Helpers This Week ~ July 8 Pentecost 7 Setting Now The Feast Pastor Erica Worship Assistant 16 A. Luhrs D. Millar Next Week ~ July 15 Pentecost 8 ~ Outdoor Service Now The Feast Pastor Erica Acolytes E. Oliver-Minor A. Panaccione, E. Panaccione Trinity Lutheran Church Chelmsford, MA July 8, 2018 9:30 AM Seventh Sunday of Pentecost Holy Communion Communion Assistants M. Cajolet, D. Kolba, K. Maurer, J. Silinsh J. & K. Roensch, A. Soule, J. Soule Lectors A. Luhrs K. Moomjian Ushers D. Feick, H. Luhrs J. Schaufus, B. Soule Bread A. Cajolet L. Soule Altar Guild H. Blaschke K. Roensch Counters Anderson, Birr, Kolba Downer, Dungan, Roesnch Greeters Coffee D. & T. Post Serving Group Four J. & K. Roensch, K. Conran Serving Group Four Church telephone number 978-256-6300 Pastor Erica Kennedy: pastor@trinity-chelmsford.org Music Director: René Minalga-Rheault: music@trinity-chelmsford.org Parish Administrator: Laurie Bestvater: parishadmin@trinity-chelmsford.org Campus Ministry: Imogene Stulken: Imogene_Stulken@uml.edu Cover Art: Rembrandt Vision: Sharing God s gifts, we joyfully serve! Mission: We will nurture and grow our faith family, centered on Word and sacrament, by exemplifying the love of Christ as we respond to the needs of one another and our world. www.tlc-chelmsford.org
2 15 Welcome to Trinity! First time worshipers are invited to sign the register by the front doors and join us for coffee and fellowship after the service in the Luther Room down the hall. THIS WEEK AT TRINITY 7/8 Sun. 9:30 AM Worship with Holy Communion 7/10 Tues. 12:30 PM Staff Meeting 7/12 Thurs. 3:00 PM Building Needs Assessment Meeting Nursery care is provided. Pew cushions and children s activity bags are available. Please see an usher for help. 7/13 Fri. 6:00 PM Alcoholics Anonymous 7/15 Sun. 9:30 AM Outdoor Worship with Holy Communion PRELUDE WELCOME GATHERING The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS All may make the sign of the cross, the sign marked at baptism, as the presiding minister begins. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. Let us confess our sin to God who is faithful and just and who has promised to forgive our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Silence is kept for reflection. If you would like more information about what s happening at Trinity, be sure to find the latest issues of our newsletter, Trinity Tidings, located in the rack in the narthex.
14 COMMUNION HYMNS How Great Thou Art ELW 856 One Bread, One Body ELW 496 BLESSING SENDING God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world. SENDING HYMN A Mighty Fortress Is Our God ELW 504 DISMISSAL Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God. POSTLUDE Scripture quotations are from the New Revised ard 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. Most merciful God, have mercy on us. We confess to you that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and what we have left undone. We have not trusted you with our whole heart; we have not loved one another in deed and in truth. In your compassion forgive our sin and so uphold us by your Spirit that we may live and serve you in newness of life through Jesus Christ our light and our truth. Amen. With joy, I proclaim to you that Almighty God, rich in mercy, abundant in love, forgives you all your sin and grants you newness of life in Jesus Christ. Thanks be to God. GATHERING HYMN Jesus Christ Is Risen Today ELW 365 GREETING 3 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. KYRIE Remember to vote for your favorite hymn today. The ballot box is by the guest book at the double doors. Please see an usher if you need a ballot.
4 13 INVITATION TO COMMUNION We invite all people of God to the Lord's table as Jesus comes to us with the gift of forgiveness. The bread is gluten-free. The wine may be received by chalice, intinction (dipping the bread into the chalice) or by the pouring of the wine into the glasses taken from the trays in the front. Glasses of grape juice are also available in the trays. Children who have not received communion instruction will receive a blessing. The Gifts of God for the people of God Thanks be to God. sit LAMB OF GOD Now the Feast and Celebration: Kyrie, Text and Music: Marty Haugen, c 1990. GIA Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ONE LICENSE Annual License, A-700099 Now the Feast and Celebration: Lamb of God Text and Music: Marty Haugen, c 1990. GIA Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved.ONE LICENSE Annual License, A-700099
12 HYMN OF PRAISE 5 Now the Feast and Celebration: Holy Text and Music: Marty Haugen, c 1990. GIA Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ONE LICENSE Annual License, A-700099 EUCHARISTIC PRAYER 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.
6 11 Now the Feast and Celebration: As the Grains of Wheat Text and Music: Marty Haugen, c 1990. GIA Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ONE LICENSE Annual License, A-700099 OFFERING PRAYER Let us pray, Merciful God, everything in heaven and earth belongs to you. We joyfully release what you have entrusted to us. May these gifts be signs of our whole lives returned to you, dedicated to the healing and unity of all creation, through Jesus Christ. Amen. THE GREAT THANKSGIVING Now the Feast and Celebration: Text and Music: Marty Haugen, c 1990. GIA Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ONE LICENSE Annual License, A-700099 SALUTATION The Lord be with you. And also with you. The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. It is indeed right, our duty and our joy...we praise your name and join their unending hymn: PRAYER OF THE DAY
PEACE The peace of the Lord be with you always. And also with you. Sit OFFERING OFFERTORY OFFERTORY RESPONSE 10 MEAL God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ WORD God speaks to us in scripture reading, preaching and song Sit THE FIRST READING: Exodus 20:12-16 12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 13You shall not murder. 14You shall not commit adultery. 15You shall not steal. 16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Word of God, word of life. Thanks be to God. 7
8 9 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Halle, Halle, Hallelujah ELW 172 THE GOSPEL READING: Matthew 22:34-40 The holy gospel according to Saint Matthew the 22nd chapter. Glory to you, O Lord. 34When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest? 37 He said to him, " 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. SERMON Pastor Erica Kennedy HYMN OF THE DAY Bless Now, O God, the Journey ELW 326 APOSTLES CREED I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION Growing in faith and discipleship, we give thanks for God s merciful compassion as we pray for the church, the world, and all in need. After each petition: Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer...especially, Mary Ann Michelsen Holly Michelsen Erin Ronald Lundstedt Alice Ekstrom Debbie Boisvert Family of Harriet Norris Roy & Edie Lundstedt Scott Straeffer Elaine Jelescheff Virginia De Petrillo Karen Laycano Anita Adams Katherine Sanroma Family of Tom Smith Ken & Genevieve Morash & family and all those we offer now either silently or aloud Gracious God, we lift to you these prayers and the prayers of our hearts, trusting in your everlasting love and mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.