First Sunday after Pentecost–The Holy Trinity June 12, 2022
Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church
Wisconsin Synod
Pastor Rev. Christopher Oehlke Pastor’s Phone: 1-262-909-7827
Organist Karen Davis, Mindy Kane, Church Telephone 763-682-4573
Lorraine Roush Email pastor@myimmanuel.org
WELCOME, VISITORS: We are glad you could be with us and we welcome you back any time. Please sign our “Welcome” card found in the pew holders or sign the guest book in the narthex/entry.
Prayer upon Entering Church
Lord, I love the habitation of Your house and the place where Your glory dwells. In the multitude of Your tender mercies prepare my heart that I may enter Your house to worship and confess Your holy name; through Jesus Christ, my God and Lord. Amen.
SERVICE OF THE WORD
HYMN (#193) “Come, Now, Almighty King”
STAND
M: The grace of our Lord (+) Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.
C: And also with you.
CONFESSION OF SINS
M: We have come into the presence of God, who created us to love and serve him as his dear children. But we have disobeyed him and
deserve only his wrath and punishment. Therefore, let us confess our sins to him and plead for his mercy.
C: Merciful Father in heaven, I am altogether sinful from birth.
In countless ways I have sinned against you and do not deserve to be called your child. But trusting in Jesus, my Savior, I pray: Have mercy on me according to your unfailing love.
Cleanse me from my sin, and take away my guilt.
M: God, our heavenly Father, has forgiven all your sins. By the perfect life and innocent death of our Lord Jesus Christ, he has removed your guilt forever. You are his own dear child. May God give you strength to live according to his will.
C: Amen.
PRAYER AND PRAISE
M: In the peace of forgiveness, let us praise the Lord.
C: (Sung) Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed are they who take refuge in him.
Your Word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
Your faithfulness continues forever.
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed are they who take refuge in him.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
M: Almighty God and Father, dwelling in majesty and mystery, filling and renewing all creation by your eternal Spirit, and manifesting your saving grace through our Lord Jesus Christ: in mercy cleanse our hearts and lips that, free from doubt and fear, we may ever worship you, one true immortal God, with your Son and the Holy Spirit, living and reigning, now and forever.
C: (Sung) Amen.
BE SEATED
THE WORD
FIRST LESSON Numbers 6:22-27
22 The Lord told Moses 23 to speak to Aaron and to his sons and to tell them to bless the Israelites with these words: 24 The Lord bless you and keep you. 25 The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. 26 The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace. 27 In this way they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them. (EHV)
PSALM OF THE DAY (Sung) Psalm 8 (page 67)
SECOND LESSON (Sermon Text) Romans 5:1-5
5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we also have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice confidently on the basis of our hope for the glory of God. 3 Not only this, but we also rejoice confidently in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces patient endurance, 4 and patient endurance produces tested character, and tested character produces hope. 5 And hope will not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who was given to us. (EHV)
VERSE OF THE DAY
M: Alleluia. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty! The whole earth is full of his glory! Alleluia. (Isaiah 6:3b)
C: (Sung) Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
These words are written that we may believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
STAND
GOSPEL John 16:12-15
12 “I still have many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own, but whatever he hears he will speak. He will also declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. 15Everything the Father has is mine. This is why I said that he takes from what is mine and will declare it to you. (EHV)
(Sung) Praise be to you, O Christ!
The Athanasian Creed (Read Responsively) page 132
HYMN OF THE DAY (#195) “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty”
SERMON TEXT Numbers 6:22-27
SERMON THEME “God Covers Us with His Promises”
HYMN (#270) “We All Believe in One True God”
THANKSGIVING
OFFERING – Please leave offering in the plate as you depart.
STAND
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
Let us pray for the whole Church of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs.
