Author: Kathy Erat

Trinity Lutheran Church
1354 South Otsego Avenue
Gaylord, Michigan 49735
Church Phone: 989-732-4816
Pastor’s cell phone: 608-395-8029
Rev. Joseph W. B. Polzin, Pastor
E-mail: secretary@trinitygaylord.com
pastorjoepolzin@gmail.com
Church Website: www.trinitygaylord.com
Office Hours:
Monday through Friday, 9-1p.m.
OUR PURPOSE
…is to LOVE GOD, LOVE OTHERS, AND SERVE THE WORLD by worshiping the Lord Jesus, bringing our members into Christ-like maturity, and equipping them through Word and Sacrament for their mission and ministry. We go heart to heart into the world with Jesus, sharing His love, caring for one another, praying, and bringing the lost into a relationship with Christ, by the working of the Holy Spirit.
A Stephen Ministry Congregation
April 29 , 2018
Fifth Sunday of Easter
9:00 a.m. Worship Service
WORSHIP NOTES FOR MEMBERS AND VISITORS
We welcome all who worship here today. May you feel the love that God has for you, and may God bless us all through our worship together.
Guests please fill out the red side of the Guest/Member Card and pass it to the center aisle. Please take a brochure in the pew rack for information about Trinity. If you want to know more, feel free to speak to our pastor or elder on duty, or mark the appropriate box on the Guest/Member card.
Members please fill out the black side of the Guest/Member card and pass it to the center aisle.
If standing is difficult, feel free to be seated during any portion of the service.
Pew Bibles and Hymnals: Our order of worship is from the Lutheran Service Book, and is printed in the bulletin for your convenience. If you prefer, we encourage you to use a hymnal to follow the liturgy or hymns, and page numbers have been included for your reference. Also, we encourage members to bring their own Bibles to church, or use the ones found in the pew.
Communion: If you are a first-time guest, or have not communed at Trinity before, please see the Communion Statement card located in the pew rack. Communion participants will have the option of receiving the wine with an individual cup or the common cup. If you take an individual cup, please make sure it is visible to Pastor as he comes by with the common cup, so he knows you have already been served. If you need a gluten free wafer, they are available; please let Pastor know when you come to the communion rail.
T ORDER OF SERVICE T
(The liturgy is from Divine Service Setting four LSB pg. 203ff)
GREETINGS
Please stand and greet one another in the name of the Lord, saying, “Peace be with you,” as a sign of reconciliation and of the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
(Matt. 5:22–24; Eph. 4:1–3)
OPENING HYMN
All Who Believe and Are Baptized LSB 601
Public domain
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION
Please stand as able
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 Our help is in the name of the Lord,
C who made heaven and earth.
P If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
C But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared.
P Since we are gathered to hear God’s Word, call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
C Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
P Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
T SERVICE OF THE WORD T
INTROIT Psalm145:1–2, 8, 10, 21; John 16:16
P A little while, and you will see me no longer;
C and again a little while, and you will see me.
P I will extol you, my God and King,
C and bless your name forever and ever.
P Every day I will bless you
C and praise your name forever and ever.
P The Lord is gracious and merciful,
C slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
P All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
C and all your saints shall bless you!
P My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
C and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
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 A little while, and you will see me no longer;
C and again a little while, and you will see me.
KYRIE LSB 204
HYMN OF PRAISE
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS LSB 204
SALUTATION AND COLLECT OF THE DAY
P The Lord be with you.
C And also with you.
P Let us pray.
O God, You make the minds of Your faithful to be of one will.
C Grant that we may love what You have commanded and desire what You promise,
P that among the many changes of this world
C our hearts may be fixed where true joys are found;
P through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C Amen.
Please be seated
FIRST READING Acts 8:26–40
(Philip explains Scripture to the royal official from Ethiopia.)
26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. 27And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship 28and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 30So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this:
“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter
and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he opens not his mouth.
