The presentation of our Lord Luke 2:22-40

I sit and wait

wait for when the time will be

that I too may know Lord

that I too may feel

                    may see

what this life is all about

the reason for our life

and why we are here

to see, know, feel the existence

of every person’s struggle

called life

some search the mountains

some the valleys

some search for the truth in their heads

some in the cosmos

in the end they all

we all

wait

until

we have exhausted all our own

(Lord)

looking no more to our selves

our books

our minds

our cosmos

or the other among us

(not let thy servant)

finding nothing

(depart)

to see the all

(in peace)

among us

Emmanuel

Psalm 84

Pastor: Wherever you are O Lord Almighty, beauty surrounds you.  My soul yearns, even feels faint when I sense the presence of the Lord.

Congregation: Our hearts, our very being cry out for the presence of the Living Lord.

Pastor: Even the birds of the air have found their home in you O Lord, A source of comfort and safety where the young may be raised in confidence. 

Congregation: Blessed are those who dwell in your presence O Lord for they are ever praising you. 

Pastor: Blessed are those whose strength is in the Lord and whose hearts journey with the Lord, for even when they pass through the dark times in life, the presence of the Lord will make it a place and source of life. 

Congregation: Hear our prayers O Lord God Almighty and be our comfort and safety.  Let you Holy Spirit watch over us and guide us to always walk in your presence. 

Pastor: Better is one day in your presence than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in comfort in the tents of the wicked. 

Congregation: For the Lord our God is the light of the world and our protection.  The Lord bestows favor and honor for those who walk in the presence of the Lord.  Blessed O Lord are those who trust in you. 

10w for February 2nd, NL, The 12's.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for February 2nd, NL, The 12's. 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

10w for February 2nd, Presentation.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for February 2nd, Presentation. 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: Waiting for the Lord by the Jay Beech Band from the Album Everyone Who is Thirsty, Come. Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at baytonemusic.com

Matthew 4:12-23 Jesus Begins to Preach

all that was foretold in the scriptures

the Messiah

the place

the people

came together

and the words rang out

and change rippled through the land

(repent)

As the people began to hear the word

And began to realize the joy

(the Kingdom)

That was meant from the beginning of time

(is near)

For all people

Some who heard dropped what they we doing

(fishers)

And followed

Change rippling through the land

(of men and women)

Leaving behind centuries of sameness

And security

And allowed to unfold before them

            Change

                        Rippling through the land

And began to realize the joy before them

            The kingdom

                        Is near

That was for all people

To follow

From the beginning of time

Opening Litany based on Psalm 27

Worship Leader:  The LORD is my light, my salvation, the stronghold of my life; I shall not live in fear. 
   
Congregation: When evil surrounds me, when others work against me, when the evil one sets out to devour me, I will not live in fear but will be surrounded by the confidence that comes from being a child of God.   

Worship Leader: There is but one thing I ask from the Lord my God, that I may dwell in the presence of the Lord forever.

Congregation: There I will live in the presence of the beauty of the Lord, day and night, and know that in times of trouble the Lord will shelter me set my life upon solid ground. 


Worship Leader: Then in times of trouble I will lift my head up high.

Congregation: I will serve the Lord with shouts of Joy.  My life will be filled with singing and music for the joy of the Lord.   


Worship Leader: I know the Lord will hear my voice and forever bring mercy into my life and my heart; I in return will constantly seek the face of the Lord in all I do.   

Congregation: I will live my life in confidence knowing you will never turn from me or forsake me, but will always be my savior, my Lord and my God. 

10w for January 26th, NL, When Pigs Fly.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 26th, NL, When Pigs Fly. 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 Be Not Afraid by John Michael Talbot from the CD Table of Plenty.  You can find this and other gifts for ministry at johnmichaeltalbot.com

10w for January 26th, Light Duty.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 26th, Light Duty. 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 Light Shines in the Darkness by Dakota Road from the CD Break These Chains. Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

John 1:29-42 Jesus the Lamb of God

Behold the Lamb of God

Behold

The one who was

            And is

                        And is to come

Behold the Lamb of God

Behold

The one on whom the spirit descended

And sat there

Like a dove

Behold

And follow

To places unknown

To worlds unseen

To God revealed

Follow the one who comes in the name of the Lord

Follow

And see changed before you

More than just a name

And upon this foundation

I will build my church

Behold

And follow

And be changed

Psalm 40:1-11

Worship Leader: I waited patiently for the LORD and the Lord turned to me and heard my cry. The Lord lifted me out of the slimy pit, the mud and mire and set my feet on solid ground. 

Congregation; The Lord has given us a new song, a new hymn of praise.  Many will see the Lord and put their trust in the God of Creation.

