June 7 and 8, 2020

Trinity Sunday

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TODAY’S WORSHIP FOCUS

We believe in the Triune God. The mystery of God’s nature is

not revealed for us to comprehend, but to believe so that we

see the gracious nature of God. Today, on Trinity Sunday, we

proclaim the incomprehensible. What we don’t understand, we

accept by faith!

Worship Information

Welcome to worship at Good Shepherd’s Lutheran Church.

• If your child becomes restless while sitting with you during the service, we

have a room on the lower level. Ask an usher if you need assistance.

• If you are hearing impaired, we are equipped with an audio induction loop

assistive listening system. Please switch your hearing aid to “T” or request

assistance from an usher.

WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD

I rejoiced with those who said to me,

“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

Psalm 122:1

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The Invocation

recalls the words

of Holy Baptism

where the Triune

God put his

name on us.

The Greeting

expresses the

Christian love

that exists in a

congregation,

and is from 2

Corinthians

13:14.

OPENING HYMN

326 | May the Grace of Christ Our Savior

PLEASE STAND

INVOCATION AND GREETING

Minister: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the

Holy Spirit.

Congregation: Amen.

M: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the

fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.

C: And also with you.

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CONFESSION OF SINS

M: We have come into the presence of God, who created us to love

and serve him as his dear children. But we have disobeyed him

and deserve only his wrath and punishment. Therefore, let us

confess our sins to him and plead for his mercy.

C: Merciful Father in heaven, I am altogether sinful from birth.

In countless ways I have sinned against you and do not

deserve to be called your child. But trusting in Jesus, my

Savior, I pray: Have mercy on me according to your unfailing

love. Cleanse me from my sin, and take away my guilt.

M: God, our heavenly Father, has forgiven all your sins. By the

perfect life and innocent death of our Lord Jesus Christ, he has

removed your guilt forever. You are his own dear child. May God

give you strength to live according to his will.

C: Amen.

SONG OF PRAISE

Oh, Taste and See

Confession and

Absolution are a

significant and

powerful part of

a worship

service. By faith,

you can hear

God’s voice

speaking words

of forgiveness!

This canticle is

based on Psalm

34:8 and Psalm

119:89. This is a

joyful song —

we have just

heard that our

sins are forgiven;

we are about to

hear the Word

of God. What

better reason to

praise the Lord!

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PRAYER OF THE DAY

M: Let us pray.

Almighty God and Father, dwelling in majesty and mystery, filling

and renewing all creation by your eternal Spirit, and manifesting

your saving grace through our Lord Jesus Christ: in mercy cleanse

our hearts and lips that, free from doubt and fear, we may ever

worship you, one true immortal God, with your Son and the Holy

Spirit, living and reigning, now and forever.

PLEASE BE SEATED

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FIRST LESSON Genesis 1:1–2:3

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now

the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of

the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw

that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And

there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

And God said, “Let there be an expanse

between the waters to separate water from

water.” So God made the expanse and

separated the water under the expanse from

the water above it. And it was so. God called

the expanse “sky.” And there was evening,

and there was morning—the second day.

And God said, “Let the water under the

sky be gathered to one place, and let dry

ground appear.” And it was so. God called

the dry ground “land,” and the gathered

waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it

was good.

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing

plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according

to their various kinds.” And it was so. The land produced vegetation:

plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit

with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to

separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark

seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of

the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great

When we read

the account of

creation, we see

all three persons

of the Godhead

at work. God—

Father, Son and

Holy Spirit—

created a home

for the crown of

his creation. The

Trinity was

speaking to itself

and of itself in

the amazing

words that

displayed God’s

intent for

humankind: Let

us make man in

our image. The

Triune God

planned for

creation’s crown

to conform to

His image.

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lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to

govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the

expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and

the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it

was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth

day.

And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let

birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” So God

created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving

thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every

winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God

blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the

water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” And there

was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to

their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild

animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. God made the wild

animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds,

and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their

kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness,

and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over

the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move

along the ground.”

So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

male and female he created them.

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in

number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and

the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the

ground.”

Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face

of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They

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will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the

birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—

everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for

food.” And it was so.

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there

was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast

array.

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been

doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God

blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested

from all the work of creating that he had done.

PSALM OF THE DAY

Psalm 150

Praise God in his sanctuary;*

praise him in his mighty heavens.

