Easter Vigil, April 16, 2022 at 7:00 PM   Link to Live Stream

Service of Light
Service of Readings
Readings:
Hymn #9 “All You Works of God”
Service of Baptism/Confirmation
Hymn “All Who Believe and Are Baptized”  LW 225
Service of Communion
Alleluia Verse
Readings:  Colossians 3:1-4, St. Matthew 28:1-10
Hymn of the Day “Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain” LW 141, TLH 204
Sermon
Offertory Hymn “He Is Arisen! Glorious Word!” LW 520, TLH 189
Communion liturgy, p.144
Hymn “Christ the Lord is Risen Again”  TLH 190
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  Easter-Vigil-for-2022.pdf

Picture: The Flood from Das Alte Testament Deutsch, M. Luther, Wittemberg, 1523.  The picture from Luther’s 1523 translation was by Lukas Cranach.

(https://collections.museumofthebible.org/artifacts/25085-luthers-pentateuch?&tab=description).

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Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship
Hymn “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” LW 113, TLH 172
Bidding Prayer, p.276
Readings:  Hosea 6:1-16, 2 Corinthians 5:14-21, St. John 18:1-19:42
Hymn “A Lamb Alone Bears Willingly” LW 111, TLH 142
Reproaches
Hymn “Lamb of God, Pure and Sinless”  Stanza 1 & 2 of LW 208, TLH 146
Hymn “Sing, My Tongue” LW 117
Sermon
Communion Hymns
Hymn “O Dearest Jesus, What Law Have You Broken”  LW 119, TLH 143
Hymn “Go to Dark Gethsemane” LW #110, TLH 159

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

Service Bulletin:  Good-Friday-Divine-Service-for-Online-4-15-2022.pdf

Picture:  The initial Letter “U” of The Fourth Book of Moses by Martin Luther for Das Alte Testament Deutsch, M. Luther, Wittemberg, 1523.  Jesus between 2 cherubs appearing to Moses with a bird….  “And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai…”  “Und der HERR Redet mit Mose ynn der zvusten Sinai…”  From page CI = 101.

“Luther struggled with Leviticus, which he regarded as tiresome and having little spiritual perspective.  Luther: ‘I have made a great effort to make Moses so German that no one would guess that he was a Jew’” (https://gruber.lstc.edu/luthers_bible/1523_1533.php).

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Order of Confessional Service I, p.308  Lutheran Worship
Psalm 51
Readings:  Exodus 12:1-14, 1 Corinthians 11:23-32, St. John 13;1-15
Hymn “The Death of Jesus Christ, Our Lord” LW 107, TLH 163
Sermon
Communion Service, p.144
Hymn “On My Heart Imprint Your Image”  LW 100, TLH 179
Hymn “Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness” LW #239, TLH 305
Psalm 22

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

Service Bulletin:  Maundy-Thursday-Divine-Service-for-Online-4-14-2022.pdf

Picture:  The initial Letter “U” of The Third Book of Moses by Martin Luther for Das Alte Testament Deutsch, M. Luther, Wittemberg, 1523.  The picture is a lamb on the altar with a priest and a creature….  “Now the LORD called to Moses, and spoke to him….”  “Und der HERR rief Mose / unnd redet mit yhm…”  From page LXXX = 80.

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Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship
Hymn “Grant, Lord Jesus, that My Healing” LW 95
Readings:  Isaiah 62:11-63:7, Revelation 1:5b-7, St. Luke 22:1-23:56
Hymn “Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted”  LW 116, TLH 153
Sermon
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  Holy-Wednesday-Divine-Service-for-Online-4-13-2022.pdf

Picture:  The initial Letter “D” of The Second Book of Moses by Martin Luther for Das Alte Testament Deutsch, M. Luther, Wittemberg, 1523.  The picture is God appearing on the mountain….   “These are the names of the children of Israel…”  “Das sind die namen der kinder Israel…”  From page XLVI = 46.

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