Lent V - April 7, 2019

Trinity Episcopal Church PROGRESSIVE  INCLUSIVE 

CREATIVE  DOWNTOWN

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Holy Eucharist Rite II 

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April 7, 2019

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10:00am

 Holy Eucharist: Rite II  Prelude

Prelude in C-Minor

Frédéric Chopin

Silent Procession (A bell will chime to indicate the beginning of the procession. Please stand as you are able.)

 A Penitential Order: Rite II  Welcome Opening Statement Celebrant: People:

Blessed is the Lord who forgives all our sins.

God’s mercy endures forever.

Confession & Absolution Celebrant:

Let us confess our sin against God and our neighbor.

(Silence may be kept.)

People:

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone.

We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.

We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.

For the sake of you Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of you Name. Amen.

Celebrant:

Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen.

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Kyrie The verse of the Kyrie will be sung as a solo. The congregation is invited to sing the refrain as indicated.

Verse:

Jesus, I’ve forgotten the words that you have spoken. Promises that burned within my heart have now grown dim. With a doubting heart I follow the path of earthly wisdom.

Forgive me for my unbelief; renew the fire within.

Refrain:

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liturgy of the word

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Collect of the Day Celebrant: People: Celebrant:

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.

(Please be seated for the Lessons.)

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The First Lesson Reader:

Isaiah 43:16-21

A reading from Isaiah.

Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, who brings out chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick: Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

The wild animals will honour me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people, the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise.

Reader: People:

Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s People.

Thanks be to God.

Psalm

Psalm 126

(The Psalm will be chanted antiphonally by half-verse. A single voice will sing the first half of each verse, and the congregation is invited to join in singing the second half in bold.)

When the Lord restored the fortunes of / Zion, * then were we like / those who dream.

Then was our mouth filled with / laughter, * and our tongue with / shouts of joy.

Then they said among the / nations, * "The Lord has done great / things for them."

The Lord has done great things / for us, * and we are / glad indeed.

Restore our fortunes, / O Lord, * like the watercourses of / the Negev.

Those who sowed / with tears * will reap with / songs of joy.

Those who go out weeping, carrying / the seed, * will come again with joy, shoulder- / ing their sheaves.

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The second 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: People:

Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s People.

Thanks be to God.

Gradual

Slow Me Down

Robbie Seay Band

(Please stand as you are able.)

Slow me down, O Lord, slow me down Help my heart to hear your sound Speak into my life, Lord speak now Slow me down, O Lord, slow me down Clear my mind, O Lord, clear my mind Bring me peace that I cannot find Take my worried thoughts, break my pride Clear my mind, O Lord, clear my mind Wake my soul, O Lord, wake my soul With this mess I've made, make me whole Of this life called mine, take control Wake my soul, O Lord, wake my soul.

Slow me down, O Lord, slow me down Help my heart to hear your sound Speak into my life, Lord speak now Slow me down, O Lord, slow me down 5

The Gospel Celebrant: People:

John 12:1-8 The 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."

Celebrant: People:

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to You, Lord Christ.

Sermon

The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray

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The Apostles’ Creed

The Book of Common Prayer pg. 53

(Please stand as you are able.)

(What is the Apostle’s Creed and why are we reciting it during Lent? The Apostle’s Creed is an ancient formula of Christian belief in three sections concerning God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit- the three dimensions of the Divine that together shape and the fullness of eternal Love. In the ancient church the season of Lent was a time of preparation for baptism and this creed was memorized as part of that process. As a way to remember our own baptismal promises during this Lenten journey we will recite this affirmation of our faith during these 5 weeks.)

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

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 to judge the living and the dead.

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. Amen.

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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

Jesus on the Mainline

(Please stand as you are able.)

Traditional African American Spiritual

Refrain (To be sung at the beginning and end of the prayers.)

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.

(Pause) God of love hear the cry of those who yearn for love; fractured families, broken homes neglected, unwanted, alone. (Pause) 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) 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.

THE PEACE Celebrant: People:

The peace of the Lord be always with you.

And also with you.

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Liturgy of the Table

Offertory Sentence Offertory

Folk Song

All My Trials (Women of Canterbury Choir)

Eucharistic Prayer

Chicago Folk Mass

(Additional words from the Book of Alternative Services of the Anglican Church in Canada).

