TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

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1 TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday, February 12, 2017 Service of Installation

2 Sunday, February 12, 2017 Service of Installation Setting 8 To all who join in worship, we are grateful that you are here today! We invite all believers in Christ to receive the Sacrament with us. White grape juice is available in the glass chalice. Gluten-free wafers are also available. If you would like us to bring the bread and wine to you, please notify one of the ushers. Nursery attendants are available during worship just off the South Lobby area for children ages 5 years and younger. If you arrive and no one is in the nursery, please notify one of the ushers to get the attendant. A changing table is available in the nursery. Pew Pads are located at the end of each pew. Please sign in and pass them down to the end of the row so we can note that you attended worship with us today. If you or someone you know would like a visit from one of our staff, please inform the Pastor. Prayer request cards are in the pew racks. Please hand to an usher during the hymn following the sermon. WELCOME We pray this worship time is enriching for your spiritual life. PRELUDE WELCOME LITANY OF GRATITUDE The minister begins. Generous God, for the abundance of your blessings to us day by day and year by year, We give you our thanks. For the simple pleasures of life: for garden harvests, coffee conversation, and familiar surroundings, For health and strength to appreciate the wonder of life, For needs met and desires fulfilled, We give you our thanks. For foods distributed to nourish body and spirit, For homes which supply shelter, which nurture order and beauty, and offer hospitality, We give you our thanks.

3 With hearts that forgive as freely as you have forgiven, With enthusiasm of spirit for the gift of life, With music which declares your everlasting goodness, With prayers for mutual understanding and peace, We worship you with joy. With creative pursuits which contribute our God-given talents, With words which honor you as Creator, Redeemer, and Holy Spirit, With time volunteered and dedicated to service in church and community, With years committed to extending the love of Jesus Christ, We worship you with joy. We especially give you thanks for Andrea Toven who supported this congregation with grace, love, and compassion. We thank you for the many gifts you have bestowed upon Andrea, especially for her leadership, for her preaching, and for her presiding over communion these last months. The grace she extended Trinity Lutheran was received by your people. Wash over Andrea with the same Holy Spirit that guided her ministry. With gifts of money which reach farther than we can manage ourselves, With deeds done in service of neighbor and stranger, With holy days set apart to celebrate your goodness and grace, With family and friends distant and nearby, We worship you, God, with grateful hearts and joyful spirit. Alleluia. Amen. GATHERING HYMN: Come, All You People (ELW 819) 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.

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5 CANTICLE OF PRAISE

6 PRAYER OF THE DAY The prayer is spoke by all. Let us pray. Almighty God, through your Son Jesus Christ you gave the holy apostles many gifts and commanded them to feed your flock. Inspire all of us to proclaim your word diligently and your people to receive it willingly, that finally we may receive the crown of eternal glory; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. The assembly is seated. CHOIR ANTHEM: Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies (By Rachel Aarons, Text by Charles Wesley) Christ, whose glory fills the skies, Christ, the true, the only Light, Sun of Righteousness, arise, Triumph o er the shades of night; Dayspring from on high, be near; Day-star, in my heart appear. Dark and cheerless is the morn Unaccompanied by Thee; Till Thy mercy s beams I see; Till they inward light impart, Glad my eyes, and warm my heart. Visit then this soul of mine, Pierce the gloom of sin and grief; Fill me, Radiancy divine, Scatter all my unbelief; More and more Thyself display, Shining to the perfect day.

7 FIRST READING: Genesis 2:4b-9 A reading from Genesis. 4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord GOD made the earth and the heavens, 5 when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up for the Lord GOD had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground; 6 but a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face of the ground 7 then the Lord GOD formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being. 8 And the Lord GOD planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 Out of the ground the Lord GOD made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Word of God, word of life. Thanks be to God. PSALM: Psalm 119:1-8 The psalm for the day is sung. 1 Happy are they whose way is blameless, who follow the teaching of the Lord! 2 Happy are they who observe your decrees and seek you with all their hearts, 3 who never do any wrong, but always walk in your ways. 4 You laid down your commandments, that we should fully keep them. 5 Oh, that my ways were made so direct that I might keep your statutes! 6 Then I should not be put to shame, when I regard all your commandments. 7 I will thank you with a true heart, when I have learned your righteous judgments. 8 I will keep your statutes; do not utter- ly forsake me. SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 A reading from 1 Corinthians. 1 Brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations? 4 For when one says, I belong to Paul, and another, I belong to Apollos, are you not merely human?

