Holy Trinity Lutheran hurch A ommunity Following in the Footsteps of hrist 14th Sunday after entecost Sunday, September 2, 2018 9:30 a.m. 357 Division St Elgin, IL 60120 847-742-2025 Radio Broadcast on WRMN 1410 AM on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Live Stream: www.holytrinityelgin.com
Welcome to Holy Trinity! lease take a moment to sign the welcome folder located at the end of the pew. Everyone is invited to receive communion. Non-communing children and adults are invited to come forward for a blessing. If you would like to receive communion in your pew, please let an usher know. If you would like a prayer included in the prayers, please fill out a prayer card located in the pew racks and put it in the offering plate. Restrooms are located on the main level off the ommunity enter. Hearing assistance devices and cushions are available from the ushers. An elevator with access to all floors is located at the Division Street entrance. Exit the sanctuary through the double doors on the east side to use the elevator. Holy Trinity is family friendly! Busy bags are available in the back of the sanctuary (behind the glass partition) if your child needs an activity during worship. If your child needs some wiggle room or a place to explore, please use the back of the sanctuary. There is a rocking chair for your use and you will still be able to hear the worship service. GATHERING The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God. GATHERING MUSI reate In Me Robert Balsamo, baritone John Roth ONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS The assembly stands. All may make the sign of the cross, the sign that is marked at baptism, as the presiding minister begins. Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God, full of compassion and mercy, abounding in steadfast love. Trusting God s promise of forgiveness, let us confess our sin against God and one another.
Silence for reflection and self-examination. Eternal God our creator, in you we live and move and have our being. Look upon us, your children, the work of your hands. Forgive us all our offenses, and cleanse us from proud thoughts and empty desires. By your grace draw us near to you, our refuge and our strength; through Jesus hrist our Lord. Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus hrist. God s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit given to us. In the mercy of almighty God, hrist died for us while we still were sinners; and for his sake, God forgives us all our sins. OENING SONG Sing Twice We Bow Down
GREETING The grace of our Lord Jesus hrist, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. RAYER OF THE DAY Holy God, your word feeds your people with life that is eternal. Direct our choices and preserve us in your truth, that, renouncing what is
false and evil, we may live in you, through your Son, Jesus hrist, our Savior and Lord. WELOME AND ANNOUNEMENTS SOLO Serenity rayer Robert Balsamo, baritone Dominic MacAller WORD God speaks to us in scripture reading, preaching, and song. First Reading James 1: 17-27 17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18 In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 19 You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for your anger does not produce God s righteousness. 21 Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. 23 For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; 24 for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like. 25 But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act they will be blessed in their doing. 26 If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. R The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSEL ALAMATION The assembly stands to welcome the gospel. GOSEL Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 The holy gospel according to John raise to you, O hrist 1 Now when the harisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around [Jesus], 2 they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. 3 (For the harisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders; 4 and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash it; and there are also many other traditions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles.) 5 So the harisees and the scribes asked him, Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands? 6 He said to them, Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; 7 in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines. 8 You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition. 14 Then he called the crowd again and said to them, Listen to me, all of you, and understand: 15 there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile. 21 For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, 22 adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit,
licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person. The Gospel of the Lord. raise to you, O hrist SERMON Rev. Jeffrey G. Mikyska HYMN OF THE DAY
BATISM OF MAKAYLA RAE BARNES Makayla Rae was born December 20. 2017 to Bethany and Steven Barnes. Godparents are Justin uckett and Johanna uckett. God, who is rich in mercy and love, gives us a new birth into a living hope through the sacrament of baptism. By water and the Word God delivers us from sin and death and raises us to new life in Jesus hrist. We are united with all the baptized in the one body of hrist, anointed with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and joined in God's mission for the life of the world. Godparents: I present Makalya Rae for baptism. alled by the Holy Spirit, trusting in the grace and love of God, do you desire to have your child baptized into hrist? Response I do. As you bring your child to receive the gift of baptism, you are entrusted with responsibilities: to live with her among God's faithful people, bring her to the word of God and the holy supper, teach her the Lord's rayer, the reed, and the Ten ommandments, place in her hands the holy scriptures, and nurture her in faith and prayer, so that she may learn to trust God, proclaim hrist through word and deed, care for others and the world God made, and work for justice and peace. Do you promise to help her grow in the hristian faith and life? Response I do. Godparents, do you promise to nurture Makayla in the hristian faith as you are empowered by God's Spirit, and to help her live in the covenant of baptism and in communion with the church? Godparents I do. eople of God, do you promise to support and pray for Makayla Rae in her new life in hrist? We do. ROFESSION OF FAITH
