Sunday, January 14th, 2018 THE ORDER OF WORSHIP

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany PRELUDE

Chorale Prelude on Wie schoen leuchtet der Morgenstern Buxtehude
Holy Communion (V)
WELCOME

INVOCATION

In the name of the Father, and of the (+)Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

GATHERING SONG: Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies (ELW 553)
INTRODUCTION
GREETING
All the baptized have a calling in God’s world. God calls not just the clergy
but also the youngest child, like Samuel. The story of the calling of The grace of our Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the
Nathanael plays with the idea of place. Nathanael initially dismisses Jesus Holy Spirit be with you all.
because he comes from Nazareth. But where we come from isn’t important; And also with you.
it’s where—or rather whom—we come to. Jesus refers to the story of the
vision of Jacob, who called the place of his vision “the house of God, CANTICLE OF PRAISE
and . . . the gate of heaven” (Gen. 28:17). Jesus says he himself is the place
where Nathanael will meet God.

CHILDREN are always welcome to our Worship Service. Rainbow bags

and a cry room are available. A staffed nursery is also available if needed.
An usher will gladly provide you with assistance.

As a worship courtesy, we ask that you please turn off or set to vibrate
all cellular telephones and pagers during the worship service.

We ask that all present today please fill out the Attendance and Communion
registration card found in your bulletin and place it in the offering plate so
that we may record your presence with us.

PRAYER UPON ENTERING THE PEW

Draw me along with your whole church, O God, into one great company of
disciples, together following our teacher Jesus Christ into every walk of
life, together serving in Christ’s mission to the world, and together
witnessing to your love wherever you will send us; for the sake of Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
 and lay down in his place.
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Now the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel!
Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” [11Then
the LORD said to Samuel, “See, I am about to do something in Israel that
will make both ears of anyone who hears of it tingle. 12On that day I will
fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from
beginning to end. 13For I have told him that I am about to punish his house
forever, for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming
PRAYER OF THE DAY God, and he did not restrain them. 14Therefore I swear to the house of Eli
that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be expiated by sacrifice or offering
Let us pray: Thanks be to you, Lord Jesus Christ, most merciful redeemer, forever.”
for the countless blessings and benefits you give. May we know you more 15
Samuel lay there until morning; then he opened the doors of the house
clearly, love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day of the LORD. Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. 16But Eli called
praising you, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” He said, “Here I am.” 17Eli said,
forever. “What was it that he told you? Do not hide it from me. May God do so to
Amen. you and more also, if you hide anything from me of all that he told
Please be seated. you.” 18So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. Then he
said, “It is the LORD; let him do what seems good to him.”
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE 19
As Samuel grew up, the LORD was with him and let none of his words
fall to the ground. 20And all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that
FIRST READING: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 [11-20] Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the LORD.]

