TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH A congregation of the ELCA

Day of Pentecost May 31, 2020

449 West Broadway PO Box 776 Monticello MN 55362

763-295-2092 www.tlcmonticello.org office@tlcmonticello.org

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TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH A congregation of the ELCA ______________________________________________________________________________

WELCOME - Thank you for worshipping God with Trinity Lutheran today at home, or at your cabin, or while on the lake! Blessings to you and your family. May you be empowered by the Spirit to love your neighbor in the name of Christ.

You may want to eliminate distractions at home, so you are able to worship just as you would in the worship space. Or you may want to embrace the new flexibility that this kind of worship allows—worship in your PJs, sing out like no one is watching, pause and get up whenever you need to use the restroom, or any number of things. Maybe you worship while sitting on your deck this Sunday!

If you find it important to worship with others, connect with a church friend and simultaneously view the YouTube online service together—whenever you decide to worship on Sunday. 7:00 am? 9:00 am our usual worship time? 11:00 am? If you don’t have internet access, perhaps you could call a friend or another church member who is able to view our online services and listen to their TV on speaker phone. Hear the promise of the resurrection life during these challenging days.

A few notes on the service today—

• Pentecost derives its name from the Jewish festival celebrating the harvest and the giving of the law on Mount Sinai fifty days after Passover. Fifty days after Easter, we celebrate the Holy Spirit as God’s presence within and among us. In Acts the Spirit arrives in rushing wind and flame, bringing God’s presence to all people. Paul reminds us that though we each have different capacities, we are unified in the Spirit that equips us with these gifts. Jesus breathes the Holy Spirit on his disciples, empowering them to forgive sin. We celebrate that we too are given the breath of the Holy Spirit and sent out to proclaim God’s redeeming love to all the world.

• Most of the service is printed in your bulletin. Please participate as you are able. The bold print within this bulletin indicates “all read”.

• Children of all ages are always welcome to worship with Trinity. There are bulletins for children also. These may be downloaded at www.tlcmonticello.org.

• Adults of all ages are also always welcome to worship with Trinity. This bulletin is produced in fairly large print so all can participant fully.

• Liturgy, hymns, and materials by SundaysandSeasons.com. Copyright © 2020 Augsburg Fortress, licensing number #SAS103417 and music and text reprinted with permission under OneLicense.net licensing number #A-704019 and SundaysandSeasons.com. All rights reserved. Music and podcast/online streaming under rights through OneLicense.net licensing number #A-704019.

CHURCH & STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION TODAY’S WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS

Trinity Website www.tlcmonticello.org Pastor Pastor Amy Chalupnik

Trinity E-mail office@tlcmonticello.org Pianist Amy Klatt

Trinity Church Office 763-295-2092 Producer/Singer Jason Chalupnik

Pastor Amy Chalupnik 612-282-2275 cell Videographer Jason Chalupnik

Karen Torbit, Office Asst. 443-791-2054 cell Reader Abigail Stupar

Paul Fallon, Custodian 763-489-8678 cell

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WELCOME

OPENING SONG Come, Gracious Spirit, Heavenly Dove ELW 404

GREETING

God’s grace, love, and peace are ours today.

For today, the long awaited day of Pentecost has come!

Praise be to God. Amen.

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PENTECOST RESPONSIVE PRAYER (paraphrased from Psalm 104 and Acts 2)

May our words and our works please God. May we rejoice in the Lord. And so we pray.

Gracious God, fill us with your Spirit—that we, too, may see the future, be the future, and make a better future for others.

Praise the Lord who renews the face of the earth.

Jesus Christ, fill us with your Spirit—that we, too, may have great vision and the abilities to make it happen. Praise the Lord who opens his hand and fills us with good things.

Holy Spirit, fill us with your Spirit—that we, too, may dream dreams! Praise the Lord who redefines time and space, whose glory endures forever.

Send forth your presence. Grant us your wisdom. Renew us with your Spirit! Amen.

FIRST READING 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

3bNo one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit. 4Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; 6and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. 7To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses. 12For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

Word of God, word of life. Thanks be to God.

