Ninth Sunday After - July 25, 2021

Trinity Episcopal Church CREATIVE  DOWNTOWN

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PROGRESSIVE  Inclusive 

Ninth Sunday After Pentecost

Morning Devotion 

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July 25, 2021

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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

Goodnight Moon

Eric Whitacre

(Grace Hirt)

Welcome

The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray

Opening Song

Glory, Glory Hallelujah

Negro Spiritual

(David Breen & Brian Buckner, piano)

Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Since I laid my burden down.

Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Since I laid my burden down.

Feel like shouting, “Hallelujah!”

Since I laid my burden down.

Feel like shouting, “Hallelujah!”

Since I laid my burden down.

I feel better, so much better, Since I laid my burden down.

I feel better, so much better, Since I laid my burden down.

I am climbing Jacob’s ladder, Since I laid my burden down.

I am climbing Jacob’s ladder, Since I laid my burden down.

Since I laid my burden down.

Since I laid my burden down.

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.

Earth as the Original Cathedral

by Christine Valters Paintner

May you find sanctuary among trees and stones, and feel Earth preparing a place for you to sit and breathe and be. Let the long limbs of branches form a canopy above your head, let the hills open up a place for you to soar. May the stones form an altar and see how the sun makes everything shimmer and glisten so that everything shines forth from within.

Let the tender vine climbing the trunk show you what it is to reach to the sky, let all the living creatures that gather, winged and four-footed ones, offer a new companionship.

All around you, see yourself as part of this glorious cathedral, the lake and holy wells are the fonts of baptism, the river rushes carrying gifts down from the mountains, the oaks and sycamore create a sacred circle, the face of the Creator incarnate and immanent illuminated with each gaze. Feel the veil between heaven and earth slip away until you know this sanctuary of soil and sunlight, listen to the sky whisper her secrets on the wind, lifted by wings and song.

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FIRST READING Reader:

2 Kings 4:42-44 A reading from Second Kings.

Read by Heather Meyer

A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing food from the first fruits to the man of God: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give it to the people and let them eat.” But his servant said, “How can I set this before a hundred people?” So he repeated, “Give it to the people and let them eat, for thus says the Lord, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’” He set it before them, they ate, and had some left, according to the word of the Lord.

Reader: People:

THE PSALM

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Psalm 145:10-19

Psalms for Praying

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

Lift up your hearts, all you who choose the path of life! My heart is lifted up!

“Do you not know that your whole being is encompassed by my love?

I am the infinite and the eternal within your soul; O, that I might make Myself known to you!

Choose Love that you might overcome oppression and blind obedience to false idols!”

“Diving Light shines in those who live in Love.

I shall uphold all who are burdened with fear, and raise up all who call to Me. The time is nigh for you to choose, for great is the new dawn that fast approaches; I call each of you to open your inner ears, to see with spiritual eyes, And to trust that even amidst the outward chaos, all is working toward the wholeness of humanity.”

O, Heart of my heart, envelop me!

I know You are near to all who call upon You.

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SECOND READING Reader:

Ephesians 3:14-21 A reading from Ephesians.

Read by Nick Zurawski

I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Reader: People:

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Gradual

There is More Love Somewhere (Trinity Singers)

There is more love somewhere There is more love somewhere I'm gonna keep on 'til I find it There is more love somewhere

African American Spiritual

There is more hope somewhere There is more joy somewhere There is more joy somewhere I'm gonna keep on 'til I find it I'm gonna keep on 'til I find it I'm gonna keep on 'til I find it There is more joy somewhere

There is more hope somewhere There is more hope somewhere I'm gonna keep on 'til I find it

THE GOSPEL Deacon: People:

John 6:1-21 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to John.

Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, “Six months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.” One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?” Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all. Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, “Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.”

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So they gathered them up, and from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they filled twelve baskets. When the people saw the sign that he had done, they began to say, “This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.”

When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were terrified. But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.

Deacon: 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 the New Zealand Prayerbook Led by Chelsie Cree

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.

