Trinity Lutheran Church LCMS 17330 South Hwy 441 Summerfield FL 34491 ____________ Church Phone 352-307-4500 or 1-877-832-2187 Email office@ trinitysummerfield .org Website www. “Sleep Tight” trinitysummerfield .com ____________ Pastors Psalm 4 Dan Kelm Blair Clark Director of Music Dr. Lorna Lee Curtis ___________ 1 April 17 & 18, 2021 TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER April 17 & 18, 2021 Please turn off your cell phone. May the Holy Spirit bless our worship! PRE-SERVICE MUSIC [Saturday 4:00 p.m.] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “Child of The King” “I’ve Never Been This Homesick Before” “Just a Closer Walk With Thee” From the Heart Group [Sunday 8:00 & 10:30 a.m.] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “Joyful Toccata” Theodore Dubois WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS VIDEO “Amazing Grace” Betty Benson Amazing grace—how sweet the sound—That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now I see! The Lord has promised good to me, His Word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures. Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come; His grace has brought me safe thus far, His grace will lead me home. 2 [Please stand] OPENING HYMN “Christ the Lord is Risen Today” (LSB469) “Christ the Lord is ris’n today!” Saints on earth and angels say; Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply. Love’s redeeming work is done, Fought the fight, the battle won; Lo! Our Sun’s eclipse is o’er; Lo! He sets in blood no more. Vain the stone, the watch, the seal; Christ hath burst the gates of hell. Death in vain forbids His rise; Christ has opened paradise. Lives again our glorious King! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Once He died our souls to save; Where thy victory, O grave? Soar we now where Christ has led; Foll’wing our exalted Head. Made like Him, like Him we rise; Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. Hail the Lord of earth and heav’n! Praise to Thee by both be giv’n! Thee we greet triumphant now: Hail, the resurrection, Thou! CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen. Pastor: Alleluia! Christ is risen! People: He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Pastor: "I am the Good Shepherd," says the Lord. People: The Good Shepherd who lays down His life for His sheep. (Silence for meditation and reflection) Pastor: We confess our sins together. People: I confess that I have lived as if God did not matter and as if I mattered more. The Lord's name I have not honored as I should; my worship and prayers have faltered. I have not let His love have its way with me and so my love for others has 3 failed. There are many whom I have hurt and many whom I failed to help. My thoughts and desires are soiled with sin. I have sinned against God and against you, my brothers and sisters. There is no health in me. For the sake of Jesus Christ forgive me my sin and lead me to amend my sinful life, that I may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen. Pastor: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for us and for His sake forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen. Pastor: May He who began this good work within us bring it to completion on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. People: Amen. [Please be seated] HYMN OF PRAISE “This Is the Feast” All: This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Women: Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain, whose blood set us free to be people of God. All: This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Men: Power, riches, wisdom, and strength, and honor, blessing, and glory are his. All: This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. 4 Women: Sing with all the people of God, and join in the hymn of all creation: Blessing, honor, glory, and might be to God and the Lamb forever. Amen. All: This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, Alleluia, alleluia. Men: For the Lamb who was slain has begun his reign. Alleluia. All: This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. PRAYER OF THE DAY Pastor: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Pastor: We pray together... All: Almighty God, merciful Father, since You have wakened from death the Shepherd of Your sheep, grant us Your Holy Spirit that when we hear the voice of our Shepherd we may know Him who calls us each by name and follow where He leads; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever. Amen. THE WORD FIRST READING Acts 3:11-21 Reader: The First Reading for the Third Sunday of Easter is from the 3rd chapter of Acts. While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade. When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. You killed the 5 author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see. “Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer. Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus. Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. Reader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. PSALM Psalm 4 Reader: We read responsively the Psalm of the day and this is Today’s Sermon text. Reader: Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer. People: How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods? Reader: Know that the LORD has set apart his faithful servant for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him. People: In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Reader: Offer right sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD. People: Many, LORD, are asking, “Who will bring us prosperity?” Let the light of your face shine on us. Reader: You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. People: In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety. 6 EPISTLE 1 John 3:1-7 Reader: The Epistle is from the 3rd chapter of First John How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure. Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. Reader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. [Please stand] HOLY GOSPEL Luke 24:36-49 Pastor: The Gospel according to St. Luke the 24th chapter. People: Glory to You, O Lord. While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.