THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 135 NE Randolph Avenue, Peoria, Illinois Online: ~ (309)

135 NE Randolph Avenue, Peoria, Illinois 61606 Online: www.trinitypeoria.com ~ (309) 676-4609

EPIPHANY THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany February 5/6, 2022

WELCOME IN THE NAME OF OUR RISEN LORD

Welcome to Trinity! Today in the Divine Service God proclaims to us through Word and Sacrament the forgiveness, love, and salvation that He has won for us through the death and resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ. If you are new to Trinity or looking for a church home, we invite you to join our family. Please introduce yourself to our Pastors following the service. After the 8:00 a.m. worship service,

please join us for coffee, fellowship, and Christian Education. At various points in the service you will be invited to refer to our hymnal, the Lutheran Service Book or LSB (image to the right), located on the back of the seat in front of you.

LARGE PRINT BULLETINS are available for persons with vision difficulties.

WORSHIPPING WITH OUR CHILDREN

Practice paying attention to your child in worship today. While it can be a hard thing to do, training your child to worship the Lord is one of the most important things you can do and impacts your child for a lifetime. For those of us without a child, the same thing applies. If a child is near you today, show them how important all of worship is to you.

Ideas adapted from Kids in the Divine Service by Christopher I. Thoma. ©2000 by the Commission on Worship of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. All rights reserved.

THOSE SERVING IN WORD & SACRAMENT MINISTRY

Preacher: Pastor Matthew B. Synnott / Liturgist: Pastor Mark J. Nelson

Saturday 6:00 Service – Comm. Asst.: Bill Allen, Dick LeCrone; Altar Guild: Bill and Debbie Allen;

Sound: Vickie and Will Fleming

Sunday 8:00 Service – Lector: Cindy Archer; Comm. Asst.: Craig Olmstead, Bruce Boorom, Matt Chamberlain, Brad Johnson; Acolytes: Evie Holloway, Lily Holloway; Altar Guild: Peggy Livengood;

Sound: Todd and Benjamin Coulter; Ushers: Mike Holloway, Bob and Joyce Close

Sunday 10:45 Service – Lector: Ed Casto; Comm. Asst.: Axel Kufner; Acolyte: Jameson Fisher; Altar Guild: Sue Brewer; Sound: Mark King family; Ushers: Alan Stahl, Candice Tennell

Saturday Worship 6:00 p.m.  Sunday Worship 8:00 and 10:45 a.m.

Divine Service - Setting Four

+ We Come Into God's Presence +

Prelude

Ringing of the Bell

Opening Hymn “Hark, the Voice of Jesus Crying” Hymn 826

Text and tune: Public domain

Please stand

Invocation:

P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

Confession of Sins

P Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

Silence for reflection on God's Word and for self-examination.

C Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.

Absolution

P Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die and rise for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

Kyrie

Gloria in Excelsis

Salutation

P The Lord be with you.

C And also with you.

Collect of the Day

P Let us pray.

C O Lord, keep Your family the Church continually in the true faith that, relying on the hope of Your heavenly grace, we may ever be defended by Your mighty power; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Please be seated

+ God Speaks to Us +

Old Testament Reading

1In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. ²Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. ³And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;the whole earth is full of his glory!”

4And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. ⁵And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”

6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. ⁷And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips;

your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

8And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”

Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

A This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

Sunday: Sanctuary Choir “Teach Me, O Lord”

Copyright 2009 Concordia Publishing House.. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Epistle Reading

Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.

13Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. ¹⁴For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. ¹⁵What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.

16Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say

“Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? ¹⁷For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up. ¹⁸I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. ¹⁹Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

20Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

A This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

Please stand

Alleluia

P The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the fifth chapter.

C Glory to You, O Lord.

Holy Gospel

1On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on [Jesus] to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, ²and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. ³Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. ⁴And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” ⁵And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” ⁶And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. ⁷They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. ⁸But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” ⁹For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken,

10and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” ¹¹And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

P This is the Gospel of the Lord.

C Praise to You, O Christ.

