Bernhardson, Drell Earl. Sermon Collection of Rev. Drell Bernhardson, 1942-2002.LCA Collection 192
Bernhardson, Drell Earl. Sermon Collection of Rev. Drell Bernhardson, 1942-2002. LCA Collection 192. 2 Record Center Cartons and 1 oversize Hollinger box.
ABSTRACT:
The Sermon Collection of Rev. Drell Bernhardson contains sermons composed for the regular liturgical season and special events during Bernhardson’s career in the Lutheran ministry and as a guest preacher in retirement. Also included is a certificate commemorating 25 years of service and correspondence with another clergyman.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:
Drell Bernhardson was born 4 April 1919 in Comstock, Minnesota to Elvin and Florence Bernhardson. He enrolled at Moorhead State University for two years and later graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead after taking a break to return to farming during the Great Depression. Bernhardson married Adeline E. Dekko on 18 June 1944 and later had three sons, Mark, John, and Paul. He attended Augustana Seminary in Rock Island, Illinois and was ordained in 1945. Over the span of his career Bernhardson served at Swaborg Lutheran near Hooper, Nebraska, First Lutheran in Grove City, Minnesota, Messiah Lutheran in Fargo, North Dakota, Thabor Lutheran in Wausau, Nebraska, and St Mark’s Lutheran Church in Pender, Nebraska. Drell and Adeline Bernhardson established scholarships at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, Moorhead’s Concordia College, Minnesota, and Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, Nebraska. In 1999, the couple also established the Endowed Chair in Lutheran Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College, the first of its kind. Bernhardson received an Honorary Doctorate from Gustavus in 2008. He died on 13 January 2013.
Information obtained from an obituary posted on the Wright Funeral Home website (http://www.wrightfuneral.com/obituary/Drell-E.-Bernhardson/Eden-Prairie-MN/1162885) on 19 February 2014.
ORGANIZATIONAL NOTE:
Sermons begin with Advent and are arranged by the liturgical cycle, with sermons for additional events inserted throughout and at the end of the collection.
SCOPE AND CONTENT:
The collection is divided into the major seasons of the liturgical year, including Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Advent, Christmas, and miscellaneous.
RESTRICTIONS:
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Lutheran Church Archives, the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library, and Gustavus Adolphus College.
COLLECTION CITATION:
Bernhardson, Drell Earl. Sermon Collection of Rev. Drell Bernhardson, 1942-2002. LCA Collection 192. Gustavus Adolphus College, Lutheran Church Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.
PROCESSED BY:
Libby Larson, student worker, processed this collection and developed the finding aid during February 2014.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:
Bernhardson, Drell Earl, 1919-2013.
Lutheran Church--Sermons.
Lutheran Church--Clergy.
LCA Collection 192 |
Box |
Folder |
Epiphany |
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New Year’s Day, 1945, 50, 59, 60, 61, 67, 78, 83, 84 |
1 |
10 |
First Sunday after New Year’s, 1942, 1947-49, 1953-57, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975-77, 1979, 1981-83, 1987, 1993-94 |
1 |
11 |
Epiphany, 1946, 57, 59, 60, 63, 70, 71, 74, 80 |
1 |
12 |
First Sunday after Epiphany, 1946-50, 1953-55, 1957-63, 1966-68, 1972, 1973, 1975-84 |
1 |
13 |
Second Sunday after Epiphany, 1946-1953, 1955-57, 1959, 1960, 1962-64, 1969-80, 1982-84 |
1 |
14 |
Third Sunday after Epiphany, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1954-58, 1962, 1965-68, 1971-75, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982-84 |
1 |
15 |
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1960, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1976-78, 1980-84 |
1 |
16 |
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, 1946, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979-84 |
1 |
17 |
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, Septuagesima Sunday, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965-68, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984 |
1 |
18 |
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany, Sexagesima Sunday, 1949-58, 1960-63, 1968-73, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1984 |
