Trinity Lutheran Church of Wichita

+ Feast of All Saints (observed) +

November 3, 2024

Sunday Resources:

• Bulletin for All Saints’ Sunday ~ November 3, 2024
• News & Notes for 11-3-24
• Congregation at Prayer for All Saints’ Sunday ~ 11/3/24
• El boletín de este domingo en español
• Children’s Bulletin for this Sunday

Sunday Readings:

• First Reading:             Revelation 7:2-17
• Epistle Reading:         1 John 3:1-3                           
• Gospel:                        Matthew 5:1-12

Sunday Catechesis:

• The Book of Judges

Wednesday Catechesis:

• The Book of Matthew

Week of the All Saints’ (November 3 – November 9, 2024):

Sunday          

• 8:30 a.m.    Choir Practice
• 9:00 a.m.    Divine Service
• 10:30 a.m.  Bible Study
• 1:30 p.m.    Misa en Español

Monday

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins

Tuesday

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins

Wednesday

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins
• 9:30 a.m.    Bible Study
• 11:00 a.m.  Divine Service
• 5:15 p.m.   Catechesis and meal
• 7:00 p.m.   Evening Prayer

Thursday

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins
• 4:30 p.m.   Private Confession
• 7:00 p.m.   Trustees’ meeting

Friday ~ Commemoration of Johannes von Staupitz, Luther’s Father Confessor

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins

Saturday ~ Commemoration of Martin Chemnitz (birth), Pastor and Confessor

Upcoming Events:

Catechesis begins with a meal at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesdays. There are classes for all ages. Pastor Filipek is teaching confirmation and adults, Kendall Patterson is teaching elementary age, and Amy Filipek is with preschool and younger children. Everyone is welcome!

Annual Voters’ Meeting will be November 17^th.  The proposed budget and minutes will be available in the narthex November 3.

Announcements:

• Volunteer Convention Delegate(s) Needed!  The 75^th LCMS Kansas District convention will be June 5-6, 2025 at Tony’s Pizza Event Center in Salina, KS.  Each congregation in Kansas is required to send one lay delegate to the convention.  An alternate delegate is also needed in case the lay delegate is unable to attend.  If you are able and willing to attend the Kansas District convention next summer as a delegate or an alternate, please talk to Pastor Filipek by November 14, 2024.
• Concordia Academy Wichita Concert Series Concordia Academy is hosting the 2^nd Annual Concert Series Friday, November 15^th at 7:30 p.m. at Holy Cross Lutheran Church.  CAW is partnering with Fairmount Ministries and Coffee and Wichita Grand Opera to present two of J. S. Bach’s cantatas.  A student art show and light reception will follow the musical portion of the evening.  Donations will be accepted at the door to benefit the Concordia Academy Scholarship Fund.  Visit CAWichita.org to learn more.
• CTSFW Christmas Marketplace  The Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne is seeking donations for their Christmas Marketplace.  These gifts encourage the students and bring joy to them, making the holidays memorable in many ways. Are you willing to collect gift cards this  Christmas season? The gift cards will be shared with the students before they leave for their Christmas break in December.  It would be a blessing to receive:  1. Gift cards in increments of $10.00, $20.00, or $25.00, which may be utilized at local Fort Wayne  merchants and national chain stores such as Walmart, Kroger, Target, JC Penney, Meijer, Macy’s, or restaurant chains such as Applebee’s, Cracker Barrel, McDonald’s, Olive Garden, Outback Steakhouse, Pizza Hut, Red Robin,  Subway, Texas Roadhouse, Wendy’s, etc.  2. Service station and gas cards from Shell, Marathon, BP, or Speedway in increments of  $25.00 and above. 3. Cash gifts to purchase dining hall lunch tickets.  The lunch tickets allow students who live off  campus to eat lunch on campus rather than  needing to bring their meals from home.  The cards or cash gifts must arrive at the Seminary by  December 1.  Please use this link to download the brochure and donation form.  Thank you!
• Updated Directory There are copies of the latest church directory in the narthex.  Please pick one up at your leisure.

• Thank you to everyone who participated in the service or brought food for the Reformation Dinner.  It was a huge success!

• Are You A Dillon’s Shopper? Designate Trinity as your Dillon’s rewards charity online, using the code QG377. You will need to designate Trinity every year for this rewards program.

