Join us for "Wilderness" VBS Week of June 21, 2021 One of the many things we missed throughout the COVID pandemic was getting TRINITY MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH together for Vacation Bible School. You'll be happy to know we are planning to offer VBS at Trinity Memorial this coming summer, with safety precautions. Details are still being 7950 Marshall Street ● Merrillville, IN 46410-5293 worked out, but please plan to join us the week of June 21st. Our theme is "Wilderness 219-769-5376 ● tmlchurch.com Escape: Where God guides and provides." Caravan with Moses and the Israelites as they escape from Egypt. As part of our safety precautions, attendance will be limited to 40 children and pre-registration will be required this year. If you'd like to help this year, watch for an announcement soon about a VBS planning meeting. -The TMLC Board of Education

Serving God’s people…. The congregations of Merrillville has opened up Feed the Flock to take out meals only as of February 27th at First Presbyterian Church, 7898 Taft Street, Merrillville, IN The customers are entering through the front door and coming downstairs to the counter where they receive a bag filled with a bottle of water, a bag of chips, a bag of cookies, a plastic ware packet with salt & pepper, a fruit cup, and a bun with butter or whatever else depending on what is being served. Then they exit by the side door. There is no eating there. With the proceeds from the luncheon, they are still providing the water, chips and cookies plus the bags and containers for takeout. It has been running very well, and the exposure is limited. The floor is marked off for six feet if there is a line and everyone wears a mask. The other option is that the serving church can prepare sandwiches, a fruit cup or piece of fruit and anything else that they want to include. Our church will be helping on May 29th. The time has decreased from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. I think we could make sloppy joes and pre-wrap the sandwiches, keep them in the warmer and add them to the bags as needed. There have only been 30-45 people this past month. I will check the numbers closer to our day. The other days we will be helping this year will be July 10th and October 16th. Because it’s take out, there are not a lot of people that need to help, usually 4-5 people. Please let me know if you would like to help. I will post a sign up sheet for May 29th at the beginning of May. The Fourth Sunday of Easter Attendance for April April 2 Good Friday Service 7:00 PM 93 April 25, 2021 April 4 9:00 AM 46 10:00 AM 108 TOTAL 154

April 11 9:00 AM 37 10:00 AM 67 6:04 PM 11 TOTAL 115 SS 18 April 18 9:00 AM 35 10:00 AM 58 6:04 PM 8 TOTAL 101 SS 16 Pastor Rev. Richard Boshoven (219) 669-0877 Admin. Secretary Mrs. Christine Amore [email protected] THIS WEEK at TMLC 10 AM — 2 PM, Monday-Friday, (Off on Wednesdays) SUNDAY 9:00 AM Sr. Worship (65+) Service with Communion Financial Secretary Mr. Emmert Dannenberg 10:00 AM Worship Service with Communion 10 AM — Noon, Wednesdays Online Services on Facebook and YouTube Organist Mrs. Suzanne Hale 10:45 AM Sunday School & Bible Classes Choir Director Mrs. Anna Padberg 5:00 PM Confirmation Sunday School Super Mrs. Chris Boshoven 6:04 PM 30 Minute Church FLC Manager Mrs. Heather Farrar (219) 742-1343 MONDAY 6:30 PM SAI Meeting Youth Directors Ms. Kelly Conway & Mr. Robert Smith WEDNESDAY 5:30, 6:00, & 6:30 PM Ensemble Rehearsals 8

The Fourth Sunday of Easter Welcome to worship as we continue to rejoice in the good news of Christ’s resurrection. April 25, 2021 (Masks are a requirement when in the building) Pre-Service Music Evidence 9:00 a.m. (Senior Service for 65+yrs) and 10:00 a.m. Ed Cash, Ethan Hulse, Josh Baldwin. © 2020 Capitol CMG Paragon (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) We The Holy Communion on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at both services Kingdom Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) Be Essential Songs (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC) EGH Music Publishing (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC) Bethel Music Publishing. CCLI License #2595249 10:45 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible Classes 6:04 p.m. 30 Minute Church

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Stand for our youngest worshippers. Please do not return it after the service but take it home with you. Introit P I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, Altar Flowers The beautiful altar flowers this morning are given to C and I lay down my life for the sheep. the glory of God from Dennis & Trish Crane in celebration of Dennis’s birthday on May 1st and their 46th wedding anniversary on P The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. May 3rd. C He makes me lie down in green pastures. P He leads me beside still waters. Reader 9:00 AM & 10:00 AM Tina Shutlz C He restores my soul. Please sign up to be a Reader on the narthex bulletin board P He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. C Yay, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, Witness Statement John 10:11-18: Jesus taught His disciples and, by extension, we P I will fear no evil, as His people, that He is the Good Shepherd who laid down His life for His sheep. C for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. What can stop the witness of those who no longer fear death? Every enemy has P You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; been vanquished by the Good Shepherd. What Good News this is for our comfort C you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. and all of the sheep not yet in the fold. So, boldly share the Good News that there P Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, is a very Good Shepherd in the Risen Jesus Christ who came for the sake of all of C and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. the sheep.

P Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; Butter Braids! Orders will be in on Thursday May 6th. There will be a pick-up time C as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. announced closer to the date. Otherwise, we will store them in the church freezer P I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, for pickup on Sunday, May 9th. Thank you, the Triniteens. C and I lay down my life for the sheep. The Lutheran Hour May 2 "Laughed At" Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler. Speaking out Salutation and Collect of the Day Easter 4 against the prevailing culture might prompt ridicule but it could also produce P The Lord be with you. repentance (Jonah 3). Listen Sundays, WGN720 at 6AM or WJOB1230 at 10AM. C And also with you. Worship Anew Watch on Sundays at 8:00 am — WPWR My50, 10:30 am - TCT 377 on DirecTV, online worshipanew.org, or by requesting DVDs. P Let us pray. Almighty God, merciful Father, since You have wakened from death the Shepherd of Your 1st Quarter Contributions: Please pick up your tithe statement. If you have any sheep, grant us Your Holy Spirit that when we hear the voice of our Shepherd we may questions on your statements, please contact Emmert on Wednesdays during know Him who calls us each by name and follow where He leads; through the same Jesus office hours. Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Are you missing a punch bowl? It is in the basement kitchen and we would like for it to be C Amen. returned to it’s owner. Please see Heather or call the church office. Thank you!

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We Confess Our Sins P In thanksgiving for our risen Christ, the firstfruits from the dead, who has secured forgiveness for our troubled consciences, that He would also bless with temporal health P The Scriptures make it clear; those who suffer [especially ___]; and that He would grant us aid not only in this moment, If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. but even more so true, immortal health in the world to come, let us pray to the Lord: C But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins, C Lord, have mercy. and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. P Let us then, confess our sins to God that we may hear His forgiving words. P Lord God, out of Your fatherly goodness You have remembered us poor, miserable C Lord, we stand before you reminded that we are not perfect, as you demand. sinners and given Your beloved Son to be our Shepherd — not only to nourish us by His We ignore our sins and pretend that everything is fine with our lives when it’s not. Word, but also to defend us from sin, death and the devil. Grant us Your Holy Spirit, that We imagine that You are seldom offended by what we say or do. even as this Shepherd knows us and helps in every affliction, we also may know Him, We confess this is a lie. We know that you care what we do. trust Him, seek help and comfort in Him, heartily obey His voice and obtain eternal We know that you desire that we live Holy lives. salvation; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with We know that You demand our perfect obedience. You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. We confess we have neglected You. C Amen. We confess we do not love others the way that You love them. We come to You seeking Your help, Your forgiveness. P O Lord remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray: We look to Jesus, whom You sent to us. We look to Him and to His sacrifice. For His sake, forgive us all our sins. C Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Words of Comfort from our Lord Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; P Brothers and sisters the Lord our God listens and hears the prayers of penitent sinners. give us this day our daily bread; Having pleaded Mercy in Jesus name, He forgives you all your sins. and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; He is the atoning sacrifice for the sin of the whole world. Therefore, as a called and ordained servant of Christ and by His authority and lead us not into temptation, I announce the grace of God to all of you. but deliver us from evil. Your sins are forgiven in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. C Jesus said, “If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed.” Benediction Be seated

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the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom Sermon Song I Stand Amazed (How Marvelous) God raised from the dead — by him this man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, Chris Tomlin. © sixsteps Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) Vamos Publishing stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) worshiptogether.com songs (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing). CCLI License #2595249 salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” 1. I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene, and wonder how He could love me, a sinner condemned, unclean. (Chorus) R This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Chorus How marvelous, how wonderful, and my song shall ever be. Holy Gospel John 10:11–18 The Shepherd and His Flock How marvelous, how wonderful, is my Savior’s love for me. P The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the tenth chapter. C Glory to You, O Lord. 2. He took my sin and my sorrows, and made them His very own. And bore the burden of Calvary, and suffered and died alone. (Chorus) [Jesus said:] “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf 3. When with the ransomed in glory, His face I at last shall see. coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He ‘Twill be my joy through the ages, to sing of His love for me! (Chorus 2x) flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and Sermon

I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring Prayer of the Church them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one P In peace, let us pray to the Lord: takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I C Lord, have mercy.

have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” P That the Good Shepherd of Israel, who has sought out His sheep and gathered us with

P This is the Gospel of the Lord. them into one flock, would keep us always in His fold and guard us from every wolf and C Praise to You, O Christ. snare, let us pray to the Lord: C Lord, have mercy. P We confess the faith P For the Church and flock of God, that as new life was breathed into the world through the Apostles' Creed resurrection of Christ, so now by His Holy Spirit new life would be breathed into her also; C I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. and that, freed by His Gospel, we may always confess the name of Jesus Christ — the only name given among men by which we must be saved, let us pray to the Lord: And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, C Lord, have mercy. who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, P For an increase in the love of Christian brothers one to another, especially within our own suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. homes, that we may daily show our confidence in God by deed and truth, laying down our He descended into hell. lives as Christ first did for us, let us pray to the Lord: The third day He rose again from the dead. C Lord, have mercy. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. P For the gift of good government, that as the Paschal Lamb has wrought peace between man and God, so He would grant peace and good days also to our citizens and between I believe in the Holy Spirit, the nations of the world; and that we and all our neighbors may lead quiet lives in godly the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, contentment, let us pray to the Lord: the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life T everlasting. C Lord, have mercy.

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