A 21st
Century Parish with a 1st Century Faith
Acts 2:42
Celebrating the signing of our Parish Charter
February 25, 1838 – February
25, 2018
Greetings
in Christ! On this day, 180 years ago, February 25, 1838 fifty-six persons
under the pastoral guidance of Pr. Jesse Hoover gathered to sign our
congregation’s charter becoming the first Christian congregation in Adams
County and only the second church in northeast Indiana. Through the years the
Lord had directed us to remain a house of peace, a safe haven and a harbor of
hope in this world. May the Lord continue to bless our Friedheim family to
remain a House of Peace.
The Opening Hymn:
“Years of Joy and Preservation”
Thanks, dear Lord, and adoration
For Thy blessings we received,
Years of joy and preservation
For our church, Lord, You did give;
Words of love and free salvation,
Sacraments for all in need,
On this day of Jubilation
Honor, praise, and thanks we give.
To this day, Lord You have given
Thy true Word to guide our lives,
Helped us through great trials and hardships
Gave us comfort, strength in strife
Schools to teach the Word to children
Guidance for our youth this day
Love and care for family living,
Praise, Oh Lord, to Thee we say.
Zion, lift your hearts and voices
On this celebration day.
Thanks and praise to our dear Savior,
Guide our footsteps on our way
May we all be true and faithful
To Your Word and Sacrament
Spread the news of our Salvation
Love and mercy without end.
– Words and music ©
1988 by Jo Buuck and Lydia Kalthoff
The Invocation
P: Recalling our
baptism, we make our beginning in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit.
C: AMEN
P Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near
with a true heart and confess our sins unto God our Father, beseeching Him in
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness.
P Our help is
in the name of the Lord,
C who made
heaven and earth.
P I said, I will
confess my transgressions unto the Lord,
C and You
forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Silence for
reflection on God's Word and for self-examination.
P O almighty
God, merciful Father,
C I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You
all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended You and justly
deserved Your temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for them
and sincerely repent of them, and I pray You of Your boundless mercy and for
the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your beloved
Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor, sinful being.
P Upon this your confession, I, by
virtue of my office, as a called and ordained servant of the Word, announce the
grace of God unto all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord
Jesus Christ I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T
Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
The Introit 1
Chron. 29:10b, 11, 13; antiphon: Ps. 26:8
O LORD, I love the
habitation | of your house*
and the place where
your | glory dwells.
Blessèd are you, O LORD, the God of | Israel*
our father, forever and | ever.
Yours, O LORD, is the
greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the | majesty,*
for all that is in the
heavens and in the | earth is yours.
Yours is the kingdom, | O LORD,*
and you are exalted as head a- | bove all.
And now we thank you, |
our God,*
and praise your |
glorious name.
Glory be to the Father and | to the Son*
and to the Holy | Spirit;
as it was in the be- | ginning,*
is now, and will be forever. | Amen.
O LORD, I love the
habitation | of your house*
and the place where
your | glory dwells.
The Prayer of the Day: O God, You see that of ourselves we have no strength. By
Your mighty power defend us from all adversities that may happen to the body
and from all evil thoughts that may assault and hurt the soul through Jesus
Christ, Your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever. Amen
The Choir
The
Service of the Word
The Way of the cross Involves
Suffering for Christians
Theme: Lent is a Time of Suffering
Genesis 28:10-17 – God
confronts Jacob while fleeing from Esau
Romans 5:1-11 – Christians
rejoice in their sufferings for Christ
Mark 8:31-38 – Jesus announces
His suffering in Jerusalem
Hymn of the Day: “Great is Thy Faithfulness” LSB
#809
The Homily “The Way of the cross involves suffering” –Mark 8:27-38
1. Deny self v.34
2. Lose self v. 35
3. Crucify self v. 34
The Announcements
The Gathering of the Morning
Offering
Litany for our 180th
Anniversary Celebration
For
the Church universal, of which these buildings are a visible symbol,
We thank you, Lord.
For
your presence whenever two or three have gathered in Your name,
We thank you, Lord.
For
this place where we may be still and know that you are God,
We thank you, Lord.
For
the fulfilling of our desires and petitions as You see best for us,
We thank you, Lord.
For
our past and a vision of the future that lies ahead,
We thank you, Lord.
For
the gift of the Holy Spirit and new life in baptism,
We thank you, Lord.
For
the pardon of our sins when we have fallen short of Your glory,
We thank you, Lord.
For
the Sacraments in which we have a foretaste of Your eternal kingdom,
We thank you, Lord.
For
the blessing of our vows and the crowning of our years with your goodness,
We thank you, Lord.
For
the faith of those who have gone before us and for our encouragement by their perseverance,
We thank you, Lord.
For
all the benefactors of this place who have died in the peace of Christ and are
at rest
We thank you, Lord.
For
the fellowship of all your saints,
We thank you, Lord.
O
God, from living and chosen stones you prepare an everlasting dwelling place
for Your majesty. Grant that in the power of the Holy Spirit those who serve
You here may always be kept within Your presence. This we pray through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and
the Holy Spirit, one God, now and ever.
Amen.
The Prayers of the People of
God at Friedheim
We
praise You heavenly Father for the great privilege which is ours this day to
humbly come before You, and lovingly praise and thank You as we reflect on the
history of our parish which was established 180 years ago.
We
thank You for every memory that our celebrations revives, and for the great
number of witnesses who have made the 180th anniversary of our church an occasion for celebration.
We
pray that You will deepen within each of us a sense of gratitude for the many sacrifices
made for us by those who have gone before us, and thereby find this parish a
house of peace, a safe haven and a harbor of hope. May we continue to see, by
faith, the needs of those around us and the needs of those who shall come after
us, and do all that is possible to show to them our witness in word and deed of
the riches of life with Christ. In Jesus name we pray.
The Benediction
Day
of Jubilation
This day of Jubilation, We raise our thanks to
Thee
For many blessings given, Faithful we’ll strive to
be
For many blessings given, Faithful we’ll strive to
be.
As members then of Zion, United here we stand
And bow our heads in worship, Lord bless our
church and land
And bow our heads in worship, Lord bless our
church and land.
The little ones do feed them, With food Lord from
above
That tells of their dear Savior, And His undying
Love
That tells of their dear Savior, And His undying
Love.
Be with our precious youth, Lord. For them we truly pray
Keep them forever faithful, And pure in heart each
day
Keep them forever faithful, And pure in heart each
day.
The lonely, sick, and shut-ins, Oh, grant them
Lord to be
Faithful and true ‘til You come, To take them home
to Thee
Faithful and true ‘til You come, To take them home
to Thee.
Let’s now unite our efforts, To spread the news
abroad
Our Savior has redeemed us, He is our King and
Lord
Our Savior has redeemed us, He is our King and
Lord.
– Words and music ©
1998 by Jo Buuck and Lydia Kalthoff
"Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest" - John 3:35
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