Bethany Lutheran, Naperville, IL

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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:31:00 GMT

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November 8, 2009 9AM - Pentecost +23

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:54:00 GMT

Service for November 8, 2009 9AM - Pentecost +23

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November_1_2009_9AM_AllSaints

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:19:00 GMT

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October 25, 2009 9AM - Reformation

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:10:00 GMT

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October 10, 2009 9 AM - Pentecost + 19

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:32:00 GMT

September 27, 2009 9AM - Pentecost +17

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 20:46:00 GMT

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September 20, 2009 9AM - Pentecost +16

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:02:00 GMT

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September 6, 2009 9AM - Pentecost +14

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:51:00 GMT

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Faith Sings! (Hymn Festival for Lutheran Child and Family Services)

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:09:00 GMT

This hymnfest was held at Bethany on September 20, under the direction of Cantor Phillip Magness. Musicians included choir members from three other congregations, along with the Bethany Brass, two of Bethany's children's choirs (Schola Cantorum and Christus Choir), and various other assisting musicians on flutes, clarinet, keybaords, and percussion. Pastoral speakers were Rev. Scott Bruzek from St. John-Wheaton, Rev. David Balla from Trinity-West Chicago, and Rev. Paul Mumme from Divine Shepherd-Bolingbrook. The "new will" offering received at the concert benefitted the Expressive Arts program at LutherBrook Academy in Addison, IL.

September 13, 2009 9AM - Pentecost +15

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:45:00 GMT

The service for September 13, 2009 at 9:00AM. Here is the bulletin.

August 31, 2009 9AM podcast delayed

Tue, 1 Sep 2009 01:08:00 GMT

Unfortunately there is a flaw in the recording from this week and I haven't managed to transfer the recording onto the computer, so this will be a little late. I think I can get it transferred tonight.

August 23, 2009 9AM - Pentecost +12

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Sorry the recording cuts out briefly just before communion, had to switch CDs. Bulletin

August 16, 2009 9AM - Pentecost +11

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:37:00 GMT

Here's the bulletin. Sorry we lost the last few minutes of the postlude.

August 9, 2009 9AM - Pentecost +10

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:26:00 GMT

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August 2, 2009 9AM - Pentecost +9

Sun, 2 Aug 2009 20:15:00 GMT

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July 12, 2009 Sixth Sunday After Pentecost

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:04:00 GMT

Sixth Sunday After Pentecost

Fifth Sunday After Pentecost July 5, 2009

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 23:23:00 GMT

Fifth Sunday After Pentecost

Fifth Sunday After Pentecost July 5, 2009 9 am

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 22:54:00 GMT

Fifth Sunday After Pentecost

June 7, 2009 9AM - Trinity Sunday

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:53:00 GMT

Here's Trinity Sunday.

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May 31, 2009 9AM - Pentecost

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:48:00 GMT

Pentecost Sunday. Recording terminates early, sorry.

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April 19, 2009 9AM - Easter 2

Thu, 21 May 2009 13:37:00 GMT

Here's the bulletin.

May 10, 2009 9AM - Easter 5

Wed, 20 May 2009 19:23:00 GMT

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May 3, 2009 11:15 AM - Easter 4 Confirmation

Wed, 20 May 2009 19:20:00 GMT

This is the confirmation service.

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The 6th Sunday of Easter May 17th, 2009 at 9 am

Sun, 17 May 2009 17:14:00 GMT

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The Fourth Sunday of Easter on May 3rd, 2009 at 9am

Sun, 17 May 2009 02:14:00 GMT

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April 12, 2009 11:30 - Easter family service

Mon, 11 May 2009 05:09:00 GMT

An Easter liturgy with a special address to children and families, with music provided by the Schola Cantorum children's choir.

