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 8th Sunday after Pentecost 7/30/17 * Please stand as you are able. Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Setting 10 Gathering Music Greeting One Another & Announcements GATHERING * Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God, full of compassion and mercy, abounding in steadfast love. Amen. Trusting God s promise of forgiveness, let us confess our sin against God and one another. Eternal God our creator, in you we live and move and have our being. Look upon us, your children, the work of your hands. Forgive us all our offenses, and cleanse us from proud thoughts and empty desires. By your grace draw us near to you, our refuge and our strength; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. God s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit given to us. In the mercy of almighty God, Christ died for us while we still were sinners; and for his sake, God + forgives you all your sins. Amen.
* Opening Hymn W & P #37 * Greeting & Kyrie: page 203 * Canticle of Praise: page 204 Glory to God Prayer of the Day: Beloved and sovereign God, through the death and resurrection of your Son you bring us into your kingdom of justice and mercy. By your Spirit, give us your wisdom, that we may treasure the life that comes from Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. WORD First Reading: 1 Kings 3:5-12 Psalm 119:129-136 Second Reading: Romans 8:26-39 * Gospel Acclamation: page 205, Alleluia * Gospel: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Sermon * Hymn of the Day ELW #705 * Apostles Creed: page 105 * Prayers: Congregation responds, Hear our prayer MEAL Offering / * Offertory ELW #686 * Lord s Prayer: page 208 SENDING * Final Blessing * Closing Hymn: ELW #379
7/29-7/30/17 FISH FRY Thank you to the Deacons for hosting a great fish fry on Thursday night! And thank you to everyone who helped out or contributed to the meal in any way! It was a great evening of food and fellowship. TRINITY S TOP 50!! Thanks to all who voted for your favorite hymns during the month of May! We ended up with exactly 50 of them that s awesome! So, for the rest of this time after Pentecost we will be singing 2-3 of the selections each week. Wonder what our #1 will be?! Wait and see! This week we will be singing #37 in W&P ( Father, I Adore You ) and #379 in ELW #379 ( Now the Green Blade Rises). SUMMER STUDY Pastor Lisa is facilitating a 7 week study called My Neighbor Is Muslim, created by Lutheran Social Services. If you are interested in participating, we meet Wednesdays at noon at the church. Please bring your lunch with you as we join for fellowship and learning about our Muslim neighbors faith tradition. NOISY OFFERING We collected $100 for Lutheran World Relief in June. Our July noisy offering will be going to Shriners Hospitals for Children. They are committed to providing the best care for children in [their] specialty
areas of Orthopedics, Burn Care, Spinal Cord Injury, and Cleft Lip and Palate, regardless of a family s ability to pay. ST. DYSMAS We will be worshiping at St. Dysmas on Thursday, 9/21. Please sign up and see Pastor Lisa for information if you are interested in going along. Thanks! WELCA We will be collecting school kits as our new project. They will be going to Lutheran World Relief. Listed are the supplies needed: Spiral notebooks (one subject), 12 rulers, scissors, pencils, Bic pens, 24 Crayola crayons, and erasers. There will be a tote in front of the church for all donations. Thank you for your generosity! NEWSLETTER If you wish to submit an article to the monthly newsletter, please have it into the church office by the 20 th of each month. Thanks! OUR SERVICE MINISTERS Preaching: Pastor Lisa Heffernan Musician: Rosemary Mohr Host: Tounsley Family Lector: Marilyn Tounsley Deacon: Kay Hines Altar Care: Marj Hope Offering Tellers: Terry Menzie & Lori Tonak
Lawn Care: Week of 7/30 8/5/17 = Mike Normile Week of 8/6 8/12/17 = Kerm Swanson Attendance: Saturday: 9 Sunday: 46 Offering for June: Actual: $ 7,843.00 Budgeted: $10,041.66 Difference: $(2,198.66) Sanctuary Candle: Happy Birthday to Audrey Neiffer (7/28); In remembrance of Margaret Nervig s birthday (7/28); In recognition of Luke Baker s baptism (7/29) given by Jeff & Stacey Tveit; Happy Birthday to Steph Nesselhuf (8/2); Happy Birthday to Abby Feltman (8/2) given by Grandma & Grandpa Feltman. WEEKLY CALENDAR Sun, July 30: 9:30 a.m. Worship Wed, August 2: 12:00 p.m. Lunchtime study Sat, August 5: 5:30 p.m. Worship & 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: pastorlisa@trinity-live.org Secretary s email address: trinitysec@midstatesd.net Sanctuary candle requests: mjtounsley@midstatesd.net Trinity s website address: http://trinity-live.org