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 April 21, 2024, Fourth Sunday of Easter, is found in Acts 4: 5 - 12 The Second Lesson for April 21, 2024, Fourth Sunday of Easter, is found in I John 3:16 - 24 The Psalm for April 21, 2024, Fourth Sunday of Easter , is found in Psalm 23 The Gospel for April 21 2024, Fourth Sunday of Easter , is found in John 10: 11 - 18
Today’s Meditation in Preparation for Worship - Easter Sunday The image of the good shepherd shows us how the risen Christ brings us to life. It is the relationship between the shepherd and the sheep, one of mutual knowledge and love, that gives the shepherd authority. The shepherd’s willingness to lay down his life for the sheep shows his love. First John illustrates what it means to lay down our lives for one another by the example of sharing our wealth with any sibling in need.
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A Brief Description of the Gospel - Easter Sunday Even when Jews abandoned their nomadic past for agricultural and urban life, the nostalgic image of the shepherd was used to describe a trustworthy leader. John, writing some five decades after Jesus’ death, describes Christ as the model shepherd who is ready to die to save the flock. The evangelist uses the ancient Near Eastern metaphor to make the christological claim about the relationship between the Son and the Father and to remind believers of the voice of the Word. Probably “the other sheep” are the Gentiles. Early Christian preachers often used the image of wolves to describe the dangers that threatened believers. But for John it is the will of the model shepherd, not wolves, that leads to his death.
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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