Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
August 26, 2018 8:00am Trinity Lutheran Church Trinity is a member of the Prince of Peace Lutheran School Association and the Good Shepherd Community.
Those Serving Today Officiating Today Organist Musician Screen Team
8:00am 8:00am
10:30am 10:30am
8:00am 10:30am
Lector
8:00am
Rev. Dr. Donald Fondow Daniel Reineke Ruth Immerfall Mona & Neal Hanson Jeff Zimmer Cindy Clitty
10:30am Acolyte
8:00am 10:30am
Visuals Altar Guild
Shirley Eisenlohr, Mary Beth Cochran
Information Desk
8:00am 10:30am
Zone – 5 Zone – 1
Greeters
8:00am
Zone – 5
10:30am
Zone – 1
8:00am
Zone – 5
10:30am
Zone – 1
Ushers
Lay Minister
Collin Fuchs, Daniel Dusing MacKenzie Felchle, Brielle Andvik Daniel Reineke Marie Mendel Barb Mingo Diane Haffner, Marie Mendel, Amy Schaefer Shirley Skuza, Lori Zipp Luke Wendt, Jim & Kathy Stueve, Trevor Jevne, Dennis Bacon Mark Helgeson, Dick Mingo, Norm Greenwaldt, Bob Koroll, Dan Reberg, Russ Riehm
8:00am
Jon Roesch
10:30am
Delano Schultz, Bob Koroll
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The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
August 26, 2018
8:00am
Hymn of Invocation: “Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun” LSB 868
Stand
Confession and Absolution The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism. P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen. P
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. C But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Silence for reflection on God's Word and for self-examination. P Let us then confess our sins to God our Father. C Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen. P
In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for His sake God forgives us all our sins. To those who believe in Jesus Christ He gives the power to become the children of God and bestows on them the Holy Spirit. May the Lord, who has begun this good work in us, bring it to completion in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. C Amen. 2
Service of the Word Kyrie
P: In peace let us pray to the Lord.
P: For the peace from above and for our salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
P: For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the church of God, and for the unity of all let us pray to the Lord.
P: For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise, let us pray to the Lord.
P: Help, save, comfort and defend us, gracious Lord.
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Hymn of Praise Gloria in Excelsis
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Salutation and Collect of the Day P
The Lord be with you.
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Let us pray.
Almighty and merciful God, defend Your Church from all false teaching and error that Your faithful people may confess You to be the only true God and rejoice in Your good gifts of life and salvation; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Sit Old Testament Reading Isaiah 29:11–19 11And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” 12And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.” And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men, 14therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, 13
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with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.” Ah, you who hide deep from the LORD your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?” 16You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, “He did not make me”; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”? 15
Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest? 18In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see. 19The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel. 17
A This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Psalm
Psalm 14 (antiphon: v. 7a)
P Oh, that salvation for Israel C would come out of Zion!
P The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” C They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. P The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, C to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. P They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; 6
C there is none who does good, not even one. P Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers C who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord? P There they are in great terror, C for God is with the generation of the righteous. P You would shame the plans of the poor, C but the Lord is his refuge. P Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! C When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad. ALL: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. P Oh, that salvation for Israel C would come out of Zion! Hymn: “O Jesus, King Most Wonderful” LSB 554 Epistle Ephesians 5:22–33 22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. 25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30because we are members of his body. 31“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. A This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. 7
Stand Alleluia and Verse
Holy Gospel Mark 7:1-13 P The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the seventh chapter.
When the Pharisees gathered to [Jesus], with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, 2they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders, 4and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.) 5And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” 6And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 7in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ 1
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You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” 8
And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban’ (that is, given to God)— 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.” 9
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This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Sit Hymn of the Day: “Lord, Jesus Christ with Us Abide” LSB 585 Sermon: Mark 7:1-13
Stand Apostles' Creed C I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His 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 into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. 9
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life T everlasting. Amen. Prayer of the Church Lord's Prayer C
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.
Sit Offering
Stand Offertory
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P: Blessed Lord, You have caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. Grant that we may so hear them, read, mark, learn and take them to heart that, by the patience and comfort of Your holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Benediction P: The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor T and give you peace.
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Hymn: “Lord, Help us Ever to Retain” LSB 865 Acknowledgments Divine Service, Setting One from Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Reprinted with permission. Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.
Are you a prayer warrior? Would you be willing to be on the prayer chain? Call the church office and have your name added to our list! Nursery Coordinator Needed We are in need of a Nursery Coordinator. This ministry opportunity involves scheduling volunteers to staff the Nursery on Sunday mornings. The nursery is staffed during the school year and two volunteers are scheduled for the Bible Class/Sunday School hour, 9:15-10:15, and during the 10:30 a.m. Worship Service. Judy Rehwaldt, our church secretary, copies the letters and schedules and will provide mailing labels. Schedules are prepared three times a year for Sept. - Nov., Dec. - Feb. and Mar. - May. If you would like to learn more please contact Sue Morey at 250-7534 or email her at
[email protected]. Sue will also work with you to prepare the schedule for this fall. Please consider serving as Coordinator for this important family ministry here at Trinity.
