Hi all, This is a first attempt at sending a newsletter. Kind of a test case. Plus I wanted all the subscribers to know that I'll be leading a Lord's Supper seminar this Sunday, following the brunch, from 10:45 - 12:45. There's no time like the present to take another look at the blessings God gives us at the Lord's Table.

Thanks,

Pastor Steve

Email your comments to me at swillweber@trinitylutheranpaso.org

Third Sunday in Lent

Prayer for your worship today: 1

God’s Word for Today.. 1

Exodus 20:1-17. 1

1 Corinthians 1:18-31. 1

John 2:13-25. 1

TRINITY UPCOMING EVENTS. 1

PERSONAL GROWTH.. 2

Lenten Services. 2

The Lutheran Hour. 2

Stewardship Corner: His Love, Our Response. 2

JUST PLAIN FUN & FELLOWSHIP. 2

Trinity Merchandise. 2

Fellowship Brunch. 2

Marvin & Virginia Baird. 2

North SLO County Concerts Association. 2

Watoto African Children’s Choir. 2

MISSIONS AND MINISTRIES. 2

Mission India Multiplication Plan. 2

For Mission India. 2

In Support of Mission India. 2

Loaves & Fishes. 2

Tree of Life Baby Bottles. 2

Ground Maintenance Assistance. 2

Slumdog Millionaire. 2

LWML Spring Rally. 2

Mark Your Calendar!! 2

OTHER INFORMATION.. 2

The Thrivent Central Coast Chapter Board Meeting. 2

IN OUR PRAYERS. 2

Wedding Anniversary. 2

In Our Prayers. 2

A Prayer for India. 2

Prayer for your worship today: O Lord, you gave the Law so that even in our sin we might know your will for our lives, and you gave us your only Son to cleanse our lives of sin. For his sake, forgive us and renew us, so that we may serve you faithfully; through the same Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Altar Flowers today are given to the glory of God by Rick and Mary Gross in honor of their 6^th wedding anniversary and in memory of Rick’s mother, Elda Gross.

For those communing today, we encourage you to attend the next Lord’s Supper Seminar.

Prayer Requests may be handed to an usher.

Red Record of Fellowship Folders Please be sure to sign the red folder found at the end of each pew and pass it to the person beside you. Include everyone in your family who are at church and any address/phone number updates. Thank you!

FOR YOUR CHILDREN:

Church Bags are available for your child in the entryway to keep them occupied during worship. Please discourage drawings on the prayer cards, offering envelopes and the red folders. Thank you!

Nursery (Ages 0-3) Childcare is available in the Nursery Room for the 9 a.m. Contemporary Service.

Children’s Church (Preschool to Grade 3) is at 9:30 am in the Fellowship Hall.

God’s Word for Today

Exodus 20:1-17

¹And God spoke all these words, saying, ²“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. ³“You shall have no other gods before me. ⁴“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. ⁵You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, ⁶but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. ⁷“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. ⁸“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. ⁹Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, ¹⁰but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. ¹¹For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. ¹²“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. ¹³“You shall not murder. ¹⁴“You shall not commit adultery. ¹⁵“You shall not steal. ¹⁶“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. ¹⁷“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

¹⁸For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. ¹⁹For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” ²⁰Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ²¹For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. ²²For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, ²³but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, ²⁴but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. ²⁶For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. ²⁷But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; ²⁸God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, ²⁹so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. ³⁰He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption. ³¹Therefore, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

John 2:13-25

¹³The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. ¹⁵And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” ¹⁷His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” ¹⁸So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” ¹⁹Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” ²⁰The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” ²¹But he was speaking about the temple of his body. ²²When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. ²³Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. ²⁴But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people ²⁵and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

Mar 20-21.... School Spring Musical, 6 pm, noon, 6 pm

Mar 22.......... Fellowship Brunch, 10 am
Lord’s Supper Seminar, 10:45 – 12:45

Mar 28.......... LWML Spring Rally-Grace Lutheran Church, SM

Mar 31.......... Watoto African Children’s Choir, 7 pm

Apr 9............. Maundy Thursday Service, 7 pm

Apr 10........... Good Friday Service, 7 pm

Apr 12........... Easter Breakfast, Easter Services, & Easter Egg Hunt, 7 & 10 am

The Full Audio of Our Sunday Message is available at trinitylutheranpaso.org on the left under “Sermons/Media.”

