Luke 17:5-10 Increase our faith!"

Increase our faith Lord

Help us do the things you do

Heal the way you heal

(if you have)

Cast out demons the way you do

(faith)

Believe the way you do

Increase our faith Lord

So we too

(as small)

Can do great things

Control the forces of spirit

(as a mustard seed)

And nature

Doing great things for all the world to see

(you could say)

Just think of the good we could do

(to a mulberry tree)

The books we could write

(Be uprooted)

The lives we could right

The wonderful things we could do for the world

(and planted in the sea)

If

You would increase our faith for us

We

We

We

(it will obey you)

Would learn to serve

Psalm 37

Pastor: Don’t be afraid or envious of the bad boys or the evil men for they are like grass, soon covered in snow and withering away

Congregation: Instead, we will trust in the LORD and do good and dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

Pastor: Delight in the LORD, commit your life’s path to the Lord and you will receive the desires of your soul.

Congregation: We will trust in the LORD and do good and dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

Pastor: The Lord will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice in your cause like the noonday sun.

Congregation: We will trust in the LORD and righteousness shine and we will dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

Pastor: Be still and patient before the LORD and don’t fret when the wicked seem to succeed in their ways.  Don’t let anger grab a hold of you lest you become the very thing you despise.

Congregation: We will trust in the LORD and refrain from anger and dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

Pastor: For the evil ones will be cut off,

Congregation: But we will hope in the Lord who has promised us the Kingdom. 

Pastor: Welcome to Worship at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church. 

Congregation: Where we are Inspired by God’s Love to Praise, Nurture and Serve.

10w for October 6th, That's a Spicy Little Faith.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for October 6th, That's a Spicy Little Faith. If you find this worship experience helpful, please share with friends and family. You can also find these audio worship services as well as Gospel poems and Opening Litanies on the Facebook page, "Lutheran Flannelboard." The song for the day is We Still Believe by the Jay Beech Band from the CD One Body Alive.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at baytonemusic.com

10w for October 6, NL, Shama Israel.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for October 6, NL, Shama Israel. If you find this worship experience helpful, please share with friends and family. You can also find these audio worship services as well as Gospel poems and Opening Litanies on the Facebook page, "Lutheran Flannelboard." The song for the day is Your Touch is On Us by Dakota Road from the CD Break These Chains. Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

Luke 16:19-31 The Rich Man and Lazarus

Life is good

Family and friends gathering for meals

Dripping with milk and honey

Life is good for the children of Abraham

Busy with the day to day duties of making money

Being at the right place

Connecting with the right people

Busy

Something seems different today

The front steps

Seem somehow empty

But I can’t seem to put my finger on why

O well,

I must have been dreaming

Life is good for a child of Abraham

Who is busy

And on track to the good life

In time

The business and the good times also come to an end

In time all of life levels out

In time the busy stops for us all

Almost

Hay you, boy

I know you

I dropped trinkets and change in your bucket

(without ever working to change the bucket)

You owe me

Water!

Now please!

And tell my family

If they are not too busy to listen

Opening Litany based on Psalm 146

Worship Leader: Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 

Congregation: I will praise the Lord as long as I live and will sing praises to my God all my whole life long. 

Worship Leader: Do not put your trust in mortals, the powers of this world, for they are no help, when their breath departs, they return to the earth like everyone else and on that very day their plans perish. 

Congregation: Happy are those whose help and hope is in the Lord our God who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them and who keeps faith for ever

Worship Leader: For it is the Lord our God who executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. 

Congregation: The Lord sets the prisoners free and opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down and loves the righteous. 

Worship Leader: The Lord watches over the strangers and upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked the Lord will bring to ruin. 

Congregation: The Lord will reign forever and our God for all generations.  I will indeed Praise the Lord with my whole life.

10w for September 29th, Too Late.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for September 29th, Too Late. If you find this worship experience helpful, please share with friends and family. You can also find these audio worship services as well as Gospel poems and Opening Litanies on the Facebook page, "Lutheran Flannelboard." The song for the day is Don’t Wait by Bryan Sirchio from the CD Something Beautiful for God.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at Sirchio.com

10w for September 29th, NL, I Am.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for September 29th, NL, I Am. If you find this worship experience helpful, please share with friends and family. You can also find these audio worship services as well as Gospel poems and Opening Litanies on the Facebook page, "Lutheran Flannelboard." The song for the day is There’s A Time by John Michael Talbot from the CD The Ultimate Collection. Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at johnmichaeltalbot.com

Luke 16:1-13

We are a shrewd lot in this world

If there is a buck to be made

We will make it

If there is power to be gained

We will gain it

If there is a way to come out on top

We will damn the ones below

As we climb

We are a shrewd lot in this world

But who have we hurt

(the least of these my brothers and sisters)

who is on the bottom and why

and in the end

what have we gained

what have we lost

if I gain it all

or give it all away

the question is the same

what master do I serve?