Praise him for his acts of power;*

praise him for his surpassing greatness.

Refrain

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Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,*

praise him with the harp and lyre,

praise him with tambourine and dancing,*

praise him with strings and flute,

praise him with the clash of cymbals,*

praise him with resounding cymbals.

Refrain

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.*

Praise the LORD.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son*

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning,*

is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Refrain

SECOND LESSON 2 Corinthians 13:11–14

Finally, brothers, good-by. Aim for perfection, listen to my

appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace

will be with you.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints send their

greetings.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and

the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

The grace, the

love, the

fellowship. That

is the story of

the Trinity in the

lives of believers.

Grace is that

which we don’t

deserve; God’s

love is what

drove it; our

fellowship with

God and with

each other is its

result.

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This creed is

named after St.

Athanasius, a

staunch defender

of the Christian

faith in the 4th

century. It

refutes two

errors. One error

denied that

God’s Son and

the Holy Spirit

are of one being

with the Father.

The other error

denied that Jesus

Christ is true

God and true

man in one

person.

The section of

the Athanasian

Creed included

here is the

portion that

confesses the

Bible’s teaching

about the Triune

God. A

translation of the

entire text of the

Athanasian

Creed may be

found on pages

132-133 our

hymnal.

Athanasian Creed

M: Whoever wishes to be saved must, above all else, hold to the true

Christian faith. Whoever does not keep this faith pure in all points

will certainly perish forever. Now this is the true Christian faith:

C: We worship one God in three persons and three persons in

one God, without mixing the persons or dividing the divine

being.

M: For each person—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—is

distinct,

C: but the deity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one, equal

in glory and coeternal in majesty.

M: What the Father is, so is the Son, and so is the Holy Spirit.

C: The Father is uncreated, the Son uncreated, the Holy Spirit

uncreated; the Father is infinite, the Son infinite, the Holy

Spirit infinite; the Father is eternal, the Son eternal, the Holy

Spirit eternal;

M: yet they are not three who are eternal, but there is one who is

eternal, just as they are not three who are uncreated, nor three

who are infinite,

C: but there is one who is uncreated and one who is infinite.

M: In the same way the Father is almighty, the Son is almighty, the

Holy Spirit is almighty; yet they are not three who are almighty,

but there is one who is almighty.

C: So the Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God;

yet they are not three Gods, but one God.

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M: So the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, the Holy Spirit is Lord; yet

they are not three Lords, but one Lord. For just as Christian truth

compels us to confess each person individually to be God and

Lord,

C: so the true Christian faith forbids us to speak of three Gods or

three Lords.

M: The Father is neither made nor created nor begotten of anyone.

The Son is neither made nor created, but is begotten of the Father

alone. The Holy Spirit is neither made nor created nor begotten,

but proceeds from the Father and the Son.

C: So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three

Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits.

M: And within this Trinity none comes before or after; none is greater

or inferior, but all three persons are coequal and coeternal, so

that, in every way, as stated before, all three persons are to be

worshiped as one God and one God worshiped as three persons.

C: Whoever wishes to be saved must have this conviction of the

Trinity.

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HYMN OF THE DAY

195 | Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty

When the

Prophet Isaiah

had a vision of

heaven (Isaiah

6), he heard the

holy angels

singing to the

Lord, “Holy,

Holy, Holy.”

With this hymn

we join the

angelic choir to

praise the Triune

God!

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SERMON Matthew 28:16-20

A Most Profound Mystery and a Most Profound Love

Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where

Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him;

but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority

in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make

disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and

of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey

everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always,

to the very end of the age.”

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Hymn

I Believe In God the Father

C: s I believe in God the Father,

Maker of the heav’n and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, our Savior,

God's own Son of human birth.

Virgin-born, the Lord incarnate,

Whom the Spirit did conceive;

Suffered under Pontius Pilate;

He’s the God whom I believe!

Crucified, was dead and buried;

Down to hell in victory;

From the dead he rose the third day;

Up to heav'n triumphantly.

There at God's right hand he's ruling,

By his will the world is led.

He will come to judge the nations,

Both the living and the dead.

I believe in God the Spirit,

In his Church, his chosen band.

They are joined in sweet communion,

Holy in his sight they stand.

I believe in sins forgiven;

I believe I'll rise again;

I believe in life eternal.

Amen! Amen! Amen!

This hymn is a

musical setting of

the Apostles’

Creed.