1 |
19 |
St. Mary Magdalene Day, 1960, 63, 66, 71, 75, 79, 80, 82, 90 |
1 |
20 |
Quinquagesima, 1946-50, 1953, 1955-63, 1965-67, 1971-73, 1979, 1984 |
1 |
21 |
Candlemas Sunday, 1946-55, 1957-60, 1962-64, 1969, 1975 |
1 |
22 |
Lent |
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Lent, 1947,48, 49, 51, 52, 54, 58, 59 |
1 |
23 |
Lent, 1961-69 |
1 |
24 |
Lent, 1970 |
1 |
25 |
Lent, 1971 |
1 |
26 |
Lent, 1972 |
1 |
27 |
Lent, 1973 |
1 |
28 |
Lent, 1974 |
1 |
29 |
Lent, 1975 |
1 |
30 |
Lent, 1976 |
1 |
31 |
Lent, 1977 |
1 |
32 |
Lent, 1978 |
1 |
33 |
Lent, 1979 |
1 |
34 |
Lent, 1980 |
1 |
35 |
Lent, 1981 |
1 |
36 |
Lent, 1982 |
1 |
37 |
Lent, 1983 |
1 |
38 |
Lent, 1984 |
1 |
39 |
Lent, 1988 and 1989 |
1 |
40 |
Lent, “Beneath the Cross of Jesus”, 1949, 53, 56, 60, 65, 69, 71 |
1 |
41 |
Lent, “Seven Last Words”, 1946, 50, 53, 57, 60, 81, 86 |
1 |
42 |
Lent, “Questions Before the Cross”, 1950, 51, 55, 57, 58, 66, 67, 73 |
1 |
43 |
Lent, “Characters of the Passion” |
1 |
44 |
Lent, Holy Communion, 1946-82 |
1 |
45 |
First Sunday in Lent, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948-53, 1956-58, 1960-62, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1971-84, 1987 |
1 |
46 |
Second Sunday in Lent, 1946, 1947, 1949-52, 1954-61, 1963, 1965-72, 1974-84 |
1 |
47 |
Third Sunday in Lent, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955-62, 1964, 1966-84, 1988 |
1 |
48 |
Fourth Sunday in Lent, 1942, 1946, 1948-51, 1953-54, 1956-60, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971-84, 1995 |
1 |
49 |
Fifth Sunday in Lent, 1945, 1950-52, 1954-66, 1969-72, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980-84 |
1 |
50 |
Easter |
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Palm Sunday, 1946, 1948-52, 1955-62, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971-84 |
1 |
51 |
Easter, 1946, 1947, 1949-51, 1954-84, 1987 |
2 |
1 |
First Sunday after Easter, 1946, 1947, 1949-53, 1955-57, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969-74, 1976-78, 1980, 1983-85, 1993-98, 2002 |
2 |
2 |
Second Sunday after Easter, 1946-48, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955-57, 1959-63, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971-79, 1981-84, 1986-88, 1993 |
2 |
3 |
Third Sunday after Easter, 1944-46, 1948-51, 1953, 1956, 1958-74, 1976-84 |
2 |
4 |
Fourth Sunday after Easter, 1944, 1947-54, 1956-60, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968-84, 1985, 1987, 1988 |
2 |
5 |
Fifth Sunday after Easter, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952-56, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970-84, 1993, 1995 |
2 |
6 |
Sixth Sunday after Easter, 1946, 1947, 1949-57, 1959-63, 1966-68, 1971, 1973-75, 1977-80, 1982-84 |
2 |
7 |
Whitsunday, 1946-52, 1954-63, 1965, 1967-70, 1972-84, 1987, 1993, 1998 |
2 |
8 |
Pentecost |
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Trinity Sunday, 1946, 1948-57, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969-85, 1993, 1998 |
2 |
9 |
First Sunday after Trinity, 1946-52, 1955-61, 1963-65, 1967, 1968, 1970-72, 1974-82, 1986 |
2 |
10 |
Second Sunday after Trinity, 1943, 1946-51, 1953-55, 1957-61, 1964-78, 1980-82, 1984) |
2 |
11 |
Third Sunday after Trinity, 1945-1984 |
2 |
12 |
Fourth Sunday after Trinity, 1944-50, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958-61, 1963, 1964, 1966-68, 1970-79, 1982-85, 1994 |
2 |
13 |
Fifth Sunday after Trinity, 1943, 1946-50, 1952, 1956-57, 1960-61, 1964, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976-77, 1980, 1982-83 |
2 |
14 |
Ascension- Peter and Paul Festivals, Bartholomew, Apostle Matthew, 1959, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1988 |
2 |
15 |
Sixth Sunday after Trinity, 1947-50, 1953, 1954, 1957-59, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970-72, 1974, 1975, 1977-79, 1981-83, 1986, 1991, 1996 |
2 |
16 |
The Visitation, 1967 and 1972 |
2 |
17 |
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, 1955, 74, 77, 80, 83, 89, 95 |
2 |
18 |
Seventh Sunday after Trinity, 1959, 64, 67, 68, 70, 72, 75, 78, 81, 88 |
2 |
19 |
Eighth Sunday after Trinity, 1944, 1947-50, 1952-63, 1970, 1972-73, 1975-78, 1981 |
2 |
20 |
Ninth Sunday after Trinity, 1944, 1948, 1951-55, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973-77, 1979-82, 1988, 1990, 1994 |
2 |
21 |
