TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH GREENCASTLE, PA Sharing Christ in Word and Deed June 10, 2012 11 am Pentecost 2 The Rev. William DeHass, Pastor Dale Thatcher, Usher Beth Fairchild, Communion Assistant Music by Trinity s Praise Band
WE WELCOME ALL WHO WORSHIP HERE THIS DAY! If you are visiting with us, we are honored by your presence. We encourage you to complete the Welcome envelope located in the pew rack and place in the offering plate. If you are seeking a church home, please speak with the Pastor. Holy Communion is celebrated in this morning s worship. Our Lord invites to this table all baptized Christians. Young children should follow the practice of their home congregation. Come forward by the center aisle receive bread from the Pastor, dip the bread into the chalice held by the Worship Assistant, then partake of the bread. Persons or concerns may be added to today s prayers by filling out a prayer request card located in the pew racks. The prayer cards will be collected before the scripture reading. Draw me close to You never let me go I lay it all down again To hear You say that I'm Your friend You are my desire no one else will do 'Cause nothing else could take Your place To feel the warmth of Your embrace Help me find the way Bring me back to You You're all I want You're all I've ever needed You're all I want Help me know You are near Help me know You are here GATHERING SONG -- Draw Me Close CCLI Song No. 1459484 1994 Mercy / Vineyard Publishing (Admin. by Music Services, Inc.) Kelly Carpenter For use solely with the SongSelect Terms of Use. All rights Reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License No. 2823825 WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Your Grace Is Enough Great is Your faithfulness O God You wrestle with the sinner's restless heart You lead us by still waters into mercy And nothing can keep us apart So remember Your people Remember Your children Remember Your promise O God Your grace is enough Your grace is enough Your grace is enough for me Great is Your love and justice God of Jacob You use the weak to lead the strong You lead us in the song of Your salvation And all Your people sing along Yeah Your grace is enough Heaven reaches out to us Your grace is enough for me God I sing Your grace is enough I'm covered in Your love Your grace is enough for me for me CCLI Song # 4477026 Matt Maher 2003 spiritandsong.com Thankyou Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) For use solely with the SongSelect Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com\ CCLI License # 2823825 The Stand You stood before creation Eternity in Your hand You spoke the earth into motion My soul now to stand You stood before my failure And carried the cross for my shame My sin weighed upon Your shoulders My soul now to stand So what can I say And what can I do But offer this heart O God Completely to You So I'll walk upon salvation Your Spirit alive in me My life to declare Your promise My soul now to stand So I'll stand With arms high and heart abandoned In awe of the One who gave it all I'll stand My soul Lord to You surrendered All I am is Yours CCLI Song No. 4705248 2005 Hillsong Publishing (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) Joel Houston For use solely with the SongSelect Terms of Use. All rights Reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License No. 282382
CALL TO WORSHIP In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirt. Amen. Before God and in the company of our sisters and brothers, let us confess our sin. Silence is kept for reflection. God and Father of all, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed. We have thought better of ourselves than others. We have told lies, said hurtful things, acted in ways we wish we could take back, and looked the other way when action was needed. In your mercy, O God, forgive us, cleanse us, and heal us, for the sake of Jesus, our Savior. Amen. If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; everything has become new! In Christ, + you are a new creation: your sins are taken away and you are made new. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,as God in Christ has forgiven you. Amen. Let us pray together All-powerful God, in Jesus Christ you turned death into life and defeat into victory. Increase our faith and trust in him, that we may triumph over all evil in the strength of the same Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Congregation may be seated CHILDREN S MESSAGE SCRIPTURE SONG Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) Amazing grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now I'm found Was blind but now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed
My chains are gone I've been set free My God my Savior has ransomed me And like a flood His mercy reigns Unending love amazing grace The Lord has promised good to me His word my hope secures He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures The earth shall soon dissolve like snow The sun forbear to shine But God who called me here below Will be forever mine Will be forever mine You are forever mine CCLI Song No. 4768151 2006 worshiptogether.com songs sixsteps Music Vamos Publishing (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing)Chris Tomlin John Newton Louie Giglio For use solely with the SongSelect Terms of Use. All rights Reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License No. 2823825 RECEPTION OF PRAYER REQUESTS SCRIPTURE READING 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Life in the present is transitory and cannot compare with the eternal home God has prepared for us. So we do not despair no matter what life might bring because we know that as God raised Jesus from the dead, God promises to bring us into eternal life. But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture "I believed, and so I spoke" we also believe, and so we speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. MESSAGE FOR THE DAY
SONG OF THE DAY Beauty for Brokenness Verse 1 Beauty for brokenness Hope for despair Lord in Your suff'ring world This is our prayer Bread for the children Justice joy peace Sunrise to sunset Your kingdom increase Chorus God of the poor Friend of the weak Give us compassion we pray Melt our cold hearts Let tears fall like rain Come change our love From a spark to a flame Verse 2 Refuge from cruel wars Havens from fear Cities for sanctu'ry Freedoms to share Peace to the killing fields Scorched earth to green Christ for the bitterness His cross for the pain Chorus Verse 3 Lighten our darkness Breathe on this flame Until Your justice Burns brightly again Until the nations Learn of Your ways Seek Your salvation And bring You their praise Chorus CCLI Song No. 1236690 1993 Make Way Music (Admin. by Music Services) Graham Kendrick For use solely with the SongSelect Terms of Use. All rights Reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License No. 2823825 I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. APOSTLES CREED 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 The prayers will be offered in petitions ending in Lord, in your mercy. The congregation will respond, Hear our prayer PEACE The peace of Christ be with you always. And also with you. The people may greet one another with a sign of Christ's peace, and may say, "Peace be with you," or similar words. Please remain standing after this. OFFERING PRAYER 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. HOLY COMMUNION The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give God thanks and praise.
