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• If you are attending in person, we invite you to sign in when the ushers pass around the clipboards, and to include your contact information so that we can send you a card (and Pastor can call you if you’d like).

We celebrate Holy Communion in worship each Sunday at 9:00 AM. Visitors are welcome for Communion—read the "Invitation to Holy Communion section  to learn more.

We have weekly education programs for all ages after worship, including Sunday School (age 3+), Confirmation (7th & 8th grade), Youth Group (middle/high school), and Adult Forum.

Restrooms (all handicapped-accessible):

• Located down the hall from the church office (women’s first, then men’s).

Child and Family Needs—in Fireside Room (entry area):

• Children are welcome in worship! The small table has crayons and coloring books if your little ones need to keep their hands busy!
• Our Family Room (next to the TV) offers a baby changing table and space for nursing or other family needs during the service!

Hearing Assistance:

• You can your set hearing aid to “T” to use our T-coil hearing loop.
• Other hearing assistance devices are available as well—please ask an usher if you would like to use one.

God’s Mission for Trinity: Welcome. Nurture. Serve.

• In order to put Christ first, we WELCOME people into the church, inviting them to receive the love and grace of Jesus so they may know themselves as children of God.
• We NURTURE people in faith to support their learning and growth as followers of Jesus.
• We send people out to SERVE people in emotional, spiritual, and physical need in the congregation, the community, and the world.

Every Sunday in worship, the church celebrates the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit gathers us to receive again the gifts of God that come to us through Christ, the saving Word. On several key days at the center of the church year, however, worship takes a particular shape. These central days have come to be known as the Three Days, recalling Jesus' own words to his disciples that he would be handed over to death, and that "after three days he will rise again" (Mark 10:34). The Three Days encompass the time from Maundy Thursday evening through Easter Day, as the church each year makes the passage with Christ through death into life.

Holy Communion Service: “Promise Amid the Pain”

With nightfall our Lenten observance comes to an end, and we gather with Christians around the world to celebrate the Three Days of Jesus' death and resurrection. On Maundy Thursday, we join at the Lord’s Table as we hear the teachings of Jesus’ at his Last Supper with the disciples. Then, we share our most powerful remembrance of that night—the Sacrament of Holy Communion—one final time before Easter.

Prelude, Welcome, and Announcements

Please stand as you are able.

Confession and Forgiveness (1 John 1:8-10; John 20:23)

P: Friends in Christ, in this Lenten season we have heard our Lord's call to struggle against sin, death, and the devil—all that keeps us from loving God and each other. This is the struggle to which we were called at baptism. Within the community of the church, God never wearies of forgiving sin and giving the peace of reconciliation. On this night let us confess our sin and enter the great Three Days reconciled with God and with one another. (Silence for reflection.) Most merciful God,

C: 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.

P: In the mercy...of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen.

Prayer of the Day

P: The Lord be with you.

C: And also with you.

P: Let us pray together.

C: Eternal God, in the sharing of a meal your Son established a new covenant for all people. Guide us through your Holy Spirit to give ourselves for the sake of your mission, through our example and Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Please sit.

Readings

The Last Supper--Luke 22:7-23

The Promise--Farewell Discourse Highlights from John

• Jesus Prepares a Place for Us (John 14:1-4, maybe 1-6)
• You Will Do Greater Things than These (John 14:11-12)
• Promise of the Holy Spirit (John 14:25-27)
• Sorrow Will Turn into Joy (John 16:19-20)

The Pain Begins--Jesus on the Mount of Olives (Luke 22:39-46)

Sermon

Response         “Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) Canon”           Vocal Trio

Andrea Barbknecht, Richard Etter, Jan Heron

Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, grant us peace.

-John 1:29

Profession of Faith (Apostles’ Creed)

C:   I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

             I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again 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. Amen.

Prayers of the Church (1 Timothy 2:1-2)

Each section of the prayers ends:

A: Lord, in your mercy,

C: Hear our prayer.

When we get to this part, please join in reading the names in bold:

A: Today, we pray especially...and for these friends on our Prayer List:

C: JoAnne, Lois, Cecil, Pat, Dave, Tom, Ron, Eleanor, Karen, Barb, Ian, Kirk, Dawn, Lois, Lynette, Carole, Paul, Brian, Susan, Brenda, Adrienne, Alice, Tim, Evan, Cindy, John, and Tom.

At the conclusion of the prayers:

P: Into your hands…through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

C: Amen.

Sharing of the Peace (John 14:27, 20:19-21; Matthew 5:23-24)

P: The peace of the Lord be with you always.

C: And also with you. 

Offering                        

• Please gather around the Communion rail for the Lord’s Supper. If you have brought an offering tonight, please leave it in the basket near the baptismal font as you come forward.
• If you are not able to come forward, please remain in your seat and you will be served Holy Communion there.   

Offertory Prayer

A: Let us pray. God of glory, receive these gifts and the offering of our lives. As Jesus was lifted up from the earth, draw us to your heart in the midst of this world, that all creation may be brought from bondage to freedom, from darkness to light, and from death to life; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.  

C: Amen.

Words of Institution (1 Corinthians 11:23-26)

P: In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: “This is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.

 Again, after supper, he took the cup. He gave thanks and gave it for all of them 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.”

For as often as we eat of this bread and drink of this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13, Luke 11:2-4)

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 today our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Invitation to Holy Communion

If you are our guest this evening, you are welcome to receive Holy Communion.

• Pastor and the Communion Assistants will come to everyone to distribute Holy Communion. Pastor will give you the bread, and then you can either drink wine from the first Communion Assistant’s cup or to dip your bread in wine (red) or grape juice (white) in the second Communion Assistant’s cups.
• If you prefer not to receive Holy Communion, you are invited fold your arms across your chest to receive a blessing.

Prayer after Communion

A: Let us pray. Gracious God, we give you thanks for this gift of your Son’s body and blood. We pray that it would strengthen us and keep us always in his grace.

C: Amen.

Stripping of the Altar

• John 18:1-14 is read as all vestments are removed from the worship space.
• Remain as long as you like for silent prayer, then please leave quietly when you are ready to go.
• Please return this bulletin to the basket so that it can be used tomorrow as the service of The Three Days continues with Good Friday worship at 6:30pm.

Service words & music reproduced and streamed under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License #SBL-14744.

Other hymns streamed under OneLicense #A-715015.