Trinity ChurchMay 15, 2016

PENTECOST SUNDAY

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NUT FREE POLICYTrinity Church is committed to actively pursuing a nut-free environment but cannot guarantee that thebuilding is always 100% free from any nut products or from products that may have been cross-contaminated by nuts. For this reason we urge any families with children who have allergies and anyfriends of these families to exercise vigilance when consuming any food products in the church building.

Bulletin cover illustration by Jessamyn Rubic. www.faithandleadership.com

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For Preparation"Too many Christians worship their work,

work at their play and play at their worship." -Anonymous

Today we begin a new series on Work, a fitting place towards which our attention isturned on Pentecost Sunday.Pentecost, as you will recall from Acts 2, was the coming of the Holy Spirit, in hisfullness, to indwell and empower believers in Jesus Christ to fulfill their calling asKingdom citizens.The Reformers, and especially the Puritans, placed great emphasis on the concept ofvocation, though they were careful to note that one's vocation should be distinguishedfrom one's occupation. For them, vocation, or calling, was that which sat at the center ofthe life of every believer, and that vocation was made up of two parts, namely to "lovethe Lord with all one's heart, mind, soul and strength, and to love one's neighbor asthemselves."Outside of this central vocation they noted that each person has four categories of rolesin which they work out their vocation. Those four categories were: Family, Church,Community, and Occupation. Under each of these four categories there were a myriadof applications available to each person as they were uniquely gifted and called. Here'sa chart that pictures this.

Beginning today and for the next few weeks, we are going to be exploring this concept ofvocation especially as it relates to our occupations, and what we hope to show is thatwork is good, that it matters to God, and that it is necessary within God's kingdom.So quiet your hearts and join us in praying for clarity, wisdom, and increased joy in ouroccupations.

Pastor Chris

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Worshiping the GodWho EmpowersHis People forMission

Welcome and Announcements

Prelude

Marveling In Our CreatorWe joyfully bring praise and adoration to the Maker of all things

Songs of Preparation (vs. 1-3) Breathe on Me, Breath of GodTrinity Hymnal #334

*Call to Worship—Ezekiel 36:24—27; Psalm 104:33

Leader: God, You have taken us from the nations and gatheredus from all the countries.

People: You have sprinkled clean water on us, and so we areclean from all our uncleannesses, and from all ouridols you have cleansed us.

Leader: And you have given us a new heart, and a new spirityou have put within us. The love of God has beenpoured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who hasbeen given to us!

All: We will sing to the LORD as long as we live! We willsing praise to our God while we have being!

*Song of Adoration Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It!Trinity Hymnal #701

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*Song of Adoration Create In Me A Clean Heartcomposer unknown

Create in me a clean heart, O God,And renew a right spirit within me.Create in me a clean heart, O God,And renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from Your presence, O God;Take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation;And renew a right spirit within me.

*Prayer of Adoration

Old Testament Reading—Jeremiah 29:4-7

“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom Ihave sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live inthem; plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sonsand daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters inmarriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and donot decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you intoexile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will findyour welfare."

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New Testament Reading—Acts 2:1-21The Spirit empowers the disciples for mission.

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. Andsuddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and itfilled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fireappeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled withthe Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave themutterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from everynation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and theywere bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his ownlanguage. And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all thesewho are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his ownnative language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents ofMesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia andPamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors fromRome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them tellingin our own tongues the mighty works of God.” And all were amazed andperplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” But others mockingsaid, “They are filled with new wine.” But Peter, standing with the eleven, liftedup his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell inJerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. For thesepeople are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: “‘And in the last days itshall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sonsand your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, andyour old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and femaleservants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. And Iwill show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood,and fire, and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moonto blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. Andit shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shallbe saved.’"

Leader: The Word of the Lord!

People: Thanks be to God!

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Mourning the RebellionWe grieve sin and confess our need of God

Call to Confession—Hebrews 12:1—2Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud ofwitnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clingsso closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is setbefore us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith,who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throneof God.

Season of Silent Confession

Celebrating RedemptionWe rejoice in our Savior and hear from his Word

Assurance of Pardon—2 Corinthians 5:17—21Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old haspassed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, whothrough Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry ofreconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world tohimself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrustingto us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we areambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. Weimplore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sakehe made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we mightbecome the righteousness of God.

Passing of the PeaceLeader: People of God, believe this gospel and know that you

are forgiven.People: Thanks be to the Lord!Leader: Now may the peace of Christ be with you all!People: And also with you!

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*Song of Assurance (vv. 1, 2, 4-6) Jesus, I My Cross Have TakenWords by Henry Lyte. Music by Mozart. alt by Bill Moore

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Pastoral Prayer

Tithes and Offerings(Children ages 4yr to 2nd grade may be excused for Children's Church in the PrK/K classroom.)

Offertory Song "Holy Spirit, Breath of God"Keith Getty and Stuart Townend

Sermon"Rejoicing the City"

Genesis 11:1-9; Proverbs 11:10Rev. Chris Polski

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The Hope of RestorationWe look forward and exalt the King who makes all things new

*Song of Hope Build Your Kingdom HereWords and Music by Rend Collective Experiment

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*Benediction

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Trinity Institute for Christian GrowthSunday School Today:Does someone in your family struggle with mental illness? Maybe you yourself do?The effects of the Fall are pervasive and have broken every part of creation,including our minds. All too often we forget that our brains are part of our body andbroken just like the rest of it. Worse still, we can mistreat those who suffer with amental illness rather than meeting them with the same grace we have been shown.In light of our ongoing focus on "Who is my neighbor?”, Licensed Counselor JamieMcCall will be teaching a two-week Sunday school series on mental illness. Theclass will draw from Scripture, literature, and anecdotes.

