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
May 27, 2018
Holy Trinity Sunday
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.
T T T T T T T T T T T T
As We Gather: Holy Trinity Sunday is traditionally celebrated the week after Pentecost to honor the most fundamental of Christian beliefs—belief in the Holy Trinity. We can never fully understand the mystery of the Trinity, but we can make a clear confession of what God reveals to us in His Word—that the one God is three distinct Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, all equally God.
About the Athanasian Creed: As we celebrate Holy Trinity Sunday, it is also traditional that we use the Athanasian Creed, one of the three statements of faith that the Church has historically confessed (Apostles’, Nicene, and Athanasian). Early in the fourth century AD, a North African pastor named Arius began teaching that Jesus Christ was not truly God. The Church responded decisively in AD 325 with the Nicene Creed, which confessed that Jesus is true God. Toward the end of the fifth century, the Athanasian Creed was also introduced, attributed to Athanasius, an opponent of Arius. The Church today still upholds this Creed, as it rightly expresses our confidence that God is triune, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and has given Himself for our salvation.
T ORDER OF SERVICE T
(The liturgy is from Divine Service Setting one LSB pg. 151ff)
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
God Himself Is Present LSB 907
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION LSB 151
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 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 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 Psalm 16:8–11
P Blessèd be the Holy Trinity and the undivided Unity.
C Let us give glory to him because he has shown his mercy to us.
P I have set the Lord always before me;
C because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
P Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
C my flesh also dwells secure.
P For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
C or let your holy one see corruption.
P You make known to me the path of life;
C in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
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 Blessèd be the Holy Trinity and the undivided Unity.
C Let us give glory to him because he has shown his mercy to us.
KYRIE LSB 152
HYMN OF PRAISE
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS LSB 154
SALUTATION AND COLLECT OF THE DAY LSB 156
P The Lord be with you.
C And also with you.
P Let us pray.
Almighty and everlasting God, You have given us grace to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity by the confession of a true faith
C and to worship the Unity in the power of the Divine Majesty.
P Keep us steadfast in this faith
C and defend us from all adversities;
P for You, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, live and reign, one God, now and forever.
C Amen.
Please be seated
OLD TESTAMENT READING Isaiah 6:1–8
(Isaiah’s vision of the Lord)
1In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”
4And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
8And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
L This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
SECOND READING Acts 2:14a, 22–36
(Peter proclaims how God sent His Son, and the Son sent the Holy Spirit for one purpose—to save us.)
14But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them,
22“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— 23this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 24God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. 25For David says concerning him,
“‘I saw the Lord always before me,
for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;
26therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
my flesh also will dwell in hope.
27For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,
or let your Holy One see corruption.
28You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
29“Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, 31he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. 33Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. 34For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,
“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right hand,
35until I make your enemies your footstool.’
36Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
L This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.
Please stand as able
ALLELUIA AND VERSE LSB 156
HOLY GOSPEL John 3:1–17
P The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the third chapter.
C Glory to You, O Lord.
(Jesus speaks with Nicodemus)
1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” 3Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” 10Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? 11Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. 12If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
16[Jesus said:] “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
P This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C Praise to You, O Christ.
ATHANASIAN CREED (Spoken responsively, whole verse by whole verse) LSB 319
Note: The word “catholic” (lower-case “c”) means “whole” or “universal.” When we say “the catholic faith,” we mean the Christian faith throughout all time and places, that is, the true faith of God’s Church.
P Whoever desires to be saved must, above all, hold the catholic faith.
C Whoever does not keep it whole and undefiled will without doubt perish eternally.
P And the catholic faith is this,
C that we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the substance.
P For the Father is one person, the Son is another, and the Holy Spirit is another.
C But the Godhead of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit is one: the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.
P Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit:
C the Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, the Holy Spirit uncreated;
P the Father infinite, the Son infinite, the Holy Spirit infinite;
C the Father eternal, the Son eternal, the Holy Spirit eternal.
P And yet there are not three Eternals, but one Eternal,
C just as there are not three Uncreated or three Infinites, but one Uncreated and one Infinite.
P In the same way, the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, the Holy Spirit almighty;
C and yet there are not three Almighties, but one Almighty.
P So the Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God;
C and yet there are not three Gods, but one God.
P So the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, the Holy Spirit is Lord;
C and yet there are not three Lords, but one Lord.
P Just as we are compelled by the Christian truth to acknowledge each distinct person as God and Lord, so also are we prohibited by the catholic religion to say that there are three Gods or Lords.
C The Father is not made nor created nor begotten by anyone.
P The Son is neither made nor created, but begotten of the Father alone.
C The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son, neither made nor created nor begotten, but proceeding.
P Thus, there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits.
C And in this Trinity none is before or after another; none is greater or less than another;
P but the whole three persons are coeternal with each other and coequal, so that in all things, as has been stated above, the Trinity in Unity and Unity in Trinity is to be worshiped.
C Therefore, whoever desires to be saved must think thus about the Trinity.
P But it is also necessary for everlasting salvation that one faithfully believe the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
C Therefore, it is the right faith that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is at the same time both God and man.
P He is God, begotten from the substance of the Father before all ages; and He is man, born from the substance of His mother in this age:
C perfect God and perfect man, composed of a rational soul and human flesh;
P equal to the Father with respect to His divinity, less than the Father with respect to His humanity.
C Although He is God and man, He is not two, but one Christ:
P one, however, not by the conversion of the divinity into flesh, but by the assumption of the humanity into God;
C one altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of person.
P For as the rational soul and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ,
C who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead,
P ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father, God Almighty, from whence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
C At His coming all people will rise again with their bodies and give an account concerning their own deeds.
P And those who have done good will enter into eternal life, and those who have done evil into eternal fire.
C This is the catholic faith; whoever does not believe it faithfully and firmly cannot be saved.
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
Holy, Holy, Holy LSB 507
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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
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow LSB 805
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PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
LORD’S PRAYER LSB 162
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
BENEDICTION LSB 166
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 and T give you peace.
C Amen.
CLOSING HYMN
Alleluia! Let Praises Ring LSB 822
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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:
Old Testament Reading Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Epistle Reading 2 Corinthians 4:5-12
Holy Gospel Mark 2:23-36
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
MESSAGES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
MAY 27, 2018
Altar flowers today are given to the glory of God by Sharon & Ron Kwapis in celebration of their wedding anniversary.
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.
Monday Night Bible Study: A reminder that on Monday May 28th Memorial Day there will be no evening bible study.
Community Food Giveaway: We have scheduled a semi-load food truck to deliver the food to our parking lot at approximately 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 30th. We need LOTS of volunteers to successfully pull off our Community Food Giveaway. This is going to be bigger than we did last year, so WE NEED YOU! Please arrive at church no later than 9:30 a.m. so we can receive our instructions, assign stations, and be ready for set-up when the truck arrives. Lunch will be served to our volunteers. Please plan to stay for as much of the day as you are able. This is our way of sharing God’s helping hand to our community – sharing food and God’s love. There is a sign up sheet on the board in the narthex.
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.
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 Fathers Day and 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
LWML’s Michigan Biennial Convention is July 20 – July 22, 2018 at the Blue Water Convention Center in Port Huron, MI. The cost is $105 if you register before May 28 and $125 if you register after. Food and lodging are not included in that price. Carla Elenz is planning on attending and would like to share a motel room and transportation. It will be an inspiring and joyful time to get together with several hundred other Lutheran Women from all over the state to worship and praise God and support our common goal of spreading the Good News through missions. Talk to Carla if you are interested in attending.
CANCER &FRIENDS support group will be meeting Tuesday evening at 5:30 June 26th 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.
VBA: (Vacation Bible Adventure) June 18th, 19th and 20th from 9 to 12:00 am
Come your self or bring a friend or two, all are invited.
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Meijer Simply Give Program May 13—June 17th
Double Match DAY, Friday, June 1st
Church Picnic to celebrate the end of school year education classes will be held on Thursday, May 31, from 6:30 until 8:00. All members of the congregation are invited to the picnic and games. Come and celebrate with us. Dinner will be provided. See you here on Thursday evening. RSVP to Nancy Ely.
GOD CONNECTS will begin a new class on June 7th, please see the insert in the
bulletin for more information.
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:
Those with upcoming surgery: Julie Ohlrich.
Those in the hospital: Dick Ohlrich
Those recovering from surgery: Ron Kwapis, Laurie Breen, Jennifer Martin,
Jim Nehmer, Ted Speerstra.
Those with health concerns: Elmira Affelt, Grant Bliss, Joan Brown, Hope Buchinger, Bob Breen, Rose Dittman, Joyce Goodrich, Megan Goodrich, Kay Gregg, Brenda Hart, Sascha Katinka, Heather Kinberg, Zoyie Larson, Ruth Luebs, Richard Ohlrich, Jack Osantowski, Gabe Nehmer, Ron Stier.
Those diagnosed with cancer: Doug Arego, Carl Bliss, Blaine Colwell, Roxy Mohr, Hope Osantowski, Bill Polzin.
SERVING IN GOD’S HOUSE TODAY
Pastor Pastor Joe
Virtual Organist Bob Erat
Elder on Duty Ken Mertz
Ushers Rich & Risa Sherman, Jim Kunisch
Lay Reader Sharon Kwapis
Greeters John & Judi Stutzman
Coffee Servers Nancy Ely, June Weber
Counters Sharon Kwapis, Nancy Ely
Altar Care Donna Cottrell, Judi Stutzman
Children’s Talk Nancy Ely
Children’s Church Marge Kunisch

