6:30 & 8:30 Orders of Worship August 3 & 4, 2013 (See a separate bulletin for 10:45) Today's texts offer instruction and encouragement for all who are occasionally overwhelmed by the "unhappy business" of life. Jesus urges us to take care and be on guard against all kinds of greed. We who have died with Christ in holy baptism have also been raised with him and are encouraged to elevate our thinking, seeking the "things that are above." To that end we seek the sustenance of the Lord's supper and the encouragement of God's word. TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 508 Center Street Ashland, Ohio 44805 telephone 419-289-2126 web www.trinityashland.org e-mail trinity@trinityashland.org trinitylutheranashland
FOR THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS - (JUST ASK A HOST FAMILY OR USHER): -CHILD CARE for children age five and under - Nursery area -PARENT PAGERS - available for use by parents with children in the Nursery -BABY CHANGING AREA - Infant Nursery -WORSHIP ACTIVITY PACKETS for younger & older children - at the Sanctuary entrances -LARGE PRINT WORSHIP BOOKS & BULLETINS - 8:30 and 10:45 Sanctuary services -PERSONAL EARPHONES for the hearing impaired for use in the Sanctuary - Ushers Stand -HANDICAPPED-ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS - Office area -WHEELCHAIR available - Narthex -HANDICAPPED PARKING - near Worship entrances -COURTESY PARKING - available for the 10:45 a.m. services -TOUR OUR CHURCH - please speak with a pastor following worship -PAST SERMONS on the web - visit <www.trinityashland.org> -WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS - available from the host families and ushers SANCTUARY ALTAR FLOWERS are given > in honor of Virginia Boreman s 95 th birthday by her family; > in memory of Freeman Hamilton by wife and children; > and by Tom and Linda Rhoads in loving memory of our parents, Merle B. and Anna K. Sickmiller, and John A. Rhoads, Sr. OUR 10:45 RADIO BROADCAST on WNCO-AM 1340 is sponsored by Tom and Diann Reed, and sponsored by Martha Young and family in loving memory of Emery Young. COPYRIGHT: LITURGY from Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2012 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #26213. TEXTS from 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.. 2
WELCOME TO TRINITY! We are glad you are here at one of our FOUR WORSHIP SERVICES this weekend, each centered around the same scriptures but with four different musical styles. THIS BULLETIN contains information for the 6:30 p.m. Saturday night folk service and the 8:30 a.m. traditional service. A SEPARATE BULLETIN lists the two 10:45 a.m. Sunday services, one a festive setting here in the sanctuary and the other a praise worship in Jack s Place, our new fellowship hall. We invite you to turn to page 2 and insert in this bulletin for HELPFUL INFORMATION for visitors and members alike, such as restrooms, child care and service participants. WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENT sheets are available at the doors or from a host or usher and are available online at www.trinityashland.org. SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES for all ages are Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. See the hallway information board or a Sunday School host for class listings and locations. SATURDAY NIGHT 6:30 FOLK SERVICE August 3, 2013 - Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost We gather to sing at 6:20 p.m. though the musicians practice beginning at 6 p.m. You are welcome to come as early as you like to prepare for worship. The service is on the screen, or you may use the blue books distributed by the host families. This evening we use Setting Six from the ELW for a service of the Word. It begins on page 165 of our red book. GATHERING SONGS C26 Let s Just Praise the Lord F6 God Will Take Care of You K30 Living for Jesus a Life That Is True A11 There s a Blessed Surprise TRINITY ETHIOPIAN MEDICAL MISSION - Kenny Oberholtzer SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISMS - Joshua Michael Chapman Mason Michael Chapman 3 HYMN OF THE DAY C29 The Longer I Serve Him SERMON - Pastor Sanford C. Mitchell GETTING RICH TOWARD GOD OFFERTORY SONGS G12 Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross E8 Peace in the Valley SENDING SONG K23 I m Bound for the Kingdom
SUNDAY MORNING 8:30 COMMUNION August 4, 2013 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost This BULLETIN contains the worship order and the red Evangelical Lutheran Worship in the pew racks contains liturgy in the front and hymns, listed in bold numbers, in the back. PAGES 91-93 provide interesting background information on the pattern of our worship. LARGE PRINT BULLETINS of this service are available from the ushers. OUR LITURGY is taken from Setting Four, which begins on page 147. + + + GATHERING + + + The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God. GATHERING MUSIC Be Thou My Vision - arr. John Leavitt A setting of ELW 793 Mark Koehler, piano WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS TRINITY ETHIOPIAN MEDICAL MISSION Kenny Oberholtzer *GATHERING SONG Glories of Your Name Are Spoken LBW 358 *Please stand, as able The text for this hymn is by John Newton, the same person who wrote Amazing Grace. The tune from the old green Lutheran Book of Worship is by Franz Joseph Haydn. 4
