February 1st

WELCOME AND LITURGY OF GATHERING 

Leader: Reading of Psalm 15 (FNV). This is the word of the Lord.

ALL: Thanks be to God.

Trinity is fostering a haven of belonging where wanderers and wonderers 

gather to discover and embody the love of Jesus in the world.

COMMUNAL SINGING

All Creatures of Our God and King

All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and with us sing
Oh, praise Him, Alleluia
Thou burning sun with golden beam
Thou silver moon with softer gleam
Oh, praise him
Oh, praise him
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia

Thou rushing wind that art so strong
Ye clouds that sail in heaven along
Oh, praise him, Alleluia
Thou rising moon in praise rejoice
Ye lights of evening find a voice
Oh, praise him
Oh, praise him
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia

Let all things their Creator bless
And worship Him in humbleness
Oh, praise him, Alleluia
Praise, praise the Father praise the Son
And praise the Spirit Three in One
Oh, praise him
Oh, praise him
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia

Spirit Move! (Keep on Moving)

The Spirit is moving over the waters of our tears

Our bodies are yearning for the joy of coming years

But the Spirit turns our empty groaning into prayer

Even now we wait in hope for what the Spirit bears

Spirit move!

Keep on moving

Creation is groaning with the pain of giving birth

A new life is coming, resurrecting all the earth

When we don’t know what to pray the Spirit groans for us

For the breaking of the day, that lifts us from the dust

Spirit move!

Keep on moving

So come, Holy Spirit, to the silence of our hearts

And sing out within us of the promises of God

We are weary with the years, but hope is being born

Even through our pain and fear, we’re waiting for the dawn

Spirit move!

Keep on moving

COMMUNITY CONFESSION

Leader: Day or night, it is always the right time to come before God,

ALL: For God already knows what lies in our hearts.

Leader: Let us offer up our hopes yet unmet:

ALL: For peace, for reconciliation, for grace.

Leader: Let us offer up the wrongs we have done:

ALL: Our greed, our apathy, our meanness.

Leader: Let us offer up the good we have left undone:

ALL: Forgiving another, offering mercy, choosing compassion.

Leader: And in silence, let us offer God the whole of our hearts.

Silence

Leader: Hear the good news: we are forgiven!

ALL: Thanks be to God.

BLESSING AND PASSING THE PEACE 

Adults: The Lord be with you!

Children and Kids Ministry Leader: And also with you! 

During this time we greet one another, recognizing that we are all a part of the body, as PreK-5th grade children are led to their ministry space. Younger children and youth remain, and are welcome, in the Gathering. Materials for toddlers are available and we understand that their presence means they will be heard, no need to worry about their vocal contributions.

SERMON NOTES

A People Re-Membered: Out of Line

Hide and Seek

Luke 2:41-52

• What feels playful to you in the text/story this week? What is Jesus revealing to you?

• How are you losing and finding yourself as you step into the text/story this week? What has been forgotten? What are you being called to re-member?

• How might God be inviting you/us to be fully human in this season? How might that overflow to those around you/us? How does this week’s text/story point toward being a people of God?

• Where/how might the Spirit be inviting you to bear witness to the good news this week?

* Description Card

*Womanism and Womanist Theology Resource Paper

*For additional discussion prompts visit the series page here.

LORD’S TABLE LITURGY

Leader: As we remember God’s persistence in offering grace to us, and celebrate the joy of following Jesus, we speak of the mystery we know as faith:

ALL: Christ died for all our sins; Christ was raised for all; Christ comes, to lead us into God’s presence.

Leader: Lord, we ask your Holy Spirit to bless these gifts of your grace and to transform us - your gathered people - to embody your love in the world.

*communion elements are gluten free, not allergen free

RESPONSE & OFFERING OF WORSHIP        

The Offering Basket

Prayer requests may be posted in the Zoom chat (Zoom participants) or written and placed in the offering basket.

