Trinity Lutheran Church of Wichita

*The Trinity Torch E-News*
*+ THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY +*
*July 23, 2023*
*Sunday Resources:*
Trinity Bulletin <www.tlcwichita.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-07-23-Trinity-7.pdf>
Congregation At Prayer <www.tlcwichita.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-7-23-The-Seventh-Sunday-after-Trinity.pdf>
News & Notes <www.tlcwichita.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/07-23-23-News-Notes.pdf>
*Sunday Catechesis:*
+ The Gospel of John
*Wednesday Catechesis:*
+ The Book of Genesis
*Week of July 23 – 29:*
+ *Higher Things Youth Conference *(Monday 24 – Saturday 29)* (San Antonio, TX) **Pastor Filipek will be gone with our youth*
+ ******No Matins, Private Confession, Wednesday Catechesis, Wednesday Divine Service this week******
+ *Evening Prayer**: Pastor Metzger will lead Evening Prayer on Wednesday, July 26 @ 7 pm*
*Upcoming Events:*
+ *Trinity Voter’s Meeting August 13 *
Please mark your calendars. On August 13 we there will be a voter’s meeting after Sunday morning Bible Study. There will be lunch before the meeting.
+ *Pastor Michael Brockman Installation*
CAW is pleased to announce that we will be installing the Rev. Michael Brockman as Chaplain of Concordia Academy Wichita on Sunday, August 20.

*”You are invited to the Installation of Rev. Michael Brockman as the Chaplain of Concordia Academy – Wichita on Sunday, August 20 at 5pm. Vespers Service will be held in the Immanuel Sanctuary with President Panzer preaching followed by a Welcome Meal and Back to School Dinner in the Fellowship Hall located at 909 S Market St, Wichita. Please RSVP to the CAW office by Wednesday, August 16 at 316-202-8989 or CAW_info@concordiaacademywichita.org <CAW_info@concordiaacademywichita.org>”*
+ *OMT Theological Reading Group*
*Tuesday, August *(Trinity)
8:30 am Matins
9:15 am Reading Discussion
11:15 am Prayer
11:30 am Lunch
*Reading Assignment:*
*Due:* Schalk, Carl., *Singing the Church’s Song: Essays and Occasional Writings On Church Music*. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Lutheran University Press, 2015. (272 pages)
*Announcements:*
+ *Lutheran Witness Magazine*
Would you like to subscribe to the Lutheran Witness Magazine?
Every month, the *Lutheran Witness *brings you news, stories, and essays that aim to encourage you in your faith, clarify God’s Word, and keep you informed. *As an added bonus, if you subscribe through your congregation your LW issues will also include the Kansas District insert, which brings you LCMS Kansas news, stories, and announcements. *

The *individual* rate of $30 applies when the congregation member pays their subscription fee directly to the church.

We strongly encourage members of the Kansas District to continue subscribing to the *Lutheran Witness* magazine, as there is important LCMS Kansas news and information shared each month in our District’s insert. *Click here* <kslcms.benchurl.com/c/l?u=FCC87C0&e=168DA76&c=5E474&t=0&l=2384AA23&email=CX81plOZNSx%2FLUSHInuUCBaIw4W6c2hcNyIeD9VsXLU%3D&seq=1> to view the 2023 Kansas LW May insert, as an example of what you will receive each month along with a *Lutheran Witness* subscription!
If you would like more information, please contact your church’s secretary. office@tlc.kscoxmail.com or call (316) 685-1571

+ *Homemade Food To Share*
There is a refrigerator where the old Dr. Pepper soda machine was. Inside the fridge contains individual bags and containers of homemade food. *Any member who would like a home cooked item or wants to share with someone who could also use one, they are free to take.*

Feel free to take when needed or contact the office for more information.