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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost 8:00am Worship Z5 10:30am Worship Z1 (HC) 12:00pm Anyuak Worship 4:00pm Creative Crafts 6:00pm POP Opening Service
WEEK OF
TIME
ATTENDANCE
8/19/2018
8:00am
141
8/19/2018
10:30am
130
Total
271
OFFERINGS
MONDAY 9:00am Parish Workers NL POP Golf Event – Noon 6:00pm Bev’s CC TUESDAY 6:00pm Parent Orientation for Conf. Classes 7:00pm Friends in Harmony 7:00pm Properties Comm. Meeting WEDNESDAY 7:00am Men’s Bible Study at GS
General Fund Offerings
$8,385.07
Building Debt Offerings
$1,198.00
Total
$9,583.07
Weekly Need: Missions
$11,745.05
$420.00
Rec’d to-date
$12,434.37
Annual Funds Promised
$23,000.00
Readings for next Sunday: Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9; Ephesians 6:10-20 Mark 7:14-23 Let’s be in the Word!
THURSDAY 6:30pm Worship Team Rehearsal
Creative Crafts with a Mission will be hosting a Fund Raiser/Craft Sale on Sept 16th. In addition to a free will offering there will be a display table for our mission project Gabriel's Box as well as a small craft sale. All funds go toward purchasing items for and assembling memory boxes for parents who have lost their baby. Boxes are given to our local hospital to aid grieving parents. Your consideration and generosity would greatly be appreciated.
FRIDAY 9:00am Parish Workers 7:30pm Narc. Anon. SATURDAY 9:00am Altar Guild
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost 8:00am Worship Z2 (HC) 10:30am Worship Z3 12:00pm Anyuak Worship
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attending Concordia Junior College in Milwaukee (A.A. 1973), he received the Bachelor of Arts Degree from Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1975. His seminary training was at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri (M. Div. 1979). He served his vicarage at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Richmond, Virginia (1977-1978). Upon graduation from the Seminary he received a Divine Call from St. John in Park Rapids, Minnesota, where he served from July 1979 to November 2000. Rev. Fondow accepted a Call to serve as Mission and Ministry Facilitator (Division of Missions and Congregational Outreach) in the Minnesota North District in October 2000. In April of 2003, he was elected as President of The Minnesota North District of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod and re-elected in 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018. In May of 2006 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from Concordia University, St. Paul, MN. Rev. Fondow and his wife, Connie (nee Gellerman), have been blest with two sons: Jonathan (U.S. Army) and Andrew (Director of Healthcare Concordia Plan Services, St. Louis, MO) Rev. Donald J. Fondow is with us today. along with three grandsons. Pres. Fondow was born in Antigo, Sunday Morning Fellowship In Wisconsin, on May 22, 1953, the son of September our hosts are Wayne Richard and Jeanette Fondow. He was & Sue Kulzer. Members who baptized and confirmed at Peace Lutheran have last names beginning with the letter Church in Antigo, where he also attended “R” are asked to bring treats for our school through the 8th grade. He fellowship time. If you can help, please graduated from Concordia High School in sign up on the bulletin board. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1971. After The True Tradition of the Church Is the Ministry of the Gospel of Christ Jesus, Her Savior The true tradition of the Church is the Gospel, which is the preaching and administration of Christ Jesus. Other traditions, although not commanded by God, may serve and support that sacred tradition of the Gospel. But the Church dare not “[reject] the commandment of God” in order to establish or hold to “the tradition of men” (Mark 7:8–9). Sinful people attempt to draw near to the Lord “with their mouth” and to honor Him “with their lips,” while their hearts are far removed from Him (Is. 29:13). Yet, He is “the Holy One of Israel,” who brings about salvation by His cross. Therefore, “the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,” but “the deaf shall hear” and “the eyes of the blind shall see” (Is. 29:14–19). This mystery of Christ is profound, for He is the husband of the Church, and He is her Savior. Not because of any works that she has done, but solely for the sake of His great love, He “gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word” (Eph. 5:25–26).
Today’s Radio Broadcast is sponsored in memory of John & Ethel Linkert by their children and their families. We thank them for their generosity. We have openings in October and November. If you would like to sponsor a broadcast please complete a form and turn it in. The cost of a full broadcast is now $90. Forms are available in the church office. The service airs on WVAL 800 on the AM dial, at 8:00am, and live on the internet at www.800wval.com.