PSALM 104:24-34, 35b

24How manifold are your works, O Lord! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25Yonder is the sea, great and wide, with its swarms too many to number, living things both small and great. 26There go the ships to and fro, and Leviathan, which you made for the sport of it. 27All of them look to you to give them their food in due season. 28You give it to them; they gather it; you open your hand, and they are filled with good things. 29When you hide your face, they are terrified;

when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

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PSALM 104:24-34, 35b continued... 30You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; and so you renew the face of the earth. 31May the glory of the Lord endure forever; O Lord, rejoice in all your works. 32You look at the earth and it trembles; you touch the mountains and they smoke. 33I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will praise my God while I have my being. 34May these words of mine please God. I will rejoice in the Lord. 35bBless the Lord, O my soul. Hallelujah!

CHILDREN'S MESSAGE

SECOND READING Acts 2:1-21 1When the day of Pentecost had come, [the apostles] were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. 5Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. 6And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. 7Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? 9Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” 12All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.” 14But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 15Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. 16No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: 17‘In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. 18Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. 19And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. 20The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day. 21Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’ ”

Word of God, word of life. Thanks be to God.

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MESSAGE

HYMN OF THE DAY God of Tempest, God of Whirlwind ELW 400

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APOSTLES’ CREED

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. Amen.

PRAYERS

After each petition…

Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Amen.

LORD’S PRAYER

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.

OFFERING and MUSICAL OFFERING Spirit of Gentleness Amy Klatt

Thank you for faithfully supporting your church during this time of online worship.

Offerings may be mailed to Trinity Lutheran Church, PO Box 776, Monticello, MN 55362, or given

online through the Trinity website—go to www.tlcmonticello.org and click the link for “Online Giving

(onetime or weekly giving from bank acct)” or download the Tithe.ly app (green) on your smart phone.

OFFERING PRAYER

Let us pray.

Holy Spirit, we thank you for coming upon the Church and blessing us. We offer you these financial gifts in gratitude for the varied spiritual gifts and talents you have given to us. Multiply them for God’s work in and through your Church on earth.

Amen.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

BLESSING

May the Holy Spirit instill in you

Christ’s peace ☩ which passes all understanding, God’s love which encourages and equips and joy in the Lord which knows no end.

Amen.

DISMISSAL

Go in peace. Share the good news. Thanks be to God.

SENDING SONG O Holy Spirit, Root of Life ELW 399

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Announcements

WE ARE THE CHURCH—Closures and Cancellations, Connections and Conversations • The church office is closed until further notice. Pastor Amy and Karen Torbit are working every day

from home, and are available by phone, text, email, or Facebook—even if you just need to talk.

• All in-person worship services and activities have been suspended until further notice, in compliance with the White House, CDC, and MDH recommendations. Online worship will continue for the duration of the public health emergency. See the newsletter for additional council updates.

• Our Member Care Team will continue to keep in touch with others—via phone, email, text, mailed card, or Zoom. We are looking for one more volunteer to join our team. Thanks to all of you!

• Stay engaged. Stay connected. Stay informed. Your church cares for you! • Finance and Council meetings are currently being held via Zoom. This is available to other

groups—consider gathering again via Zoom! Contact the office to get the code and give this a try.

SENIOR RECOGNITION—SUNDAY, JUNE 7 We would like to invite graduates to record an individual blessing for our online worship service on Sunday, June 7. Recordings will be scheduled individually a week or so prior to the service. You are invited to wear your cap, gown and cords. Watch your email for details from Pr. Amy.

CHURCH GARDENERS NEEDED!

Join us on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 to help weed and trim. All are welcome and social distancing will be practiced. Contact Judy Harn at 763-370-8551 for more information.

Pray for Confirmands

considering affirming their faith

Kajsa Berglof

Brianna Brant

Jordan Horst

Natalie Krinke

Mac Mongeon

Jensen Wallin

Congratulations to our

2020 Graduates

Victoria Brandt

Thomas Chalupnik

McKenzie Florek

Mason Krinke

Abigail Stupar

Garett Wallin

Let us know if you have good news to share with your Trinity family!