It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God, through our Savior Jesus Christ; who on this day overcame death and the grave, and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. And so, with all the choirs of angels, with the church on earth and the hosts of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn: 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 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 Jesus said, "Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." As you come forward receive the bread from the Pastor and then dip it in the cup held by the Communion Assistant. Then partake of the elements together. You may return to your place by using the side aisle. The Praise Band will be singing during distribution. You are welcome to sing along.
PRAYER AND BLESSING Generous God, we thank you that at Wisdom's holy table you have fed us again with her bread and wine, the food of everlasting life. Send us, your servants, into all the land, that we may act wisely,seek the good of our neighbor, and call others to come to the feast; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Almighty and merciful God, Father, + Son, and Holy Spirit, bless, preserve, and keep you this day and forevermore. Amen. SENDING SONG I m So Glad Jesus Lifted Me #673 in With One Voice (Blue Book) Go in peace to love and serve the Lord Thanks be to God! DIMISSAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Attendance last Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Service 84 (12 visitors and 72 members) 11:00 a.m. Service 24 (1 visitors and 23 members) ************* Offering last Sunday: Regular -$1364.00; Benevolence - $57.00; Building Fund - $903.00; Special Appeal $63.00; Funeral Reception - $200.00. ************ IN THE CHURCH THIS WEEK: Monday AA - 8:00 p.m. Tuesday - Christian Ed. 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Worship and Music 6:30 p.m. Friday - Sunday - AA 8:00 p.m. Worship with Holy Communion 8:30 & 11 a.m. Fellowship following 1 st worship service Sunday school in recess for summer
THE ALTAR FLOWERS are presented to the glory of God by the Swart Family in memory of Edith Heefner and Donald E. Swart. ************ SPECIAL APPEAL FOR JUNE is designated for the Brown Bag Program. Each month volunteers, mostly from our area Lutheran churches, package and deliver more than 400 boxes of staple food to individual/families identified and screened by various county agencies. If you desire to make a monetary donation, please mark your envelope for Special Appeal or use the white envelope in the pew rack and mark it Special Appeal. ************ VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL We are in need of snack helpers for VBS. Please sign the sheet on the board in the narthex if you can help. Vacation Bible School will be held on Thursday, July 26 from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Friday, July 27 from 6:00 to 7:45 p.m. Saturday, July 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Registration forms are on the table in the Fellowship Room and in the church office. Complete and return to Lorena Davis or the church office. ************ THE HARVEST COMMITTEE will be making ice cream on Saturday, June 30 th, at the home of Dick and Joan Hall, 12850 Grant Shook Road beginning at 8:00 a.m. The committee would appreciate all the help they can get. There will be a picnic lunch for those helping. The Greencastle Sidewalk Sales will be held on Friday, July 13 th from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 14 th from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you are available to help, please let Joan Hall or Donna Wolfe know. You will be receiving a call asking for donations of baked goods for Friday only as well as help to dip ice cream and selling the baked goods on the days of the sale. ************ PAIRS AND SPARES - On July 15 th, Pairs and Spares will be attending the Totem Pole Playhouse to see the comedy RED, WHITE and TUNA. This is a Sunday 3:00 show. Cost will be $20.00 per person. Plans are being made to go out to dinner afterward. If you have any questions or are interested, please contact Marie Dean at 717-762-8360 by June 17 for more details. This is open to everyone.
THE AUXILIARY TO THE CHAMBERSBURG CENTER FOR LSS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PA is conducting their membership drive. This is open to all men, women and children. Fill out the envelope in the bulletin and return to Evelyn Pensinger. CHAMBERSBURG CONFERENCE NEWS WIDOW TO WIDOW LUNCH GROUP This on-going support group will meet the 2nd Tuesday each month to provide an opportunity for widows to share and learn about grief and the journey it brings. Each month will feature a topic related to healing our grief. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm at Bonanza Restaurant at the Chambersburg Mall. Each person is responsible for the cost of their meal. The meeting will be held in the private dining area of the restaurant. For more information contact Kim McCurdy at 717-217-3527. CHURCH DAY BUFFET Members of our congregation and their friends are invited to the Church Day Buffet at the Fleck Center at Luther Ridge on Wednesday, June 13 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. The menu for June is Tossed Salad, Lasagna, Italian Vegetables, Bread Sticks, Dessert and Beverage. Cost for the buffet is $6.50 per person. To reserve your place, please call 264-5700. LUTHER RIDGE WELLNESS TALK -- Summer Safety Lutheran Home Care & Hospice will give a Health & Wellness talk on Thursday, June 21 at 10:00 a.m. at The Fleck Center at Luther Ridge Retirement Community, Chambersburg. The program is free of charge and open to anyone in the community. No registration is required. The topic for June is Summer Safety. Before launching headlong into summer, prepare yourself for the sun and the heat with these common sense health tips. The Franklin-Fulton Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans will host a picnic on Friday, June 29, 2012, 6 pm at Norlo Park, 3050 Lincoln Way East, Fayetteville, PA. All Franklin-Fulton County Thrivent members and their spouse/guest are invited. This is a catered meal so please respond by June 20 th if you plan to attend by contacting Jodi Eiker at 717-264-5633. The Brown Bag Program volunteers will be our special guests that evening. Since there is no charge for the dinner, please consider a contribution to help Thrivent to continue with this program. Checks may be made payable to Franklin- Fulton Thrivent Chapter.