Rev. Tim Hartwig, President, Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary was preacher for this service.

John 10: 14-18 (EHV): “I am the Good Shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me (just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father). And I lay down My life for the sheep. I also have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd. This is why the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it up again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the authority to lay it down and the authority to take it up again. This is the commission I received from My Father.”