Worship is the main focus here at Trinity Lutheran. Our worship highlights service. God serves us as we join together to worship him. As we gather together around his Word he strengthens our faith, forgives our sins, gives us strength, answers our prayers, and fills our lives with purpose.
We serve God in our worship. We offer God our hymns and praises. We look to support efforts to keep Jesus shared in our community and send missionaries to places we can’t go.
Trinity Lutheran is a liturgical congregation. Many of the responses and prayers in liturgical worship are drawn from the Bible. We strive to make the most out of our rich heritage in liturgy and song. Our pastor wears a robe as a reminder that Christians are robed in Christ’s righteousness, and a stole as a reminder that as an ordained pastor he is yoked to Jesus who does all the work.
If you’re curious what our worship is like, I encourage you to come and see.
If you would like a detailed breakdown of what our worship is like, our worship looks like this:
Invocation. Our service begins with an invocation, as a reminder that where two or three are gathered, Jesus is there with us.
Confession and Absolution. We approach God with humility and confess our sins to him. God hears our confession and assures us our sins are forgiven.
Kyrie, Lord Have Mercy. We ask for God’s mercy on us in every aspect of our lives.
Gloria, Glory to God in the Highest. We sing a hymn of thanks for all our God has done for us.
Prayer. God invites us to pray and promises to hear our prayer and help us in our time of need.
Scripture lessons. We typically read several selections from the Old Testament, book of Psalms, the Gospels (the first four books of the New Testament), and the Epistles (the letters in the New Testament). Jesus says that faith comes from hearing the message and for that reason the Scripture lessons have a dominant role in our worship.
Hymn of the Day. This is a hymn that focuses on the appointed Gospel lesson for each Sunday.
Sermon. God’s Word is explained and applied to our lives.
Confession of Faith. We confess our faith and join Christians throughout the centuries as we say together the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds.
Lord’s Supper. Typically on the 1st and 3rd Sundays we celebrate the Lord’s Supper. We’ll ask you to wait to commune with us until we have the opportunity to share with you what our church teaches. As God asks us to approach his altar united in belief, we want to have the opportunity to share with you what we believe.
Benediction. We close the service with a blessing that has been used since the time of Moses. We pray that the Lord would bless you and keep you in his grace until you reach your heavenly goal.
