Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost - Aug 15, 2021

Trinity Episcopal Church PROGRESSIVE  Inclusive 

CREATIVE  DOWNTOWN

Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

Morning Devotion 

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August 15, 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

Summertime

George Gershwin (1898-1937)

(Chelsie Cree & Lisa Tucker-Gray)

Welcome Opening Song

The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray

Down to the River to Pray

Traditional Spiritual

(Trinity Ukulele Choir)

As I went down to the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the starry crown Good Lord, show me the way

Oh fathers, let’s go down Let’s go down, come on down Oh fathers, let’s go down Down to the river to pray

Oh sisters, let’s go down Let’s go down, come on down Oh sisters, let’s go down Down to the river to pray

As I went down to the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the starry crown Good Lord, show me the way

As I went down to the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the starry crown Good Lord, show me the way

Oh mothers, let’s go down Let’s go down, come on down Oh mothers, let’s go down Down to the river to pray

Oh brothers, let’s go down Let’s go down, come on down Oh brothers, let’s go down Down to the river to pray

As I went down to the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the starry crown Good Lord, show me the way

As I went down to the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the starry crown Good Lord, show me the way

Oh siblings, let’s go down Let’s go down, come on down Oh siblings, let’s go down Down to the river to pray

Opening Statement & Collect of the Day Deacon: People: Deacon:

Prayers for an Inclusive Church

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Let us pray.

Divine love, undaunted by death and fear, who went to the depths to bring back life: in the power of the cross shape a people of service, breaking bread for a hungering world; through Jesus Christ, the true food. Amen.

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FIRST READING Reader:

Proverbs 9:1-6 A reading from Proverbs.

Read by Michelle Frasier Wing

Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars.

She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table.

She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls from the highest places in the town, “You that are simple, turn in here!”

To those without sense she says, “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.

Lay aside immaturity, and live, and walk in the way of insight.”

Reader: People:

THE PSALM

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Psalm 34: 9-14

Psalms for Praying

The plain text will be offered by the cantor; the congregation is invited to respond by singing the text in bold.

Happy are all who dwell in the Beloved’s heart!

Abandon yourself into Love’s hands, O you holy ones, For those who give themselves to the Beloved, lack no good thing.

Everyone separated from Love is empty and hungry within; But those who open their hearts to the Beloved, are filled to overflowing!

O come and see, come and hear, how we honor the Beloved.

Many there are who desire Life, who yearn for fulfillment, who covet the wisdom of Truth.

Keep your heart open and free, make time to dwell in Silence, Become a peaceful presence in the world.

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SECOND READING

Ephesians 5:15-20

Reader: A reading from Ephesians.

Read by Kory Meinhart

Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Reader: People:

Gradual

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Seek Ye First (Trinity Singers & Brian Buckner-piano)

Karen Laffertry The 1982 Hymnal #711

Seek ye first the kingdom of God and its righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you; Allelu, Alleluia!

Ask, and it shall be given unto you, seek, and ye shall find, knock, and the door shall be opened unto you; Allelu, Alleluia!

Seek ye first the kingdom of God and its righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you; Allelu, Alleluia!

THE GOSPEL Deacon: People:

John 6:51-58 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to John.

Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Jesus said, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.

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Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

Deacon: People:

The Gospel of Christ.

Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Sermon

Sheila Otto, Trinity guest preacher Trinity Member

Affirmation of FAITH

Written by Bruce D. Prewer Led by Roberta Durham

We believe in the God of Jesus of Nazareth, who blesses the meek, the poor and the persecuted, exalts the least and saves the lost.

We believe in the Holy One whose beloved Child, Jesus the Christ, pleased God far more than tongue or pen can ever tell.

We believe in the baptized Christ, and the community of love and hope which grew around his word and witness.

We believe that he is the first citizen of a new race, where the entry fee is Divine grace, and the ground rules are shaped by love.

We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit, by whom old things find new birth, and new things grow on to maturity, and the dead receive regeneration.

We believe in one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and in the limitless life which flows for the healing of the nations. Amen.

The Prayers of the People

from the Iona Community

Please join the leader in sharing the responses in bold.

Intercessor:

People: Intercessor: People:

Offered by Gary Franklin

Let us pray.

Gracious God, early in the morning, when the world was young, you made life in all its beauty and terror, you gave birth to all that we know.

Hallowed be your name.

Early in the morning, when the world least expected it, a newborn child crying in a cradle announced that you had come among us, that you were one of us.

Hallowed be your name.

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Intercessor:

People: Intercessor:

People: Intercessor:

People:

Intercessor:

People:

Early in the morning, surrounded by respectable liars, religious leaders, anxious and silent friends, you accepted the penalty for doing good, for being God: you shouldered and suffered the cross.

