Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost - October 25, 2020

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2020 Annual Pledge DRIVE Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost

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October 25, 2020 10:00am

ď ˜ The Liturgy of the Word ď ˜ Prelude

Sonata in D major for Four Hands, Mvt. 1

W. A. Mozart

(Nate Leonard, pianist)

Welcome Opening Hymn

The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray

Build Your Kingdom Here

Chris Llewellyn

(Jobst Choral Scholars)

Build Your kingdom here Let the darkness fear Show Your mighty hand Heal our streets and land Set Your church on fire Win this nation back Change the atmosphere Build Your kingdom here We pray

Build Your kingdom here Let the darkness fear Show Your mighty hand Heal our streets and land Set Your church on fire Win this nation back Change the atmosphere Build Your kingdom here We pray

Come set Your rule and reign In our hearts again Increase in us we pray Unveil why we're made Come set our hearts ablaze with hope Like wildfire in our very souls Holy Spirit, come invade us now We are Your church We need Your power in us We seek Your kingdom first We hunger and we thirst Refuse to waste our lives For You're our joy and prize To see the captive hearts released The hurt, the sick, the poor at peace We lay down our lives for Heaven's cause We are Your church We pray revive this earth

Unleash Your kingdom's power Reaching the near and far No force of Hell can stop Your beauty changing hearts 'Cause You made us for much more than this Awake the kingdom seed in us Fill us with the strength and love of Christ We are Your church We are the hope on earth Build Your kingdom here Let the darkness fear Show Your mighty hand Heal our streets and land Set Your church on fire Win this nation back Change the atmosphere Build Your kingdom here We pray (repeat chorus)

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Opening Collect

Earth as the Original Liturgy (by Christine Valters Paintner, The Work of The People)

Celebrant: People: Celebrant:

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Let us pray.

Listen to how everything sings: the streams and stones, leaves and branches, fish and fur-covered ones, birds leading the chorus.

See how your desire to praise is echoed in every living thing, how in quiet moments the heart is moved to gratitude for all of Creation,

for the lavish abundance of it all, how nothing is earned, no achievements are needed.

May you simply show up with breath, blood, and bones, and your loving attention to hymns erupting everywhere, until you can no longer tell where yours begin and nature’s ends.

FIRST Reading Reader:

Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 A reading from Leviticus

Read by Sande Corfman-Johnson

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor. You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not profit by the blood of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

Reader:

People:

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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PSALm

Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17

From Psalms for Praying

(Offered by Nate Leonard, Kim Buehler, Courtney Rahe & Spencer Wilhelm, Jobst Choral Scholars) (Our Choral Scholars will sing the first half of each verse, and the congregation is invited to join in singing the second half in bold.)

Eternal and Immortal One, You have been our refuge in all gener - / ations.

Before the mountains were brought forth, before You had formed the earth and the / world, From everlasting to ever - / lasting, You are the Alpha and the O -/ mega.

When our days on Earth are / ended, You welcome us home to your / Heart, to the City of / Light, where time is eternal and days are not / numbered.

You gather those who love You as friends returning from a long / journey, giving rest to their / souls.

You anoint them with the balm of under - / standing, healing wounds of the / past.

Awaken us, O / Holy One! Too long have we been a - / sleep!

Have mercy on your / people!

Help us to wait in Silence listening for your gentle / Voice.

Strengthen us with / courage to face the fears with - / in.

O, that we might be converted in our / hearts and walk together in peace and / harmony!

Let your Love be known to the nations, our Glory to our children's / children.

Let the grace and gentleness of the Holy Spirit be upon / us, guiding our feet upon paths of Love / Consciousness.

Increase the Light within us – O Beloved, hear our / prayer!

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SECOND READING Reader:

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 A reading from First Thessalonians

Read by Stan Johnson

You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition. For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts. As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others, though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.

Reader: People:

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Gradual

Christ Be With Me (Offered in collaboration with The Work of the People with music by The Brilliance.)

Christ Be with me Christ before me Christ behind me Christ within me Christ below me Christ above me Christ be with me at my right hand at my left hand as I lie down as I rise up

as I stumble as I fall down Christ as I stand Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me Christ is every eye that sees me Christ in every ear that hears me Amen

THE GOSPEL Celebrant: People:

Matthew 22:34-46 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew Glory to you, Lord Christ.

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment.

And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

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Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’?

If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?” No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

Celebrant: People:

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Sermon

The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray

Sharing our Trinity Story

Will Dailey, Trinity Member & Leah Reed, Vestry Member

An Affirmation of Faith

Led by Ruth Foote From The United Church of Canada Please join the leader in sharing the words of this Affirmation of Faith

We are not alone, we live in God's world.

We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit.

We trust in God. We are called to be the Church: to celebrate God's presence, to live with respect in Creation, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope.

In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us.

We are not alone.

Thanks be to God. Amen.

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The Prayers of the People

Led by Katie Kuntz-Wineland From Women’s Uncommon Prayer (Please join us in sharing the response written in bold.)

