Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Welcome to ConcordiaWelcome to Concordia Lutheran Church! If you are looking for a church in Lancaster County, we invite you to visit us and we look forward to meeting you personally! We are a community of faith, committed to celebrating the Gospel of Jesus Christ by living and sharing His word and caring for God’s creation. We are a friendly Lutheran Church that serves, worships, prays, learns and grows together in faith. Come join us Saturday nights for worship at 6:00 pm or Sunday mornings at 9:30 am. Stay around for our popular coffee hour after worship on Sundays, and experience what it is like to be a part of the Holy Spirit working in people’s lives at Concordia. As you visit these pages, we hope that you will want to know more about who we are as a congregation that seeks to serve Jesus Christ in this time and place. Feel free to contact us with any questions or for further information. In Christ, Pastor Mary Anne (717) 285-4626 (Office) email: pastormaryanne95@gmail.com UPCOMING EVENTS Sunday, Sept 20 Drive-in Church 9:30am Sunday, Sept 20, Oct 11 Confirmation Class (outside) 10:15am Monday, Sept 21 Social Ministry (school kits) 6pm Tuesday, Sept 22 Council Sub-group meeting 6:30pm Thursday, Oct 1 Reaching Out/Book Study(Zoom) 7pm Doug Ockrymiek Sunday, Oct 4 Blessing of the Animals 2pm Sunday, Oct 18 Crop Hunger Walk after worship 10:30am Trunk or Treat 6-7:30pm Sunday, Oct 25 Confirmation after worship (Confirmands & families only) Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen Indeed!
DRIVE-IN CHURCH Sept 20th 9:30AM!! Online Video will still be available below. ALL SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ARE CANCELLED IN the church building UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Online service and hymns for Sunday, Sep 20th will be posted below: Readings: Jonah 3:10--4:11 Psalm 145:1-8 Philippians 1:21-30 Matthew 20:1-16 HYMNS FOR Sept 20th 16th Sunday after Pentecost GATHERING HYMN: 733-Great Is Thy Faithfulness 1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father; there is no shadow of turning with thee; thou changest not, thy compassions they fail not; as thou hast been, thou forever wilt be. Refrain Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; all I have needed thy hand hath provided; great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! 2 Summer and winter and springtime and harvest, sun, moon, and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. Refrain 3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! Refrain Text: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1866-1960 Text © 1923, ren. 1951 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. SENDING HYMN: 636 - How Small Our Span of Life 1 How small our span of life, O God, our years from birth till death: a single beat within the heart, the catching of a breath, a drop within the ocean's deep, a grain upon the shore, a flash of light before we sleep to see the sun no more. 2 And yet our speck of life is spanned by your infinity; our tick of time on earth is caught in your eternity. While suns and stars spin endlessly through depths of cosmic space, while aeons roll and ages pass, you hold us in your grace. 3 O Christ, you left eternity to plunge in time's swift stream, to share the shortness of our span, our mortal lives redeem. You filled your cross-closed years with love; you loved us to the end and touch us with your risen life that ours may time transcend. 4 We thank you, God, for kindling faith that lights our transient years, illumining our pilgrimage through mists of doubt and fears; for hope that sees a life beyond the swiftly passing days; for love, both human and divine, that lifts our hearts to praise. Text: Herman G. Stuempfle Jr., b. 1923; Text © 1993 GIA Publications, Inc., 7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638. www.giamusic.com. 800.442.3358. All rights reserved. Used by permission. DOWNLOAD THE FOLLOWING 2 FILES FOR CHILDREN: 
HYMNS FOR Sept 13th 15th Sunday after Pentecost
GATHERING HYMN: 605-Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive 1 "Forgive our sins as we forgive," you taught us, Lord, to pray; but you alone can grant us grace to live the words we say. 2 How can your pardon reach and bless the unforgiving heart that broods on wrongs and will not let old bitterness depart? 3 In blazing light your cross reveals the truth we dimly knew: how trifling others' debts to us; how great our debt to you! 4 Lord, cleanse the depths within our souls and bid resentment cease; then, by your mercy reconciled, our lives will spread your peace. Text: Rosamond E. Herklots, 1905-1987, alt. Text © Oxford University Press 1969 OneLicense #730650A; CCLI License: 11255278 SENDING HYMN: 608 - Softly & Tenderly Jesus is Calling 1 Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me. See, on the portals he's waiting and watching, watching for you and for me. Refrain "Come home, (Come home,) Come home! (come home!) You who are weary, Come home." Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, calling, "O sinner, come home!" 2 Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading, pleading for you and for me? Why should we linger and heed not his mercies, mercies for you and for me? Refrain 3 Oh, for the wonderful love he has promised, promised for you and for me! Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon, pardon for you and for me. Refrain Text: Will L. Thompson, 1847-1909 DOWNLOAD THE FOLLOWING 2 FILES FOR CHILDREN:
For previous services. please look to Worship Info/Sermons page.
Reflections from Pastor Mary Anne:
As I write this the noon chimes are playing the chords of a beloved hymn:
We are living in unprecedented times. I know that I feel like I am in the middle of a movie or a vivid dream and keep waiting for the next scene to play out. It is helpful at times like these to recognize that we are not alone. Even in the midst of closures and cancellations we are united in our humanity, in our baptisms, in our hope and fears. Pray for each other, our country and Christ’s Church, that we live through this and emerge changed, but stronger than ever. Psalm 46 1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; 3though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. 4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. 5God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns. 6The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. 7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. 8Come, behold the works of the LORD; see what desolations he has brought on the earth. 9He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire. 10"Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth." 11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. In Peace, Pastor Mary Anne Upcoming Events FREE Community Pancake and Sausage Breakfast: Delayed until the pandemic is over. SPECIAL LINK TO ELCA WORSHIP RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS Worship in Times of Public Health Concerns Please see our Facebook Page for more Photos and News! More Christmas pics - on Facebook page ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Christmas Eve 2019 - Candlelight Service 
Christmas 2018
2019 Blessing of the Animals
Blessed are you, O Lord. You have given us pets of all sorts so we may enjoy their companionship and unconditional love. 
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