Divine Service on Eve of the Name of Jesus – December 31, 2024

Service of Light, LW p.250-255 Lutheran Worship
Psalm 8 (insert)
Isaiah 55:1-13
Hymn: “O Blessed Day When First Was Poured” TLH 115
Divine Service I, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Readings:  Galatians 3:23-29, Luke 2:21
Hymn “To The Name of Our Salvation” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #7, TLH 116)
Sermon
Offertory: “Create in Me…”                          p.18
Prayer of the Church………                    p.19-20
Hymn: “Lo, How a Rose is Growing” LW 67
Exhortation                                    p.21
Communion Service, p.144 (Lutheran Worship)
Communion Hymn:
“From Heaven Came the Angels Bright” LW 52
“Let All Together Praise Our God” LW 44
Closing Hymn “Before You, Lord, We Bow” LW 500

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Bulletin: December-31-Eve-of-the-Name-of-Jesus-Cover-2024-ONLINE.pdf
Service of Light: Circumcision-and-Name-of-Jesus-Insert-12-31-2024-Online.pdf

Picture: Ottheinrich Bible 1430  (II:67b) Circumcision of Jesus in Luke 2:21

#8 Part Two, Chapter I. Thanksgiving for Formation in the Womb of the Mother and for Birth into this Life

Omnipotent, eternal God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I give You thanks. I praise You, I glorify You, that Your hands fashioned me and made every detail of what I am. You shaped me like clay in the womb of my mother. You poured me out like milk and curdled me like cheese. You clothed me with skin and knit me together with bones and tendons. You gave me life and showed me mercy, and in Your providence You watched over my spirit (Job 10:9–12). I will celebrate Your great mercy which You have shown me with eternal praises. Your kindness I will declare with everlasting songs of praise. You covered me in the womb of my mother. I will praise You, for I am wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and this my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You because You made me in secret when You adorned me with my various members in the lower parts of the earth. Your eyes saw me when I was yet unformed, and in Your book were written all the days that would be, though not yet one of them was. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is their sum! If I were to count them, they would be more in number than the sands of the sea (Psa. 139:13–18).

(Continued on Circumcision and Name of Jesus)  (from The Daily Exercise of Piety by Johann Gerhard, Repristination Press, p.30-32)

Divine Service First Sunday after Christmas – December 29, 2024

Hymn: “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” LW 49
Divine Service I, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Readings: Isaiah 11:1-4, Galatians 4:1-7, St. Luke 2:33-40
Hymn “To God the Anthem Raising” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #6, TLH 112)
Sermon
Offertory: “Create in Me…”         p.18
General Prayer………                    p.19-20
Hymn: “I Come, O Savior, to Your Table” LW 242, TLH 315
Exhortation                                    p.21
Communion Service, p.144 (Lutheran Worship)
Communion Hymns: “In Peace and Joy I Now Depart” LW 185, TLH 137
“Angels We Have Heard on High” LW 55
“Once Again My Heart Rejoices” LW 39
Closing Hymn “In His Temple Now Behold Him” LW 186, TLH 139

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Christmas-One-Cover-12-29-2024-Online.pdf

Picture: Ottheinrich Bible 1430  (II:68) Presentation of Jesus at the Temple in Luke 2)

Bible Class #17 on Exodus 15:22-16:17 – December 29, 2024

We continue our study of the book of Exodus 15:22-16:7.
Overhead 1: Text-for-Exodus-15v22-27-Dec-2024.pdf
Overhead 2: Text-for-Exodus-16-Dec-2024.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Vespers on The Holy Innocents – December 28, 2024

Psalms: 9, 8, 72 (printed)
Readings:  Jeremiah 31:15-17, Revelation 14:1-5, St. Matthew 2:13-18
Hymn “Sweet Flowerets of the Martyr Band” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #72 LW 188, TLH 273)
Sermon

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: December-28-The-Holy-Innocents-ASBH-Online-b.pdf

Divine Service on St. John, Apostle – December 27, 2024

Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Readings:  Hosea 11:1-9, 1 John 1:1-10, John 21:19-24
Hymn “Word Supreme, Before Creation” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #71, TLH 271)
Sermon