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PLEASE STAND

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

M: Triune God, you are one eternal God, whose name we praise

forever. We could not have known you, our only Savior, if you

had not revealed yourself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—

three persons, yet one God. Remove from us all unbelief and

grant us humble faith as we contemplate this high and holy

mystery. Scatter all those who are wise in their own thoughts,

and give us a simple, childlike trust to worship you, Trinity in

Unity and Unity in Trinity. Lord, in your mercy,

C: Hear our prayer.

M: Heavenly Father, Author of creation, we give you thanks for

permitting us to live in your beautiful world. For lofty skies, the

warmth and energy of the sun, summer and winter, and day and

night,

C: We give you thanks!

M: For the evidence of your power which is revealed in towering

mountain peaks, ocean tides, the lightning of a storm, mighty

rushing winds, and all the subtle mysteries of your creation,

C: We give you thanks!

M: For your perfect love which provides for all our needs, and

protects us from all danger,

C: We give you thanks!

M: O Jesus Christ, you are the Author and Finisher of our salvation.

For redeeming us from the power of Satan, for freeing us from

slavery to sin, and for opening wide the gates of everlasting life,

C: We give you thanks!

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M: For showing us your will for our lives, for suffering and dying for

us, for rising from the dead in victory, and for giving our lives a

purpose by making us into your servants and witnesses,

C: We give you thanks!

M: O Holy Spirit, Source of faith, for calling us by the Gospel,

enlightening us with your gifts, for establishing the Christian

Church on earth, and for keeping us in the true faith,

C: We give you thanks!

Special prayers may be spoken here.

M: O Holy Trinity, you are the God of glory, the God of grace, and

the God of every blessing and comfort. From you and through

you and to you are all things. We rejoice to call you Father, Son,

and Holy Spirit and so praise your holy name forever.

C: Amen.

LORD’S PRAYER

C: 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 and the power and the glory

forever and ever. Amen.

PLEASE BE SEATED

Jesus taught us

this prayer. It

encompasses all

our spiritual

needs as well our

earthly needs —

“daily bread.”

Don’t let the

familiarity of the

prayer cause you

to lose sight of

the wonderful

content.

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HYMN

241 | Alleluia! Let Praises Ring

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PLEASE STAND

CLOSING PRAYER AND BENEDICTION

M: Almighty God, we thank you for teaching us the things you want

us to believe and do. Help us by your Holy Spirit to keep your

Word in pure hearts that we may be strengthened in faith,

guided in holiness, and comforted in life and in death, through

Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the

Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

M: Brothers and sisters, go in peace. Live in harmony with one

another. Serve the Lord with gladness.

The LORD bless you and keep you.

The LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The LORD look on you with favor and give you peace.

PLEASE BE SEATED

Note that in this

Old Testament

blessing the

name of the Lord

is repeated three

times. The

doctrine of the

Trinity is found in

all of the

Scriptures.

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Offering plates are available by the doors.

Please wait for an usher to dismiss your row.

We will not reuse this worship folder.

Please dispose of it for us. Thank you!

CLOSING HYMN

597 | May God the Father of Our Lord

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SERVING IN OUR SERVICE THIS MORNING

Presiding Minister Pastor Tim Wempner

Preacher Pastor Joshua Zarling

Worship Accompanist Nancy Weinkauf

Head Usher Lothar Hoffman

7:45 a.m. Usher Gerald Schultz

9:15 a.m. Ushers Mark Kuether and Michael Kuether

10:45 a.m. Ushers Jared Henning, Geoff Loper, and Paul Wilsmann

Monday Usher Mike Zarling

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Except as noted here, the text and tune of all hymns used in our worship service

are public domain | The text of st. 3 of hymn 326 ©1970 by GIA Publications,

Inc. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716451 All rights

reserved. | Oh, Taste and See tune and setting ©1993 Kermit G. Moldenhauer.

