# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S375
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PROPOSED AGENDA

AS

BURIAL OF THE STILLBORN

1, This service mas also be adapted for the burial of an unbaptized child.

AT THE HOME

2. The pastor greets the bereaved

» Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen
2. The PSALM ts read.

PSALM 23

The Lord is my shepherd.* Thou preparest 4 table betore me in

T shall not want the presence of mine enemtes.*
thou annointest ms head with on
~ He maketh me to he down in green
. my cup runneth over
Pastures:

he leadeth me beside the still .
Surely goudness and meres shall

Waters : :
follow me all the days of my hte:
He restoreth my soul* aod Twill dwell in the house ot
he feadeth me in the paths ot she Lord toreser

righteousness for bis name's sake

* Yeu, though F walk through the Glory be to the Father and to the

valley of the shadow of death, | Son*
will fear no evil" and to the Hols Sperit:
tor thou art with me: thy rod and as tt Was in the beginning.*
thy statt. they comfort me snow, and will be forever: Amen

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Almighty and eternal God, our expectations have been changed into disappoint-
ment. You gave, and sou have taken away. We can only say with the psalmist: "As
the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and
my thoughts than your thoughts.” Teach us, Father. also in this circumstance, to
trust in you. Strengthen the faith of these parents into whose life you have allowed
this sorrow to come. Teach them to depend on your boundless mercy and to trust
that their little one has been invited into the arms of your Son. Grant that they. and
all of us, may also come at tast into the heavenly kingdom of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen
~ The LORD'S PRAYER ts sand

Our Father who art in heaven. OR G@Our Father in heaven.

hallowed be thy name.
thy kingdom come,
thy wall be done
on garth as itis in heaven

Give us thiy day our daily bread:

and forgive us our trespasses
as We forgive those
Who trespass against us:
and lead us not into temptation.
but deliver us trom evil
For thine ty the kingdom
and the power and the glon
forever and ever. Amen

x. The pastor blesses the bereaved

hallowed be sour name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as in heaven
Gwe us todas our daily bread
Forgive us our sins
as We forgive those
Who sin against us.
Lead us not inte temptation.
but deliver us trom evil
For the kingdom. the power.
and the glon are yours
now and torever. Amen

P The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of

the Holy Spirit + be with you all.

Amen

AT THE GRAVE

% When the cottinis lov ered into the grave or placed mis resting place. the pastor

Ady.

P The Lord gave. and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

The hols apostle instructs us about the resurrection of the dead:

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44 READING trom Holy Scripture is announced. and one of the tollowing
portions ty read.

A Hear the Word of God from the _____ chapter of _____

“My sheep listen to my voice: 1] know them, and they foliow me. I give them eternal
life. and they shall never perish: no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father.
who has given them to me, is greater than all: no one can snatch them out of my
Father's hand.” John {0:27-29)

People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the
disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them.
“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God
helongs to such as these. [ tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the
kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” (Mark 10-13-15)

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus
Christ so that your sins may be forgiven. And you will receive the gift of the Holy
Spirit. The promise is for sou and your children.” ( Acts 2:38-39a)

a This is the Word of the Lord.
<The pastor max read the follov.ing or speak other suttable words

? When God in his will for us changes our anticipation and joy into
disappointment and grief, we turn to him for comfort and reassurance, which can
come only from him. He does not explain to us why he has allowed the circumstance
that saddens us, but he does call us through it to a faith which again acknowledges
him to he our heavenly Father. who has given us his first and best in Christ Jesus
and through him will work always for good in the lives of those who love him, who
are called according to his purpose.

In love God has blessed his people also with the washing of Holy Baptism. through
which he gives rebirth in the power of the Hoty Spirit to us and to our children,
When in his will God allows the sadness of stillbirth (the sudden death of a child
before Baptism). we trust that he himself is not bound to the means of grace that he
has provided for our conscientious use. So we look in faith and hope to him who
alone is the source of our faith and hope. trusting that in his grace he has received
this child to himself for the sake of his Son Jesus Christ.

A The COLLECT is sand.

P Let us pray.

The body that is sown is perishable. it is raised imperishable: it is sown in dishonor,
itis raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power: it is sown a natural
body. it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual
body. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal
with immortality. then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been
swallowed up in victory. Where. O death, is your victory? Where, O death. is your
sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to

God! He gives us the victory through our ford Jesus Christ. (1 Cor 1842-4.
R457)

[4 The pastor connnues.

P It has pleased God in his wise providence to call this child to himself. We now
commit bods to earth to earth, ashes to ashes,
dust to dust. in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through
our Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like
his glorious body.

A Amen

P Lord. remember us in your kingdom. and teach us to pray:

GOur Father whe art in heaven, OR @ Our bather in heaven.
hallowed be thy name. hallowed be sour name,
thy kingdom come. your kingdom come.
ths wiil be dene sour will be done

on earth as itis mn heaven mearth as in heaven
Give us this das our daily bread: Give us todas our daths bread
and forgive us Our trespayses

as We forgive those

Forgive us our sins
us We forgive those
Whe sin against us
Lead us not into temptation.
but deliver us trom evil
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glon are sours
now and forever. Amen

who trespass against us:
and Jead us net into temptation,
but deliver us trom evi
For thine 1s the kingdom
and the power and the glory
forever and ever. Amen

P Almighty God, by the death of sour dear Son you overcame death and
redeemed and saved little children no Jess than others: by your rising from
death you restored everlasting life that by the power of sour resurrection our
mortal bodies may also be raised from the dead to eternal life. Grant that we
may ever confidently heliese this and finally with ail your saints be partakers

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