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The
Day of Pentecost
June 8, 2003 SALEM
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
CHURCH 10
McClellan Circle
- Buffalo, New York Phone: 824-2787 e-mail: salemoncircle@yahoo.com website: www.salembuffalo.com Rev.
David F. C. Wurster, Ph.D. - Pastor -
825-3253 Rev.
Richard E. Blemaster, Pastor Emeritus Sunday
School & Bible Classes . . .
. 9:00 a.m. Worship
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THE WORD FOR
HEALING
from
Lutheran Book of Worship Resources G A T H E R I N G PRELUDE - “Three Chorales” by J. S. Bach
HYMN -
“Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord”
LW
154
DIALOG:
P: Give
thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
C:
and His mercy endures forever.
P: They cried to
the Lord in their trouble,
C:
and He delivered them from their distress.
P: He
sent forth His Word and healed them,
C:
and saved them from the grave.
P: The
Lord is righteous in all His ways,
C:
and loving in all His works.
P: The
Lord upholds all who fall;
C:
He lifts up those who are bowed down.
P: The Lord
sustains them on their sickbed,
C:
and ministers to them in their illness.
P: The
Lord is my strength and my song,
C:
and He has become my salvation.
P: Give
thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
C:
and His mercy endures forever. CREED: P:
God has made us His people through our Baptism into Christ.
Living
together in trust and hope, we confess our faith.
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(continued)
C:
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
On the third day He rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen. INTROIT:
- insert
COLLECT:
(announcements and children’s message) – insert
W O R D OLD
TESTAMENT LESSON: Ezekiel
37:1-14 GRADUAL: - insert EPISTLE: Acts
2:22-36
GOSPEL: John 7:37-39a HYMN: “Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid”
LW
167 SERMON - “Streams of
Living Water” – John 7:37:39 PASSING of the PEACE and GREETINGSOFFERING –
Sr. Choir: “Beautiful
Savior” PRAYERS: There are a number of short prayers - at the end of
each prayer the
leader will say: “through
Jesus Christ our Lord”
Congregation:
Amen.
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(continued) The
prayers may conclude:
P: Praise to
You, almighty God and Father. You
sent Your Son to live
among us and to bring us Your salvation.
We thank you for all the
blessings we have received, and for all those we name in our
hearts
today.
C:
Blessed be God.
P: Praise
to You, Lord Jesus Christ, incomparable Son of the Father.
You
humbled Yourself to share in our humanity, and You came to heal
all our
illnesses.
C:
Blessed be God.
P: Praise
to You, Holy Spirit, our defender and consoler.
You heal our
sickness with Your mighty and life-giving power.
C:
Blessed be God.
P: Holy
and blessed Trinity, sustain Your servants with Your presence;
drive away their sickness of body and spirit; and
give them that victory
of life and peace which will enable them to serve You now and
evermore.
C:
Amen. ANNOINTING AND PRAYER
Those who wish to come forward may come forward just as we do at
Communion, and kneel at the communion rail.
There the pastor and some of the servant ministers of Salem will
make the sign of the Cross with a little bit of oil on a person’s
forehead, and say the words: O God the Father and the Giver of health and salvation: as the apostles
of our Lord Jesus Christ, at His command, anointed many that were sick,
send now Your Holy Spirit, that Your servant, anointed with this oil,
may in repentance and faith be made whole; through the same Jesus
Christ, our Lord. Amen. What kinds of things do some people desire healing for? Some have serious diseases like cancer and ask for relief and remission. For some others healing means of a peaceful death. Others ask for healing from bitterness, worry, nagging envy or jealousy – or just plain impatience that gets in the way of relationships. Those who do not desire to come forward for the oil and blessing may
remain in the pew and listen to the music, sing the hymns, and pray and
meditate about those things in their own life about which they know need
the Lord’s healing touch. Songs
during annointing and prayer - (see yellow insert) S E N D I N G P:
Let us pray:
The almighty Lord – a strong tower to all who put their trust
in Him, to
whom all things in heaven, on earth, and under the earth bow and
whom
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(continued)
they obey – be now and evermore your defense, and make you know
and
feel that the only name under heaven given for health and
salvation is the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
C:
Amen
P: Let
us pray.
Merciful Lord God, constant source of all healing, we give You
thanks
for all Your gifts of strength and life, and above all we thank
You for the
gift of Your Son, through whom we have health and salvation.