+ *Are You A Dillons Shopper?* Designate Trinity as your Dillons rewards charity online, using the code QG377. You will need to *designate Trinity every year* for this rewards program.
*Resources:*
+ *Issues, Etc.*
*For the week of July 23*
DAILY LUTHERAN CHAPEL SERVICE… You can listen to chapel services from Concordia Theological Seminary-Fort Wayne, IN live weekdays at 8:35 am Central and on-demand at issuesetc.org <r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001RY6Q1g9OAbXbdHI54kuxMKChsEJAcTVRVBdLeb4v2wH54hq-bEopOUG6Ho31Fh6lq6oJQ1cZ7GmnLcSPett0eEJU0-KKoq2cYQ6Xv5n-GNJyeIKaOJmHMNDyPRYLH4S6H8Ea6lQjljw=&c=ajtwNC332KBoMvsNPl0U3gA3ObtVtP…> and the Lutheran Public Radio mobile app. Listen Here <issuesetc.org/>
+ *Issues, Etc. Journal*
The latest *Issues, Etc. Journal* is out!

Was the 16th-century reformer Martin Luther innovating or in error when he added the word “alone” to his translation of Romans 3:28: “For we hold that one is justified by faith alone apart from works of the law”? Pastor Will Weedon answers that question in his article, “Sola Fide—By Faith Alone.”

Also in this edition, Dr. Donna Harrison recounts God’s persistent call out of Catholicism, Scientism, Mysticism and Evangelicalism through His Word into the Lutheran Confession.

*Click here <r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-54Ul80fZx11eq8rAqxaZyDsQYjC9meuPGdhXeV_NAmnFYS5Ka2Gr7bg0EVaToKICDA1jNXfIr0Di5c_Dl-xdHG9RwM6DvPAmMZtHgEtxh0hWURyWbByi2YJ1VhT10BWIiAZSN3LdJvIW33izDtYE6i5O3nY9fTXuBQtakGYQTNgN…>* to download the latest *Issues, Etc. Journal *for free.

+ *Christian Culture Magazine (FREE)!*
We teach and guide people to establish and maintain Christian culture in the home, Church, and state, specifically with an aim towards creating a school where Lutherans learn a classical, Christian education, and can meet, marry, and learn to raise families, support local congregations, and be the salt of the earth. Christian Culture: A Magazine for Lutherans.
*Read/Download for free*
Spring 2023 – Christian Culture (lutherclassical.org) <cc.lutherclassical.org/spring-2023/?blm_aid=3455815>
There are also a few hard copies in the narthex.
*Miscellaneous:*
+ *Immanuel Lutheran Church Secretary Position*
Job Opening- Parish Secretary at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wichita

With the upcoming retirement on Sept 29th of our long-time, faithful Parish Secretary, Immanuel
Lutheran Church is looking to fill this position. Part-time, 20-30 hours. If you’d like to apply, please email Carpenter24@Protonmail.com for an application and job description. For questions, please call Mike Carpenter at 316-217-7452.
+ *Helpful Links:*
Trinity Lutheran Church tlcwichita.org <www.tlcwichita.org/>
Concordia Academy Wichita Concordia Academy Wichita – Home <www.concordiaacademywichita.org/>
Kansas District LCMS LCMS Kansas District | (kslcms.org) <kslcms.org/>
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod LCMS.org – The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod <www.lcms.org/>
Eighth Day Books Eighth Day Books <www.eighthdaybooks.com/>
Eighth Day Institute Welcome to Eighth Day Institute <www.eighthdayinstitute.org/>
Concordia Publishing House Home – Concordia Publishing House (cph.org) <www.cph.org/>
Issues, Etc. issuesetc.org
Luther Classical College Luther Classical College <www.lutherclassical.org/>

*The Trinity Torch E-News*
*+ THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY +*
*July 16, 2023*
*Why?*

*Why does the church have stained-glass windows?*

Much of what passes for “stained glass” these days is actually painted glass, but it generally provides a similar effect, which is threefold. First, it provides an image to look at in a window, something on which to feast the eyes while in church. This is a good thing, because there ought to be plenty of things to look at while at worship. A church which has little or nothing to look at is not taking advantage of one of the two most prominent senses God has given us. St. Paul encourages attention to things of beauty: “Whatsoever things are lovely . . . think on these things” (Phil. 4:8). To fill the eyes with beautiful things at worship is to remind the faithful of the temple whose gate was called “Beautiful” (Acts 3:2), and that in turn reminds them that God Himself is the author of beauty. Moreover, this sense of beauty serves to remind the faithful of the beauty of the incarnation of God. Christ has become flesh, and so has adorned the earth with His own eternal beauty. Should we not therefore attend to what is beautiful?
Secondly, the images portrayed in stained-glass windows are generally images from the Gospel, and thus the maxim comes to mind: “A picture is worth a thousand words.” To see an image of Jesus the Good Shepherd, or of Jesus healing someone, or of the resurrected Christ hailing Mary is to bring immediately to mind the most precious truths which give rise to these images; and so the Word of God, as pondered in the heart, has good effect.
Third, the use of light filtered through colored glass provides an effect which is very uncommon anywhere else in the world. Churches still have pretty much of a corner on the market for stained-glass windows, and so the message stands out – a message unspoken yet unmistakable – that this place is unlike any other place in the world. This is where heaven and earth meet (through Christ who is preached and administered here), where He who is the light of the world is shed abroad in our hearts. How fitting, then, that as sunlight is filtered through those windows, so the almighty God is “filtered” to us through His gracious word of life.

