June 4, 2023 - Trinity Sunday
Prelude: Praeludium from Partita No. 1 in B flat Major
J. S. Bach
Introit: Lord, Our Lord, Thy Glorious Name
The Psalter 1912/GOTT SEI DANK
Welcome & Call to Worship
[Psalm 8]
O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
When we look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have established;
What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?
Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.
Let us worship the LORD!
Holy, Holy, Holy (Hymn 138)
Dykes/Heber
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee
Who wert and art, and evermore shall be.
Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinfulness Thy glory may not see,
Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee
Perfect in power, in love and purity.
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy name, in earth and sky and sea;
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
Confession
Triune God, you brought the world into being and create each of us in your image. When we look at the grandeur of creation, we feel small and unimportant. Similarly, we do not understand how you exist or work as One God in Three Persons. Forgive us when we simply ignore these mysteries rather than holding them in faith. Forgive us when we mistake our incomprehension for distance from you. Father, Son, and Spirit, help us recognize your image in others, in ourselves, and in how we connect to one another. Amen.
Silence
Purify My Heart
Nelson
Purify my heart. Touch me with your cleansing fire.
Take me to the cross; Your holiness is my desire.
Breathe Your life in me,
Kindle a love that flows from Your throne.
Oh, purify my heart, Purify my heart.
[2 Corinthians 7:1]
Forgiveness in Jesus Christ
Peace
The peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Gloria Patri (Hymn 579)
Greatorex
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
Word without end. Amen, Amen.
Children’s Message
How Great Thou Art (Hymn 467)
Swedish folk melody/Hine
O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder
consider all the worlds thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
thy power throughout the universe displayed;
Refrain:
Then sings my soul, my Savior, God, to thee,
How great thou art, how great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior, God, to thee,
How great thou art, how great thou art!
When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze…
(Refrain)
And when I think that God, his Son not sparing,
Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin…
(Refrain)
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, my God, how great thou art!
(Refrain)
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Readings
Karen Bart
Old Testament: Psalm 8
New Testament: Matthew 21:12-16
Homily: Created Worlds and Shared Worlds
Focus: “The glory of God is a human being fully alive,” wrote Irenaeus of Lyons some two thousand years ago. One of the reasons I remain a Christian-in-progress is the peculiar Christian insistence that God is revealed in humankind—not just in human form but also in human being.” ― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
Communion Music: Holy God, We Praise Your Name (Hymn 460)
Franz/Allgemeines Katholisches Gesangbuch
Communion Prayer
Call to Stewardship
Ann Hall
See, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
-Isaiah 32:1
Offering Our Gifts: Interlude in E flat Major
C. Franck
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Charge & Benediction
Postlude: Toccata in C Major
Pachelbel
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