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716451 | Refrain to Psalm

150 by Walter Pelz © 1978 Augsburg Publishing House. Reprinted with

permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716451 All rights reserved. | Scripture

Lessons taken from Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright

©1973, 1978, 1984, by International Bible Society. Used by permission of

Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

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WEEKLY CALENDAR

(also on www.goodshepherds.net)

DATE TIME

Sunday (June 7) 7:45, 9:15, 10:45am Worship Services

12:00pm Voters’ Meeting

Monday (June 8) 6:30pm Worship Service

Wednesday (June 10) 6:30pm Coordinating Board

Thursday (June 11) 6:30pm Confirmation Service

Sunday (June 14) 7:45, 9:15, 10:45am Worship Services

Monday (June 15) 6:30pm Worship Service

Tuesday (June 16) 5:30pm Board of Stewardship

6:30pm Patricia Kleist Funeral

Attendance Last Sunday and Monday: 140

SERVING NEXT WEEK

Cleaning Team Team 9 (6/7 – 6/13): Marcia Mihm, Kevin and Michelle

Bush, Barb Dooley, Amanda Ramsey

Head Ushers Mike Peavy and Bob Behling

7:45 a.m. Ushers Keith Peavy and Don Roberts

9:15 a.m. Ushers Bob Manke, Denise Romenesko, and Linda Veldman

10:45 a.m. Ushers Ann Boonnam, Kevin Bush, and Mark C. Grepo

Monday Usher Ryan Hoffman

FROM THE TREASURER

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Member Unified Through May 1, 2020

Member Unified Needed ....................... $442,845

Member Unified Received ..................... $438,960

Member Unified Surplus/(Deficit) ....... $3,885

Church / Ministry Debt as of May 1, 2020

Starting Balance 7/1/2019 ..................... $256,808.19

Current Balance 1/1/2020 ...................... $247,296.12

Fiscal Year Principal Paid ........................ $9,512.07

Flowers are placed on the altar to the glory of God by Julie Kreckow in

celebration of our return to services at our church.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

A list of events can found at our website

www.goodshepherds.net

Worship Attendance - Because of limits to seating we are asking you to call the

church office if you will be attending a service next Sunday.

Confirmation - On Thursday, June 11, nine young people will be received into

Communicant membership. Unfortunately, we are not able to invite the

congregation to the service. May God bless these young people and keep

them in the faith.

Voters’ Meeting - Sunday, June 7, we will hold a Voters’ meeting to discuss and

approve the budget for the next fiscal year. We will also hold elections for

officers for the coming year. The meeting will be held at noon in the school

gym. All adult men and women are invited to attend.

Communion - We are planning to have the Lord's Supper in our public worship

services again on Sunday, June 28. We are waiting a little longer just to be

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sure that everyone is comfortable gathering together. In the meantime, if

you would like to receive the Sacrament privately, please contact the Church

office to set an appointment.

Taste and See - The WELS Missions office is excited to partner with the

Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society (LWMS) to host an online event

called Taste and See. Check the bulletin board in the entry for details of this

event beginning June 27.

Samaritan Partners, WELS caregiver support - On June 23, Samaritan Partners

caregivers will meet at St. John's Lutheran Church in Wauwatosa. They will

meet at 1:30pm outside at the gazebo off of the church parking lot. There

will be no guest speaker but just time to connect and catch up. If you plan

to attend, RSVP to Carol at 414-543-7532 or schatzy999@yahoo.com or

Paula at 262-782-0524. Attendees may bring their own lawn chair or sit in

the gazebo.

Volunteer Opportunity - Kingdom Workers is offering an opportunity for our

youth to learn construction skills. See the bulletin board in the entry for

details.

DEVOTIONS

Time of Grace can be seen Sundays at 10:30am on channel 58, CBS; 7:00am on

channel 41, ME-TV; on Thursday at 3:30pm on WWRS 52.

Daily Devotions - Sign up to receive devotions by email at wels.net/

servingyou/devotions.

For a DVD of today’s service please contact our church office.

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Good Shepherd’s Lutheran Church

1235 S 100th

Street

West Allis, Wisconsin 53214

www.goodshepherds.net

Timothy Wempner, Pastor ................. twempner@goodshepherds.net. ........ 414-774-1184

Joshua Zarling, Pastor ......................... jzarling@goodshepherds.net ............... 414-774-1184

Linda Veldman, Church Secretary ... church@goodshepherds.net ................ 414-774-1184

Michael Henning, Principal................ mhenning@goodshepherds.net ......... 414-774-1184, ext. 202

Lori Burow, School Secretary ............ school@goodshepherds.net ................. 414-774-1184

Shelly Nardi, Early Childcare ............. childcare@goodshepherds.net ............ 414-774-1184

Gary Schmid, Cong. President .......... Gary.Schmid@wlc.edu ............................. 414-333-6732

School Fax .......................................................................................................................... 414-443-9947