know you better. YOU are welcome at Trinity!
Offerings - Trinity Lutheran is a tithing church. We support many mission partners throughout our
community. We also dedicate a percentage of our offerings to the mission of the wider church
through the NW MN Synod of the ELCA. We are able to support these ministries because of your
offerings and tithes. Thank you for making a difference through your gifts.
Radio Sponsorship - Listen to 9 a.m. Sanctuary Worship live on KNFL (740 AM). These dates are
available for sponsorship: June 4, 25; July 2, 16, 23; August 6, 13, 30, 27.
Please help us continue this important outreach ministry. Call Char at 218-236-1333 to sign up.
Coffee is served between the services from 9:30-10:25 a.m. in the CLC. Stay late or come early
and join in this opportunity for making or visiting friends.
Sunday School (ages 3 through 6th grade) - Join us for the last Sunday School of the year at
9:35 a.m. in the classrooms!
Sunday Morning Live (grades 7-12) - Join us for the last Sunday Morning Live of the year at
9:35 a.m. in Room 238!
What’s new today?
Prayer Concerns - Lynne Kovash, Violet Stronstad, Joan Barry, Lola Quam, Jean Hohenstern, Kathy
Johnson, Leonard Markusen, Robert Cobb, Benita Peterson, Dana Willard, Sarah Nissen, Gwen
Johanson, Kirsten Johnson (www.caringbridge.org/visit/kirstenjohnson65)
Deaths: Alida Gulsvig, Tami Enkers
If you have a prayer request, contact the office or use the back side of the pink slip.
School of Discipleship - Join us at 9:30 a.m. in the Lounge for “The Prophet Isaiah & Jesus” with
Pastor Lyle Rich.
SUMMER SURGE
Trinity is looking for help to prepare for our summer surge—a surge in attendance and a surge in
giving. How can you help?
• Use the post card in this bulletin to invite friends, coworkers, and neighbors to worship
with us this summer at Trinity!
• Sign up for automatic withdrawal to keep your offering to the church consistent.
Call the office or check it out online.
• Use the special “Surge Offering” envelope in your bulletins or the Give+ Church app
to make a gift in support of our summer mission and ministry.
News and Notes
Hospital Visitations
Please let us know if you or someone you know
is in the hospital and would like a pastoral visit!
Hospitals do not update the church on members’
health—so it’s up to you! Call the church office
at 218-236-1333 to request a visit.
Trinity Preschool Openings
The Trinity Preschool has immediate openings
for summer and is enrolling for fall. We accept
childcare assistance from both MN and ND, and
Parent Aware scholarships are also welcome.
Call 218-233-1740 for more information.
Giving app now available for Android!
Giving to Trinity just got even easier for Android users! Our giving app is now available
in the Google Play store. Search “GivePlus
Church” to download the app. The app is also
available for iPhone users in the App Store.
This Wednesday
5:00 p.m. Pizza & salad served in the CLC
5:50 p.m. Last Wednesday School
6:30 p.m. Communion Worship in the CLC
7:15 p.m. National Youth Gathering
Informational Meeting in the CLC
Sunday, May 28
Seventh Sunday of Easter
8:30 a.m. - Sanctuary
Preaching: Pastor Matt Peterson
10:30 a.m. - CLC
Preaching: Pastor Matt Peterson
Senior Ministry: Twins Trip
The Twins play the Seattle Mariners and we’re
going! Join us on Thursday, June 15. We’ll depart
at 7:00 a.m. and return after dinner. Price is $60
and includes your ticket & transportation. Sign up
in the church office.
Texts
First Reading - Acts 1:6-14
Second Reading - 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11
Gospel - John 17:1-11
Serving at Trinity has never been easier!
Go to http://bit.ly/servetrinity and sign up to read
lessons, serve communion, serve coffee & more.
SUMMER SCHEDULE
ATTENDANCE
Sunday, May 14
8:30 a.m. Sanctuary - 210
10:30 a.m. Sanctuary - 88
10:30 a.m. CLC - 155
Wednesday, May 17
6:30 p.m. CLC 31
TOTAL - 484
Our summer worship schedule starts
next week!
SUNDAYS
8:30 a.m. Sanctuary Worship
10:30 a.m. CLC Worship
WEDNESDAYS
6:30 p.m. CLC Worship
This Week at Trinity
For complete schedule go to www.trinitymhd.org
7:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
6:45 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Monday, May 22
Germany/Luther Tour
Men’s Bible Study - Fry’n Pan
Senior Bible Study - CLC Classrooms
Funeral of Alida Gulsvig - Sanctuary
Funeral Luncheon - CLC
MHS Choir Rehearsal - Sanctuary
Boy Scouts - Fellowship Hall
MHS Choir Concert - Sanctuary
11:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 23
Germany/Luther Tour
Funeral of Tami Enkers - Sanctuary
Funeral Luncheon - CLC
Knit Wits - Room 225
Fourte Quartet Rehearsal - Room 38
Executive Team - Lounge
Church Council - Lounge
AA and Al-Anon
5:00 p.m.
5:35 p.m.
