BENEFIT CONCERT FOR ALEXA HERING
SPONSORED BY TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
7:00-10:00 P.M.
@ THE ED KENLEY AMPHITHEATER
LAYTON COMMONS PARK
465 NORTH WASATCH DRIVE
NO ADMISSION FEE
DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE CONCERT
or RECEIVED VIA THE PAYPAL BUTTON BELOW
Click here to read more about Alexa’s battle with cancer at the blog, Bumpa’s Little Sweetie.
For questions or additional information, contact Pastor Hering (Bumpa) at 801-544-5770.
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Check out our facilities and meet our preschool director and teacher, Mrs. Hering, this weekend.
Trinity Lutheran Preschool will hold an open house on Friday, 24 June from 5-8pm and Saturday, 25 June from 9am-noon.
We currently have openings for the 4 year-old class, which meets Mon./Wed./Fri from 9 a.m. – noon. This class is for children who will be 4 by September 1.
We also have openings for our 3 year-old class, which meets Tues./Thurs from 9 a.m. – noon. This class is for children who will be 3 by September 1.
All students must be pottie trained.
For information call the church office at 801.544.5770 and ask for Mrs. Hering. Or you can email her from this site.
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I think you will really enjoy the German book “Historical Images of Evangelical Lutheran Worship” found at this link.
Or, try it at this link.
It takes a while to download, but it is well worth the wait. The artwork is truly breathtaking as per below from the pastor from whom I received it. It makes you think that perhaps they knew and believed something about the Gottesdienst, i.e. Divine (Worship) Service of the historic liturgy, that has been largely lost in this day of contemporary Christiainity even in our Missouri Synod.
I pray that we can recover this reverence and awe for the true bodily presence of our Lord according to His good and gracious promise in the Word and Sacrament of His Church.
Thanks to the Rev. David Jay Webber, Pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Scottsdale, AZ for passing along this wonderful resource. Here are his comments about the document.
” I previously knew of this (German) book, and also knew that a PDF version of it was in existence. But I just found the whole PDF version online, as a free download. I have looked through it, and now can barely catch my breath.
To avoid too much shock to our post-Enlightenment religious constitutions, it would probably be best for us to view this book and its 16th- and 17th-century works of art while recordings of sacred choral music by Schuetz or Praetorius are playing in the background.”
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Now in my thirteenth year as pastor of God’s people at Trinity Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in Layton, Utah (http://www.trinitylayton.org/), it has been my experience here and observation of fellow Lutheran pastors hither and yon that there is no issue that is as near and dear to the people–or as troublesome to the relationship between under-shepherd and flock–as that of church music and hymnody.
It all boils down to whether the music of our liturgy and hymnody is going to flow from the passion that sings about our faith based upon feeling of our hearts, or from our confession that sings The Faith once delivered to us by the Holy Spirit through the prophets and apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
As sinners, both the layman and the pastor are pietists and enthusiasts at heart. That is, our deepest desire is to express for ourselves, show each other, and prove to God how much we love Him. In the case of the pastor that desire is complicated and magnified by the desire to please our people and be admired by them—not to mention the fear of rejection and the possibility of losing members and even the salary by which we are supplied our daily bread and support our families.
So the worshipper’s inclination is to desire and demand music that gives us the opportunity to do the former.
But recalling Luther’s regard for the Word of God as the highest treasure, which itself proclaims “faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ [Romans 10:17],” as much as Luther himself loved music, I am certain he would be adamant that the music of our liturgy and hymnody must always be in harmony with and take second seat to the right proclamation of the Word no matter if even an angel from heaven were to demand otherwise or take offense. As Luther has also written, “Accursed be the love and harmony for the preservation of which men endanger the Word of God.”
Lest you think I am merely being contrarian and picking at nits in this matter of church music, you will have to argue with C.F.W. Walther on this one as well.
If he wrote this about what was being sung by Sunday School children from the Methodist hymnody of a century and a half ago, in which we find such favorites as “Rock of Ages” and “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” what would he have to say about including a song written by Twila Paris in our Lutheran Service Book, employing the monastic music of Taizé, or using the latest pop Christian hits in the Divine Service?
Perhaps this little illustration will help you understand what could be so troublesome and injurious about our use of the hymnic and liturgical music of other Christian church bodies.
