1st Advent, Matthew 24:37-44

What time will you pick me up?

When will it happen?

What is the moment?

I wonder

I need to know

Lord

You who are most gracious

I need to know

So that

I

May control

You

When will it be

When you return

(of)

And all that I base my life on

Is gone

It’s not fair

To play these games

To make me

Read and write books of

What if

When

(that hour)

As if the world

Revolves

---- and

-------- evolves

around Your timetable

Your thoughts

Your words

Lord

Why won’t you tell me

I could better plan

(you)

Then

And live my life

My way

How can I live

With so much to worry about

How can you make me guess

O lord

When you know

(do not know)

I

Just want to be

free

Opening Litany based on Psalm 122

 

Pastor: I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

Congregation: Our feet rejoiced standing in the gates of the New Jerusalem, and now we are called to be city built on a hill where all the tribes and nations go up to Praise the name of the Lord our God. 

Pastor: As we light this first candle we remember that you have stirred up the power of hope among us as you announced the birth of the messiah.

Light the first Advent Candle

Congregation: We rejoice in the light that brings hope to the world and to our lives as we prepare for the coming of the Lord, let our light shine forth in this world as we live as the children you have called us to be. 

Pastor: Pray for the peace of the world and for peace in the Holy Land that all those you live may live secure and without walls.

Congregation: For the sake of our families and friends we will live in the hope of peace as we say to all, “Peace be with, and within you.”

Pastor: For the sake of the house of the LORD our God let us seek a shared prosperity for all the children of God

10w for December 1st, War & Peace.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for December 1st, War & Peace. 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 Come O Long Expected Jesus by Dakota Road from the CD Love Can Break Through.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

10w for December 1st, NL, Something New.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for December 1st, NL, Something New. 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 Come Thou Long Expected Jesus by Andra Moran from the CD Presents from the Attic.  Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at Andramoran.com

Christ the King Luke 23:35-43

Even on the cross

with the whole world of power

mocking

laughing

in the folly of our pride

humanity

the creation of God

put up the sign

            King of the Jews

            King of us all

and in the midst of the mocking

and pain

Christ looked on the one

            who turned to him

and pronounced t he blessing

Today

            You will be with me in paradise

And in that moment

            gave hope

                        life

to us all

Psalm 46

Worship Leader: It is God who is our refuge and strength and our ever-present help in times of trouble, therefore we will not live in fear.  For even though the earth may give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, even if the waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging, we will not fear. Our God is with us, our refuge and strength is ever-present with us. 

Congregation: In Revelation there is a river whose streams bring life and joy to the city of God, the holy dwelling place of the Most High. God is within this Holy City, this dwelling place of God with us, and she will not fall. 

Worship Leader: God brings help to us at the break of each new day and though nations may be in uproar and kingdoms may fall God is still with us and ruler of all. 


Congregation: The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.  Come one and all and see what the LORD has done in our lives and in the lives of all the people of the earth. 

Worship Leader: The Lord brings wars to an end.  The Lord breaks the bow and shatters the spear destroying all the instruments of war, and then says, “Be still, and know that I am God.”

Congregation: We will exalt the Lord our God among all the nations of the earth, for the LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our strength.

10w for November 24th, NL, Rediscovery.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for November 24th, NL, Rediscovery. 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 Bleak Midwinter by Dakota Road from the CD Love Can Break Through. Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

10w for November 24th, Christ The King.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for November 24th, Christ The King. 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 Love Can Break Through by Dakota Road from the CD Love Can Break Through. Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at Dakotaroadmusic.com

Psalm 98

Worship Leader:  Let us raise our voices and sing to the LORD a new song, for all the marvelous things the Lord has done, for the Lord’s right hand and holy arm have brought about salvation.

People: The LORD has brought this message of salvation before all nations and all peoples remembering the love out of which all things and all people were made.

Worship Leader:  Yes, truly all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God therefore let us shout for joy to the Lord over all the earth.

People: Let us burst into jubilant song with all kinds of music from the people as we sing and shout for joy before the Lord our God.

Worship Leader:  Let all of creation resound with songs of joy; let the sea and everything in it resound, let the world and all who live in it resound; let the rivers and mountains and all who live in them resound with clapping of hands and songs before the Lord our God.

People: for the Lord comes as a just judge for all the earth and will look upon all peoples and all creation with righteousness and equity

10w for November 17th, NL, Hope and Justice.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for November 17th, NL, Hope and Justice. 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 Right by the Water by Dakota Road from the CD Break These Chains.  Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

10w for November 17th, Doomsday Deceivers.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for November 17th, Doomsday Deceivers.  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 Kyrie Eleison from the CD All Are Welcome by Dakota Road.  Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

10w for November 10th, NL, Faithfulness.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for November 10th, NL, Faithfulness. 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 Let us Go to the House of the Lord by the Jay Beech Band from the CD Everyone Who is Thirsty, Come.  Used with permission you can find this and other gifts for ministry at baytonemusic.com

10w for November 10th, God Intimacy.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for November 10th, God Intimacy. 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 Love is Everlasting by Dakota Road from the CD Break These Chains.  Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com