*Taken from Eckardt, Burnell. Why? A Layman’s Guide to the Liturgy. Malone, TX: Repristination Press, 1998 – 2005.*
*Sunday Resources: **(Readings, Sunday Summary, Weekly Calendar, etc. all included in the following links)*
Trinity Bulletin <www.tlcwichita.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-07-16-Trinity-6.pdf>
Congregation At Prayer <www.tlcwichita.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-7-16-The-Sixth-Sunday-after-Trinity.pdf>
News & Notes <www.tlcwichita.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/07-16-23-News-Notes.pdf>
*Sunday Catechesis:*
+ The Gospel of John
*Wednesday Catechesis:*
+ The Book of Genesis
*Upcoming Events:*
+ *OMT Theological Reading Group*
*Tuesday, July 18 *(Trinity)
8:30 am Matins
9:15 am Reading Discussion
11:15 am Prayer
11:30 am Lunch
*Reading Assignment:*
*Due:* Beckwith, Carl L. *The Holy Trinity. Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics Series.* Ft. Wayne, Indiana, The Luther Academy, 2016. (412 pages)
*Announcements:*
+ *LAST WEEK The Wheels on the Bus Fundraiser *in the Fellowship Hall – Would you be willing to donate a “lug nut” for $10; “spoke” for $25; or a “wheel” for $100? We have a BUS with envelopes for the different amounts in the fellowship hall. If you wish to participate, you select an envelope of your choice and return the envelope with your donation. This is to help send our youth to Higher Things Youth Conference July 25-28

+ *HOMEMADE FOOD TO SHARE*
There is a refrigerator where the old Dr. Pepper soda machine was. Inside the fridge contains individual bags and containers of homemade food. *Any member who would like a home cooked item or wants to share with someone who could also use one, they are free to take.*

Feel free to take when needed or contact the office for more information.

+ *ARE YOU A DILLONS SHOPPER?* Designate Trinity as your Dillons rewards charity online, using the code QG377. You will need to *designate Trinity every year* for this rewards program.
*Resources:*
+ *Issues, Etc.*
*For the week of July 16*
EDUCATING A NEW GENERATION OF LUTHERANS… Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show and podcast produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken. This week’s subjects include: The Movies “Sound of Freedom” and “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny;” An Attempt by Concordia University Texas to Reject the Governance & Oversight of the LCMS; Truth & Tolerance; Female Pastors & the Lutheran Church of Australia and more. You can listen on-demand at issuesetc.org <r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001x7WwHUvmUn8HidOrJOZMkgI3kwLCrYwyMT5F6qV_9wjQn7EfVMAgcLaWN3SoqY-EWe183JmD-au59DCmcfXGJ_Q2WEidUK8I0-vixoJg2TNw4Xu08gViOcpYc1zycqhfWtihuv11p8jFCEzfiH6_Hw==&c=CdW536VpE2cuGHdBdq…>, the LPR mobile app and your favorite podcast provider. Listen Here <issuesetc.org/>
*Miscellaneous:*
+ *Immanuel Lutheran Church Secretary Position*
Job Opening- Parish Secretary at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wichita

