# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S371
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PROPOSED AGENDA

AT THE BURIAL OF A CHILD 7

e
® OGod our Fa - ther, whose Son took children in his arms and
blessed them,

Fe +
x LJ

give your comfort to_~*-_ who mourns) the loss of "= beloved child.
Give => © 77 __ strong faith and the sure and certain hope of the
resurrection when we shail meet in heavenly joy and glory:

= |

through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for - ev - er.

Sit

!& The OLD TESTAMENT READING 1s announced. and one ot the following
portions of Holy Scripture 1s read

a The Old Testament Reading is from the chapter of

“Have pity on me. my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh? Oh,
that my words were recorded. that they were written on a scroll. that they were
inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever! I know that my

~h

2) The GRADUAL is sung or vand

e _-

My heip comes trom the | ord.®
tne Maker of heaven and earth

He will not let your toot sip *

ne Who watehes over sou will not
slumber. (Ps. 12 /01-2,

2f The EPISTLE ss announced, and one of the follow ing pornons of Holt
Seripture ts read.

A The Epistle is from the chapter of

What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us. who can be against
us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he
not atso, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any
charge against those whom Cod has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he
that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to
life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall
Separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or
famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face

x

Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my
skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God: I myself will see him with
my own eses—lI, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!” lob
19:2]-27)

On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all
peoples, a banquet of aged wine—the best of meats and the finest of wines. On
this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all Peoples, the sheet that
covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will
wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from
all the earth. The Lord has spoken. In that day they will say. “Surely this is our
God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in him: let
us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.” 1. 25-69)

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me. because the Lord has anointed me to
Preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted. to
proclaim freedom for the captives and release for the prisoners. to proclaim the
year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God. to comfort all
who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a
crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning. anda
garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of
righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the disptay of his splendor.( 1s. 61:1-3,

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions
never fail. They are new every morning: great is your faithfulness. I say to
myself. “The Lord is my portion: therefore | will wait for him.” The Lord is good
to those whose hope is in him. to the one who seeks him: it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is
young. Let him sit alone in silence. for the Lord has laid it on him. Let him bury
his face in the dust—there may yet be hope. Let him offer his cheek to one who
would strike him. and let him be filled with disgrace. F or men are not cast off by
the Lord forever. Though he brings grief. he will show compassion, so preat is
his unfailing love. For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the

children of men. i Lam. 3:22-33)

°Y After the reading the assisting minister chants or sah

A This isthe Word of the Lord.

death all day long: we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these
things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I] am
convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the
Present nor the future, nor any powers. neither height nor depth, nor anything
else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in
Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom * 31-391

Now, brothers. I want to remind }ou of the gospel I preached to you. which you
received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved.
if you hold firmly to the word I Preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in
vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ
died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried. that he was
raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to
Peter. and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five
hundred of the brothers at the same time. most of whom are still living, though
some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and
last of all he appeared to me also. as to one abnormally born. For lam the least
of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because [
Persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God lam what I am, and his
grace to me way not without effect. No, | worked harder than all of them—vet
not I, but the grace of God that was with me, W hether. then, it was I or they. this
is what we preach. and this is what you believed. But if it is preached that Christ
has been raised from the dead. how can some of you say that there is no
resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even
Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised. our Preaching is
useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false
witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from
the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the
dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not
been raised, your faith is futile: you are still in your sins. Then those also who
have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ.
we are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ has indeed been raised from
the dead. the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came
through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For asin
Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ.
the firstfruits: then, when he comes, those who belong to him. Then the end will
come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has
destroy ed all dominion. authority and power. For he must reign until he has put
all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destrosed is death. ! Cor
IS:1-26)

But someone may ask. “How are the dead raised? W ith what kind of body will
they come?” How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
When sou sow, you do not plant the bods that will be. but just a seed, perhaps of

-y