1354 South Otsego Avenue

Trinity Lutheran Church

Gaylord, Michigan 49735

Church Phone: 989-732-4816

Pastor’s cell phone: 608-395-8029

Rev. Joseph W. B. Polzin, Pastor

E-mail:

Church Website:

Office Hours:

Monday through Friday, 9-1p.m.

OUR PURPOSE

…is to LOVE GOD, LOVE OTHERS, AND SERVE THE WORLD by worshiping the Lord Jesus, bringing our members into Christ-like maturity, and equipping them through Word and Sacrament for their mission and ministry. We go heart to heart into the world with Jesus, sharing His love, caring for one another, praying, and bringing the lost into a relationship with Christ, by the working of the Holy Spirit.

A Stephen Ministry Congregation

November 19, 2017

Stewardship Sunday

9:00 a.m. Worship Service

WORSHIP NOTES FOR MEMBERS AND VISITORS

We welcome all who worship here today. May you feel the love that God has for you, and may God bless us all through our worship together.

Guests please fill out the red side of the Guest/Member Card and pass it to the center aisle. Please take a brochure in the pew rack for information about Trinity. If you want to know more, feel free to speak to our pastor or elder on duty, or mark the appropriate box on the Guest/Member card.

Membersplease fill out the black side of the Guest/Member card and pass it to the center aisle.

If standing is difficult, feel free to be seated during any portion of the service.

Pew Bibles and Hymnals: Ourorder of worshipis from theLutheran Service Book, and is printed in the bulletin foryour convenience. If you prefer,we encourage you tousea hymnalto follow the liturgy or hymns, and page numbers have been included for your reference. Also, we encourage members to bring their own Bibles to church, or use the ones found in the pew.

Communion: If you are a first-time guest, or have not communed at Trinity before, please see the Communion Statement card located in the pew rack. Communion participants will have the option of receiving the wine with an individual cup or the common cup. If you take an individual cup, please make sure it is visible to Pastor as he comes by with the common cup, so he knows you have already been served.

T ORDER OF SERVICE T

The liturgy is from Divine Service Setting Four LSB pg. 203ff)

GREETINGS

Please stand and greet one another in the name of the Lord, saying, “Peace be with you,” as a sign of reconciliation and of the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace (Matt. 5:22–24; Eph. 4:1–3)

OPENING HYMN

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come LSB 892

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Please stand as able

The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their baptism.

INVOCATION

PIn the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

CAmen.

POur help is in the name of the Lord,

Cwho made heaven and earth.

PIf You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?

CBut with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared.

PSince we are gathered to hear God’s Word, call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

CAlmighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.

PAlmighty God, merciful Father, in Holy Baptism You declared us to be Your children and gathered us into Your one, holy Church, in which You daily and richly forgive us our sins and grant us new life through Your Spirit. Be in our midst, enliven our faith, and graciously receive our prayer and praise; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

CAmen.

T SERVICE OF THE WORD T

INTROIT Psalm 145:1, 15-17

P I will extol you, my God and King,

C and bless your name forever and ever.

P The eyes of all look to you,

C and you give them their food in due season.

P You open your hand;

C you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

P The Lord is righteous in all his ways

C and kind in all his works.

C Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

P I will extol you, my God and King,

C and bless your name forever and ever.

HYMN OF PRAISE “Hosanna” BOB 95

1. Hosanna, hosanna,

Hosanna in the highest!

Hosanna, hosanna,

Hosanna in the highest!

Lord we lift up Your name,

With hearts full of praise;

Be exalted, O Lord, my God,

Hosanna in the highest!

2. Glory, glory,

Glory to the King of kings!

Glory, glory,

Glory to the King of kings!

Lord we lift up Your name,

With hearts full of praise;

Be exalted, O Lord, my God,

Hosanna in the highest!

SALUTATION AND COLLECT OF THE DAY

PThe Lord be with you.

CAnd also with you.

PLet us pray.

Almighty God, Your mercies are new every morning

C and You graciously provide for all our needs of body and soul.

P Grant us Your Holy Spirit

C that we may acknowledge Your goodness, give thanks for Your benefits, and serve You in willing obedience all our days;

Pthrough Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

CAmen.

Please be seated

OLD TESTAMENT READINGDeuteronomy 7:6-9

(God’s people are His treasured possession.)

6“For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 7It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

9Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.

LThis is the Word of the Lord.

CThanks be to God.

EPISTLE READINGGalatians 5:16-25

(The apostle Paul describes the fruit of the Spirit.)

16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

25If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

LThis is the Word of the Lord.

CThanks be to God.

Please stand as able

ALLELUIA & VERSE

HOLY GOSPELJohn 15:1-8

PThe Holy Gospel according to St. John, the fifteenth chapter.

CGlory to You, O Lord.

