Matthew 16:21-26

 Oh how we would love to have

according to our schedule

the world laid out in perfect rows

giving us the choice of this or that

free from any harm

or responsibility

to face the happy ending

in half an hour complete with commercials

Never Lord

was the cry of the  Rock

on whose recent confession

the church would stand

Never shall I allow you to go

to the cross

            death

                        new life

Never

            shall the designs of humanity

freely allow the

            Freedom of the Cross

                        to enter in

Never shall we know of the kingdom

on our own

            without the Christ breaking in

and replacing our inward gaze

With the light and hope of His love.

Opening Litany based on Psalm 26:1-8

 

Pastor: Look upon us with favor O LORD, for we have tried to lead a blameless life

Congregation: We have trusted in the LORD and for the most part have not faltered. Test us Lord, examine our hearts and minds.

Pastor: We have been forever mindful of your unfailing love and have lived our lives relying on your faithfulness.

Congregation: We do not sit with the deceitful nor I associate with hypocrites. We  abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked.

Pastor: We bath ourselves in innocence when we go before your Altar O Lord and proclaimed your praise to all the world in what we say and in what we do.

Congregation: Aware of your wonderful deeds O Lord, we love to go to your house and praise your name in all we do and say. 

 

10w worship for August 30th, NL, Daily Bread.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for August 30th, NL, Daily Bread. 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 or on Twitter @lutheranflannel or #lutheranflannelboard.  The song for the day is I Was Hungry by Dakota Road from the album All Are Welcome.  Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

bollerud · 8.30.20 NL, Daily Bread

10w worship for August 30th, Follow Discomfort.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for August 30th, Follow Discomfort. 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 or on Twitter @lutheranflannel or #lutheranflannelboard. The song for the day is Follow Me (87 Times) by Bryan Sirchio from the album Justice and Love.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at Sirchio.com

bollerud · 8.30.20 Follow Discomfort

Psalm 138

 Worship Leader: I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will praise you before all the little gods of this world to let them know that You O Lord are the center of my life.

Congregation: I will worship you and praise your name O Lord for all your unfailing love and faithfulness. 

Worship Leader: When I called upon the name of the Lord, I felt peace, an answer, and emboldened in my walk with God.

Congregation: May all the powers of this world praise you O Lord and may we all join is singing of the greatness of the Lord.   

Worship Leader: Even in the mightiness of the Lord, the Lord looks kindly upon the lowly, but takes notice of the proud from afar.

Congregation: Though I walk at times in the midst of trouble, the Lord looks kindly upon me.  The Lords presence protects me from the things of this world that would do me harm.

Worship Leader: Your love O Lord endures forever and you will not forsake the work of your hands.

Congregation: I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will praise you before all the little gods of this world to let them know that You O Lord are the center of my life.

 

 

Confession of Peter Matthew 16:13-19

 There comes a time

when we must make a stand

when we must be who we are

and why

A time

when for one brief moment

all else ceases to be important

and that something more in life

that is at stake

takes center stage

At those times

Those moments

life swings through gentle arcs

to some other point

to some other time

and life goes on

except for that point

around which all of life swings

all of life lives

that time spoken to by Peter

For us all

Who do you say I am

Who in all that is

do you say I am

Who in all of time

do you say I am

Peter answered

The center point shifted

Life became somehow new

You are the Christ

The Son of the living God

10w worship for August 23rd, Who Do You Say.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for August 23rd, Who Do You Say. 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 or on Twitter @lutheranflannel or #lutheranflannelboard. The song for the day is God Beyond All Names by John Michael Talbot from the album City of God.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at johnmichaeltalbot.com

bollerud · 8.23.20 Who Do You Say

10w worship for August 23rd, NL, Kingdom at Hand.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for August 23rd, NL, Kingdom at Hand. 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 or on Twitter @lutheranflannel or #lutheranflannelboard. The song for the day is Come and See by Dakota Road from the album Break These Chains.   Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

bollerud · 8.23.20 NL, Kingdom at Hand

 

Opening Litany based on Psalm 67

Pastor: May God be gracious to us and bless us, and may the face of our God shine us so that the ways of the Lord may be known on all the earth, the salvation of the Lord known among all nations. 

Congregation: May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.

Pastor: May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.

Congregation: May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.

Pastor: The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.

Congregation: May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.

Pastor: May God bless us still in the months and years ahead, so that all the ends of the earth will live in awe of the Lord God Almighty.

Congregation: May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.

Matthew 15:21-28

 She looked up and said Daddy

I love you

and I knew there was depth that was unsurpassed

She loved

not out of need

not out of want

but out of the depth of her life

Oh to have love like that

deep total faith

and adoration

The woman knew that

even with the expected words of the time

She knew that love and adoration

and faith

She knew this Jesus was the one

the Holy one

who could being life

in the midst of death

and Jesus looked at her

breaking through

theology and tradition

and said

to this child of God

marginalized by our own insecurities

You of great Faith

Go in the Peace

You bring to this World

 

10w worship for August 16th, Racists Encounter

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for August 16th, Racists Encounter. 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 or on Twitter @lutheranflannel or #lutheranflannelboard. The song for the day is All are Welcome by Dakota Road from the album All Are Welcome.  Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

bollerud · 8.16.20 Racists Encounter

10w worship for August 16th, NL, Abba.

 The following is a 10 or more minute worship for August 16th, NL, Abba. 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 or on Twitter @lutheranflannel or #lutheranflannelboard. The song for the day is Abba Father by John Michael Talbot from the album City of God.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at Johnmichaeltalbot.com

bollerud · 8.16.20 NL, Abba

10w worship for August 9th, Splish Splash.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for August 9th, Splish Splash. 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 or on Twitter @lutheranflannel or #lutheranflannelboard. The song for the day is I Want Jesus to Walk with Me by Andra Moran from the album Little Miracles.  Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at andramoran.com

bollerud · 8.9.20 Splish Splash

10w worship for August 9th, NL, Lifeboats.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for August 9th, NL, Lifeboats. 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 or on Twitter @lutheranflannel or #lutheranflannelboard. The song for the day is Abundant Life by Hans Peterson from the album Harvest of a Heart.    You can find this and other gifts for ministry at hanspetersonmusic.com

bollerud · 8.9.20 NL, Lifeboats