*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. > Our worship continues on page 148 in the ELW < *CANTICLE OF PRAISE Glory to God in the Highest pg. 148 We continue the song of the Bethlehem angels with praise to God s glory revealed in Jesus Christ. *PRAYERS OF THE DAY Benevolent God, you are the source, the guide, and the goal of our lives. Teach us to love what is worth loving, to reject what is offensive to you, and to treasure what is precious in your sight, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Please be seated 5
+ + + WORD + + + God speaks to us in scripture reading, preaching and song. READING Colossians 3:1-11 Pew Bible, NT pg. 215 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, 3 for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory. 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient. 7 These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life. 8 But now you must get rid of all such things anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices 10 and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. 11 In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all! The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. *GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia, Alleluia pg. 151 *GOSPEL Luke 12:13-21 P e w Bible, N T p g. 7 2 The holy gospel according to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord. 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me." 14 But he said to him, "Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?" 15 And he said to them, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions." 16 Then he told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 17 And he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' 18 Then he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' 20 But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' 21 So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God." The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. Please be seated 6
SERMON GETTING RICH TOWARD GOD Pastor Sanford C. Mitchell PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION After each portion of the prayers: Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. OFFERING Sanctuary with Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing - arr. Stan Pethel Amanda Wolgast, violin Ron Marenchin, cello Steven Wolgast, piano *CANTICLE OF THANKSGIVING Let the Vineyards Be Fruitful ELW 184 *OFFERING PRAYER Please stand and sing this traditional response as the offering is presented. God of mercy and grace, the eyes of all wait upon you, and you open your hand in blessing. Fill us with good things at your table, that we may come to the help of all in need, through Jesus Christ, our redeemer and Lord. Amen. + + + MEAL + + + God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ > The communion liturgy is found in the ELW beginning on page 152 < *GREAT THANKSGIVING The Lord Be with You pg. 152 *PREFACE It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,......we praise your name and join their unending hymn: *SANCTUS Holy, Holy, Holy pg. 153 *THANKSGIVING AT THE TABLE (II) pg. 130 *LORD'S PRAYER pg. 154 7
*INVITATION TO COMMUNION Christ invites you to a place of honor at this banquet. Welcome to the feast. Please be seated As we celebrate Holy Communion, we encourage ALL BAPTIZED CHRISTIANS, who believe with us that with the bread and wine we receive the body and blood of Jesus for the forgiveness of sins and salvation, to commune with those around you. Please sign a COMMUNION CARD, located in the pew rack, if you have not done so yet this year, and hand it to the usher who directs you. Most people on the main floor receive the elements while kneeling at the altar rail. Those in the balcony and the last four pews of the nave are directed to an intinction station in the narthex. Persons in the front who have difficulty with steps or kneeling are welcome to come to the narthex when their pew is invited forward. You return by the center aisle. If you are NOT PHYSICALLY ABLE to move to the narthex, please advise an usher and the elements will be brought to you. CHILDREN who do not yet commune are invited with their families to receive a blessing. GLUTEN-FREE WAFERS are available at each station. GRAPE JUICE is available at the altar. Please indicate your desire to the communion deacon. MUSIC DURING COMMUNION AGNUS DEI Lamb of God page 154 TRIO Lord Be Glorified with Take My Life and Let It Be - arr. Pethel HYMN One Bread, One Body ELW 496 HYMN Son of God, Eternal Savior ELW 655 HYMN God of Grace and God of Glory ELW 705 *TABLE GRACE *PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION O God, as a mother comforts her child, so you comfort your people, carrying us in your arms and satisfying us with this food and drink, the body and blood of Christ. Send us now as your disciples, announcing peace and proclaiming that the reign of God has come near; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. *BLESSING + + + SENDING + + + God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world. *DISMISSAL Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God. *PASSING OF THE PEACE 8