Trinity Episcopal Church PROGRESSIVE Inclusive
CREATIVE DOWNTOWN
2021 Annual Pledge Drive Feast of All Saints’ Day, Transferred
Trinity@Home
November 7, 2021
9:00am
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
Meditation in A minor
Amy Lauback
(Amy Lauback)
Welcome
The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray
Intro & CHANTING OF THE NECROLOGY Willy Alfred Aey Don Albright, Sr. John C. Ballmer Suzanne Meek Beckert Esther Behnke Irving Bennett Jr. Jayson Beroske Lynn Brand Mary Breen Robert Breen Barbara Clarke John F. Connors Dennis R. Connors Robert J. Connors Marie M. Connors Gail Davison Dorothy Deter Beverly Ann Dowling Suzanne Dowling Carol Ebert Louis Escobar Roxanne Filby Ann Frasier Robert V. Franklin, Jr. Kathryn H. Franklin Jeffery Franklin Jan Gardner Larry Gardner Bud Gartz Whitmore Gray Jeanette Marie Habib
John C. Halbach Dr. Mayo A. Harris Rebecca M. Harris June Hartman Kim Hicks Melvin & Bonnie Jablonski Alice James Cathy Johns Marie Johnston Roy Johnston Shirley Ann Johnston Jack Jordan Shirley Jordan David Jordan-Squire Jerry Kahler Kimberly Kanfield Robert Kennedy Fran Kusz Bonnie Loss Susan Lowrey Alice Lucas Robert Lucas Don & Florine Meinhart Marcia Miano Fred Miller Susan Miller Anthony Minkunas David Nelson Ruth Oatis Ray Otto William F. Parker
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Paul F. Penn, Sr. Ira Pilgrim Mary Quick Hunter Paul Rahe Clarence Rahe Jeanice Rahe Mary Ann Reinberger William Reinberger Joe Roberts Bruce Allen Russell Marilyn Jean Russell Julie Sanders Barbara Scott Tommy & Rosalie Slachciak Candace Kimberly Smith Keithley Sparrow M. Brandt Tennant Jane Timbrook Rhonda Tyburski Tammy Vollmar Arthur E. Walton, Jr. Virginia M. Walton
Ann Warren Kevin Williamson Butterfly Wipf John V. Woellner Jim Zechman Alvin Zohn Jane Gomersall Zohn
Opening Hymn
By All Your Saints Still Striving (Trinity Singers)
Collect of the Day
The Hymnal 1982 #232
The Work of the People by Christine Valters Paintner
Earth as the Original Saints
Blessed are those who live themselves fully, with no doubt or hesitation, who know their sacred purpose like a hunger, oak tree in her majesty, owl in her night knowing, stream in her quiet singing marigolds with faces of joy. May the fireflies light your way in the darkness, may the morning glory spark gratitude for a new day, may the witness of feather and hoof, leaf and light, reveal to you what it means to be truly, wholly, fully yourself, breaking open the sacred seed planted within. Cherish the badger who ambles across Earth, the raven painting the sky, the horse galloping over meadow, see how they spark your own longing to run or fly into the arms of yourself, to know your name, the one that has always been etched in your heart from the very first moment.
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First Reading Reader:
Isaiah 25:6-9 A reading from Isaiah.
Read by Sherre Smith
On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations; he will swallow up death forever. Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Reader: People:
THE PSALM
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm 24
Psalms for Praying
The plain text will be offered by the cantor; the congregation is invited to sing the text in bold.
The earth is yours, O Giver of Live, in all its fullness and glory, the world and all those who /dwell therein; For You have founded it upon the seas, and established it up / on the rivers. Who shall ascend your hill, O Gracious One? and who shall stand in your / holy place? All who have clean hands and pure hearts, who do not lift up their souls to what is false, nor make / vows deceitfully. All these will be blessed by the Heart of Love, and renewed through for/giveness. Such is the promise to those who / seek Love’s face. Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O / ancient doors! that the Compassionate One / may come in. Who is the Com/passionate One? the Beloved, strong and steadfast, the Beloved, / firm and sure! Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O / ancient doors! that the Compassionate One / may come in. 5
Who is the Com/passionate One? the Beloved, Heart of your heart, Life of you life, This is / the Compassionate One!
Second Reading
Revelation 21:1-6a
Reader: A reading from the Book of Revelation. Read by Lindsey Melden I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them as their God; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away." And the one who was seated on the throne said, "See, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true." Then he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end."
