Trinity@316 Fourth Sunday in Lent - March 27, 2022

Trinity Episcopal Church PROGRESSIVE  Inclusive

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CREATIVE  DOWNTOWN

Fourth Sunday in Lent Holy Eucharist

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March 27, 2022, 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 2

 The Liturgy of the Word  Prelude

Via Dolorosa

Billy Sprague

(Kim Buehler and Grace Mauk)

Welcome

 A Penitential Order: Rite II  Opening Statement Priest: People:

Blessed is the source of Love yearning for our healing and wholeness.

God’s love endures forever.

Confession & Absolution

(from The Road We Make by Walking, Brian McLaren)

Priest:

Let us confess our sin against God and our neighbor.

People:

Gracious God, we have hurt each other, and we have been hurt.

We have presumed upon others, and we have been presumed upon.

We have taken others for granted, and we have been taken for granted.

We have dishonored others, and we have been dishonored.

As we receive forgiveness today for our wrongs may we also extend forgiveness to others who have wronged us.

Have mercy upon us all. Amen.

Priest:

To all and to each where regret is real, The God of Love pronounces pardon and grants us all the right to begin again. Amen.

Kyrie

We Will Make No Peace with Oppression

Latifah Alattas, Liz Vice, & Paul Zach

We will make no peace, no peace, no peace with oppression.

We will make no peace, no peace.

We will make no peace, no peace, no peace with oppression.

Those who live by the sword will die by the sword.

We will stand against violence of every form.

We will march in the streets, “No justice, no peace!,” Arm in arm with our neighbor til we all stand free.

Almighty God, help us not to be afraid.

Almighty, give us Your strength.

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(Cont.)

We will make no peace, no peace, no peace with oppression.

We will make no peace, no peace.

We will make no peace, no peace, no peace with oppression.

We won’t turn away from pain of our brothers, cries of our sisters, grieving of our mothers.

We won’t turn away from destructive politicians, Overflowing prisons, corruption in our systems.

Almighty God, help us not to be afraid.

Almighty, give us Your strength.

Almighty God, help us not to be afraid.

Almighty, give us Your strength.

Almighty God, help us not to be afraid.

Almighty, give us Your strength. Amen.

Collect of the Day Leader: People: Leader:

Prayers for an Inclusive Church

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Let us pray.

Undignified God, spirit of dangerous feasts, inviting the unclean to your table: find us in the far country of hopelessness and greed; free us from the prison of resentment and envy and bring us back to life; through Jesus Christ, the friend of sinners. Amen.

Psalm

Psalm 32

From Psalms for Praying

A single voice will chant the first half of each verse, and the congregation is invited to join in chanting the second half in bold.

Blessed are you whose wrongdoings have been forgiven, whose shame has been forgotten.

Blessed are you in whom Love Divine finds a home, and whose spirit radiates truth.

When I acknowledged not my shortcomings, I became ill through all my defenses.

And day and night, guilt weighed heavy constricting my heart; My spirit became dry as desert bones.

I admitted my faults to the Most High, and I made known my regret; I cried out, “Forgive me, O Comforter, for those times I have sinned in my thoughts, my words, and my deeds;” And the Beloved created within me a clean and open heart.

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Therefore, let everyone who is sincere give thanks to the Beloved; For whenever we feel paralyzed by fear we shall be embraced by Love.

Dwelling in the Heart of the Beloved, we are free from distress, free to live more creatively.

O my Beloved, You are my guide, You teach me to walk in the Light.

Be watchful of me, counsel me as I listen to You in the silence.

I pray for the gifts of inner peace and wisdom, For the grace to reverence all of Creation.

The Lesson Reader:

2 Corinthians 5:16-21 A reading from Second Corinthians.

From now on, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Reader:

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

People:

Gradual

Waiting on the World to Change

John Mayer

We keep on waiting (waiting), Waiting on the world to change We keep on waiting (waiting), Waiting on the world to change It’s hard to be persistent, We’re standing at a distance So we keep on waiting (waiting), Waiting on the world to change

THE GOSPEL Deacon: People:

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Luke.

Glory to you, Lord Christ.

All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

So Jesus told them this parable: 5

(Cont.)

"There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.' So he divided his property between them. A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living. When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself he said, 'How many of my father's hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands."' So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him. Then the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' But the father said to his slaves, 'Quickly, bring out a robe--the best one--and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.

"Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing. He called one of the slaves and asked what was going on. He replied, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has got him back safe and sound.' Then he became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and began to plead with him. But he answered his father, 'Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!' Then the father said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.'"

Deacon: People:

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Sermon

The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray

Affirmation of Faith

from the New Zealand Prayer Book

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.

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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.

Prayers of the People

Led by Trinity Choir

During this season we will sing and speak our petitions of prayer.

REFRAIN

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.

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

REFRAIN 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) REFRAIN 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.

REFRAIN (repeat)

THE PEACE Deacon: People:

The peace of the Lord be always with you.

And also with you.

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Announcements Offertory Invitation To give online, visit www.trinitytoledo.org/online-giving/, choose GIVE NOW and Sunday, March 27. You can also text the word “Give” to 419-OMG-LOVE (419-664-5683) to make your weekly offering. This season we will not “pass the plate” at the time of the offertory; offerings can be deposited in our Giving Box stationed at the back of the sanctuary.

Offertory

Agnus Dei

Kristina Vasiliauskaite

(Trinity Choir)

 The Liturgy of the Table  The Great Thanksgiving Celebrant: All: Celebrant: All: Celebrant: All:

A Wee Worship Book, Iona Community

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give God thanks and praise.

We praise you, O God, whom eternity cannot contain, for coming to earth and entering time in Jesus. We praise you for his life which informs our living, for his compassion which changes our hearts, for his clear speaking which contradicts our harmless generalities, for his disturbing presence, his innocent suffering, his fearless dying, his rising to life breathing forgiveness and restoring us forever to you. For these gifts we praise and worship you.

All that is spectacular, all that is plain have their origin in you. All that is lovely, all who are loving, point to you as their fulfillment. Therefore we gladly join our voices to the song of the Church on earth and in heaven:

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Jesus was always the guest. In the homes of Peter and Jairus, Martha and Mary, Joanna and Susanna, he was always the guest. At the meal tables of the wealthy where he pled the case of the poor, he was always the guest. Upsetting polite company, befriending isolated people, welcoming the stranger, he was always the guest.

But here, at this table, he is the host. Those who wish to serve him must first be served by him. Those who want to follow him must first be fed by him. For this is the table where God intends us to be nourished. This is the time when Christ can make us new.

So come, you who hunger and thirst for a deeper faith, for a better life, for a fairer world. Jesus Christ, who has sat at our tables, now invites us to be his guests.

On their last night together, and as they were sitting at a meal, Jesus gave thanks, took a piece of bread and broke it. He gave it to the disciples saying, “This is my body. It is broken for you. Do this to remember me.”

Later, after they had eaten, he took a cup of wine, gave thanks and said, “This cup is the new relationship with God made possible because of my death. Drink this all of you, to remember me.”

So now we do as Jesus did. We offer this bread and this wine to each other, and proclaim the mystery of faith: Celebrant and People Christ has died.

Christ is risen.

Christ will come again.

We ask that these signs of your love be filled with the fullness of Jesus. Let that same love rest on us, converting us from the patterns of this passing world, until we conform to the shape of him whose food we now share. Amen.

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And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we now pray,

The Fraction: Breaking of the Bread Celebrant: People: Celebrant:

Enriching Our Worship

We break this bread to share in the Body of Christ.

We who are many are one body, for we all share in the one bread.

The Gifts of God for the people of God; holy food for holy people.

Invitation to Communion Please be seated until you are invited to come forward to receive communion. Please let us know if you would like the bread brought to you.

Communion Hymns The Post Communion Prayer

It Is Well with My Soul In the Garden

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(Please stand as you are able.)

Celebrant: Let us pray.

Almighty and everliving God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the Body of your Son, and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, God, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord.

To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and forever. Amen.

Blessing May our mouths speak of God’s goodness.

May our arms hold those in need.

May our feet walk towards justice.

May our hearts trust their worth.

May our souls dance in God’s grace.

And may this be our rhythm— again and again and again, as we journey through Lent.

