Worship Schedule

We invite you to worship with us either in-person or online.

LIVESTREAM video available at www.vimeo.com/trinityworcester

Holy Eucharist is offered at Trinity Church on Sundays at 8:00 a.m. in Christ Chapel and at 10:00 a.m. in the Nave. The 10:00 a.m. worship service is also available to watch and hear online via our Vimeo channel or through our congregational website.

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

Isaiah 40:1-11 God’s coming to the exiles

2 Peter 3:8-15a Waiting for the day of God

Mark 1:1-8 John appears from the wilderness

Psalmody: 85:1-2, 8-13 Righteousness shall prepare a pathway for God

Hymn of the Day: ELW Hymn 256, Comfort, Comfort Now My People, FREU DICH SEHR

On the second Sunday of Advent, we light two candles on the wreath and we listen to John the Baptist, preaching, baptizing, and urging also us to prepare for the coming of Christ. The first reading from Isaiah is familiar to anyone who knows Handel’s Messiah, and the psalm includes the beloved line, “righteousness and peace have kissed each other.”

We invite you to worship with us either in-person or online.

LIVESTREAM video available at www.vimeo.com/trinityworcester

Holy Eucharist is offered at Trinity Church on Sundays at 8:00 a.m. in Christ Chapel and at 10:00 a.m. in the Nave. The 10:00 a.m. worship service is also available to watch and hear online via our Vimeo channel or through our congregational website.

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

Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Righteousness and praise flourish like a garden

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 Kept in faith until the coming of Christ

John 1:6-8, 19-28 A witness to the light

Psalmody: Psalm 126 The Lord has done great things for us

Hymn of the Day: ELW Hymn 241, O Lord, How Shall I Meet You, WIE SOLL ICH DICH EMPFANGEN

This coming Sunday we light three candles on the Advent wreath. While our society goes crazy with Christmas preparations and the northern hemisphere grows darker each day, we gather to wait for God to bring us into peace and light. In the gospel reading, John the Baptist calls us to make a pathway for Christ. The poem from Isaiah likens us to a bride or bridegroom dressing for our wedding day.

We invite you to worship with us either in-person or online.

LIVESTREAM video available at www.vimeo.com/trinityworcester

Holy Eucharist is offered at Trinity Church today at 10:00 a.m. in the Nave only. This service is also available to watch and hear online via our Vimeo channel or through our congregational website.

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

2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 God’s promise to David

Romans 16:25-27 The mystery revealed in Jesus Christ

Luke 1:26-38 The angel appears to Mary

Psalmody: Luke 1:46b-55 The angel appears to Mary

Hymn of the Day: ELW Hymn 258, Unexpected and Mysterious, ST. HELENA

This Sunday, we light all four candles of the Advent wreath, and we read the story from Luke about the angel Gabriel coming to Mary. Christians believe that in baptism we too are filled with the power of the Holy Spirit so that Christ will dwell in us. Despite what the shopping malls suggest to us, Christmas is not yet here: we still anticipate what Romans calls “the revelation of the mystery.”

We invite you to worship with us either in-person or online.

LIVESTREAM video available at www.vimeo.com/trinityworcester

Holy Eucharist is offered at Trinity Church this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. in the Nave only. This service is also available to watch and hear online via our Vimeo channel or through our congregational website.

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

Isaiah 61:10—62:3 Clothed in garments of salvation

Galatians 4:4-7 Children and heirs of God

Luke 2:22-40 The presentation of the child

Psalmody: Psalm 148 The splendor of the Lord is over earth and heaven

Hymn of the Day: ELW Hymn 417, In His Temple Now Behold Him, REGENT SQUARE

This Sunday we hear Luke’s story of the ritual at which the infant Jesus is presented in the temple and his mother Mary is “purified” after childbirth. Yet receiving them in the temple are Simeon and Anna, two old people who speak about the redemption that will come through Jesus’ death. When we celebrate Jesus’ birth, we remember his death.