Worship Leader: Blessed is the one who puts their trust in the LORD and not in the proud who try to turn them aside to false gods.

Congregation: Many and marvelous are the wonders the Lord has done and the deeds the Lord has called us to do. 

Worship Leader: None can compare with the Lord our God, I cannot help but speak and tell of the deeds of the Lord, though they be too numerous to declare.

Congregation: It is not Sacrifice and offering the Lord desires from us, but the Lord has opened our ears and hearts to our calling as the children of God, and we respond by saying, Here I am, ready to serve as a child of God. 

Worship Leader: I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.”

Congregation: We will proclaim your saving acts to a world ready to hear of your Grace, 

Worship Leader: Do not let our lips be sealed O LORD, but give us the words to speak.

Congregation: We will not hide your righteousness in our hearts, but will speak of your faithfulness and your saving help.

Worship Leader: Do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the world around you.

Congregation: As we go forth into the world with the word of your Grace, may your mercy surround us and your love and faithfulness be upon us O Lord our God. 

10w for January 19th, NL, Story Time.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 19th, NL, Story Time. 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 Life is Bigger than Death by Hans Peterson from the CD A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance. Used with permission you can find this and other gifts for ministry at www.hanspetersonmusic.com

10w for January 19th, Revealed.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 19th, Revealed. 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

Matthew 3:13-17 The Baptism of Jesus

Repent

For the Kingdom of God is at hand

Repent

And be baptized

Repent

And the kingdom of God appeared

The kingdom that would break in

The kingdom

(at that moment the heavens opened)

That would shake up all the kingdoms of this world

All the power and might

(the Spirit of God)

Of all the armies

(like a dove)

That have trampled in victory after victory

Over nation, tribe and people

(and a voice)

And established

And collected

And subdued

All

(this is my son)

Until now

(in whom I am well pleased)

Repent

And be baptized

The kingdom of God is at hand

Psalm 29

Worship Leader: Give everything to the Lord all you heavenly beings. Give to the Lord all the glory and strength due the holy name of the Lord.

Congregation: We will worship the LORD in the splendor of the Lord’s holiness.

Worship Leader: The voice of the LORD is over the waters; full of glory it thunders over all the mighty waters of the earth.

Congregation:  The voice of the LORD is powerful and majestic able to break even the mighty cedars of Lebanon.

Worship Leader: And yet, the Lord brings joy. 

Congregation: The Lord makes Lebanon leap like a calf and Syria like a young wild ox.

Worship Leader: The voice of the LORD strikes like flashes of lightning and shakes the Desert of Kadesh.  The powerful voice of the LORD twists the mighty oaks and can strip the forests bare.

Congregation: At the might of the Lord all the people cry Glory!

Worship Leader: The Lord sits enthroned as King forever over all creation

Congregation: The LORD gives strength to the people and blesses them with the ability to live in peace.

10w for January 12th, NL, Something New.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 12th, 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 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 January 12th, Waterworks.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 12th, Waterworks. 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 Baptized 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

Epiphany Matthew 2:1-12

For those who know these things

who study the signs

---- that they might know

what is

---- and is to come

Yes

---- even they

---- who could see the handwriting in the stars

Came

---- in search of the one foretold

---- the one who would make

---- all the searching

-------- yearning

------------ seeing

---- complete

The Heavens told them

This was the Messiah

---- the Christ

-------- the Prince of Peace

In a world longing so

------------------ for Peace

This was to be the one

Who would make all the Herods

---- in their quest for

-------- Peace

-------- (Law and Order at any Cost)

-------- and Tranquility

-------- (Change must not come too quickly

--------------------------------------- and upset

-------- the systems that fill my pockets)

lords

---- of only kingdoms

granted them in this world

-------- by the people

------------who wish to have security

------------ made up of the

------------------------------ bits

--------------------------------- and

-------------------------------------- pieces

-------------------------------------------- of

------------------------------------------------- human

------------------- Destruction

Into this came

-------------- and comes

the Kingdom

----- of the one who brings Peace

-------------------------- Shalom

-------------- even to the Herods

This Messiah

----- Born under the star

was here

Breaking into all the might

---------------------------- wisdom

----------------------------------- Power

---------- of this world

--------- with the seemingly helpless

--------------------------------------------- cry

--------------------------------------------------of a baby

10w for January 5th, NL, Let Us Begin.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 5th, NL, Let Us Begin. 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 The Healing Hand of Jesus by Dakota Road from the CD Everyone Who is Thirsty, Come.  Used with permission you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

10w for January 5th, From Fear and Afar.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 5th, From Fear and Afar.  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 Light Shines in the Darkness by Dakota Road from the CD Break These Chains.  Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com