Yearly Archives: 2024

Divine Service Rogate / Easter Five – May 5, 2024

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Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Hymn “Sing Praise to God, the Highest Good” LW #452
Readings:  Jeremiah 29:11-14, James 1:22-27, St. John 16:23-33
Hymn of the Day: “Our Father, Thou in Heaven Above” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #34, LW 431, TLH 458)
Sermon
Offertory: “Create in Me…”         p.18
General Prayer………                    p.19-20
Hymn: “Here, O My Lord, I See You Face to Face” LW 243
Exhortation                                    p.21
Communion Service, p.144 (Lutheran Worship)
Communion Hymns: “O God, My Faithful God” LW 371, TLH 395
“Christians, While on Earth Abiding” LW 434
“Our Father, Who from Heaven Above”  LW 430
Closing Hymn: “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” LW 142

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Rogate-Divine-Service-for-Online-5-5-2024-with-Baptism.pdf


Picture:  Ottheinrich Bible 1430 (V:48) St. Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh.  2 Corinthians 12:7-10  And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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Bible Class #5 “The Church” – May 5, 2024

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We continue to study the Church.
Handout 1: The-Church.pdf
Overhead 1: Church-Pictures-2.pdf
Overhead 2: Church-Pictures-3-Ephesians-4.pdf

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

Picture:  Adult Bible Class in our Lutheran Learning Center.

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Before the Benediction.

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I pray that the hand of the truth may be stretched out and blessing given to this people on account of Thy lovingkindness, O God of compassion:  May a hand of piety and power and sound discipline and cleanness and all holiness, bless this people, and continually preserve it to advancement and improvement, through Thy Only-Begotten Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.151-152).

Catechesis for Rogate/Easter Five May 1, 2024

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On Wednesday nights, Trinity Lutheran Church(Herrin, IL) offers to both children and adults an opportunity for teaching with Learn-by-Heart at 6:30 PM and a catechetical service at 7:00 PM.

This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.  The dialog sermon explains Prayer (St. John 16:23-33), which is the Holy Gospel for the Fifth Sunday in Easter.

Learn-by-Heart will include the hymn “Our Father, Thou in Heaven Above” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #34, LW 431, TLH 458), Small Catechism, Table of Duties: To Husbands: 1 Peter 3:7, Col 3:19, and St. John 16:14 and To Wives:  Eph 5:22, and St. John 16:33.

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

Service Bulletin: Catechesis-Rogate-5-1-2024.pdf
Responsive Prayer for Catechesis:    Responsive-Prayer-for-Catechesis-2023.pdf
Insert for Hymn: Rogate-Insert-5-14-2023.pdf

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Divine Service on St. Philip and St. James – May 1, 2024

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Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Hymn: “Look Down, O Lord, From Heaven Behold” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal ASBH #33)
Readings: Malachi 3:16-18, Ephesians 2:19-22, St. John 14:1-14
Hymn “By All Your Saints in Warfare” (ASBH #87, LW 194, st 14)
Sermon

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Sts-Philip-and-James-May-1-ASBH.pdf

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Concerning the Eucharist, thus give thanks 4:

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FINISHED and accomplished as far as in us lieth, O Christ, our God, is the mystery of Thy dispensation; for we have had the memorial of Thy death, we have seen the figure of Thy resurrection, we have been filled with Thine imperishable life, we have had delight in Thy delicacies, in which there is no satiety, and which do Thou be pleased to award to us all in the world to come, by the grace of Thine eternal Father, and of the holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.151).

#34 The Holy Ghost’s Task is So Vast that It Seems Impossible

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The Lord explains still further what the Holy Ghost would accomplish, what He would bring and teach us: “He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.” Indeed a great task, so vast that its execution seems impossible. Not merely one school, or one village, or one city, or even several of them, but the whole world shall come under the influence and reproof of the Holy Spirit. It must in truth be a mighty power which can accomplish such a task, and it must be sure of the necessary support. To the world belong all the descendants of Adam, emperors, kings and princes. All these are included among the number of those whom the Holy Ghost, through the preaching of the apostles and other ministers, is to reprove and admonish. He tells them: Ye are all sinners; not one of you is just or wise, whether you live in Jerusalem or in Rome, whether you are of high or low degree; you must all learn true wisdom of me, or not one of you will be saved. If you despise my teachings, you shall all go to hell, just as you are, with your entire baggage of self-righteousness, of holiness and good works. Thus, says Christ to His disciples, will the Holy Spirit execute His office of reproving the whole world through you, the poor and despised preachers of the Gospel.

This reproof, however, is no idle sound, but dread reality. Christ says: “He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.” What now, if there is in the world no righteousness, no judgment, nothing but sin – what shall become of us? Hence the reproof of the Holy Ghost is for the world a terrible shock; we hear that we are the devil’s own, with all our good works, and that we cannot enter into the kingdom of God unless the Holy Ghost removes our sins, makes us righteous, and frees us from judgment. Many passages in the Scriptures are of similar import. Thus St. Paul says: “God has concluded all under sin;” and again: “We were by nature children of wrath.” Christ also says: “Unless a man be born again he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” With such words and declarations the Holy Ghost reproves the world of sin. (Luther’s House Postil, Fourth Sunday after Easter, Volume 2, p. 546-547)

Divine Service Cantate – April 29, 2024

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Cantate Divine Service, April 29, 2024 at 10:15 AM     Link to Live Stream
 
Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Hymn “How Can I Thank You, Lord” LW #385
Readings:  Isaiah 12:1-6, James 1:16-21, St. John 16:5-15
Hymn of the Day: “Look Down, O Lord, From Heaven Behold” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #33)
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: “I Know My Faith is Founded” LW #354, TLH #381
“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” LW 444
“Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds” LW 131
Closing Hymn “This Joyful Eastertide” LW 140

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Cantate-Divine-Service-for-Online-4-28-2024.pdf

Picture:  Ottheinrich Bible 1430 (V:48) St. Paul Let Down in Basket, 2 Corinthians 11:32-33 In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; 33but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.

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Bible Class #4 “The Church” – April 28, 2024

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Bible Class #4 on the Church :  April 28, 2024  Link to Live Stream

We continue to study the Church.
Handout 1: The-Church.pdf
Overhead 1: Church-Pictures-2.pdf
Overhead 2: Church-Pictures-3-Ephesians-4.pdf

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

Picture: Pastor Henson teaching Adult Bible Class.

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Divine Service on St. Mark – April 25, 2024

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Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Hymn: “The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #31, LW 416, TLH 436)
Readings: Isaiah 55:1-5, Ephesians 4:7-13, St. John 15:1-11
Hymn “By All Your Saints in Warfare”  LW 194 st. 13
Sermon

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin:  St.-Mark-April-25.pdf

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