With the upcoming retirement on Sept 29th of our long-time, faithful Parish Secretary, Immanuel
Lutheran Church is looking to fill this position. Part-time, 20-30 hours. If you’d like to apply, please email Carpenter24@Protonmail.com for an application and job description. For questions, please call Mike Carpenter at 316-217-7452.
+ *Helpful Links:*
Trinity Lutheran Church tlcwichita.org <www.tlcwichita.org/>
Concordia Academy Wichita Concordia Academy Wichita – Home <www.concordiaacademywichita.org/>
Kansas District LCMS LCMS Kansas District | (kslcms.org) <kslcms.org/>
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod LCMS.org – The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod <www.lcms.org/>
Eighth Day Books Eighth Day Books <www.eighthdaybooks.com/>
Eighth Day Institute Welcome to Eighth Day Institute <www.eighthdayinstitute.org/>
Concordia Publishing House Home – Concordia Publishing House (cph.org) <www.cph.org/>
Issues, Etc. issuesetc.org
Luther Classical College Luther Classical College <www.lutherclassical.org/>

*The Trinity Torch E-News*
*+ THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY +*
*July 9, 2023*
*Why?*

*Why is church music so different from all other kinds of music?*

The music of the Church’s liturgy is very ancient in character, but that is not the chief reason it is so different. Rather, it is that the life of the Church is also very different from the life of this world. So the chanting of the words of the liturgy provides an instinctive awareness that here something is taking place which we do not find anywhere in the world. This is a different world, the world of faith and the Holy Ghost. Actually this way of singing, a way foreign to the ways of this world, arises out of the very Word of God. For the parts of the liturgy which we sing are generally portions of psalms. Most of the psalms came from King David, and David himself sang them when they first came forth. How did they sound when he sang them? We don’t exactly know, of course, but we do know that when St. Gregory the Great, in about the year A.D. 600 arranged for the compiling of the ancient psalm tones, he compiled the materials already well established in use, which had been taken over from the old synagogue. Thus the Gregorian psalm tones were based on earlier tones, and therefore it is quite likely that the way in which we chant the liturgy today, if it is Gregorian in style, sounds very similar to the way the words sounded when David first uttered them (except for the fact that he sang in Hebrew). Therefore the music of the liturgy does indeed come from another world: the world of the ancients, the world of David, the world of Christ, the world of the kingdom of heaven.

*Taken from Eckardt, Burnell. Why? A Layman’s Guide to the Liturgy. Malone, TX: Repristination Press, 1998 – 2005.*
*Sunday Resources: **(Readings, Sunday Summary, Weekly Calendar, etc. all included in the following links)*
Trinity Bulletin <www.tlcwichita.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-07-09-Trinity-5.pdf>
Congregation At Prayer <www.tlcwichita.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-7-09-The-Fifth-Sunday-after-Trinity.pdf>
News & Notes <www.tlcwichita.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/07-09-23-News-Notes.pdf>
*Sunday Catechesis:*
+ The Gospel of John
*Wednesday Catechesis:*
+ The Book of Genesis
*Feasts, Festivals, and Commemorations (July 2023)*
Lectionary Summaries – Feasts and Festivals <files.lcms.org/file/preview/G1MmzeM6FGzy4VOoKsjP5C9w4ify7t85?>
Commemoration Biographies <files.lcms.org/file/preview/Eqm0sBtilV1kI57LHE7XkLDDgl0mV2ng?>
16 [C] Ruth
20 [C] Elijah
21 [C] Ezekiel
22 [F] St. Mary Magdalene
25 [F] St. James the Elder, Apostle
28 [C] Johann Sebastian Bach, *Kantor*
29 [C] Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany
30 [C] Robert Barnes, *Confessor and Martyr*
31 [C] Joseph of Arimathea
*Upcoming Events:*
+ *OMT Theological Reading Group*
*Tuesday, July 18 *(Trinity)
8:30 am Matins
9:15 am Reading Discussion
11:15 am Prayer
11:30 am Lunch
*Reading Assignment:*
*Due:* Beckwith, Carl L. *The Holy Trinity. Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics Series.* Ft. Wayne, Indiana, The Luther Academy, 2016. (412 pages)
*Announcements:*
+ *New Book: Life In Christ by Pastor Adam Filipek (Pastor Aaron Filipek’s Brother) *
Rev. Dr. Adam Filipek, of Holy Cross and Immanuel Lutheran Churches, Lidgerwood, ND, has written a book for CPH that is now available. Life in Christ: Rooted, Woven, and Grafted into God’s Story provides a great walkthrough and overview of the Bible, the six chief parts of the catechism in their biblical contexts, the Sunday Divine Service, the Christian life, and even heaven and hell. The goal of the book is to increase biblical literacy and to cultivate a love of the one true God and a desire to dwell with Him through Word and Sacrament. This narrative approach increases biblical literacy, a love of liturgy, a deeper understanding of vocation, and a yearning for Christ’s return.
Order from CPH: www.cph.org/life-in-christ-rooted-woven-and-grafted-into-gods-story

