Emmanuel Trinity Lutheran Church

Sunday, October 4, 2026
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Worship at 10:00 a.m., in person, livestream, and Zoom

For a bulletin, Click Here: https://files.constantcontact.com/288a70b2301/778f8cc4-2e93-4c93-b25e-bb24b57d5d33.pdf?rdr=true

Click Here to join zoom worship: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96362603317?pwd=QjJWbkE5Y0pHbnluaXVHK29OTFFUUT09

Or call in: 301-715-8592
Meeting ID: 963 6260 3317
Passcode: 4004%4321z

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Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures:
‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’?"

Matthew 21:42

We hear Jesus tell another parable in today’s gospel. This is a story of a loving landowner who plants a vineyard, protects it with a wall and a watchtower and then leased it to tenants. It seems that when harvest time comes, the tenants forget that the vineyard belongs to someone else. In fact, they abuse and kill the ones who come for the landowner's share of the crop. They even kill the landowner's son. Jesus asks the religious leaders what will happen to the tenants. They respond that the tenants will be severely punished and thrown out.

At the end of the story, the religious leaders realize that Jesus is talking about them, but are afraid to respond. Jesus says the kingdom of God will be taken away from them and given to those who will bear fruit of the kingdom. God's kingdom that Jesus is talking about is the way of God here on earth - where the last are first and the first are last, where love is lived, and grace is shared.

As followers of Jesus, how are we called to bear fruit? What can others see of the fruit we produce?

Read Matthew 21:33-46

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This week at ETLC
October 4 – Got Questions? 9am
October 4 – Sunday Worship Service, 10am
October 6 – Outreach Meeting, 10:30am
October 7 – Worship & Music Meeting, 10:30am
October 7 – Encountering the Word, 7pm
October 8 – Council Meeting, 5pm
October 10 – Food Bank Open, 10am

Upcoming at ETLC
October 11 – Got Questions? 9am
October 11 – Sunday Worship Service, 10am
October 14 – Encountering the Word, 7pm
October 18 – Got Questions? 9am
October 18 – Sunday Worship Service, 10am
October 18 – Blessing of the Animals, 2pm

The altar flowers this month are given to the Glory of God, given by Ruth Cramer.

FOOD BANK
On the first Sunday of each month, we invite you to bring in food donations. We have an updated list of requests for the food bank.
Cream of mushroom soup, vegetable soup, canned pumpkin, canned gravy, canned pears, canned pineapples, canned mandarins, cake mix, evaporated milk, dried beans (not black), mayo, ketchup, honey, oatmeal, SpaghettiOs, toothbrushes, and men’s deodorant.

MATCHING HUNGER GRANT
ETLC’s Food Bank has been awarded a Matching Hunger Grant by the Hunger Task Force of the DE-MD Synod. If we raise $500 for the food bank, the synod will match that amount. Funds are for use by the end of this year, so please consider donating in the very near future to the food bank. Please designate "food bank" on your checks, envelopes, or online donations. Thank you for your continued support of the food bank and of the Frederick community.

BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
Mark your calendar for 2pm on Sunday, October 18th for an outdoor service to bless the animals. Bring your animal friends, invite your neighbors, and gather around the outdoor cross for a blessing!

GOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE?
Please send a write up of what you’d like included in the weekly announcement to Kerry at [email protected] by NOON on Tuesday to be included in the following Sunday's announcements.

GOT QUESTIONS?
Join Pastor Kim in the gathering space or on zoom (using the worship link) at 9am on Sundays. Bring your questions or come to hear other people’s questions. We will be talking about what it means to be Lutheran. All are welcome. Want to see previous discussions? Check out our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/

2026 COMMUNITY TABLE
ETLC will be serving dinner at the community table on Sunday, November 22, 2026.

COUNCIL NOMINEES
The congregational annual meeting and council elections are right around the corner. The nominating committee has asked you to consider running for council. We are still asking and praying for your discernment of calling. During the next month, members of the nominating committee will be personally asking members to run for council.