Please be seated

Hymn of the Day “O Christ, Who Called the Twelve” Hymn 856

Text: © 1993 GIA Publications, Inc. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110001430 Tune: Public domain

Sermon

Please stand

+ We Respond to God's Word +

Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, His 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 into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life T everlasting. Amen.

Sunday: Children’s Message

Offertory Hymn “God’s Own Child, I Gladly Say It” v. 1 Hymn 594

Text: © 1991 Robert E. Voelker. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110001430 Tune: Public domain

Prayers of the Church

+ God Serves Us His Holy Feast +

Preface

C And also with you.

P Lift up your hearts.

C We lift them to the Lord.

P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

C It is right to give Him thanks and praise.

P It is right that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, O Lord, holy Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord, whose body and blood reveals Your love for us.

Therefore, with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we glorify Your name and praise You singing:

Sanctus

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.

The Words of Our Lord

Pax Domini

P The peace of the Lord be with you always.

C Amen.

Agnus Dei

Please be seated

Distribution

Communion Statement

As a Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) church, we believe and confess that through the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper we receive the true body and blood of Christ in, with, and under the elements of bread and wine. As we commune with faith and repentance, we receive the forgiveness of sins and power to amend our sinful lives. If you would like to commune with us but are not a member of a church in fellowship with the LCMS, we ask that you schedule a visit with our pastor before communing. Our communion practice is not intended to exclude anyone, but rather to make certain that we, in love, faithfully administer the sacrament according to Christ’s institution.

If you are not communing, but wish to come forward to receive a blessing, please fold both arms across your heart. Children are also encouraged to come forward for a blessing.

8:00: Music During the Distribution

“Jesus Sinners Doth Receive” LSB 609

“Voices Raised to You We Offer” LSB 795

“O God, Forsake Me Not” LSB 731

Please stand

Nunc Dimittis

Post-Communion Prayer

P Father in heaven, You have filled us with the real presence of Your Son Jesus Christ, make our lives to shine with His love; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

+ God Sends Us Out +

Benedicamus

P Let us bless the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

Benediction

P The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord look upon you with favor and T give you peace.

C Amen.

Please be seated

Closing Hymn “’Come, Follow Me,’ the Savior Spake” Hymn 688

Text and tune: Public domain

Silent Prayer Dismissal

P Go in peace. Serve the Lord.

C Thanks be to God!

Announcements and Welcome

Additional announcements and other Trinity information are available in the weekly newsletter entitled “Trinity News” that can be found on trinitypeoria.com

Guests and visitors, thank you for worshiping with the family of God at Trinity. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about Trinity please call, text, or email Pastor Synnott at (713) 302-6908, pastorsynnott@trinitypeoria.com.

Offering

Your offering can be put in the drop boxes near the sanctuary exits.

You can also make your gift to the church through Trinity’s app, Trinity Peoria, which can be downloaded through Google Play and iTunes. Download the app and follow the directions under the GIVE button.

Postlude

Acknowledgments: Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.

T ALTAR FLOWERS are given by Mark and Deborah Morrow to God's glory and in honor of their anniversary.

Weekly Trinity Prayer Sheet

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Submitting Prayer Requests

Call, text, or email Pastor Nelson (309) 453-7231; pastornelson@trinitypeoria.com

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Members who are ill /recovering: Jan Kiesgen • Jerry Thies • Kathie Galleciez • Connie Wagner • Pauline Bennington • Jameson Meeker

Others who are ill /recovering: Oleta Wells (grandmother of Trista Crady)

Members who are ill with cancer: Nelson Teichmann • Norm Fauber • Jayme Knapp Others we know who are ill with cancer: Susi Maddox (sister of Kim Book)

Family & friends mourning the death of:

Family & friends celebrating the birth of:

Mission of the Month: Peoria Rescue Mission - Esther House

Our shut-ins, anniversaries and those serving in the armed forces are printed in the Trinity News.

* prayed for verbally the previous weekend. Others who are ill /recovering or we know who are ill with cancer will be included for 2 weeks.