So... Reformation Sunday...

[Rion]

What should I expect? My church is hosting it and I've never been to one.

 

[ctay]

The church my parents go to host a reformation thing, I think they hold it there cause it holds the most people. I think this year our circuit pastors are playing out Martin Luther nailing the 95 thesis on the door. I know they do something a little different every year. They have a big pipe organ too and I think this year the organists in the circuit are playing organ music before the reformation thing starts.

 

[LilLamb219]

Ours is basically a normal Sunday service...with reference to Luther in the sermon and how God used him to bring back "by grace through faith".

 

[RadMan]

What should I expect? My church is hosting it and I've never been to one.

They'll burn some heretics at the stake. Oh wait----they don't do that anymore.......nevermind.




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[Tofferer]

I thought about making and wearing a monks habit to church, I definately have the burlap for it. Can we say "Ohm"?

 

[mrshoperose]

I thought about making and wearing a monks habit to church, I definately have the burlap for it. Can we say "Ohm"?

Oh bother.

 

[PreachersWife2004]

I myself would love to see something out of the ordinary. We of course have our regular Sunday worship that commemorates Reformation Sunday and then we have an area-wide Reformation Service that all the churches in the area come to.

Usually it's just like a regular worship service but with more music, singing and instrumentalists (full orchestra in the past). I'd love to see a program on Luther, though. Like the nailing of the 95 thesis, or a replay of some of his more famous debates and whatnot. It would just be cool to remember exactly WHO got the Reformation going as well as why he got it going.

I tried to get hubby to do a (revised) version of a Praetorius service - the way Luther worshiped back in his day. We did it at our worship conference in '05 and it was awesome. But, my hubby is a bit of a fuddy duddy and wouldn't go for it because he thought some of the older members might not like it. Praetorius music is not for the beginner, I suppose!

 

[Aibrean]

We are accepting new members into the congregation but from the schedule (which I get early because I update the church website) I don't see anything too different.

We are having a "Circuit Reformation Service" at a fellow LCMS church nearby on Wednesday. They are going to combine choirs.

 

[LilLamb219]

We are accepting new members into the congregation but from the schedule (which I get early because I update the church website) I don't see anything too different.

We are having a "Circuit Reformation Service" at a fellow LCMS church nearby on Wednesday. They are going to combine choirs.

OOOH!! We do that for Ascension Day! I love it! It's great meeting members from the local churches...and singing and worshipping with them! As a choir member, it's so much fun!

 

[synger]

Our info for this Sunday includes:

AS WE GATHER
Our celebration of the Reformation is not simply a look into the past but an acknowledgment that in every age and generation the Church is called on to answer anew the question of Christ, "Who do you say that I am?" What took place nearly 500 years ago was not a rebellion but a call to refocus the Church on this Gospel. When we have the Gospel in its fullness we can be sure that we are the Church, that salvation and life are accessible here. All of that is premised on the fact that forgiveness has been won for us by the death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ. This is why justification by grace through faith is that cardinal doctrine and truth on which the Church stands or falls. It is not enough to have possessed this Gospel in the past; this Gospel must be kept clearly before us today or we will be in danger of forsaking our heritage and losing our identity as the Church of Jesus Christ.

REFORMATION SUNDAY
Liturgy: Lutheran Service Book, Divine Service, Setting Five, Page 213.
Holy Communion will be offered this Sunday at the 8:00 Service.

THE LESSONS:
Revelation 14:6-7 (St. John describes the heavenly vision of God's Word proclaimed.)
Psalm 46 (God is our refuge and our strength.)
Romans 3:19-28 (By grace are you saved through faith and not of yourselves.)
John 8:31-36 (And the truth shall set you free.)

SERMON: “Abiding in His Word”

HYMNS:
ENTRANCE HYMN # 656: "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" Tune: ein feste burg
SERMON HYMN # 645: “Built on the Rock" Tune: kirken den er et gammelt hus
CREEDAL HYMN # 954: “We All Believe in One True God” Tune: wir glauben all
CLOSING HYMN # 644: "The Church's One Foundation" Tune: aurelia

HYMNS FOR LITURGY:
Hymn 942: Kyrie! God, Father Tune: kyrie, gott vater
Hymn 948: All Glory Be to God Alone Tune: all her und lob
Hymn 960: Isaiah, Mighty Seer in Days of Old Tune: jesaia, dem propheten
Hymn 617: O Lord, We Praise Thee Tune: gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet

SPECIAL MUSIC:
Prelude - A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Hymnal, 656/657) - Diederich Buxtehude
Psalm (10:30) - "The Lord of Hosts Is With Us" Henry V. Gerike.
Offertory
(8:00): A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Friedrich Silcher
(10:30): Salvation unto us has come
Distribution (8:00):
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Johann Nicolaus Hanff
Postlude: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Johann Gottfried Walther

At home, we have the PBS documentary on Luther to watch, and we've been learning A Mighty Fortress. We'll probably watch Luther, and maybe the black and white version, too.

 

[Tofferer]

I am planning to watch both of my movies about Martin Luther this weekend end. I am also hoping that we sing "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" at church this coming sunday, can't let Reformation Sunday go by without that one.

 

[mrshoperose]

I am planning to watch both of my movies about Martin Luther this weekend end. I am also hoping that we sing "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" at church this coming sunday, can't let Reformation Sunday go by without that one.

(or pretty much any "hymn sing" Sunday!)

 

[Tofferer]

(or pretty much any "hymn sing" Sunday!)

Great confessional song.

 

[mrshoperose]

Great confessional song.

Yep. I know.