I ask you to profess your faith in hrist Jesus, reject sin, and confess the faith of the church. Do you renounce the devil and all the forces that defy God, the powers of this world that rebel against God, and the ways of sin that draw you from God? I renounce them. Do you believe in God the Father? I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. Do you believe in Jesus hrist, the Son of God? I believe in Jesus hrist, God s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under ontius ilate, 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. Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit? 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. THANKSGIVING AT THE FONT The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. We give you thanks, O God, for in the beginning your Spirit moved over the waters and by your Word you created the world, calling forth
life in which you took delight. Through the waters of the flood you delivered Noah and his family, and through the sea you led your people Israel from slavery into freedom. At the river your Son was baptized by John and anointed with the Holy Spirit. By the baptism of Jesus' death and resurrection you set us free from the power of sin and death and raise us up to live in you. our out your Holy Spirit, the power of your living Word, that those who are washed in the waters of baptism may be given new life. To you be given honor and praise through Jesus hrist our Lord, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, now and forever. BATISM Makayla Rae, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Let us pray. We give you thanks, O God, that through water and the Holy Spirit you give your daughters and sons new birth, cleanse them from sin, and raise them to eternal life. Sustain Makayla Rae with the gift of your Holy Spirit: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord, the spirit of joy in your presence, both now and forever. Makayla Rae, child of God, you have been sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked with the cross of hrist forever. WELOME Let your light so shine before others that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Let us welcome the newly baptized.
We welcome you into the body of hrist and into the mission we share: join us in giving thanks and praise to God and bearing God's creative and redeeming word to all the world. You Are God s Work of Art Robert Balsamo, baritone David Haas THE BATISM OF THE BATISM OF MATEO ELIJAH MERKAU Mateo Elijah Merkau was born November 10, 2017 to Joshua Merkau and Erika ereda. Godparents are Laura ereda and handler Betke. God, who is rich in mercy and love, gives us a new birth into a living hope through the sacrament of baptism. By water and the Word God delivers us from sin and death and raises us to new life in Jesus hrist. We are united with all the baptized in the one body of hrist, anointed with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and joined in God's mission for the life of the world. Godparents: I present Mateo Elijah for baptism. alled by the Holy Spirit, trusting in the grace and love of God, do you desire to have your child baptized into hrist? Response I do. As you bring your child to receive the gift of baptism, you are entrusted with responsibilities: to live with him among God's faithful people, bring him to the word of God and the holy supper, teach him the Lord's rayer, the reed, and the Ten ommandments, place in his hands the holy scriptures, and nurture his in faith and prayer, so that he may learn to trust God, proclaim hrist through word and deed, care for others and the world God made, and work for justice and peace. Do you promise to help him grow in the hristian faith and life? Response I do.
Godparents, do you promise to nurture Mateo in the hristian faith as you are empowered by God's Spirit, and to help hi, live in the covenant of baptism and in communion with the church? Godparents I do. eople of God, do you promise to support and pray for Mateo Elijah in his new life in hrist? We do. BATISM Mateo Elijah, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Let us pray. We give you thanks, O God, that through water and the Holy Spirit you give your daughters and sons new birth, cleanse them from sin, and raise them to eternal life. Sustain Mateo Elijah with the gift of your Holy Spirit: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord, the spirit of joy in your presence, both now and forever. Mateo Elijah, child of God, you have been sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked with the cross of hrist forever. WELOME Let your light so shine before others that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Let us welcome the newly baptized. We welcome you into the body of hrist and into the mission we share: join us in giving thanks and praise to God
and bearing God's creative and redeeming word to all the world. OFFERING MUSI OFFERING RESONSE OFFERING RAYER Let us pray. Merciful God, you open wide your hand and satisfy the need of every living thing.