2026 COUNCIL MEMBERS
The Executive Committee members of the church council are: Ruth Cramer, President; Angelee Mullins, Vice-President; Emily O'Hara, Secretary; MaryAnne Golling, Treasurer, and Lasse Syversen, Mission & Outreach Chairman. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to contact any one of the Council members.

PRAYER LIST
Need a name placed on the prayer list? If there is someone who you want us to include just on the current Sunday, you may write it on the prayer book on the podium currently in the front of the church near the gathering space door. If you have any questions about the prayer list and how it is determined or maintained, feel free to ask Pastor Kim.


REMINDER: Never send cash or gift cards in response to online, text, or phone requests. Pastor Kim will never reach out asking for gift cards or money by email, text, video message, or phone call - even if it might look like or sound like her. Don’t get scammed.

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Thank you for your offerings! Your continued support of ETLC is greatly appreciated !!!

Offerings can be mailed to ETLC, 4004 Ballenger Creek Pike, Frederick, MD 21703, or dropped in the drop box on the church office, or you can give online. Go to our website www.emmanueltrinity.org and click on GIVE. You are able to designate your giving in a drop-down menu, using credit card or bank transfer.

What does it mean to be Lutheran?

All are welcome for these discussions!
Join in person or on the worship zoom link at 9 am Sunday morning.

Sunday, September 27, 2026
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Worship at 10:00 a.m., in person, livestream, and Zoom

For a bulletin, Click Here: https://files.constantcontact.com/288a70b2301/492a9831-9400-4eff-b021-cd2ba2a2ecfd.pdf?rdr=true

Click Here to join zoom worship: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96362603317?pwd=QjJWbkE5Y0pHbnluaXVHK29OTFFUUT09

Or call in: 301-715-8592
Meeting ID: 963 6260 3317
Passcode: 4004%4321z

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For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him, and even after you saw it you did not change your minds and believe him.

Matthew 21:32

Jesus shares another parable in today’s gospel. After the religious leaders challenge his authority to teach, he tells a story of a father and two sons. One son promises to work, but doesn’t, and the other says he won’t, but does. 

It is a challenging story with Jesus asking “ who did the will of the father?” Of course it is the one who did the work. He follows up with telling the religious leaders that the people they consider to be sinners will be in the kingdom of God ahead of them. The kingdom of God is where people love their neighbor and where the last are first.

What message do you hear in this story? Is it better to say or to do?

Read Matthew 21:23-32

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This week at ETLC
September 27 – Sunday Worship Service, 10am
September 30 – Encountering the Word, 7pm

Upcoming at ETLC
October 1 – Executive Committee Meeting, 5pm
October 4 – Got Questions? 9am
October 4 – Sunday Worship Service, 10am
October 6 – Outreach Meeting, 10:30am
October 7 – Worship & Music Meeting, 10:30am
October 7 – Encountering the Word, 7pm
October 8 – Council Meeting, 5pm
October 10 – Food Bank Open, 10am

The altar flowers this month are in memory of Jimmy Houck’s birthday - September 8.
Given by his mom, Ginny.

GOD’S WORK, OUR HANDS
We are collecting new boys’ and girls’ underwear (sizes 4-8) for the Carroll Manor Elementary School nurse’s office. We are also collecting kids snacks for the counselors to provide to hungry kids. Bring your contributions any Sunday during September.

PASTOR KIM ON VACATION
Pastor Kim will be returning from vacation on Tuesday, September 29. Pastor Dave Simpson will be providing emergency pastoral care until she returns.

FOOD BANK
On the first Sunday of each month, we invite you to bring in food donations. The food bank needs the following items: cake mix, dried beans (not black), ketchup, vegetable soup, salad dressing, mayo, cream of mushroom soup, honey, sugar, flour, toothbrushes, women's deodorant, and bar soap.