(Continues…)

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Celebrant: Gracious God, in the fullness of time you sent Jesus the Christ to share our fragile humanity. Through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection you open the path from brokenness to health, from fear to trust, from pride and conceit to reverence for you. Rejected by a world that could not bear the Gospel of life, Jesus knew death was near. His head anointed for burial by an unknown woman, Jesus gathered together those who loved him.

He took bread, gave thanks to you, broke it and gave it to his friends, saying, ‘Take and eat: this is my body which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.’

After supper, Jesus took the cup of wine, gave you thanks, and said ‘Drink this all of you, this is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for you and for many. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.’

And now we gather at this table in response to his commandment, to share the bread and cup of Christ’s undying love, and proclaim our faith.

People:

Christ has died.

Christ has risen.

Christ will come again.

Celebrant: Breathe your Holy Spirit, the wisdom of the universe, upon these gifts that we bring to you: this bread, this cup, ourselves, our souls and bodies, that we may be signs of your love for all the world and ministers of your transforming purpose.

Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory is yours, Creator of all, and we bless your holy name for ever. AMEN. 10

Celebrant:

And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say:

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 and ever. Amen.

Fraction & Invitation Celebrant: People: Celebrant:

Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.

Therefore, let us keep the feast.

The Gifts of God for the People of God. Holy food for holy people.

(Please be seated until you are invited to come forward to receive communion.)

We welcome ALL to come forward to receive Communion as a sign of God’s love in and for our lives.

To receive the bread (or gluten-free wafer), please put your hands together, palms up. To receive the non-alcoholic wine, you may either drink directly from the cup or dip the bread in the cup before eating. If you are unable to come forward and wish to have Communion brought to you, please inform a greeter.

Need prayer for yourself or someone else? During Communion come to the prayer station in the back. Prayers may be requested for healing, medical procedures, safe travels, strength, patience and more. Blessings for birthdays, anniversaries and other events may also be requested.

All are welcome to take advantage of this opportunity, but no one is required; know that you are welcome and wanted just as you are.

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Communion Music

At the Cross

LEVAS #30

Words: Isaac Watts, 1707, refrain Ralph E. Hudson, 1885 Music: Ralph E. Hudson, 1885

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Communion Music

Kind Maker of the World, O Hear

Hymnal 1982 #152

Words: St. Gregory the Great (540-604); ver. Hymnal 1940, alt.

Music: A la venue de Noël, melody from Fleurs des noëls, 1535 Meter: LM

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The Post Communion Prayer (Please stand as you are able.)

Gracious God, lover of all, may we who have been your guests at this communion reveal your life to all the world. May we be no longer your servants, but know your will, and be your friends. You give us your life, may we be worthy of it; you give us yourself, may we embody you. Amen.

Blessing

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Sending Song

Go to Dark Gethsemane

Hymnal 1982 #171

Words: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Music: Petra, Richard Redhead (1820-1901) Meter: 77. 77. 77

Dismissal Celebrant: People:

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

Thanks be to God!

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Trinity Episcopal Church PROGRESSIVE

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INCLUSIVE 

CREATIVE  DOWNTOWN

Vestry Leadership Alice Todd, Senior Warden Darrell Cousino, Junior Warden Greg Shumaker, Treasurer Jamie Paul, Asst. Treasurer Roberta Durham, Clerk Becky Roth, Administration Commission Chair Dennis Degnan, Property Commission Chair Robert Meeker, Finance Commission Chair Jeffrey Albright Jill Hunt Donna Steppe

Parish Staff The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray, Rector Nate Leonard, Director of Music & the Arts Heather Meyer, Director of Operations and Community Development Lynzi Miller, Next to New Manager & Communications Coordinator Jane Bueche, Parish Accountant Amy Saylor, Seminarian Elizabeth Cousino, Special Projects Coordinator Nick Zurawski, Sexton Copyright Info: 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 is used by permission through purchase of CCLI #11294600 All printed music from Gather was used by permission through purchase of onelicense.net License # A-700000

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH PROGRESSIVE 

INCLUSIVE

(419) 243-1231

Trinity Episcopal Church

Fifth Sunday of Lent April 7, 2019

Progressive  Inclusive  Creative  Downtown 316 Adams Street, Toledo, OH trinitytoledo.org 419-243-1231

Trinity Pages #LOVE IS THE WAY! 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, rejection, or shame. We get all of that and believe that church can be different.

We hold in real tension the beauty of our tradition with Jesus’ mandate to welcome all, no exceptions.