Join Us for Bible Class on Sundays:

Sun., 9:30 am, Children’s Church, Fellowship Hall

Sun., 8:00 am, Next Week’s Scripture Readings: Num. 21:4-9, Eph. 2:1-10, John 3:14-21, Fellowship Hall

Sun., 9:15 am, Small Catechism Class, 6th – 8th grade, Fellowship Hall

1^st Wed., 12:00 pm, Lutheran Hour Ministry, Fellowship Hall

Wednesdays, 4:00 pm, Group Prayer for the Church, Pastor Willweber’s office.

Lenten Services   Join us for Lent services on Wednesdays, March 18, 25, and April 1 at 5 p.m. with a Lenten supper at 6 p.m., and Maundy Thursday (April 9) and Good Friday (April 10) at 7 p.m. (Please note that there will be no Lenten supper after the Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services.)

The Lutheran Hour Christian Radio Program, KMJ 580 Sunday 7:00 a.m., KPRL 1230 Sunday 7:05 a.m., KKMC 880 Sunday 9:00 a.m. March 15– “Making a Grand Exit”  Rev.William P. Yonder   Jesus wants to be known for His entrance-His miraculous birth-but He wants to be known even more for His death, for that is where He takes away the sins of the world.  (Mark 9:2-4)

Stewardship Corner: His Love, Our Response

1 Corinthians 1:18-31:  St. Paul reminds us that through Christ we are put right with God and become holy people who are freed to live as wise stewards in thought, word and deed.

Lent Devotions are available on the entryway table.

Trinity Merchandise Show your support for Trinity with official Trinity clothing and merchandise. Dozens of items, and something for everyone. Fifteen percent (15%) of all sales go to support the Mexico and India missions. Please visit www.cafepress.com/tlcpaso to shop.

Fellowship Brunch  On the fourth Sunday of every month we will have brunch between services starting at 9:45 a.m. Please join us for food and fellowship. A free will offering will be taken to help cover the cost of the food.

Marvin & Virginia Baird will be visiting the week of March 15. Please join us on Wednesday evening March 18 after the Lent Service at the soup supper so you can visit with them.

North SLO County Concerts Association    Sunday, March 29, 2009 Glorious sound of brass with the Burnished Brass Quartet will entertain you with classical music, jazz, pop and seasonal favorites along with light-hearted discourse. See Ken Riedel for tickets.

Watoto African Children’s Choir will perform at Trinity on Tuesday, March 31 at 7:00 p.m. Join us for a fun-filled night of entertainment! A free will offering will be taken to go towards the children’s orphanage in Africa.

Mission India Multiplication Plan   Call the church office to find out how you can help spread the Gospel in India through the Multiplication Plan.

For Mission India  Mr. Do-All, Dick Begeman, will fix the problem! $10/hour  237-0624  (Please, no broken hearts.)

In Support of Mission India  Enjoy an authentic Italian dinner at the home of Mike and Foy Roberto, Sunday, May 17, 12:30 p.m. Menu includes bruschetta, lasagna, insalata balsamico, tiramisu and vino. Limit: 11 people. Call Mike or Foy to reserve - 227-6832. Minimum donation: $15.

Loaves & Fishes  March is canned meat month at Loaves and Fishes! Meats are an important part of a healthy diet and will greatly bless the needy families in the community. Please bring your canned meats and other donations of food to the barrel in the entryway.

Tree of Life Baby Bottles  Don't forget to pick up a Tree of Life baby bottle on the entryway table. Take it home and fill it with your spare change - it adds up. It's a great project for children, and needy families benefit from this small act of kindness.