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April 12, 2009 8:30AM - Easter

Mon, 11 May 2009 04:37:00 GMT

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April 26, 2009 Third Sunday of Easter

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:12:00 GMT

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April 10, 2009 - Office of Tenebrae

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:12:00 GMT

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April 9, 2009 - Maundy Thursday

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:10:00 GMT

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Lenten Vespers March 25th 2009 at 7:15pm

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:18:00 GMT

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Lenten Vespers - March 18, 2009 at 7:15pm

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:16:00 GMT

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Lent 5 - March 29, 2009 9AM

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:07:00 GMT

Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 5, 2009 9AM

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Lent 4 - March 22, 2009 9AM

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:06:00 GMT

Fourth Sunday in Lent - March 22, 2009 9AM

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Lent 3 - March 15, 2009 9AM

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:03:00 GMT

Third Sunday in Lent - March 15, 2009 9AM

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Lenten Vespers - March 11, 2009 at 715

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:58:00 GMT

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Lent 2 - March 8, 2009

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:30:00 GMT

Second Sunday of Lent, March 8, 2009

Here is the bulletin

Lent 1 - March 1, 2009

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:21:00 GMT

First Sunday in Lent, March 1, 2009.

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Lenen Vespers March 4th 2009 at 7:15pm

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 03:08:00 GMT

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Lenen Vespers March 4th 2009 at 7:15pm

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 03:08:00 GMT

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Ash Wednesday February 25, 2009 at 7:15pm

Thu, 5 Mar 2009 02:33:00 GMT

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February 22, 2009 The Transfiguration of Our Lord

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:08:00 GMT

Pastor Schumacher sermon on "who do we listen to?". God said, "this is my beloved Son; listen to him."

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The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany on February 15th at 9am

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:02:00 GMT

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The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany onFebruary 8, 2009 9am

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:54:00 GMT

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The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany February1, 2009 9am

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:48:00 GMT

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BJS Conference - Divine Service (day 2)

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:36:00 GMT

The divine service - absolution, music, response, liturgy, readings, sermon, communion. We don't do it because it's beautiful, that's not the point. But I have never found anything so moving as a well done liturgical service. Taken from the word, it is filled with truth and meaning both sung and spoken.

This was a remarkably good liturgical service.

BJS Conference - Todd Wilken

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:24:00 GMT

Pastor Todd Wilken gave an insightful talk into all things Lutheran and all thing Missouri Synod.

BJS Conference - Chris Rosebrough on Building a Lutheran Radio Station

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:12:00 GMT

A nuts and bolts look at Chris Rosebrough's plan for world domination through Pirate Christian Radio

BJS Conference Vespers (Day 1)

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:23:00 GMT

The commeration of Priscilla, Aquilla and Apollos. Phillip Magness on organ.

Great psalms. Get hymns. Great liturgy. Great sermon. This is what being a Lutheran is all about.

BJS Conference Keynote - Chris Rosebrough

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:16:00 GMT

Chris Rosebrough speaks on Becoming a Lutheran, and runs out of time before speaking on Building a Lutheran Radio Station

The Festival of Christ the King November 23rd, 2008 9am

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:03:00 GMT

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The Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost November 16th, 2008

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:58:00 GMT

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Advent Family Vespers, December 17th 2008

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 19:42:00 GMT

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Pentecost 26 November 9th 2008

Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:15:00 GMT

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The Feast of All Saints , November 2nd 2008 9am

Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:10:00 GMT

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The Feast of the Reformation, October 26th 2008 9am

Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:02:00 GMT

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Pentecost 23 October 19th, 2008 9am

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:02:00 GMT

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Pentecost 20 - September 28, 2008 9AM

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:31:00 GMT

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St. Matthew, Apostle and Evengelist, September 21, 2008 9AM

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:28:00 GMT

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Pentecost 18 - September 14, 2008 9AM

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:24:00 GMT

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Pentecost 16 - August 31, 2008 9AM

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:54:00 GMT

Pastor Schumacher preaches on Peter's attempt to deter the Lord from what he was going to do

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Pentecost 11, July 27, 2008 9AM

Fri, 1 Aug 2008 06:16:00 GMT

Pastor Rossow finishes the series on Romans 7 and 8.

