First Try with Hymns

 I am posting my mea culpa for this first try. I see options from the Bethany Lutheran Hymnal (thanks to Norma Boeckler) and all of Lutherdom. 

The way this could work.... 

1. Line up the established music for the hymns, complete for each hymn. Practice, practice, practice, as musicians say.

2. Write out the words that are established for that service, such as material between the established hymns. More soon.

Trinity Hymns for Jesus' Songs - TLH - More Editing , June 14, MorningToday

 

Pastor Gregory Jackson - "Bethany started as an independent church, in a garage in New Ulm, Minnesota, over 30 years ago. We used a fancy phone to connect Bethany Lutheran Church members. We soon had another garage to use, in Phoenix, Arizona. That led to IBM and primitive broadcasting. Zoom was "free" but soon changed "features." Today will be used for singing hymns with The Lutheran Hymnal . Next Sunday should include the liturgy read out loud with TLH hymns sung."

June 14, 9 AM Central Standard

The Hymn #345                       Jesus Lover of My Soul       

Introduction verse one->1. Jesus, Lover of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly
While the nearer waters roll,
While the tempest still is high.
Hide me, O my Savior, hide,
Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide.
Oh, receive my soul at last!

2. Other refuge have I none;
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee.
Leave, ah, leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me!
All my trust on Thee is stayed,
All my help from Thee I bring;
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of Thy wing.

3. Wilt Thou not regard my call,
Wilt Thou not accept my prayer?
Lo, I sink, I faint, I fall;
Lo, on Thee I cast my care;
Reach me out Thy gracious hand!
While I of Thy strength receive,
Hoping against hope, I stand,
Dying , and behold, I live!

4. Thou, O Christ, art all I want;
More than all in Thee I find.
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,
Heal the sick, and lead the blind.
Just and holy is Thy name;
I am all unrighteousness,
False and full of sin I am;
Thou art full of truth and grace.

5. Plenteous grace with Thee is found,
Grace to cover all my sin.
Let the healing streams abound;
Make and keep me pure within.
Thou of life the Fountain art,
Freely let me take of Thee;
Spring Thou up within my heart,

Rise to all eternity.                                                   

The Confession of Sins
The Absolution
The Introit p. 16

Introit

Bow down Thine ear, O Lord, hear me: O Thou, my God, save Thy servant that trusteth in Thee.

Be merciful to me, O Lord: for I cry unto Thee daily.

Psalm. Rejoice the soul of Thy servant: for unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

The Gloria Patri
The Kyrie p. 17
The Gloria in Excelsis
The Salutation and Collect p. 19

Collect

O Lord, we beseech Thee, let Thy continual pity cleanse and defend Thy Church; and because it cannot continue in safety without Thy help, preserve it evermore by Thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth, etc.

Gradual

It is better to trust in the Lord: 

than to put confidence in man.

V. It is better to trust in the Lord: 

than to put confidence in princes. 

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

V. O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Hallelujah!

The Epistle and Gradual       

The Gospel              

Glory be to Thee, O Lord!
Praise be to Thee, O Christ!
The Nicene Creed             p. 22

"Oh, for a Faith That Will Not Shrink"
by William H. Bathhurst, 1796-1877

Tune - St. Peter - linked here

Introduction verse one->1. Oh, for a faith that will not shrink
Tho' pressed by many a foe;
That will not tremble on the brink
Of poverty or woe;

2. That will not murmur nor complain
Beneath the chast'ning rod,
But in the hour of grief or pain
Can lean upon its God;

3. A faith that shines more bright and clear
When tempests rage without;
That, when in danger, knows no fear,
In darkness feels no doubt;

4. That bears unmoved the world's dread frown
Nor heeds its scornful smile;
That sin's wild ocean cannot drown
Nor Satan's arts beguile;

5. A faith that keeps the narrow way
Till life's last spark is fled
And with a pure and heavenly ray
Lights up the dying bed.

