Opening Litany based on Psalm 22

Worship Leader:  I will declare your name to my people O Lord and in the assembly I will praise you. 

Congregation: Let all who live in awe of the LORD, praise the holy name of God. All the descendants of Jacob and Israel, all the peoples of the world Praise the Holy name of God! 

Worship Leader:  For the Lord has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted ones but has listened to their cry for help.

Congregation: From you O Lord comes the very essence of my praise in the great assembly before all who live in your grace I will fulfill my vows. 

Worship Leader:  The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will live forever in a life of praise. 

Congregation: All the ends of the earth will remember God’s loving grace and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before the Lord, who is ruler of all. 

Worship Leader:  All the blessed of the earth will feast and worship, All mortals will bow before the Lord of all creation. 

Congregation: We will use the blessings of this world to serve, so that all future generations will know of the righteousness the Lord has done. 

 

Mark 8:31-38 2nd Sunday in Lent

These words are so hard to hear

So hard

Why?

--why must our master walk in this direction

Why?

--when we have left our families and work

do we have to hear these words of doom and death

Why?

 

This talk makes no sense

We could have it all

We could live

We could live in a world so kind

With none of the pain

We left behind

A world far better than any have seen

A world that for many is just a dream

We could have it

We could have it all

The power that comes with the ones

Who lead

And show the way

That people want to follow

They really want to follow you

Away from Romans

--and poverty

----and hardship

we could be a great power

A Nation

--that is looked up to and feared

----by nations

Master!

--Rabbi!

-------listen to what you senses

-------and to what the people are saying

-------listen

 

and Jesus turns

and faces all

--who have come this far

--and hung on every word

--and lived on every morsel of life

----dropped from his lips

--who have lived as they have never lived before

--with a hope they had never known

Listen, this is my Son

His eyes said

As he looked through the crowd

In a stare of ice

And the thoughts turned to those unexplained moments

That raised the questions

And the hearts raced with fear

--as they knew

----once more

they were in for something more

than they had ever known

--or dreamed

----or bargained for

in the collective memory of all creation

 

GET--------THEE--------BEHIND--------ME

------(take)---------(up)---------------(thy)--------(cross)

with you temptress minds of humanity

and live

LIVE

--beyond the limits of your perceived reality

and a world that

-----changes

--hatred for hatred for hatred

until all see only the gain in their world.

See and feel and hear that glimmer

That goes beyond the mere pretense of happiness

And see the children’s faces

--for what they could be

LIVE

--(and follow me)

10w worship for February 28th, NL, No Fear.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for February 28th, NL, No Fear.  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 Weeping over Jerusalem by the Jay Beech Band from the CD Build Up.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at baytonemusic.com

 

bollerud · 2.28.21 NL, No Fear

10w worship for February 28th, Empty Hands.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for February 28th, Empty Hands.  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 Here I Am 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 · 2.28.21 Empty Hands

1st Sunday in Lent Mark 1:12-15

 The old has passed

With a final test and purging

That has set the stage

--in this plane

for eternity to break in

to a world

--still the same

--and yet new

(repent)

a world that has seen

--its future dashed

------again

-----------and again

------by the mindless strivings

of humanity

--trying so very hard

(for the kingdom)

---------to make it alone

standing in its toddler steps

and facing

----life

(of God)

in the hopes and dreams

---of making it

--------with an eye toward the God who was and is

on their own

but the air smells different now

(is at hand)

with a newness

--------and a freshness

that seems to come from beyond time

(Life)

and there is an excitement

(has come to a fullness)

in the air

(that has not been known

on this earth

since God looked at what had been made

and said

It is good)

Opening Litany Psalm 25,

 Psalm 25: 1-10 - This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, therefore in using the first ten verses I attempted to follow that patterning in English.

Pastor: All gather before you O Lord as we lift our souls to you.

Congregation: Be merciful onto us O Lord and do not let us be put to shame for we put our trust in You O Lord our God.

Pastor: Can anyone whose hope is in the Lord be put to shame?

Congregation: Doomed however are those who are treacherous without excuse, for they will be put to shame.

Pastor: Evermore you will show me your ways, O LORD and teach me to walk in your paths; You O Lord guide me in your truth and teach me your ways,

Congregation: For you are my God and my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

Pastor: Gracious Lord, Remember your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.

Congregation: Heed not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways;

Pastor: Instead, remember me according to your love, for you are merciful, O LORD.

Congregation: Just and upright is the LORD who instructs sinners in the ways of righteousness.

Pastor: Kindly the Lord guides the humble in what is right and teaches them the ways of grace and mercy. 

Congregation: Lord our God, all your ways are loving and faithful for those who walk in your ways.

 

Ash Wednesday Matthew 6:1-16

 Is my hair straight?

How about this tie

---- does it match

the rest of the image

---- (help me)

I wish to present?

------------ an image

I sometimes make a show

for the world

--------------- so busy making shows

yet

-------- I long for something more

-------- (Lord)

-------- I long to uncork

------------- that stream

-------- of passion

------------- within me

that passion

----- that draws me toward the light

----------- and illumines

---------------- my innermost

---------------------- Yes I dare let go

----------------------------- self

------ (to place)

protected now

by the walls of expectation

built on the unfulfilled dreamings

of what should be.

