Messanic Passover Haggadah ("Telling")

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." (1 Corinthians 11:23-25, ESV)

It was Passover night when Jesus sat with his disciples and taught them the meaning of the Passover celebration given to them by God after he brought them out of Egypt. Join with us as we see how this meal points to what our Savior did for us on the cross. Learn about the setting He used to give to us Holy Communion. Enjoy Christian fellowship and education. The Seder (order of service) will include a full meal.
The Passover Haggadah and meal will be held on Maundy Thursday, (April 9th, 2009) 6:00pm in the Trinity Fellowship Hall. A free will donation will be taken to help defray the cost. Reservations are necessary; please make yours by signing the sheet in the church narthex or contacting the church office (641) 579-5095 or tlc@TrinityCreston.org.

First Sunday during Lent; March 1, 2009

Liturgical Color: Purple

First Sunday During Lent
Divine Service I, LSB 151

Processional Hymn LSB 915 Today Your Mercy Calls Us   
Confession and Absolution    LSB 151

Service of the Word

Introit   Ps. 91:9–13; antiphon: Ps. 91:15–16
Kyrie     LSB 152
Salutation and Collect of the Day

Readings

Old Testament Reading     Genesis 22:1–18
Epistle     James 1:12–18
Verse for Lent    LSB 157
Holy Gospel     Mark 1:9–15

Hymn of the Day 657 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Sermon
Apostles' Creed   
Prayer of the Church
Offering
Offertory     LSB 159
Lord's Prayer   
Closing Collect
Benediction   
Recessional Hymn 707 Oh, That the Lord Would Guide My Ways   

Ashes to Ashes...

We stand at the edge of the grave, peering in. The pastor says those well known funeral words “We now commit the body of our brother to the ground. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust…” As we stand there looking at death we realize that our whole lives are spent standing right there at the edge of the grave. The funeral that we attend will be ours, too. Death will claim us.

Today is Ash Wednesday. In many churches today, repentant sinners will approach the altar to receive a sign of morality and death. The pastor uses his thumb to mark the forehead with a dark smudge in the shape of a cross. The traditional words spoken by the pastor are “Remember, O Man, that thou art dust and to dust you shall return.” Again we are reminded of the grave in our future. We are reminded in a vivid picture that “the wages of sin is death.” All who sin, die.

And yet, there is Good News. The ashes are drawn in the shape of the cross. It is at the cross that our Savior faced death. With repentant hearts we remember the price paid by our Savior to save us from our death. Jesus Christ suffered and died on the cross to pay the wages of our sin. Jesus dies the death of all sinners. God, the Father, heaped on him the punishment that all deserve. He was crucified, dead and buried. And Jesus Christ rises again to new life. After three days in death He rose again. Death, the wages of sin, is paid in full with the perfect sacrifice of Jesus. Death cannot hold him captive. He has defeated it. Jesus Christ promises new life to us, too. The ashes in the shape of a cross tell the story. Thru the cross, Jesus brings to us the forgiveness of sin we need. Thru the cross and resurrection Jesus promises resurrection for all who look to him only for salvation. The dark cross shaped smudges remind us that our death is coming, but so is our new life in Christ.

“Remember, O Man, that thou art dust and to dust you shall return.”

Called to Glory - Nadine Heinicke

Nadine Heinicke (widow of Rev. Edward Heinicke) was called to glory on Transfiguration Sunday, Feb. 22.  The funeral service will be at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 239 Frank Street, Council Bluffs on Ash Wednesday morning, Feb. 25 at 10:00 a.m.  A prayer service and visitation will be held on Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Cutler, O'Neill Funeral Home, 545 Willow Ave, Council Bluffs.  The Heinickes served in several District settings: Trinity, Creston and Immanuel, Osceola from 1945-1948; Timothy, Council Bluffs from 1953-1962; Zion, Manning from 1964-1983.  Pastor Heinicke had also assisted at St. Paul's, Council Bluffs in his retirement.  Rev. Edward Heinicke passed away in 1990.

"I am the Resurrection and the Life; he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever livenh and believeth in me shall never die."  John 11:25-26

Ash Wednesday Service, February 22, 2009, 7pm.

Jonah, The Survivor Series: Ash Wednesday
Petition, Provision, Proclamation

Order of Service

Lighting of the Lenten Candles
Hymn: LSB 440 Jesus, I Will Ponder Now sts. 1–3
Invocation
Confession and Absolution
Imposition of Ashes
Hymn: LSB 440 Jesus, I Will Ponder Now sts. 4–6

First Reading Jonah 1:1–3
Holy Gospel Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21

Nicene Creed
Hymn: LSB 833 Listen, God Is Calling
Sermon Part 1: “God is Calling!”
Offering
Prayers

Service of the Sacrament

Preface LSB 216
Lord's Prayer LSB 217
The Words of Our Lord
Sanctus: LSB 507 Holy, Holy, Holy st. 1
Pax Domini LSB 217
Agnus Dei LSB 198
Distribution

LSB 362 O Sing of Christ
LSB 732 All Depends on Our Possessing

Post Communion Canticle LSB 617 O Lord, We Praise Thee st. 1
Post-Communion Collect
Benediction
Hymn: LSB 878 Abide with Me (st. 1)

Lenten Series: Jonah, the Survivor Series

This Lent at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church
Join us for