Ground Maintenance Assistance Check out the list on the bulletin board across from Pastor Willweber’s office to find out how you can help beautify and maintain the property!

Slumdog Millionaire is now at Park Cinema, after cleaning house at the Oscars. The movie shows the desperate plight of India's millions of poor. But few have any hope of a better life, except through the Gospel of Jesus. So please see the movie. And please continue to pray about ways to multiply your $10 into $50, $100, or more so that India may have the same hope we do

LWML Spring Rally is Saturday, March 28 at Grace Lutheran Church in Santa Maria. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and the cost is $5. Plan to car pool from the church at 8:30 a.m. There is one more mission project that needs funding for this year. Those who intend to give mites for this year must be given by mid-March.

Mark Your Calendar!!  We are having an "Indoor" Yard Sale on Saturday April 25, 8 a.m. to noon to benefit the Mission India Multiplication Project. Please save your items for this sale. You may bring them to the Fellowship Hall beginning Monday, April 13. Please do not bring them before Easter. No magazines, please.

The Thrivent Central Coast Chapter Board Meeting  

March 20, from 10 a.m. - 12 noon at Bethany Lutheran Church, 636 Atterdag, Solvang. All are welcome to attend this meeting with

questions, suggestions and/or requests for funding for Care in

Communities projects. If you need directions, please call the

church office at 688-4637.

Wedding Anniversary blessings to the following members of Trinity:   Rick & Mary Gross                         03/18/2003

               James & Barbara Sampson               03/18/1951

We especially congratulate the Sampsons for sharing 58 years of marriage. May the love that began these relationships continue to be nurtured by Almighty God.

In Our Prayers  We may not know their needs, but God does. Our prayers on a regular basis are an important part of their recovery:  Paul Ernst, Bill Friedrichs, Randy Burgess, baby Dylan Klintworth, Robie Nickols, Pastor Rowe, and Vi Ernst.

We pray for those in the Military:  Air Force:  David & Tiffany Warnke, Chase Johnson, Kevin Andrews /  Marines:  Tyler O’Grady, Parker Lindquist, Jonathan Clark and Tyler Fowler / Navy: Andrew Pina.      

For all the soldiers fighting for our freedom: we pray for our nation, our leaders, for the persecuted church, our enemies, and for peace in our nation and the world.    

(If you know that a particular person still needs prayers, please call the church office monthly, and we will place that person’s name back on the list.)

A Prayer for India  We know financial accountability is crucial to a healthy ministry, Jesus. We ask for your hand of safety on the ministry staff in India that is overseeing audits in several areas of the country. May they find your resources are being stewarded in wise ways.

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CHURCH 805.238.3702 u SCHOOL 805.238.0335

Rev. Daniel Rowe......................... Senior Pastor

Rev. Steve Willweber................... Associate Pastor

Rev. Herbert Burch...................... Hispanic Ministry

Mr. Charles Schliebe..................... Lay Minister for Visitations

Mr. James Burgess....................... Deacon

Mrs. Roberta Blash....................... Organist

Mrs. Jane Fairbank....................... School Principal

Mrs. Kim Norman......................... Preschool Director

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10:45 am Traditional Service

Lutheran Service Book, Divine Service Setting Three

OPENING HYMN  #507

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION  Pg. 184

ENTRANCE HYMN  #973

KYRIE  Pg 186

(No Gloria In Excelsis during Lent.)

SALUTATION & COLLECT OF THE DAY  Pg 189

OLD TESTAMENT (Printed in the bulletin)

EPISTLE  (Printed in the bulletin)

HOLY GOSPEL  (Printed in the bulletin)

APOSTLE’S CREED  Pg 192

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

HYMN OF THE DAY  #425

THE MESSAGE

OFFERING/OFFERTORY  Pg 192

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

LORD’S PRAYER  Pg 196

BENEDICTION  Pg 202

CLOSING HYMN  #427

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