Divine Service for Trinity Fifteen, September 12, 2021

Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship

Hymn “How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73
Readings:  1 Kings 17:8-16, Galatians 5:25-6:10, Matthew 6:24-34
Hymn “What God Ordains Is Always Good” LW 422, TLH 521
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “O God, O Lord of Heaven and Earth” LW 319
“Love in Christ Is Strong and Living” LW 376
“I Leave All Things to God’s Direction” LW 429, TLH 529
“Sent Forth by God’s Blessing” LW 247

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

Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Fifteen-Divine-Service-for-Online-9-12-2021.pdf

Picture: “While I cannot claim to have got everything right, nevertheless I venture to say that this German Bible is couched in plainer and more correct language at many points than the Latin. So if the printers do not, as is their wont, spoil it with their carelessness, the German language has here a better Bible than the Latin. I ask my readers to decide.” — Martin Luther, from his preface to the first part of the Old Testament, 1523.

1522 Translation:  One of the more controversial translations was Luther’s rendering of Romans 3:28, where he inserted the word “alone,” [a person is justified by faith alone (alleyn, in the middle of the second line in the picture below)] that was present in neither the Greek or the Latin. In his Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen [Open Letter on Translating] in 1530, Luther defended the addition of “alone” as conforming to German idiom. https://gruber.lstc.edu/luthers_bible/1522.php

Catechesis on Trinity Fifteen 2019 (St. Matthew 6:24-34)

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.

In this video from September 25, 2019, we learned stanza 1 of “If God Had Not Been on Our Side” (The Lutheran Hymnal #267) and the first article of the Apostles’ Creed and its meaning.  This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.  The dialog sermon explains “Do Not Worry” (St. Matthew 6:24-34), which is the Holy Gospel for Trinity Fifteen.

The service concludes with “Recite Word by Word.”    [Length: 1 hour and 5 minutes]

Bulletins: Catechesis-Trinity-15-9-25-2019-Online.pdf
Prayers:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf

Divine Service for Trinity 14 on Sunday, September 5, 2021

Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship
Hymn “From God Can Nothing Move Me” LW 409, TLH 73
Readings:  Proverbs 4:10-23, Galatians  5:16-24, Luke 17:11-19
Hymn “I Will Sing My Maker’s Praises” LW 439, TLH 25
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “Blest the Children of Our God” LW 370
“How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73
“Oh, that I Had a Thousand Voices” LW 448, TLH 243
“Now Thank We All Our God” LW 443, TLH 36

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Fourteen-Divine-Service-for-Online-9-5-2021.pdf

Above is the video, below is the audio.

Picture: “Das Neue Testament Deutzsch: Wittenberg” – Title Page of Luther’s first edition of the New Testament in September 1522. (“Luther’s Bible Translations – 1522,” The Gruber Rare Books Collection, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. https://gruber.lstc.edu/luthers_bible/1522.php

Luther’s Bible Translations – 1522  Das Neue Testament Deutzsch

The “September Testament” / “December Testament”

In September, 1522, Luther published the first edition of his translation of the New Testament. He had begun that during his stay at the Wartburg, in eleven weeks from December 1521 to February 1522, but it was revised in collaboration with Melanchthon and others after he had returned to Wittenberg. Some 3-5,000 copies were printed and by December, 1522, a second edition, called the December Testament had to be published. The price was one guilder, which corresponded to two months’ salary for a schoolmaster. By the time Luther published the complete Bible in 1534, 87 editions of his New Testament had been published in High German and some 19 in Low German. More than 200,000 copies had been sold.

Luther’s translation was based on the second edition of the Greek text edited by Erasmus in 1519. He put Hebrews and James at the end of the testament, with Jude and Revelation, to underline what he considered as the secondary character of these books. A marginal note at Matt 5:19 refers to those who break the commandments rather than following them as “Papisten hauff” (a heap of papists). 21 illustrations from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder show that the language of the book of Revelation is to be taken metaphorically. The whore of Babylon (the anti-Christ) is equated with the Pope.

Catechesis on Trinity Fourteen 2019 (St. Luke 17:11-19)

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.

In this video from September 11, 2019, we learned stanza 3-4 of “Wondrous King, All-Glorious” (The Lutheran Hymnal #41) and the Close of the Commandments and its meaning.  This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.  The dialog sermon explains “The Ten Lepers” (St. Luke 17:11-19), which is the Holy Gospel for Trinity Fourteen.