• Happenings at Fairmount Ministries
  • 6:47 Tuesdays @ Fairmount!  We are studying Romans. College Age/Young Adult Fellowship/Bible Group E-mail hannah@fairmountministries.org for more info.
  • Fairmount Coffee: Soup starts on Wednesday, Nov. 6th! Every Wednesday and Friday enjoy Tomato Basil soup while supplies last!
  • Orphan Grain Train: Saturday, Nov. 9th: 9 to noon  Second Saturday of each month. Help sort clothes. For more information e-mail hannah@fairmountministries.org.
  • Ty Davis Lyrics and Songs: Saturday, Nov. 9th 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ Fairmount Ministries and Coffee Co.   See you then!
  • Operation Christmas Child Donations Needed:  -shoes, craft supplies, small toys, hygiene supplies, school supplies, sewing kits, flashlights  Drop off your items at Fairmount by Friday, November 15th.
  • Friendsgiving! Join us on Tuesday, Nov. 19th starting at 6:47 p.m. Bring a salad, side dish, or dessert and a friend. We will also pack the items for Operation Christmas Child.

• A Message from The Kansas District LCMS Office  As many of you know, there is a great need in the eastern regions of the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Countless people, including LCMS members and congregations, are grieving the loss of their businesses, homes, and even their loved ones. Yet equally swift have been the many congregations, organizations, church members, and volunteers from around the Synod who have contributed their time, resources, finances, and prayers to aid those affected by the hurricane.  Provided below are links for the three districts receiving contributions:

LCMS Mid-South District: https://mid-southlcms.org/ 

LCMS Southeastern District: https://se.lcms.org/  

LCMS Florida-Georgia District: https://flgadistrict.org/

 Funds received will be distributed by these districts for survivor support and some volunteer support. This will be a long-term ongoing recovery.  Let us join in prayer together as we “encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing” (1 Thessalonians 5:11).  In the service of Christ, Rev. Justin Panzer, Kansas District President

RESOURCES:

Issues, Etc.

For the week of November 3

Karaoke for Lutheran Hymns . . . You can sing hymns like “For All the Saints,” “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” “From Heaven Above to Earth I Come,” “Abide with Me” and more.  Lutheran Public Radio has produced YouTube videos of almost 50 hymns with text and music featuring the Lutheran Public Radio Choir.  CLICK HERE to sing along!

Listen Here for other Issues, Etc. programs.

As a result of Sunday’s Bible class discussion, these are link to Commemorations, Feasts, and Festivals with information about the Saints:

Link to Feasts and Festivals throughout the Church Year

Link to Commemorations throughout the Church Year

MISCELLANEOUS:

Trinity Lutheran Church                     tlcwichita.org

Concordia Academy Wichita              Concordia Academy Wichita – Home

Kansas District LCMS                        LCMS Kansas District | (kslcms.org)

The Lutheran Church Missouri SynodLCMS.org – The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

Eighth Day Books                               Eighth Day Books

Eighth Day Institute                           Welcome to Eighth Day Institute

Concordia Publishing House              Home – Concordia Publishing House (cph.org)

Issues, Etc.                                          issuesetc.org

Luther Classical College                     Luther Classical College

+ Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity +

October 27, 2024

Walking Humbly with Our God and Forgiving One Another With what shall we come before the Lord (Micah 6:6) who forgives all our sins, and how often shall our fellow Christians sin against us and we forgive them (Matt. 18:21)? Our gracious God on high does not need our “burnt offerings” or “thousands of rams” (Micah 6:6-7), which we could legitimately offer in thanksgiving. He is the Savior who gave His only-begotten Son for our transgression. He offers the fruit of His body, once hanging dead on a cross but now living and giving life in His holy Meal, for the sin of our souls (Micah 6:7). Because He releases us from our enormous debt of sin against Him, we need not imprison our fellow sinners with our lack of love and refusal of forgiveness (Matt. 18:24, 27, 30). As partakers of His grace, we yearn for one another “with the affection of Christ Jesus” (Phil. 1:8). As forgiven sinners, “filled with the fruit of Christ’s righteousness,” our “love may abound more and more, with knowledge and discernment” (Phil. 1:11, 9), for He leads us “to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with [our] God” (Micah 6:8).