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DO FREQUENT SAVES

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:18:00 GMT

Kind of lost this week's edited service. Back to the drawing board. Sorry it's late. Save your edits frequently.

Pentecost 9 - July 13, 2008 9AM

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:53:00 GMT

Pastor Rossow speaks on Romans 8.

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This week's service setting was written by Cantor Magness.

Pentecost 8, July 6, 2008 9AM

Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:22:00 GMT

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Pentecost 7, June 29, 2008 9AM

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 03:10:00 GMT

From the Seventh Sunday of Pentecost, June 29, 2008 9AM.

Pastor Rossow speaks on the relationship of Christians and the law as discussed in Romans 7.

Here is the bulletin for your use.

Pentecost 6, June 22, 2008 9AM

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:20:00 GMT

Finally up - Pastor Schumacher speaks on Romans 6.

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Pentecost 5, June 15, 2008 9AM

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:52:00 GMT

Pastor Rossow speaks on Matthew 9-10.

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1016!

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:53:00 GMT

As of right now, we have 1016 downloads of our services and bulletins, with a good majority of them going to services. This is since we started in March - three months. The first 10 days of June have also yielded 273 downloads; if we continue at this rate we will have over 800 for the month of June. And of course we have five services this month.

I'm most pleased but not terribly surprised that members and friends are interested in listening to a full liturgical service filled with the scriptures and supporting sound doctrine. I've looked at a lot of podcasts out there in promoting our service on iTunes and other podcasting sites, and full services are quite rare. Bethany's certainly seems worth it to me. And of course the price is right - free!

Oh, feel free to review us on your favorite podcasting site. Reviews can be quite helpful both in rankings and in getting people to understand what makes the services worthwhile.

Thanks be to God!

How do you like your bulletins?

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:49:00 GMT

I have been "printing" the bulletins to pdf with two pages up. To me this makes it most like the bulletin as you would see it during church. Would you rather see it printed as single pages, giving a larger image? Or do you prefer it this way?

You may comment to this post and let me know your preference.

Bulletin - Pentecost 4, June 8, 2008 9AM

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:48:00 GMT

Here is the bulletin for Pentecost 4

Pentecost 4, June 8, 2008 9AM

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 21:29:00 GMT

The fourth Sunday after Pentecost. Pastor Schumacher preaches on Matthew 9:9-13, the calling of Matthew.

No bulletin yet, coming soon.

Pentecost 3 - June 1, 2008 11:15AM

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:01:00 GMT

Finally available! We had a tragic CDRom incident at the 9:00 service, so this is the 11:15 service instead. Pastor Schumacher preaches. Bulletin.

Pentecost 2 - May 25, 2008 9AM

Mon, 26 May 2008 17:31:00 GMT

Pastor Schumacher preaches on Romans 1:16-17. Bulletin.

You, too, can do a review

Wed, 21 May 2008 19:01:00 GMT

Are you enjoying listening the podcasts of Bethany's services? Is there an ineffable je ne sais quoi (translation: an indescribable something or other) to them that you would like to describe to the world? Do you need peripheral practice producing perfectly polished prose? Perhaps I ought to pull the plug on this painful paragraph?

What I'm trying to say is: you can both review and rate us on iTunes and on other podcast listing services. For iTunes you will need an iTunes account. Go to iTunes, search for "Bethany Naperville" (I find this the most direct route), and in the bottom you will find a link for Customer Reviews.

Reviews and ratings are helpful in a number of ways. Along with subscribing through the iTunes store, these can improve our search ranking so that we will show up higher on salient searches. Ratings and reviews also provide prospective listeners the opportunity to see if this is really what they are looking for - some may be looking for full, liturgical services from a confessing church but others may be looking instead for inspirational, purpose-driven, call-to-action sermons without the peripheral trappings of a church service. Proper reviews can help each steer in the correct direction.

