Concordia University Chicago - Pillars Yearbook (River Forest, IL)

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OUR PREQIDENTQ MESSAGE ALL HANDS FOR CHRIST! Look of your honds. WhoT do you see? ls The prinf of The noils in your honds? The onsvver is no, of course. BuT noil-prinTs ore in The honds of ChrisT. And becouse They ore in His, He hos oi cloirn on ours. All honds for ChrisT! The noil-pierced honds of Chrisf Toke ours ond foshion Them inTo folded honds. Be- couse we pleod The meriTs of Jesus ChrisT, we con proy. In everyfhing by proyer ond supplicoTion wiTh Thonlcsgiving IeT your requesfs be mode known unTo God, is His vvoy of mokirig our honds folded hounds. Folded honds ore powerful honds, Thonkful honds, Trusring honds. Becouse His honds were noiled To The Cross, our honds need noT be wringing honds. Be coreful for noThing, He soys. CosT oll your core on Me, He inviTes. Feor noT, for I om wiTh Thee, is His ossuroxnce. The sTrengTh of our honds need noT be dissipoTed by worry, ond our hours should noT be vvosfed by hysTericol hoind-wringing. Folded, corefree honds ore working honds. God frees our honds from hond-vvringing for confidenT service. Honds ThoT work for ChrisT soon become dirTy honds, for rescuing

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Q-it INVOCATION 65 982 Oh Lord, work in these hands the miracle of Thy love, that they may turn infinities of bent souls L in Thy Ways 'fn -2-Elss Hands - coarse, gentle, understanding, - reach out, leading oth- ers to faith in Christ Jesus, our Lord. This action ot witnessing is certainly part of our calling as teachers of the Word. Therefore we, the Pillars statt, have selected Hands in Service as the theme for this book, and vve dedicate it to the many forms of Christian service by which Concordians serve their Lord and Master. 3

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yi R i -u ' N ,I men from sin is dirty vvork. Hounds thot ore devoted to serve rnonkind get scumrny novv ond then. l-lcinds tor Christ ore olso corntorting honds, ond they ore busy soothing sutter- ers cind silencing sobs. An ortist hos pictured the eczrly Church, tocing eost, with eyes shielded trom the sun by her honds ond peering into the distonce, vvciiting in hoppy expectotion ot her Lord's return. I-le hod soid, I will come ogoin, ond the eorly Church believed this. The Church still believes this. Proying, working honds ore tilled with hope ond expectotion. We believe ond oct os though Jesus Christ died yesterdoy, oirose todoy, ond is corning bock tornorrovv - dll tor us! Let your honds be proying hounds, working honds, honds tilled with hope, honds thot shore the hope to which they cling! So, then, oll honds tor Christ! Put yours in His. lvl. L. Koehneke President