“. . . to do all the good we can”

LABYRINTHMeditation after Postlude

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Our Mission is grow passionate disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of our world

*Timeless:" " Connection with Ancient-Modern expression of worship *Traditional:" " Traditions of Trinity and Methodist Heritage " " " *Transforming:"Spiritual Education and Spiritual Formation

“To Do All The Good We Can.”

WELCOME TO TRINITY

WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE HERE! " " " " " " " " Philip Hooper" " " " " " " " " " " " Trinity United Methodist is distinctively Christian, yet we believe God is larger than our theology and tradition. Our aim is to grow passionate disciples of Jesus for the transformation of our world.

Whatever your thoughts on church, whatever your beliefs on God," you are welcome at Trinity

SPECIAL CARE PERSON—This week we lift up Debbie Kempf. Debbie is our cleaning and maintenance worker. She is having both knees replaced on February 11. She will be in need of many prayers as she heals following surgery.  Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you,

Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10

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CALL TO WORSHIP Kaitlin

Come and see! God’s light is shining brightly.! God’s light shines in us.When we honor God’s commandments,! God’s light shines in us.When we feed the hungry and give to those in need,! God’s light shines in us.When we show mercy and compassion,! God’s light shines in us.We are the light of the world!! God’s light shines in us. Amen.

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CENTERING WORDS True worship leads us from reflection to action. God calls us to raise our voices and shine our lights as people of justice, mercy and peace.

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PRELUDE

Fairest Lord Jesus

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OPENING PRAYER The Lord be with you,! and also with youLet us pray:

Luminous God, we give thanks     for this Epiphany season of light.When fear casts shadows in our lives,     open our hearts to your radiance.Shine on us, shine in us,     and shine through us.Make us beams of justice, mercy and love,     that we may brighten your world. Amen.

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OPENING HYMN # 145" " " " Morning Has Broken

1. Morning has broken like the first morning; blackbird has spoken like the first bird.. Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word!

2. Sweet the rain’s new fall sunlit from heaven, like the first dewfall on the first grass. Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, sprung in completeness where his feet pass.

3. Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning born of the one light Eden saw play! Praise with elation, praise every morning, God’s recreation of the new day!

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INTRODUCTION

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FIRST LESSON Isaiah 58: 1-9a (9b-12)" " " " " " " " " " " " " Terri KendallShout out, do not hold back!   Lift up your voice like a trumpet!Announce to my people their rebellion,   to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet day after day they seek me   and delight to know my ways,as if they were a nation that practised righteousness   and did not forsake the ordinance of their God;they ask of me righteous judgements,   they delight to draw near to God. ‘Why do we fast, but you do not see?   Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?’Look, you serve your own interest on your fast-day,   and oppress all your workers. Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight   and to strike with a wicked fist.Such fasting as you do today   will not make your voice heard on high. Is such the fast that I choose,   a day to humble oneself?Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush,

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   and to lie in sackcloth and ashes?Will you call this a fast,   a day acceptable to the Lord?

Is not this the fast that I choose:   to loose the bonds of injustice,   to undo the thongs of the yoke,to let the oppressed go free,   and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,   and bring the homeless poor into your house;when you see the naked, to cover them,   and not to hide yourself from your own kin? Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,   and your healing shall spring up quickly;your vindicator shall go before you,   the glory of the Lord shall be your rearguard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;   you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.

If you remove the yoke from among you,   the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,

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Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;   you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.

If you remove the yoke from among you,   the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if you offer your food to the hungry   and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,then your light shall rise in the darkness   and your gloom be like the noonday. The Lord will guide you continually,   and satisfy your needs in parched places,   and make your bones strong;and you shall be like a watered garden,   like a spring of water,   whose waters never fail. Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;   you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;you shall be called the repairer of the breach,   the restorer of streets to live in.

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PSALTER # 833" " " " " Psalm 112: 1-10

Light rises in darkness when justice rules our lives.

Praise the Lord.Blessed are those who fear the Lord,who greatly delight in God’s commandments!! Their descendants will be mighty in the land;! the generation of the upright will be blessed.Wealth and riches are in their house,and their righteousness endures for ever.! They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright;! they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.It is well with those who deal generously and lend,who conduct their affairs with justice." For the righteous shall never be moved;! they will be remembered for ever.

 Light rises in darkness when justice rules our lives.

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They are not afraid of evil tidings;their hearts are firm, trusting in the Lord.

" When they see their adversaries,! their hearts are steady, they will not be afraid.

They have distributed freely, they have given to the poor;their righteousness endures for ever;their horn is exalted in honor." The wicked see it and are angry;! they gnash their teeth and melt away;! the desire of the wicked comes to nothing.

R:!Light rises in darkness when justice rules our lives.

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SECOND LESSON 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)" " " " " " " " " " " " " Terri Kendall

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wis-dom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.

Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written,

‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,   nor the human heart conceived,what God has prepared for those who love him’—

these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches every-thing, even the depths of God. For what human being knows what is truly human ex-cept the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit

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that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, in-terpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.

Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolish-ness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are discerned spiritually. Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny. ‘For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?’ But we have the mind of Christ.

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HYMN #189" " " " Fairest Lord Jesus

1. "Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature, O thou of God and man the Son, thee will I cherish, thee will I honor, thou, my soul’s glory, joy, and crown.

