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Last Sunday in the Church Year Divine Service – November 20, 2022

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Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship
Hymn “Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying” LW 177, TLH 609
Readings:  Isaiah 65:17-25, 1 Thess 5:1-11, Matthew 25:1-13
Hymn “The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us” LW 176, TLH 67
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “Abide With Me” LW 490, TLH 552
“Lord Jesus Christ, We Humbly Pray” LW 250, TLH 314
“Rise My Soul, to Watch and Pray” LW 302, TLH 446
Hymn “Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain” LW 477, TLH 288
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  Last-Sunday-Divine-Service-for-Online-11-20-2022.pdf


Picture:  The Luther Bible 1534:   Genesis 39 – Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife, page 68.

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Catechesis on Last Sunday in Church Year (St. Matthew 25:31-46) 2021

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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 “The Ten Virgins” (St. Matthew 25:1-13), which is the Holy Gospel for the Last Sunday in the Church Year (Trinity 27).

Learn-by-Heart will include Lutheran Worship #177, stanza 3 of “Wake, Awake, For Night is Flying,” Small Catechism, Lord’s Prayer, Fourth Petition and meaning, and 1 Thessalonians 5:8.

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

Service Bulletin:  Catechesis-Last-Sunday-11-21-2021-On-Line.pdf
Recite Word by Word:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf

Catechesis for the Last Sunday in the Church Year – November 16, 2022

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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 “The Ten Virgins” (St. Matthew 25:1-13), which is the Holy Gospel for the Last Sunday in the Church Year (Trinity 27).

Learn-by-Heart will include Lutheran Worship #477, stanza 4, “Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain,” (The Lutheran Hymnal #288), Small Catechism, Lord’s Prayer, Fourth Petition and meaning, and 1 Thessalonians 5:8.

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

Service Bulletin:  Catechesis-Last-Sunday-11-16-2022-online.pdf
Recite Word by Word:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf

#64 Call Upon God, and Do Not Prescribe to God the Time or the Method of using the World’s Things

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Therefore he draws the same conclusion that he drew in the preceding chapter.

  1. I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live; 13. also that it is God’s gift to man that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil.

This can be understood satisfactorily on the basis of what has been said above. He wants to say: There is nothing better for a man in such a disastrous business than to enjoy the things that are present and to have a happy and joyful heart, without anxiety and care about the future. But the ability to do this is a gift of God. “I can teach this,” Solomon says, “but it is not in my ability to do it or to grant that it be done.” He shows what is to be done, and at the same time he teaches where it is to be obtained. He teaches that our cares only bring affliction, but he urges that we call upon God to take away these cares and to give success and peace of heart. (Luther’s Works, v.15 p.54)

Second-Last Sunday in the Church Year Divine Service – November 13, 2022

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Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship
Hymn “Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain” LW 477, TLH 288
Readings:  Daniel 7:9-14, 2 Peter 3:3-14, Matthew 25:31-46
Hymn “The Day Is Surely Drawing Near” LW 462, TLH 611
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “Hope of the World” LW 377
“May God Embrace Us with His Grace” LW 288, TLH 500
“Jerusalem, My Happy Home” LW 307, TLH 618

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

Service Bulletin:  Second-Last-Sunday-Divine-Service-for-Online-11-13-2022.pdf

Picture: The Luther Bible 1534:   Genesis 32 – Jacob Wrestles with God, page 59.

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Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #20 – November 13, 2022

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Today we look at how the dissolution of society in the 1920s affected the Lutheran church bodies in North America.

Handout 1:  After-1918-Lutheran-Synods-b.pdf
Handout 2:  Unity-and-Realignment-Part-3.pdf
Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf

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

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For Control of One’s Tongue 2.

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ALMIGHTY God, Who settest men’s minds upon righteousness, and causest them to judge the thing that is right: Grant that there may be neither evil on our lips, nor iniquity in our hearts; so that righteousness in works may precede good speaking tongue; 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.50).

Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor Divine Service – November 10, 2022

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Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship
Hymn “How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73
Readings:  Prov 3:1-7, 2 Cor 4:7-10, Luke 22:24-30
Hymn “By All Your Saints in Warfare” LW 194, s. 17
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  Martin-Luther-Doctor-and-Confessor-November-10.pdf

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Catechesis on 2nd Last Sunday (St. Matthew 25:31-46) 2021

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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 “The Sheep and the Goats” (St. Matthew 25:31-46), which is the Holy Gospel for Second-Last Sunday in the Church Year (Trinity 26).

Learn-by-Heart will include Lutheran Worship #177, stanza 2 of “Wake, Awake, For Night is Flying,” Small Catechism, Lord’s Prayer, Third Petition and meaning, and 2 Corinthians 5:10.

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

Service Bulletin:  Catechesis-2nd-Last-Sunday-11-14-2021-On-Line.pdf
Recite Word by Word:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf

Catechesis on Second-Last Sunday in the Church Year November 9, 2022

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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 “The Sheep and the Goats” (St. Matthew 25:31-46), which is the Holy Gospel for Second-Last Sunday in the Church Year (Trinity 26).

Learn-by-Heart will include Lutheran Worship #477, stanza 3, “Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain,” (The Lutheran Hymnal #288), Small Catechism, Lord’s Prayer, Third Petition and meaning, and 2 Corinthians 5:10.

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

Service Bulletin:  Catechesis-2nd-Last-Sunday-11-9-2022-online.pdf
Recite Word by Word:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf