Tue, 29 April 2008
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.
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Mon, 28 April 2008
Pastor Schumacher preaches on 1 Peter 3:13-22. The bulletin. |
Sun, 20 April 2008
Reposted. |
Sun, 20 April 2008
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!
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Sun, 20 April 2008
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Sun, 20 April 2008
Here is the bulletin for the fourth Sunday of Easter, April 16, 2008
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Sun, 20 April 2008
Full service from the fourth Sunday of Easter, April 16, 2008. Pastor Schumacher is preaching.
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Sun, 20 April 2008
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Sun, 20 April 2008
Our guest this morning is the Rev. Dr. James Lamb, executive director of Lutherans for Life. |
Fri, 18 April 2008
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.
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Fri, 18 April 2008
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Tue, 15 April 2008
I hope you will enjoy this as much as I do.
Direct download: Bethany_Lutheran_Favorite_Music_-_April_2008.mp3
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Wed, 9 April 2008
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.
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Mon, 7 April 2008
See you after tax day.
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Mon, 7 April 2008
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Sun, 6 April 2008
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Sun, 6 April 2008
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