MATCHING HUNGER GRANT
ETLC’s Food Bank has been awarded a Matching Hunger Grant by the Hunger Task Force of the DE-MD Synod. If we raise $500 for the food bank, the synod will match that amount. Funds are for use by the end of this year, so please consider making a donation soon to the food bank. Please designate "food bank" on your checks, envelopes, or online donations. Thank you for your continued support of the food bank and of the Frederick community.

BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
Mark your calendar for Sunday, October 18th. At 2pm, we will have an outdoor service to bless the animals. Bring your animal friends, invite your neighbors, and gather around the outdoor cross for a blessing!

GOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE?
Please send a write up of what you’d like included in the weekly announcement to Kerry at [email protected] by NOON on Tuesday to be included in the following Sunday's announcements.

GOT QUESTIONS?
Got Questions is taking a break for the rest of September. Starting again on October 4th, join Pastor Kim in the gathering space or on zoom (using the worship link) at 9am on Sundays. Bring your questions or come to hear other people’s questions. We will be talking about what it means to be Lutheran. All are welcome. Want to see previous discussions? Check out our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/

2026 COMMUNITY TABLE
ETLC will be serving dinner at the community table on Sunday, November 22, 2026.

COUNCIL NOMINEES
The congregational annual meeting and council elections are right around the corner. The nominating committee has asked you to consider running for council. We are still asking and praying for your discernment of calling. During the next month, members of the nominating committee will be personally asking members to run for council.

2026 COUNCIL MEMBERS
The Executive Committee members of the church council are: Ruth Cramer, President; Angelee Mullins, Vice-President; Emily O'Hara, Secretary; MaryAnne Golling, Treasurer, and Lasse Syversen, Mission & Outreach Chairman. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to contact any one of the Council members.

PRAYER LIST
Need a name placed on the prayer list? If there is someone who you want us to include just on the current Sunday, you may write it on the prayer book on the podium currently in the front of the church near the gathering space door. If you have any questions about the prayer list and how it is determined or maintained, feel free to ask Pastor Kim.


REMINDER: Never send cash or gift cards in response to online, text, or phone requests. Pastor Kim will never reach out asking for gift cards or money by email, text, video message, or phone call - even if it might look like or sound like her. Don’t get scammed.

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Thank you for your offerings! Your continued support of ETLC is greatly appreciated !!!

Offerings can be mailed to ETLC, 4004 Ballenger Creek Pike, Frederick, MD 21703, or dropped in the drop box on the church office, or you can give online. Go to our website www.emmanueltrinity.org and click on GIVE. You are able to designate your giving in a drop-down menu, using credit card or bank transfer.

Sunday, September 20, 2026
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Worship at 10:00 a.m., in person, livestream, and Zoom

For a bulletin, Click Here:https://faithconnector.s3.amazonaws.com/6154/files/2026-09-20_worship_10am_bulletin.pdf

Click Here to join zoom worship: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96362603317?pwd=QjJWbkE5Y0pHbnluaXVHK29OTFFUUT09

Or call in: 301-715-8592
Meeting ID: 963 6260 3317
Passcode: 4004%4321z

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Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?

Matthew 20:14-15

Jesus shares a parable about a generous land owner in today's gospel. The landowner hires workers several times during the day, offering them a day's wage. Not all workers work all day, but at the end of the day, the land owner instructs them to be paid, starting with those who came last. 

The workers who came last are paid the same wage as the workers who came first and worked all day. When they see that, the workers who came first complained that they should get more. But the landowner questions them - did they not agree to work for the wages they were paid? What business is it of theirs how much the others get paid?

What message do you hear in this story? One of grace, mercy and generosity on the part of the landowner? Or one of unfairness to those who worked longer? How might we understand God's grace and forgiveness in light of this story? Do we feel thankful for the grace we are shown, or might we wonder why others "deserve" any grace?