And we get that if people are brave enough to walk through the doors of a big, Gothic-looking church in downtown Toledo, we’d better be serious about being progressive, inclusive and creative.

We love our Episcopal tradition, but 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, outreach activity, class, meal and social time with humility, grace and laughter.

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 and all of us at the Table of love we set together week after week.

And may you never forget you are loved,

Lisa

TODAY (4/7)

Next Week (4/14)

10:00 Reader Guild: Jeff Habib Bettye Jo Hansbarger Amy Saylor

10:00 Reader Guild: TBD Roberta Durham Becky Roth

Chalice Guild: Chalice Guild: Bettye Jo Hansbarger Mary Beroske Marcia O’Connor Scott Dibling Altar Guild: Jane Gemmill

Altar Guild: Scott Dibling

Bread Guild: Scott Dibling

Bread Guild: Peggy & Jolene

Greeter Guild: Bob Meeker

Greeter Guild: Paula Mayes

Hospitality Guild: Hospitality Guild: 9a Fritz & Sue H. 9a Henkel Family 11:15a Dennis & Amy 11:15a Mary Beroske

April Birthdays A Birthday Blessing On this echoing-day of your birth, may you open the gift of solitude in order to receive your soul; Enter the generosity of silence to hear your hidden heart…to be enfolded anew by the miracle of your being. (- John O’Donohue) 4/5 4/5 4/6 4/7 4/9 4/15 4/16 4/18 4/19

Elizabeth Cousino 4/21 Martha Young Warnetta Walters 4/23 Jane Bueche Jennifer Emerich 4/26 Jill Snyder Lynzi Miller 4/27 Hugh Grefe Karen Landis 4/27 John Abood Doug Rahe 4/29 Derick Oyler, Jr. Spencer Wilhelm 4/30 Beth Oyler Wayne North 4/30 Nancy Hinds Kristian Emerich

Save the Date(s)

Support the Girls Drive Sunday, April 7 

9:00-9:45  My Brother’s Place

Su Elliot will be concluding her Support the Girls drive in My Brother’s Place during Sunday community breakfast. Support the Girls is an organization set on bringing dignity to homeless women, by supplying them with new and gently used bras, as well as feminine hygiene products. Su will be collecting these items, as well as sharing information about this wonderful organization, including where monetary donations can be sent.

Holy Week Schedule April 14 - Sunday, 10:00am- Palm Passion Sunday April 15 - Monday, 12:00pm- Diocesan Renewal of Ordination Vows Service and Luncheon April 17 - Wednesday, 7:00pm- Speak Truth to Power Dramatic Reading April 18 - Thursday, 6:00pm- Maundy Thursday Feast of Friends, Foot washing & Stripping of the Altar, and beginning of Vigil Bible Reading April 19 - Friday, 12:00 & 7:00- Good Friday Stations of the Cross April 21 - Sunday, 10:00am- Easter

Palm Passion Sunday Sunday, April 14  10:00am Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week, has become the day when, following a procession into the worship space, the whole Passion story is read out loud, but that was not always the case. It used to be people gathered to lift their palm branches and shout Hosanna! as we symbolically entered the place where throughout the rest of the week we would travel with Jesus to and, eventually through, his crucifixion on the cross. But as people stopped coming to the many service between Palm Sunday and Easter morning, the tradition morphed into the practice we now have in which we do both- raise our palm branches and also hear the whole story we call the Passion. So, come home this Sunday as we parade into the city and also hear the epic narrative of Jesus’ last days.

Vigil Reading at the Tomb Thursday, April 18  9:00pm to Saturday, April 20  5:00pm We will begin our Vigil Reading at the Tomb following our Maundy Thursday Service. These are hourlong slots to sink into what it feels like to read scripture out loud.

We will read as consistently as possible starting on Thursday evening at 9:00pm and ending on Saturday evening at 5:00pm. This year we will be reading at the church until 11:00pm both evenings and then ask that people read aloud from home for the hours between 11:00pm-7:00am; Trinity will provide security during non-business hours. (We will break from reading on April 19th for the Good Friday services at 12:00noon and 7:00pm.)

You can sign-up on our website at https://www.trinitytoledo.org/vigil-reading-tomb. Email Lynzi with questions at lynzi@trinitytoledo.org.

Announcements TODAY Sunday 4/ 7, 11:15 – Coffee & Conversation- Please join us for refreshments and fellowship following service in the back of the Sanctuary. All are welcome and wanted!