Order from Amazon: t.ly/QGud

*Pastor Adam Filipek donated a copy to the Trinity library if you would like to check it out*

+ *The Wheels on the Bus Fundraiser *in the Fellowship Hall – Would you be willing to donate a “lug nut” for $10; “spoke” for $25; or a “wheel” for $100? We have a BUS with envelopes for the different amounts in the fellowship hall. If you wish to participate, you select an envelope of your choice and return the envelope with your donation. This is to help send our youth to Higher Things Youth Conference July 25-28

+ *HOMEMADE FOOD TO SHARE*
There is a refrigerator where the old Dr. Pepper soda machine was. Inside the fridge contains individual bags and containers of homemade food. *Any member who would like a home cooked item or wants to share with someone who could also use one, they are free to take.*

Feel free to take when needed or contact the office for more information.

+ *ARE YOU A DILLONS SHOPPER?* Designate Trinity as your Dillons rewards charity online, using the code QG377. You will need to *designate Trinity every year* for this rewards program.
*Resources:*
+ *Issues, Etc.*
*For the week of July 9*
TRUTH, GOODNESS & BEAUTY… Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show and podcast produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken. This week’s topics include: End Times Teachings, What Is Real Science? The Vocation of Midwife, Pastoral Care and more. You can listen at your convenience at issuesetc.org <r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0016yjpZ6tmzpLox5ziqhOY856b5RcUMnvMO2B-zvsCfCOtK0HiLAPSloYVQzhwKBvKp-VvoWVfQuaKy0KV3YdyiG8OugRd30hX_P8_i6qM6jIH00rnqXmBsSNoA_E6RAiYPf5twFvN03pEKopHG8z1Pg==&c=LR4ntYInaporPqPOJ-…>, the LPR mobile app and your favorite podcast provider. Listen Here <issuesetc.org/>
*Miscellaneous:*
+ *Garage Sale Fundraiser!* Immanuel Lutheran Church located at 909 S Market St, Wichita, will be holding their fundraising garage-sale July 13 and 14 from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. The sale is also going on the 15 th from 7:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Part of the proceeds from this garage sale will benefit the youth going to Higher Things this summer. Stop in and do some shopping!
+ *Immanuel Lutheran Church Secretary Position*
Job Opening- Parish Secretary at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wichita

With the upcoming retirement on Sept 29th of our long-time, faithful Parish Secretary, Immanuel
Lutheran Church is looking to fill this position. Part-time, 20-30 hours. If you’d like to apply, please email Carpenter24@Protonmail.com for an application and job description. For questions, please call Mike Carpenter at 316-217-7452.
+ *Kansas District Newsletter, Workers Together*
To view or print the June/July *Workers Together *issue, click/tap the following link: *Workers Together, June/July 2023.* <kslcms.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=F87DA6E&e=166160E&c=5E474&t=0&l=2384AA23&email=CX81plOZNSx%2FLUSHInuUCBaIw4W6c2hcNyIeD9VsXLU%3D&seq=1>
+ *Helpful Links:*
Trinity Lutheran Church tlcwichita.org <www.tlcwichita.org/>
Concordia Academy Wichita Concordia Academy Wichita – Home <www.concordiaacademywichita.org/>
Kansas District LCMS LCMS Kansas District | (kslcms.org) <kslcms.org/>
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod LCMS.org – The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod <www.lcms.org/>
Eighth Day Books Eighth Day Books <www.eighthdaybooks.com/>
Eighth Day Institute Welcome to Eighth Day Institute <www.eighthdayinstitute.org/>
Concordia Publishing House Home – Concordia Publishing House (cph.org) <www.cph.org/>
Issues, Etc. issuesetc.org
Luther Classical College Luther Classical College <www.lutherclassical.org/>