Tenth Sunday after Trinity, 1943-45, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967-69, 1971, 1973-77, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1994 |
2 |
22 |
Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, Transfiguration, 1943-47, 1949-52, 1954-59, 1962-66, 1969, 1971-81, 1983-87, 1989 |
2 |
23 |
Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1952, 1955-58, 1960-63, 1965-68, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981-83 |
2 |
24 |
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, 1945, 1948, 1950-52, 1954, 1957-59, 1961-63, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981-83, 1991 |
2 |
25 |
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity, 1945-50, 1952, 1953, 1955-69, 1971-79, 1981-83, 2000 |
2 |
26 |
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, 1945, 1947-49, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958-61, 1963-65, 1967, 1969-79, 1981-83, 1986 |
2 |
27 |
Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, 1945-48, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964-67, 1970-73, 1976-79, 1981-83, 1985 |
2 |
28 |
St. Michael’s Day, 1945, 1947-49, 1951-57, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1972, 1974, 1983 |
2 |
29 |
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, Reformation Sunday, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1955-57, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976-79, 1981-83 |
3 |
1 |
Reformation Sunday, Confirmation sermons, 1945, 1946, 1948-57, 1959-61, 1963-69, 1973, 1976, 1978-83 |
3 |
2 |
All Saints’ Day, 1945, 1946, 1948-51, 1953, 1954, 1956-64, 1968-74, 1976-83, 1986 |
3 |
3 |
Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, 1946-50, 1952-55, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965-67, 1969-74, 1976-80, 1982, 1983 |
3 |
4 |
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1952-54, 1956-62, 1964, 1966-72, 1974-80, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989 |
3 |
5 |
Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, 1945, 1947-51, 1953, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970-72, 1977, 1980, 1983 |
3 |
6 |
Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1956-58, 1961-63, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1981-83, 1986, 1987 |
3 |
7 |
Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1987-89 |
3 |
8 |
Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity, 1947, 1950-53, 1955, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982 |
3 |
9 |
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1986 |
3 |
10 |
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity, 1945, 48, 56, 59, 67, 70, 72, 75 |
3 |
11 |
Twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity, 1945, 51, 57, 62, 75, 78 |
3 |
12 |
Thanksgiving, 1946-83 |
3 |
13 |
Judgment Sunday, 1945-83 |
3 |
14 |
Advent |
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Advent, 1950-52, 1962, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1983 |
1 |
1 |
First Sunday in Advent, 1945-53, 1955-59, 1963-68, 1970, 1972-83 |
1 |
2 |
Second Sunday in Advent, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1949-52, 1954, 1955, 1957-62, 1964-78, 1980-84, 1986-87 |
1 |
3 |
Third Sunday in Advent, 1943-45, 1947, 1948, 1950-59, 1961-64, 1966, 1967, 1969- 1983 |
1 |
4 |
Fourth Sunday in Advent, 1944-53, 1957-66, 1969, 1970, 1972-83 |
1 |
5 |
Christmas |
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Christmas Eve, 1955, 1957, 1959-63, 1965-68, 1970-74, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986 |
1 |
6 |
Christmas Day, 1945-52, 1956, 1958-60, 1964, 1968-71, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982 |
1 |
7 |
Second Day of Christmas, St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, 1948, 71, 76, 82 |
1 |
8 |
First Sunday after Christmas, 1946, 52, 58, 61, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75, 79, 80, 81, 85 |
1 |
9 |
Miscellaneous |
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Nativity of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Luke, Evangelist, 1955, 73, 79, 81, 84 |
3 |
15 |
Vatican Church School, 1981 |
3 |
16 |
Letter to Drell and Adeline Bernhardson from Pastor W.E. Rowaldt, 1972 |
3 |
17 |
25 Years of Service Certificate, 1970 |
3 |
18 |
25th Anniversary, Messiah Lutheran Church, Fargo, ND, 20 April, 1975 |
3 |
19 |
100th Anniversary: Grove City and Memorial Day, 1968 and Elim, 1971 |
3 |
20 |