Name/Title
Booklet, Observance, Sesquicentennial, 150th AnniversaryScope and Content
SESQUICENTENNIAL OBSERVANCE
WAUPUN, WISCONSIN JULY 2, 1989
"Dawn Of Day" Devotionals
Juniper Hill, 6:30 AM;
THE PRELUDE GREETINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
"THIS IS THE DAY" Psalm 118:24
LITANY OF PRAISE "Canticle of the Sun" by St. Francis of Assisi
Leader: O Most High Almighty Good Lord God! To Thee belong praise, glory, honor and all blessing.
PEOPLE: PRAISED BE MY LORD GOD WITH ALL THE CREATURES, AND ESPECIALLY OUR BROTHER THE SUN WHO BRINGS US THE DAY AND WHO BRINGS US THE LIGHT: FAIR IS HE, AND HE SHINES WITH A VERY GREAT SPLENDOR, 0 LORD HE SIGNIFIES US TO THEE!
Leader: Praised be my Lord for our Sister the Moon and for the stars, that which are set clear and lovely in the. heaven.
PEOPLE: PRAISED BE MY LORD FOR OUR BROTHER THE WIND, AND THE AIR AND CLOUDS, CALMS AND ALL WEATHER BY WHICH THOU UP HOLDEST LIFE AND ALL CREATURES.
Leader: Praised be my Lord for our Sister Water who is very serviceable to us and humble and precious and clean.
PEOPLE: PRAISED BE MY LORD FOR OUR BROTHER FIRE, THROUGH WHOM THOU GIVEST US LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS: AND HE IS BRIGHT AND PLEASANT AND VERY MIGHTY AND STRONG.
Leader: Praised be my Lord for our Mother the Earth, that which doth sustain us and keep us, and bringeth forth diverse fruits and flowers of many colors, and grass.
PEOPLE: PRAISED BE MY LORD FOR ALL THOSE WHO PARDON ONE ANOTHER FOR LOVE'S SAKE, AND WHO ENDURE WEAKNESS AND TRIBULATION:
Leader: Blessed are they who peacefully shall endure, for thou 0 Most High wilt give them a crown.
ALL: PRAISE YE AND BLESS THE LORD, AND GIVE THANKS AND
SERVE GOD WITH GREAT HUMILITY.
HOLY GROUND1: Sacred Places
"Morning Has Broken" ( Farjeon)
HOLY GROUND 11: The Indians
"The Dakota Hymn" (The Dakota Indian Hymnal)
HOLY GROUND 111; the settler
"ode TO OUR Waupun Forefather's( Mae Baber)
My Country' Tis of Thee"(Smith)
A LITANY OF THANKSGIVING ;
Leader; On this special day set aside for thank for Waupun's 150th years let each one of us and all us together express gratitude for the incredible gift of life.
People; WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL WORLD-FOR LAKE AND WOODS- FOR MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS- FOR THE TEXTURE OF THE LAND AND THE COLOR OF THE SKY
Leader; We are grateful for the season - for sunshine and rain-warmth and cold -tree and flowers
bird and animal and fish for simple grass and all that grows from the soil
People; WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SOUND OF VOICE FOR SONG AND POEMS AND BELLS AND FOR SMILE ON FACES PASSING BY.
Leader; We Are grateful for parents and children and friends and Community and for every occasion of celebration.
People; WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US SETTLING THE LAND BUILDING CITIES FOUNDING OUR NATION AND ESTABLISHING THE IDEAL
OF JUSTICE EQUITY AND DEMOCRACY.
Leader; We are grateful for the uncountable gift we have inherited and for the responsibility of our privileges.
People; LET OUR GRATITUDE POUR FORTH WITHOUT RESTRAINT TO LIGHT UP OUR WORLD WITH JOY.
Leader; For joy can break the sky in two and let the face of god shine through.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND' (GUTHRIE)
HOLY GROUND 1V; "YESTERDAY , TODAY AND TOMORROW'
The Morning Prayers
The Offering "O Beautiful For Spacious Skies" (Bates)
The Commissioning and Benediction The Postlude
Today's Service Participants
Flute, Guitar & voice- Glen& LaVerne Navis
Gospel Quartet- The Living Water, Wausau
Reader; Linda Harper
Ministers-Rev. Michael Bausch
CoverDesin- Leslie TrewynAcquisition
Accession
2015.0500Source or Donor
Waupun Heritage MuseumAcquisition Method
Donation
