19 June 2020
*Friday after Trinity 1*
Dear Saints and Friends of Grace & Trinity,
*SUNDAY – TRINITY 2 – “The Sunday of the Great Banquet”*
We’re only our second week into the Trinity season and we’re already drinking deeply from Wisdom’s well—or, better yet, drinking deeply from Wisdom’s banquet wine. Wisdom in Proverbs is the voice of Christ. Just as we hear in the Gospel, the Lord throws a huge banquet and everything is now ready. He sends His prophets and apostles, his pastors and all those set as preachers of His feast. They go to the highways and by-ways, calling all to enter and proclaiming that all is set. He begs all to leave their simple ways of sin and simply rejoice in His gifts at the feast. However, excuse after excuse, we find our own rejection of these gifts, failing to hear the call as the voice of Wisdom and thus the voice of Christ. So, in need of Wisdom, which is the fear and love of the Lord, we are taught to pray this Sunday: “*O Lord, since You never fail to help and govern those whom You nurture in Your steadfast fear and love, work in us a perpetual fear and love of Your holy name.*” *Join us as we seek to heed Wisdom’s call at 8am at Grace and 11am at Trinity. Bible Study will be at 9:30am at Grace in between.*
*For those not yet joining us in person*, here is the bulletin for Sunday <drive.google.com/file/d/10lNuNutkXtRKb1CWqrCqA1bEVA4BoLJg/view?usp=sharing> to follow along with at home. Please remember to give your offering to the Lord for the service of the Church, either by mailing a check or donating through our PayPal account (Grace <www.paypal.com/donate/?token=wCot5F31B3BCMGc_rqa9rKq8o4vspj-2tWvShIKflafDuTF3_Gjx2kAzNprB-l0qv9Cl_0&country.x=US&locale.x=US> , Trinity <www.paypal.com/donate/?token=-eO1mBefdYdlIer9JaA1yKx2ArXPRES5imEdrbOsmYixnzIYVbQ8trBJ22NR0QldHiAuOG&country.x=US&locale.x=US>). I know this is a difficult financial time for many, so if you need assistance, please let us know! We are so thankful for the continued generosity shown to both congregations during this time. Also, attached are the news/notes <drive.google.com/file/d/1tScOOb04T0YVIoVFzIMGlY1lD-uJJWwT/view?usp=sharing> and the congregation at prayer <drive.google.com/file/d/1YfXiYPRKQySGZcOayJlNe_sSh-4tb3Ib/view?usp=sharing>for Sunday. If you’ve missed any of the services and don’t have FB, please see my YouTube channel <www.youtube.com/channel/UCps_zCiT4d-quSzrzhAEX0A/>.
*Coming up this week…*
· *Monday – Friday:*
o Matins is back daily at 9am starting Monday!
o Grace Elders Mtg., 5:30pm
· *Tuesday*:
o *9:00am* OMT at Trinity with Matins (*no Matins at Grace*)
o *7:00pm* Concordia Academy Board Mtg., Grace (*handbook review*)
· *Wednesday:*
o *9:30am *Bible Study, Grace
o *11:00am *Divine Service celebrating the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Grace
o *7pm *Evening Prayer, Trinity
· *Thursday: **Commemoration of the Augsburg Confession*
o *7:30pm *Hall of Men, the Ladder
· *Friday: **Commemoration of Jeremiah*
o *4-5pm* Private Absolution, Trinity
· *Saturday: **Commemoration of St. Cyril of Alexandria*
o *10-11:30am *Altar Guild Training Session, Grace
o *3:30pm *Trinity Elders Mtg., Trinity
*Other things…*
· ALTAR GUILD TRAINING SESSION! Join us next Saturday, *June 27th at 10am at Grace* for all the *what, why, and how* of caring for the altar. Whether you’re an old pro, newly enlisted, or simply curious to know more, please join us! This is open to all and will address both the practical side as well as the theology behind it. Invite a friend, bring a child, and learn the reverent joy that goes with our Lord’s gifts at the altar.
· Attached is the letter sent by Franz Jaegerstaetter to his wife and family before he was killed for refusing to swear the oath to Hitler. His story is incredibly powerful and can be seen in the movie *A Hidden Life.* If you get a chance, watch that movie. In the meantime, take a couple minutes to read this profoundly courageous letter. Also attached are the other readings we discussed: a note from Pr. Larry Beane, whose son committed suicide a month back and a letter from Basil the Great addressing just such a circumstance. Lord, have mercy!
*Prayer Requests…*
· Continued prayers for Margie Heath, who is recovering well over at Family Health and Rehab and hopes to return home (to Shawn’s) on Monday.
· Please keep Dick Lewallen in your prayers as his furlough has resulted in the loss of his job. Thank God that the Lord provides and we look for Him to continue that provision for Dick and Christie.
· Ginger Manchesian underwent a fairly extensive surgery this past week and is recovering at St. Francis. Please keep her in your prayers, too.
· Finally, thank you for all the very kind birthday wishes, notes, and voicemails this last week. It’s a joy to see the Lord’s constant care, year after year—much of which is through you. Thank you! (Oh, and thanksgiving for a safe return to Wichita!)
Look forward to seeing you all Sunday!
Many blessings and much joy to you all in Christ our life,
-Pastor
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