33In his humiliation justice was denied him.
Who can describe his generation?
For his life is taken away from the earth.”
34And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. 36And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” 38And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 40But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
L This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
CHOIR “Here I Am, Lord.”
EPISTLE READING 1 John 4:1–11
(God’s truth and love was manifest among us in Jesus Christ.)
1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 4Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
L This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
Please stand as able
ALLELUIA AND VERSE LSB 205
HOLY GOSPEL John 15:1–8
P The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the fifteenth chapter.
C Glory to You, O Lord.
(“I am the True Vine.”)
1[Jesus said:] “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
2Every branch of mine that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
L This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C Praise to You, O Christ.
NICENE CREED LSB 206
C I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth
and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of God,
begotten of His Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God,
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father,
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven
and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried.
And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures
and ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of the Father.
And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead,
whose kingdom will have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord and giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified,
who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church,
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins,
and I look for the resurrection of the dead
and the life T of the world to come. Amen.
Please be seated
CHILDREN'S TALK
(We invite children ages 3 through 4th grade to come forward for the Children's Talk. Afterwards, children are invited to attend Children's Church during the sermon time. They will be dismissed and led back to our Sunday School room, and then will return for the remainder of the service. As the children exit for Children's Church, please join in singing "Jesus Loves the Little Children".)
SERMON HYMN
O Blessed Spring
LSB 595 (St. 1 - Choir, st.2 - All, st.3 –Women, st. 4 - Men, st. 5 - All)
SERMON
NOISY OFFERING
(Tin buckets will be passed prior to our regular offering. We invite you to put your pocket change in these buckets to support our local Food Pantry.)
OFFERING
Please stand as able
OFFERTORY
(For the season of Easter, we will sing a new offertory hymn that comes to us from African
Lutheranism. This hymn was written by Rev. Bernard Kyamanywa while he was in seminary in Tanzania.)
Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia LSB 466 sts. 1, 5
© 1977 Howard S. Olson. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100011411. Public domain
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
T SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT T
PREFACE LSB 208
P The Lord be with you.
C And also with you.
P Lift up your hearts.
C We lift them to the Lord.
P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
C It is right to give Him thanks and praise.
P It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and everlasting God, for the countless blessings You so freely bestow on us and all creation. Above all, we give thanks for Your boundless love shown to us when You sent Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into our flesh and laid on Him our sin, giving Him into death that we might not die eternally. Because He is now risen from the dead and lives and reigns to all eternity, all who believe in Him will overcome sin and death and will rise again to new life. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:
SANCTUS LSB 208
LORD’S PRAYER LSB 209
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.
THE WORDS OF OUR LORD LSB 209
Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when
He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat;
this is My T body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”
In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My T blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
PAX DOMINI LSB 209
P The peace of the Lord be with you always.
C Amen.
AGNUS DEI LSB 210
DISTRIBUTION
The pastor and those who assist him receive the Lord's Supper first, then ushers will help direct the participants to come forward via the center aisle.
DISTRIBUTION HYMNS
Let the Vineyards Be Fruitful LSB 955
© 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100011411.
Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen LSB 474
© 1995 Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100011411.
When I Behold Jesus Christ LSB 542
© 1998 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100011411. © 1970 Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100011411.
POST COMMUNION COLLECT LSB 212
P Let us pray.
Gracious God, our heavenly Father, You have given us a foretaste of the feast to come in the Holy Supper of Your Son's body and blood. Keep us firm in the true faith throughout our days of pilgrimage that, on the day of His coming, we may, together with all Your saints, celebrate the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom which has no end; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C Amen.
BENEDICAMUS AND BENEDICTION LSB 212
P Let us bless the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
L 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 and T give you peace.
C Amen.
CLOSING HYMN
Fruitful Trees, the Spirit's Sowing LSB 691
© 1984 Hope Publishing Co. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100011411.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SENDING WORDS
P We go to live for Jesus!
