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Trinity Episcopal Church PROGRESSIVE Inclusive
CREATIVE DOWNTOWN
Pride Sunday Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
Morning Devotion
June 27, 2021
10:00am
Welcome to Trinity Episcopal Church Good morning and “welcome home” to Trinity! Whether you are new to our community or have found yourself coming back again and again, we want you to know you are both welcome and wanted here among us. For some, church is as comfortable and familiar as a good pair of jeans, or like coming back to your childhood home (if it is one filled with good memories). For others, church might be like visiting a foreign country where you experience unfamiliar language or customs. And then, sadly, for some, church has become equated with feelings of hurt, shame or rejection. We get all of that and believe church can be different. We are a diverse community of seekers, believers, and doubters held together by the hope that together we are better, kinder, and more courageous when we stand side by side and face into the challenges of our lives and in the world together. We challenge the practices of our tradition that have at times kept others out and instead embrace Jesus’ mandate to welcome all, no exceptions, as a core value. And, we get that if people are brave enough to either walk through the doors of a big gothic-looking church in downtown Toledo, or tune in to Trinity@Home on line, we better be serious about being explicitly progressive, inclusive and creative in all we say and do. We love our Episcopal tradition, AND we love people from all walks of life even more! It is our hope and prayer that together we will navigate our way through each gathering, worship service, opportunity to serve, class, meal and social time together with humility, grace and laughter all infused with radical hospitality. So thank you for being here today; for trusting the yearning that brought you through those ancient doors. May we all find our way into the heart of God’s love as we make room for each other in this community and this world- we believe we are better and love more when diversity is celebrated and the bounds of God’s love are stretched wide. This bulletin is a guide to accompany you through the “liturgy”- meaning the “work of the people”- which is how our tradition approaches worship. It does indeed take a village bringing all of its gifts together to create our expression of gratitude and devotion week after week. Here is a quick little guide to help you follow along as we worship together: • • •
Italicized Print = singing Bold Print = everyone is invited to join in reciting a prayer/reading Bold & Italicized Print = everyone is invited to join in singing.
Welcome Home! May you never forget you are loved, Lisa The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray, Rector www.trinitytoledo.org
The Liturgy of the Word Prelude
Everyone’s Gotta Learn Sometime
James Warren
(Sy Winnie)
Welcome Opening Song
The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
Sebastian Temple
(David Breen, Courtney Rahe & Kim Buehler)
Make me a channel of your peace Where there is hatred let me bring your love Where there is injury, your pardon Lord And where there’s doubt true faith in You Make me a channel of your peace Where there’s despair in life let me bring hope Where there is darkness only light And where there's sadness ever joy Oh, Master grant that I may never seek So much to be consoled as to console To be understood as to understand To be loved as to love with all my soul Make me a channel of your peace It is in pardoning that we are pardoned It is in giving to all men that we receive And in dying that we are born to eternal life Oh, Master grant that I may never seek So much to be consoled as to console To be understood as to understand To be loved as to love with all my soul Make me a channel of your peace Where there's despair in life let me bring hope Where there is darkness only light And where there's sadness ever joy
Opening Statement & Collect of the Day Priest: People: Priest:
The Work of The People (TWOTP)
The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray.
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Earth as the Original Icon Gaze upon Creation with your eyes soft, a holy icon revealing the face of Love. See the beauty of green Earth arising, make space for the ache of our neglect, exploits, ravages, see the scars across field and mountain, allow the river of tears at all that suffers to flow freely through you, do not resist this grief, the otter choked with oil the sky darkened with grime, the seas heavy with plastic,
by Christine Valters Paintner the koalas fleeing the great fire. Make room for a world of sorrow, let anguish be your song and grief bloom and grow. Ask the Source of Love who created our tears and tender hearts, and with them the promise of reconciliation, to create a new place within, where a different story can arise, where we can all turn toward a vision of wholeness once again.
FIRST READING Reader:
Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15; 2:23-24 A reading from the Wisdom of Solomon.
Read by Craig Jablonski
God did not make death, And he does not delight in the death of the living. For he created all things so that they might exist; the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison in them, and the dominion of Hades is not on earth. For righteousness is immortal. God created us for incorruption, and made us in the image of his own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his company experience it.
Reader: People:
THE PSALM
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm 30
Psalms for Praying
The plain text will be offered by the cantor; the congregation is invited to respond by singing the text in bold.
I will praise You, O my Beloved, for You have raised me up, and have not let my fears over/whelm me. O Compassionate One, I cried for help, and You /comforted me.
