St.
Mary Magdalene
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
-
HYMN
-
“Dearest Jesus, at Your Word”
1. Dearest Jesus, at your word we have come again to hear
you;
Let
our thoughts and hearts be stirred and in glowing faith
be near you.
As
the promises here given, Draw us wholly up to heaven.
4. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, praise to you and adoration!
Grant
us what we need the most: Your blest Gospel’s
consolation
While
we here on earth await you till in heav’n with praise we
greet you.
INVOCATION &
CONFESSION &
ABSOLUTION -
People:
Who am I?
Pastor:
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the
moon and the stars, which You have set in place.
Men:
what is man that you are mindful of him,
Women:
the son of man, that You care for him?
(Psalm
8:3-4)
Men: For I know my transgressions, and my
sin is always before
me.
Women:
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in
Your sight . . .
Men:
Surely I was sinful at birth,
Women: sinful from the time my
mother conceived me.
(Psalm
51:3-5)
(Silence for a time of reflection)
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deserve Your punishment. We
seek Your forgiveness. In the
name of Jesus, and because of His sacrifice for us, forgive us
our sin.
People: How can I know
that God will really forgive my sin?
Pastor:
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one
died for all, and therefore all died.
People:
And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live
for themselves but for Him who died for them and was
raised again.
Pastor:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has
gone, the new has come!
People:
God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him
we might become the righteousness of God.
Pastor:
God the Almighty Creator is our loving Father.
He sent Jesus to
be our great Redeemer. Jesus,
the only begotten Son of God,
came down from heaven to be our Savior.
He took on our sin
and became sin in our place, so that your sin might be forgiven
through faith in Him. Because
of His incarnation, life, death, and
resurrection we have forgiveness in His name.
Therefore, as a
called and ordained servant of the Word, I forgive you all your
sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit.
People:
Amen.
INTROIT &
GLORIA PATRI (insert)
- spoken
by all
KYRIE/HYMN OF PRAISE – “By All Your Saints in Warfare”
1.
By all Your saints in warfare, For all Your saints at rest,
Your
holy name, O Jesus, forevermore be blest!
For
You have won the battle that they might wear the crown;
And
now they shine in glory reflected from Your throne.
20. All praise for Mary Magdalene, whose wholeness was restored
By
You, her faithful master, Her Savior and her Lord.
On
Easter morning early a word from You sufficed;
For
she was first to see You, Her Lord, the risen Christ.
3. Then let us praise the Father and worship God the Son
And
sing to God the Spirit, Eternal Three in One,
Till
all the ransomed number fall down before the throne,
Ascribing
pow’r and glory and praise to God alone.
COLLECT OF
THE DAY -
read by all -
(insert)
(Announcements and Children’s Message)
- 3-
(over)
T
H E W O R D
OLD
TESTAMENT
(insert) -
Ruth 1:6-18
GRADUAL (insert)
- spoken
by all
EPISTLE (insert)
- Acts 13:26-33 a
(VERSE) “Lift High the Cross” –
Till all the world adore His sacred
name.
Come, Christians, follow where our
captain trod,
Our king victorious, Christ, the Son of
God.
Lift high the cross, the love of Christ
proclaim
Till all the world adore His sacred
name.
GOSPEL (insert) -
John 20:1-2, 11-18
HYMN
OF THE
DAY -
“For All the Saints”
1.
For all the saints who from their labors rest,
All who by faith before the world confessed,
Your name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
7. But then there
breaks a yet more glorious day:
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of glory passes on his way.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
8. From earth’s wide
bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: Alleluia!
Alleluia!
SERMON
- “Go
and Tell” -
John 20:1-2, 11-18
CREED
- Second
Article and Meaning (Small
Catechism)
Redemption
And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by
the
Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius
Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried; He
descended into hell; the
third
day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven
and
sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from
thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
What
does this mean?
I
believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and
also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord, who has redeemed me, a lost
and condemned creature, purchased and won me from all sins, from death, and from
the power of the devil;
not with gold or silver but with His
holy, precious blood and with His innocent suffering and death,
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(continued)
that I may be His own and live under
Him in His kingdom and serve Him in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and
blessedness,
even as He is risen from the dead,
lives and reigns to all eternity.
This is most certainly true.
THE
PEACE OF
THE LORD
AND GREETINGS
OFFERING -
OFFERTORY – “We Give You But Your Own”
We give You but Your own in any gifts
we bring;
All that we have is Yours alone, a
trust from You, our King.
And gladly, Lord, as You bless us, to
You our firstfruits give.
PRAYERS
FOR TODAY’S
NEEDS AND
MISSIONS
(Leader: Lord in Your Mercy --
Congregation:
Hear our prayer.)
LORD’S
PRAYER
-
BENEDICTION
HYMN
- “Because
He Lives”
1.
God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus;
He came to love, heal, and forgive.
He lived and died to buy my pardon;
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives.
REFRAIN:
Because He lives I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future;
And life is worth the living just because He lives.
2. How sweet to hold a
newborn baby
And feel the pride and joy He gives;
But greater still the calm assurance
This child can face uncertain days because He lives.
REFRAIN.
3. And then one day
I’ll cross the river;
I’ll fight life’s final war with pain,
And then as death gives way to victory,
I’ll see the lights of glory and I’ll know He lives.
REFRAIN.
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Vision:
Preach – Teach – Heal – doing what Jesus does.
Officiant . . . . Rev. David F. C. Wurster, Ph. D. Lector . . .
Guest Preacher . . Rev. Dennis Putzman
Organist . . . . Lois L. Jones Prayer Leader . .
Welcomers . . .
Acolytes . . . .
Ushers . . . . . .
Altar
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Vi Kelm & Gretchen Putzman
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We welcome Rev. Dennis Putzman as our preacher today.
Pastor Putzman is a son of Salem Congregation and now helps us celebrate
our 90th Anniversary. Pastor
Putzman is presently pastor of
SICK - Donna Brady; William Colvin
TODAY - Taste of Salem after worship – potluck and at 1:30 p.m. “The Friends of Harmony” Barbershop Chorus outdoors (weather permitting)
THIS WEEK - Tuesday – 9:00 a.m., Stephen Ministry Training; Wednesday – 5:00, LWML Picnic at Claire Carlson’s – 6 p.m. potluck; Thursday - 9:30, Bible Study; 6:30, Stephen Ministry; Saturday – 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. AA Group.
OFFICE HOURS - Monday – Closed; Tuesday & Friday – 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Wednesday – 12:00 – 3 p.m.; Thursday – 12:00 – 2:00 P.M.
Offering update - Weekly current collected July 15, 2007 - $ ; Attendance - ; The total Deficit for Current, as of June 30, 2007, is $7,018.68. current needed $3,457.35 each week to meet current budget.
**********************************************************************CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK - Today – Maureen Wilke, Lana Zielinski; Monday – Dennis Croston, Marjorie Schermerhorn; Tuesday - Mark D. Miller; Wednesday - Amy Houck; Thursday - Patrick Prentice Jr., Matthew Rylowicz; Saturday - James Krol.
ANNIVERSARY -
Monday – P. Franklin & Susan Reddon.
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