St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

313 4th Street, Manistee, MI 49660

www.StPaulsManistee.com

facebook.com/SPLCManistee

Pastor Dennis Himm (810) 252-5821

June 22, 2025 Trinity Sunday

THE MYSTERY AND MAJESTY OF OUR GOD

WELCOME

HYMN 194 "Oh, That I Had a Thousand Voices "

(Please stand for the last stanza)

SERVICE OF THE WORD - pages 38-44

PRAYER OF THE DAY:

Almighty God and Father, dwelling in majesty and mystery, filling and renewing all creation by your eternal Spirit, and manifesting your saving grace through our Lord Jesus Christ: in mercy cleanse our hearts and lips that, free from doubt and fear, we may ever worship you, one true immortal God, with your Son and the Holy Spirit, living and reigning, now and forever. (Sung) Amen.

FIRST LESSON: Numbers 6:22-27

The Lord charges his priests to speak a threefold blessing upon the people. We close our services confident that our Triune God gives us the majestic things these words pronounce.

22 The Lord told Moses 23 to speak to Aaron and to his sons and to tell them to bless the Israelites with these words: 24 The Lord bless you and keep you. 25 The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. 26 The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.27 In this way they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.

P: The Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

PSALM 150 - page 122

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

SECOND LESSON: Romans 5:1-5

We have peace because the love of the Father has been demonstrated in his Son and poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we also have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice confidently on the basis of our hope for the glory of God. 3 Not only this, but we also rejoice confidently in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces patient endurance, 4and patient endurance produces tested character, and tested character produces hope. 5And hope will not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who was given to us.

P: The Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

VERSE OF THE DAY:

Alleluia. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory. Alleluia. (Sung) Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

These words are written that we may believe

that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

GOSPEL: John 16:12-15

The Son receives what he has from the Father. The Spirit receives what he has from the Son. We receive what we have from the Spirit.

12 “I still have many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own, but whatever he hears he will speak. He will also declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. 15 Everything the Father has is mine. This is why I said that he takes from what is mine and will declare it to you.

P: The Gospel of the Lord.

C: (sung) Praise be to you, O Christ!

HYMN 177 "Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest "

SERMON: Numbers 6:22-27 “What a Blessing!”

APOSTLES’ CREED - page 41

PRAYER

LORD’S PRAYER (Traditional)

HYMN 270 "We All Believe in One True God "

PRAYER - page 43 C: (sung) Amen.

BLESSING - page 44 C: (sung) Amen. Amen. Amen.

HYMN 332 "Go, My Children, with My Blessing"

ANNOUNCEMENTS & REFRESHMENTS

THANKOFFERING BASKET BY DOOR

The members of St Paul's & the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) have joined together to do the Lord’s work here and around the world. Our guests may but are not expected to participate in this offering which supports our church’s ministry. The basket is located next to the water dispenser.

PLEASE SIGN OUR GUEST BOOK IF YOU ARE VISITING.

It’s located in the entryway by the stairs going to the basement.

SERVING US THIS WEEK: Pastor Roger Riedel from Beautiful Savior, Petoskey is leading us in worship today and his wife, Beth, is playing the organ. Pastor Riedel has served congregations in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Minnesota before accepting the Call to Beautiful Savior in May, 2024. He enjoys sharing the good news about Jesus our Savior, spending time with his family, visiting with people, trains, fishing and enjoying God's great outdoors. Pastor met his wife, Beth, in Chicago, where she was teaching the second grade at a WELS grade school. In addition to being a talented teacher, Beth is a gifted musician and an accomplished cook. They were married in 1999 and have six children, Emily (24), Samuel (23), Susan (21), Mary (19), Rachel (15) and Joseph (13). May the Lord continue to bless his family and ministry. Thank you for serving!

All Scripture readings are from the Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version ® (EHV ®)