The service concludes with “Recite Word by Word.”    [Length: 1 hour and 6 minutes]

Bulletins: Catechesis-Trinity-14-9-11-2019-Online.pdf
Prayers:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf

This catechesis is recorded in two parts.
The first video is the Learn-by-Heart. [Length: 28 minutes]

The second video is the Catechesis Service. [Length: 37 minutes]

Divine Service for Trinity Thirteen on Sunday, August 29, 2021

Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship
Commentary Service
Hymn “How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73
Readings:  Hosea 6:1-6, Gal 3:15-22, Lk 10:23-37
Hymn “Jesus, Your Boundless Love So True” LW 280, TLH 349
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “Chief of Sinners Though I Be” LW 285, TLH 417
“Jesus, Priceless Treasure” LW 270, TLH 347
“O Holy, Blessed Trinity” LW 479
“O Living Bread From Heaven” LW 244, TLH 316

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Thirteen-Divine-Service-for-Online-8-29-2021.pdf

Picture: Pr. Henson and Bp. Heiser processing in.  Bp. Heiser’s Annual Visitation was August 14-15, 2021.

Above is the video, below is the audio.

Catechesis on Trinity Thirteen 2019 (St. Luke 10:23-27)

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.

In this video from September 4, 2019, we learned stanza 2 of “Wondrous King, All-Glorious” (The Lutheran Hymnal #41) and the ninth and tenth commandments with their meanings.  This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.  The dialog sermon explains “The Good Samaritan” (St. Luke 10:23-27), which is the Holy Gospel for Trinity Thirteen.

The service concludes with “Recite Word by Word.”    [Length: 1 hour and 7 minutes]

Bulletins: Catechesis-Trinity-13-9-4-2019-on-line.pdf
Prayers:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf

This catechesis is recorded in two parts.
The first video is the Learn-by-Heart. [Length: 28 minutes]

The second video is the Catechesis Service. [Length: 39 minutes]

Divine Service St. Bartholomew, August 24, 2021

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:  St-Bartholomew-August-24.pdf

Picture: Hiking at Enchanted Rock State Park while at the Eldona Summer Camp in Kerrville, TX July 19-23, 2021.

Divine Service for Trinity Twelve, August 22, 2021

Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship
Hymn “Wondrous King, All-Glorious” TLH 41
Readings:  Isa 29:18-24, 2 Cor. 3:4-11, Mark 7:31-37
Hymn “My Soul, Now Praise Your Maker” LW 453, TLH 34
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “By Grace I’m Saved” LW 351, TLH 373
“Praise the Almighty” LW 445, TLH 494, TLH 26
“The Lord, My God, Be Praised” LW 174, TLH 38
Hymn “How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Twelve-Divine-Service-for-Online-8-22-2021.pdf

Picture: Dcn. Anthony Oncken preaching at the Eldona Summer Camp in Kerrville, TX July 19-23, 2021.

Above is the video, below is the audio.

Catechesis on Trinity Twelve 2018 (St. Mark 7:31-37)

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.

In this video from August 15, 2018, we learned stanza 5 of “I Leave All Things to God’s Direction” (Lutheran Worship, #429), the sixth and seventh commandment and meaning from Luther’s Small Catechism.  This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.  The dialog sermon explains Jesus’ healing of the deaf and mute man (St. Mark 7:31-37), which is the Holy Gospel for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.

The service concludes with “Recite Word by Word” (pdf link below).  [Length: 52 minutes]

Bulletins:  Catechesis-Trinity-Twelve-8-15-2018-online.pdf
Responsive Prayer:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf

Divine Service for Trinity 11, Sunday, August 15, 2021

Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship
Hymn “How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73
Readings:  Gen 4:1-15, Eph 2:1-10, Luke 18:9-14
Hymn “As Surely as I Live God Said” LW 235
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “All Mankind Fell in Adam’s Fall” LW 363, TLH 369
“The Savior Calls; Let Every Ear” LW 315, TLH 281
“Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior” LW 326, TLH 311
“On What Has Now Been Sown” LW 217, TLH 46

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Eleven-Divine-Service-for-Online-8-15-2021.pdf

Picture: Holy Cross Lutheran Church (Kerrville, TX) the host of the Eldona Summer Camp July 19-23, 2021.

Above is the video and below is the audio only.