About a month ago, we were having a new used organ installed here at Trinity. We have a little storefront church in a strip mall next to the Gold’s Gym in Layton, UT, with the usual double glass door entrance. While the man was busy installing and testing the instrument I walked out of my office and noticed a sparrow perched on the sidewalk about three feet away from the door. He couldn’t have been more than three inches tall. Since his tiny little body was facing east, he had his head cocked so he could look into the building. I stood right there at the door for a couple of minutes staring at him. He didn’t seem aware of, let alone threatened by my presence.
At first I thought he might be injured, or too cold to fly, or some such. So I opened the door and stepped out and he still didn’t flinch or even blink. I stepped within an inch of his little beak before he actually moved and flew up to the rafters above.
My conclusion? I am virtually certain the poor little birdie was captivated by the musical notes he was hearing as the installer tested the high notes to the point of being hypnotized.
I think there is a lesson for us in this about church music. Just like the little sparrow, music is a powerful force for us as Luther has noted (inadvertent pun) in the positive sense. But if we are so hypnotized by the music that we become blissfully unaware of the text (i.e. message) or context (i.e. schismatic origin) of the music, our faith can become as vulnerable as the little birdie I could easily have booted into oblivion as it was transfixed before me that cold, winter day.
Perhaps, Luther and Walther perceived the possibility and probability of just such a vulnerability and risk to the unsuspecting flocks of God’s people when they insisted that our confession of God’s Word remain pure and unadulterated even and especially when it is accompanied by the power of music.
Lord give us faithful pastors and laymen to uphold them in resisting the passion of our sinful hearts and maintaining the right confession of The Faith in the liturgy and hymnody of our Church Music in the LC-MS.
* Walther’s letter of response can be found in it’s entirety at http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutherantheology.walthermethodist.html
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“complimentary”: 2. given free as a courtesy or favor [Mirriam-Webster's complimentary online dictionary]
Given the Lutheran appreciation of (if not obsession with) things that are free, and the fact that most of my internet friends and readers are Lutheran, I suspect that I am not alone in having suffered a computer meltdown due to a well-meaning, yet aberrant and incapacitating AVG update last night.
This debacle goes to show you that just because something is free does not mean it is ultimately beneficial or without cost to somebody.
In my case, the only cost to me was some recreational, read “Bejeweled Blitz,” computer time last night and an hour’s trip to Prime Systems computer shop this morning. However the cost to the proprietors of Prime Systems, and thousands of reputable computer shops like them, is great in that they are cleaning up the mess AVG created for their customers on their dime—not to mention the lost income and additional labor costs for countless other proprietors who do their own tech support and rely on AVG to keep their computers open for business. Kudos to Prime Systems and their ilk!
That nothing–and I do mean nothing–is actually free or ultimately without cost in this world is even and most especially true when it comes to our salvation in Christ. Though priceless and not available for our purchase, our salvation came at a cost. Truth be told it came at the greatest of costs—the holy, precious blood, and the innocent suffering and death of the only begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Thanks be to God, He does not pass that cost to us, but graciously offers it to us through the work of the Holy Spirit in His holy Christian church by the preaching of the Gospel along with the waters of Baptism, the proclamation of Absolution, and the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in Holy Communion. In this way we receive the complimentary service of our Lord that not only cleans up the mess we sinners have made of our lives, but gives us eternal life with Him in the kingdom of heaven.
Your servant of the Word,
Pastor Hering
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In 2008 the Rocky Mountain District hosted a theological conference on Lutheran Worship. The conference included three presentations and a concluding panel discussion involving the three presenters.
It will take an investment of about 3 hours of your time, but I think it will be time well spent in helping us understand what we are dealing with in regard to issues of worship and the errors that have become entrenched in our synod in the area of worship.
Lord, bless our worship life and fellowship in Christ.
In der Liebe Christi,
Rev. Kurt Hering, Pastor
Trinity Lutheran Church
Layton, Utah
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Posted by Norm Fisher
October 22, 2009
Dear People of Trinity & Friends,
The Lutheran Reformation marks a renewal in the Church of emphasis on God’s Word and Sacraments as means of grace by which the Holy Spirit forgive our sins, creates and sustains faith in Christ, and gives us eternal life with God the Father now and forever.
All Saints’ Day in the Lutheran Church is not only a commemoration and celebration of the lives of those officially bearing the title and who have died in the faith. It is a feast celebrating the sainthood of every baptized believer in Christ and member of His holy Christian Church past. Present, and future.
