Trinity Lutheran Church Combined Worship Service June 29, 2014-10:00 am EVERYTHING THAT BREATHES GIVES PRAISE SUMMER POLKA SERVICE PRELUDE ACCORDION MUSIC WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS GATHERING SONG: Polka Celebration 1) When you re feeling down and out and need some cheering up, I m gonna tell you what you need to do. Get on out and sing along with good old polka praise. It s guaranteed to help you, your spirits it will raise. Chorus We re gonna have a polka celebration. You bring your friends out and I ll bring mine. We re gonna have a polka celebration. We re gonna party and have a good time. Bridge 2) The music s got that magic that will set your heart awhirl. This happy rhythm makes you feel so fine. It s got that bit of happiness----the smile that cheers you up. There s nothing like a polka any place or any time. Repeat Chorus Bridge CALL TO WORSHIP: Almighty God, we give thanks for the gift of life and we look forward to what is to come. We give thanks for every day you give to us. Hear us as we praise your name. 1
SONG: Sing Alleluia 1. Sing Alleluia! Come let us worship the Lord. Sing Alleluia! Come lift your voice to the Lord! Join hearts together, worship and glorify God. Celebrate God s love together and sing Alleluia! Instrumental 2. Worship the Father, for all his gifts from above. Worship the Savior, who gave his life out of love. Worship the Spirit, comfort and peace through it all. Let us worship God together and sing Alleluia! (Lyrics by Pastor Rolf Svanoe, Peace Lutheran Church, 5509 West 41 st Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, used with permission, to the tune of Roll Out The Barrel) ANNOUNCEMENT OF GOD S FORGIVENESS God has forgiven our Sin in the person of Jesus Christ. Where we have failed, God has triumphed. Our Sin is forgiven and this is the Good News, that we are no longer slaves to our former selves, but have been freed up to be the people of God. PRAYER OF THE DAY Almighty God, we thank you for your goodness to us and to all that you have made. We praise you for your creation, for keeping us and all things in your care, and for all the blessings of life. Above all we bless you for your immeasurable love in redeeming the world by our Lord Jesus Christ. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies that with thankful hearts we praise you, not only with our lips but in our lives. Amen. SONG Come Everybody (Party Polka) Lyrics by, Marciniak/Evavold Come Everybody, people from every land Worship the Lord with gladness, give all the praise you can. God s pleasure is in His people, He ll meet your every need. The lame will walk and the blind will see. Thanks for the victory. (Instrumental break) Come everybody, people from every land. With one voice united, grounded we will stand. In Christ is our salvation, In Christ we are set free. To be the ones we were made to be. Give thanks for the victory. Instrumental (Play through the verse) 2
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Psalm 150 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his surpassing greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with clanging cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! SONG: NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST Lyrics added by J. Evavold North, south, east, west, it makes no difference, every one s welcome in this place. Where we came from, the Spirit has called us, gathered together by God s grace. We will worship --- the God who made us and gives us life from day to day. Praising God with -----------polka music, Join us as we sing and play. Instrumental North, south, east, west----it makes no difference, God will find you any where. Lift your voices, every one singing, God will hear our every prayer. For-get the past, look to the future, God is making something new. It makes no difference----what your past is, A brand new day has come for you. GOSPEL LESSON: Matthew 10:40-42 40 Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; 42 and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward. MEDITATION Little Things Make A Difference Pastor Jerome Evavold SONG: We Are Christians We are Christians, we stand together, Lord, won t you come and be with us? On the mountains, and in the valleys We praise You, Lord, for all to see. Chorus: Oh la, oh dee oh, We sing and praise your holy name Oh la, oh dee oh, Forgive our sins, forget our blame Oh la, oh dee oh, Please take our troubles for today Oh la, oh dee oh, As we worship You and pray. You have called us to be your people. Lord won t You come and be with us? See us standing round your altar, won t you Come and set us free? Chorus 3