Please remember in your prayers this week: Rick Iees (son of Shirley), Betty Winczewski, Judy Heintze, Joe Poepping, Caroline Hoagland, Rev. Clarence Hinz, Bernice Kranz, Dawn Larson, Jessica Raveling & Pam Hadley undergoing medical care and following surgery. Jim Bump, Janine Lutgen (sister of Mona Hanson) and Sandy Duffy as they continue their cancer treatment and care. We are getting ready for another wonderful year of Sunday School. With that comes a need for teachers/ volunteers. Our young children are looking to us to teach them and guide them spiritually. Please speak to Lisa Hejhal if you would like to be a part of our staff this year! GOOD SHEPHERD TOURS A trip is planned for Sept. 26th to an apple orchard near Brainerd. For tour information and registration contact: Janette, Good Shepherd Tours, Sauk Rapids, MN 320258-9365 1
Parents of Confirmation Students: the information meeting for our upcoming confirmation year will be held on Tuesday, August 28th rather than Wed. the 29th. Please mark your calendars with that change! POP TODAY, our new Principal/Administrator, Mrs. Anne Neilitz, will be installed at our Opening Service at 6:00pm. The service will be held at Prince of Peace in our Gym/Chapel. Our current staff will also be rededicated during the service. We want to fill up the gym that night with our praise and prayers to the Lord as we begin a new school year. Rally Day Mission Festival Trinity Lutheran Church is excited for Rally Sunday coming September 9th. We are excited to announce that Rally Sunday this year is going to be a Mission Festival. We will have each group represented as well as food, fellowship, games and activities for children and families. Lunch will be provided following the 10:30 service along with other activities for children and families of all ages. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Lisa Hejhal at 320-980-0433 or
[email protected] or Pastor Dave at 320-815-2779 or
[email protected].
Playhouse Child Care Center is excited to announce that we have opened an infant classroom. We are now licensed to serve children 6 weeks – 5 years old. If you are looking for child care please contact Dawn at 320-230-9116 to schedule a tour. Keep in mind that our mission states that we prepare each child for school readiness. If you are looking for a positive Early Childhood Experience, we could be right the fit for your family.
would like to submit please send this and all of the information to Judy in the office by October 11, 2018. The information you are sending will be utilized for a Veterans Day Celebration at Trinity Lutheran Church. If you have any further questions please call Justin Hackett 320-249-3813 or any member of Lay Ministry. There will be Congregational Information Meeting on Sunday, September 16th after the second service in the Fellowship hall for the purpose of discussing Trinity’s Pastoral needs. The Leadership Team is also scheduling a Voters Assembly Meeting on Sunday, September 23rd at 11:45am as a follow - up. Please plan to attend these important meeting.
Have you ever considered becoming a pastor or deaconess? If so, Rev. Jaime Nava from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis would like to meet with you in Alexandria on Tuesday, Sept 18 from 10:30am to 1:00pm or at Concordia St. Paul on Sept. 17, from 8am to 4pm. Visit
[email protected] or call pastor Nava at 314-505-7224 to Uncovering The Truth About Creation at Lutheran Island Camp – October 26-27. make an appointment. Dr. James Johnson & Dr. Jake Hebert will be speaking on this timely subject. See the Thank You! To all who donated their kiosk for more information and to find time, dollars and energy to our Vacation registration forms. Bible Schhool! It was a smashing success as over 70 children learned about God’s Prince of Peace has two main fundraisers promises! Look for more details to come each year. Our first is coming up on Oct in the October Newsletter. 6th with our annual walk-a-thon. Funds raised from this event primarily aide with ATTENTION VETERANS: If you or school operating expenses. During someone you know from the congregation September students will be collecting a is a veteran you are asked to provide some special door offering for the walk-a-thon. information detailing your service. Your Watch for details. Please consider giving in name, branch of service, rank and how support of this event. Thank you! many years you served are what we are collecting. Also, if you have a picture you
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Welcome to Trinity Lutheran Church Church Office E-mail & Website:
[email protected] Pastor David Hinz: Director of Christian Outreach – Craig Cooper: Pastor John Bakou: Administrative Assistants- Judy Rehwaldt: Traditional Music Director – Daniel Reineke: Contemporary Music Director – Ruth Immerfall: Prince of Peace Preschool: Playhouse ChildCare: Parish Nurse - Jennifer Machula: Prayer Chain – Delores Volkers:
252-3670 www.trinitysr.org 320-815-2779 237-5507 249-1691 252-3670 656-0963 291-9293 230-3047 230-9116 267-1587 252-2101
WE WELCOME FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN We are glad you are here! If there is a time during the Worship Service that you feel your child (or you) needs a “time out,” please feel free to leave the service. If you leave the service you can go to the lobby or use the large conference room across from the church office. The conference room has speakers and one-way glass so you can still participate in Worship. During the 10:30am worship service the nursery is also available for 0-3 years old. It is not staffed but you are welcome to stay in the room with your child. It is the first classroom on the left as you enter the Preschool parent lounge area. There are also speakers in the nursery so you can listen to the service. Activity bags for young children to use are in the plastic tub outside the church office. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, WE OFFER THESE AND OTHER SERVICES: Large Print Editions of our bulletins are available from our ushers by request. If you need further information, ask any usher or church member. Also be sure to stop by the Information Desk in the lobby. Your needs are important to us! Bible Study for Adults on Sundays: we start at 9:15am in the fellowship hall. Coffee & Fellowship – after the 8:00am service, come by the kitchen, have a cookie, coffee and time for fellowship. Come and meet old friends and make new friends!
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