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.

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.

People: Creator, open our minds.

Intercessor: People: Intercessor: People: Intercessor:

People: Intercessor: People: Intercessor:

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.

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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.

The Peace Celebrant: People:

The Peace of the Lord be always with you.

And also with you.

Announcements Offertory A virtual offering plate, titled Sunday, October 25 Offering, has been created on our website’s Online Giving page. Through this online resource, you can make a regular Sunday offering or a pledge contribution. www.trinitytoledo.org/online-giving/

Offertory

O Love (Jobst Choral Scholars, recorded on March 29, 2020)

Lord’s Prayer

Elaine Hagenberg

The New Zealand Prayer Book Led by Kim Tucker-Gray

The congregation is invited to join.

Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain bearer, Life-giver, Source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all.

Loving God, in whom is heaven: The hallowing of your name echo through the universe!

The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world!

With the bread we need for today, feed us.

In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.

Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!

Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth!

In times of temptation and test, strengthen us.

From trials too great to endure, spare us.

From the grip of all that is evil, free us.

For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and forever. Amen.

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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 Song

We Are Marching in the Light of God Andy Park (Nate Leonard, Kim Buehler, Grace Hirt, David Breen, Jobst Choral Scholars)

Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos', siyahamb' eku khanyen' kwenkhos'.

Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos', siyahamb' eku khanyen' kwenkhos'.

We are marching, marching, we are marching, oooo, we are marching in the light of (the light of) God. We are marching, marching, we are marching, oooo, we are marching in the light of God.

Siyahamba, hamba, siyahamba, hamba, siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwen(khanyen' kwen) khos'.

Siyahamba, hamba, siyahamba, hamba, siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos'.

Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos', siyahamb' eku khanyen' kwenkhos'.

Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos', siyahamb' eku khanyen' kwenkhos'.

We are marching in the light of God; we are marching in the light of God. We are marching in the light of God; we are marching in the light of God.

Dismissal Leader: People:

Siyahamba, hamba, siyahamba, hamba, siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwen(khanyen' kwen) khos'.

Siyahamba, hamba, siyahamba, hamba, siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos'.

Offered by Trinity@Home World-Wide Friends 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, Jane Bueche, Treasurer, Jeffrey Albright, Dennis Degnan, Fritz Hany, Bob Meeker & Jamie Paul

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 Nick Zurawski, Sexton Additional Resources & Copyright Info:

Opening Collect: Earth as the Original Liturgy by Christine Valters Paintner, used with subscription permission through The Work of the People, Liturgy Project https://www.theworkofthepeople.com Readings and Gospel from: Revised Common Lectionary: lectionarypage.net, 2020.

Psalm: Psalms for Praying: An Invitation for Wholeness, Nan Merrill, Continuum International Publishing, 2003 Prayers of the People: From Women's Uncommon Prayers: Our Lives Revealed, Nurtured, Celebrated, 2000.

Confession of Sin: from Enriching Our Worship An Affirmation of Faith: From The United Church of Canada, https://www.united-church.ca/prayers.

Lord’s Prayer: From A New Zealand Prayerbook Bulletin Image: Designed by Brent Lohman at B|Creative Studios for our 2020 Annual 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 All printed music from Gather permission through purchase of onelicense.net License # A-700000

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Proper XXV October 25,2020

TODAY 10/25, 11:00am, Virtual Coffee Hour – You are invited to join us for a 30-minute virtual coffee and conversation following our 10:00 online worship service today! Find the Zoom link on our website and Facebook each Sunday morning!

2020 Annual Pledge Drive - We are nearing the completion of our Annual Pledge Drive. Thanks to all who have made a pledge for 2021. If this ministry feeds your heart and soul, whether you are an official "member" or not, now is the time to show that support by completing a pledge form as a sign of all we hope to do together with God’s help in the coming year. Thank you for your faith-filled generosity. To participate, simply click HERE fill out the Faith-Fill Generosity Online Pledge Card.

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Please remember those who have asked for our prayers:

Pat Albright Bettye Jo Hansbarger John L., Gladys & Karen Johnson-Webb Olivia Carol Gray Pat Squire Don Keune The Loss Family Wes Paulin Tishie Bozeman Sheilah Wilson Barb Scott

Ethan & Alecia Grefe Judy Moon Regina Andrea Parmer Diane Suzanne

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Birthdays

Anniversaries

10/3 Kaitlyn Crawford 10/9 Eleanor Jones 10/18 Kelly Tansel 10/29 Willy Aey

10/3 Serena Williams 10/14 Lois Aey 10/21 Kim Henkel 10/29 Ashley Rodriguez

10/16 Jane & Reuben Bueche

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10/4 Helen Hilfinger 10/16 Bob Meeker 10/25 Dennis Degnan 10/29 Isaiah Pitts

10/31 Donna Steppe & Jolene Miller

To add your birthday or anniversary to our list, please email lynzi@trinitytoledo.org.