The WORSHIP SERVICE WITH HOLY COMMUNION Worship begins at 10:30 am.
Our service includes great music accompanied by our original Furst Pipe Organ.
Most people use the rear entrance off the parking lot for convenience. Christ Lutheran Church is Handicap Accessible with an elevator to all floors from the parking lot entrance, ADA restrooms on all floors, and Telex Assisted Listening Devices available upon request. The sanctuary is warm in the winter and air conditioned in the summer months for your comfort. Click the 'Contact Us' tab for directions to CLC.
The First Lesson for May 5, 2024, Sixth Sunday of Easter, is found in Acts 10: 44 - 48 The Second Lesson for May 5, 2024, Sixth Sunday of Easter, is found in I John 4: 1 - 6 The Psalm for May 5, 2024, Sixth Sunday of Easter , is found in Psalm 98 The Gospel for May 5, 2024, Sixth Sunday of Easter , is found in John 15: 9 - 17
Today’s Meditation in Preparation for Worship - Easter Sunday This Sunday’s image of the life the risen Christ shares with us is the image of friendship. We are called to serve others as Jesus came to serve; but for John’s gospel, the image of servanthood is too hierarchical, too distant, to capture the essence of life with Christ. Friendship captures the love, the joy, the deep mutuality of the relationship into which Christ invites us. The Greeks believed that true friends are willing to die for each other. This is the mutual love of Christian community commanded by Christ and enabled by the Spirit.
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A Brief Description of the Gospel In the fourth gospel, the discourses of chapters 14–17 precede and are commentaries on the “sign” of Jesus’ being lifted up on the cross. Thus, even in his death, as he lays down his life for others, Jesus abides in the Father’s love. This passage is the source of the Christian use of the word friend for Christ, a divine title that radically alters terminology usual in monotheism.
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Our Church Organ Church Organ—A Brief History Originally a Moller Organ and a Bar Chest organ, (the part that the pipes sit on) it was probably built in the late teens-early 1920’s. The actual workings of the organ were composed of small leather pneumatic pouches located in bars, low voltage DC chest magnets, relays, and other electrical parts. After removed from its original location by Fred Furst (we don’t know where it came from originally), it was rebuilt and installed in CLC by Furst Church Organs, York, PA in the 1940’s. The existing console (the keyboard that Virginia sits in front of) was built by Furst Church Organs for this installation and is not the original Moller console. In 1997, Taylor Miller Organ Company in York PA did a major rebuild of the instrument. The Furst console was rebuilt using new solid state technology. New wind chests were installed that are electric action and a new rank of “Trumpets” was added, as well as other updates like new Chimes and Chime Action and a new organ blower. An interesting fact is that during the war years organ parts were hard to come by so Fred Furst would use low voltage relays and other parts made by Lionel Train Company for some console relays.
Please come visit with us and let the elegant sound of this beautiful instrument fill your soul and enhance your worship