THIS WEEK AT TRINITY
May 27 Sunday
9:00 a.m. Worship Service –Holy Trinity Sunday -Pastor Joe
Noisy Offering
Fellowship time after the service (Fellowship Hall)
10:30 a.m. NO Bible Study
10:30 a.m. Children’s Sunday school (Sunday School Room)
May 28 Monday Memorial day office closed
6:45 p.m. NO Bible Study (Led by Rev. Paul Schneider)
May 29 Tuesday Pastor in Grayling
May 30 Wednesday
10:00 a.m. Community Food Giveaway
10:30 a.m. NO Bible study (Trinity’s Food Distribution)
7:00 p.m. Stephen Ministry Training (Fellowship Hall)
May 31 Thursday Pastor in Grayling
9:30 a.m. Nehemiah Group
6:30 p.m. Church Picnic (end of school year celebration-all are invited)
6:30 p.m. Youth Education Night tonight
June 1 Friday
3:00 p.m. Girl Scouts (Fellowship Hall)
June 2 Saturday
June 3 Sunday
9:00 a.m. Worship Service – Holy Communion - Pastor Joe
10:15 a.m. Fellowship time after the service (Fellowship Hall)
10:30 a.m. Bible Study (Led by Dr. Tom Beach) Tutoring Classroom
10:30 a.m. Children’s Sunday school (Sunday School Room)
June 1st –Sunday, June 3rd the Jr. High Youth Group will be in Frankenmuth for a Jr. High Gathering.

Have a safe Memorial Day

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