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 19, 2024, Day of Pentecost, is found in Ezekiel 37: 1 - 14 The Second Lesson for May 19, 2024, Day of Pentecost, is found in Acts 2: 1 - 21 The Psalm for May 19, 2024, Day of Pentecost , is found in Psalm 104: 25 - 35, 37 The Gospel for May 19, 2024, Day of Pentecost , is found in John 15: 26 - 27; 16: 4b - 15
Today’s Meditation in Preparation for Worship - Easter Sunday Fifty days after Easter, we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. Crossing all boundaries that would separate us, the Spirit brings the wideness of God’s mercy to places we least expect it—to a crowd of strangers of different lands and tongues, to dry bones, to our weak hearts. Jesus promises his disciples that they will be accompanied by the Holy Spirit, and that this Spirit reveals the truth. We celebrate that we too have been visited with this same Spirit. Guided by the truth, we join together in worship, and then disperse to share the fullness of Christ’s love with the world.
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A Brief Description of the Gospel “Advocate,” “counselor,” and “comforter” are terms offered as translations of parakletos, found five times in John, once in 1 John, and nowhere else in the Bible. The historical sources of this figure are much debated by scholars. The Advocate, the spirit of truth, will come to complete Christ’s mission, witness to Christ’s resurrection, give glory to Christ, and judge the sinful world. For the Johannine communities, the presence of the divine Advocate assures them of the truth of their beliefs. The fourth evangelist, or a later editor, is insistent about the truth of the Johannine community, despite alternate theological positions that were present in the growing Christian movement.
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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