Event Information:
- Sun07Mar2021
Third Sunday in Lent
We invite you to worship with us during this pandemic either in-person or online.
LIVESTREAM video available at www.vimeo.com/trinityworcester
Holy Eucharist is offered in the Trinity Nave at 10:00 a.m. every Sunday. All attendees wear face-masks and follow posted physical distancing guidelines. Up to six singers with masks sing from the organ gallery during the liturgy. The assembly does not sing. We commune with the bread only, received directly from the Presiding Minister in mask and gloves. This worship service is also available to watch and hear online via our Vimeo channel or through our congregational website.
In light of the ongoing risk posed by the coronavirus we invite you to make a responsible and healthy decision regarding your participation in our worship. Lutherans teach and confess that Christ is present in the assembly gathered around the proclaimed Word of God, in the water and the Word of Holy Baptism, and in the shared meal of bread and wine at Holy Communion.
BIBLE READINGS, PSALM & SONG, & THEMES
Commemoration of Perpetua and Felicity and companions, martyrs at Carthage, 202
Exodus 20:1-17 The commandments given at Sinai
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Christ crucified, the wisdom of God
John 2:13-22 The cleansing of the temple
Psalmody: Psalm 19 The commandments of the Lord gives light to the eyes
Hymn of the Day: Hymn 637 Holy God, Holy and Glorious, NELSON
This Sunday’s Lenten readings—the ten commandments, Paul’s discussion of the foolishness of the cross, and the story of Jesus cleansing the temple—provide an occasion to think about the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. For Christians, Christ is always in the center of the conversation. Our baptism calls us to assemble in Christ, who is our temple.