Sunday Resources:

• Bulletin for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity ~ October 27, 2024
• News & Notes for 10-27-24
• Congregation at Prayer for Trinity 22 ~ 10/27/24
• El boletín de este domingo en español
• Children’s Bulletin for this Sunday

Sunday Readings:

• Old Testament:            Micah 6:6-8
• Epistle Reading:         Philippians 1:3-11                              
• Gospel:                        Matthew 18:21-35

Sunday Catechesis:

• The Book of Judges

Wednesday Catechesis:

• The Book of Matthew

Week of the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity (October 27 – November 2, 2024):

Sunday          

• 9:00 a.m.    Divine Service
• 10:30 a.m.  Bible Study
• 1:30 p.m.    Misa en Español
• 3:00 p.m.   Reformation Choir practice
• 4:00 p.m.   Circuits 10 & 11 Reformation Service with meal following

Monday ~ Feast of St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins

Tuesday

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins

Wednesday

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins
• 9:30 a.m.    Bible Study
• 11:00 a.m.  Divine Service
• 5:15 p.m.   Catechesis and meal
• 7:00 p.m.   Evening Prayer

Thursday ~ Reformation Day

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins
• 4:30 p.m.   Private Confession

Friday ~ All Saints’ Day        

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• OMT Theological Reading Group

      Tuesday, November 19 (Trinity)

      8:30 am     Matins

      9:15 am     Reading Discussion

      11:15 am   Prayer

      11:30 am   Lunch

Reading Assignment: Due: Salkeld, Brett.  Transubstantiation:  Theology, History, and Christian Unity.  Ada, Michigan, Baker Academic Publishing, 2019.  (288 pages)

• Catechesis begins with a meal at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesdays. There are classes for all ages. Pastor Filipek is teaching confirmation and adults, Kendall Patterson is teaching elementary age, and Amy Filipek is with preschool and younger children. Everyone is welcome!

• Joint Reformation Festival Join Wichita Circuits 10 and 11 as we celebrate the Reformation with a Divine Service at 4:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church on October 27, 2024. There will be a free potluck banquet to follow at 5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share; ham and beverages will be provided.  Please sign up in the narthex or in the Fellowship hall. Come celebrate with us!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Annual Voters’ Meeting will be November 17^th.  The proposed budget and minutes will be available in the narthex November 3.
• Volunteer Convention Delegate(s) Needed!  The 75^th LCMS Kansas District convention will be June 5-6, 2025 at Tony’s Pizza Event Center in Salina, KS.  Each congregation in Kansas is required to send one lay delegate to the convention.  An alternate delegate is also needed in case the lay delegate is unable to attend.  If you are able and willing to attend the Kansas District convention next summer as a delegate or an alternate, please talk to Pastor Filipek by November 14, 2024.
• Luther Hostel  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, Indiana, will host its annual Luther Hostel November 6-8, 2024.  This year’s theme is “Timely Topics for the Life of the Church.”  Questions?  Call Tim Witek.  View online HERE.
• CTSFW Christmas Marketplace  The Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne is seeking donations for their Christmas Marketplace.  These gifts encourage the students and bring joy to them, making the holidays memorable in many ways. Are you willing to collect gift cards this  Christmas season? The gift cards will be shared with the students before they leave for their Christmas break in December.  It would be a blessing to receive:  1. Gift cards in increments of $10.00, $20.00, or $25.00, which may be utilized at local Fort Wayne  merchants and national chain stores such as Walmart, Kroger, Target, JC Penney, Meijer, Macy’s, or restaurant chains such as Applebee’s, Cracker Barrel, McDonald’s, Olive Garden, Outback Steakhouse, Pizza Hut, Red Robin,  Subway, Texas Roadhouse, Wendy’s, etc.  2. Service station and gas cards from Shell, Marathon, BP, or Speedway in increments of  $25.00 and above. 3. Cash gifts to purchase dining hall lunch tickets.  The lunch tickets allow students who live off  campus to eat lunch on campus rather than  needing to bring their meals from home.  The cards or cash gifts must arrive at the Seminary by  December 1.  Please use this link to download the brochure and donation form.  Thank you!
• Updated Directory There are copies of the latest church directory in the narthex.  Please pick one up at your leisure.

• Are You A Dillon’s Shopper? Designate Trinity as your Dillon’s rewards charity online, using the code QG377. You will need to designate Trinity every year for this rewards program.

• All Saints’ Day Festival.  Saturday, November 2nd  4:00-6:30 pm at Immanuel Church. There will be a Reformation Walk geared toward youth, games, food, and educational stations on Reformational Germany set up in the fellowship hall. Costumes are encouraged!  Please bring a pot of chili or a dozen cinnamon rolls to share!

