TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH Chamberlain, SD 57325 "To unite all people in the love and fellowship of Jesus Christ and to serve our growing community" Ministers: People of Trinity Pastor Lisa Heffernan 605-234-6698 6 th Sunday after Epiphany 2/17/19 * Please stand as you are able. Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Setting 3 Gathering Music & Announcements *Confession & Forgiveness P: Blessed be the holy Trinity + one God, who creates us and forms us, who redeems us and calls us, who unites us and sends us. C: Amen. P: Gathered in God s presence, let us confess our sin. Mighty and loving God, C: we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We seek our own way. We divide the body of Christ. In your mercy, cleanse us and heal us. Let the words of our mouths, the thoughts of our hearts, and everything that we do be filled with faith, hope, and love. Amen.
P: Hear the voice of Jesus: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me to proclaim release to the captives. In the name of + Jesus Christ, I proclaim to you that your sins are forgiven, and you are released. The joy of the Lord is your strength, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit are yours forever. C: Amen. *Hymn: W & P #123 *Kyrie: page 138 *Canticle of Praise: page 140 This is the Feast *Prayer of the Day: Living God, in Christ you make all things new. Transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your glory, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. First Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-10 WORD These verses compose a poem that is part of a larger collection of wisdom sayings (17:5-11) that contrast two ways of life. Life with God brings blessing; the power and vitality of God is active in our life. Life without God brings a curse, the power of death. 5 Thus says the LORD: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the LORD. 6 They shall be like a shrub in the desert and shall not see when relief comes. They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. 7 Blessed are those who trust in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. 8 They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in
the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit. 9 The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse who can understand it? 10 I the LORD test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings. Psalm 1:1-6 1 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; 2 but their delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law they meditate day and night. 3 They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper. 4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgement, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; 6 for the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 For Paul, the resurrection of Christ is the basis for Christian hope. Because Christ has been raised, those who are in Christ know that they too will be raised to a new life beyond death. 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not
raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. 17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile, and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have died in Christ have perished. 19 If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. *Gospel Acclamation: page 142 *Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-26 After choosing his twelve apostles, Jesus teaches a crowd of followers about the nature and demands of discipleship. He begins his great sermon with surprising statements about who is truly blessed in the eyes of God. 17 He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. 18 They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them. 20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said: Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. 23 Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets. 24 But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. 25 Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. 26 Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.
Sermon * Hymn of the Day: ELW #728 *Apostles Creed: page 105 * Prayers: Congregation responds, Hear our prayer *Sharing of the Peace P: The peace of Christ be with you always. C: And also with you. MEAL Offering/*Offertory ELW #186 *Great Thanksgiving: P: The Lord be with you! C: And also with you! *Words of Institution: page 144 * Lord s Prayer: page 145 Holy Communion Hymns: ELW #479, W & P #58 *Prayer after Holy Communion SENDING * Final Blessing * Closing Hymn: ELW #723
OUR SERVICE MINISTERS Presiding: Pastor Lisa Heffernan Preaching: Jake Hanson, director of Joy Ranch and NeSoDak Musician: Stacey Tveit Host: 3 rd 6 th Graders Lector: 3 rd 6 th Graders Deacon: Erica Sundall Altar Care: Dotty Hieb Offering Tellers: Sharmel Olson & TBD Attendance: Saturday: 8 Sunday: 63 Offering for December: Actual: $ 7,001.00 Budgeted: $10,390.00 Difference: ($ 3,389.00) Sanctuary Candle: In remembrance of Melvin Boer s birthday (2/18) given by Marj Hope; Happy Birthday to Carter Feltman (2/19) given by Grandma & Grandpa Feltman; Happy Birthday to Rolf Hope (2/20) given by Marj Hope.
Announcements 2/17/19 THANK YOU Thank you to Jake Hanson, director of Joy Ranch and NeSoDak bible camps for being with us and preaching today! CAMP If your family or youth are planning to go to bible camp this summer, please note that our first fundraiser is March 2 nd at River Hills Church. We will be serving a lunch for the Christian Motorcycle Association at noon that day. Please talk to Pastor Lisa, Mark, or Maryalice if you plan to help with this fundraiser. Thanks! WELCA Trinity Women is kicking off our year with fleece tied blankets. Due to the specific criteria for Lutheran World Relief kits we are asking for monetary gifts. Please direct questions toward Cynthia, Rosemary, or Karen. NOISY OFFERING - During the month of January we collected $100.97 for St. James Food Pantry. In February we will collect our noisy offering for the Lutheran World Relief. 2019 CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS President: Sharmel Olson, VP: Dick Feltman, Secretary: Rosemary Mohr, Members at large: Neoma Harris, Mike Bunker, & Terrold Menzie, Youth Council representative: Mianna Tveit. FOOD PANTRY NEED We will be collecting cans of fruit, canned tuna and canned chicken.
WEEKLY CALENDAR Sun, Feb 17: 9:30 a.m. Worship w/communion Tues, Feb 19 9:15 a.m. Men s Bible Study Wed, Feb 20: 5:30 p.m. Wowsome/Confirmation Wed Feb 20: 7:10 p.m. Choir Thurs, Feb 21: 7:00 p.m. Deacon s meeting Sat, Feb 23: 5:30 p.m. Worship w/communion Trinity practices open communion All who believe the bread and wine are Jesus body and blood given and shed for the forgiveness of sins are invited to commune with us. Pastor s email address: trinity@midstatesd.net Secretary s email address: trinitysec@midstatesd.net Sanctuary candle requests: mjtounsley@gmail.com Trinity s website address: http:/trinity-live.org