At a time when visions are rare and unexpected, the Lord comes to Samuel The word of the Lord.
and calls him to speak the divine word. Though just a boy, Samuel responds Thanks be to God.
to God obediently, as Eli the priest has taught him to respond. This marks
the beginning of Samuel’s prophetic ministry. Silence for reflection on the reading.
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Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. The word of PSALM 139:1-6, 13-18
the LORD was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.
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At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he Refrain:
could not see, was lying down in his room; 3the lamp of God had not yet
gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the
ark of God was. 4Then the LORD called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he said,
“Here I am!” 5and ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But
he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So he went and lay Tone:
down. 6The LORD called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up and went to Eli,
and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my
son; lie down again.” 7Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the
word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. 8The LORD called
Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I 1
LORD, you have | searched me out;
am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the LORD was calling the O LORD, you | have known me.
boy. 9Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you 2
You know my sitting down and my | rising up;
shall say, ‘Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.’ ” So Samuel went you discern my thoughts | from afar.
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You trace my journeys and my | resting-places him. 18Shun fornication! Every sin that a person commits is outside the
and are acquainted with | all my ways. body; but the fornicator sins against the body itself. 19Or do you not know
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Indeed, there is not a word | on my lips, that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have
but you, O LORD, know it | altogether. R from God, and that you are not your own? 20For you were bought with a
price; therefore glorify God in your body.
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You encompass me, behind | and before,
and lay your | hand upon me. The word of the Lord.
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Such knowledge is too wonder- | ful for me; Thanks be to God.
it is so high that I cannot at- | tain to it.
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For you yourself created my | inmost parts; Please stand for the gospel.
you knit me together in my | mother’s womb.
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I will thank you because I am mar- | velously made; GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
your works are wonderful, and I | know it well. R All sing the Alleluia. The choir will sing the verse, all repeat the Alleluia
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My body was not hid- | den from you,
while I was being made in secret and woven in the depths | of the
earth.
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Your eyes beheld my limbs, yet unfinished in the womb; all of them
were written |in your book; my days were fashioned before
they | came to be.
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How deep I find your | thoughts, O God!
How great is the | sum of them!
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If I were to count them, they would be more in number | than the Verse: We have found | the Messiah:*
sand; to count them all, my life span would need to | be like Jesus Christ, who brings us | grace and truth. (John 1:41, 17)
yours. R
GOSPEL: John 1:43-51
SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 As the Gospel is announced, worshippers are invited to trace a cross upon
Paul is helping the Corinthians understand that God has claimed the their forehead, then over their lips, and then over their hearts, silently
entirety of their lives through the death of Christ. Hence Christian praying, “May the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ be ever on my mind, on
relationships and conduct, including areas of human sexuality, are to my lips, and in my heart.”
reflect the reality that we belong to Christ and that the Holy Spirit lives
within us. The holy gospel according to John.
Glory to you, O Lord.
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“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All
things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. 13“Food In John’s gospel, Jesus’ ministry begins with the call of disciples, who then
is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food,” and God will destroy bring others to Jesus. Philip’s friend Nathanael moves from skepticism to
both one and the other. The body is meant not for fornication but for the faith when he accepts the invitation to “Come and see.”
Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14And God raised the Lord and will also
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raise us by his power. 15Do you not know that your bodies are members of The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to
Christ? Should I therefore take the members of Christ and make them him, “Follow me.” 44Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew
members of a prostitute? Never! 16Do you not know that whoever is united and Peter. 45Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him
to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For it is said, “The two shall be about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of
one flesh.” 17But anyone united to the Lord becomes one spirit with Joseph from Nazareth.” 46Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come
out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 47When Jesus saw
Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in
whom there is no deceit!” 48Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to
know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip
called you.” 49Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are
the King of Israel!” 50Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you
that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than
these.” 51And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven
opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of
Man.”
The gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Please be seated.
SERMON Rev. Libby Buuck
Silence for reflection, then we invite you to stand as we sing:
HYMN OF THE DAY: Take My Life, That I May Be (ELW 685)
CREED
As they recite the creed, worshippers are invited to bow beginning with the
words “born of the Virgin Mary,” until the words “he descended to the
dead.”
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived
by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius
Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at
the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and
the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of
saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life
everlasting.
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
Confident that God our light and our salvation hears us when we pray, let
us offer our prayers for the church, the world, and all people in need.
Please sit or kneel as you are able.
Each petition ends with:
let us pray.
Have mercy, O God.
Merciful God, you hear our prayers even before we speak them. Receive
them for the sake of the one through whom you have revealed your
goodness, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
CONFESSION AND PROCLAMATION OF FORGIVENESS
Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.
Most merciful God,
we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We
have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have
done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our
whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the
sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us,
and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways,
to the glory of your holy name.
Amen.
God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin, and
made us alive together through Christ. By grace you have been saved. In
the name of ☩ Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven. Almighty God
strengthen you through the Holy Spirit, that Christ may live in your hearts
through and show forth in your lives.
Amen.
We invite you to greet one another in the peace of the risen Christ.
PEACE
The peace of Christ be with you always.
And also with you.
 Please be seated.

ANTHEM AT THE OFFERING Panis Angelicus Caesar Franck

We invite you to please stand and sing.