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: December-27-St-John-Apostle-ASBH-Final-b.pdf

#7 Part Two: Chapter IV. Thanksgiving for the Incarnation of the Son

(Continued )  To me You were given—shall not also all things be given to me? My nature is glorified greater in You than it was disgraced in Adam through sin. Because You assumed into the unity of Your person [Christ has two natures, divine and human, in one person] that which was only accidentally weakened by Satan, You truly are flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone [Eph. 5:30]. You are my brother. What can You deny to me, to whom You are most intimately joined by the same essence of flesh and by the feeling of fraternal love? You are the Bridegroom [Matt. 22:2], who according to the good pleasure of the Heavenly Father, bound the human nature to Yourself as a bride by means of a personal covenant. With a thankful soul I proclaim and acknowledge that I too am invited to the celebration of this marriage.

I am no longer amazed that heaven, earth, sea, and all that is in them, were made by God for man, since for man God Himself ordained to become a man. Truly You cannot reject me and turn me away, since You cannot deny [II Tim. 2:13] that You Yourself are a man, and therefore my brother. Now You can never forget me because You have engraved me on the palms of Your hands [Isa. 49:16]. For Christ’s communion with humanity daily and continually makes You mindful of me. Now You can never forsake me, since You, by the closest bond of the personal union, ordained to join the human nature to Yourself. However much, therefore, my sins hinder me from coming to You for mercy, nevertheless, the communion of the two natures in Christ will not allow me to be driven away. I will depend totally upon You, who totally assumed my totality, Amen. (from The Daily Exercise of Piety by Johann Gerhard, Repristination Press, p.35-36)

Christ’s Mass Day Divine Service – December 25, 2024

Hymn “Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful” LW #41
Divine Service I, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Readings:  Isaiah 7:10-14, Hebrews 1:1-12, St. John 1:1-14
Hymn of the Day “Of The Father’s Love Begotten” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #66, LW 36, TLH 98)
Sermon
Offertory: “Create in Me…”         p.18
General Prayer………                    p.19-20
Hymn: “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” LW 241
Exhortation                                    p.21
Communion Service, p.144 (Lutheran Worship)
Communion Hymns: “Come, Your Hearts and Voices Raising” LW 48, TLH 90
“Now Sing We, No Rejoice” LW 47, TLH 92
“Once in Royal David’s City” LW 58
Closing Hymn: “A Great and Mighty Wonder” LW 51, TLH 76

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Christmas-Day-Cover-12-25-2024-Online.pdf

Picture: Ottheinrich Bible 1430  (II:67a) Jesus Lying in a Manger in Luke 2

Christmas Matins – December 25, 2024

Order of Matins, p.208  Lutheran Worship
Versicles, Venite
Hymn of the Day “From East to West” LW #43
Psalm 93, 100, 63, Hymn #9 Benedicite, omnia opera, Psalm 148 (See Insert)
Readings:  Titus 3:4-7
Sermon
Te Deum, LW p.214
The Prayers

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Christmas-Dawn-Matins-2024-Online.pdf

Picture: Ottheinrich Bible 1430  (II:63) The Annunciation of Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Luke 1

#6 Part Two: Chapter IV. Thanksgiving for the Incarnation of the Son

I give thanks to You, Jesus Christ, only Mediator and Redeemer of the human race, that in the fullness of time You united to Yourself, personally, a true human nature, and You deigned to be born of a virgin [Gal. 4:4]. How great is Your love of man that You laid hold not of angels, but of the seed of Abraham [Heb. 2:16]! How great is the mystery of godliness that You, being True God, deigned to become manifest in the flesh [1 Tim. 3:16]! How great the inclination of Your mercy that descending from heaven for my sake, You endured being born of a virgin [Isa. 9:6]. For me, a most worthless creature, You, the all-powerful Creator, became man. For my sake, an abject slave, You, the glorious Lord, in servile fashion, clothed Yourself with a body [Phil. 2:7], so that with flesh You might free flesh. For me You were born. Therefore, whatever heavenly goods You bring with You in Your birth will be mine.  (Text continues with Christ’s Mass Day)    (from The Daily Exercise of Piety by Johann Gerhard, Repristination Press, p.35-36)