Reader: People:
Gradual
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Brown Skinned God
TWOTP
(by Phuc Luu, The Work of The People)
Brown skinned God Look upon the world you have entered with compassion Even to those who hung you up on that tree For healing the sick and being with the despised For seeing us as your image, mirror of the divine, all daughters and sons Helping them to paint a canvas with their pain, rendering their cries into poetry Words heard without need for refrain
As you sink down into the cursed cross, suffocating, you breathed your last Brown skinned God, Do not abandon us, Both those who hung you there and those who took you down to clean your battered and bloodied body treating it as if it were the same, the same flesh and blood, the same fragile skin that thing that separates you from me that thing we all share.
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THE GOSPEL Deacon: People:
John 11:32-44 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to John. Glory to you, Lord Christ.
When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?" Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?" So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me." When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." Deacon: People:
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Christ.
Sermon
The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray
Sharing our Trinity Story
Ruth Foote, Trinity Member
The Renewal of Baptismal Vows Priest: People:
BCP p.292
Do you reaffirm your renunciation of evil and renew your commitment to Jesus Christ? I do.
Priest: People:
Do you believe in God the Father? I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
Priest:
Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?
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People: I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. Priest: Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit? People: I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Priest:
Will you continue in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers? People: I will, with God's help. Priest: Will you persevere in resisting evil, and, whenever you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord? People: I will, with God's help.
Priest:
Will you proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ? People: I will, with God's help.
Priest:
Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself? People: I will, with God's help. Priest: People:
Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being? I will, with God's help.
The Priest concludes the Renewal of Vows as follows: May Almighty God, who has given us a new birth by water and the Holy Spirit, and bestowed upon us the forgiveness of sins, keep us in eternal life by his grace, in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
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ALL SAINTS’ DAY PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Intercessor:
People: Intercessor:
People: Intercessor: People: Intercessor:
People: Intercessor:
People: Intercessor:
Led by Leah Reed
In communion with the holy ones of every time and place, let us pray for the church on earth, the stewardship of creation, and all in need. We bless you, God of glory, for the power of your Spirit working in the church. Give us courage to serve you faithfully in our time, for the sake of the world you love. Hear us, O God, Your mercy is great. We bless you for the abundant beauty of all that you have made. Guide us to restore and protect the living earth, that future generations may praise you with joy. Hear us, O God, Your mercy is great. We bless you for the hope of peace on earth. Raise up leaders of integrity who will strive for justice and reconciliation among us. Hear us, O God, Your mercy is great. We bless you for your tender care for the poor, the hungry, and those who weep. Sustain the hope of refugees, exiles and prisoners, the wounded, the oppressed, and all who face danger. Hear us, O God, Your mercy is great. We bless you for the saints of this congregation – past, present, and yet to come. Enlighten our hearts, so that we may minister in and beyond this place to the praise of your glory. Hear us, O God, Your mercy is great.
People:
We bless you for the immeasurable greatness of your love, holy God, and for those who have died in the faith. Keep us also in your grace, that we may receive the glorious inheritance of eternal life. Hear us, O God, Your mercy is great.
Intercessor: People:
Give to the departed eternal rest. Your mercy is great. Amen.
THE PEACE Deacon: People:
The Peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.
Announcements
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Offertory Go to our Giving page. www.trinitytoledo.org/online-giving/, choose GIVE NOW and Sunday, November 7. You can also text the word “Give” to 419-OMG-LOVE (419664-5683) to make your weekly offering.
Offertory
You Say
Lauren Daigle
(Trinity Section Leaders, featuring Melissa Toth)
Lord’s Prayer
version by J. Manny Santiago Led by Vickie Kuhr
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.
Sending hymn
For All the Saints (Trinity Singers)
Dismissal Deacon: People:
Let us go forth to love and serve the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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Sending Hymn
For All the Saints
We will sing verses 1, 4, 6.
The 1982 Hymnal #287
(Trinity Singers)
6. The golden evening brightens in the west; soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest; sweet is the calm of paradise the blest. Alleluia, alleluia!
