Worship Services at Trinity Lutheran Church in Savannah, Georgia


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THE CHARITY OF THE MONTH is the USO Savannah/Hilton Head Airport group. Envelopes are provided in the pews to direct contributions to this group that welcomes and assists soldiers and their families as they pass through the airport.

Worship Services at Trinity Lutheran Church in Savannah, GA

We welcome visitors to join us at any of our Worship Services!

Sunday Service Times:
Early Service 8:30 a.m.
Late Service 11:00 a.m.

There is a Cry Room in the Sanctuary as well as a nursery (located in the Education Building) for infants to age 3. Nursery is available during both services and the Sunday School hour.

Our Order of Worship is printed out in the bulletins to make it easy to follow along.

The Lord's Supper is celebrated in Late Service on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of each month, and in Early Service on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sunday.

The Sunday School hour begins at 9:45 after Early Service. There are adult classes available in addition to classes for children and youth. If you visit the Sunshine Cafe, feel free to bring breakfast to class with you!

Lenten Worship Services

February 17 at 7 pm - Ash Wednesday
February 24 at 7 pm
March 3 at 7 pm
March 10 at 7 pm
March 17 at 7 pm
March 24 at 7 pm

Lenten Meals are served prior to worship services from 5:45 to 6:30 pm. All meals are $5.00 adults and $2.50 ages 10 and under. All meals include dessert and drinks. Check the calendar for menus.

Holy Week

April 1 Maundy Thursday at 7 pm
April 2 Good Friday at 7 pm
April 4 Easter Sunrise Service at 6:30 am, Easter Breakfast at 7:30 am, Easter Festival Services at 8:30 & ll:00

Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent. Lent is the season of the church year which we may call – Penitential.

You might be thinking, what is “penitential”? Well I am glad you asked. Penitential is involving penance or penitence. Huh? That is what the Encarta Dictionary gave me for a definition. Like it? I don’t because it doesn’t really give me a meaning of what penitential is that I understand.

Penitential involves penitence and that means feeling regret for your sins.

Lent is that time in which we reflect on our sins. It is all about the consequences of our sins and what God did through Jesus to get rid of them. Hence, our focus then becomes the grief, torment and persecution of what Jesus went through on our behalf.

Lent begins with Ash Wednesday when we put palm ashes from last Palm Sunday’s palms on our foreheads. It is a sign of contrition. A time of saying I am sorry, please forgive me, God.

We then progress through a number of Scripture texts that lead us to the cross and Jesus’ death.

And after three days we have something to look forward to...Easter. But as the old saying goes, “You can’t have Easter without having Good Friday first.” How true that is.

So as we go through out this season of Lent, consider what our Savior has done for us. To help us do that, we have some Lenten devotions that follow our theme this year of “Words of Life from the Cross.” These booklets will be handed our Sunday February 14th.

May this Lent be a time of personal reflection that helps us focus all the more on what the promise of the resurrection means to our faith and for all who believe.

Serving the Lord with you,
Pastor Hopkins

Service of the Word for Healing

As Scripture tells us in James 5:13-16: "Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."

Now there may be questions that come to mind, such as:

Why? Don't we pray for folks already?
Yes, we do. But sometimes, we as individuals prefer to have a more personal interaction with God. Consider confession, most of the time we have confession in a corporate manner (altogether) in worship. But there are times in which confession may be done privately in a more personal interaction with God. That is why there is a liturgy of "Individual Confession and Absolution" beginning on page 292 in the hymnal. Such is the case here in this Service of the Word for Healing, we are providing folks an opportunity to have a more personal interaction with God when they ask for healing.

How about the laying on of hands?
This is nothing new. Consider how many times you take someone's hand to pray before a meal or at a bedside.

How about anointing with oil?
This may be new. But in looking at James, it is called for use. Many times in the Old Testament, the application of oil was the best medicine. We are not using the oil for medicine. Nor should one consider it as having "magical" properties. But in this Service, the anointing with oil may for an individual make this prayer a more personal interaction with God. The anointing with oil is optional. This practice will be no different than those folks who prefer not receive ashes on Ash Wednesday. The real power is God Himself who heals.

Who should come forward?
This is for anyone who desires to be healed of any physical ailment. But this is also for anyone who desires emotional healing. An example might be, an individual who has lost a loved one or who has gone through a divorce or something similar, then they are welcome to come forward. This could also be for someone who is seeking God's help in overcoming a sin that has hold over them. They could come forward and ask that God would release them from this burden.

Does a person have to tell us why they are coming forward?
No, they do not. God already knows why they are seeking His grace and mercy.

What if I don't have a specific need?
You are welcome to come and join in prayer with those who do. Keep in mind that this is a Service of God's Word intended for the primary purpose of asking the Lord to heal an individual. After all have received prayers, then there will be a general blessing and dismissal.

If you have need, please attend. If you would like to participate by praying for others, please join us for our next Service of the Word for Healing.