- Lord Jesus Christ, the darkness descends upon us, to whom shall we flee? Unto Thee I come, O Heavenly, Eternal Light. Shine Thou round about me that mine eyes fall not into the sleep of eternal death. Banish from my presence the evil spirit and all his angels and whatsoever else is at enmity with my soul. Cause me to sleep in peace, to rest in safety, and to awake again in joy, to live a Christian life, and, at last, to die a blessed death. Let Thy grace be with me now and at all times, unto all eternity. Amen. O Son of David, have mercy upon me and forgive me all my transgressions. Amen. The Love of God the Father, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with me and with all believers. Amen. The Lord’s Prayer. The Creed. Psalm 23. The Gloria Patri. (Seed-Grains of Prayer: A Manual for Evangelical Christians by William Loehe, Wartburg Publishing House, 1914, Pages 318)
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Matins on St. Barnabas, Apostle – June 11, 2025
Order of Matins, p.208 Lutheran Worship
Readings: Isaiah 6:1-5, Acts 11:19-30, Matthew 10:16-22
Office Hymn “Saints, See the Cloud of Witnesses” WS98 #840
Psalmody: Psalm 67, 62, 148
Sermon
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: June-11-St.-Barnabas-Apostle-Matins-2025-Online.pdf
Picture: Ottheinrich Bible 1430 (II:2) The Lord Praying in the Garden
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Divine Service Pentecost Tuesday – June 10, 2025
Order of Divine Service, p.7 The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Hymn of the Day: “Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #37, LW 154, TLH 224)
Readings: Isaiah 57:15-21, Acts 8:14-17, St. John 10:1-10
Hymn “Do Not Despair, O Little Flock” LW 300, TLH 263
Sermon
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Pentecost-Tuesday-Cover-2025.pdf
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#45 VIII: The Certainty of Our Salvation, Part 2:
My Creator can restore my soul, if only He is willing so to do; and certainly He is willing, for who can hate the work of his own hands? Are we not before Him as clay in the hands of the potter (Jer. xviii. 6)? But if He had hated me, certainly He would not have created me from nothing. He is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe (1 Tim. iv. 10). It is wonderful that He created me, and still more wonderful that He redeemed me. Never did our Lord give a clearer proof of His great love for us than in His bitter passion and bleeding wounds on Calvary in our behalf. Truly are we loved, since for us and our salvation the only begotten Son is sent from the bosom of the Father. And if Thou didst not desire to save me, O Lord Jesus, why didst Thou descend from heaven? But Thou didst descend to the earth and didst become obedient unto death, even the death of the cross (Phil. ii. 8). To redeem a servant, God spared not His own Son (Rom. viii. 32). Truly hath God loved the world with an unspeakable love, since for its redemption He delivered up His own Son to be smitten, to be crucified, to be put to death. (Gerhard’s Sacred Meditations – VIII: The Certainty of Our Salvation, Repristination Press, p. 46)
Divine Service Pentecost Monday – June 9, 2025
Order of Divine Service, p.7 The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Hymn: “Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #37, LW 154, TLH 224)
Readings: Isaiah 57:15-21, Acts 10:42-48, St. John 3:16-21
Hymn “God Loves the World So that He Gave” LW 352, TLH 245
Sermon
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Pentecost-Monday-Insert-6-9-2025-online.pdf
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Divine Service Pentecost – June 8, 2025
Order of Divine Service, p.7 The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Hymn “Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire” LW 157
Readings: Joel 2:28-32, Acts 2:1-13, St. John 14:23-31
Hymn of the Day: “Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #37, LW 154, TLH 224)
Sermon
Offertory: “Create in Me…” p.18
General Prayer……… p.19-20
Hymn: “Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared” LW 246, TLH 306
Exhortation p.21
Communion Service, p.144 (Lutheran Worship)
Communion Hymns: “Holy Spirit, Light Divine” LW 166, TLH 234
“You Will I Love, My Strength” LW 375
“O Day Full of Grace” LW 163
Closing Hymn “Come, Oh, Come, O Quickening Spirit” LW 165
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Pentecost-Cover-6-8-2025-Online-b.pdf
Picture: Ottheinrich Bible 1430 (I:81) Lord’s Supper
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Bible Class on Leviticus #2 – June 8, 2025
Today, we will study the Ordination of the Priests (Leviticus 9/Exodus 29:1-37) and the Day of Atonement(Leviticus 16).
Overhead 1: Five-OT-Sacrifices.pdf
Overhead 2: Text-for-Exodus-25-31-May-2025-b.pdf
Overhead 3: Text-for-Leviticus-16-Day-of-Atonement.pdf
Overhead 4: Wilderness-Wanderings-Outline-Part-three.pdf
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
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#44 VIII: The Certainty of Our Salvation, Part 1: A Good Hope cannot be Confounded.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou still doubting the mercy of God? Remember thy Creator. Who hath created thee without any concurrence of thine own will? Who was He that formed thy body in secret, when thy substance was curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth (Ps. cxxxix. 15)? Will not He who cared for thee before thou hadst any being care for thee now, after He hath formed thee in His own image? I am a creature of God; to my Creator then do I betake myself. What if my nature is corrupted by the devil; and pierced and wounded by my sins, as by murderous robbers (Luke x. 30), yet my Creator still lives. He who could create me at first can now restore me. He who created me without sin, can now remove from me all the sin which has entered into me and has permeated my whole being, either through the temptation of the devil, through Adam’s fault, or through my own actual transgression. (Gerhard’s Sacred Meditations – VIII: The Certainty of Our Salvation, Repristination Press, p. 45-46)
Catechesis for Pentecost – June 4, 2025
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 how the Holy Spirit teaches from the Word all things about Jesus” (St. John 14:23-31), which is the Holy Gospel for Pentecost.
Learn-by-Heart will include hymn “Christ, Thou Art the Sure Foundation” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #93), Small Catechism, Table of Duties: To Parents: Eph 6:4, To Children: Eph 6:1-3, and Ephesians 4:10-12, and St. John 14:23
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Catechesis-Pentecost-6-4-2025-Copy.pdf
Insert for Hymn: ASBH-93-Christ-Thou-Art-the-Sure-Foundation.pdf
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Prayer for Tuesday.
- Lord, Jesus Christ, Savior of the World, Eternal Word from the Father in heaven, by Whom all things were made, and without Whom nothing was made that exists, and without Whom nothing is preserved that liveth; years, seasons, and months, day and night were made by Thee, and by Thee all are governed and maintained: we miserable creatures who are ever in danger from our enemies, beseech Thee, O gracious Lord, protect us this night under the wings of Thy mercy, that we fall not away from Thee, nor let the evil one make us afraid. Help us that even in the darkness we may behold the light, Thou, Who art eternal Light, Who livest and reignest together with the Father in heaven, and the Holy Ghost, now, henceforth, and forevermore. Amen. The Lord’s Prayer. The Creed. Psalm 3, and The Gloria Patri. (Seed-Grains of Prayer: A Manual for Evangelical Christians by William Loehe, Wartburg Publishing House, 1914, Pages 281)