8 5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. 9 For we are God s servants, working together; you are God s field, God s building. Word of God, word of life. Thanks be to God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION The assembly stands to welcome the gospel. GOSPEL: Mark 4:35-41 The holy gospel according to Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side." 36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37 A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" 39 He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40 He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?" 41 And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?" The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.

9 SERMON: Rev. Sarah Moening The assembly is seated. Silence for reflection follows the sermon. HYMN OF THE DAY: We Are Baptized in Christ Jesus (ELW 451) SERVICE OF INSTALLATION The assembly stands. Rev. Moening: Having been authorized by the church to install Nathan C. Keith, our co -worker in the gospel, as Pastor, I now ask for certification of this call. Lindsay Conyers: After prayer deliberation, we, of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, have called Nathan C. Keith as Pastor. I present him and this letter certifying the call. The assembly is seated. The presiding minister reads and conducts the Installation. RECEIVING OF NEW PASTOR The assembly stands. Rev. Moening: All: People of God, will you receive Nathan C. Keith as a messenger of Jesus Christ sent to serve all people with the gospel of hope and salvation? Will you regard him as a servant of Christ and a steward of the mysteries of God? We will, and we ask God to help us. Rev. Moening: All: Will you pray for him, help and honor him for his work s sake, and in all things strive to live together in the peace and unity of Christ? We will, and we ask God to help us. Rev. Moening: All: BLESSING OF NEW PASTOR Rev. Moening: All: Nathan C. Keith, the office of pastor is now committed to you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, make you complete in everything good so that you may do God s will, working in you that which is pleasing in God s sight; through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

10 PROCESSION Carl Buckner: Bev Gossett: Trey Sherwood: Rev. Moening: You have been called to be among us to baptize, to teach, and to forgive sins. You have been called to be among us to proclaim the good news. You have been called to be among us to preside at the Lord s Supper. People of God, I present to you Nathan C. Keith, your pastor. Let us welcome him in the name of Christ. PRAYERS The assembly responds each petition with: Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer. SHARING OF THE PEACE The peace of Christ be with you always. And also with you. The assembly is seated. OFFERING OFFERTORY HYMN: As the Grains of Wheat (ELW 465) The assembly stands and sings the offertory hymn as the gifts are brought forward. OFFERING PRAYER After the table is set, the assisting minister leads the prayer. Let us pray. Merciful God, receive the gifts we bring, our selves, our time, and our possessions. Through this meal unite us as your body, shining with the light of your justice and mercy; for the sake of him who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE GREAT THANKSGIVING The Lord be with you. And also with you.

11 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. PREFACE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER LORD S PRAYER Gathered into one by the Holy Spirit, let us pray as Jesus taught us. 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. INVITATION TO COMMUNION We who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. Come. Be filled with light and life. COMMUNION When giving the bread and cup, the communion ministers say The body of Christ, given for you. The blood of Christ, shed for you. and each person may respond Amen.

12 LAMB OF GOD DISTRIBUTION MUSIC: Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound (ELW 779) Healer of Our Every Ill (ELW 612) POST COMMUNION BLESSING The assembly stands to receive the blessing. The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. Amen. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION O Morning Star, fair and bright, you have refreshed us again with heavenly food. You are our dearest treasure. Go with us now today, tomorrow, every day that we tell the story of your never-ending love and sing your praise both now and forever. Amen.

13 PARISH SHARING TIME Brief announcements may be made, especially those related to the assembly s participation in God s mission in the world. SENDING HYMN: Hallelujah! We Sing Your Praises (ELW 535) The assembly stands. CHOIR BLESSING: A Gaelic Blessing by John Rutter Deep peace to you, Deep peace of the flowing air to you, Deep peace of the quiet earth to you. Deep peace of the shining stars to you, Deep peace of the gentle night to you. Moon and stars pour their healing light on you. Deep peace of Christ the light of the world to you, Deep peace of Christ to you. DISMISSAL Go in peace. Share the good news. Thanks be to God. POSTLUDE