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You, Love, released my soul from despair, restored me to life from among those who live /in fear. Sing praises to the Beloved, O you saints, and give thanks to /Love’s holy Name. Love withdraws when we close our hearts, yet ever awaits an op/en door. In the evening we may weep, yet joy comes /with the morning. In my prosperity, I had lost sight of Love, I found power in /my wealth. In your mercy, O Beloved, my foundations You shook, And, in recognizing my separation from You, /I was dismayed. I cried to You for help; to You, I pleaded for forgiveness: “What profit in my riches if I am separated from Love? Will emptiness praise You? Will it tell of your /faithfulness? Hear, O my Beloved, and be gracious to me! O Love, come to /my assistance!” And You turned my mourning into dancing; You set me free and clothed me with / gladness. Now my soul my praise You and not be silent. O my Beloved, I will be grateful to You forever and /ever. Amen.
SECOND READING Reader:
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 A reading from Second Corinthians.
Read by Margaret Baehren
As you excel in everything-- in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you-- so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking. I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others. For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich. And in this matter I am giving my advice: it is appropriate for you who began last year not only to do something but even to desire to do something-- now finish doing it, so that your eagerness may be matched by completing it according to your means. For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has-- not according to what one does not have. I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you, but it is a question of a fair balance between your present abundance and their need, so that their abundance may be for your need, in order that there may be a fair balance. As it is written, “The one who had much did not have too much, and the one who had little did not have too little.”
Reader: People:
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. 5
Gradual
Bind Us Together Lord Bob Gillman (David Breen, Courtney Rahe, Kim Buehler, & Brian Buckner, piano) Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together With cords that cannot be broken Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together, Bind us together in Love There is only one God, You connect everything, There is only one Body, That is why we can sing. Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together With cords that cannot be broken Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together, Bind us together in Love You are the family of God, You are the promise divine You are God’s chosen desire, You are the glorious design. Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together With cords that cannot be broken Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together, Bind us together in Love
THE GOSPEL Priest: People:
Mark 5:21-43 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Mark. Glory to you, Lord Christ.
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live.” So he went with him. And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for she said, “If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.” Immediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?” And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, ‘Who touched me?’” He looked all around to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader’s house to say, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?” But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. When he had entered, he said to them, “Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him. 6
Then he put them all outside, and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha cum,” which means, “Little girl, get up!” And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat. Priest: People:
The Gospel of Christ. Praise to you, Lord Christ.
Sermon
Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray Introduction to the Way of Love by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
Affirmation of FAITH
From Ross Mackinnon, Glen Waverley Uniting Church Led by Cheryl Mack
We believe in God, our Maker, and Creator of the universe. God created the Earth and all that is in it and saw that it was very good. We believe that God has called us to protect and care for the Earth – its landscapes, waterways, oceans and skies, its flora and fauna, and its human inhabitants. We believe God calls us to consume only what we need, and not unthinkingly to grab what we want out of selfishness and greed. We believe in Jesus the Anointed One, Preacher, Teacher and Healer, sent by God to show us the way to live and to love. Jesus teaches us still. His message of God’s Reign, a Reign of peace, justice and love,
a Reign which favors the poor and the pariahs is our eternal goal. We believe we are called to work with God to make this Reign a reality for all people. We believe in God’s Spirit, a powerful moving motivator, available to us at all times, to be used by us to show God’s great love to those in need. We believe in God’s community of saints, past, present and future – this great gathering of people working for the greater good. We are grateful for God’s saints down the ages – Christian thinkers, Christian pioneers, renewers of society, reformers of the church, faithful servants, people of prayer and witnesses to Jesus. May we be numbered among them. Blessed be God for ever. Amen.