6. Lord give us such a faith as this;
And then, whate'er may come,
We'll taste e'en now the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home.

Hymn #396
The Lutheran Hymnal 
Text: Luke 17:5
Author: William H. Bathhurst, 1831, alt.
Composer: Alexander R. Reinagle, 1836
Tune: "St. Peter"

 Bathurst also wrote - "Jesus Thy Church with Longing Eyes"

                             

The Communion Hymn #467  - Built on a Rock

"Built on the Rock the Church doth Stand"
by Nicolai F.S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872
Translated by Carl Doving, 1867-1937

Tune - Kirken den er et" is linked here

Introduction verse one->1. Built on the Rock the Church doth stand,
Even when steeples are falling;
Crumbled have spires in every land,
Bells still are chiming and calling,
Calling the young and old to rest,
But above all the soul distrest,
Longing for rest everlasting.

2. Surely in temples made with hands,
God, the Most High, is not dwelling;
High above earth His temple stands,
All earthly temples excelling.
Yet He whom heavens cannot contain
Chose to abide on earth with men,
Built in our bodies His temple.

3. We are God's house of living stones,
Builded for His habitation;
He through baptismal grace us owns
Heirs of His wondrous salvation.
Were we but two His name to tell,
Yet He would deign with us to dwell,
With all His grace and His favor.

4. Now we may gather with our King
E'en in the lowliest dwelling;
Praises to Him we there may bring,
His wondrous mercy forthtelling.
Jesus His grace to us accords;
Spirit and life are all His words;
His truth doth hallow the temple.

5. Still we our earthly temples rear
That we may herald His praises;
They are the homes where He draws near
And little children embraces.
Beautiful things in them are said;
God there with us His covenant made,
Making us heirs of His kingdom.

6. Here stands the font before our eyes
Telling how God did receive us;
The altar recalls Christ's sacrifice
And what His table doth give us;
Here sounds the Word that doth proclaim
Christ yesterday, today, the same,
Yea, and for aye our Redeemer.

7. Grant then, O God, where'er men roam,
That, when the church-bells are ringing,
Many in saving faith may come
Where Christ His message is bringing:
"I know Mine own, Mine own know Me;
Ye, not the world, My face shall see.
My peace I leave with you." Amen.

Hymn #467
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Eph. 2: 19-22
Author: Nicolai F.S. Grundtvig, 1837
Translated by: Carl Doving, 1909, alt.
Titled: "Kirken den er et gammelt Hus"
Composer: Ludvig M. Lindeman, 1871
Tune: "Kirken den er et"

           

The Preface p. 24
The Sanctus p. 26
The Lord's Prayer p. 27
The Words of Institution
The Agnus Dei p. 28
The Nunc Dimittis p. 29
The Benediction p. 31
The Hymn #54           "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah"

by William Williams, 1717-1791
Translated by William Williams, 1717-1791
and Peter Williams, 1722-1796

Tune - Guide Me - linked here

Introduction verse one-> 1. Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.
Bread of heaven,
Feed me till I want no more.

2. Open now the crystal fountain
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer
Be Thou still my Strength and Shield.

3. When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death and hell's Destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side.
Songs of praises
I will ever give to Thee.

The Lutheran Hymnal
Hymn #54
Text: Exodus 13:21
Author: William Williams, 1745
Translated by: William and Peter Williams, 1771-1772
Titled: "Arglwydd arwain trwy'r Anialwch"
Composer: George W. Warren, 1884
Tune: "Guide Me"
Alternate tune - Cwm Rhondda - below

         

Norma Boeckler Enjoys Broadcasting Her Christian Art

 

Brief But Worth Considering

Two groups of Christian organizations stumbled in the dark and woke up with most of their loot gone.

Norman Vincent Peale (Republican) became famous for The Power of Positive Thinking, 1952. Peale greatly influenced Robert Schuller, so Schuller's Power Principle Today was an easy one to model - or to emulate, depending if you like fancy words.