The Prayers of the People

From Women’s Uncommon Prayer Offered by Lynzi Miller

Intercessor: Open our lips, O Spirit, that we may proclaim your benevolent truth and call for justice in our communities, in our congregations, and in the world.

People: Spirit, open our lips.

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Intercessor:

People: Intercessor: People: Intercessor: People: Intercessor:

People: Intercessor:

People: Intercessor:

Open our minds, O Creator, that we might dream a Church reconciled, a Church that knows your love so abundantly it bursts with a passion for ministry, a desire to give completely, and seeks only to give back.

Creator, open our minds.

Open our hearts, O Giver of Gifts, to be transformed by compassion, so we will serve others with humility, integrity and urgency as your servants.

Giver of Gifts, open our hearts.

Open our eyes, O Sanctifier of Life, to the hurts and needs of others. Teach us to see where our abilities and resources can be used for good.

Sanctifier of Life, open our eyes.

Open our hands, O Spirit, to be your instruments of witness. Help us work without caution, serve without recognition, and proclaim justice, love and kindness, in your name.

Spirit, open our hands.

Open our memories, O Redeemer of All, as we tenderly remember those who have asked for our prayers, including those on our Prayer List…and those we now name aloud and in our hearts…

Redeemer of All, open our memories.

God, your love is free, your compassion unconditional, and your mercy infinite.

You shower upon us gifts abundant. Grant that we may know and trust these gifts cultivating faith-filled generosity in our lives each and every day. 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.

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.

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THE PEACE Deacon: People:

Trinity Staff 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, July 25. You can also text the word “Give” to 419-OMG-LOVE (419-664-5683) to make your weekly offering.

Offertory

Come to Me

Michael Joncas

(Trinity Singers, Brian Buckner- piano)

Lord’s Prayer The congregation is invited to join.

Led by Ray Levey

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 for ever. 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 Hymn

All Night, All Day

MHSO #158

(Trinity Singers, Gabe Hagedorn- piano)

Words and Music: African-American Spiritual © CRC Publications 2850 Kalamazoo Ave. Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI 49560.

All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Dismissal Deacon: People:

Trinity Staff 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 The Rev. Megan Allen, Transitional Deacon, Curate 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 Scriptures 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: A New Zealand Prayer Book. He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa. Copyright is held by the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

Prayers of the People: Women's Uncommon Prayers: Our Lives Revealed, Nurtured, Celebrated. by Elizabeth Geitz (Editor), Marjorie A. Burke (Editor), Ann Smith (Editor). © Church Publishing, Incorporated, 2000.

Lord’s Prayer: traditional version, spoken.

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

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Trinity Pages TODAY 7/25, 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 7/25, 1:00-3:00pm, All Parish Picnic- We have reserved the newly renovated Levis Square one block away from Trinity. Bring your own picnics and blankets (seating available at Levis Square). We’ll have live music and enjoy our time together, the last Sunday of the month, 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, 7/28, 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.

Wednesday, 7/28, 7:00pm, Moving Inward: Exploring Prayer as Physical Practice- Emily Olson will lead us in final evening of prayer exploration as a physical practice, Wednesday, July 28, 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 and a Zoom link will be emailed to you. Movement will be accessible to all body types and abilities (ages 16+)! Even if this is your first time, we welcome you to join us!

Thursday, 7/29, 7:00pm, The Way of Love Book Group- Join us as we discuss Scott Gunn’s latest book, The Way of Love: A Practical Guide to Following Jesus, which coincides 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. 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

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

7/6 Courtney Rahe 7/10 Scott Dibling 7/14 Joan Fothergill 7/17 Chuck Abood

Anniversaries

7/11 Ruth Foote 7/14 Aliyah Melden 7/14 Kory Meinhart 7/17 Rylee Anderson 7/19 Yvonne Soldan

7/13 Joan & Don 11 Fothergill

7/12 Jess Parmer 7/15 Sully Sullivant 7/23 Bailey Oyler

7/16 Jason & Courtney Rahe

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