14 Ash Wednesday On Ash Wednesday, communities around the world flock to worship to receive a cross of ash on their forehead. During the imposition of ashes, we say the words from Genesis, You are dust and to dust you shall return. In today s culture, the media loves stories of people who have crashed and risen from the ruins. We believe in death and resurrection; this crashing and rising is part of our theological experience through Lent and Holy Week. We are often changed through crisis and for many, new birth follows the ashes. Join us on Ash Wednesday, March 1st, to remember the Biblical story of creation, the reality of death, and the promise of hope to come. Lent 2017 As someone who enjoys tinkering, for years I have used the excuse of a project to buy a new tool. I bought a saw to make flower boxes for my mother-in-law, a sander to refinish the table in my office in college. We need tools and use tools every day. A computer, a needle for cross-stitching, a welder, a lawn mower, and a phone are just a few tools we use. When it comes to living out a faithful life, we also use tools. We need tools to have good relationships, tools to reach out to our neighbors in faith, tools to build, and tools to take down. Tools can help us perform a task with ease and tools can help us bring out the beauty that is within. Join me on Wednesday nights during this season of Lent to talk about tools and how we use them in our everyday lives of faith. March 8 March 15 March 22 Hammer Chisel Tape Measure March 29 April 5 Paint Brush Biscuit Jointer

15 Trinity This Week Sunday, Feb. 12 9:00AM Worship Service 10:15AM Sunday School and Fellowship Tuesday, Feb. 14 7:00PM Church Council Meeting Wednesday, Feb :00AM Women s Bible Study 7:00PM Confirmation Class 7:00PM Trinity Choir Rehearsal BIRTHDAYS! Jerry Heggie (02/13), Tom Nachtigal (02/14), Albert Steiner (02/14), Shirley Heggie (02/15), Kathleen Oolman (02/16), and Kathleen Forrest (02/17). THOSE NEEDING OUR PRAYERS Please keep the following members in your prayers this week: Ed Dolan, Joan Dana, Bob Thymian, Jane Kidwell, Addie Hopper, Marilyn Moen, Daniel Travsky, Pastor Rachel Larson, Pastor Don Holmstrom, Dan Groathouse, Phil Pape, Eleanore Barrett, Monica Galbraith, Martha Ensley, Ruth Castor, Kol Gossett, Sandy Howell, and Ann Nelson. PASTOR KEITH S INSTALLATION THANKS Rev. Nathan Keith and Trinity would like to thank Rev. Sarah Moening, Andrea Toven, Bev Gossett, Trey Sherwood, Carl Buckner, Larry Hazlett and the Choir, the Trinity Band, Kris Oolman and the Fellowship Committee, and everyone else that helped make Pastor Keith s Service of Installation truly memorable and beautiful. THANK YOU for sharing your gifts with Trinity! NEW OFFICE HOURS Parish Secretary James new office hours will be Tuesday through Friday, 8am to 2pm. Pastor Keith will be off on Fridays, but will be in the office Mondays for those needing access to the church on Mondays. And as always, stop in anytime! Remember you can give your offerings securely and easily online! First Reading Lev 19:1-2, 9-18 Psalm Psalm 119:33-40 Second Reading 1 Cor.3:10-11, Gospel Reading Matthew 5:38-48

16 THIS WEEK February 12, 2017 Preacher: Rev. Sarah Moening Lector: 9:00AM Andrea Toven NEXT WEEK February 19, 2017 Preacher: Pastor Nathan Keith Lector: 9:00AM Terri Rittenburg Acolyte: 9:00AM Rebecca Lyford Acolyte: 9:00AM Madie Jablin Ushers: 9:00AM Mike Nutter Debbe Conyers Ushers: 9:00AM Bobbie & Al Schimek Greeters: 9:00AM Iris Brunett Shirley Heggie Greeters: 9:00AM Madie Jablin Nursery: Nursery: 9:00AM 9:00AM Edward & Lois Hiller Kate Jablin Stewards: Stephen Boss & Mark Stayton Altar Guild: Barb Rouse Coffee Fellowship: Installation Reception Flowers: Donated by Kris & Larry Oolman to the glory of God in joyous celebration and loving welcome to Jill, Samuel, Cara, Alex, and Pastor Nathan! 107 South 7th Street Laramie, Wyoming (307) Pastor... Rev. Nathan Keith Parish Secretary.....James Greening Congregation President.Stephen Boss Organist... Meng Xu Choir Director....Larry Hazlett Financial Secretary......Bev Gossett Treasurer....Susan Manown Copyright 2017 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Cover Image by Sundays and Seasons. Used by license.