Upcoming Sunday School Class:From May 29-June 12 we will have a class on the topic of Apologetics.

Children/Youth/College Sunday SchoolClasses TeachersInfant Nursery Amy Mitchell, Katie Polski, Graham Behnke, Joan KwongToddlers & PreSchool Denise and Larry Steinbrueck, Ginny Glass, Josh Hendricks,

Tara Thomason, Barry BehnkePre K & K Debbie Highmark, Beth Kling, Melissa Jorgensen, Kathy

O'Neal1st & 2nd grade Kelsie Standerfer, Ellie Perry, Mimi Steele, Sue Freeman3rd, 4th & 5th grade Lenore Maglione, David & Mary HickmanJr. High Justin & Megan Talbert, Ryan & Danika HawkinsSr. High Justin & Megan Talbert, Ryan & Danika HawkinsCollege/Young Adults Duncan Highmark

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ThisWeek at Trinity May 15, 2016These are just announcement highlights. If you’d like to know more aboutTrinity connect with us in one of the following ways…

- By phone: 314/821-7311- On the web: www.trinitychurchkirkwood.org- Facebook: Trinity Church Kirkwood

Worship and General Church Information• Join us tonight at 5:45 in the Gathering Room for an hour-long worship service,

including the Lord's Supper. Next week we will resume our study on "Prayer."• We share in the Lord's Supper during our morning service on the 1st Sunday of

each month.• Jr. High Youth meets Sun. at 5:45pm. Sr. High meets Wed. at 7:30pm.• Volunteers next week: Nursery: G. Glass, J. Kooyman, B. Bowen, Meyers, S.

Shah. Back Up: Coulter Ushers: S. Mitchell, Younger, Thomason, Standerfer.Snack Volunteers: Gerstung and Jorgensen. More snack volunteers needed.

• Men's Study: This Friday, 7-8am. Coffee provided.• Ladies, our Ladies Connect evenings will be on hiatus until August. However

keep an eye out for coming fellowship opportunities. ThisWed. join us at9am for a walk through the Botanical Gardens. Meet at 9am in the lobby. Itwould be helpful if you let Amy Mitchell know if you plan to attend so we don'tleave anyone behind.

• Vacation Bible School will take place Monday, June 27 through Friday, July 1from 6-7:30pm for children age 3 (by Aug. 1, 2016 and potty trained) throughchildren who have completed the fourth grade. Register your friends andfamily today at: vbs.trinitychurchkirkwood.com. Volunteers still needed! Signup as a volunteer at the table in the hallway.

• We will be scheduling the Inquirer's Class for teens through adults the eveningof Jul. 8th and morning of Jul. 9th. An Inquirer's Class for reading age andabove children will also be offered the morning of Jul. 9th. If you areinterested in attending, please contact the church office.

• Trivia Night: THIS Friday, May 20th, 7-9pm. Cost: $15/individual or $80/table of8. All proceeds will support our youth mission trips to Chicago and Houston.See today's insert for more info.

• Men, mark your calendar for a Men's Retreat on the evening of Jun. 17th throughthe morning of Jun. 18th. More info coming.

Ministry Organization and Shepherding at TrinityTrinity’s ministries are organized around the core values in our purposestatement which reads: Trinity Church exists to exalt God’s name, establishGod’s people, equip God’s church and engage God’s world, in the power of theHoly Spirit and for the sake of the Risen King, Jesus Christ.Our Ministry Leadership Teams (MLT’s) have been organized around these threevalues (Exalt, Equip, Engage) plus an administrative value of Enable. Below arethe key people to be in contact with in regards to ministry questions. Contactinformation is available through the online directory.The EXALT MLT oversees Worship and Adult Christian Education.

Oversight Elder: Gary PetersonStaff: Chris Polski (Pulpit), Danika Hawkins (Interim Worship), MimiSteele (Choirs)

The EQUIP MLT oversees our ministries to Women, Men, SmallGroups and discipleship ministries.Oversight Elder: Bill KlingStaff: Nate Taylor (Small Groups), Chris Polski (Men)

The ENGAGE MLT oversees World Missions, US and Local Missions andall of Trinity’s ministries of outreach and evangelism.Oversight Elder: Jim TalentStaff: Nate Taylor (Local Missions), Andrew Kwong (World Missions)

The ENABLE MLT oversees the Diaconate, Finance Team, PersonnelTeam and any Special Workgroups like Strategic Planning andBuilding Campaigns.Oversight Elder: Chris FreemanStaff: Dan Bailey (Diaconal Chair), Sally Hunter (Bookkeeper), AmyMitchell (Administrative Assistant), Ron Bay (Ushers)

The ESTABLISH MLT oversees our ministries to Nursery, Children, Youth,Young Adults and Adult Sunday school.Oversight Elder: Duncan HighmarkStaff: Denise Steinbrueck (nursery), Beth Kling (Children), DanikaHawkins (Youth), Nate Taylor (Adult Sunday school).

Visit our website, www.trinitychurchkirkwood.orgPastors: Rev. Christopher Polski and Rev. Nathan TaylorTrinity Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America

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