tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978485750390455025.post5312255526642608997..comments2023-05-25T07:17:05.918-04:00Comments on Abide in My Word: Speaking of Praying . . .Rev. Thomas C. Messer, SSPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740553600700598394noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978485750390455025.post-21254925283230410352010-09-21T12:32:10.811-04:002010-09-21T12:32:10.811-04:00Thanks for sharing, guys. It is helpful to hear a...Thanks for sharing, guys. It is helpful to hear about others experiencing that "deer in the headlights" feeling at times, too. :)<br /><br />Luke,<br /><br />No, we do not normally print out the Service, but include a detailed outline of every element and its page number in the Service bulletin. On special occasions, we will include the whole Service and hymns in the bulletin (e.g. Reformation, Christmas Eve), but normally just the outline. We do keep the Creed in the same location for all settings (after the Gospel, per the Common Service), since that is an option given in the hymnal, but we follow the order in each setting for the Prayer and Offering/Offertory, which, except for this past Sunday, has never been an issue. I'm hesitant to change that, since the hymnal doesn't give that option, but I certainly wouldn't be as adamantly opposed to it as I know some would be. I do think it would have been wise to keep the same sequence throughout each setting, but it is what it is and, as I said, with the exception of me being a big time dork this past Sunday, it has never posed a problem.Rev. Thomas C. Messer, SSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13740553600700598394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978485750390455025.post-45182404116100760042010-09-21T08:11:58.402-04:002010-09-21T08:11:58.402-04:00After the service one Sunday a member (university ...After the service one Sunday a member (university professor) said to me "that was a great device, skipping the Gospel lesson and going right to the sermon. I saw nearly everyone reading the Gospel lesson quickly because they figured that something was up..." And I answered, "Whaaaaaa?????"Pastor Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978485750390455025.post-72846027687156618412010-09-20T22:53:20.345-04:002010-09-20T22:53:20.345-04:00Isn't being flawed great? At least you did not...Isn't being flawed great? At least you did not say alleluia during lent!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17592158696437870800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978485750390455025.post-87066411895737507612010-09-20T11:57:38.725-04:002010-09-20T11:57:38.725-04:00Don't feel too bad. You're not alone. Th...Don't feel too bad. You're not alone. This Sunday my pastor started out DS4 by skipping the invocation and reading the second line first. He figured it out and had to back up.Scott Diekmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227142854778319475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978485750390455025.post-91332126738067776602010-09-19T17:55:37.499-04:002010-09-19T17:55:37.499-04:00Tom:
Nothing like the deer in headlights look aft...Tom:<br /><br />Nothing like the deer in headlights look after being told something got skipped! <br /><br />Do you print out your Divine Service texts or the ordo of the Divine Service for the people in a service folder? They can be placed in some handy locations (altar book, pulpit, sedalia) for timely reminders......I know well. :)<br /><br />Another benefit of printing out the ordo was to establish consistency in the sequence of the Divine Service. Though my parish utilizes different settings of the Divine Service, we use the same sequence of parts, thus avoiding the Sermon/Creed/Prayer/Offering vs. Creed/Sermon/Offering/Prayer conundrum that you described. Except for special occasions when the entire ordo is printed (Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, or prayer services), we still have people pray the liturgical texts from the hymnal. However, we follow the sequence established in the service folder. <i>[I'm sure that will bring some strange looks from certain friends, but it works.]</i>Rev. Luke T. Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248166785577564914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978485750390455025.post-38218069018698131972010-09-19T14:40:43.911-04:002010-09-19T14:40:43.911-04:00You dork. ;)
Don't feel badly. I remember s...You dork. ;)<br /><br />Don't feel badly. I remember still the day that I somehow - I haven't a clue how - forgot the Verba. I waited and nothing happened. I said: "We will now sing the Agnus Dei" and the organist was shaking her head at me. And pointing to the altar. And then I remembered. "Time out!" I shouted. "No sacrament of Jesus without the words of Jesus." Lord, have mercy!!!<br /><br />Or the time, at St. Paul's when I stood patiently waiting for the offertory to begin. And when nothing happened I announced: "We will now sing the offertory." A brief pause and then a voice floated down from the balcony. "Well, alright. But we usually don't sing that during Matins." OOPS. Told the folks to sit down and we'd collect the offering instead...William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.com