So if you're literary minded, go to your favorite podcast directory and review us. If you're more up to "chicken or fish?" today, iTunes and other directories will let you do a quick 1-to-5 star rating.

Bulletin for May 18, 2008 11:15AM

Tue, 20 May 2008 17:30:00 GMT

Trinity Sunday!

Trinity Sunday - May 18, 2008 11:15AM

Tue, 20 May 2008 03:16:00 GMT

Pastor Rossow preaches on the Genesis 1 creation account and on how the trinity figures into it.

Bulletin not yet available.

We lost a bit of the distribution hymns and the Proclaim choir performing "Ubi Caritas," which was very beautiful. Sorry about that.

Pentecost - May 11, 2008 9AM

Wed, 14 May 2008 03:33:00 GMT

Pentecost Sunday. Pastor Schumacher preaches. Bulletin.

Easter 7 - May 4, 2008 11:15AM (Youth confirmation)

Wed, 7 May 2008 03:43:00 GMT

This is the youth confirmation service. Bulletin

Coming soon - Service for May 4, 2008 at 11:00 (Confirmation)

Tue, 6 May 2008 03:59:00 GMT

We will be publishing the special 11:00 service - the confirmation service - real soon now. Haven't had a chance to finish it yet.

Bulletin for May 4, 2008 9AM

Tue, 6 May 2008 03:58:00 GMT

Here is the bulletin for May 4, 2008, 9AM

Easter 7 - May 4, 2008 9AM

Tue, 6 May 2008 03:56:00 GMT

Pastor Rossow speaks on how Peter warns us that there will be much persecution for us as believers in Christ in an increasingly secular world.

Bulletin for April 27, 2008 9AM (Easter 6)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:11:00 GMT

Hmm. The bulletin didn't seem to end up in the announcement. Here's the bulletin for April 29, 2008, 9AM, the sixth Sunday of Easter.

Easter 6 - April 27, 2008 9AM

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:24:00 GMT

We have a certain hope in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and must be prepared to give a sound defense of the faith to all who ask.

Pastor Schumacher preaches on 1 Peter 3:13-22.

The bulletin.

Easter 5 - April 20, 2008 (Repost. Oops.)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:08:00 GMT

The fifth Sunday of Easter, April 20, 2008. Pastor Rossow preaches on Milk, Stones, and Royalty from 1 Peter 2:2-10.

Reposted.

Whew! A marathon - and we've won.

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:32:00 GMT

Wow. The last few days have been a marathon. We added upload bandwidth for the podcast - pretty much necessary due to libsyn's idiosyncratic upload accounting techniques if we ever wanted to catch up. And then we ripped. And edited. And recorded. And pestered the cantor with questions. And uploaded. We also rendered bulletins to .pdfs, and uploaded them. And waited for libsyn's servers to come back on line for uploading.

Anyway, it's done and we're caught up. The good news is that I can now go to bed. The better news is that nobody will come up to me after church and ask me "when are you going to get caught up." The best news, of course, is that Jesus has taken on the consequences of our sins so that without meriting it we can experience God's pleasure for eternity rather than his wrath.

Thanks be to God!

Bulletin for April 20, 2008, 9AM

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:31:00 GMT

Here is the bulletin for the fifth Sunday of Easter, April 20, 2008. The recorded service is the 9:00 service.

Bulletin for April 13, 2008

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:27:00 GMT

Here is the bulletin for the fourth Sunday of Easter, April 16, 2008

Easter 4 - April 13, 2008

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:26:00 GMT

Full service from the fourth Sunday of Easter, April 16, 2008. Pastor Schumacher is preaching.

Bulletin for April 6, 2008

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:40:00 GMT

The bulletin for the Third Sunday of Easter, April 6, 2008.

Easter 3 - April 6, 2008 (Pastor James Lamb)

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:32:00 GMT

The third Sunday of Easter, April 6, 2008.

Our guest this morning is the Rev. Dr. James Lamb, executive director of Lutherans for Life.

We now have bulletins!