The Prayers of the People Intercessor:
People:
Offered by Francine MacBride
God of love, we pray for your church: For all our ministers: bishops, priests, deacons and all lay members; and for all who seek you in the community of the faithful. Equip us with compassion and love, to carry out your work of reconciliation in the world. God of love, Hear our prayers for the church. 7
Intercessor:
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God of freedom, we pray for our nation, and all the nations of the world: For peace and unity across barriers of language, color, and creed; for elected and appointed leaders, that they would serve the common good. Inspire all people with courage to speak out against hatred, to actively resist evil. Unite the human family in bonds of love. God of freedom, Hear our prayers for the world. God of justice, we pray for the earth, your creation entrusted to our care: For the animals and birds, the mountains and oceans, and all parts of your creation that have no voice of their own. Stir up in us a thirst for justice that protects the earth and all its resources, that we may leave to our children’s children the legacy of beauty and abundance that you have given us. God of justice, Hear our prayers for the earth. God of peace, we pray for this community: For our local leaders; for our schools and markets; for our neighborhoods and workplaces. Kindle in every heart a desire for equality, respect, and opportunity for all. Give us courage to strive for justice and peace among all people, beginning here at home. God of peace, Hear our prayers for this community. God of mercy, we pray for all in any kind of need or trouble: For those whose lives are closely linked with ours, and those connected to us as part of the human family. For refugees and prisoners; for the sick and suffering, the lonely and despairing; for those facing violence; for all held down by prejudice or injustice. Awaken in us compassion and humility of spirit, as we seek and serve Christ in all persons. God of mercy, Hear our prayers for all who are in need. God of grace, we pray for those who have died: For the faithful in every generation who have worked for justice; for prophets who called us to racial reconciliation; for martyrs who died because of hatred; and for all the communion of saints. Make us faithful to your call to proclaim your Good News, by word and example, and bring us at last into the glorious company of the saints in light. God of grace, Hear our prayers for those who have died. Amen.
The Confession of Sin & Absolution
Enriching Our Worship
Leader:
Let us confess our sins to God.
People:
Creator God, long-suffering, full of grace and truth, you create us from nothing and give us life abundant. You give us new life in the water of baptism. You never turn your face from us, nor cast us aside. We confess we have turned against you and against our neighbor, in thought, word and deed. We have wounded your love and marred your image in us. Restore us for the sake of your Son, and bring us to heavenly joy, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 8
Priest:
May the God of love bring you back to all that is good in you. May you be forgiven of all wrongdoing and welcome God’s grace anew in your life this day. May God’s assurance strengthen your resolve to begin again in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE PEACE Priest: People:
TSN Vendor Lunch Volunteers The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.
Announcements Offertory Go to our Giving page. www.trinitytoledo.org/online-giving/, choose GIVE and Sunday, June 27. You can also text the word “Give” to 419-OMG-LOVE (419-664-5683) to make your weekly offering.
Offertory
Stand By Me
Ben E. King
(Kim Buehler, David Breen, Michael Barlos and Brian Buckner)
Lord’s Prayer
by J. Manny Santiago Led by Kory Meinhart
The congregation is invited to join.
Our Parent, who is among us, blessed be your Creation. May your reign be a reality here on earth. May we become more interested in building your kin-dom here and now than in waiting for it to come down from above. Let us share our bread with those who hunger. Let us learn to forgive as well as to receive forgiveness. Help us through the time of temptation, delivering us from all evil. For ours are the eternal blessings that you pour upon the earth. Amen. Blessing May the rain fall off your shoulders when you’re caught in a storm. When the frost comes a callin’ may it find you safe and warm. May your place be set, and may your promises be kept. And may you never forget that you are loved.
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Sending Song
Let the River Run
Carly Simon
(Trinity Choir)
We're coming to the edge Running on the water Come! Come! Come! Let the river run Let all the dreamers wake the nation Come, the New Jerusalem Silver cities rise The morning lights the streets that lead them And sirens call them on with a song It's asking for the taking Trembling, shaking Oh, my heart is aching We're coming to the edge Running on the water Coming through the fog Your sons and daughters Let the river run Let all the dreamers wake the nation Come, the New Jerusalem Silver cities rise The morning lights the streets that lead them And sirens call them on with a song We're coming to the edge Running on the water Come! Come! Come!
Dismissal Leader: People:
TSN Vendor Lunch Volunteers Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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Trinity’s Daily Bread- As a community of faith, we are called to love and be loved; to serve and be served, to give and to receive. In short, we don’t want anyone to “fall behind or drop out.” In this season of connecting in new ways, we are introducing Trinity’s Daily Bread. Please let us know if you need prayer, assistance or connection by filling out our Daily Bread form on our website, www.trinitytoledo.org!