Psalm 113

Pastor: Let us Praise the LORD all ye servants of the LORD.  Praise God’s Holy Name both now and forevermore.

Congregation: Over all the earth, from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, we will praise the name of the Lord. 

Pastor: The LORD of the heavens is to be exalted over all the nations and powers, for who is like the Lord our God who sits enthroned on high and yet stoops down to look upon the earth?
   
Congregation: Over all the earth, from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, we will praise the name of the Lord. 
   
Pastor: The Lord raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; at the Lords bidding they are seated with movers and shakers and rulers of this world.  

Congregation: Over all the earth, from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, we will praise the name of the Lord. 

Pastor: The Lord takes those burdened by shame and hopelessness and settles them content in their homes and communities. 
      
Congregation: Over all the earth, from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, we will praise the name of the Lord and will be a part of the work of the Lord in our homes and communities.  

Pastor: Welcome to Worship at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church. 

Congregation:  Where we are Inspired by God’s Love to Praise, Nurture and Serve and where we therefore Support One Another through the Love of Christ.

10w worship for September 22nd, NL, Wrestling Match.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for September 22nd, NL, Wrestling Match. If you find this worship experience helpful, please share with friends and family. You can also find these audio worship services as well as Gospel poems and Opening Litanies on the Facebook page, "Lutheran Flannelboard." The song for the day is Cry Mercy by Dakota Road from the CD All Are Welcome. You can find this and other gifts for ministry at www.dakotaroadmusic.com

10w worship for September 22nd, Fired.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for September 22nd, Fired. If you find this worship experience helpful, please share with friends and family. You can also find these audio worship services as well as Gospel poems and Opening Litanies on the Facebook page, "Lutheran Flannelboard."  The song for the day is There’s a Time by John Michael Talbot from the CD the Ultimate Collection. Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at johnmichaeltalbot.com

Luke 15:1-10

Praise God for the Lord who loves

Praise God for the Lord who cares

In the midst of my weakness

When I am lost

Unable to find

Even myself

There is One who seeks

One who finds

            Me

The lost

And rejoices in the correction of our folly

Rejoices with the angels

Rejoices with song

Rejoices for us

            And with us

Often before we are aware

We were lost

“Isn’t it strange how things happen?”

“It was just one of those days”

“I’ve decided to make a change”

            These are the words we use

Rejoice and be glad,

For that which was lost has been found

            Are God’s thoughts

Psalm 51

Worship Leader:  Have mercy on us O God, with your unfailing love and great compassion blot out all our transgressions.

Congregation: Wash away all our iniquities and cleanse us from our sin. For we are aware of our transgressions, the thoughts of those things that stand between us and the God who loves us are always on our minds.


Worship Leader:  When it comes right down to it we realize that it is against God, and God only that we have sinned and done that which is shameful in the sight of God. 

Congregation: Should the Lord judge us, that judgment would be justified.  I have been full of myself and not God from the beginning, perhaps even before I was born. 

Worship Leader:  the Lord desires that truth would be an intimate part of who we are and the basis for teaching us wisdom that would guide our every move. 

Congregation: Cleanse us O Lord with your gracious good will, wash us with your grace and we will be clean.  Let us hear once again of your joy and gladness. 


Worship Leader:  Hide your face from all our sins O Lord and blot out all our iniquities.

Congregation: Create in us a pure heart, O God and renew a steadfast spirit within us.

10w for September 15th, NL, Laughter.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for September 15th, NL, Laughter. If you find this worship experience helpful, please share with friends and family. You can also find these audio worship services as well as Gospel poems and Opening Litanies on the Facebook page, "Lutheran Flannelboard."  The song for the day is In the Breaking of the Bread by the Jay Beech Band from the CD Everyone Who is Thirsty, Come.  You can find this and other gifts for ministry at baytonemusic.com

10w for September 15th, Celebrate.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for September 15th, Celebrate. If you find this worship experience helpful, please share with friends and family. You can also find these audio worship services as well as Gospel poems and Opening Litanies on the Facebook page, "Lutheran Flannelboard."  The song for the day is Nothing Can Separate by Andra Moran from the CD Harmony Groove.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at Andramoran.com