C We go to share His Love
Acknowledgments
Divine Service, Setting Four from Lutheran Service Book
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.
Next Week’s Readings:
First Reading Acts 10:34-48
Epistle Reading 1 John 5:1-8
Holy Gospel John 15:9-17
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
MESSAGES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
April 29, 2018
Altar flowers today are given to the glory of God by Lonna & Scott Purgaric in celebration of their wedding anniversary.
Noisy Offering: Today we will have a “noisy offering” to benefit the Otsego County Food Pantry. Buckets will be passed just prior to our regular offering collection, and we ask that you consider dropping your pocket change in the buckets as they pass, thereby helping feed the hungry in our community. All funds collected in these buckets will go to the Otsego County Food Pantry.
Bible Studies: Sunday morning 10:30 am led by Dr. Tom Beach in the tutoring room. Monday evening at 6:45pm led by Rev. Paul Schneider in the fellowship hall. Wednesday morning at 10:30am led by Pastor Joe in the fellowship hall.
Have you ever thought about becoming a Stephen Minister? Have you ever wondered what they do? Are you looking for a way use your spiritual gifts? Trinity will be training a class of new Stephen Ministers soon. We work alongside our pastor to care, encourage, and provide emotional and spiritual support to people who are going through a difficult time. If you have gifts for caring, encouragement, and listening, please begin to prayerfully consider whether you might want to be part of this exciting ministry. Please feel free to contact Laurie Breen or Pastor Joe for more information. “There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board if you have a interest in Stephen Ministry”
Cancer & Friends support group will be meeting Tuesday evening at 5:30 April 24th in the fellowship hall. This group is for Cancer survivors, patients, caregivers, spouse, family, friends and loved ones. All of us can use support at some time. Our meetings will be the fourth Tuesday of each month at 5:30. There is more information available on the shelf in the narthex or on the church web site. You can also contact Elaine Raschke by email elaineraschke@gmail.com or call the church office.
Greeting cards with a Christian verse or theme are available for sale in our church library in the card rack. They have recently been freshened up with a new inventory, and you will see some nice seasonal cards. They are $.75 each or 2 for $1.00. Proceeds go to support our women’s ministries in our congregation
“Please Take One”: In the narthex we have a display filled with booklets on various topics. These booklets are designed to meet the needs of today’s adults and families. Please feel free to stop by and visit the display today! Each topical booklet covers real-life issues written from a Christian perspective. Share them with your family and friends. To help support our booklet ministry you will find offering envelopes located on the display. If you would like to make a donation to support this ministry, please place the envelope in the offering basket. Thank you
CEF and You Make a Difference: When you invest with the Church Extension Fund (CEF), you invest in another LCMS organization's ability to spread the Word of Jesus Christ. CEF offers your investment dollars as low-cost loans to congregations and schools for building needs so that the preaching of the Word continues. Today, CEF is offering very attractive rates on all of its investments for individuals and organizations. Call 800.242.3944 or visit www.mi-cef.org for information.
“Say Yes to the Dress Again” is a bridal fashion show of dresses from weddings of the past, to be held in our Fellowship Hall on Friday, May 4th, 7pm. There will be bridal gowns, bridesmaids’ dresses, mother-of-the-bride dresses, and stories about the weddings in which they were used, to accompany the dresses as they are modeled. Wedding cake, punch, and coffee will be served. We invite all to attend – women, men, friends, family. If able, please bring a “wedding gift” of a non-perishable food item, which will be donated to our local food pantry. If you plan to attend, please sign up in our narthex, as that will help us be prepared with enough seating.
PAINT & SIP
LWML will be once again having a PAINT & SIP event at 6:30pm on Friday, May 11th. Mary Backlund, a local artist, will be sharing more tips with us on creating interesting paintings on canvas, and we will have an opportunity to create a painting to take home. We will share some “refreshments” as we learn & paint. Will be held at Michaywe Clubhouse,at 6:30pm, cost is $15.00/person. There is a sign up sheet on the board in the Narthex.
Pastor Joe will be out of town Monday, April 23rd through Monday, May 7th. Please contact the church office with any questions during that time. For a pastoral emergency, please contact Rev. Ken Bernthal, home phone (989) 448-8217 or cell phone (231) 675-1606.
Relay for Life:I would like to encourage you to join our team for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life to be held May 19, 2018 from 10 am to 10 pm at the Ellison Place, Gaylord, Michigan.We are looking for everyone to sign up cancer survivors, walkers, sign up for the breakfast, get your luminary bags.
You can also join our team by following this link. http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/?fr_id=87128&pg=team&team_id=2296259
Looking forward to your support to help with the fight against cancer
Tina VanTil
989-350-3287
Please contact the office with updates to the prayer list. People will remain on the prayer list for 4 weeks before being removed. It they need to remain on the list, please keep Elaine informed of any updates. This will help us to have a more accurate list.
Thanks for your cooperation!
REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:
Those who continue to grieve the passing of loved ones: The family of Dorothy Jones.
Those with upcoming surgery:
Those recovering from surgery: Ron Kwapis, Jennifer Martin, Ted Speerstra.
Those with health concerns: Elmira Affelt, Grant Bliss, Joan Brown, Hope Buchinger, Bob Breen, Laurie Breen, Rose Dittman, Joyce Goodrich, Megan Goodrich, Kay Gregg, Brenda Hart, Heather Kinberg, Zoyie Larson, Ruth Luebs, Richard Ohlrich, Jack Osantowski, Gabe Nehemer, Gene Seibel.
Those diagnosed with cancer: Doug Arego, Carl Bliss, Blaine Colwell, Mark Jackson, Roxy Mohr, Hope Osantowski, Bill Polzin.
SERVING IN GOD’S HOUSE TODAY
Pastor Pastor Ken Bernthal
Piano/Organ Jean & Tom Beach
Elder on Duty Ron Tesolin
Ushers Don Wenglikowski, Dave Beyers, Roxie Mohr.
Lay Reader Terri Raithel
Greeters Jim & Marge Kunisch
Coffee Servers Nancy Ely, June Weber
Counters Don Wenglikowski, Nancy Ely
Altar Care Kathy Erat, Terri Raithel
Children’s Talk Nancy Ely
Children’s Church Pam Beasinger, Helen VanDusen

THIS WEEK AT TRINITY
April 29 Sunday
9:00 a.m. Worship Service – Holy Communion - Pastor Ken
Noisy Offering
10:30 a.m. Bible Study Led by Dr. Tom Beach—Tutoring Classroom)
10:30 a.m. Children’s Sunday school (Sunday School Room)
April 30 Monday
10:00 a.m. Kut-Ups (Fellowship hall)
3:00 p.m. Tutoring class
6:45 p.m. Bible Study (Led by Rev. Paul Schneider)
May 1 Tuesday
5:00 p.m. Ladies Get together dinner (Applebee’s)
7:oop.m. Board of Elders Meeting
May 2 Wednesday
10:30 a.m. NO Bible study
3:00 p.m. Tutoring class
7:00 p.m. Choir practice
May 3 Thursday
9:30 a.m. Nehemiah Group
10:30 a.m. LWML decorate fellowship hall
6:30 p.m. Friday
7:00 p.m. LWML Say Yes to the Dress Again! (Fellowship hall)
May 5 Saturday
10:00 a.m. Stephen Ministry Group meeting
May 6 Sunday
9:00 a.m. Worship Service – Pastor Ken
10:30 a.m. Bible Study (Led by Dr. Tom Beach-Tutoring Classroom)
10:00 a.m. Children’s Sunday school (Sunday School Room)
Pastor Joe on vacation April 23rd to May 8th.

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