One might argue that the Peale-Schuller team - they were pals - got the mainline denominations into STAR POWER! - Lutherans, Methodists, Babtists and others saw "the bad moon risin." 

Mega-Churches Are Quietly Collapsing, & Have Been For Decades. << Click on this - just above on Mega-Churches.

Someone said to me lately, "There is nothing left."

How Often Do We Have a Chance for This Passage!

 

Isaiah 53 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah 53. 

The Concordia Choir (Moorhead, MN) - Beautiful Savior F.Melius Christiansen

 

The Concordia Choir (Moorhead, MN) -- Beautiful Savior. 

F.Melius Christiansen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxcKEZxuf0

Sheepishly

 

Collapsing, and Abusive Churches - Ichabod, the Glory Has Departed

 

Mega-Churches Are Quietly Collapsing, & Have Been For Decades.

A friend contacted me to describe his knowledge of the worst Church Growth parishes (now collapsed). He may have seen the YouTube presentation I posted here - Mega-Churches Are Quietly Collapsing...

The conversation involved the person's knowledge of the Lutheran synods (ELCA, LCMS, WELS, ELS) - falling apart here, there, everywhere.

I am going to list the non-Lutheran collapsing and abusive parishes (YouTube) below. They are quite cuddly with the Lutherans. In fact, when Lutheran districts had official and smaller rah-rah gatherings, they were using the same poisons, gladly loosed, between synodical.

Dead and Dying Cults in Order on the YouTube

Robert Schuller: 

revved up his Crystal Cathedral, tried everything, and lost his Cathedral, property, and loot. They also sold a lot of fake books about their fake prosperity.

Mars Hill Church, Seattle Church:

15 locations. Confrontational, abusive, disappeared with the money. Artificial book publishing.

Willow Creek, South Barrington, Illinois.

I visited Willow Creek (for their Lutheran sect). I attended one service and enjoyed having Bill Hybels glare at me from his pulpit. Everything blew up for WC. 2018 was the quick collapse.

Elevation Church

Charlotte, North Carolina. Money issues and lack of how it is used or not.

Bethel Church

"Eco system." Raising child from the dead - utterly false.

Hill Song Church

Collapsed at once, enormous in numbers. Sexual abuse, like Willow Creek.

P.S. 

Norman Vincent Peale - The Power of Positive Thinking, the book which became very much like Robert Schuller's. In fact, Schuller invited Peale to preach for Peale more than once. Besides that, Peale was known for plagiarism a long time ago.

Purpose Driven Church - Rick Warren - 

Bonus! Christina noticed the sign near their church, and we stopped by for a meeting. We went to a very prosperous family meeting and we heard Rick talk.

Since that time, Rick has retired. Like many others, Warren's faded away rapidly.

June 7, 2026 - First Sunday after Trinity

Click on the YouTube link below for the broadcast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6hQoJHVZV0

#262 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Page 15 - Order for Holy Communion

#429  Lord Thee I Love

Sermon - The Rich Man and Lazarus

#342  Chief of Sinners

The Preface for Holy Communion

#658 Onward Christian Soldiers

Tom Fisher's Latest Flock

 

Concordia Open University - South India - Honors Norma A. Boeckler for Fine Artist

I marvel about Norma Boeckler's Christian artwork whenever I look for them on the computer. India shared those paintings without hesitation, a good indication of her art and their value. 

I highly emphasize the Psalms as our most powerful tool of dealing with Christian spiritual needs. India is the seventh largest country size in the world.

The Psalms' verses are simple in the use of faith, forgiveness, repentance -- and they are divinely effective. Everyone should move around the catalogue of 150 sacred Psalms, finding great examples, especially when everything seems to be lost. ruined, and twisted around. 

 

Especially Great Psalms 

Psalm 91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

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Psalm 13  How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

6 I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

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Psalm 8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

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