Blessed Father, from You comes all that is, and we are forever indebted to Your grace for the gift of life. Receive this day our special thanks for the redemption You have provided in Jesus Christ, Your Son, and for the work of the Spirit in bringing us to know You by faith and to be adopted as Your children by Baptism into the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Blessed Father, You desire not the death of the sinner but that all may live. Grant Your Holy Spirit, that hearing Your Word all people may be brought to repentance and may confess with us their faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Blessed Father, You have established marriage and sanctified the home to be a place of blessing and love. Give to parent and child the courage to love as You have loved us. Unite them in their common life by Your Spirit to know Jesus and serve Him. Bless the single with chastity, comfort the widowed, protect the orphan and defend the helpless. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Blessed Father, You guard Your world as Your own possession and have established governments and leaders to serve Your purpose. Bless our president, our governor, and all elected and appointed officials, that in their stewardship of the nation and state they may be faithful and serve honorably for our benefit. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Blessed Father, You have suffered fully the cost of love through Your Son. Give healing and peace to all the afflicted, the grieving and the dying. Give them all that is needful, that they may endure their illness confident of Your presence. Supply them with grace sufficient for their every need. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Blessed Father, Your Son was the voice that spoke all things into existence, and Your grace still preserves all that You have made. You did not abandon Your people when they abandoned You, but You have delivered us by the blood of Christ. Grant us Your Spirit, that we may know Your Word and keep it in faith through all the days of our earthly pilgrimage until we are joined with faithful Abraham, with patriarch, prophet, apostle and evangelist, in Your presence forevermore; 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.
LORD’S PRAYER
C: 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.
HYMN (#241) “Alleluia! Let Praises Ring”
M: O Lord God, our heavenly Father, pour out the Holy Spirit on your faithful people. Keep us strong in your grace and truth, protect and comfort us in all temptation, and bestow on us your saving peace, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C: (Sung) Amen.
M: Brothers and sisters, go in peace. Live in harmony with one another.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look on you with favor and (+) give you peace.
C: (Sung) Amen. Amen. Amen.
HYMN (#329) “Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing”
Prayer at the Close of the Service
Grant, Almighty God, that the Word which I have heard this day may, through Your grace, be grafted in my heart that I may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit; through Jesus Christ, my Lord. Amen.
First Sunday after Pentecost–The Holy Trinity June 12, 2022
Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church
THE SCHEDULE
Mon., June 13 7 p.m., Monday Night Worship Service
8 p.m., Outreach/Activity Committee
Tues., June 14 7 p.m., Ladies Fellowship
Thurs., June 16 6 p.m., Fishers Youth Group
Sun., June 19 9:30 a.m. Worship Service followed by
Father’s Day Fellowship
Next Sun., June 19 Greeters: Richard & Betty Liefert
Shut-In Visitors for June: Mark and Linda Hoffmann
OUR FATHER’S BUSINESS
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: This year’s Vacation Bible School theme will be “Tasty Treats—Come and dine on God’s Word” now set for Sat., Aug. 6. If you’d like to lend a hand in any capacity, please talk to Pastor or Julie Gutknecht. Registration forms are available on the table in the narthex for yourself or to share with someone you know.
LWMS NATIONAL CONVENTION: This year’s 59th annual convention will begin on June 23 in Rochester, NY. For those unable to attend in person, watch the LWMS website and their Facebook page for details on livestreaming options. There is also an option to attend Zoom workshops on June 24 for which you may sign up now and have the link emailed to you: https://59.lwms.org/zoom
CONGRATULATIONS to Natasha Mineheine who has graduated from Rockford High School and will be attending Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, for clinical psychology. She is the daughter of Tabitha and Michael Mineheine. As written in Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
ATTENDANCE AT THE LORD’S HOUSE:
Sunday, June 5 58
Monday, June 6 7
(YouTube May 4-June 7: Subscribers-69; average views per week-75.8)
FOR THE LORD’S WORK: June 5: General Fund-$1,545.25; West-$25; Salem-$22; Missions-$80. (YTD-$8,781; goal-$17,000)
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First Sunday after Pentecost–The Holy Trinity June 12, 2022
THE ATHANASIAN CREED
The Athanasian Creed is named after St. Athanasius, a strong defender of the Christian faith in the fourth century. Although named for Athanasius, it is almost certain that he did not write it. Yet even if Athanasius did not write the creed, the teachings defended in the creed are ones that he championed and defended while serving the Church.
The creed was developed to assist the Church in clearing up two errors that undermine Gospel truth. The first error denied that God’s Son and the Holy Spirit are of one being with the Father. The second error denied that Jesus Christ is true God and true man in one person. The Athanasian Creed is traditionally confessed on Trinity Sunday when we gather for worship and declare that whoever rejects the doctrine of the Trinity and the doctrine of Christ is without the saving faith.
Growing in Grace
To help apply the sermon text for today, ask yourself these questions:
~ What is the main thing that God teaches me in this passage?
~ What sin does God lead me to confess?
~ For what does God prompt me to give thanks?
~ What action does God want me to take?
During the week memorize and think about this verse of the day:
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty!
The whole earth is full of his glory!
(Isaiah 6:3b)