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:30:00 GMT

We're going to try uploading the bulletins. Because they normally fall into a booklet format, they may look a little funny.

There seem to be two ways that the bulletin can be useful.

First, because the services are liturgical, they are highly interactive. The congregation is often singing or speaking in counterpoint to the cantor or pastor. In some circumstances, having the bulletin available can allow you to participate more fully with the congregation, I suppose. I find myself singing the congregational parts as I walk the streets of Chicago while listening to the service. But softly.

More importantly though, the service is built on the Bible. The confession, the psalms, the scriptures, the hymns - these are usually straight from the Bible, and when they are not, they are built on doctrines which are simply the systematization of the Bible. There is nothing that feeds us like hearing the pure word of God, and nothing that comforts us more than hearing God's word that in Christ we are rescued from our sins. Reading the words of the songs and scriptures as listed in the bulletin both feeds and comforts us.

Second Sunday of Easter, March 30, 2008

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:25:00 GMT

Pastor Rossow speaks on doubting Thomas.

Here is the bulletin from that week.

Highlights from Easter

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:33:00 GMT

As mentioned, there's only 12 MB left of uploads left for the next few days. Not enough to upload a service, but enough to provide 11 minutes of really great music from our Good Friday and Easter services. We have Oh Sacred Head, one that I assume is called This Lamb is Christ, and the Alleluia Chorus.

I hope you will enjoy this as much as I do.

Why the full service?

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:46:00 GMT

You may be wondering why we podcast the full service rather than just the sermon.

I wondered the same thing. I'm from a non-Lutheran background and am used to listening to Todd Wilkin, John MacArthur, and sermons from other Lutheran churches where the speakers are the audio equivalent of talking heads. When the cantor said we wanted to podcast the whole service, I thought, "okay, then people will just skip to the sermon, the meat of the service." I think I understand better.

Bethany makes use of the liturgy. Liturgical services have a quality that is unique among church services. Most obvious is the musical nature of the service - much of it is sung. But more importantly, most all of the service is taken from the Bible. Everything from the confession to the benediction is taken, largely word for word, from the Bible. In addition to this, we normally sing a Psalm, and have readings from the Old testament, the gospels, and the epistles - not just a verse or two, but significant wholes. Even our prayers, though not word for word copies of prayers from the Bible, are generally based on Biblical injunctions to pray for or about certain things. And so a liturgical service is like Biblical immersion, with the congregation taking a significant part. And so the divine service becomes much more than just a sermon.

Our church is also deeply blessed musically. We have a cantor with a wonderful voice, a variety of musical talents within the congregation, and an organ to which the podcast cannot do justice.

I have the joy of editing the recordings. It is a great blessing to be able to go through the whole service once again with the congregation, and to engage in those parts of the liturgy that I remember, quietly of course when walking through Chicago.

For examples of our music, listen to the Maundy Thursday, Good Friday or Easter recordings.

Out of upload bandwidth

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 03:10:00 GMT

Holy week and Easter pretty much used up our upload bandwidth. We should be able to upload the post-Easter services on the 17th or 18th of April, and I don't anticipate running out of uploads... until next Easter!

See you after tax day.

Easter 2008/3/23

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:13:00 GMT

The easter service, March 23, 2008, 8:30 AM. Pastor Rossow delivers the sermon.

Good Friday 2008/3/21

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 03:23:00 GMT

The Good Friday service of March 21, 2008. Stunning.

Pastor Rossow : Bethany Lutheran Church Services

bethanylcs — Mon, 7 Apr 2008 02:14:35 GMT

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This isn't our home page!

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:17:00 GMT

This is our podcast page only. Please visit us at our home page.

Palm Sunday regular service

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:22:00 GMT

The Palm Sunday service of March 16, 2008

Bethany Lutheran Church : Bethany Lutheran Church Services 2008

bethanylcs — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:37:14 GMT

Recorded 16 March, 2008 & Recorded March 16, 2008 at Bethany Lutheran Church, Naperville, IL