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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 The Rev. Megan Allen, Transitional Deacon, Curate Heather Meyer, Director of Operations and Community Development Chelsie Cree, Choir Director Grace Mauk, Trinity@316 Accompanist, Brian Buckner, Trinity@Home Accompanist Lynzi Miller, Next To New Manager & Communications Coordinator ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & COPYRIGHT INFO: Collect of the Day Earth as the Original Saints 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, 2021. Psalm: From Psalms for Praying © 2007 Nan C. Merrill. Reprinted with permission of the publisher Continuum International Publishing Group www.PsalmsForPraying.com. Gradual: Brown Skinned God by Phuc Luu, The Work of The People. Renewal of Baptismal Vows: From The Book of Common Prayer. Confession & Absolution: From Wonderings Through Life and Other Such Nonsense. Lord’s Prayer: version by J. Manny Santiago Bulletin Image: Artwork created by Brent Lohman from B-Creative Studios (921 Washington St, Toledo, OH 43604 - https://www.b-creativestudio.com) for Trinity, Toledo 2021 Pledge Drive. 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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Trinity Pages TODAY 11/7, 10:00am, Coffee Hour– You are invited to join us for a 30-minute virtual coffee and conversation immediately following our 9:00 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,11/7, 6:30pm, Trinity Book Club- Join us for our next Book Club gathering on November 7, 6:308:00pm via Zoom. We will discuss Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. All are welcome and wanted! Saturday, 11/13, 9:00am, Men’s Bible Study- Join us for our next Men’s Bible Study gathering on Saturday, November 13th 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. Wednesdays, 12:00noon, Midweek Noonday Prayer - We will continue to gather on Wednesdays at 12:00pm via Zoom for our short Noonday Prayer service from the Book of Common Prayer. Thursday, 11/18, 8:30am, Toledo Streets Vendor Lunch- Trinity will provide the meal for Toledo Street’s vendor lunch on November 18th and we need YOUR help! Trinity will purchase the food but we need 4-5 volunteers to help assemble the lunches and deliver them to the Toledo Streets Office. To sign up, click Here.
Please remember those who have asked for our prayers: Tishie Bozeman Sheilah Wilson Sherre Owens Smith Katie Greg Bulach Chico Martinez Justin Myers Nancy Owens & daughter Jo Stanovcak Lou Woellner Stan Johnson Douglas Romstadt Zach Wabeke Ray Levey Sue Smitley Patty Long Filby Family Meyer & Ballmer Family Deb Wentz Sully Sullivant Becky Walker & Barbara Scott Mary Beroske & Shirley Johnston 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
11/3 Kelsey Echelbarger 11/12 Taylor Tennant 11/20 Kate Habekost 11/29 Kyle Kuhr
11/7 Vickie Kuhr 11/13 James Petlow 11/22 Brad Tansel
11/10 Chelsie Cree 11/19 Erin Miller 11/28 Deb Joseph
To add your birthday or anniversary to our list, please email lynzi@trinitytoledo.org.
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Why should I make an annual pledge? Can’t I just put money in the collection plate when I’m in church or give online? This question actually has 2 separate but related answers: 1) Part of our spiritual path calls us to embrace radical transformation in our lives, recognizing the abundance of gifts we have in our lives and offering a portion of those gifts back to do the work we are called to do in the world. 2) Trinity remains faithful managing its resources wisely establishing an annual budget for the year ahead. Using a combination of the annual pledge commitments and additional income from legacy gifts allows the vestry to approve a budget geared towards radical transformation in the year ahead.
Who decides what to do with the money pledged? Approving the annual budget is the responsibility of our vestry; the 9-member elected leadership team made up of parish members. One of their responsibilities is to act as agents and legal representatives of the parish in all matters concerning its corporate property including finances. Over the past three years Trinity has developed a clear budget process that begins in July and ends with the ratification of the budget by the Vestry in December. Then the Sunday prior to the Annual Meeting in January, the Rector, Treasurer, Vestry and Finance Commission host an all-parish gathering to discuss the approved budget for the year ahead- all are welcome to attend.
How many people/families make an annual pledge to Trinity? Currently, 79 households have made a pledge over this past year supporting the 2021 budget. The total amount pledged for 2021 was $198,244.00 making up approximately 25% of our overall operating budget of $788,625.
How does Trinity make up the gap between the pledge amount and the resources needed to fund the Operating Budget? Trinity is richly blessed with outside resources supporting our ministry through funds entrusted to us by those who have come before. We are also challenged at times in our ability to communicate the importance of cultivating a more generous and engaged commitment of stewardship from the overall membership in order to decrease our disproportionately weighted reliance on these funds to balance our budget. We will continue this conversation and education this year as together we give thanks for all the resources we share.
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