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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

Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

The Hymnal 1982 #690

Dismissal Deacon: People:

Go in peace to serve our loving, liberating, life-giving God. Thanks be to God. 11

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, Jeffrey Albright, Jr. Warden Leah Reed, Clerk, Gary Franklin, Treasurer Dennis Degnan, Becky Koskinen, Fritz Hany, Karen Keune & Jamie Paul

Parish Staff The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray, Rector Heather Meyer, Director of Operations and Community Development Chelsie Cree, Director of Music & the Arts Grace Mauk, Trinity@316 Accompanist, Brian Buckner, Trinity@Home Accompanist Lynzi Miller, Communications Coordinator ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & COPYRIGHT INFO: Collect of the Day: Prayers for an Inclusive Church. Steven Shakespeare.

Readings and Gospel from: Revised Common Lectionary: lectionarypage.net, 2021.

Affirmation of Faith: from the New Zealand Prayer Book.

Psalm: From Psalms for Praying by Nan Merrill.

Prayers of the People: Refrain from Psalm 103, alt. Taize – GIA Publications.

Confession & Absolution: from The Road We Make by Walking, Brian McLaren The Great Thanksgiving: A Wee Worship Book, Iona Community Lord’s Prayer: Traditional, spoken.

Fraction: Enriching Our Worship 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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316 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604 (419) 243-1231 www.trinitytoledo.org Facebook.com/TrinityEpiscopalToledo

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Communion Hymn

It Is Well with My Soul

LEVAS #188

Communion Hymn

In the Garden

LEVAS #69

Trinity Episcopal Church Progressive  Inclusive  Creative  Downtown 316 Adams Street, Toledo, OH  www.trinitytoledo.org

Trinity Pages Announcements Tuesday, 4/5, 7:00pm, Welcome to Trinity - Join us for a relaxed time of introductions, sharing stories and answering questions of what it means to be a part of the “Episcopal branch of the Jesus movement.”

Register on our website. This evening is open to all and especially for those new to Trinity and interested in finding out more about our ministry and exploring what it might mean to join.

Saturday, 4/9, 9:00am, Men’s Bible Study - Join us for our next Men’s Bible Study gathering on Saturday, April 9th 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.

Thursday, 4/21, 9:00am, Toledo Streets Newspaper Vendor Lunch - Trinity will provide the meal for Toledo Streets’ vendor lunch on Thursday, April 21st and we need YOUR help! Trinity will purchase the food but we need 4-6 volunteers to help prepare the meal and deliver it to the Toledo Streets office.

Sunday, 4/24, 6:30pm, Trinity Book Club - We are currently reading Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. Join us for our next Book Club gathering on Sunday, April 24th, 6:30-8:00pm. Sign up on the website to join us!!

Trinity Prayer List Please remember those who have asked for our prayers: Tishie Bozeman Caroline Kroeger The Johnson family Dennis Kanfield Beonka Fizer

Sheilah Wilson Tim Barr The Bowen family Bradley Baker Sean

Ethel Perdeau The Webb family Carol Romstadt Helen Paolucci Andy

To v add your name or the name of someone you love on the Prayer List, please email lynzi@trinitytoledo.org.

March Birthdays ere

Birthdays

3/1 Ruth Miller 3/15 Emily Esch

3/6 Sam Melden 3/8 Jeff Habib 3/20 Jolene Miller 3/25 Jamie Paul

3/10 Pat Squire

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

Lent 2022 …at a glance

Ash Wednesday, March 2nd

Sundays in Lent, March 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, April 3rd

Saturdays, March 12th, 19th, 26th, April 2nd

First 3 Sundays in Lent, March 6th, 13th, 20th

Wednesdays, March 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

LENT MUSIC - SERIES -

SHE'S KING - GRACE MAUK

3/9 7:30

Our very own Grace Mauk in an intimate concert.

Performing selections from her solo music, including singles "She's the King of the World" and "The Flower's Bloom for You." @sheskingmusic

HUMAN EXPERIENCES - WHO WE ARE

3/16 7:30

Composer Connor Gibbs and colleagues present an evening of new music. Truly a progressive and inclusive concert, composers of half the works presented are by women, LGBTQ+, and POC. www.connorgibbs.com

THE SCOT SYMPHONIC BAND

3/23 7:30

The College of Wooster presents a concert full of the finest in wind band literature from all historical periods.

Featuring their Pipe Band and clad in kilts, this is the way to bring music back to the sanctuary. @scotband

BRADLEY BAKER IN CONCERT

3/30 7:30

Our very own Bradley Baker and Brian Buckner in an upclose and personal evening of song. With the voice of velvet, Bradley will share his life through music.

Including spirituals, art songs, and original works.

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