Trinity Episcopal Church PROGRESSIVE Inclusive
CREATIVE DOWNTOWN
Fifth Sunday in Lent Holy Eucharist
Trinity@316
April 3, 2022, 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 2
The Liturgy of the Word Prelude
Ain’t No Grave
Crooked Still
(Kim Henkel, Hugh Grefe & J Ronquillio)
Welcome
A Penitential Order: Rite II Opening Statement Priest: People:
Blessed is the source of Love yearning for our healing and wholeness. God’s love endures forever.
Confession & Absolution
(from The Road We Make by Walking, Brian McLaren)
Priest:
Let us confess our sin against God and our neighbor.
People:
Gracious God, we have hurt each other, and we have been hurt. We have presumed upon others, and we have been presumed upon. We have taken others for granted, and we have been taken for granted. We have dishonored others, and we have been dishonored. As we receive forgiveness today for our wrongs may we also extend forgiveness to others who have wronged us. Have mercy upon us all. Amen.
Priest:
To all and to each where regret is real, The God of Love pronounces pardon and grants us all the right to begin again. Amen.
Kyrie
We Will Make No Peace with Oppression
Latifah Alattas, Liz Vice, & Paul Zach
We will make no peace, no peace, no peace with oppression. We will make no peace, no peace. We will make no peace, no peace, no peace with oppression. Those who live by the sword will die by the sword. We will stand against violence of every form. We will march in the streets, “No justice, no peace!,” Arm in arm with our neighbor til we all stand free. Almighty God, help us not to be afraid. Almighty, give us Your strength. (Cont.) 3
We will make no peace, no peace, no peace with oppression. We will make no peace, no peace. We will make no peace, no peace, no peace with oppression. We won’t turn away from pain of our brothers, cries of our sisters, grieving of our mothers. We won’t turn away from destructive politicians, Overflowing prisons, corruption in our systems. Almighty God, help us not to be afraid. Almighty, give us Your strength. Almighty God, help us not to be afraid. Almighty, give us Your strength. Almighty God, help us not to be afraid. Almighty, give us Your strength. Amen.
Collect of the Day Leader: People: Leader:
Prayers for an Inclusive Church
The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray.
Extravagant God, lavishing your love on our poverty of heart: inspire us to give without stint, to lose life that we might find it again, so the world will be filled with the fragrance of your love; through Jesus Christ, who offers himself for us. Amen.
Psalm
Psalm 126 From Psalms for Praying A single voice will chant the first half of each verse, and the congregation is invited to join in chanting the second half in bold.
When the Divine Love enters the human heart, all yearnings are fulfilled! Then will our mouths ring forth with laughter, and our tongues with shouts of joy; Then will we sing our songs of praise, to You, O Beloved of all hearts. For gladness will radiate out for all to see; so great is your Presence among us. Restore us to wholeness, O Healer, like newborn babes who have never strayed from You! May all who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy! May all who go forth weeping tears of repentance, bearing seed for sowing, Come home to You with shouts of joy, leaving sorrow behind. 4
The Lesson Reader:
Philippians 3:4b-14 A reading from Philippians
If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.
Reader:
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
People:
Gradual
Waiting on the World to Change
John Mayer
We keep on waiting (waiting), Waiting on the world to change We keep on waiting (waiting), Waiting on the world to change It's hard to be persistent, We're standing at a distance So we keep on waiting (waiting), Waiting on the world to change
THE GOSPEL Deacon: People:
John 12:1-8 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to John. Glory to you, Lord Christ.
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?" (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."
Deacon: People:
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Christ. 5
Sermon
The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray
Affirmation of Faith
from the New Zealand Prayer Book
You, O God, are supreme and holy. You create our world and give us life. Your purpose overarches everything we do. You have always been with us. You are God. You, O God, are infinitely generous, good beyond all measure. You came to us before we came to you. You have revealed and proved your love for us in Jesus Christ, who lived and died and rose again. You are with us now. You are God. You, O God, are Holy Spirit You empower us to be your gospel in the world. You reconcile and heal; you overcome death. You are our God. We worship you. Amen.
