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  • Catechesis Trinity Twelve – September 3, 2025

    On Wednesday nights, Trinity Lutheran Church(Herrin, IL) offers to both children and adults an opportunity for teaching with Learn-by-Heart at 6:30 PM and a catechetical service at 7:00 PM.

    This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.  The dialog sermon explains Jesus’ healing of the deaf and mute man (St. Mark 7:31-37), which is the Holy Gospel for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.

    Learn-by-Heart will include the hymn “This Day at Thy Creating” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal), Small Catechism, Seventh & Eighth Commandments and meaning, and Ephesians 2:8-9.

    –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

    Service Bulletin: Catechesis-Trinity-12-9-3-2025.pdf

    Insert for Hymn: ASBH-This-Day-At-Thy-Creating.pdf
    Suffrages:  Suffrages-for-Catechesis-2024-Online.pdf

    https://vimeo.com/1113752119?share=copy

    1 hr 5 min
  • Divine Service Trinity Eleven – August 31, 2025

    Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal

    Hymn “How Precious Is the Book Divine” LW 332
    Readings:  2 Samuel 22:21-29, 1 Corinthians 15:1-10, Luke 18:9-14
    Hymn of the Day: “All Mankind Fell in Adam’s Fall” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #49, LW 363, TLH 369)
    Sermon
    Offertory: “Create in Me…”         p.18
    General Prayer………                    p.19-20
    Hymn: “Here, O My Lord, I See You Face to Face” LW 243
    Exhortation                                    p.21
    Communion Service, p.144 (Lutheran Worship)
    Communion Hymns:
    “As Surely as I Live God Said” LW 235
    “I Lay My Sins on Jesus” LW 366
    “Delay Not, Delay Not, O Sinner, Draw Near” LW 349

    –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

    Service Bulletin: Trinity-Eleventh-Cover-8-31-2025-Online.pdf

    https://vimeo.com/1114297102?share=copy

    Picture:  Ottheinrich Bible 1430 (II:30) Feeding the Four Thousand

    1 hr 4 min
  • Divine Service, The Beheading of St. John the Baptist – August 29, 2025

    Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal

    Readings: Jeremiah 1:17-19, St. Mark 6:17-29
    Hymn: “From All Thy Saints” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal ASBH #101)
    Sermon

    –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

    Service Bulletin: August-29-Beheading-of-St-John-the-Baptist-Insert-2024.pdf

    https://vimeo.com/1112695873?share=copy

    45 min
  • Catechesis Trinity Eleven – August 27, 2025

    On Wednesday nights, Trinity Lutheran Church(Herrin, IL) offers to both children and adults an opportunity for teaching with Learn-by-Heart at 6:30 PM and a catechetical service at 7:00 PM.

    This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.  This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.  The dialog sermon explains Jesus’ teaching on the Pharisee and the tax collector (St. Luke 18:9-14), which is the Holy Gospel for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity.

    Learn-by-Heart will include the hymn “Thy Table I Approach” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal), Small Catechism, Sixth Commandment and meaning, and Ephesians 2:8-9.

    –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

    Service Bulletin: Catechesis-Trinity-11-8-25-2025.pdf

    Insert for Hymn: ASBH-Thy-Table-I-Approach.pdf
    Suffrages:  Suffrages-for-Catechesis-2024-Online.pdf

    https://vimeo.com/1111836681?share=copy

    1 hr 4 min
  • Bible Class #49: Numbers 22-25 Part Two – August 24, 2025

    Today, we will continue our study of Numbers 22-25 Balaam, Balak, the Moabites, and the Midianites.

    Overhead 1:Text-for-Numbers-22-25.pdf

    –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

    https://vimeo.com/1110708964?share=copy

    Picture:  We still have lots to do, but the wall is down.  The room may be big enough for our adult class.

    53 min
  • Matins, St. Bartholomew, Apostle – August 24, 2025

    Order of Matins, p.208  Lutheran Worship

    Psalmody:  9, 45
    Hymn of the Day: “From All Thy Saints” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #100)
    Readings:  Prov 3:1-7, 2 Cor 4:7-10, Luke 22:24-30
    Hymn of the Day: “I Know of a Sleep in Jesus’ Name” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #98)

    –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

    Service Bulletin: August-24-St-Bartholomew-Matins-2025-Online.pdf

    https://vimeo.com/1110722586?share=copy

    Picture: Taking down the expansion room wall to get ready for the new BIGGER adult Bible Class room.

    43 min
  • Catechesis Trinity Ten – August 20, 2025 (only audio)

    On Wednesday nights, Trinity Lutheran Church(Herrin, IL) offers to both children and adults an opportunity for teaching with Learn-by-Heart at 6:30 PM and a catechetical service at 7:00 PM.

    This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.  This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.  The dialog sermon explains “The Time of Jesus’ Visitation” (St. Luke 19:41-48), which is the Holy Gospel for Trinity Ten.

    Learn-by-Heart will include the hymn “We Now Implore God the Holy Ghost” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #48), Small Catechism, Tenth Commandment and meaning, and St. Luke 16:9.

    –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

    Service Bulletin:  Catechesis-Trinity-10-08-20-2025.pdf

    Insert for Hymn:  ASBH-We-Now-Implore-God-the-Holy-Ghost.pdf
    Suffrages:  Suffrages-for-Catechesis-2024-Online.pdf

    58 min
  • Divine Service Trinity Nine – August 17, 2025

    Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal

    Hymn “O Day of Rest and Gladness” LW 203
    Readings:  1 Chronicles 10:6-13, 1 Corinthians 10:6-13, Luke 16:1-9
    Hymn of the Day: “Oh, Blest the House, Whate’er Befall” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #47, LW 467, TLH 625)
    Sermon
    Offertory: “Create in Me…”         p.18
    General Prayer………                    p.19-20
    Hymn: “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” LW 241
    Exhortation                                    p.21
    Communion Service, p.144 (Lutheran Worship)
    Communion Hymns:
    “To You, Omniscient Lord of All” LW 234
    “What Is The World to Me” LW 418
    “Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us” LW 402
    Closing Hymn: “How Blest Are They Who Hear God’s Word” LW 222

    –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

    Service Bulletin: Trinity-Ninth-Cover-8-17-2025-Online.pdf

    https://vimeo.com/1110336438?share=copy

    Picture:  Ottheinrich Bible 1430 (III:38) The Shrewd Manager Luke 16:1-13

    1 hr 8 min
  • Divine Service St. Mary, Theotokos August 15, 2025

    Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal

    Hymn “For All the Faithful Women” HS98 #880 st. 9
    Readings:  Isaiah 61:10-11, Galatians 4:4-7, Luke 1:46-55
    Hymn “Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #99, LW 308)
    Sermon
    Communion

    –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

    Service Bulletin: August-15-St-Mary-Theotokos-Insert-2024.pdf

    https://vimeo.com/1108851617?share=copy

    56 min

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