• Faith Lutheran School Dinner & Auction Fundraiser: FLS’s dinner and large auction is Nov. 2, 6:00 pm, at the FLS gym located at 208 S. Derby Ave, Derby, KS. The dinner features Pulled Pork, Pulled Chicken, Potato Salad, Pasta Salad, House Salad, Cowboy Beans, Desserts, and Drinks. The cost is $20 and may be purchased by emailing caseysmith@flsderby.com or calling 788-1715, ext. 103.

You can still come to the auction, even if you would not like to order dinner!

Please let us know if you will be attending.

                                    Itinerary for the Night

                                    5:00 PM Check In, Childcare Check In, Silent Auction Begins

                                    6:00 PM Silent Auction Ends & Dinner Begins

                                    7:00 PM Live Auction Begins

                                    7:30 PM Check Out & Win Distribution

                                    8:00 PM Childcare Check Out

                                                            Childcare Details:

• Childcare will be held at Faith Lutheran Church, supervised by staff of the school and church. 
• Staff of the school and church have completed background checks.
• The cost of childcare includes dinner for the children.

Cost of Childcare: $10 Cap per Family: $20  Dinner for Children: Pizza!

Link for Childcare: https://forms.gle/nCfJaxfhTAM67x2PA

A Message from The Kansas District LCMS Office  As many of you know, there is a great need in the eastern regions of the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Countless people, including LCMS members and congregations, are grieving the loss of their businesses, homes, and even their loved ones. Yet equally swift have been the many congregations, organizations, church members, and volunteers from around the Synod who have contributed their time, resources, finances, and prayers to aid those affected by the hurricane.  Provided below are links for the three districts receiving contributions:

LCMS Mid-South District: https://mid-southlcms.org/ 

LCMS Southeastern District: https://se.lcms.org/  

LCMS Florida-Georgia District: https://flgadistrict.org/

 Funds received will be distributed by these districts for survivor support and some volunteer support. This will be a long-term ongoing recovery.  Let us join in prayer together as we “encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing” (1 Thessalonians 5:11).  In the service of Christ, Rev. Justin Panzer, Kansas District President

RESOURCES:

Issues, Etc.

For the week of October 27

Paths to Lutheranism Series . . . Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show and podcast produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken. You can listen to stories of guests who have come to Lutheranism from Islam, Mormonism, Atheism, Agnosticism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Pentecostalism and more. You’ll find the series at issuesetc.org/pathstolutheranism.  

Listen Here for other Issues, Etc. programs.

Lutheran Public Radio Karaoke We’ve produced YouTube videos of almost 50 hymns with text and music featuring the Lutheran Public Radio Choir.

CLICK HERE to sing along!

As a result of Sunday’s Bible class discussion, these are link to Commemorations, Feasts, and Festivals with information about the Saints:

Link to Feasts and Festivals throughout the Church Year

Link to Commemorations throughout the Church Year

MISCELLANEOUS:

Trinity Lutheran Church                     tlcwichita.org

Concordia Academy Wichita              Concordia Academy Wichita – Home

Kansas District LCMS                        LCMS Kansas District | (kslcms.org)

The Lutheran Church Missouri SynodLCMS.org – The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

Eighth Day Books                               Eighth Day Books

Eighth Day Institute                           Welcome to Eighth Day Institute

Concordia Publishing House              Home – Concordia Publishing House (cph.org)

Issues, Etc.                                          issuesetc.org

Luther Classical College                     Luther Classical College

+ Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity +

October 20, 2024

God Declares Us Righteous, Unsheathing His Word Against All Evil

“‘Let there be light,’ and there was light” (Gen. 1:1—2:3). The Father speaks, and it is so. His Word accomplishes what it says. He created all things out of nothing through His Son by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Father’s creative Word became flesh in Jesus Christ, that He might restore fallen creation and save fallen man. To the nobleman whose son was deathly ill, Jesus says, “Go; your son will live” (John 4:46–54). And in the very hour Jesus spoke, the nobleman’s son was made well. The Word of Christ still accomplishes what it says. In baptism, absolution, and the Lord’s Supper, He declares His life–giving forgiveness to you, and it is so. This saving Word of God is the sword of the Spirit by which you are able to fight off all the onslaughts of the devil (Eph. 6:10–17). “Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.”