Prayers of the People
Led by Trinity Choir
During this season we will sing and speak our petitions of prayer. REFRAIN
Intercessor: God of justice hear the cry of those who yearn for justice around the world; the persecuted and oppressed, the exploited and the ill-treated. God of love hear the cry of those who yearn for love; fractured families, broken homes neglected, unwanted, alone. REFRAIN God of peace hear the cry of those who yearn for peace; in battle zones and broken states, those who are frightened, fearful and anxious. (Pause) God of healing hear the cry of those who yearn for healing; physical and spiritual hurting, weakened and depressed. (Pause) REFRAIN 6
God of mercy hear the cry of those who yearn for mercy; convicted, in need of your Grace, contrite, humble, bowed down. (Pause) May we know the peace of God the love of God the justice of God the healing and mercy of God this day and all days. Amen. REFRAIN (repeat)
THE PEACE Deacon: People:
The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.
Announcements Offertory Invitation To give online, visit www.trinitytoledo.org/online-giving/, choose GIVE NOW and Sunday, April 3. You can also text the word “Give” to 419-OMG-LOVE (419-664-5683) to make your weekly offering. This season we will not “pass the plate” at the time of the offertory; offerings can be deposited in our Giving Box stationed at the back of the sanctuary.
Offertory
Shed a Little Light
James Taylor
(Trinity Singers)
The Liturgy of the Table The Great Thanksgiving Celebrant: All: Celebrant: All: Celebrant: All:
A Wee Worship Book, Iona Community
The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give God thanks and praise.
We praise you, O God, whom eternity cannot contain, for coming to earth and entering time in Jesus. We praise you for his life which informs our living, for his compassion which changes our hearts, for his clear speaking which contradicts our harmless generalities, for his disturbing presence, his innocent suffering, his fearless dying, his rising to life breathing forgiveness and restoring us forever to you. For these gifts we praise and worship you. All that is spectacular, all that is plain have their origin in you. All that is lovely, all who are loving, point to you as their fulfillment. Therefore, we gladly join our voices to the song of the Church on earth and in heaven: 7
Jesus was always the guest. In the homes of Peter and Jairus, Martha and Mary, Joanna and Susanna, he was always the guest. At the meal tables of the wealthy where he pled the case of the poor, he was always the guest. Upsetting polite company, befriending isolated people, welcoming the stranger, he was always the guest. But here, at this table, he is the host. Those who wish to serve him must first be served by him. Those who want to follow him must first be fed by him. For this is the table where God intends us to be nourished. This is the time when Christ can make us new. So come, you who hunger and thirst for a deeper faith, for a better life, for a fairer world. Jesus Christ, who has sat at our tables, now invites us to be his guests. On their last night together, and as they were sitting at a meal, Jesus gave thanks, took a piece of bread and broke it. He gave it to the disciples saying, “This is my body. It is broken for you. Do this to remember me.” Later, after they had eaten, he took a cup of wine, gave thanks and said, “This cup is the new relationship with God made possible because of my death. Drink this all of you, to remember me.” So now we do as Jesus did. We offer this bread and this wine to each other, and proclaim the mystery of faith: Celebrant and People Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. We ask that these signs of your love be filled with the fullness of Jesus. Let that same love rest on us, converting us from the patterns of this passing world, until we conform to the shape of him whose food we now share. Amen.
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And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we now pray,
The Fraction: Breaking of the Bread Celebrant: People: Celebrant:
Enriching Our Worship
We break this bread to share in the Body of Christ. We who are many are one body, for we all share in the one bread. The Gifts of God for the people of God; holy food for holy people.
Invitation to Communion Please be seated until you are invited to come forward to receive communion. Please let us know if you would like the bread brought to you.
Communion Hymn
Eat This Bread
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Taize
Communion Hymn
The Post Communion Prayer
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior
See Insert
(Please stand as you are able.)
