Home Worship

Even though in-person Worship Service has resumed at RELC, as of July 4, 2021, we are still recording the Worship Service and posting it to our YouTube channel and also here, for those who cannot attend, who choose not to attend out of an abundance of caution, or who simply missed a week. You can find the worship bulletin and a transcript of Pastor Linman's sermons posted alongisde each week's video.

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Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

Today’s readings reveal the nature of divine teaching authority given to prophets, to Jesus, and also entrusted to the church. If you are able, join the congregation with your own worship at home at 10am EST on Sunday or otherwise engage our home worship resources in ways appropriate to your circumstances.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 10am EST on Sunday, January 31, on our YouTube channel and will be available below:

Worship material for January 31, 2021

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for January 31, 2021:

Music Notes

Hymn of the Day: “Hail to the Lord’s Anointed,” ELW 311
Text: James Montgomery (1771-1854)
Tune: FREUT EUCH, IHR, LIEBEN, Leonhart Schröter (1540-1602)

This is James Montgomery's best psalm rendering, based on Ps. 72. Psalm 72 is a well-known prophecy of the coming Messiah – foretelling the reign of the King and what the Kingdom of that Messiah will be like. But perhaps more than a prophecy, Psalm 72 is a prayer. In these verses the psalmist calls upon God to give justice and righteousness to the King, perhaps the newly crowned earthly king of Israel, but also the heavenly king. It is a cry for the deliverance of a broken people, for the realization of peace and light. James Montgomery’s hymn text from 1821 beautifully captures the essence of that prayer. As we sing this beautiful hymn, we both declare our hope and our longing for the Kingdom of God, and for the coming of the one who will turn darkness to light, and whose “name to us is Love.”

Freut Euch, Ihr, Lieben is a jaunty tune by Leonhart Schröter, first published for the anonymous Christmas hymn of the same name.

This hymn is easliy paired with another hymn, “Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun,” written by Isaac Watts and also inspired by Psalm 72.

Musical Meditation: “Jesus Shall Reign”, (Duke Street) Charles Callahan (1951)

Charles Callahan is a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Callahan is well-known as an award-winning composer, organist, choral conductor, pianist, and teacher. He is a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pa., and The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.

The tune DUKE STREET is credited to John Hatton. There is a generic resemblance between this tune and TRURO, an anonymous tune to which the text is set in the Lutheran Hymnal Handbook. DUKE STREET has a long meter, which, according to Austin Lovelace, “lends itself readily to majestic subjects and stately treatment” (The Anatomy of Hymnody, 25). With Watts’ text, this is indeed a very majestic hymn though Charles Callahan’s setting and the organ registration call to mind something a little more whimsical.

Choir Anthem: “The People Who Walk in Darkness”, Pepper Choplin

Pepper Choplin is a full-time composer, conductor and humorist. He has gained a reputation as one of the most creative writers in church music today. With a diverse musical background, Choplin incorporates varied styles such as folk, Gospel, classical, and jazz.

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; now lift up your eyes, see the glory of the Lord, and all flesh shall see it together. Those who lived in a land of deep darkness - on them, a light has shined.” (Isaiah 9:2)

Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

Today’s readings reveal that God’s call to us to share in the divine mission for the sake of the world occurs in some very fraught times and circumstances. But listen also for the words of gospel hope. If you are able, join the congregation with your own worship at home at 10am EST on Sunday or otherwise engage our home worship resources in ways appropriate to your circumstances.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 10am EST on Sunday, January 24, on our YouTube channel and will be available below: 

Worship material for January 24, 2021

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for January 24, 2021:

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Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

Today’s readings invite us to consider the nature of our varied calls from God to follow, to serve, to lead, to bear witness to Jesus Christ, the one who beckons us in grace for the sake of the world. If you are able, join the congregation with your own worship at home at 10am EST on Sunday or otherwise engage our home worship resources in ways appropriate to your circumstances.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 10am EST on Sunday, January 17, on our YouTube channel and will be available below: 

Worship material for January 17, 2021

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for January 17, 2021:

Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

On this festival of the Baptism of our Lord, today’s readings invite us to see how the Spirit present at Jesus’ baptism was also active in the beginning at the creation and is with us also even today. If you are able, join the congregation with your own worship at home at 10am EST on Sunday or otherwise engage our home worship resources in ways appropriate to your circumstances.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 10am EST on Sunday, January 10, on our YouTube channel and will be available below: 

 

Worship material for January 10, 2021

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for January 10, 2021:

Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

Today’s readings invite us to see with God’s eyes the promise of grace upon grace amidst our pervasive, all-too-human fears of scarcity. If you are able, join the congregation with your own worship at home at 10am EST on Sunday or otherwise engage our home worship resources in ways appropriate to your circumstances.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 10am EST on Sunday, January 3, on our YouTube channel and will be available below:

 

Worship material for January 3, 2021

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for January 3, 2021:

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Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

Today we hear the story of Joseph and Mary’s visit to the temple where they encountered the prophetic messages of Simeon and Anna about their son, Jesus. As you will come to know through today’s readings, there are messages for us as well. If you are able, join the congregation with your own worship at home at 10am EST on Sunday or otherwise engage our home worship resources in ways appropriate to your circumstances.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 10am EST on Sunday, December 27, on our YouTube channel and will be available below:

Worship material for December 27, 2020

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for December 27, 2020:

Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

Now we celebrate the Nativity of our Lord, when God’s word was made flesh to live among us full of grace and truth. Engage this resource for worship at home and accompanying videos as you desire on Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day. God bless your worshipful celebrations at home.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 5pm EST on Thursday, December 24, on our YouTube channel and will be available below:

 

Worship material for December 24-25, 2020

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for December 25, 2020:

  • Choir Anthem: Zebulon M. Highben, “The Lord Shall Come and Not Be Slow”
  • ELW Hymn #272, “Lo! How a Rose E’er Blooming”
  • Solo Anthem: John Jacob Niles, “What Songs Were Sung”, Thomas Mugavero, tenor
  • ELW Hymn #290, "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
  • Choir Anthem: John Huston, arr., “What Is This Fragrance?”
  • ELW Hymn #289, "Angels We Have Heard on High"
  • Solo Anthem: Robert Lehman, “I Sing of a Maiden,” Darwyn Banks, Tenor and Claire and Carole Smith, Flutes
  • Choir Anthem: Robert Lau, “Prepare the Way, O Zion”
  • ELW Hymn #267, "Joy to the World"
  • Anthem Duet: French Folk Song, “Sing, O Sing, This Blessed Morn”, Lee Ann Kostantinov, soprano and Valerie Saba, alto
  • ELW Hymn #295, "Of the Father’s Love Begotten"
  • Solo Anthem: Peter Cornelius, “The Three Kings”, Gary Roebuck, baritone, Lee Ann Kostantinov, Valerie Saba, Darwyn Banks, Tom Mugavero, Clark Person and Robert Verdile, choral ensemble
  • Pastor Linman's recorded Homily
  • ELW Hymn #283, "O Come All Ye Faithful"
  • ELW Hymn #281, "Silent Night, Holy Night"
  • Organ Postlude, Adolphus Hailstork, Toccata on “Veni, Veni Emmanuel”

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Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

Today we hear the story of the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel announced to Mary the good news that she would give birth to the holy child through whom our salvation would come. If you are able, join the congregation with your own worship at home at 10am EST on Sunday or otherwise engage our home worship resources in ways appropriate to your circumstances.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 10am EST on Sunday, December 20, on our YouTube channel and will be available below:

Worship material for December 20, 2020

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for December 20, 2020:

Advent Devotional

Click below to prayerfully read this week’s Advent devotion written by a member of Resurrection Church. There will be a written reflection and invitation to prayer for each of the four Sundays in Advent based on selected verses from each Sunday’s first reading from the lectionary. Many thanks to our members who have generously offered their time, energy and creativity to serve our communal devotions during Advent.

pdfDevotion for the Fourth Week of Advent, December 20, 2020

Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

Today’s gospel reading suggests that our waiting and watching during Advent has a quality of mystery in the unknown that calls us to still deeper faith in Christ. If you are able, join the congregation with your own worship at home at 10am EST on Sunday or otherwise engage our home worship resources in ways appropriate to your circumstance.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 10am EST on Sunday, December 13, on our YouTube channel and will be available below:

 

Worship material for December 13, 2020

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for December 13, 2020:

Advent Devotional

Below is this week’s Advent devotion written by a member of Resurrection Church. There will be a written reflection and invitation to prayer for each of the four Sundays in Advent based on selected verses from each Sunday’s first reading from the lectionary. Many thanks to our members who have generously offered their time, energy and creativity to serve our communal devotions during Advent.

Reflection based on Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11

Isaiah is speaking to Israel when times have been very tough, and tells of God’s promise that next year will be better, in every way.

How appropriate for Advent, the beginning of the church’s year, particularly in a year that has been so distressing. We can see that, although things are far from being back to normal, we already see signs of hope.