In this year of our Lord, 2009, Reformation Sunday, October 25, and All Saints’ Day, November 1 mark significant events in the life of Trinity Lutheran Church of Layton, Utah in addition to their designation as feast days in the life of all Lutheran Christians. How appropriate it is that Trinity Lutheran Church of Layton, Utah would be reforming, in a sense, as an assembly of saints at a new location in this eventful time of the church calendar.
This coming Sunday, October 25, in addition to celebrating the Reformation, the people of Trinity will be holding their final worship service at the property on Golden Avenue. And a week later on All Saints’ Day, Sunday, November 1 they will hold the first Divine Service in the new sanctuary at their new location on Fort Lane Boulevard.
Missouri Synod Lutherans first gathered for worship in Layton at the City Hall, and a little later at Community Hall in what is now Layton Commons Park, back in 1945 because of the difficulty gas rationing posed to travel to the nearest established congregation-St. Paul, Ogden. From this humble beginning, Trinity Lutheran Church was incorporated on All Saints Day, 1948 under the pastoral leadership of Rev. Harold Brauer with charter members Arthur Krueger, Victor and Lillian Frank, Conrad and Clara Loe, William and Nellie Loe, Walter Sommer, Dale and Arlene Phililips, and Fritz and Ellen Aarfor.
The people of Trinity purchased land on Golden Ave., across the street from the current location, in 1954 and dedicated a converted army barracks as its original worship facility in March of 1955. The members of Trinity completed construction of the current building at 385 W. Golden Ave. and began worship there in November of 1964.
As the families and membership of Trinity grew through the 1970s and 80s, the congregation found themselves in need of more space. They expanded the facilities in 1971 to meet their worship, and business and social meeting needs . Then in 1988 added an education wing to accommodate a growing Sunday School and desire to open a Lutheran elementary school.
Trinity Lutheran Preschool opened for students of the congregation and local community in the fall of 1980, and added Kindergarten classes in 1993.
Today, the people of Trinity Lutheran Church find themselves in a struggle to maintain their distinctive, Lutheran, Law and Gospel teaching and practice of the Christian faith. In a world of uncertainty and ambiguity, Trinity Lutheran Church exists to bring the Good News of salvation and eternal life through the suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension of the Son of God, Jesus Christ. In our current climate of financial distress and spiritual potpourri this collection of forgiven sinners and baptized saints of God called Trinity has found it necessary to sell the property of their beloved church home in order to continue its ministry to the congregation and it surrounding communities.
Please remember us in your prayers and consider joining us on this Sunday for our Reformation worship service and disposition of the Golden Avenue property, and Sunday, November 1, for our All Saints Day worship service marking the opening of Trinity Lutheran Church’s new worship and education facility.
Trinity Lutheran Church will continue to celebrate the Divine Service every Sunday morning at 10 a.m. with Bible study prior to the service at 9. Trinity Lutheran Preschool will continue to hold classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 3 year-olds and Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for 4 year-olds from 9 a.m. to Noon. We still have openings in the 4 year-old class and would like to open a Kindergarten class in the fall of 2010. Please call 801.544.5770 and ask for Pastor Hering regarding church information, or Mrs. Hering regarding preschool and kindergarten information.
By the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, we pray this move from 385 West Golden Avenue to 74 North Fort Lane in Layton will provide a sanctuary for the gathering of God’s beloved people around the Word and Sacraments of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, for years and generations to come.
Your ever appreciative servant of the Word,
Pastor Hering
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Registration continues for the 2009-2010 school year.
We currently have openings for the 4 year-old class which meets Mon./Wed./Fri from 9 a.m. – noon. This class is for children who will be 4 by September 1.
Currently, our 3 year-old class is at capacity. We will take applications for a waiting list in case openings occur. This class is for children who will be 4 by September 1.
All students must be pottie trained.
For information call the church office at 801.544.5770 and ask for Mrs. Hering. Or you can contact her by email.
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The following paragraphs quoted from an article by Paul Proctor should resonate with anyone familiar with what is going on in the LCMS. For our exercise, wherever you read the word, “church,” think “synod.”
The author may need a little Lutheran education in regard to the Church, but what he writes is dead on given a proper understanding of Church as not only a gathering of the elect, but the gathering of the elect around Christ and His means of grace for the salvation of souls.
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