Category: (t) The Time Of Christmas - REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH

Called to Worship

1/6/2019

Wise Men

Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH

O God, by the leading of a star You made known Your only-begotten Son to the Gentiles. Lead us, who know You by faith, to enjoy in heaven the fullness of Your divine presence; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen!

More Light By Shining Together

12/30/2018

The Presentation of Jesus

Kent Brown; Elder Preaching in Pastor Beck's stead.

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH

O God, our Maker and Redeemer, You wonderfully created us and in the incarnation of Your Son yet more wondrously restored our human nature. Grant that we may ever be alive in Him who made Himself to be like us; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen!

The Angel's Song † Amazing Glory

12/24/2018

Joseph & Mary

Pastor Beck

†Part of a, "Songs of Advent," series. A Christmas special: See Episode #6.

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH

O God, You make us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Grant that as we joyfully receive Him as our Redeemer, we may with sure confidence behold Him when He comes to be our Judge; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen!

Christ, My Savior

12/23/2018

Holy Manger, Holy Child

Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH

Stir up Your power, O Lord, and come and help us by Your might, that the sins which weigh us down may be quickly lifted by Your grace and mercy; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen!

Simeon's Song † Amazing Peace

12/19/2018

Simeon's Nunc Demittis

Pastor Beck

†Part of a, "Songs of Advent," series. A Christmas special: See Episode #6.

Now Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to depart
in peace, According to Your word;
For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
Which You have prepared in the presence of all
peoples,
A light of revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory
of Your people Israel.

~ Song of Simeon (Nunc Demittis)

Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother:
"This child is destined to cause the falling and
rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign
that will be spoken against, so that the
thoughts of many hearts will be
revealed. And a sword will pierce
your own soul too."

~ Simeon's Blessing

Swept Away

12/16/2018

Pastor Beck

He sweeps away in judgment, he gathers with joy--the very same word. The sorrowful joy of the Son, the joyful sorrow of the Father. We rejoice, because Jesus can sweep away our sin.

Mary's Song † Amazing Love

12/12/2018

Mary's Magnificat

Pastor Beck

†Part of a, "Songs of Advent," series. A Christmas special: See Episode #6.

My soul magnifies
     the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in
     God my Savior,
for he has looked on the
     humble estate of his
   servant.
For behold, from now on all
     generations will call me
blessed;
for he who is mighty has
     done great things
for me,
and holy is his name.
And his mercy is for those
who fear him
from generation to
  generation.

He has shown strength
     with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in
     the thoughts of their hearts;
he has brought down the
     mighty from their thrones
and exalted those of humble
     estate;
he has filled the hungry with
     good things,
and the rich he has sent
     away empty.
He has helped his servant
     Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,
as he spoke to our fathers,
to Abraham and to his
offspring forever.

~ Mary's Song (The Magnificat)

The Salvation of God

12/9/2018

Pastor Beck

The intersection of the secular and the religious: At Christ's first Advent, John the Baptist proclaimed the immanence of the Savior's coming into the world, to a people ruled by one Herod, the tetrarch of Galilee. As we anticipate Christ's second Advent during this Advent Season, we recognize that we still need a Savior--one who will again intersect our world with His coming in glory, as the dead are raised and the saints receive the inheritance of the world to come.

Zechariah's Song † Amazing Gift

12/5/2018

Music of Heaven

Pastor Beck

†Part of a, "Songs of Advent," series. A Christmas special: See Episode #6.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel/ for he has visited and redeemed his people/ and has raised up a horn of salvation for us/ in the house of his servant David,/ as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,/ that we should be saved from our enemies/ and from the hand of all who hate us;/ to show the mercy promised to our fathers/ and to remember his holy covenant,/ the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us/ that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,/ might serve him without fear,/ in holiness and righteousness before him all our days./ And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;/ for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,/ to give knowledge of salvation to his people/ in the forgiveness of their sins,/ because of the tender mercy of our God,/ whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high/ to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,/ to guide our feet into the way of peace.

~ Zechariah's Song (Benedictus)

Advent Preparations

12/2/2018

Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH

Stir up Your power, O Lord, and come, that by Your protection we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and saved by Your mighty deliverance; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen!