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 4, 2025, Third Sunday of Easter is found in Acts 9: 1 - 20 The Second Lesson for May 4, 2025, Third Sunday of Easter is found in Revelation 5: 11 - 14 The Psalm for May 4, 2025, Third Sunday of Easter is found in Psalm 30 The Gospel for May 4, 2025, Third Sunday of Easter is found in John 21: 1 - 19
Today’s Meditation in Preparation for Worship The disciples make a big splash and eat breakfast with the risen Jesus. Wading in the water (remembering baptism) and eating with Jesus (celebrating holy communion) is our weekly encounter with the risen Christ. Jesus asks us again and again: Do you love me? And Jesus invites us, again and again, to follow him, bringing the Easter life to others.
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A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GOSPEL Since John 20:30-31 reads like the conclusion to the fourth Gospel, many scholars suggest that chapter 21 was an epilogue added soon after the book was finished. The narrative assumes that the disciples have returned to their previous life and occupation. Placed here rather than at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, this version of the catch of fish accounts for both Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances in Galilee (the Sea of Tiberias is another name for the Sea of Galilee) and for Peter’s status as primary communal leader. As in Luke 24, the disciples recognize Jesus when he serves them bread. There is no clear meaning to the number 153. The three-fold questions to Peter parallel Peter’s three-fold denial. Peter is to follow the Good Shepherd through life and into death. Verse 19 is the oldest written indication of Peter’s martyrdom. sundaysandseasons.or
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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