Saturday 4/ 13, 9:00 – Men’s Bible Study- Please join Men’s Bible Study at Rick’s City Diner on Monroe Street! They will be discussing Romans 12:1-8.

Called to Serve?

Hospitality & Breakfast Guild Sunday morning at 9:00 teams of people prepare, serve, and clean up a free community breakfast in My Brother’s Place. Following 10:00 service, volunteers serve coffee and tea in the back of the sanctuary. Trinity will provide all materials if volunteers do not want to or are not able to. Those interested in either of those services should contact Kim Henkel at kimberlyhenkel@hotmail.com.

Easter Flowers Order you Easter memorial flowers today!

Recommended donation of $15.00. Order forms are at the Welcome Station in the Sanctuary; please return by Wednesday, April 17th. Please send questions to admin@trinitytoledo.org.

Did you Know?

The 1909 issue of the Parish Guide cited that Trinity was the largest congregation in the diocese and one of the largest in the U.S. Communicants totaled to 1,000 and the total congregation was nearly 2,500. On any given Sunday, services averaged 300 people.

Periods of time called for ticket sales to get in after waiting in lines that trailed down the streets.

This Week Sunday, April 7 9:00-9:45 Free Community Breakfast 9:00-10:00 Property Commission Mtg 10:00-11:15 Worship 11:15 Coffee & Conversation 1:00-3:00 Leadership Toledo- YiPEE Monday, April 8 9:30-3:00 Next To New Shop Open 12:00-1:00 AA Meeting 6:00-7:00 FFT Board Mtg Tuesday, April 9 12:00-1:00 AA Meeting 4:00-5:30 Open Table Toledo Mtg Wednesday, April 10 12:00-1:00 AA Meeting 12:10 Healing Eucharist Thursday, April 11 9:30-3:00 Next to New Shop Open 12:00-1:00 AA Meeting 5:30-7:00 Finance Commission 7:00-8:30 Choir Rehearsal Friday, April 12 12:00-1:00 AA Meeting 6:00-7:00 Food for Thought (PBJ Making) Saturday, April 13 Church Offices Closed 9:00-10:30 Men’s Bible Study Rick’s City Diner, 5333 Monroe St.

Sunday, April 14 9:00-9:45 Free Community Breakfast 9:00-10:00 Property Commission Mtg. 10:00-11:15 Worship- Palm Passion Sun. 11:15 Coffee & Conversation Office Hours 9:00-4:00, M-F 419-243-1231 admin@trinitytoledo.org

Next To New

Ministry Partner Spotlight

Bring on Spring!

Next To New hosted it’s Spring switchover with the help of roughly a dozen student volunteers from Toledo Technological Academy, led by our very own Taylor Tennant, on Saturday morning.

Sale of the Week Add a spring to your step with buy one, get one half off on all footwear! Our new spring and summer collection of shoes and sandals is now available!

A weekly spotlight of one of Trinity’s 5 ministry partners in 2019.

Historical Trinity Coffee Hour Thank you to everyone who was able to share in a wonderful, postservice gathering of coffee, conversation and history. Don’t worry if you missed this one, Next To New will host again on Sunday, June 30th!! Mark your calendars!!

Ready to READ Next To New and the Toledo Public Library will host our second Ready to READ programming day on Thursday, April 25th from 10am-1pm. Parents and caregivers will receive information and toolkits for early childhood learning!

Toledo Streets Toledo Streets produces a monthly newspaper, covering community news, especially positive change related to homelessness, poverty, and similar social justice issues. They are part of a global street paper movement of over 110 papers in 35 countries, all with the same goal of giving communities a program to lift individuals out of poverty through work.

Vendors are self-contracted ‘business owners’ who set their own goals; they start for free with a temporary badge and 10 papers, then invest 25¢ per paper, selling them for a $1 suggested donation. Vendors keep the difference and use it for a variety of needs, including rent, food, and transportation, and are offered opportunities to help them develop sales, general job, and other relevant skills.

There are many ways to support the TSN beyond charitable donations, here are a few they recommend: • • • • •

Sponsor an event Advertising Buy a subscription for your office waiting room/lobby Invite TSN to speak to your organization Become an editor of a section of the paper

Trinity Prayer List Please remember those who have asked for our prayers:

Please remember those who have recently died: To have your name or the name of someone you love on the Prayer List, contact the office or sign the prayer book at the Prayer Station.