G A T H E R I N G

+ + + Q U I E T Time - - Reverence Before God + + +

PRELUDE -

HYMN – “How Firm a Foundation” LW 411

INVOCATION & CONFESSION & ABSOLUTION - page 158

INTROIT & GLORIA PATRI (insert) - sung by all

KYRIE page 159

HYMN OF PRAISE – “This Is The Feast” page 161

COLLECT OF THE DAY - read by all - (insert)

(Announcements and prayer requests & Children’s Message)

T H E W O R D

OLD TESTAMENT (insert) - I Kings 8:22 ff.

GRADUAL - Jr. Choir: “Joy Is Like the Rain” – Medical Mission Sisters

EPISTLE (insert) - Galatians 1:1-10

Verse page 165

GOSPEL (insert) - Luke 7:1-10

(Versicles sung before and after reading) page 165

HYMN OF THE DAY - “Be Thou My Vision” (insert)

SERMON: “Authority for Faith” - Luke 7:1-10

CREED - Apostles Creed (rise) - page 167

SUNDAY SCHOOL RECOGNITION

SHARING OF THE PEACE & GREETINGS

OFFERING – Sr. Choir: “Footprints in the Sand” – Angerman (insert)

OFFERTORY page 168

S E N D I N G

PRAYERS FOR TODAY’S NEED AND MISSIONS -

(At words: “Lord, in Your mercy” –

the congregation response: “Hear our prayer”

LORD’S PRAYER page 176

BENEDICTION page 174

HYMN - “I Am Trusting You, Lord Jesus” LW 408

= = = Misson: SALEM/Peace - As the Father sent me I send you. = = =

Vision: Preach – Teach – Heal – doing what Jesus does.

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ASSISTANTS IN TODAY’S WORSHIP

Officiant . . . Rev. David F. C. Wurster, Ph.D. Lector . . . Melissa Banas

Organist . . . Lois L. Jones Prayer Leader . . . B. David Sylvia

Welcomers . . . Kenneth Kushka and Sally McAlpine

Acolytes . . . . Ryan Carr and Ryan Shanahan

Ushers . . . . Russell Alessi Jr., Sue Gifford, Kenneth Kushka, Barbara Turner,

Michael Turner

Altar . . . . . Shirley Landseadel and Lynda Yung

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Pastor Wurster and Ruth are attending their niece’s wedding in Montana (from Thursday, June 17 to Thursday, June 24) and will return Thursday, June 24. In case of need, call Mr. Jim Carr – 896-1991 or Mr. Richard Landseadel – 822-9695 or Deacon Garry Seefeld from Grace, Hamburg – 751-9176/579-9176; or Dr. David Belasic – 675-0331.

BIRTHDAY - Pearl Heisler’s 85^th this Thursday.

ANNIVERSARY – LaVerne & Maxine Nutt’s 5^th this Saturday.

FLOWERS - Are given by Viola Schultz and Lydia Nappo in memory of brothers,

Ewald and George Brokob.

NEXT SUNDAY - Thrivent Strawberry Social after worship . . . Sunday School Closing Program . . . . 4:00, Rev. Travis Pittock’s Installation, Salem Lutheran Church, Springville, N. Y. . . . . Deadline for July/August DOVE; all articles are due.

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THIS - Mon. - 10:00, Quilting Group (bring lunch) Tues. - 1:00, Bible Study;

WEEK Wed. - 1:00, Staff Meeting; Thurs. – 9:30, Bible Study; 12:00, South Buffalo

Ecumenical Association, Seneca Street United Methodist Church, 1218 Seneca St., Buffalo; Sat. - 4:00, Wright/Goodman Wedding.

OFFICE HOURS - Monday through Friday – 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

OFFERING UPDATE - Weekly current collected June 6, 2004: $2,470.50; Attendance – 122; Weekly current needed: $2,958.83.

INSTALLATION – Ceremony for Rev. Travis Pittock, next Sunday, June 20, 2004, 4:00 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church, 91 West Main St., Springville, N. Y. A light supper will follow the installation. All are invited to attend Pastor Travis’s installation.

STRAWBERRY SOCIAL - NEXT SUNDAY – after worship. Tickets are on sale today from Melissa Banas, Jean Poniwas, Catherine Nagel, Kim Alessi, Fred Bartz Jr., Connie Craft, Renee Richards - $3.00 for adults; $1..50 for 2 – 5 years old; under 2 free.

V.B.S. DECORATING - We need lots of help making decorations for Vacation Bible School this year. No special skills required. If you can cut or trace, we need YOU!! Please join us TOMORROW NIGHT at 7:00 p.m. Any questions, call Joanne Kushka at 823-8461.

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CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK

BIRTHDAYS: Today - Laverne DeAngelis, Sharon McGill; Mon. - Gloria LeBlanc,

Alfred Pfeiffer; Tues. - Richard Messing; Wed. - Louis Pease;

Thurs. - Michelle Ciminelli, Pearl Heisler, Robin Swartz; Fri. - Brianna Overhoff.

ANNIVERSARIES: Mon. - Joseph & Bonnie Wrobel; Wed. - George & Jean

Poniwas; Sat. - Carmen & Lydia Nappo, LaVerne & Maxine Nutt, John & Lorraine McGill.

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“BE THOU MY VISION”

1. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me,

save that thou art:

Thou my best thought . . . by day and by night, waking or sleeping,

Thy presence my light.

2. Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word; I ever with thee and

thou with me, Lord.

Thou my soul’s shelter, thou my high tower, raise thou me

heav’nward, O Pow’r of my pow’r.

3. Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise, thou mine inheritance,

now and always:

Thou, and thou only, first in my heart, great God of heaven, my

treasure thou art.

4. Light of my soul, after victory won, may I reach heaven’s joys,

O heaven’s Sun!

Heart of my own heart, whatever be fall, still be my vision, O

Ruler of all.

"FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND" by Joseph Martin & David Angerman

1. Lord, on the gentle wind, we hear you calling, "Come follow me." Lord, in the

sands of time your footsteps falling, lead us to thee. Though they pass across dark

mountains, Though they walk through valleys deep, on the road I see your footprints

and I follow where they lead.

Chorus: There are footprints in the sand by the sea of Galilee. There are footprints

in the sand that lead to Calvary. How beautiful the feet of the Prince of Peace. I

thank you, Lord, for your footprints in the sand.

2. Lord, as the new day dawns, I see You walking by the crystal sea. Lord, on that

distant shore, I see your footprints still leading me. As they lead into the future to a

a calling yet unknown, I will keep His promise near me. I will never walk alone!

Chorus:

3. Jesus came to earth to illumine the way, and the path that He left is still shining

today. The sands of time have not covered the path He laid down. For those who

are seeking, the way still is found, still is found.

Chorus: