10:45 Order of Worship February 18, 2018 (See separate bulletins for 6:30 & 8:30 and for Praise Worship) On Ash Wednesday the church began its journey toward baptismal immersion in the death and resurrection of Christ. This year, the Sundays in Lent lead us to focus on five covenants God makes in the Hebrew Scriptures and to use them as lenses through which to view baptism. First Peter connects the way God saved Noah s family in the flood with the way God saves us through the water of baptism. The baptismal covenant is made with us individually, but the new life we are given in baptism is for the sake of the whole world. TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 508 Center Street Ashland, Ohio 44805 phone 419-289-2126 web www.trinityashland.org e-mail trinity@trinityashland.org trinitylutheranashland
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 one of the two 10:45 a.m. Sunday services, a festive setting in the sanctuary. Praise Worship is also being held in Jack s Place, our newer fellowship hall. A separate bulletin lists the 6:30 p.m. Saturday night folk service and the 8:30 a.m. traditional service We invite you to turn to pages 11 & 12 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. SUNDAY MORNING 10:45 COMMUNION February 18, 2018 - First Sunday In Lent 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. + + + Gathering + + + The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God. GATHERING MUS IC Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word arr. Larry J. Long and Paul W. Hofreiter Mark Koehler, piano WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS *CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS pg. 94 *Please stand, as able. *GATHERING SONG Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Y our W ord ELW 517 Please turn and face the processional cross in the center aisle as it passes. *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. 2
KYRIE Your Heart, O God, Is Grieved ELW 602 Prayers for God s mercy to fill the church and the world have been sung in many lands and musical styles. This Kyrie comes from the Slovak church hymnal of 1636. The cantor leads with a prayer to each Person of the Trinity, and the congregation responds with a hymn. 3
*PRAYER OF THE DAY Let us pray. Holy God, heavenly Father, in the waters of the flood you saved the chosen, and in the wilderness of temptation you protected your Son from sin. Renew us in the gift of baptism. May your holy angels be with us, that the wicked foe may have no power over us, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Please be seated + + + Word + + + God speaks to us in scripture reading, preaching and song FIRST READING Genesis 9:8-17 Pew Bible, OT pg.8 8 God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark. 11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth. 17 God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. PSALM 25: 1-9 Sung responsively 1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul; my God, I put my trust in you; let me not be humiliated, nor let my enemies triumph over me. 2 Let none who look to you be put to shame; let the treacherous be disappointed in their schemes. 3 Show me your ways, O Lord, and teach me your paths. 4 Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; in you have I trusted all the day long. 4
5 Remember, O Lord, your compas- sion and love, for they are from everlasting. 6 Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions; remember me according to your love and for the sake of your good- ness, O Lord. 7 Gracious and upright is the Lord; therefore he teaches sinners in his way. 8 He guides the humble in doing right and teaches his way to the lowly. 9 All the paths of the Lord are love and faithfulness to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies. SECOND READING 1 Peter 3:18-22 Pew Bible, NT pg. 252 18 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 Return to the Lord, Y our God pg. 142 5
*GOSPEL Mark 1:9-15 Pew Bible, NT pg. 35 The holy gospel according to Mark, the first chapter. Glory to you, O Lord. 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. 11 And a voice came from heaven, You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased. 12 And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, 15 and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news. The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. Please be seated SERMON LENTEN JOURNEY Pastor Michael Koch HYMN OF THE DAY O Lord, throughout These Forty Days ELW 319 *LENTEN CONFESSION ON BAPTISM pg. 1164 - adapted from Luther s Small Catechism In today s Gospel we heard of Jesus actions after he was baptized by John in the Jordan River. What is baptism and what does this mean for us? Baptism is not simply plain water. Instead, it is water used according to God s command and connected with God s Word. What then is this word of God? Where our Lord Christ says in Matthew 28, Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. What gifts or benefits does baptism grant? It brings about forgiveness of sins, redeems from death and the devil, and gives eternal salvation to all who believe it, as the words and promise of God declare. How can water do such great things? Clearly the water does not do it, but the word of God, which is with and alongside the water, and faith, which trusts this word of God in the water. 6
What then is the significance of such a baptism with water? It signifies that the old person in us with all sins and evil desires is to be drowned and die through daily sorrow for sin and through repentance, and on the other hand that daily a new person is to come forth and rise up to live before God in righteousness and purity forever. *PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION After each portion of the prayers: Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Please be seated OFFERING The Baptism of Jesus - Irish tune, arr. Austin Lovelace Text by Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) Choir Ron Marenchin, director *CANTICLE OF THANKGIVING Create in Me a Clean Heart ELW 186 Please stand and sing this traditional response as the offering is presented. *OFFERING PRAYER Merciful God, receive the sacrifice of our praise and thanksgiving and the offering of our lives, that following in the way of the cross, we may know the joy of the resurrection; through Christ our Lord. Amen. 7