Confirmation Sunday, originally scheduled for May 17, was postponed. Pastor Amy is polling confirmation students and their families to decide when to reschedule this special day. Faith Statements and Projects will be due from 9th graders two weeks prior to the new Confirmation date. More information to follow.

Confirmation classes for the year concluded on May 13. Pastor Amy made individual visits to the confirmation students after the “Stay at Home” order was lifted.

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100 x 100 Campaign—Inviting your pre-summer contributions

The Council leadership invites 100 households to give a one-time gift of $100. Envelopes will not be distributed as has been done in the past. Please write “100x100 Campaign“ in the memo on your check or if giving online, select “special offering”. Please prayerfully consider a gift above your regular offering to help meet the expenses throughout the summer and while we are unable to physically worship together. Gifts toward this campaign in any amount are appreciated. Thank you to all who have already helped in this way.

Announcements continued …

Online Directory Coming Soon!

We are very close to publishing our online directory. A printed version will

be available for those without internet access. Photos and any updated

information are needed NOW! If you do not wish to be included, contact

the office by June 15. If we do not hear from you, you will automatically be

enrolled and you are giving your consent.

Do you enjoy singing hymns?

Do you like to read scriptures?

Are you comfortable using a microphone?

Would you be willing to operate easy video equipment?

Are you in the low risk category for the Coronavirus?

Are you available on Wednesdays from 4:00-6:00 pm?

If you answered yes to these questions, please say….

Yes! I can help with online worship services!

Or would you consider making a recording at home for special music?

Contact Karen at office@tlcmonticello.org to sign up for one week or several weeks.

Online Worship Assistance Needed

Invitation to Prayer—June 2

The Monticello pastors have scheduled a second Day of Prayer on Tuesday, June 2—7:00-8:00am to be held in the parking lot of Resurrection Lutheran Church. Additional information can be found on our Facebook page. Zoom information will be provided upon arrival. If you prefer to participate from home, please contact the office in advance to be added to the email list for the Zoom link.

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• Joann Anderson

• Nancy Axelson &

her sister, Doris

• June Bluhm

• Amber Cruser

• Elsie Dehne

• Gene Decker

• Loyal Dudley

• Marvin Dumdei

• David Fickes

• Rebecca Florek

• James Given

• Becky Grabski

• David Grimes

• Brian Groff

• Lance Gubrud

• Debbie Hale

• Jack Hansen

• Merilee Heuchert

• Denny Holker

• Tammi Johnson

• Buddy Kalpin

• David Kill & Family

• Denise & Doug Koch & Family

• Tom Merchlewicz

• Natalie Myrick

• Gary Nelson

• Ki Orre

• Larry Peterson

• Russ Reigner

• Joan Rohloff

• Bernice Shelquist

• Dustin Smith

• Pete Stupar

• Shirley Swenson

• St. Benedict’s Community

• Staff & inmates at Moose Lake & Willow River

• Teachers

• Jami Theiler

• Barb Thorpe

• Jim Thorpe

• Claudia Tollefson

• Trinity Lutheran

• TLC Pastor, Council & Leaders

• Millie Vetsch

• Karen Wickline

• Sue Yeazle

• Mary Zieman

All medical professionals, 1st responders &

frontline workers including the following -

• Kim Chartrand

• Christine Johnson

• Kristina Kjellberg

• Gretchen Yonak

(& family—Jim &

Olyvia)

Please pray this week for all God’s children, especially those who are listed below

Announcements continued …

Adult Bible Study Led by Pr. Amy All are welcome to join a 3-week bible study via Zoom

Thursday evenings—June 11, June 25, July 9

7:00-8:00pm

Contact Karen at office@tlcmonticello.org to register

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Sundays Schedule

9:00 am Worship Online In-home Treats & Phone Calls

following Worship

Senior Recognition Sunday—June 7

Guest Preacher—Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton

Father’s Day—June 21

Worship with dad on speaker phone or Facetime/Video chat

Trinity Lutheran Church PO Box 776

449 W Broadway St

Monticello, MN 55362

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