Trinity Episcopal Church Vestry Leadership Donna Steppe, Sr. Warden, Roberta Durham, Jr. Warden Leah Reed, Clerk, Jeffrey Albright, Dennis Degnan, Becky Koskinen, Fritz Hany, Bob Meeker & Jamie Paul Gary Franklin, Treasurer
Parish Staff The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray, Rector Heather Meyer, Director of Operations and Community Development Chelsie Cree, Interim Choir Director Gabe Hagedorn, Interim Accompanist Lynzi Miller, Next To New Manager & Communications Coordinator Nick Zurawski, Sexton ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & COPYRIGHT INFO: Collect of the Day Earth as the Original Icon by Christine Valters Paintner TWOTP. Used with subscription permission through The Work of the People, Liturgy Project www.theworkofthepeople.com. Readings and Gospel from: Revised Common Lectionary: lectionarypage.net, 2020 Psalm: From Psalms for Praying © 2007 Nan C. Merrill. Reprinted with permission of the publisher Continuum International Publishing Group www.PsalmsForPraying.com. Affirmation of Faith: (Source: Ross Mackinnon, July 2009) An affirmation of faith based on the Preamble added to the national constitution of the Uniting Church in Australia Lord’s Prayer: Copyright © by J. Manny Santiago, 1999. From the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists. Used with permission; downloaded at ManyVoices.org. Bulletin Image: Cover of Scott Gunn’s Book, The Way of Love. All printed music from The Hymnal 1982, Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing, My Heart Sings Out, Wonder, Love, and Praise was used by permission through purchase of riteseries.org. All other printed music permission through purchase of CCLI Copyright license #20577215 Size B Streaming License #20577284 Size B Secular music permission through purchase of CCS WORSHIPcast Copyright license #13190 All printed music from Gather permission through purchase of onelicense.net License # A-700000
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH PROGRESSIVE INCLUSIVE CREATIVE
DOWNTOWN
316 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604 (419) 243-1231 www.trinitytoledo.org Facebook.com/TrinityEpiscopalToledo
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Trinity Episcopal Church Progressive Inclusive Creative Downtown 316 Adams Street, Toledo, OH www.trinitytoledo.org
Trinity Pages TODAY 6/27, 11:00am, Coffee Hour– You are invited to join us for a 30-minute virtual coffee and conversation following our 10:00 online worship service every Sunday. The Zoom MEETING ID is on our website and the PASSWORD will be shared by Lisa during service announcements each Sunday morning! TODAY 6/27, 1:00-3:00pm, All Parish Picnic- We have reserved the newly renovated Levis Square one block away from Trinity. Bring your own picnics, chairs and blankets (they also have some seating). We will also order box lunches for our Toledo Streets vendors and invite them to join us as well! We’ll have live music and enjoy our time together, the last Sunday of the month, June, July & August. If there is inclement weather, a decision will be announced 2 hours in advance and we will move to Trinity’s Sanctuary. Wednesday, 6/30, 7:00pm, Moving Inward: Exploring Prayer as Physical Practice- Emily Olson will lead us in another season of prayer exploration, Wednesdays from 7:00-8:00 pm. This is a hybrid opportunity, allowing you the choice to join us in-person or on Zoom. If you are interested in participating, please visit our website to register via Sign up Genius and a Zoom link will be emailed to you. Movement will be accessible to all body types and abilities (ages 16+)! Thursday, 7/1, 7:00pm, The Way of Love Book Group- Last fall, a group of us gathered to discuss Scott Gunn’s latest book, The Way of Love: A Practical Guide to Following Jesus. We are running the book group again, to coincide with Lisa’s summer sermon series on the Way of Love. We will be meeting Thursdays from 7:00-8:30 pm, June 17 – August 5, on Zoom. Each Sunday, Lisa will preach on one of the facets of the Way of Love, and we will discuss the corresponding chapter the following Thursday. please visit our website to register via Sign up Genius and a Zoom link will be emailed to you.
Please remember those who have asked for our prayers: John L., Gladys & Karen Johnson-Webb Carol Gray Tishie Bozeman Godwin Nosa Ronald B Mitchell Katie Greg Bulach Justin Myers Nancy Owens & daughter Lou Woellner Stan Johnson Zach Wabeke Ray Levey
Judy Moon Sheilah Wilson Elisheva Rose-Boxer Chico Martinez Jo Stanovcak Douglas Romstadt
Please remember those who have recently died: Judy Koechel
Jill Bulach
To add your name or the name of someone you love on the Prayer List, please email lynzi@trinitytoledo.org.
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Birthdays 6/2 Leah Reed 6/7 Lyla Anderson 6/14 Kyle Grefe 6/29 Seth Crawford
Anniversaries
6/2 Becky Randall 6/11 Nick Zurawski 6/14 Melinda Fischer 6/29 Rachel Gagnon
6/7 Jeffrey Albright 6/12 Marcia O’Connor 6/28 Michael Lowery 6/30 Ayden Tennant
6/7 Judy Stone-Gaynor 6/14 Shirley Fischer 6/28 Mary Toneff 6/30 Lindsay Potts
6/14 Vickie and 12 Kevin Kuhr To add your birthday or anniversary to our list, please email lynzi@trinitytoledo.org.