GLORY be to Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ! Welcome to my soul, Lord Jesus, with the precious food of Thy most holy body, which, with the consecrated bread, Thou now givest me to eat in Thy sacrament, as Thou gavest it for me in Thy bitter death on the cross, for the forgiveness of my sins. May this bless me unto everlasting life. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.147).
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Divine Service Trinity Eighteen – September 29, 2024
Order of Divine Service, p.7 The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Hymn “With The Lord Begin Your Task” LW 483
Readings: Deut 10:12-21, 1 Cor 1:4-9, Matthew 22:34-46
Hymn of the Day: “Thee Lord, Our God, We Praise” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #56)
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: “How Precious Is the Book Divine” LW 332, TLH 285
Hymn “You Will I Love, My Strength” LW 375
“God Brought Me to This Time and Place” LW 456
“O Savior Precious Savior” LW 282, TLH 352
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Trinity-Eighteen-Cover-09-29-2024-Online.pdf
Picture: Ottheinrich Bible 1430 (VII:39) The Plot Against Paul in Acts 23
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Bible Study #4 on Exodus, Chapter Three – September 29, 2024
Bible Study #4 on Exodus Three – September 29, 2024
We continue our study of the book of Exodus with Chapter Three.
Handout 1: Yahweh-Lord-Adonai-and-Elohim-b.pdf
Overhead 1: Text-for-Exodus-3-Draft-Summer-2023-On-line.pdf
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
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Matins St. Michael and All Angels – September 29, 2024
Order of Matins, p.208 Lutheran Worship
Pre-Service Hymn “Stars of the Morning, So Gloriously Bright” LW 190, TLH 255
Office Hymn “Lord God, We All to Thee Give Praise” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #101)
Psalmody: Psalm 104, 68
Readings: Daniel 12:1-3, Revelation 12:7-12, Matthew 18:1-11
Catechism; Lord’s Prayer
Sermon
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: September-29-St-Michael-and-All-Angels-Insert-2024-Online.pdf
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#59 To Keep the 3rd Commandment is to Hear the Word and Help our Neighbor
The sum of the matter is that our Lord boldly tells the Pharisees that they do not know what it is to keep the Sabbath day and to sanctify it. According to your idea, He tells them, it is sanctifying the Sabbath day to be altogether idle and to do no work whatever. No, this is not the meaning of the Sabbath day. To sanctify the Sabbath day means to hear the Word of God and to help our neighbor wherever we can. God does not want a keeping of the Sabbath day in which our neighbor is neglected or left to suffer. For if I serve and help my neighbor, I have kept the Sabbath as it should be kept, and have done a truly good work. This doctrine concerning the Sabbath day shows us how to understand the third commandment aright, according to which we are required, not to be idle or to do nothing, but to hear the Word of God and to live according to that Word. And what does that Word teach us? It directs us, according to the second table, to love and serve one another. This God wants us to learn on the Sabbath day. Hence it must also follow that we are not desecrating the Sabbath day by such good works as these. (Luther’s House Postil, Sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, Volume 3, p. 815)
Before Communing 4.
O LORD help me. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.147).
Catechesis on Trinity 18 (St. Matthew 22:34-46) 2023
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 video from October 4, 2023 prepares God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service. The dialog sermon explains “The Love of God and Neighbor” (St. Matthew 22:34-46), which is the Holy Gospel for Trinity Eighteen.
Learn-by-Heart will include “Thee Lord, Our God, We Praise” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #56), Small Catechism, Apostles’ Creed, 2nd Article and meaning, and 1 John 4:8 19.
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Catechesis-Trinity-18-10-4-2023-On-line.pdf
Recite Word by Word: Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf
Insert for Hymn: Trinity-Eighteen-Insert-10-08-2023-ASBH.pdf
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Divine Service Trinity Seventeen – September 22, 2024
Order of Divine Service, p.7 The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Hymn “Father, We Praise You” LW 482
Readings: 1 Samuel 2:1-10, Ephesians 4:1-6, Luke 14:1-11
Hymn of the Day: “In Thee, Lord, have I Put My Trust” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #55, TLH 254)
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
“My Faith Looks Trustingly” LW 378, TLH 394
Hymn “Seek Where You May to Find a Way” LW 358, TLH 383
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Trinity-Seventeen-Cover-09-22-2024-Online.pdf
Picture: Ottheinrich Bible 1430 (VII:36) Paul Speaks to the Jews in Acts 23
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After the Benediction 4.
O GOD, the life of the faithful, the bliss of the righteous: Mercifully receive the prayers of Thy suppliants that the souls which thirst for Thy promises may evermore be filled from Thine abundance; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.153).
Bible Class #3 on Exodus Two – September 22, 2024
We continue our study of the book of Exodus with Chapter Two.
Overhead 1: Text-for-Exodus-2-v11-25-Draft-Summer-2023-On-line.pdf
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Pic: Trinity’s delegation for Faith and Family Night at SIU Football Game
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