Seventh
Sunday after Pentecost
Phone: 824-2787
e-mail: salemoncircle@yahoo.com website: www.salembuffalo.com
Rev.
David F. C. Wurster, Ph.D. -
Pastor -
649-0796
Lynn I. Scarpine,
DCG
Lois
L. Jones, Director of Music
Ernelle L. Ponivas, Secretary
Stephen Jarmusz Sr., Custodian
Rev.
Richard E. Blemaster, Pastor Emeritus
No
Sunday School & Bible Classes until September 9
Worship
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PRELUDE
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HYMN
- “The
Magnificat”
(To the tune – “Amazing Grace”)
My soul proclaims the Lord my God.
My Spirit sings God’s praise.
Who looks on me, and lifts me up, that
gladness fills my days.
All
nations now will share my joy; God’s
gifts have been outpoured.
The lowly one God has made great.
I magnify the Lord.
For
those who love the Holy One,
God’s mercy will not die.
God’s strong right arm puts down the
proud, and lifts the lowly high.
Then
let all nations praise our God, the Father and the Son,
The Spirit blest, who lives in us,
while endless ages run.
INVOCATION
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Pastor:
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
People:
Amen.
Pastor: The
heavens declare the glory of God;
People:
and the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
Pastor: The
Law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul:
People: The statutes of the Lord
are trustworthy, making wise the
simple.
Pastor: The
precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart.
People: The commands of the Lord
are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
Pastor: The
fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever.
People:
The ordinances of the Lord are sure, and altogether righteous.
Pastor: Keep
back Your servant also from willful sins;
People:
may they not rule over me!
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CONFESSION –
Pastor: Who can discern his errors?
People:
Forgive my hidden faults.
(Psalm
Pastor:
Brothers and sisters in Christ: God’s
Word declares to us today,
“if anyone thinks he is something when he nothing, he deceives
himself (Gal. 6:3).” Each
of us is guilty of choosing our own way
and forsaking the way of the Lord. We
have sinned against our
God by placing our will and our desires before His.
God also
declares, whatever we sow, we shall also reap.
Deserving
judgment, let us confess our sins to God, seeking His forgiveness
in the name of Christ, our Lord.
People: Lord God, I stand
before You today, guilty of untold sins.
Among my many sins is the sin of seeking my own will and not
Yours. Even knowing of Your
love for me in Christ, I have
still rejected Your desire for my life and sought my own.
Instead of being concerned for my brothers and sisters in
Christ, I have failed to assist them in their times of need and I
have chosen for myself the
easier way. I have sinned, and I
cry to You for mercy and forgiveness.
I also pray You to
strengthen me to desire Your will and empower me through
the work of Your Spirit to accomplish all You desire in my
life. For I ask all this in
and through Jesus, my Savior.
Amen.
ABSOLUTION -
Pastor: The Word of God is
“more precious than gold, than much pure
gold . . . sweeter than honey (Psalm
God
today is that He has taken your sin away and granted to you
forgiveness
in His Son Jesus Christ. Therefore,
as a called and
ordained
servant of the Word, I declare the grace of God to you and
in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ, I forgive
you
all your sin in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy
Spirit.
People: Amen. Thanks be to
God.
Pastor: “Rejoice
that your names are written in heaven.”
People:
Alleluia! Amen.
INTROIT
& GLORIA
PATRI
(insert) – spoken by all
KYRIE
&
HYMN OF
PRAISE - “Holy,
Holy, Holy” -
1.
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
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(continued over)
2. Holy, holy, holy! All
the saints adore thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
Which wert and art and evermore shalt be.
3. Holy, holy, holy! Though
the darkness hide thee,
Though the eye made blind by sin thy glory may not see,
Only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
Perfect in pow’r, in love and purity.
4. Holy, holy, holy! Lord
God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea.
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
COLLECT OF
THE DAY -
read by all -
(insert)
(Announcements and Children’s Message)
T
H E W O R D
OLD
TESTAMENT
(insert) - Isaiah 66:10-14
GRADUAL -
(insert) -
spoken
EPISTLE (insert)
- Galatians 6:1-10, 14-16
GOSPEL (insert)
– Luke 10:1-12, 16-20
HYMN OF THE
DAY -
“O Christ the Same”
1.
O Christ the
same, through all our story’s pages – our loves and
hopes, our failures and our fears;
Eternal Lord, the king of all the ages, unchanging still amid the
passing years:
O living Word, the source of
all creation, who spread the skies and
Set the stars ablaze:
O Christ the same, who wrought our whole salvation,
We bring our thanks for all our yesterdays.
2. O Christ the same, the friend of sinners, sharing our
inmost thoughts
the secrets none can hide;
Still
as of old upon your body bearing the marks of love in triumph
glorified:
O
Son of Man, who stooped for us from heaven – O Prince of life, in
all your saving power;
O
Christ the same, to whom our hearts are given:
We
bring our thanks for this the present hour.
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(continued)
3.
O Christ the same, secure within whose keeping our lives and loves,
our days and years remain;
Our
work and rest, our waking and our sleeping, our calm and
storm, our pleasure and our pain:
O Lord of love, for all our joys and sorrows, for all our hopes when
earth shall fade and flee;
O Christ the same, beyond our brief tomorrows,
We bring our thanks for all that is to be.
SERMON: “Word
and Consequence” – Luke 10:1-12,
16 -20
CREED
- First
Article and Meaning – Small Catechism
Creation
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
What
does this mean?