Sunday Resources:

Bulletin for the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity ~ October 20, 2024

News & Notes for 10-20-24

Congregation at Prayer for Trinity 21 ~ 10/20/24

El boletín de este domingo en español

Children’s Bulletin for this Sunday

Sunday Readings:

Old Testament:            Genesis 1:1—2:3

Epistle Reading:         Ephesians 6:10-17                              

Gospel:                        John 4:46-54  

Sunday Catechesis:

• The Book of Judges

Wednesday Catechesis:

• The Book of Matthew

Week of the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity (October 20 – 26, 2024):

Sunday          

• 9:00 a.m.    Divine Service
• 10:30 a.m.  Bible Study
• 1:30 p.m.    Misa en Español w/ meal
• 3:00 p.m.   Reformation Choir practice

Monday

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins

Tuesday

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins
• 7:00 p.m. Security Committee meeting

Wednesday ~ Feast of St. James of Jerusalem, Brother of Jesus & Martyr

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins
• 9:30 a.m.    Bible Study
• 11:00 a.m.  Divine Service
• 5:15 p.m.   Catechesis and meal
• 7:00 p.m.   Evening Prayer

Thursday

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins
• 4:30 p.m.   Private Confession
• 7:00 p.m.   Reformation Choir practice

Friday ~ Commemoration of Dorcas (Tabitha), Lydia, & Phoebe, Faithful Women       

• 8:30 a.m.    Matins

Saturday ~ Commemoration of Philpp Nicolai, Johann Heermann, and Paul Gerhardt, Hymnwriters

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• OMT Theological Reading Group

      Tuesday, November 19 (Trinity)

      8:30 am     Matins

      9:15 am     Reading Discussion

      11:15 am   Prayer

      11:30 am   Lunch

Reading Assignment: Due: Salkeld, Brett.  Transubstantiation:  Theology, History, and Christian Unity.  Ada, Michigan, Baker Academic Publishing, 2019.  (288 pages)

• Catechesis begins with a meal at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesdays. There are classes for all ages. Pastor Filipek is teaching confirmation and adults, Kendall Patterson is teaching elementary age, and Amy Filipek is with preschool and younger children. Everyone is welcome!

• Joint Reformation Festival Join Wichita Circuits 10 and 11 as we celebrate the Reformation with a Divine Service at 4:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church on October 27, 2024. There will be a free potluck banquet to follow at 5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share; ham and beverages will be provided.  Please sign up in the narthex or in the Fellowship hall. (You only need to sign up once.) Or contact the church office at (316) 685-1571 to let us know how many to prepare for in advance. Come celebrate with us!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Updated Directory There are copies of the latest church directory in the narthex.  Please pick one up at your leisure.

• Are You A Dillon’s Shopper? Designate Trinity as your Dillon’s rewards charity online, using the code QG377. You will need to designate Trinity every year for this rewards program.

• Happenings at Fairmount Ministries
• 6:47 Tuesdays @ Fairmount!  College Age/Young Adult Fellowship/Bible Group E-mail hannah@fairmountministries.org for more info.
• T.O.T.(Formerly Theology on Tap) is Sunday, Oct. 20th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Old School Tap House in Kechi. Pastor Matthew Goltl from Risen Savior will lead the discussion on Art and Theology: how we depict historical events of scripture in art and how different cultures interpret biblical events.

• All Saints’ Day Festival.  Saturday, November 2nd  4:00-6:30 pm at Immanuel Church. There will be a Reformation Walk geared toward youth, games, food, and educational stations on Reformational Germany set up in the fellowship hall. Costumes are encouraged!  Please bring a pot of chili or a dozen cinnamon rolls to share! The day will end with Vespers.

As a result of Sunday’s Bible class discussion, these are link to Commemorations, Feasts, and Festivals with information about the Saints:

Link to Feasts and Festivals throughout the Church Year

Link to Commemorations throughout the Church Year

MISCELLANEOUS:

Trinity Lutheran Church                     tlcwichita.org

Concordia Academy Wichita              Concordia Academy Wichita – Home

Kansas District LCMS                        LCMS Kansas District | (kslcms.org)

The Lutheran Church Missouri SynodLCMS.org – The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

Eighth Day Books                               Eighth Day Books

Eighth Day Institute                           Welcome to Eighth Day Institute

Concordia Publishing House              Home – Concordia Publishing House (cph.org)

Issues, Etc.                                          issuesetc.org

Luther Classical College                     Luther Classical College