5:50 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
Wednesday, May 24
Germany/Luther Tour
Pizza & Salad - CLC
Pastor’s Book Club with
Jacqueline Bussie! - Lounge
Last Wednesday School - Classrooms
Communion Worship - CLC
National Youth Gathering
Informational Meeting - CLC
2:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 25
Communion Service - Eventide
Acappella Xpress - Room 38
Preschool Staff Meeting - Off Site
Venturing Crew 007 - FH Classroom
AA and Al-Anon
Friday, May 26
5:30 p.m. Massop/Pollestad Wedding
Rehearsal - Sanctuary
Saturday, May 27
4:00 p.m. Wedding of Caitlin Massop &
Eric Pollestad - Sanctuary
Sunday, May 28
SUMMER SCHEDULE BEGINS
8:30 a.m. Communion Worship - Sanctuary
8:30 a.m. Worship Ensemble Rehearsal - CLC
9:30 a.m. Coffee & Conversation - CLC
10:30 a.m. Communion Worship - CLC
BAPTISM ORIENTATION
Tuesday, May 30
6:30 p.m. in the CLC Classrooms
Are you interested in planning a baptism? Join Pastor Matt for baptism
orientation and learn about baptisms at Trinity!
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA SYNOD ASSEMBLY
SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, June 9 at 7:00 p.m.
Join us in Memorial Auditorium at Concordia College for a
“Lutheran Radio Hour (or thereabouts)” presented by Trinity Lutheran Church
and Trinity Lutheran Church Foundation!
FEATURING:
Lake Guilt-Be-Gone Chancel Choir
Lake Guilt-Be-Gone Bluegrass Band
Luther’s Oldest Living Classmate—Lester Methuselah Gutenberg
THIS IS MOST CERTAINLY TRUE!
Do you want to sing with our Cathedral Choir at the show?
Join us for rehearsal at 7:15 p.m. in the balcony
on Wednesday, May 31 & Wednesday, June 7!
Sanctuary
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Order of Service
The congregation is invited to participate at the places marked with bold type.
Prelude
Casey Bartz, Organist
Invocation
We gather as we live in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Gathering Hymn
“O Word of God Incarnate”
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Thanksgiving For Baptism
Holy God, mighty Lord, gracious Father: We give you thanks, for in the beginning your
Spirit moved over the waters and you created heaven and earth. By the gift of water you
nourish and sustain us and all living things.
Blessed be God now and forever.
By the waters of the flood you condemned the wicked and saved those whom you had
chosen, Noah and his family. You led Israel by the pillar of cloud and fire through the sea,
out of slavery into the freedom of the promised land.
Blessed be God now and forever.
In the waters of the Jordan your Son was baptized by John and anointed with the Spirit.
By the baptism of his own death and resurrection your beloved Son has set us free from
the bondage to sin and death, and has opened the way to the joy and freedom of everlasting life.
Blessed be God now and forever.
He made water a sign of the kingdom and of cleansing and rebirth. In obedience
to his command, we make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Blessed be God now and forever.
To you be given praise and honor and worship through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, now and forever.
Amen.
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Canticle of Praise
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Prayer of the Day
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Almighty God, your Son Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. Give us grace
to love one another, to follow in the way of his commandments, and to share his risen
life with all the world, for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and forever. Amen.
Anthem (8:30) “Deep and Wide”
Trinity Lutheran Church Preschool
First Lesson
Acts 17:22-31
(8:30) Lew Clefisch
(10:30) Pat Chinquist
22 Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, “Athenians, I see how extremely religious
you are in every way. 23 For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects
of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’
What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made
the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines
made by human hands, 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything,
since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things. 26 From one ancestor
he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence
and the boundaries of the places where they would live, 27 so that they would search for
God and perhaps grope for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one
of us. 28 For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own
poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’ 29 Since we are God’s offspring, we
ought not to think that the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the
art and imagination of mortals. 30 While God has overlooked the times of human
ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed a
day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has
appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Second Lesson
1 Peter 3:13-22
13 Who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? 14 But even if you do suffer for
doing what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated,
15 but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense
to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you; 16 yet do it
with gentleness and reverence. Keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned,
those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame. 17 For it is
better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be God’s will, than to suffer for doing
evil.
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18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to
bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which also
he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, 20 who in former times did not obey,
when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few,
that is, eight persons, were saved through water. 21 And baptism, which this prefigured, now
saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good
conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the
right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation
Gospel
John 14:15-21
The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the 14th Chapter.
Glory to You, O Lord.
[Jesus said to the disciples:] 15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I
will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. 17 This is the
Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You
know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you. 18 “I will not leave you orphaned;
I am coming to you. 19 In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me;
because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you
in me, and I in you. 21 They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love
me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself
to them.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
SermonPastor Kristina Waters
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Hymn of the Day
“Now Thank We All Our God”
#840
Apostles’ Creed
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
Lord, in your mercy.
Hear our prayer.
Sharing of the Peace
The peace of Christ be with you always.
And also with you.
