Mark 7:24-37

 Jesus the Christ has come into our lives

With healing

And miracles of life

Showing us the Kingdom

Breaking into our lives

in a never

--before

----see way

breaking into our lives

with life

with newness

with a wholeness that recreates

with all glory and goodness

that is to be

the kingdom of God

even those with no hope

those who have resigned themselves to

this is the way the world is

--for better or worse

will need blinders

to keep out the

this is the way the world should be

love of God

Opening Litany based on Psalm 146

Worship Leader: Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 

Congregation: I will praise the Lord as long as I live and will sing praises to my God all my whole life long. 

Worship Leader: Do not put your trust in mortals, the powers of this world, for they are no help, when their breath departs, they return to the earth like everyone else and on that very day their plans perish. 

Congregation: Happy are those whose help and hope is in the Lord our God who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them and who keeps faith for ever 

Worship Leader: For it is the Lord our God who executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. 

Congregation: The Lord sets the prisoners free and opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down and loves the righteous. 

Worship Leader: The Lord watches over the strangers and upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked the Lord will bring to ruin. 

Congregation: The Lord will reign forever and our God for all generations.  I will indeed Praise the Lord with my whole life.

 

10wworship for September 5th, Fish On.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for September 5th, Fish On.  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.  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 www.baytonemusic.com

bollerud · 9.5.21 Fish On

Psalm 15

Worship Leader: LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary?

Congregation: The One whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous; The one who speaks the truth from his heart and utters no slander. It is the one who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on others. 
 
Worship Leader: LORD, Who may live on your holy hill?

Congregation: It is the one who despises what is vile in humanity and honors those who fear the LORD; it is the one who keeps an oath even when it hurts. It is the one who lends his money without interest and the one who does not accept a donation to vote against the needs of the innocent. 

Worship Leader: Such a person will never be shaken.

Congregation: Help us to walk in your ways O Lord.

14th Sunday after Pentecost Mark 7:1-23

The young child grew and blossomed

Full of love and joy

Each morning was greeted with a song

And laughter

And a glass of spilled milk

Graciously lapped up

By her best furry friend

Under her chair

And her days were filled with new adventures

Exploding her horizons

With each new discovery

And a fair sampling of dirt

Smeared from soiled hands

To now soiled clothes

Until one day

The clouds seemed to cover the sun

Differently

Than they did before

And she learned not to spill her milk

Though she never did figure out

How

To feed her furry friend

And one day

She learned something new about dirt

And where she could not play

And where she could not wipe her hands

She also learned other things

She could not do

Until one day

While sitting there sad

And very still

She learned

She was a good girl

10w worship for August 28th, Greening of the Kingdom.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for August 28th, Greening of the Kingdom.  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. The song for the day is Everyone Who is Thirsty, Come, from the album Everyone Who is Thirsty, Come. Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at baytonemusic.com

 

bollerud · 8.29.21 Greening of the Kingdom

John 6:56-69

 We study the words and signs

--(trapped)

and try to understand

--(trapped)

the Greatness

--that is God

the words come to us

limited

--to a fraction

of the message of Love

by our words

--(trapped)

How can we understand

How can we really know

The expanse

--the expanse of God’s word

when we are trapped by words

and what they mean

only in relation

to what we know

--in this life

trying to understand

--the workings of the spirit

locked in our own intellect

and limited by it

Christ said we are free

Free to see

--to know God

through Christ

through eating Christ’ body

--and drinking Christ’ blood

through knowing Christ

--not from a distance

but right here

now

by what Christ does

to me

--(faith)

from deep within

Opening Litany based on Psalm 34

Worship Leader: I will exult the Lord at all times in my life.  The Praise of the Lord will be forever on my lips.  

Congregation: We too will glory in the Lord.  Let all who are afflicted hear the good news of the Lord and rejoice with us as we exult the name of the Lord together.  

Worship Leader: In my time of need, when I sought after the Lord, the Lord answered me and delivered me from all my fears.  The Lord will do the same for you!

Congregation: Those who dwell in the presence of the Lord… their faces are radiant and never covered with shame.

Worship Leader: The ones that the world rejects who call upon the name of the Lord.. the Lord will be with them and help them in the midst of their troubles.

Congregation: The angel of the Lord encamps around those who live in awe of the Lord and the Lord delivers them from all the woes and cares of this world. 

Worship Leader: As we gather around the table of the Lord this day, taste and see that the LORD is good and blessed is the one who takes refuge in the Lord. 

Congregation: As the Holy people of God, we will live in awe of the wonders of the Lord, for those who live this way lack nothing of importance in this life. 

Worship Leader: the strong and mighty may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.  So come my children, listen, and learn to live in awe of the wonders of the Lord.  Whoever loves the Lord, and desires to live in the blessings of the Lord, keep your tongue from evil, your lips from telling lies, turn from evil and seek peace in this world. 

Congregation: For the Lord looks upon the righteous and hears the cries of their hearts, but the God of Grace turns a deaf ear to those who seek evil.  

Worship Leader: The righteous cry and the Lord hears them, the brokenhearted and those for whom the world has crushed their spirit wail and the Lord delivers them from their troubles. 

Congregation:   The righteous may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers them and protects them from being broken.  

Worship Leader: Evil will slay the wicked and the foes of the righteous will be condemned but the Lord will rescue those who love the Lord.

Congregation: All who take refuge in the Lord will live surrounded by the greatness of God’s grace. 

10w worship for August 22nd. Three Way.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for August 22nd. Three Way.  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. The song for the day is Light of Heaven by Andra Moran from the album Harmony Groove. Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry www.convergencemp.com/artist/andra-moran.html 

bollerud · 8.22.21 Three Way

John 6:41-51

 We ate from the manna

Provided

For all to eat

When the people were in need

And were filled.

We were given the land

And the knowledge

To make our people Great

And were filled.

We were given the word

Sustaining us

Through time of hardship

Forgotten too often

Through times of prosperity

It added a richness

--to our lives

a wholeness

without which

--we would not exist

and we were filled.

We hunger Lord

For the living Bread

That will sustain us

Through hardship and prosperity,

We long to come to You

Drawn by

The love that has been

And the love that lives now

Eternal

And to be full.

10w worship for August 8th, Table Grace.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for August 8th, Table Grace.  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. The song for the day is Table of Love by Andra Moran from the album Little Miracles.  Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry on Apple Music and the Convergence Music Project. convergencemp.com

bollerud · 8.8.21 Table Grace