Hallowed be your name.

Early in the morning, a voice in a guarded graveyard and footsteps in the dew proved that you had risen, that you had come back to those and for those who had forgotten, denied and destroyed you.

Hallowed be your name.

Early in the morning, in the multicolored company of your Church on earth and in heaven we celebrate your creation, your life, your death and resurrection, your interest in us: So to you we pray…

God, bring new life where we are worn and tired, new love where we have turned hard-hearted, forgiveness where we feel hurt and where we have been wounded, and the joy and freedom in your Holy Spirit where we are the prisoners of ourselves. (pause for silence) To all and to each where regret is real, God pronounces pardon and grants us the right to begin again.

Thanks be to God. AMEN.

THE PEACE Deacon: People:

Kory Meinhart & Craig Jablonski 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, August 15. You can also text the word “Give” to 419-OMG-LOVE (419-664-5683) to make your weekly offering.

Offertory

Astonishing (Melissa Toth)

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Mindi Dickstein & Jason Howland from Little Women

Lord’s Prayer

Version by James Burklo Led by Leah Reed

The congregation is invited to join.

Dear One, closer to us than our own hearts, farther from us than the most distant star, you are beyond naming.

May your powerful presence become obvious not only in the undeniable glory of the sky, but also in the seemingly base and common processes of the earth.

Give us what we need, day by day, to keep body and soul together, because clever as you have made us, we still owe our existence to you.

We recognize that to be reconciled with you, we must live peaceably and justly with other human beings, putting hate and bitterness behind us.

We are torn between our faith in your goodness and our awareness of the evil in your creation, so deliver us from the temptation to despair.

Yours alone is the universe and all its majesty and beauty.

So it is, 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

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

LEVAS #109

(Shameless Christian Men’s Gospel Band)

What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear!

What a privilege to carry Ev’rything to God in prayer!

Oh, what peace we often forfeit, Oh, what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry Ev’rything to God in prayer!

Can we find a friend so faithful who will all our sorrows share?

Jesus knows our ev’ry weakness, Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy laden, Cumbered with a load of care?

Precious Savior, still our refuge, Take it to the Lord in Prayer.

Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?

Take it to the Lord in Prayer.

In his arms He’ll take and shield thee, Thou wilt find a solace there.

Have we trials and temptations?

Is there trouble anywhere?

We should never be discouraged, Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Dismissal Deacon: People:

Jolene Miller & Donna Steppe Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

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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, Interim Choir Director Lynzi Miller, Next To New Manager & Communications Coordinator Nick Zurawski, Sexton ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & COPYRIGHT INFO: Collect of the Day Prayers for an Inclusive Church, Steven Shakespeare. Church Publishing, New York. © 2009 by Steven Shakespeare. Permission granted by Church Publishing for congregational use.

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: written by Bruce D. Prewer, Epiphany 1, 2005.

Prayers of the People: from the Iona Community - The Iona Abbey Book of Worship.

Lord’s Prayer: Jim Burklo’s Book of Common Prayer- Liturgical Elements. May 2014. : used with permission and written by James Burklo.

Bulletin Image: Bread of life. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfgangfoto/2337441318/. Artist: wolfgangfoto.

License: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0).

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 8/15, 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!

Wednesday, 8/18, 12:00noon, Noonday Prayer- Join us at 12noon on Wednesdays as we gather in the sanctuary for a short Wednesday Noonday prayer service (no Eucharist) led by our new curate, Megan Allen. Bring a lunch and join Megan afterward for a short time of conversation. Whether you have attended these mid-week services in the past or not, all are welcome and wanted.

Thursday, 8/19, 8:45am, TSN Vendor Lunch Volunteer Opportunity - On the third Thursday of every month, teams of 3-5 volunteers safely gather at Trinity to prepare and deliver 30+ lunches to the vendors of our community partner, Toledo Streets Newspaper. We need YOUR help! Visit our website to sign up for our August team!

Sunday, 8/29, 1:00-3:00pm, All Parish Picnic- We have reserved Levis Square one block away from Trinity. Bring your own picnics and blankets (seating available on location). We’ll have live music and enjoy our time together, the last Sunday of the month in August. If there is inclement weather, a decision will be announced 2 hours in advance and we will move to Trinity’s Sanctuary.

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

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

8/2 Sande Corfman-Johnson 8/5 Kelly Termin 8/15 Meagan Price 8/28 Lindsey Melden

8/2 Ron McKinney 8/11 Lou Woellner 8/21 Greg Shumaker

8/2 Lisa Tucker-Gray 8/14 Cindy Shumaker 8/25 Dave Bingham

To have your birthday or anniversary listed, please email the office: admin@trinitytoledo.org

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