 

But there are those times

when

------- for some reason

------------- beyond me

I live in a world filled with people

-------- alone

----- (my trust)

and in those brief glorious moments

I become

----- whole

----- (in)

and cry

----- for no reason

----- seeing no eyes upon me

----- and I Thank You

----- (You)

--------- Lord

 

10w worship for February 17th, Ash Wednesday.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for February 17th, Ash Wednesday.  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 Healer of my Soul by John Michael Talbot from the album The Ultimate Collection.  Used with permission you can find this and other gifts for ministry at johnmichaeltalbot.com

 

bollerud · 2.17.21 Ash Wednesday

10w worship for February 21st, NL, Neighbor Care.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for February 21st, NL, Neighbor Care.  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 on Spotify and You Tube and on the web under Andra Moran.

 

bollerud · 2.21.21 NL, Neighbor Care

10w worship for February 21st, Wilderness Change.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for February 21st, Wilderness Change.  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: Out in the Wilderness by the Jay Beech Band from the album Everyone who is Thirsty, Come.  You can find this and other gifts for ministry at baytonemusic.com

 

bollerud · 2.21.21 Wilderness Change

The Transfiguration of our Lord Mark 9:2-9

 In the Joy filled intensity of our excitement

We look up

And catch a glimpse of

-----something unseen

--(This)

beyond the realm of all we know

--and feel

----and hear

beyond the encounter of those special moments in life

when every part of our existence

------is focused

on the here and now

and for a brief moment

----all is just right

beyond even the pureness of joy

that comes in the perfection of religious expression

--amid the rising voices

----and the spine tingling timelessness

--(is)

came this almost moment in time

rising from the mist

--of exhausted ecstasy

----on a high mountain top

--(My)

apart

--from the world

----seething in hunger and pain

--longing to see that to which they have turned

----a blind eye

here

--in this almost place and time

comes the light

--(Son)

that can burn through even the blindness

----of not looking

--or looking too hard

with our eyes focused on that unseen moment

that we almost notice

here at this time

the Son of God leads us down

------into

-----------the world around us

to see the glory of God

in the poor and lost around us

to see the pureness of unbounded timelessness

in the moment of love expressed

to one who knows not love

to see

--by not trying to see that faint glimmer

--------------------------------------------off high

--------------------------------------in the distant mist

--(Listen to Him!)

Christ

--in those around us

Opening Litany based on Psalm 50

 Worship Leader: The Mighty Lord God speaks and summons all of creation, from the rising of the sun to its setting. 

Congregation: From the Heavens above, from the holy places in our midst, the perfect beauty of our God shines forth.

Worship Leader: But our God does not come in silence.  A purifying fire rages before the Lord as the Lord God prepares to judge both the heavens above and the earth below with righteousness. 

Congregation: Gather onto the Lord all the people of God and let the heavens proclaim the righteousness and justice of our God. 

 

10w worship for February 14th, NL, Dazzling Light.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for February 14th, NL, Dazzling Light.  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 Guardian Light by Hans Peterson from the album Harvest of the Heart.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at hanspetersonmusic.com

bollerud · 2.14.21 NL, Dazzling Light

10w worship for February 14th, Walk Dusty.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for February 7th, Restored to Honor. 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 Suddenly Up On The Mountain 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 · 2.14.21 Walk Dusty

5th Sunday after Epiphany Mark 1:29-39

 Into this world came the Christ

----Immanuel

casting out evil

--which had for so long dominated the very life

----of all who lived and breathed

in this perfect creation

--now soiled

----for too long

------for anyone to remember

He came

--casting out and making whole

--------again

--(help)

the people struggling to see

the other side

--of this existence

the other side

--into a world of what is

----from the beginning of time

Jesus came and healed

--(our eyes)

those who suffer

--what they need not suffer

that they may become

--that which they are

----and are called to be

As the hopeless encircled this power

------Christ

in hope

and felt the Power

--of God

----in

------that place

--------(see)

in their lives

--to far removed from the perfection of the universe

----to know

--(the glory)

------that it is once more

----------here

in this place

in this timeless moment

------within the limits of our lives

Here

With the sick and the poor and the despised and the lovely

Here

In a new way for all time

Changing the changeless lives

--(that is)

now

--(Christ)

Psalm 147

 Worship Leader: Let us Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises to the Lord our God.

Congregation: The Lord builds up the people of God and gathers those scattered by the deceit of their hearts and ways.

Worship Leader: The Lord heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.  The Lord creates the heavens and calls each star by name.  Great and wonderful is the Lord our God whose might and power have no limit.  The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.

Congregation:  Sing to the Lord with grateful praise and make music to the Lord our God.  For the Lord covers the sky with clouds and supplies the earth with rain.

Worship Leader: The Lord makes the grass to grow on the hills, food for the cattle who graze and beauty for the birds to fly over.

Congregation: The Lord does not take pleasure in the strength of the horse or warrior, but rather delights in those who live in the awe and love of the Lord.

Worship Leader: Praise the Lord all you people of God.  For the Lord is your refuge and strength.  The Lord brings peace and satisfies the people with good things.

Congregation: The Lord our God has set the world and all that is in it in motion.  At the word of the Lord, the earth responds.

Worship Leader: The word and ways of the Lord have been given to the people of God.

Congregation: Let us Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises to the Lord our God.  

 

10w worship for February 7th, Restored to Honor.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for February 7th, Restored to Honor.  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 Everybody’s Got Something To Offer 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 · 2.7.21 Restored to Honor

10w worship for February 7th, NL, Community.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for February 7th, NL, Community.  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 · 2.721 NL, Community