I
believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me
my
body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members,
my reason and all my senses, and still
preserves them;
also clothing and shoes, meat and
drink, house and home, wife and
children, fields, cattle, and all my
goods;
that He richly and daily provides me
with all that I need to support this
body
and life;
that He defends me against all danger
and guards and protects me
from
all evil;
and all this purely out of fatherly,
divine goodness and mercy,
without any merit or worthiness in me;
for all which it is my duty to thank
and praise, to serve and obey Him.
This is most certainly true.
PRAYERS
FOR TODAY’S
NEED AND
MISSIONS
At words of “Lord in Your mercy”
Response of Congregation: “Hear our prayer.”
SHARING
OF THE
PEACE &
GREETINGS
OFFERING -
OFFERTORY – “Sing to the Lord of Harvest”
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1.
Sing to the Lord of harvest, sing songs of love and praise;
With joyful hearts and voices Your alleluias raise.
By him the rolling seasons in fruitful order move;
Sing to the Lord of harvest a joyous song of love.
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(continued over)
2. God makes the clouds rain goodness, the deserts bloom and
spring,
The hills leap up in gladness, the valleys laugh and sing….
God fills them with his fullness, all things with large increase;
He crowns the year with blessing, with plenty and with peace.
3. Bring to this sacred altar the gifts his goodness gave,
The golden sheaves of harvest, the souls Christ died to save.
Your hearts lay down before him when at his feet you fall,
And with your lives adore him who gave his life for all.
THE
PREFACE
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P: The Lord be with you.
C:
And also with you.
P: Lift
up your hearts.
C:
We lift them to the Lord.
P: Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.
C:
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
P: It is truly good, right, and salutary . . . evermore praising you and
saying:
C:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of pow’r and might:
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna. Hosanna.
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the
Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
WORDS
OF INSTITUTION
COMMUNION
& COMMUNION
HYMNS -
“Break
Thou the Bread of Life”
1. Break thou the bread of life, dear Lord, to me,
As thou didst break the loaves beside
the sea;
Beyond the sacred page I seek thee,
Lord;
My spirit pants for thee, O living
Word!
2. Bless thou the
truth, dear Lord, to me, to me,
As thou didst bless the bread by
Then shall all bondage cease, all
fetters fall;
And I shall find my peace, My all in
all. Amen.
“Holy
Is The Lord”
Holy, holy, holy, Holy is the Lord!
Holy,
holy, holy, Holy is the Lord!
Holy
is the Father, Holy is the Son,
Holy
is the Spirit: Blessed Three-in-One!
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“Lord
Be Glorified”
1.
In my life, Lord, be glorified, be glorified.
In
my life, Lord, be glorified today.
2. In my song, Lord, be glorified, be glorified.
In
my song, Lord, be glorified today.
3. In our home, Lord, be glorified, be glorified.
In
our home, Lord, be glorified today.
4. In Your church, Lord, be glorified today, be glorified.
In
Your church, Lord, be glorified today.
S
E N D I N G
CANTICLE -
“Now the Silence”
Now
the silence, now the peace, now the empty hands uplifted;
Now the kneeling, now the Father’s
arms in welcome;
Now the hearing, now the pow’r, now
the vessel brimmed for pouring;
Now the body, now the blood, now the
joyful celebration;
Now the wedding, now the songs, now the
heart forgiven leaping;
Now the Spirit’s visitation, now the
Son’s epiphany,
Now the Father’s blessing.
Now. Now.
Now.
PRAYER & BENEDICTION
HYMN -
“Jesus, Still Lead On”
1. Jesus, still lead on
till our rest be won;
And although the way be cheerless, we
will follow calm and fearless;
Guide us by your hand to our
fatherland.
2. If the way be drear,
if the foe be near, let no faithless fears o’ertake us,
Let not faith and hope forsake us;
safely past the foe to our home we go.
3. When we seek relief
from a long-felt grief,
When temptations come alluring, make us
patient and enduring;
Show us that bright shore where we weep
no more.
4. Jesus, still lead on
till our rest be won; Heav’nly leader, still direct us,
Still support, console, protect us,
till we safely stand in our father-land.
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Vision:
Preach – Teach – Heal – doing what Jesus does.
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ASSISTANTS
IN TODAY’S WORSHIP
Celebrant
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. Rev. David F. C. Wurster,
Ph.D. Lector
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. Joanne Kushka
Organist
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. Lois L. Jones
Prayer Leader . . .
Deann Sheppard
Acolyte
. . . . . Karen Thomas
Welcomers
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Assistants
. . . . Timothy Metzler and Paul
Swierczynski
Ushers
. . . . . . . Ken Kushka, Sue
Gifford, Barbara Turner, Michael Turner,
Russell Alessi Jr.
Altar
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. Vi Kelm and Gretchen
Putzman
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COMMUNION
STATEMENT
The
Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given
thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in
remembrance of me.” In the same
way, after supper he took the cup saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my
blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the
Lord’s death until he comes. I
Corinthians 11:23-26.
“One is truly worthy and well
prepared who has faith in these words, “Given and shed for you for the
remission of sins.” But the one
that does not believe these words, or doubts, is unworthy and unprepared; for
the words ‘for you’ require all hearts to believe”
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Luther’s Small Catechism
Communion Cards –
Please put communion cards in offering plate or give to an usher.