Through Isaiah, God tells Israel, and us, that those who persevere in following the Lord even during adversity, will be His chosen people and will be rewarded in the new year and continuing in the future. One thinks also of the parallels to the beatitudes in the 5th chapter of Matthew.

At the end, in verse 11, Isaiah likens God’s promise to a garden returning in the spring, after a bleak winter. So, too, what Isaiah calls “the year of the Lord’s favor” will return over and over.

Prayer

The prayer appointed for this Sunday in our current worship book follows the traditional “stir up” theme of Advent prayers. But Thomas Cranmer, in the 1549 Anglican Prayer Book, translated a different prayer into English from Latin that is apt for this time of long nights, when we long for the hoped-for light of Christ:

Lord, we beseech Thee, give ear to our prayers, and by thy gracious visitation lighten the darkness of our hearts, by our Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen

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Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

Today, as Advent continues, our readings proclaim comforting words of promise and feature John the Baptizer’s ministry of directing our gaze to Christ. If you are able, join the congregation with your own worship at home at 10am on Sunday or otherwise engage our home worship resources in ways appropriate to your circumstances.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 10am on Sunday, December 6, on our YouTube channel and will be available below: 

Worship material for December 6, 2020

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for December 6, 2020:

Advent Devotional

Click below to prayerfully read this week’s Advent devotion written by a member of Resurrection Church. There will be a written reflection and invitation to prayer for each of the four Sundays in Advent based on selected verses from each Sunday’s first reading from the lectionary. Many thanks to our members who have generously offered their time, energy and creativity to serve our communal devotions during Advent.

pdfAdvent Two Devotion 2020

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Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

Today, as we begin a new church year on this First Sunday of Advent, our attention is turned in hopeful anticipation of our Savior’s coming even when our days are also filled with foreboding. If you are able, join the congregation with your own worship at home at 10am on Sunday or otherwise engage our home worship resources in ways appropriate to your circumstances.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 10am on Sunday, November 29, on our YouTube channel and will be available below:

 

Worship material for November 29, 2020

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for November 29, 2020:

Advent Devotional

Click below to prayerfully read this week’s Advent devotion written by a member of Resurrection Church. There will be a written reflection and invitation to prayer for each of the four Sundays in Advent based on selected verses from each Sunday’s first reading from the lectionary. Many thanks to our members who have generously offered their time, energy and creativity to serve our communal devotions during Advent.

pdfAdvent One Devotion 2020

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Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

Today is Christ the King Sunday when we contemplate the nature of Christ’s rule in our lives and in the world from the throne of grace and mercy. If you are able, join the congregation with your own worship at home at 10am on Sunday or otherwise engage our home worship resources in ways appropriate to your circumstances.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 10am on Sunday, November 22, on our YouTube channel and will be available below:Worship material for November 22, 2020

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for November 22, 2020:

Ms. Angie has a new Children's Message for the children of RELC! Click below to view:

Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

Today, we turn our attention to Stewardship Sunday at Resurrection Lutheran Church, but more importantly, today’s readings point us yet again to Jesus Christ and the promised reign of God made manifest in Christ. If you are able, join the congregation with your own worship at home at 10am on Sunday or otherwise en- gage our home worship resources in ways appropriate to your circumstances at home.

Worship Service

A pre-recorded worship service, complete with readings, Pastor Linman's sermon, prayers, and music will broadcast at 10am on Sunday, November 15, on our YouTube channel and will be available below:

Worship material for November 15, 2020

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for November 15, 2020:

Music Notes

Hymn of the Day: “Lord Our God, With Praise We Come” ELW 730
TEXT: Petter Dass (1647-1707), Peter A. Sveggen, tr. (1881-1959)
TUNE: ROMEDAL, Norwegian traditional

The tune, ROMEDAL, is named for a village in Stange, Hedmark. The phrasing and accents of this traditional Norwegian tune match the text. The meter is the only one of its kind in this worship book. The hymn text is part of Petter Dass’s lengthy commentary on the first petition of the Lord’s Prayer.

Musical Meditation: “Let All Things Now Living,” David Cherwien

Although the tune ASH GROVE is very popular, found in many hymnals and set to many texts, the tune is most often associated with “Let All Things Now Living.” It is a Welsh harp melody made known outside Wales by a succession of harpists in the 17th-19th centuries.

David Cherwien, Artistic Director of the National Lutheran Choir, a nationally known conductor, composer, and organist. Is known for his contributions to the field of church music and liturgy, he is in demand as a clinician and hymn festival leader across the country.

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