Orders of Worship May 31, 2015 (See a separate bulletin for 10:45)

10:45 Orders of Worship May 31, 2015 (See a separate bulletin for 10:45) The concept of a Triune God has been expressed through art in a number of ways. The triquetra symbol on the left represents the intersection of three overlapping circles. The words are from 2 Corinthians 13:13 NRSV. This original artwork in the north office hallway welcomes you as you enter our church building. When we say God is the Triune God, we are saying something about who God is beyond, before, and after the universe: that there is community within God. Our experience of this is reflected in Paul's words today. When we pray to God as Jesus prayed to his Abba, (an Aramaic word that would most closely be translated as Daddy, ) the Spirit prays within us, creating between us and God the same close, intimate relationship Jesus has with the Father. 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 the two 10:45 a.m. Sunday services, one a festive setting in the sanctuary and the other a praise worship in Jack s Place, our new 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 PRAISE WORSHIP May 31, 2015 - The Holy Trinity In the Worship Center in Jack s Place MESSAGE: TRIGGERING THE MIRACLE - Pastor Sanford C. Mitchell PRAYER CARDS are in the chair pockets. You may fill them out at the announcement time and a host will collect them if you raise them up. They will be used at the time of the prayers. If you desire private prayer for yourself or on behalf of a loved one, inform a host. You will be paired with a prayer leader following the service for prayer and the laying on of hands. IN THIS TIME OF TRANSITION you are welcome to pray for our interim pastor and for the future of Trinity and in thanksgiving to God for the way Trinity has been used for the work of the Lord in Ashland. IF YOU DESIRE PRIVATE, INDIVIDUAL PRAYER for yourself or on behalf of a loved one, inform a host. You will be paired with a prayer leader following the service for prayer and the laying on of hands. IF YOU ARE A FIRST-TIME GUEST TO TRINITY, please pick up a coffee mug as our welcome gift to you. We are grateful for your presence and pray that you will sense both God s presence and leading as the result of worshiping with us. CHILDREN S WELCOME PACKETS are available at the Host Station for use during the service. If your child should become restless, there is seating available to the rear of the Worship Center at Jack s Place. Staffed child care is also available in the Nursery area. 2

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. In this time of transition you are welcome, prior to the prelude, to pray in your pew using the kneeler or to come to the communion rail, to pray for our interim pastor and for the future of Trinity and in thanksgiving to God for the way Trinity has been used for the work of the Lord in Ashland. THE PASCHAL CANDLE, which has been lit near the lectern during the season of Easter as a reminder of Jesus physical presence in the days after his resurrection, is now placed near the font, to be lit at baptisms, funerals and other occasions. GATHERING MUSIC + + + GATHERING + + + The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God. 3 Air from SUITE IN D - Johann Sebastian Bach Mark Koehler, organ Chorale Prelude on GOD OF GRACE AND GOD OF GLORY - Paul Manz Mark Koehler, organ & Trinity Brass Ron Marenchin, director God of grace and God of glory, on your people pour your pow'r; crown your ancient church's story; bring its bud to glorious flow'r. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage for the facing of this hour, for the facing of this hour. - Harry E. Fosdick, 1878-1969 WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY MORNING 10:45 COMMUNION May 31, 2015 - The Holy Trinity In the Sanctuary *GATHERING SONG Lift High the Cross ELW 660 *Please stand, as able. Please 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.

> Our worship continues on page 138 in the ELW < *KYRIE Lord, Have Mercy pg. 138 We sing a prayer for God s mercy to fill the church and the world. *CANTICLE OF PRAISE This Is the Feast pg. 140 Today we use "Worthy Is Christ," from the book of Revelation, as our Canticle of Praise. The hymn looks to the day when we shall gather at the throne of the Lamb to praise Christ s holy name. *PRAYER OF THE DAY Let us pray. < Stanzas 1 & 3 - Left / Lectern side Stanzas 2 & 4 - Right / Pulpit side > Almighty Creator and ever-living God: we worship your glory, eternal Three-in-One, and we praise your power, majestic One-in-Three. Keep us steadfast in this faith, defend us in all adversity, and bring us at last into your presence, where you live in endless joy and love, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen Please be seated CHOIR ANTHEM Thee We Adore, Eternal Lord - arr. Benjamin Culli A paraphrase of the Te Deum Based on JERUSALEM by C. H. H. Parry (1848-1918) + + + WORD + + + God speaks to us in scripture reading, preaching and song. FIRST READING Isaiah 6:1 8 Pew Bible, OT pg. 704 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the LORD sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2 Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3 And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory." 4 The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. 5 And I said: "Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!" 6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7 The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: "Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out." 8 Then I heard the voice of the LORD saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I; send me!" The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. 4

PSALM Psalm 29 - Sung responsively - Tone 1 1 Ascribe to the LORD, you gods, ascribe to the LORD glo- ry and strength. 2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due God's name; worship the LORD in the beau- ty of holiness. 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is upon the mighty waters. 4 The voice of the LORD is a pow- erful voice; the voice of the LORD is a voice of splendor. 5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedar trees; the LORD breaks the ce- dars of Lebanon; 6 the LORD makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Mount Hermon like a young wild ox. 7 The voice of the LORD bursts forth in lightning flashes. 8 The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilder- ness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of the LORD makes the oak trees writhe and strips the forests bare. And in the temple of the LORD all are crying, "Glory!" 10 The LORD sits enthroned a- bove the flood; the LORD sits enthroned as king for- evermore. 11 O LORD, give strength to your people; give them, O LORD, the bless- ings of peace. SECOND READING Romans 8:12 17 Pew Bible, NT pg. 164 12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh 13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, "Abba! Father!" 16 it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. 5

*GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia, Alleluia pg. 142 *GOSPEL John 6:1-14 Pew Bible, NT pg. 100 The holy gospel according to John. Glory to you, O Lord. After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. 3 Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. 5 When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?" 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. 7 Philip answered him, "Six months' wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little." 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9 There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people? 10 Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, "Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost." 13 So they gathered them up, and from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they filled twelve baskets. 14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they began to say, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world." The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. Please be seated HYMN OF THE DAY Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! ELW 413 NICENE CREED pg. 104 We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. 6

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION After each portion of the prayers: Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. SERMON TRIGGERING THE MIRACLE Pastor Sanford C. Mitchell OFFERING Well Done, My Faithful Servant - Pepper Choplin Based on Matthew 25:14-21 Dee Pinkley, soprano 7

*CANTICLE OF THANKSGIVING Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow ELW 885 *OFFERING PRAYER Please stand and sing this traditional doxology as the offering is presented. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below; praise God above, ye heav'nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. - Thomas Ken, 1637-1711, alt. 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 144 < *GREAT THANKSGIVING The Lord Be with You pg. 144 *PREFACE It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,......we praise your name and join their unending hymn: *SANCTUS Holy, Holy, Holy pg. 144 *THANKSGIVING AT THE TABLE (V) Holy, mighty, and merciful Lord, heaven and earth are full of your glory. In great love you sent to us Jesus, your Son, who reached out to heal the sick and suffering, who preached good news to the poor, and who, on the cross, opened his arms to all. In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me. Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me. Remembering, therefore, his death, resurrection, and ascension, we await his coming in glory. Pour out upon us the Spirit of your love, O Lord, and unite the wills of all who share this heavenly food, the body and blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord; to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, now and forever. Amen. 8

*LORD S PRAYER pg. 145 *INVITATION TO COMMUNION Jesus said, "Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." 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. If you have not done so yet this year, please sign a COMMUNION CARD located in the pew rack and hand it to an usher. STATIONS 1 & 2 - CENTER AISLE (nave) - After you receive the wafer, either dip it in the first goblet of wine (intinction) or partake of the wafer and then drink from the second goblet (common cup). You return by the side aisle. STATION 3 - NARTHEX (last four pews & balcony) - At this station the wafer is dipped in the wine or grape juice (intinction.) GLUTEN-FREE WAFERS are available at each station. Please indicate your desire to the communion deacon. GRAPE JUICE is available in the Narthex only. CHILDREN who do not yet commune are invited with their families to receive a blessing. You are encouraged to SING the hymns and RESPOND Amen as the elements are received. You may KNEEL IN THE PEWS TO PRAY after returning to your seat. MUSIC DURING COMMUNION AGNUS DEI Lamb of God pg. 146 HYMN Rise Up, O Saints of God! ELW 669 HYMN The Church s One Foundation ELW 654 HYMN For the Bread Which You Have Broken ELW 494 *TABLE GRACE 9

*PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Wise and generous God, we thank you that at this holy table you have fed us again with the food of everlasting life. Send us with your blessing to seek the good of our neighbor and call others to your feast; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. + + + SENDING + + + God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world. *CHORAL BENEDICTION The Lord Bless You and Keep You - Peter C. Lutkin Choir *SENDING SONG A Mighty Fortress Is Our God ELW 504 *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 AREA - Infant Nursery - CHILD CARE for children age five and under - Nursery area - PARENT PAGERS - available for use by parents with children in the Nursery - 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 are from the family of Pastor and Judy Mitchell. OUR 10:45 RADIO BROADCAST on WNCO-AM 1340 is sponsored by the family of Pastor and Judy Mitchell. COPYRIGHT: LITURGY from Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2014 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. 11

PARTICIPATING IN OUR SERVICES: MAY 30 & 31 6:30 P.M. SATURDAY FOLK SERVICE HOST FAMILIES Scott & Leesa Cox, Logan & Taylor; Doug & Natalie Scott NURSERY SUPERVISOR Jenny Pence VIDEO Diane Emser, Jim Norris SOUND Phil Vermillion 8:30 A.M. SUNDAY WORSHIP HOST FAMILY Shane & Lorna Ross USHERS Merle Witmer, Jeff Witmer (Team 2) ASSISTING MINISTER Heidi R. Holst ACOLYTE Garrett Denbow LECTOR Barbara Zimmerman CHILD CARE Supervisor - Jen James SOUND Bob Pinkley 9:30 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL HOST Dan Forbes INFANT NURSERY Supervisor - Cindy Duffey 10:45 A.M. SUNDAY COMMUNION HOST FAMILY Mike & Amy Nelson USHERS Don E. Cole, Ed Herrick (Team 5) ASSISTING MINISTER Stan Kopp ACOLYTE Ethan Barr CRUCIFER Gabe Kral BANNER BEARER Noelle Burke LECTOR David Parsons COMMUNION DEACONS Randi Bittle, Pam Bradley, John Ferguson, Susan Hamman, Pam Thiel, Pastor Sanford C. Mitchell CHILD CARE (Infant) Supervisor - Cindy Duffey (Toddler) Supervisor - Kelly Owens SOUND Glenn Rausch RADIO Hank Stevens 10:45 A.M. SUNDAY PRAISE WORSHIP / WORSHIP CENTER at JACK S PLACE HOSTS John & Laurie Maurer; Youth LECTOR Jackson Cleland VIDEO Don Prezioso SOUND Chris Vanderzyden