As we
wait for that day when there will be no more pain, help us by
Your Holy
Spirit to be assured of Your power in our lives and to trust in
Your
eternal love; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
C:
Amen
C: Our Father, who art
in heaven,
hallowed
be thy name, thy kingdom come,
thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever
and
ever.
Amen. HYMN
- “Sweet Hour of
Prayer” (see insert)
BENEDICTION POSTLUDE -
“Lord of Love” – setting by Johnson ASSISTANTS IN TODAY’S WORSHIPOfficiant . . . Rev. David F. C. Wurster, Ph.D. Lector . . . Shirley Banas Organist . . . Lois L. Jones Prayer Leader . . . Claire Carlson Assistants . . . Jim Carr, Ken Kushka, and Roy Sheppard Welcomers . . . George & Rose Ann Merkt Acolytes . . . Bernie Bruenn & Jeremy Calzone Ushers . . . . . Robert Wiedemann, Russell Alessi Jr., Sue Gifford, Ken Kushka, Barbara Turner, Michael Turner Altar . . . . . . Grace Belter, Mary Eitler, Shirley Landseadel ***************************************************************** FLOWERS - One sidepiece is given by Lydia Nappo and Viola Schultz in memory of their brothers, Ewald and George Brokob . . . and the other sidepiece is given by Clifford Alfes and Family in memory of wife/mother, Irene Alfes. SICK - Karen Kopta; Carl Carlson; Michele Kray; Jerome Kowalski. TODAY - Join us for the McKinley Pkwy. Parade – 2:00 p.m. at Dorrance & McKinley; potluck luncheon after worship. NEXT SUNDAY - Sunday School Closing Program . . . Thrivent Strawberry Social after worship (see insert) . . . Deadline for July/August DOVE. ( o v e r ) THIS - Tues. - 1:30, Bible Study; 7:00, Women’s Guild; Wed. - 12:00, Salad Bar WEEK Luncheon and Penny Sale; Thurs. - 9:30, Bible Study; 12:00 So. Buffalo Ecumenical Association, Mercy Center, 625 Abbott Rd., - front entrance; program: Rev. Billy Banks, facilitating discussion SBEA review of past year; preview of next; RSVP 822-5962; 6:30, Sunday School Dinner; Friday – Sunday, Eastern District Convention, Daemen College, Main St., Amherst, N. Y. OFFICE HOURS - Monday – Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CLOSED Friday. SALAD BAR LUNCHEON - And Penny sale, this Wednesday, 12:00 noon, tickets available from Shirley Wilke. Please bring clean items for the sale. Example: hand lotion, cake and cookie mixes, knick-knacks, etc. Mark items “Women’s Guild/Penny Sale” and put in the kitchen before this Tuesday. We will gladly accept donations from anyone, not just Guild members. OFFERING UPDATE - Weekly current collected June 1, 2003 - $2,320.75; Weekly current needed - $3,535.75; Weekly attendance – 127 INVITATION - To a special Convention Communion Service as we give glory, honor, and praise to God for His work for 150 years in the Eastern District – Missouri Synod – Saturday, June 14, 7:30 p.m., First Trinity Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls Blvd., Tonawanda; Preacher: Rev. Dr. John Brunner; LADD choir to sing. Reception after. CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEKBIRTHDAYS: Today - Ryan Miller; Tues. - George Merkt, Nicole Miller, Lois Mudie; Thurs. - Lillian Pfeiffer; Fri. - Laverne DeAngelis, Sharon McGill; Sat. - Gloria LeBlanc, Alfred Pfeiffer. ANNIVERSARIES: Today - Warren Sr. & Gertrude Miller; Tues. - John & Cheryl Cudmore; Sat. - Joseph & Bonnie Wrobel. *********************************************************************** “SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER” 1. Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer, That calls me from a world of care, And bids me at my Father’s throne Make all my wants and wishes known, In seasons of distress and grief, My soul has often found relief,
And oft escaped the tempter’s snare, By thy return, sweet hour of prayer. 2. Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer, Thy wings shall my petition bear, To Him whose truth and faithfulness Engage the waiting soul to bless; And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His word and trust His grace, I’ll cast on Him my ev’ry care, And wait, for thee, sweet hour of prayer. 3. Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer, May I thy consolation share, Till, from Mount Pisgah’s lofty height, I view my home, and take my flight: This robe of flesh I’ll drop, and rise To seize the everlasting prize; And shout, while passing thro’ the air, Farewell, farewell, sweet hour of prayer. |