Trinity Lutheran Church of Wichita

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

Franz-Jaegerstaetter_Last-Letter.pdf

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Dear Saints and Friends of Grace & Trinity,

Today the Church commemorates the first great Ecumenical Council that took place in Nicaea almost 1700 years ago. This is from the *Treasury of Daily Prayer:*
“*The first Council of Nicaea was convened in the early summer of AD 325 by Roman Emperor Constantine at what is today Iznik, Turkey. The emperor presided at the opening of the council. The council ruled against the Arians, who taught that Jesus was not the eternal Son of God but was created by the Father and was called Son of God because of His righteousness. The chief opponents of the Arians were Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, and his deacon, Athanasius. The council confessed the eternal divinity of Jesus and adopted the earliest version of the Nicene Creed, which in its entirety was adopted at the Council of Constantinople in AD 381.*”
If you’re not already aware of the Treasury of Daily Prayer, <www.cph.org/p-11350-treasury-of-daily-prayer-regular-edition.aspx> I cannot commend it highly enough! You’ll benefit as a family gathered around the book with daily readings, prayers, and being tied into the Church Year. As an individual, you might also like the APP called Pray Now <www.cph.org/p-18058-pray-now-app.aspx>.

*SUNDAY – TRINITY 1*
This Sunday is the Rich Man and Lazarus. It’s a picture of the Christian life–a picture that looks far different from that envisioned by Joel Osteen and others who would have us enjoy our “best life now”. No, we Christians are Lazarus, sitting at the gate of rich men who care nothing for anyone but themselves. This life is a life under the cross, marked by suffering and rejection. And for such a life, is there any better Psalm than the cry “How long, O Lord?” Psalm 13 is our Introit and it’s a beautiful prayer of faith from the depths of suffering and shame. While Lazarus suffers much in this life, he is never rejected by his Lord. Neither are you. You have clung to Moses and the Prophets and the promises that come from them. And your heart shall rejoice in the Lord’s salvation. *Join us over at Grace at 8am or Trinity at 11am* to rejoice with Lazarus and all the saints who find their rest in Christ. Bible study will be led by Pr. Metzger at Grace at 9:30am.

*For those not yet joining us in person*, here is the bulletin for Sunday <drive.google.com/file/d/1fziwxnW4ZhlgLlZcACcKybH87-iHfXRh/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/1wDE0ywJ7_ruvk9QHIiItnJ91qMy37AGS/view?usp=sharing> and the congregation at prayer <drive.google.com/file/d/1oqYan8Kh-2smNryz5sJkQ4opW56oVgwr/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 No Matins this week
· *Tuesday*:
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o *6:30pm* Grace Council Mtg.
· *Wednesday:*
o No Bible Study or Divine Service
o *7pm *Evening Prayer, Trinity
· *Friday:*
o No Private Absolution

*Other things…*
· ALTAR GUILD TRAINING SESSION! Join us *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.
· I had mentioned that I would include the texts we discussed in Bible Study last week in our Weekly Update. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to scan them. I’ll be sure to include them next week. What we discussed was a letter (perhaps the last one) sent by Franz Jaegerstatter 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.

Miss you all!
Many blessings and much joy to you all in Christ our life,
-Pastor