+ + + Meal + + + God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ *GREAT THANKSGIVING The Lord Be with You pg. 144 *PREFACE AND SANCTUS Holy, Holy, Holy pg. 144 It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord, holy Father, through Christ our Lord. You bid your people cleanse their hearts and prepare with joy for the paschal feast. Renew our zeal in faith and life, and bring us to the fullness of grace that belongs to the children of God. And so, with the church on earth and the hosts of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn: 8
*THE CONSECRATION pg. 133 Prayer IV is appointed for Ash Wednesday thru the Day of Pentecost. (The full text of the prayer can be found on page 133.) During the minister s prayer, the congregation responds with several phrases as listed below. as we proclaim the mystery of faith: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again....grace our table with your presence. Come, Holy Spirit....burning with justice, peace, and love. Come, Holy Spirit....now and forever. Amen. *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 *INVITATION TO COMMUNION Return to God with all your heart. Receive bread for the desert journey. Amen. Please be seated. COMMUNION All baptized Christians who believe that Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, is truly present in, with and under the forms of bread and wine for the forgiveness of sins, life and salvation are welcome to receive communion. Please sign a communion card, located in the pew rack and hand it to the usher who directs you. Most people on the main floor receive the elements while kneeling at the altar rail. Receive the host (bread), hear the promise, The body of Christ given for you and respond Amen. Then either drink from the first gold chalice of wine (common cup), while hearing the promise The blood of Christ shed for you, or touch the host (bread) into the second silver chalice of wine (intinction), while hearing the promise The blood of Christ shed for you. Return to your pew by the center aisle, and then you may sit or kneel for prayer. 9
Those in the balcony and the last two pews of the nave are directed to an intinction station in the narthex. Gluten-free hosts (wafers) are available at each station. non-alcoholic wine is available only in the narthex. Please indicate your desire to the communion deacon. 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. MUSIC DURING COMMUNION HYMN Agnus Dei pg. 146 HYMN Come to the Table ELW 481 HYMN Thee We Adore, O Savior ELW 476 HYMN Thy Holy Wings ELW 613 *TABLE GRACE The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. Amen *PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Compassionate God, you have fed us with the bread of heaven. Sustain us in our Lenten pilgrimage: may our fasting be hunger for justice, our alms, a making of peace, and our prayer, the song of grateful hearts; through Christ our Lord. Amen. *BLESSING + + + God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world. *SENDING SONG Jesus, Still Lead On ELW 624 DISMISSAL Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God. *PASSING OF THE PEACE 10
WELCOME TO WORSHIP! For directions or help with special needs, just ask a host or usher. For those with young children - DIAPER CHANGING AREAS - in the Infant Nursery, Gathering Space, and North Office Hallway men s and women s restrooms on the first floor and in the Bride s Room on the lower level under the narthex - CHILD CARE for children up to age four - Nursery area - WORSHIP ACTIVITY NOTEBOOKS for younger & older children - at the entrances For older adults and those with special needs - LARGE PRINT WORSHIP BOOKS & BULLETINS for the 8:30 and 10:45 Sanctuary services - PERSONAL EARPHONES for the hearing impaired for use in the Sanctuary - Ushers Stand - HANDICAPPED-ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS - Gathering Space, North and West Office hallways - WHEELCHAIRS available - Gathering Space, Kitchen area - HANDICAPPED PARKING - near Worship entrances - COURTESY PARKING - available for the 10:45 a.m. services For more information - WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS - available from the host families and ushers - TOUR OUR CHURCH - please speak with a pastor following worship - PAST SERMONS on the web - visit www.trinityashland.org SANCTUARY ALTAR FLOWERS this weekend are given by: > Roger and Sandy Speck in honor of their five grandchildren: Emily, Sarah, Leah, Max, and Anna, > Todd and Janet Barr and family of memory of Elaine Rogers, and in honor of her birthday, > Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kemery and family in memory of Wilbur and Grace Kemery, Wendell Biddinger, and Roberta Putt, > Madeline Cole and family in memory of Bill Cole. OUR 10:45 RADIO BROADCAST on WNCO-AM 1340 is sponsored by Tanya Slagle in memory of her son Guy. COPYRIGHT: Liturgy from Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2017 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. Your Heart, O God, Is Grieved. Translation 1970Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved.. One License #A708618. 11
PARTICIPATING IN OUR SERVICES: FEBRUARY 17 & 18 6:30 P.M. SATURDAY FOLK SERVICE HOSTS Kevin and April Drushell, Erik and Jen Schneeg, Gillian, Macie Emma and Madaline LECTOR Pam Tresh VIDEO Diane Emzer, Steve Chereson SOUND Phil Vermillion 8:30 A.M. SUNDAY WORSHIP HOSTS Jeff and Linda Gray USHERS Jeff Witmer, Larry Franks (Team 2) ACOLYTE Dorian Duerson LECTOR Bob Harpster CHILD CARE Supervisor - Sarah Parks SOUND Glenn Rausch 9:30 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL HOST Karen Marallo INFANT NURSERY Katie Brinkman 10:45 A.M. SUNDAY COMMUNION HOST Regie Lloyd ASSISTING MINISTER Stan Kopp USHERS Don Cole, Ed Herrick (Team 5) ACOLYTE Ethan Goodwin LECTOR Rev. Patti Abel COMMUNION DEACONS Pastor Michael Koch, Stan Kopp, Rev. Patti Abel, Pam Bradley, Kathy Conery, John Ferguson, JoEllen Smalley CHILD CARE (Infant) Supervisor - Katie Brinkman (Toddler) Supervisor - Jenny Pence SOUND Nick Shreffler RADIO Roland Massatti 10:45 A.M. SUNDAY PRAISE WORSHIP/ Worship Center at Jack s Place ASSISTING MINISTER Michelle Vanderzyden HOSTS Ed and Diane Henricksen LECTOR Abbey Hoffman VIDEO John Conery SOUND Chris Vanderzyden