OFFERING PRAYER
OFFERTORY HYMN Let All Things Now Living (ELW 881)
Merciful God, receive the gifts we bring, ourselves, our time, and our
possessions. Through this meal unite us as your body, shining with the light
of your justice and mercy; for the sake of him who gave himself for us,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

DIALOGUE

PREFACE

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY


EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
Worshippers are invited to bow with the consecration of the Lord’s body
and blood, each time the words “Do this for the remembrance of me,” are
spoken.
Holy God, Creator of all and Source of life, at the birth of time your word
brought light into the world. In the fullness of time, you sent your Word,
born of Mary, to shine in our darkness and to make us your daughters and
sons. In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and
gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this
is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.
Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to
drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and
for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.
Remembering, therefore, his birth and life among us, his death and
resurrection, we await his coming again when all things will be restored in
him. By your Spirit bless us and this bread and cup, that held and nourished
by you, we may live as your children, shining with the light of your Son.
Through him all glory and honor is yours, Almighty Father, with the Holy
Spirit, in your holy Church, both now and forever.
Amen.
LORD'S PRAYER
Lord, remember us in your Kingdom, and teach us to pray:
Our 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.
All baptized people are welcome to the table to receive Christ’s body and
blood. If you have not been baptized, you are also welcome to the table as
God’s guest; we are honored by your presence. We recognize the Body of
Christ as the community of the baptized, so if you would like to become part
of the Body of Christ, we encourage you to seek baptism. If you can’t or
don’t wish to receive today, we encourage you to hold your hands over
your chest for a blessing as you come forward.
INVITATION TO COMMUNION
To all who receive Jesus, who believe in his name, he gives the power to
become children of God, who are born, not of blood or of the will of the
flesh or of the will of man, but of God. All who wish to die to themselves
and live in Christ, come to the feast.
Please be seated.
LAMB OF GOD
 After all have communed, we invite you to stand.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Radiant God, with our eyes we have seen your salvation, and in this meal
we have feasted on your grace. May your Word take flesh in us, that we
may be your holy people, revealing your glory made known to us in Jesus
COMMUNION HYMN Here I Am, Lord (ELW 574) Christ our Savior.
Amen.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

BLESSING

God Almighty send you light and truth to keep you all the days of your life.
The hand of God protect you; the holy angels accompany you; and the
blessing of almighty God, Father, + Son, and Holy Spirit, be upon and
remain with you forever.
Amen.

We invite you to please stand.

SENDING SONG: Around You, O Lord Jesus (ELW 468)

DISMISSAL

Go in peace. Christ is with you.

Thanks be to God.

POSTLUDE Prelude in C J. S. Bach

UPCOMING COMMEMORATIONS
Martin Luther King Jr., renewer of society, martyr, died 1968
Monday, January 15, 2018
An American prophet of justice among races and nations, King was an
eloquent preacher, a leader of the nonviolent resistance to race-segregated
society, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Born on this date,
he was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
Antony of Egypt, renewer of the church, died around 356
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
One of the earliest of the Egyptian desert fathers, Antony gave away his
sizeable inheritance and became a hermit. Later he became leader of a
group of monks who devoted themselves to prayer, worship, and labor.
The Altar flowers are administered by the worship committee. The 2018
Altar Flower chart is posted on the bulletin board in the lower lobby and
there is attached to it a tear-off sheet for donors to complete and hand into
the office or place in the offering plate for proper publication in the
bulletin.
If you would like to purchase flowers for worship in memory of or in honor
of someone, please sign up. The cost is $35 per arrangement, and checks
should be made out to Trinity Lutheran Church. The contact person is Mary
in the church office (614) 224.6818 or email: office@oldtrinity.com.
Please do not remove flowers unless you purchased them or made
arrangements.

Pachomius, renewer of the church, died 346

Wednesday, January 17, 2018
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF
Born in Egypt, Pachomius became a Christian while a soldier. He became a
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH?
hermit (a solitary monk) and organized others into a religious community.
His rule for monasteries influenced later ones in both the Eastern and
We receive members throughout the year by Baptism, Affirmation of Faith,
Western churches.
Confirmation, Letter of Transfer, and New Member Instruction. Please
contact the church office with any questions. 224-6818.
Confession of Peter
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Today the church remembers the apostle Peter's great acknowledgement of Please feel free to take your bulletin and happenings with you.
Jesus as "the Christ, the Son of the living God." This festival serves as a If you wish to discard your bulletin, a recycling box is located at the exit.
fitting beginning to the week in which we particularly pray that all Thank you.
Christians might be united in faith and witness.

Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, martyr, died 1156

Friday, January 19, 2018
When Erik, King of Sweden, determined to invade Finland for the purpose
of converting the people there to Christianity, Henry went with him. Henry
is recognized as the patron saint of Finland.