All Will Be Well

When I am troubled

By the sorrows I see

When the weight of the world is heavy on me

Come close and tell me

"All will be well"

When I am weeping

Over what I have done

When my heart was asleep to the love of the Son

Savior, come tell me

"All will be well"

All will be, all will be, all will be well

All will be, all will be well

You promised all will be, all will be, I will be well

All will be, all will bе well

Oh, all will be well

Whеn I am frightened

Over what lies ahead

And I wake in the night to the tremor of dread

Draw near and tell me

That all will be well

Ooh, all will be, all will be, all will be well

All will be, all will be well

You promised all will be, all will be, I will be well

All will be, all will be well

Oh, You hold it all in the palm of Your hands

All of our sorrow and all of our sin

You hold the world and You're letting it spin

In Your mercy, all things will be well

Oh, all manner of things will be well

Oh, all will be, all will be, all will be well

All will be, all will be well

You promised all will be, all will be, all will be well

All will be, all will be well

All will be well

Oh, all will be well

When I am nearing

The end of my days

Jesus calm all of my fears with the sight of Your face

Let me hear You tell me

Tell me that all will be well

Tell me all will be well

Oh, all will be well

Ooh, all will be well

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sermon Series. The sermon series and resources for our new year series are posted online at www.indytrinity.org/sermon-series. In conjunction with the sermon series, Trinity Seasonal Small Groups in the winter will form around All The Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit of Dreams as Radical Resistance by ebonyjanice. The free audio book (and e-book) is available on Hoopla and Libby. Please contact the group host for more details and to generally RSVP. You are welcome to join the group that fits your schedule/needs. You are not bound by geographical location/parish. 

Mondays (every other) 5:45-7:15pm - Broad Ripple starting January 26th

Mondays 12-1pm - Fishers/Zoom starting February 9th

Wednesdays 7-9pm - Midtown/Downtown starting February 4th

Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm - Queer Affinity starting February 5th

Join the Community Conversation on Sunday, February 8th, (11:30am) right after the Gathering. This month, we'll talk about living with integrity in an unjust world—the everyday tensions many of us feel around work, money, technology, consumption, and the systems we're part of. This won't be a debate or a shame-filled checklist. We'll look to honestly discern, listen well, and consider what faithfulness can look like personally and collectively.

Enlace Academy Food Pantry - Enlace Academy is a K–8 school on the west side of Indianapolis serving nearly 700 students in a predominantly immigrant and multicultural community. Many families rely on the school’s food pantry, which serves 70–80 families and operates about twice a month. We are looking for volunteers to help with one (or both) of these shifts:

• Packing shift: 9:30am–1:00pm - Help receive the food bank delivery and pack bags for families.

• Distribution shift: 2:00pm–4:00pm - Help welcome families and carry bags and boxes out to cars. On occasion, clothing is also available for families.

Donations are also welcome, especially nonperishable food and toiletries. For more info please contact joel@indytrinity.org 

Move-In Kits: Help a Neighbor Start Fresh. Northside Congregations for Housing is collecting move-in kits for previously unhoused neighbors through Streets to Home. Trinity members and seasonal small groups are invited to provide a kit ($300) with essentials to help neighbors settle in with comfort and dignity. Sign up here: https://www.indymultifaith.org/moveinkits. Kits are delivered to: RDoor Housing Corporation (441 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN 46202). To coordinate delivery, contact Barb Williams (317-294-7956). Trinity contact: joel@indytrinity.org

An opportunity to support Irvington Counseling Collective! ICC is working to bring a Mental Health Destigmatization specialty license plate to Indiana; a design that reflects care, connection, and wellbeing on the road. As part of the application process, the Indiana BMV asks for 1,000 Indiana residents to complete a brief statement indicating interest (No cost. ️No obligation.️ Just community support.) if the plate is approved. Information shared through the form is kept private and used only to prepare the required application spreadsheet submitted directly to the Indiana BMV. If approved, proceeds from plate sales would support our Mental Health Relief Fund, which helps expand access to affirming care across Indiana.

Click here to sign. Share with fellow Hoosiers to help us get these plates on the open highway!

SENDING BLESSING

This Day We Say Grateful - A Sending Blessing by Jan Richardson

Leader: It is a strange thing to be so bound and so released all in the same moment, 

ALL: to feel the heart open wide 

and wider still even as it turns to take its leave.

Leader: On this day, let us say 

this is simply the way love moves in its ceaseless spiraling,

ALL: turning us toward one another, 

then sending us into what waits for us 

with arms open wide to us in welcome and in hope.