Celebrant: Let us pray. Almighty and everliving God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the Body of your Son, and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, God, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and forever. Amen.
Blessing May our mouths speak of God’s goodness. May our arms hold those in need. May our feet walk towards justice. May our hearts trust their worth. May our souls dance in God’s grace. And may this be our rhythm—again and again and again, as we journey through Lent. 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 Hymn
Higher Ground
Dismissal Deacon: People:
Go in peace to serve our loving, liberating, life-giving God. Thanks be to God.
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LEVAS #165
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, Jeffrey Albright, Jr. Warden Leah Reed, Clerk, Gary Franklin, Treasurer Dennis Degnan, Becky Koskinen, Fritz Hany, Karen Keune & Jamie Paul
Parish Staff The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray, Rector Heather Meyer, Director of Operations and Community Development Chelsie Cree, Director of Music & the Arts Grace Mauk, Trinity@316 Accompanist, Brian Buckner, Trinity@Home Accompanist Lynzi Miller, Communications Coordinator ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & COPYRIGHT INFO: Collect of the Day: Prayers for an Inclusive Church. Steven Shakespeare. Readings and Gospel from: Revised Common Lectionary: lectionarypage.net, 2021. Affirmation of Faith: from the New Zealand Prayer Book. Psalm: From Psalms for Praying by Nan Merrill. Prayers of the People: Refrain from Psalm 103, alt. Taize – GIA Publications. Confession & Absolution: from The Road We Make by Walking, Brian McLaren The Great Thanksgiving: A Wee Worship Book, Iona Community Lord’s Prayer: Traditional, spoken. Fraction: Enriching Our Worship 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
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Communion Hymn
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior
LEVAS #139
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Trinity Pages Announcements Tuesday, 4/5, 7:00pm, Welcome to Trinity - Join us for a relaxed time of introductions, sharing stories and answering questions of what it means to be a part of the “Episcopal branch of the Jesus movement.” Register on our website. This evening is open to all and especially for those new to Trinity and interested in finding out more about our ministry and exploring what it might mean to join. Saturday, 4/9, 9:00am, Men’s Bible Study - Join us for our next Men’s Bible Study gathering on Saturday, April 9th at 9:00am at Rick’s City Diner (5333 Monroe St, Toledo, OH). All men in the Trinity community and their guests are welcome to join. You can view the Bible passages we will be discussing on our website. Thursday, 4/21, 9:00am, Toledo Streets Newspaper Vendor Lunch - Trinity will provide the meal for Toledo Streets’ vendor lunch on Thursday, April 21st and we need YOUR help! Trinity will purchase the food but we need 4-6 volunteers to help prepare the meal and deliver it to the Toledo Streets office. Sunday, 4/24, 6:30pm, Trinity Book Club - We are currently reading Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. Join us for our next Book Club gathering on Sunday, April 24th, 6:30-8:00pm. Sign up on the website to join us!!
Trinity Prayer List Please remember those who have asked for our prayers: Tishie Bozeman Caroline Kroeger The Johnson family Dennis Kanfield Beonka Fizer
Sheilah Wilson Tim Barr The Bowen family Bradley Baker Sean
Ethel Perdeau The Webb family Carol Romstadt Helen Paolucci Andy
To add your name or the name of someone you love on the Prayer List, please email lynzi@trinitytoledo.org. v
April Birthdays Birthdays
4/3 Beth Oyler 4/6 Jenn Emerich 4/11 Henry Keune 4/21 MaryHelen Darah 4/27 John Abood
Anniversaries
4/5 Elizabeth Cousino 4/7 Lynzi Miller 4/18 Wayne North 4/23 Jane Bueche 4/29 Derick Oyler, Jr.
4/5 Warnetta Walters 4/10 Kim Buehler 4/19 Kristian Emerich 4/25 Christina Turner
4/14 Grant Jones & Annie Devine To add your birthday or anniversary to our list, please email lynzi@trinitytoledo.org.
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