CONFESSION OF FAITH (all) Behold, the heavens, the earth and all that is in it, belong to the Lord our God. Yet the Creator of the universe has chosen to love and care for us. Through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, we know God s love and forgiveness. Jesus showed us how to walk in the way of love. He emptied himself as a servant and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore, God highly exalted him and raised him up, that at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. As servants of Christ, we live each day by the power of the Holy Spirit, who strengthens us in faith, calls us to be witnesses, and gives us peace. We trust God to give us courage, strength and guidance for our lives each day. Courage to touch others with the healing hands of Christ. Strength to care for the hungry, the stranger, the lonely, and the outcast. Guidance to reach out in loving ways to those around us. We place our lives, our future, and our all into God s hands. Amen. OFFERING SONG: We Offer Of Ourselves Chorus Verse 1) Verse 2) Verse 3) Verse 4) We offer of ourselves to show our love for you. We share your sacred time because you want us to. Lord, accept us for what we are for we come from near and far To worship through your son. Children of a sinful race who do seem so out of place, But worshipping as one. Chorus Our work and joy and pain ---we also offer you Accept our humble gifts because we want you to. Chorus We realize we re poor but we offer what we can. Accept our change of heart accept our open hand. Chorus Now as we celebrate--- this sacrament of love. You give yourself to man --- A gift from up above. Chorus OFFERTORY PRAYER (all) Bless these gifts, O God, and bless us as we offer ourselves to serve you in different ways and to praise you in many voices. Send your Spirit upon us, that when we speak the word of your love, people may hear and understand. This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen 4
SONG Let The Sunshine In PRAYERS Joyful hope, love of God and smiling faces, Is the heritage we have as a child of God; Christ has risen to new life, put an end to death and strife, Now we celebrate as children of God. Chorus: So let the sun shine in, share Christ with your neighbor, And happiness will never leave your heart. So let the sun shine in, share Christ with your neighbor, And happiness will never leave your heart. On the job, in your home, or at a party, People wishing all their friends the peace of Christ; Happy feeling in the air, forget your troubles and your cares, And join all those who share the peace of Christ. Chorus Instrumental Repeat the chorus THE 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. 5
SONG: Together Forever Polka J. Evavold Instrumental Play through the verse Let us sing to God our praises for the sin that God erases. Open up our minds to see that our God has set us free. Life will never be the same since God calls us each by name. We will always be together in a life that lasts forever. Bridge So on this day that God is giving life on earth to all the living. Let us join in thankful serving with every breath that we are breathing. Nothing in all God s creation can separate us from relations. God will keep us all together in a life that lasts forever. Bridge Play through the verse BENEDICTION Go into the world blessed with the holiness of God, clothed with the humility of Jesus Christ, united in the power of the Holy Spirit SENDING SONG He Has Made Me Glad I will enter his gates with thanksgiving in my heart. I will enter his courts with praise. I will say this is the day that the Lord has made; I will rejoice for he has made me glad. He has made me glad, he has made my glad. I will rejoice for he has made me glad. He has made me glad, he has made me glad. I will rejoice for he has made me glad. (instrumental) Repeat the song. CCLI#1330601 6
SONG: When The Saints Go Marching In Oh, when the saints go marching in, When the saints go marching in, Oh Lord I want to be in that number, When the saints go marching in. Oh, when the new world is revealed Oh, when we gather round the throne.. Instrumental And on that hallelujah day. Oh when the saints. DISMISSAL L) Go in peace. Serve the Lord. C) Thanks be to God! 7