Leader: On this day, in this place where you have poured yourself out, 

where you have been emptied and filled and emptied again, 

ALL: may you be aware more than ever 

of what your heart has opened to here, 

what it has tended and welcomed here, 

Leader: where it has broken in love and in grief, 

where it has given and received blessing in the unfathomable mystery

ALL: that moves us, 

undoes us, 

and remakes us 

finally for joy.

Leader: This day may you know this joy in full measure. 

This day may you know this blessing that gathers you in 

and sends you forth but will not forget you. 

O hear us as 

this day

ALL: we say grace; 

Leader: this day 

ALL: we say grateful; 

Leader: this day 

ALL: we say blessing; 

Leader: this day
ALL: we release you in God’s keeping 

and hold you in gladness and love.

* Additional words of sending and blessing may be shared directly or written and left in the offering basket for staff to deliver.

THE BENEDICTION

Leader: We go now, as people of God.

ALL: To take the word of love to those

from whom it has been far away.

Leader: We go now, as followers of Jesus.

ALL: To be the word of justice to all

from whom it has been taken away.

Leader: We go now, as companions of the Spirit.

ALL: To offer the word of peace in all the places

from which it has disappeared.

Leader: Go in peace!

(Some liturgies adapted from lectionaryliturgies.blogspot.com and https://www.fapc.org/prayers-of-the-people)

Remain in the Gathering space for general connection and prayer.

GATHERING RESOURCES AND INFORMATION

Guide and Service Dog Training. As we welcome Guide/Service Dogs at Gatherings, please familiarize yourself with resources under on these two websites https://www.guidedogs.com/resources/blindness-and-guide-dog-etiquette and https://www.guidedogsofamerica.org/best-practices-when-around-a-service-dog/  and discuss main points with those in your household. If you or anyone in your household has severe allergies or any fear of dogs, etc. please contact us (contact@indytrinity.org) so we can do our best to keep Gathering spaces welcoming for all. 

Health Guidelines. Gatherings can look differently according to the needs of our leaders and community if health concerns take effect. We ask that everyone remain flexible if and/or when this is the case. If a Gathering is going to be virtual, we will send an email by 8am on Sunday, or earlier. If you are experiencing fever, coughs, or other clear signs of illness, please remain home and join the Gathering via Zoom. If your symptoms are not highly contagious or you are unsure about exposing others, please wear a mask. Specifically, if you have been exposed to or have symptoms of Covid-19 or the Flu, you can follow the guidelines from the CDC to determine what are your best precautions to take.

Land Acknowledgement. We acknowledge that the land on which we gather for worship was stolen from Native peoples, who were driven out of the area and of their native lands by genocide, force (through broken treaties and laws imposed upon their nation), and systematic disposession.  The Myaamiaki, Kaskaskia, and Kickapoo peoples* and their sovereign Nations have cared for, and are deeply a part of, this land - past, present, and future. (ref: Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery, Trinity Church)

Gathering Hosting Schedule. As an act of service and care, please join staff, leaders, and others from your parish in hosting Sunday Gatherings. These are great times to connect and welcome others to converse while serving as well. Arrival at 9:45am is great, 9:30am is super helpful for assisting with audio equipment and/or indoor set up. Cleaning up on the back end should only take 10-15 minutes. The hosting checklist is in the Trinity office. Thank you!

January 

4th/New Year Brunch: Fishers

11th: Broad Ripple

18th: North/Carmel

25th: Midtown/Downtown

February

1st: Fishers

8th: Broad Ripple

15th: North/Carmel

22nd: Midtown/Downtown

First Nations Version of Psalms. We understand that the Spirit has no gender. While the FNV does use the word “Grandfather” for the Great Spirit, and we at Trinity might more naturally gravitate toward a feminine or gender-inclusive term for the Spirit, we have chosen to read from this version to open ourselves to the diverse humanlike depictions of Creator and hear these sacred texts in new ways. No translation is perfect. If you’d like to read what the translators of the FNV have to say about their choice regarding gender and the Great Spirit, you are welcome to read the excerpt at the front of this Trinity Gathering copy (it is marked).