John 12: 1-8 5th Sunday in Lent

In the midst of time spent together

Aroma filled the air

The sweetness drifting into every corner

Filling every nostril and lung

And out into the world.

Wasteful!

Just imagine what we

(I)

could do with that

for a slight fee for handling

all legit of course

I could help some people

And you will

Those in need

The least, lost and lonely

Will be there always

The simple creation of our greed

But their care is less about helping them overcome our greed

And more about our need

To worship

In praise and deed

Worship drives us to the streets

Where the justice work drives us back to worship

And the streets

And worship

Round and round until they blur into one

And the sweet fragrance once again fills the air

 

 

 

 

Psalm 126

Worship Leader: When my life changed, when God came into my life and turned it around, I was like one who had just entered a dream. 

Congregation: When our lives were changed, when we allowed God in, we could not stop from laughing; our very being was filled with joy. 

Worship Leader: Our friends looked at us and knew something was different.  Those who knew us well and who knew the Lord said, the Lord has done great thing for them, and together we rejoiced. 

Congregation: Restore our ways O Lord; direct our lives to the paths you have chosen.  Like a river in spring, may your blessings fill to the brim the blessings of your presence in our lives.

Worship Leader: May those still in sorrow experience shouts of joy.

Congregation: May those who go into the world in sorrow be filled with your love and bring that fruit of your blessing home to friends and family.

 

10w worship for April 3rd, Fragrance.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for April 3rd, Fragrance.  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 A Fragrant Offering 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 · 4.3.22 Fragrance

4th Sunday in Lent Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Rejoice

let the trumpets sound in the heavens

Rejoice

at the return of the one lost

don’t ask at the why

or where

for this one was gone

lost in the gods of this world

sucked down

and running all the way

on his own

until by the gift of God

the bottom was seen

the momentum was stopped

and the face turned

Rejoice

not at what has been

but what will be

for the one who was lost

has been snatched from the jaws of death

by the God of love

Rejoice

Opening Litany, Psalm 32

 Pastor: Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed I say is the one whose sin the LORD does not count and in whose spirit is no deceit.

Congregation: When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me and my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD "— and you forgave the guilt of my sin.

Pastor: Therefore let everyone who is Godly pray while you may be found; for surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not cause harm.

Congregation: You are our hiding place O Lord and you will protect us from trouble and surround our lives with songs of deliverance.

Pastor: I will instruct you and teach you in the way of the Lord, I will counsel you and watch over you. Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you. Live free, knowing you are a forgiven child of God.

Congregation: When we lose sight of You O Lord many are our woes. But the LORD's unfailing love surrounds all who trusts in the Lord. Therefore we will Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, we will sing and praise the Lord’s name with an upright heart!

 

10w worship for March 27th, God n Seek.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for March 27th, God n Seek.  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 Nothing Can Separate by Andra Moran from the album Harmony Groove.  Used with permission you can find this and other gifts for ministry at www.convergencemp.com/artist/andra-moran.html

 

bollerud · 3.27.22 God n Seek

3rd Sunday in Lent Luke 13:1-9

 I don’t feel good

I hurt

and in looking for a why

I find

a them evil has befallen

and I grin

with the assumed connection of

they’ll get theirs

and I feel better somehow

for now

and then I must search again

for a someone

who

in their pain

makes my hurt

less

for now

then through the foggy mist

of my prayer dreams

I hear a voice of God

calling me to repent

calling me to hurt

for the them

calling me to forgiveness

calling me to love

in the midst of my hurt

and feel for the first time

my pain truly disappearing

I think

but I don’t have time to worry about that now

someone needs me.

Psalm 63

 Pastor: O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water and jobs are scarce.

Congregation: We have seen you when we gather in the sanctuary and there we beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, our lips will forever glorify you.

Pastor: I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.

Congregation: When we gather as a people we find our souls, the spirit of God within us, will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; our spirits rise with singing lips and mouths that praise you.

Pastor: In the still of the night I remember you; my thoughts are of you through the watches of the night.

Congregation: Because you are our help, we will sing in the comfort and protection of your mighty wings. Our spirits are drawn to your Glory and Grace and your right hand upholds us and makes our spirits soar.

 

10w worship for March 20th, Fertilize.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for March 20th, Fertilize.  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 Calling at the Crossroads by Bryan Sirchio from the album J-Walking; Songs for Justice Workers.  Used with permission you can find this and other gifts for ministry at Sirchio.com

 

bollerud · 3.20.22 Fertilize

2nd Sunday in Lent Luke 13:31-35

 Always the world

always trying

always pushing

always demanding

---- it’s way

NOW!!

and we are expected to

JUMP

through the hoop

---- held by the system

---------- someone

who cares not for us

---- our hopes

---- our dreams

---- our passions

but only for power

to say

JUMP!!

 

Christ brings new life

---- new hopes

---- new dreams

---- new passions

that move in their own world

God’s world

where we may still

 Jump

---- if we want to

even through a hoop

---- if we think best

but in the end

we KNOW
Christ came into this world for

us

that forgiveness and life may be

ours

and all of life here

is seen in a new way

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 worship for March 13th, Weeping.

The following is a 10 or more minute worship for March 13th, Weeping.  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 Weeping Over Jerusalem by Dakota Road from the album Build Up. Used with permission you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

 

bollerud · 3.13.22 Weeping