You have set this feast before us. Open our hands to receive it. Open our hearts to embrace it. Open our lives to live it. We pray this through hrist our Lord. RAYERS OF INTERESSION A Freed by God in hrist to live and love and serve, we pray for the church, those in need, and all of God s beloved creation. A brief silence. A A A A A A Gracious God, we pray for all those who labor to bear your word into the world by welcoming the stranger, healing the sick, and caring for the orphan. Embolden your church to take up the cross against the powers of oppression and death. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. reative God, we pray for the earth. Keep watch over those who rescue endangered species and repair scorched landscapes. Make us good stewards of creation. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Sovereign God, we pray for the nations of the world, for governments, leaders, and citizens. Watch over refugees and immigrants. Inspire us to welcome them with glad hearts when they arrive on our shores and in our neighborhoods. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Loving God, you call us to serve our neighbors. Bless our vocations as we fill the cups of the thirsty, the plates of the hungry, and the hearts of the lonely. Make our presence your presence for all who sorrow especially Scott, hris, Dorothy, Jan, at, Gert, Scott, Noah, Sharon, Amy, Jennifer, Randy, Lloyd, Ellen, Jack, Sally, and Sandy. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Welcoming God, at tables around the world, through story and meal, strangers become guests and guests become friends. Embolden this congregation to always extend the wide-armed welcome you extend to us. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. With thanksgiving, we remember the cloud of witnesses whose lives inspire us to loving service. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Into your wide embrace, gracious God, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in your boundless mercy through Jesus hrist, our Redeemer. The Faith We Sing 2205 WORDS: David Haas (s. 138:1-5; 141:2) 1989 GIA ublications Inc. MUSI (INENSE, Irregular with Refrain): Davi d Haas, 1989 GIA ublications, Inc. EAE The peace of hrist be with you always. And also with you. The people may greet one another with a sign of hrist s peace, and may say, eace be with you, or similar words. MEAL God feeds us with the presence of Jesus hrist. GREAT THANKSGIVING 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, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God, through our Savior Jesus hrist; 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. LORD S RAYER Lord, remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray. 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. INVITATION TO OMMUNION ome, let us eat, for now the feast is spread. OMMUNION MUSI God Leads Us Along G.A. Young, arr. hristopher hillips RAYER AFTER OMMUNION Jesus hrist, host of this meal, you have given us not only this bread and cup, but your very self, that we may feast on your great love. Filled again by these signs of your grace, may we hunger for your reign of justice, may we thirst for your way of peace, for you are Lord forevermore. BLESSING May God, whose power working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine, grant you the gifts of faith and hope. Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever. Amen SENDING OF OMMUNION ommunion ministers may be sent to take the sacrament to those who are absent. The presiding minister may lead this or a similar prayer of sending.
Gracious God, loving all your family with a mother s tender care: As you sent the angel to feed Elijah with heavenly bread, assist those who set forth to share your word and sacrament with those who are sick, homebound, and imprisoned. In your love and care, nourish and strengthen those who will receive this sacrament, and give us all the comfort of your abiding presence through the body and blood of your Son, Jesus hrist, our Lord. SENDING SONG DISMISSAL Go in peace. The Spirit sends us forth to serve. Thanks be to God. OSTLUDE Awesome God arr. Michael Fetzer
Special Offerings: September Newsletter Radio Hour 7-Day andle Worship Folders LaVonne Whipple in memory of her son Michael Donna Appleberg in memory of Bob Appleberg Bruce & Mary ook in memory of the dedicated church workers who have gone before us at Holy Trinity Bruce & Mary ook in memory of the dedicated church workers who have gone before us at Holy Trinity Worship Leaders: astor Deaconess Organist Assisting Minister Reader ommunion Assistants Radio Announcer Ushers Greeter Rev. Jeffrey G. Mikyska Andrea Delaney Michael Fetzer Beth Quathamer Beth Quathamer Doug & Jan Riebock, Heather Friedel Ryan & Melissa Read Steve Dieckhoff, Steve Linstrom, Hannah Kolakowski Ann Braasch