Devotions for Wednesday in Lent 4, March 25, 2020

Invocation
Psalm 122 (chanted)
Reading: Galatians 4:21-31
Sermon Title: “The House of the Lord”    Text: SRM1901-The-House-of-the-Lord.pdf
“Prayer for the Afflicted and Those Suffering Hardship” Johann Gerhard, chapter VII, “The Daily Exercise of Piety” (1629)
Blessing

Total time = 14:27 min
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL)

This post is the audio, if you want the video CLICK HERE –>  Vimeo Video

Divine Service for Lent Four on March 22, 2020

Due to the restrictions imposed by the spread of the coronavirus, this Divine Service was held early in the hopes of recording it and making it available to those who are not able to attend church on Sunday, March 22, 2020.

Service Bulletin 1:  Laetare-Cover-3-22-2020b-color-bulletin.pdf
Service Bulletin 2:  Laetare-Insert-3-22-2020b-color-bulletin.pdf
Printed Sermon:  Sermon-He-Cares-For-You.pdf

0:00  “How Precious is the Book Divine” LW 332, TLH 285
2:28  Service Begins
18:00 “Jesus Priceless Treasure” LW 270, TLH 347
22:30  Sermon “He Cares For You” John 6:5
36:15  “Create in Me…” LW p.143
37:00  The Prayer of the Church
41:46  Communion Liturgy
50:36  “Lord Jesus Christ, Life Giving Bread” LW 248, TLH 312
54:28  “Lord, Now You Let Your Servant….” LW p.144
54:46  “Glory Be to Jesus”  LW 98, TLH 158
58:45  Service ends

Note: The Bible class was also recorded and will be available at trinityh.org.

Sermon Thanksgiving Day Nov 28, 2019

Sermon on Thanksgiving Day (November 28, 2019)
The sermon text is Psalm 100 and the title is “Godly Contentment.”

 

Picture from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Des Peres.  This sermon wasn’t delivered there.  I visited there for an American Kantorei concert on November 17, 2019 and heard four Bach cantatas, one of which was BMV 156.

Catechesis on Epiphany Five (St. Matthew 13:24-43)

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 January 30, 2019, we learned stanza 5 of “To the Name of Our Salvation” (The Lutheran Hymnal #116), questions one and two of Confession and the 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 the Wheat and the Tares (St. Matthew 13:24-43), which is the Holy Gospel for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.

The service concludes with “Responsive Prayer for Catechesis” (pdf link below).    [Length: 1 hour and 3 minutes]

Bulletins: Catechesis-Epiphany-5-1-30-2019.pdf
Responsive Prayer:  Responsive-Prayer-for-Catechesis-2019.pdf