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 October 20, 2024, Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost is found in Isaiah 53: 4 - 12 The Second Lesson for October 20, 2024, Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, is found in Hebrews 5: 1 - 10 The Psalm for October 20, 2024, Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost , is found in Psalm 91: 9- 16 The Gospel for October 20, 2024, Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost , is found in Mark 10: 35 - 45
Today’s Meditation in Preparation for Worship Today’s gospel starts with disciples obsessing over who will be closest to Jesus, leading to Jesus teaching his followers about God’s take on importance and power. Here Jesus makes it explicit that the reversal of values in God’s community is a direct challenge to the values of the dominant culture, where wielding power over others is what makes you great. When we pray “your kingdom come” we are praying for an end to tyranny and oppression. We pray this gathered around the cross, a sign of great shame transformed to be the sign of great honor and service.
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Brief Description of the Gospel For Mark, Jesus is hidden in his life of servanthood and in his death. However, when the word is proclaimed in the assembly, Christ is revealed as messiah. This excerpt repeats the Markan emphasis on the reversal of the expected order, here especially concerning authority, just as the death of Jesus reverses the Jewish expectation of a savior. In the Old Testament, “drinking the cup” is an image used for both good and ill, and “to be baptized” is to be immersed in calamities. Here Mark, like Paul, ties the early church’s sacramental practice of communion and baptism to Jesus’ death. This passage uses “lord” with negative connotations. Who is on Jesus’ right and left hand (15:27) are the bandits on Golgotha. Mark’s is the earliest New Testament use of the image of salvation as ransom.
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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