(We bear fruit as branches connected to the true vine, Jesus Christ.)

1[Jesus said:] “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

2Every branch of mine that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

PThis is the Gospel of the Lord.

CPraise to You, O Christ.

NICENE CREED

CI believe in one God,

the Father Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth

and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,

the only-begotten Son of God,

begotten of His Father before all worlds,

God of God, Light of Light,

very God of very God,

begotten, not made,

being of one substance with the Father,

by whom all things were made;

who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven

and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary

and was made man;

and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.

He suffered and was buried.

And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures

and ascended into heaven

and sits at the right hand of the Father.

And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead,

whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the Lord and giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified,

who spoke by the prophets.

And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church,

I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins,

and I look for the resurrection of the dead

and the life T of the world to come. Amen.

Please be seated

CHILDREN'S TALK

(We invite children ages 3 through 4th grade to come forward for the Children's Talk. Afterwards, children are invited to attend Children's Church during the sermon time. They will be dismissed and led back to our Sunday School room, and then will return for the remainder of the service. As the children exit for Children's Church, please join in singing "Jesus Loves the Little Children".)

SERMON HYMN

Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen LSB 474

SERMON

OFFERING

Please stand as able

OFFERTORY

(For the month of November, we will be using a familiar Offertory Hymn that we haven’t sung in a while, “Let the Vineyards Be Fruitful”.)

Let the Vineyards Be Fruitful LSB 955

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENTT

PREFACE LSB 208

PThe Lord be with you.

CAnd also with you.

PLift up your hearts.

CWe lift them to the Lord.

PLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.

CIt is right to give Him thanks and praise.

PIt is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God. In the communion of all Your saints gathered into the one body of Your Son, You have surrounded us with so great a cloud of witnesses that we, encouraged by their faith and strengthened by their fellowship, may run with perseverance the race that is set before us and, together with them, receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:

SANCTUS LSB 208

LORD’S PRAYER LSB 209

COur 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 forever and ever. Amen.

THE WORDS OF OUR LORD

POur Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My T body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”

PIn the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My T blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

PAX DOMINI LSB 209

PThe peace of the Lord be with you always.

CAmen.

AGNUS DEI LSB 210

Please be seated

DISTRIBUTION

The pastor and those who assist him receive the Lord's Supper first, then ushers will help direct the participants to come forward via the center aisle:

DISTRIBUTION HYMNS

Chief of Sinners Though I Be LSB 611

5O my Savior, help afford
By Your Spirit and Your Word!
When my wayward heart would stray,
Keep me in the narrow way;
Grace in time of need supply
While I live and when I die.

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Hark, the Voice of Jesus Crying LSB 826

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Fruitful Trees, the Spirit's Sowing LSB 691

Please stand as able

POST-COMMUNION COLLECT

PLet us pray.

Gracious God, our heavenly Father, You have given us a foretaste of the feast to come in the Holy Supper of Your Son's body and blood. Keep us firm in the true faith throughout our days of pilgrimage that, on the day of His coming, we may, together with all Your saints, celebrate the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom which has no end; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

CAmen.

BENEDICAMUS AND BENEDICTION

PLet us bless the Lord.

CThanks be to God.

PThe Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord look upon you with favor and T give you peace.

CAmen.

CLOSING HYMN

Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing LSB 924 sts. 1-2

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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SENDING WORDS

P We go to live for Jesus!

C We go to share His Love

Acknowledgments

Divine Service, Setting Four from Lutheran Service Book

Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Next Week’s Readings:

Old Testament Reading:Ezekiel 34:11-16

Epistle Reading:1 Corinthians 15:20-28

Holy Gospel:Matthew 25:31-49

Baby Bottles: LWML’s mission project for the past month has been to participate in New Life Pregnancy Resource Center’s Baby Bottle Program. If you took a baby bottle in which to deposit coins/money for NLPRC, please bring the bottles back by the end of November. We need to return the bottles to NLPRC, filled or not. There is a plastic box in the narthex in which to put them, or drop them off at the church office. Thanks for your support.

Children’s Christmas program and 12th annual Prime Rib Dinner:

Please join us at Trinity Lutheran Church on Sunday December 10, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. as the Children will be doing their version of the birth of Christ in a Christmas Program called "The Good News Flash". They are working very hard, having a few laughs as well as a great time practicing this program and are very excited to perform it for you. They will be taking this down to Mt. Hope to perform on that Sunday as well. On this Sunday the 10th also, we are doing our 12th annual Prime Rib Dinner. This dinner will be at 1:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran with all the trimmings as in previous years. The cost for this is $12.00 p.p. for adults. Children 6-12 is $6.00, and Children 5 and under are free. There is a sign up sheet posted in the Narthex for you to sign up.