4th Sunday after Epiphany Mark 1:21-28

 What are you doing here?

--came the scream of those who knew

--knew

----of this teacher

--------in fear

Why have you come

--at this time

--------and in this place

--to

the ones who know not who you are

or could care less?

Jesus.  You are wasting your time

--on these souls who come here only to play

-------at religion

-----------life

play

--as if they think they know what they are doing

play

--as if they think they care

with that look of astonishment on their faces

--they pay you honor

but we know

--we know

-----who

---------is in charge here

-----who

---------calls the shots

---------and controls the lives

---------and allows them to play at their games

-----------that they think is life

it all works so well

this game

----life

------religion

So what have you to do with us

--Jesus of Nazareth?

Would you destroy all this?

Would you destroy the life these people have built

------------just for your kingdom?

Jesus!

--you are getting too close

--this is not the game we expected

--(silence)

but where are we to go

------Holy One

do you really think they will follow you?

and the people were amazed

--at the new teaching

----and authority

------that even the unclean spirits obey

Psalm 111

 Worship Leader: Praise the LORD. I will extol the LORD with all my heart in the presence of all the gathered saints.

Congregation: Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them, deeds glorious and majestic. 

Worship Leader: The Lord’s righteousness endures forever for the Lord has caused his wonders to be remembered by all people.

Congregation:  the LORD is gracious and compassionate providing food and remembering the covenant forever.

Worship Leader: The Lord has shown the people God the power of mighty works and has given them lands to work, enjoy and live on.

Congregation: The works of God’s hands are faithful and just and the Lord’s precepts are trustworthy and steadfast for ever and ever,

Worship Leader: In faithfulness and uprightness the Lord provided redemption for all people and ordained the covenant forever – Holy and Awesome is the name of the Lord.

Congregation: Walking in the ways of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom and all who follow the ways of the Lord have good understanding.  To the Lord our God alone belongs eternal praise. 

10w worship for January 31st, NL, Freedom.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 31st, NL, Freedom.  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 Everyone who is thirsty, Come 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

bollerud · 1.31.21 NL, Freedom

10w worship for January 31st, Clear Vision.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 31st, Clear Vision.  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 The Healing Hand of Jesus 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

bollerud · 1.31.21 Clear Vision

3rd Sunday after Epiphany Mark 1:14-20

 The time is fulfilled

--into this world

--------ripped apart

--by timelessness entering in

comes the news

the time is fulfilled

(repent)

and with that this carpenter from Nazareth

reaches in into this place

--and time

and calls out to

come

--follow me

Simon and Andrew

--drop

--the net of labor

toiled over by so many

in favor of wonders

--at hand

(repent)

leaving behind a life

looked down on by some

--and admired by others

for one of joy

and lust for the many headed wonder of newness

out of the heat

(and believe)

--of this world

and into the perceived pursuit

-- of all that is wonder

-- -- -- joy

-- --- -- -- peace

joined by others

who only make

-- the fever pitch of excitement

-- -- closer to a reality only dreamed of

(in)

with little thought

to the demands

-- that would be placed on them by love

as they tried to present

(the Gospel)

the good news

Psalm 62

 Worship Leader: I wait for God and for God alone, who is my rock and my salvation, the strength of my life that will not be shaken. How long will you beat your head against a wall, your only plan to get ahead is to bring someone else down?

 

Congregation: It is for God alone soul waits. It is in God alone I find my strength and salvation.   

 

Worship Leader: for it is in God we find deliverance and honor.  Put your trust in God at all times Oh People.  Pour out your heart before God who is your refuge and strength.  

 

Congregation:  Making your mark in the world is an illusion.  Whether you are on top of the heap or on the bottom it is but a temporary illusion.  Those who seem to gain, do so on the backs of others, it is an illusion, nothing but smoke.

 

Worship Leader:  For God has spoken and this I know, all power belongs to God.  It is to God I will show my love and thanks for all that has been done in the world. 

 

10w worship for January 24, NL, Smelly.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 24, NL, Smelly.  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 Earthen Vessels 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 · 1.24.21 NL, Smelly

10w worship for January 24th, Cracked.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 24th, Cracked.  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 We the Children of Light by the Jay Beech Band from the album One Body Alive.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at baytonemusic.com

bollerud · 1.24.21 Cracked

Psalm 139:13-18

 Worship Leader: You created the very essence of my being before the world even knew me.

Congregation: I praise you O Lord because I am amazed at how I am put together. You O Lord are amazing.   

Worship Leader: Nothing about me was hidden from you.  You have known me from before the existence of time itself.

Congregation: Before I was O Lord, You knew who I was and who I would be.

Worship Leader:  How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!  How vast is the sum of them!

Congregation:  Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you and always will be.

 

2nd Sunday after Epiphany John 1:43-51

 The Joy, the Excitement was there that day

As they decided to come

And follow this Jesus on his mission

That was understood by none

 

With many wonders seen in that day

By those who would like to see

And the thrill of a new life to live

As Jesus said follow me

 

So Philip decided to follow

And Andrew and Peter too

Proclaiming this Jesus as the Son of God

And pledging his will to do

 

With a flurry of excitement

Of wonders n’er before seen

They set off to follow Jesus

And the dream that Israel dreamed

 

There will be many signs and wonders

As the heavens open wide

And heavenly beings traveling

From over the other side

 

You believe now because you see things

You do not understand

But life is not always wonder

For the followers of the Son of Man

 

So come now and follow me

Said Jesus to the three

In a life that is lived for others

And helping the world to see

 

 

10w worship for January 17th, What Do You See.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 17th, What Do You See.  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 · 1.17.21 What Do You See

10w worship for January 17th, NL, Your Mission.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 17th, NL, Your Mission. 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 Open my Heart to Your Love 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 · 1.17.21 NL, Your Mission

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.

1st Sunday after Epiphany (Baptism of our Lord) Mark 1:4-11

 As one possessed

----he stood there

in rags

----the mere shadow of what a man should be

Animated

----with no thought

--------as to what the world would say

--------about

--------this gaunt human form

Thundering

----the Message of Life

------------to come

----to a world in death

with all the water

------------swirling

--------about his feet

------------and the rocks

------------of this created

------------universe

Proclaiming the call

----not to himself

But to one

----vague

--------someone

----who was to come

------------someday

until

----Breaking through the reeds

----that separate

the Calm

----of the land living its own

from the Mayhem

--------of the future glimpse

--------at this rivers edge

Came

----no one of note

to heed the call

--------to come

------------to

----------------the water

--------and live

And As The Water Broke

------------With New Life

The Heavens Opened

With a Voice

--------from beyond time

“This Is My Son”

----Rippled Through The Existence of All That Was

----------------and Is

as

----the cooing harmonies of a dove

----------------descend

--------------------upon the shoulder

----of the Christ to be

“Whom I Love”

as the Heavens came crashing

-----------------back together

----on a world

----unruffled

that would never be the same

10w worship for January 10th, NL, My Son.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 3rd, Timeless Beginnings. 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 Child of the Water 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 · 1.10.21 NL, My Son

10w worship for January 10th, Beginnings.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for January 10th, Beginnings. 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 Baptized by the Jay Beech Band from the album One Body Alive. Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at baytonemusic.com

bollerud · 1.10.21 Beginnings