Jonah, The Survivor Series

Petition, Provision, Proclamation

by Dr. Reed Lessing
Associate Professor of Exegetical Theology
Director of the Graduate School
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO

Join us every Wednesday at 7:00pm

• February 25: Part 1: Ash Wednesday, “God is Calling!” (1:1-3)
• March 4: Part 2: “Saved in the Storm” (1:4-16)
• March 11: Part 3: “Our Providing God” (1:17)
• March 18: Part 4: “Praying in the Belly of the Great Big Fish” (2:1-10)
• March 25: Part 5: “The God of the Second Chance” (3:1-4)
• April 1: Part 6: “About Face!” (3:5-10)
• April 9: Part 7: Maundy Thursday, “On the Same Page” (4:1-2)
• April 10: Part 8: Good Friday, “The Answer!” (4:3-11)
• April 12: Part 9: Easter, “The Sign of Life!” (Matt 12:41)

February 22, 2009; The Transfiguration of Our Lord, Jesus Christ

Liturgical Color: White

The Transfiguration of Our Lord, Jesus Christ

Divine Service I, LSB 151

Processional Hymn 414 'Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here   

Service of the Word

Introit    Ps. 99:1–5; antiphon: Ps. 99:9

Old Testament Reading     2 Kings 2:1–12
Epistle     2 Corinthians 3:12–13; 4:1–6
Holy Gospel     Mark 9:2–9

Hymn of the Day 873 Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies   

Service of the Sacrament

Distribution Hymns

821 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus   
680 Thine the Amen, Thine the Praise   
814 O Bless the Lord, My Soul   

Recessional Hymn 537 Beautiful Savior

Two Hundred Years...

Born 1809, Charles Darwin brought us the "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life"  On this the 200th anniversary of his birth we would do well to revisit his theories.  Particularly in light of the increased complexity of the cell. 

Listen to the following thoughtful program on Issues, Etc.  Todd's guest Dr. Michael Behe of Lehigh University, author of Darwin's Black Box.  I highly recommend this book... and this podcast.

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February 15, 2009; Sixth Sunday after Epiphany

Liturgical Color: Green

Preparation

Processional Hymn - 694 Thee Will I Love, My Strength, My Tower

Service of the Word

Old Testament Reading 2 Kings 5:1–14
Epistle 1 Corinthians 10:31—11:1
Holy Gospel Mark 1:40–45

Hymn of the Day - 394 Songs of Thankfulness and Praise

Recessional Hymn - 783 Take My Life and Let It Be

(hymns from Lutheran Service Book)

Issues, Etc. interviews Miss America. She is a Missouri Synod Lutheran.

An Interview with Miss America
Miss America 2009 Katie Stam

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From the Pastor: February 2009

Dear Members of Trinity;

This month we will continue to talk about what we do on Sunday mornings. We've discussed the Invocation, the Introit, the Kyrie, and the Gloria.  This month we will talk about that first prayer of the service, the Collect, and the greeting that is just before it called the Salutation. Collect is a strange name for a prayer, but it is all about collecting our thoughts together to speak to God about all that we will be hearing in His Word and the Sermon on that Sunday. The
Collect matches the theme for the day. It reflects the Introit before it and the Readings that will follow. Many times you will also hear it echoed in the Hymns that we sing together, especially the Hymn just prior to the Sermon. The Collect is a "collected" prayer. The church has been praying this kind of collected prayer for many centuries.

Many of the prayers that we use for Collects are very old. So, whenever we pray a Collect we are not only collecting our thoughts into a prayer, we are collecting the thoughts of the people of God throughout history too.

Traditionally, the Collect is shaped according to a five part form (and very often one single sentence):

• Address - names the person of the Trinity to whom the prayer is spoken, usually the Father
• Basis - the characteristic of God on which the prayer is based
• Petition - the particular blessing requested
• Benefit - the goal or desired outcome of the petition
• Doxology - prayer is through Jesus Christ, to the Father, in the Holy Spirit as one God

Just prior to the Collect there is a short greeting called the Salutation. Pastor says, "The Lord be with you," to which the people say, "And with your spirit." Or "And also with you." This little greeting is more than just being polite. It is actually a blessing exchanged between the Pastor and people. The pastor blesses the people entrusted to his care by declaring that the Lord is with them. And the people in turn remind their pastor that the Spirit Lord is with him by
virtue of his Office as he prays on their behalf. The pastor is the collective mouth of the congregation, speaking in a single voice the collected prayer of God's people.

This greeting is also very old. We see a similar greeting in the Old Testament book of Ruth. Boaz greets his workers in the field "The LORD be with you." and they replied, "The LORD bless you." (Ruth 2:4) They were also reminding each other of God's continued blessing to them.

The LORD be with you this day as you remember His blessings.

Pastor Watt.

February 8, 2009; Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

Liturgical Color: Green

Preparation

Processional Hymn - 693 O Holy Spirit, Grant Us Grace

Service of the Word

Old Testament Reading Isaiah 40:21–31
Epistle 1 Corinthians 9:16–27
Holy Gospel Mark 1:29–39

Hymn of the Day - 398 Hail to the Lord's Anointed

Service of the Sacrament

Distribution Hymns

684 Come unto Me, Ye Weary
578 Thy Strong Word

Recessional Hymn - 664 Fight the Good Fight

 

(hymns from Lutheran Service Book)