Read Matthew 20:1-16

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This week at ETLC
September 20 – Sunday Worship Service, 10am
September 26 – Food Bank open, 10am-12pm

Upcoming at ETLC
September 27 – Sunday Worship Service, 10am
September 30 – Encountering the Word, 7pm

The altar flowers this month are in memory of Jimmy Houck’s birthday -
September 8. Given by his mom, Ginny.

GOD’S WORK, OUR HANDS
We are collecting new boys’ and girls’ underwear (sizes 4-8) for the Carroll Manor Elementary School nurse’s office. We are also collecting kids snacks for the counselors to provide to hungry kids. Bring your contributions to the picnic or to church any Sunday during September.

PASTOR KIM ON VACATION
Pastor Kim will be away from Monday, September 14 through Monday, September 28, returning on Tuesday, September 29. During that time, emergency pastoral care will be provided by Pastor Dave Simpson.

FOOD BANK
On the first Sunday of each month, we invite you to bring in food donations. The food bank needs the following items: cake mix, dried beans (not black), ketchup, vegetable soup, salad dressing, mayo, cream of mushroom soup, honey, sugar, flour, toothbrushes, women's deodorant, and bar soap.

MATCHING HUNGER GRANT
ETLC’s Food Bank has been awarded a Matching Hunger Grant by the Hunger Task Force of the DE-MD Synod. If we raise $500 for the food bank, the synod will match that amount. Funds are for use by the end of this year, so please consider making a donation soon to the food bank. Please designate "food bank" on your checks, envelopes, or online donations. Thank you for your continued support of the food bank and of the Frederick community.

BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
Mark your calendar for Sunday, October 18th. At 2pm, we will have an outdoor service to bless the animals. Bring your animal friends, invite your neighbors, and gather around the outdoor cross for a blessing!

GOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE?
Please send a write up of what you’d like included in the weekly announcement to Kerry at [email protected] by NOON on Tuesday to be included in the following Sunday's announcements.

GOT QUESTIONS?
Got Questions is taking a break for the rest of September. Starting again on October 4th, join Pastor Kim in the gathering space or on zoom (using the worship link) at 9am on Sundays. Bring your questions or come to hear other people’s questions. We will be talking about what it means to be Lutheran. All are welcome. Want to see previous discussions? Check out our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/

2026 COMMUNITY TABLE
ETLC will be serving dinner at the community table on Sunday, November 22, 2026.

COUNCIL NOMINEES
Summer is here and autumn is just around the corner. So is the congregation annual meeting and council elections. The nominating committee has asked you to consider running for council. Well, we are still asking and praying for your discernment of calling. During the next two months, members of the nominating committee will be personally asking members to run for council. Please pray; we are.

2026 COUNCIL MEMBERS
The Executive Committee members of the church council are: Ruth Cramer, President; Angelee Mullins, Vice-President; Emily O'Hara, Secretary; MaryAnne Golling, Treasurer, and Lasse Syversen, Mission & Outreach Chairman. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to contact any one of the Council members.

PRAYER LIST
Need a name placed on the prayer list? If there is someone who you want us to include just on the current Sunday, you may write it on the prayer book on the podium currently in the front of the church near the gathering space door. If you have any questions about the prayer list and how it is determined or maintained, feel free to ask Pastor Kim.

REMINDER: Never send cash or gift cards in response to online, text, or phone requests. Pastor Kim will never reach out asking for gift cards or money by email, text, video message, or phone call - even if it might look like or sound like her. Don’t get scammed.

# # # # # # #
Thank you for your offerings! Your continued support of ETLC is greatly appreciated !!!

Offerings can be mailed to ETLC, 4004 Ballenger Creek Pike, Frederick, MD 21703, or dropped in the drop box on the church office, or you can give online. Go to our website www.emmanueltrinity.org and click on GIVE. You are able to designate your giving in a drop-down menu, using credit card or bank transfer.