Trinity Announcements WELCOME This week at Trinity... Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:00 am - POLKA WORSHIP SERVICE Downstairs in Chapel 11:00 am - Coffee fellowship Noon - 4 pm - Wedding Shower Monday, June 30, 2014 5 pm - AA Tuesday, July 1, 2014 7:30 pm - NA Wednesday, July 2, 2014 4:00-6:00 pm CSA Organic Farmers Market in Parking Lot 6:30pm - Meet at Duluth Rose Garden Thursday, July 3, 2014 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Yoga Friday, July 4, 2014 INDEPENDENCE DAY Office Closed 6:00 pm - AA Saturday, July 5, 2014 Sunday, July 6, 2014 10:00 am - Worship Service with Communion 11:00 am - Coffee fellowship Internet: www:tlcduluth.org Facebook: trinity@tlcduluth.org Phone: 218-724-9369 THE THIRD SUNDAY OF PENTECOST PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES Two-for-One Today is a two-for-one. The two apostles on which so much depends are honored on the same day. Although each is important in his own way, the wisdom of pairing them is in perceiving their respective ministries, roles, and equal stature. Paul is not Peter and Peter is not Paul, and yet each of them gives so much to the church it would be impossible to rank them. In today's gospel we encounter Peter primarily through the repeated command of Christ. Peter is challenged by Jesus, "Feed/tend my lambs/sheep." It's a puzzling passage. Much has been made of the slight variations in the way Jesus asks his question and then gives his instruction. By the end of the exchange, we know how central Peter is to the ministry Jesus expects after his departure. In the second reading we hear Paul's parting words written to Timothy. Many Pauline themes are echoed here. Paul has kept the faith. He has run the race. There has been a battle and suffering, but the Lord has stood by and strengthened, as the Lord always does. Paul lives from and expresses his profound hope. Hope has marked his whole ministry. Now it is articulated in his farewell. Where the two texts come together is in the anticipated endings they communicate. Jesus describes how Peter's ministry will end, what kind of death he will endure. Paul also seems to be writing in anticipation of some kind of end, likely his own death, his being poured out as a libation. In both cases, in their deaths they will glorify God and God will illustrate God's faithfulness even in the midst of persecution and death. You will die, yet you will live. Reprinted from Words for Worship, copyright 2013 Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress. If you are visiting with us this morning, WE WELCOME YOU! We are happy to have you worshipping with us. We invite you to read through the upcoming events and be a part of the life of the congregation. Please fill out the information below and place it in the offering plate so that we can get to know you. Name Street Address City, State Zip Email Address Telephone 8
WITNESS WORSHIP LEADERS Remember in your prayers: Vivian Nelson Hart Carol Anderson Kathie Sunnarborg Taire Suliin Ted Zubeck Wm Godmare Wayne and Julie Charlie Tammy Goodall John Bergson Pat Ario Joanne DeRosier Doris Johnson Claudia Pirkola THIS WEEK - June 29th - 10:00 am Greeters: Eileen Nelson Ushers: Claudine Hansen, Eileen Nelson Reader: John Bergum Coffee Host: Beverly & Jim McIntosh NEXT WEEK - July 6th - 10:00 am Greeter: Eileen Nelson Ushers: Eileen Nelson, Bea Wenck Reader: Kathy Gilbertson Comm. Assistants: Sherry Rushing, Kathy Johanson Comm. Baskt Hldrs-Kathy Gilbertson, Joanne Salmela Coffee Host: Faye & Fritz Kerttula TWO WEEKS - July 13th - 10:00 am Greeters: Don Stellmaker Ushers: Don Stellmaker, Jan Culliton Reader: Bunny Stellmaker Coffee Host: Kathy Myers We pray for all our members who are homebound or in nursing care facilities. UPCOMING EVENTS: Sunday, July 20th - Outdoor Worship Service and Potluck at Chamber s Grove Monday, July 21st - July 25th - Vacation Bible School Sunday, July 27th - Hosanna Lutheran Church Praise Band is here. Vacation Bible School Shares Sunday, August 17th - SILVER SUNDAY REMINDER: Stop and smell the roses at 6:30 pm, Wednesday July 2nd, at the gazebo in Duluth s Rose Garden in Leif Erickson Park. Once there, people are invited to sit on the benches together and enjoy the view, walk together along the boardwalk, ride ahead on their bikes, or go for a run with a church friend. See Heidi Johnson for a fund-raising opportunity. We hope to see many of you there. Great news! Due to a generous match, we have raised $1,375.00 for the Gabriel Fund through the Grandma's Marathon Fundraiser. Gloria Dei raised $1,265.00 for a total of $2,640 from the two churches. The Gabriel Fund was originally set up by several local churches to assist families who call local churches for help when they are in emergency situations. The fund is currently managed by CHUM. When we at Trinity receive these types of calls for assistance, we forward them to CHUM for help. Again this year, we won the Oasis Cup which is a competition between Gloria Dei and Trinity to see which church can raise the most funds for the Gabriel Project through sponsorship of Grandma s Marathon racers. We want to thank everyone who so generously helped with this project in any way. 9