Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Crestline

06/14/2026

06/13/2026

June 14, 2026 Bulletin
Third Sunday after Pentecost
Flag Day

Welcome to Worship!
To follow along with the service, please open the green hymnal to page 77.
The Announcements
The Invocation
The Brief Order for Confession and Forgiveness
Hymn: “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus” Hymn 389
Greeting
The Kyrie
The Hymn of Praise
Prayer of the Day
Old Testament Reading: Exodus 19:2-8 (insert)
Introit: Psalm 67:4-7 (insert)
Epistle: Romans 5:6-15 (insert)
Response
Holy Gospel: Matthew 9:35 – 10:8 (insert)
Responses
The Sermon – Christina Horning
Hymn: “I Love to Tell the Story” Hymn 390
Apostles’ Creed
Offering
Prayers of the Church
The Lord’s Prayer
The Benediction
Hymn: “Blessed Assurance” Hymn 699 WOV
Doxology: “Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.”
Dismissal: Go in Peace. Serve the Lord….. Thanks be to God.
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06/13/2026

June 14, 2026 lessons
Third Sunday after Pentecost
INTROIT
Ps. 67:4-7; antiphon: Ps. 67:3
Let the peoples praise you, O God;*
let all the peoples | praise you!
Let the nations be glad and | sing for joy,*
for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations up- | on earth.
Let the peoples praise you, | O God;*
let all the peoples | praise you!
The earth has yielded its | increase;* God, our God, shall | bless us.
God shall bless us;*
let all the ends of the earth | fear him!

Glory be to the Father and to the Son*
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the be- | ginning,*
is now, and will be forever. | Amen.

Let the peoples praise you, | O God;* let all the peoples | praise you!

COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty, eternal God, in the Word of Your apostles and prophets You have pro- claimed to us Your saving will. Grant us faith to believe Your promises that we may receive eternal salvation; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

GRADUAL
Ps. 145:3, 5b, 6b
Great is the LORD, and greatly | to be praised,* and his greatness is un-searchable.
On your wondrous works, I will | meditate,* and I will declare your greatness.

OLD TESTAMENT READING: Exodus 19:2-8
2[The people of Israel] set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness. There Israel encamped before the mountain, 3while Moses went up to God. The LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: 4You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. 5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel."
750 Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him. All the people answered together and said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do." And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.

EPISTLE: Romans 5:6-15
"For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For one will scarcely die for a righteous person though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die-8but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. "Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned-13for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. 14Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
15But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

HOLY GOSPEL: Matthew 9:35-10:8
35Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
10:1 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, "but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7And proclaim as you go, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand." *Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay."

DAILY READINGS
June 14: Prov. 14: 1–27; John 15:1-11
June 15: Prov. 15:1-29; John 15:12-27
June 16: Prov. 16:1-24; John 16:1–16
June 17: Prov. 17:1-28; John 16:17-33
June 18: Prov. 20:5-25; John 17:1-26
June 19: Prov. 22:1-21; John 18:1–14
June 20: Prov. 22:22-23:12; John 18:15-40.
The Introit, Collect, and Gradual are from Lutheran Service Book: Altar Book © 2006 CPII, All Scripture quotations, including those from Lutheran Service Book, are from the ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved, Concordia Publishing House. Reproduced with permission. Your church's publisher

06/06/2026

June 7, 2026 Bulletin
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Holy Communion Sunday
Welcome to Worship!
To follow along with the service, please open the green hymnal to page 77

The Announcements
The Invocation
The Brief Order for Confession and Forgiveness
The Forgiveness
Hymn: “On Eagle’s Wings” Hymn 779 WOV
Greeting
The Kyrie
The Hymn of Praise
Prayer of the Day
Old Testament Reading: Hosea 5:15-6:6 (insert)
Introit: Psalm 50:7-10 (insert)
Epistle: Romans 4:13-25 (insert)
Response
Holy Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13 (insert)
Responses
Little Red Wagon
The Sermon: “Mercy Not Sacrifice”
Hymn: “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” Hymn (insert)
Nicene Creed
Honoring of the Graduates
Prayers of the Church:
The Offertory
The Prayer
The Great Thanksgiving
The Lord’s Prayer
Preparation Hymn
Hymn: “I Love to Tell the Story” Hymn 390
Hymn: “Let Us Break Bread Together” Hymn 212
Response: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. Amen “Thank the Lord….pg. 92-93
Post-Communion Prayer
The Benediction
Hymn: “What a Fellowship” Hymn 780 WOV
Doxology:
“Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.”
Dismissal: “Go in Peace. Serve the Lord… Thanks be to God.”
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06/06/2026

June 7, 2026 Lessons
Second Sunday after Pentecost

INTROIT
Ps. 50:7-10; antiphon: Ps. 50:1
The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and sum- mons the earth*
from the rising of the sun to its | setting.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify a- | gainst you.*
I am God, your God.
Not for your sacrifices do I re- | buke you;*
your burnt offerings are continually be- | fore me.
I will not accept a bull | from your house*
or goats from your folds.
For every beast of the for- | est is mine,*
the cattle on a thousand hills.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son*
and to the Holy | Spirit;
as it was in the be- | ginning,*
is now, and will be forever. | Amen.

The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and sum- | mons the earth*
from the rising of the sun to its | setting.

COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty and most merciful God, You sent Your Son, Jesus Christ, to seek and to save the lost. Graciously open our ears and our hearts to hear His call and to follow Him by faith that we may feast with Him forever in His kingdom; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

GRADUAL
Ps. 145:3, 5b, 6b
Great is the LORD, and greatly | to be praised,* and his greatness is un-searchable.
On your wondrous works, I will | meditate,* and I will declare your greatness.

OLD TESTAMENT READING: Hosea 5:15-6:6
15 I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.
6:1 "Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
3 Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth."
4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away. 5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.
6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

EPISTLE: Romans 4:13-25
13The promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
16That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. 18In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, "So shall your offspring be." "He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. 20No dis- trust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 22That is why his faith was "counted to him as righteousness." 23 But the words "it was counted to him" were not written for his sake alone, 24but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

HOLY GOSPEL: Matthew 9:9-13
9 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
10 And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 12 But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."

DAILY READINGS
June 7: Prov. 4:1-27; John 12:1-19
June 8: Prov. 5:1-23; John 12:20–36a
June 9: Prov. 8:1-21; John 12:36b-50
June 10: Prov. 8:22-36; John 13:1-20
June 11: Prov. 9:1-18; John 13:21-38
June 12: Prov. 10:1-23; John 14:1-17
June 13: Prov. 13:1-25; John 14:18-31.
The Introit, Collect, and Gradual are from Lutheran Service Book: Altar Book © 2006 CPH. All Scripture quotations, including those from Lutheran Service Book,, are from the ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Concordia Publishing House. Reproduced with permission. Your church's publisher

05/30/2026

May 31, 2026 Bulletin
The Holy Trinity
Holy Communion Sunday
Welcome to Worship!
To follow along with the service, please open the green hymnal to page 77

The Announcements
The Invocation
The Brief Order for Confession and Forgiveness
The Forgiveness
Hymn: “Father Most Holy” Hymn 169
Greeting
The Kyrie
The Hymn of Praise
Prayer of the Day
Old Testament Reading: Genesis 1:1-2:4a (insert)
Introit: Psalm 16:8-11 (insert)
Second Reading: Acts 2:14a, 22-36 (insert)
Response
Holy Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20 (insert)
Responses
Catechism Moment
The Sermon
Hymn: “Holy, Holy, Holy” Hymn 165
Athanasian Creed (insert)
Prayers of the Church:
The Offertory
The Prayer
The Great Thanksgiving
The Lord’s Prayer
Preparation Hymn
Hymn: “Faith of Our Fathers” Hymn 500
Hymn: “Let Us Break Bread Together” Hymn 212
Response: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. Amen “Thank the Lord….pg. 92-93
Post-Communion Prayer
The Benediction
Hymn: “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee” Hymn 551
Doxology: “Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.”
Dismissal: “Go in Peace. Serve the Lord… Thanks be to God.”

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05/30/2026

May 31, 2026 Lessons
The Holy Trinity
INTROIT
Ps. 16:8-11; antiphon: Liturgical Text
Blessèd be the Holy Trinity and the undivided | Unity.*
Let us give glory to him because he has shown
his mercy to us.
I have set the LORD always be- | fore me;*
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be | shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being re- | joices;*
my flesh also dwells secure.
For you will not abandon my soul | to Sheol,*
or let your holy one see cor- | ruption.
You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures
for- | evermore.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy | Spirit;
as it was in the be- | ginning,"
is now, and will be forever. | Amen.

Blessèd be the Holy Trinity and the undivided | Unity.
Let us give glory to him because he has shown his mer- | cy to us.

COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty and everlasting God, You have given us grace to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity by the confession of a true faith and to worship the Unity in the power of the Divine Majesty. Keep us steadfast in this faith and defend us from all adversities; for You, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, live and reign, one God, now and forever.

GRADUAL
Ps. 145:3, 5b, 6b
Great is the LORD, and greatly | to be praised,*
and his greatness is un- | searchable.
On your wondrous works, I will | meditate,*
and I will declare your greatness.

OLD TESTAMENT READING: Genesis 1:1-2:4a
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ?The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness, 5God 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 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." 'And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
"And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. 10God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
And God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so. 12The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, And God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth," And it was so. 16And God made the two great lights-the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night-and the stars, 17And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20 And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens." 21So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day. 24And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds-livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and every- thing that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
26Then God said. "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,"
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth." 29 And God said, "Behold, I have given you every
plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so, And God saw every- thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
2:Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation,
4a These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.

SECOND READING: Acts 2:14a, 22-36
14 Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them,...
22''Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know-23this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 24God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it, 25For David says concerning him,
"I saw the Lord always before me,
for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; 26 therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
my flesh also will dwell in hope.
27 For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption.
28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will make me full of gladness with your presence.'
29"Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, 3The foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. 33Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and hav- ing received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. 34For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,
35 "The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.'
36Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."

HOLY GOSPEL: Matthew 28:16-20
16Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

DAILY READINGS
May 31: Num. 35:9–30; Luke 24:28-53
June 1: Eccl. 9:1-17; John 9:24–41
June 2: Eccl. 10:1–20; John 10:1-21
June 3: Eccl. 11:1-10; John 10:22-42
June 4: Eccl. 12:1-14; John 11:1-16
June 5: Prov. 1:8-33; John 11:17-37
June 6: Prov. 3:5-24; John 11:38-57.
The Introit, Collect, and Gradual are from Lutheran Service Book: Altar Book © 2006 CPH. All Scripture quotations, including those from Lutheran Service Book, are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved, OCPH Printed in USA Concordia Publishing House. Your church's publisher.