Offertory
“Create in Me A Clean Heart”
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Offertory Prayer
Be known to us, O Lord, in the breaking of the bread, as you were made known to the
disciples. Receive these gifts, and the offering of our lives, that we may be your risen body
in the world. Amen.
Great Thanksgiving
It is indeed right, our duty and our joy . . . and join their unending hymn.
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Words of Institution
On the night in which he was betrayed...
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.
Communion Distribution
Trinity Lutheran practices open communion; all are welcome at the table of the Lord.
Those not communing may come forward for a blessing.
If you prefer to receive communion at your seat, please inform an usher.
Grape juice and gluten free wafers are available.
Distribution Music
“Children of the Heavenly Father”
“O Jesus, I Have Promised”
“O Master, Let Me Walk with You”
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#810
#818
Blessing
May the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ, strengthen you and keep you in his
grace. Amen.
Prayer After Communion
Life-giving God, in the mystery of Christ’s death and resurrection you send light to
conquer darkness, water to give new life, and the bread of heaven to nourish your
people. Send us forth as witnesses to Jesus’ resurrection that we may show your
glory to all the world; through the same Jesus Christ, our risen Lord. Amen.
Benediction
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord’s face shine on you with grace and mercy.
The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace.
Amen.
Announcements
Sending Hymn “Go, My Children, with My Blessing”
#542
Dismissal
Go in Peace. Serve the Lord!
Thanks be to God!
Postlude Casey Bartz, Organist
“The worship has ended, now the service begins.”
Christian Life Center
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Order of Worship
The congregation is invited to participate at the places marked with bold type.
Pre-Service Music
CLC Worship Band
Welcome
Invocation
We gather as we live in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Gathering Song
“Alleluia, Sing to Jesus”
Greeting
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion
of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
And also with you.
Song of Praise
“Worthy Is Christ”
Prayer of the Day
Let us pray:
O God of glory, your Son Jesus Christ suffered for us and ascended to
your right hand. Unite us with Christ and each other in suffering and
in joy, that all the world may be drawn into your bountiful presence,
through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
First Lesson
Acts 17:22-31
Erich Schoenfish
22 Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, “Athenians, I see how
extremely religious you are in every way. 23 For as I went through the
city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among
them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore
you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made
the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does
not live in shrines made by human hands, 25 nor is he served by human
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hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all
mortals life and breath and all things. 26 From one ancestor he
made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the
times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where
they would live, 27 so that they would search for God and perhaps
grope for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each
one of us. 28 For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’;
as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his
offspring.’ 29 Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think
that the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the
art and imagination of mortals. 30 While God has overlooked the
times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere
to repent, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will have the
world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed,
and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the
dead.”
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Second Lesson
1 Peter 3:13-22
13 Who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? 14
But even if you do suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed.
Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated, 15 but in
your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your
defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the
hope that is in you; 16 yet do it with gentleness and reverence. Keep
your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who
abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.
17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be
God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered
for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to
bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive
in the spirit, 19 in which also he went and made a proclamation to
the spirits in prison, 20 who in former times did not obey, when God
waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the
ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.
21 And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a
removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good
conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone
into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities,
and powers made subject to him.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
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Children’s Sermon
Gospel Acclamation
“Jesus Is Risen, Alleluia”
Gospel
John 14:15-21
[Jesus said to the disciples:] 15 “If you love me, you will keep my
commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you
another Advocate, to be with you forever. 17 This is the Spirit of
truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor
knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will
be in you. 18 “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. 19
In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me;
because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will know that I
am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 They who have my
commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those
who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and
reveal myself to them.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Sermon
Offering Song
“That’s Why We Praise Him”
Pastor Simon Fensom
Apostles’ Creed
Prayers of the Church
Lord, in your mercy.
Hear our prayer.
Sharing of the Peace
The peace of Christ be with you always. And also with you.
Offertory
“Thank You, Lord”
Offertory Prayer
Be known to us, O Lord, in the breaking of the bread, as you
were made known to the disciples. Receive these gifts, and the
offering of our lives, that we may be your risen body in the
world. Amen.
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Greeting & Preface
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
It is indeed right . . . and join their unending hymn.
Sanctus
“You Are Holy”
Words of Institution
Trinity Lutheran practices open communion; all are welcome at the table of the
Lord. Those not communing may come forward for a blessing. If you prefer to
receive communion at your seat, please inform a host. Grape juice and gluten
free wafers are available.
Lord’s Prayer
Distribution Songs
“Abide In My Love”
“We Were Baptized In Christ Jesus”
“The Presence of God”
Blessing
The body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ strengthen you and
keep you in his grace. Amen.
Post Communion Prayer
Life-giving God, in the mystery of Christ’s death and resurrection
you send light to conquer darkness, water to give new life, and
the bread of heaven to nourish your people. Send us forth as
witnesses to Jesus’ resurrection that we may show your glory
to all the world, through the same Jesus Christ, our risen Lord.
Amen.
Benediction
CLC Ensemble
Announcements
Sending Song
“Baptized”
Dismissal
Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God!
Post-Service Music
CLC Worship Band
“The worship has ended, now the service begins.”