*PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION* C: O Morning Star, fair and bright, you have refreshed us again with heavenly food. You are our dearest treasure. Go with us now today, tomorrow, every day that we tell the story of your never-ending love and sing your praise both now and forever. February 4, 2018 Trinity Lutheran Church Time After Epiphany 10:30 a.m. BLESSING OF EUCHARISTIC COMMUINON KITS *BLESSING* P: The God of glory dwell in you richly, name you beloved, and shine brightly on your path; and the blessing of almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be upon you and remain with you always. C: *SENDING SONG* Rise, Shine, You People! ELW #665 *SENDING* P: Go in peace. Be the light of Christ. C: Thanks be to God. *POSTLUDE* Toccata from Suite Gothique for Organ L. Boellmann Thank you for joining us on this beautiful Sunday morning! Please join us following the service for coffee and conversation. Trinity is a welcoming faith community living together in God s love to share the joy of Jesus Christ. Copyright Notes - Current Copyrights all music is reproduced under the following copyright license. CCLI #1432547 & One License.Net#A-705827. - 12 - Trinity Lutheran Church 301 E. Stuart St., Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 482-1226 Website: www.trinitylutheranfc.org email: office@trinitylutheranfc.org TLC Preschool - 221-9852 - 1 -
Trinity is a welcoming faith community living together in God s love to share the joy of Jesus Christ. Guests and Visitors: A special welcome to you from Trinity s pastor and congregation members. We pray that this worship will bring you comfort, joy, and renewal. All are invited to receive the bread and wine of Holy Communion. If you have any questions about the worship service or about Trinity, our Hospitality Team members (at the Welcome Desk or identified by name tag) are happy to help. Please join us again! Parents and Caregivers: Please know that God s children of all ages are welcome in worship. Younger kids are invited to bring one of our specially-prepared busy bags into the worship service, or a Sermon 4 Kids (Children s bulletin) along with crayons. Both are available in the narthex as you enter the sanctuary. If you wish to step out with your child at any time, there is a special room just outside the worship space where you will be able to view and hear the service. If you prefer, we also offer a staffed Nursery. Children cared for in the Nursery are brought into worship for the Youth Message. *LORD S PRAYER* Our Father in heaven, holy be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. INVITATION TO COMMUNION We come to the table by Jesus invitation. All are welcome! As you come forward, receive the bread and the rose wine or white juice. Let us know if you need a gluten free wafer. If you are not ready to receive communion, but would like a blessing, please come forward with your hands folded. LAMB OF GOD Special needs: Hearing-assistance devices, as well as gluten-free wafers and grape juice for Communion, are available during our services. Holy Communion can also be brought to the seats of those with mobility trouble. Our Hospitality Team members can help with any of these special needs. Hospitality Team Assisting Minister Lector IN MINISTRY TODAY Rocky Knutson Brenda Fosse Paul Schairer CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS: THE MEMBERS OF TRINITY Rick Reiten, Senior Pastor Paul Schairer, Visitation Pastor Paul Falk, Director of Choirs Alice Crawford, Church Musician Kevin Dragseth, Minister for Faith Formation for FOCOLU Kelli Karst, Director of Faith Formation for Children & Families Brenda Harju, TLC Preschool Director Debbie Schwartz, Financial Manager Deana Andrist, Office Administrator Amanda Backsen, Director of Communications Joshua Moore, AV Technician Tiffany Klijewski, Nursery Coordinator *Please stand as you are able* - 2 - COMMUNION SONG Christ, Be Our Light ELW #715 *COMMUNION BLESSING* P: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in God s grace. C: - 11 -
*GREAT THANKSGIVING* Time After Epiphany PRELUDE Choral and Menuet from Suite Gothique for Organ L. Boellmann WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL TO WORSHIP A Joyous Ring Douglas E. Wagner Bells of Trinity P: It is indeed right, our duty and our joy.. we praise your name and join their unending hymn: *HOLY, HOLY, HOLY* *CONFESSION AND FORGIVNESS* All may make the sign of the cross, the sign marked at baptism, as the presiding minister begins. P: Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God, who stretches out the heavens, who sends light to the nations, who gives breath to us all. C: P: Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another. Silence for reflection and self-examination. P: Loving God, C: we confess that we have turned from your way to follow our own ways. Forgive us for the times we have spoken or acted too quickly; we have not spoken or acted at all; we have hurt those closest to us; we have hurt those we have yet to know; we have thought more about ourselves than others; we have thought less of ourselves than we ought. Turn us around, and give us a fresh start, so that we can live again as your children. P: Even when we have done wrong, God makes us right. Even when we have messed up, God puts us together. God s love never runs out. God never tires of calling us beloved children. Hear God say to you now: Your sins are forgiven, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Savior. C: *GATHERING SONG* Praise to the Lord, the Almighty ELW #858 *WORDS OF INSTITUTION* - 10 - *INVOCATION* P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: And also with you. - 3 -
*KYRIE* *OFFERING SONG* All Creatures, Worship God Most High! ELW #835 Verse 6 O sisters, brothers, take your part, and worship God with humble heart: Al-le lu- ia! Al le lu- ia! All creatures, bless the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Three in one: *OFFERING PRAYER* C: Merciful God, receive the gifts we bring, our selves, our time, and our possessions. Through this meal unite us as your body, shining with the light of your justice and mercy; for the sake of him who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. - 4 - - 9 -
*SONG OF THE DAY* Arise, Your Light Has Come! ELW #314 *SONG OF PRAISE* *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. *PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE* A: Let us pray, C: Have mercy, O God. *SHARING OF THE PEACE* P: The peace of Christ be with you all. C: And also with you. OFFERING Prayer from Suite Gothique for Organ L. Boellmann - 8 - - 5 -
*PRAYER OF THE DAY* C: Everlasting God, you give strength to the weak and power to the faint. Make us agents of your healing and wholeness, that your good news may be made known to the ends of your creation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. *GOSPEL ACCLAMATION* CHILDREN S MESSAGE MUSICAL OFFERING Everything Good Don Schlosser Trinity Chancel Choir READING Isaiah 40:21-31 The Judeans in exile have a good reason to be hopeful: the one who will bring them to freedom is the God who created the world, the God who subdues the rulers of the earth and gives strength to those who are weary. 21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in; 23 who brings princes to naught, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing. 24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows upon them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble. 25 To whom then will you compare me, or who is my equal? says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high and see: Who created these? He who brings out their host and numbers them, calling them all by name; because he is great in strength, mighty in power, not one is missing. 27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God? 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. 29 He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. 30 Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; 31 but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. *GOSPEL* Mark 1:29-39 Everywhere Jesus goes, many people expect him to set them free from oppression. Everywhere he goes, he heals them and sets them free. Disease, devils, and death are running for their lives. The forces that diminish human life are rendered powerless by Jesus. 29 As soon as [Jesus and the disciples] left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now Simon s mother-inlaw was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. 31 He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them. 32 That evening, at sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. 33 And the whole city was gathered around the door. 34 And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. 35 In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. 36 And Simon and his companions hunted for him. 37 When they found him, they said to him, Everyone is searching for you. 38 He answered, Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do. 39 And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons P: The Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to you, O Christ. A: The word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. MESSAGE Pastor Rick - 6 - - 7 -