Worship, Liturgy, & Lord's Supper

Why do Lutherans worship the way they do? What makes us right?
Rev. Timothy D. May gave a short talk on his paper concerning the subjects above. I believe it was way too short and will have to pay a visit to him since we live in the same city!
We discussed the practices of many churches today and could not find Scriptural evidence for most practices. For example, the Papists pray to dead Saints to interceed for them to the Father, GOD. They think that through all the grace and merit the saints earned on earth, especially Mary, that they will disperse it to us making us look better in GOD's eyes. In fact this grace differs punishment. Sounds like they don't need CHRIST anymore. Also discussed was the Non-denominationalists, which is an oxymoron. How they focus more on the people that attend church rather than the real reason for being there. They give up true historic teaching in order not to scare some away and mis-quote Paul to do so when he says,"I become all things to all people". We also brushed the Eastern Orthodoxy and their iconoclastic practises expounded here by Rev. McCain. While in a true church you will find GOD's word and sacrament, rightly distinguished and distributed, according to the commands of CHRIST, her groom. CHRIST came to be a servant, as he said, and he comes no closer to man than in his body and blood "given ans shed for the forgiveness of sins". The Lutheran church, therefore, does it's best to be Christo-centric and woe to us if we shadow the great gift of GOD's only Son with something else.

ON TO THE PICTURES!!
The drive up was uneventful, in a life changing sense. GOD kept us safe and allowed some good conversation and singing of Mozart's Requiem Mass. Vicar and I were mostly reading, Rachel was driving (thanks Rach!!), and Kevin was sleeping! When we got to campus we were admittedly lost, but only for awhile. It took us less time to get there than we thought so we wondered around a bit. We double-checked with the Information desk to confirm the location of the talk and then Rach, Kev, and I meandered into the cemetary. There were a lot of old graves from the Civil War era. After the talk, we went to Country Kitchen and had lunch with most of the peope that attended, including the Campus Pastor.
There was additional action on the way home, but that event has been deemed classified and YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW! :-)
Rachel took all of these pictures and that's why she's in them.
We didn't stop at any bars this time!!

THANKS FOR DRIVING RACH!!!