2. "Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands, robed in the blooming garb of spring: Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, who makes the woeful heart to sing.

3. "Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight, and all the twinkling starry host: Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer than all the angels heaven can boast.

4. "Beautiful Savior! Lord of all the nations! Son of God and Son of Man! Glory and honor, praise, adoration, now and forevermore be thine.

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* GOSPELMatthew 5: 13-20

‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be re-stored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot.‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden. No one after light-ing a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lamp stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

‘Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the king-dom of heaven.

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* Musical Offering

The Earth AwakesPhilip Young

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* MESSAGETikkun Olam Rev. Dr. Todd A. Gile

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PASTORAL PRAYER Pastoral Prayer"

THE LORD’S PRAYER—#895"

"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, the power and the glory for ever. Amen

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Offering ! ! Offertory♰! ! Doxology—Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; ! ! ! ! ! praise Him, all creatures here below; ! ! ! ! ! praise Him above, ye heavenly host; ! ! ! ! ! praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

! ! Offertory Prayer--! ! ! Gracious God, through these gifts, given freely—! ! ! We offer all we have and all we are,   ! ! ! !  that your light might break forth in us.  ! ! ! !    may the hungry be fed,         ! ! ! the homeless receive shelter,              ! !  and the mistreated be set free.! ! ! Amen.

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NEW MEMBERS " Heather Bryant — Kelly Platt

RECEPTION INTO THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH As members of Christ's universal Church,will you be loyal to The United Methodist Church, and do all in your power to strengthen its ministries? I will.

RECEPTION INTO THE LOCAL CONGREGATION As members of this congregation, will you faithfully participate in its ministries by your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service, and witness? CONGREGATION’S WELCOME I will. Members of the household of God,I commend these persons to your love and care.Do all in your power to increase their faith, confirm their hope, and perfect them in love. We give thanks for all that God has already given you and we welcome you in Christian love.

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As members together with you in the body of Christand in this congregation of The United Methodist Church, we renew our covenant faithfully to participate in the ministries of the Church by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, and our service, and witness that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ.

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CLOSING HYMN # 163" " " " Ask Ye What Great Things I Know

1. " Ask ye what great thing I know, that delights and stirs me so? " What the high reward I win? Whose the name I glory in? " Jesus Christ, the crucified.

2. "Who defeats my fiercest foes? Who consoles my saddest woes? " Who revives my fainting heart, healing all its hidden smart?" Jesus Christ, the crucified.

3. "Who is life in life to me? Who the death of death will be? " Who will place me on his right, with the countless hosts of light? " Jesus Christ, the crucified.

4. " This is that great thing I know; this delights and stirs me so: " faith in him who died to save, him who triumphed o’er the grave: " Jesus Christ, the crucified.

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BENEDICTION Shine, people of God, shine!Do not hide your light.Stand up and raise your heads.Open your mouths, your minds and your hearts.Take your worship out of these doors.Be gracious, merciful, and righteous.You are the light of the world. Shine!

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POSTLUDE

Tiento by Pablo Bruna

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LABYRINTH Some of you may have been to a church or a retreat center that had a labyrinth on the grounds. Walking the labyrinth is a way of praying with the body that invites the divine presence into an active conversation with the heart and soul. The labyrinth is a sacred pattern that leads you on a prescribed path to its center and back out again. As we walk along, we are invited to take note of our journey, the twists and turns, as they mirror our personal spiritual walks. We invite you to embark upon this journey of prayerful wandering, but you certainly don’t have to wait until your are standing at the opening of an actual life-sized labyrinth. Follow these steps and trace the labyrinth with your finger in order to focus your thoughts and open yourself up to the presence of God.

First Movement: Releasing (Confession)

Place your finger at the opening of the labyrinth. Pray silently prayer of confession. When finished, slowly move your finger forward along the labyrinth. Move at your own pace toward the center. Let the words of the prayer stay with you. Quiet your mind as you move through the labyrinth. Make room for emotions and stirrings that arise. What needs to be changed, forgiven, cleared, confronted, or healed in your life? Offer these situations to God as you move forward.

Second Movement: Receiving (Centering)

When you reach the center, rest your finger there for a moment before you read a scripture reading for the day. When you are ready, read the passage slowly, as if you have never read it before. Center on Gods Word and be open to what God reveals to you through the reading. Return you finger to the center of the labyrinth and reflect on the passage and what it holds for you.

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Third Movement: Returning (Intercession)

As you prepare to leave the labyrinth, place your finger at the same opening in the center where you entered. Now lift up your intercessory prayers for the day and when finished, begin to move your finger back along the same path on which you entered. Let the intercessory prayers stay with you, and add to them as you make the turns and move along the pattern back out of the labyrinth. Be mindful of people and circumstances in the world that are in need of your prayers. Hold each one in your heart for a part of the journey outward.

When you have finished…

As you lift your finger from the labyrinths end, offer thanks to God.

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Lead Pastor Rev. Dr. Todd A. GileCommunity Development Pastor Rev. Kaitlin Moore MorleyOffice Administrator Jean MasonFinancial Secretary Kelly WallsMusic Director Tom DruryChoir Director Andrea DruryHospitality Sharon NorvellPart time Maintenance Debbie Kemp & David Bell

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