Bulletin

Thirteeenth Sunday after Pentecost                                           September 7, 2003

SALEM  EVANGELICAL  LUTHERAN  CHURCH

10   McClellan  Circle  -  Buffalo, New York 14220

Phone:  824-2787

e-mail: salemoncircle@yahoo.com

website:  www.salembuffalo.com

Rev. David F. C. Wurster, Ph.D.  -  Pastor  -  825-3253

Lois L. Jones, Director of Music     Stephanie Pittock, Director of Christian Growth

Ernelle L. Ponivas, Secretary       Stephen Jarmusz Sr., Custodian

Rev. Richard E. Blemaster, Pastor Emeritus

Sunday School & Bible Classes . . . 9:00 a.m.

Worship  .  .  .  .  10:30 a.m.

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ORDER  OF  WORSHIP

Lutheran Worship – Page 158

G A T H E R I N G

INSTALLATION  OF  ACOLYTES

HYMN  -  “Alleluia!  Let Praises Ring”  -  verses 1 & 4                            LW 437

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 and Children’s Message)

 

T H E    W O R D

OLD  TESTAMENT  (insert)  -  Proverbs  9:1-6

GRADUAL  (insert)  -  sung  by  all

EPISTLE  (insert)  -  Ephesians  5:15-20

                              Verse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 164

GOSPEL with Gospel Procession  (insert) – John 6:51-58

                                    (Versicles sung before & after reading) page 165

HYMN  OF  THE  DAY  -  “Lord of the Dance”  -  (see insert)

SERMON  -  “Can Lutherans  Dance?”  -  John 6:51-58 and 68

CREED  -  Nicene  Creed  (rise)  -                                                          page 166

PRAYERS  FOR  TODAY’S  NEEDS  AND  MISSIONS

      At the words of  “let us pray to the Lord”

      Response of Congregation:  “Lord, have mercy.”

INSTALLATION  of  Mrs. Stephanie Pittock as Director of Christian Growth

                                          (DCG) at Salem

      Commissioning of Sunday School Staff (parents rise)

      Confirmation Class Learning Covenants

      Bibles given to Sunday School Students

SHARING  OF  THE  PEACE  &  GREETINGS

T H E    W O R D    I N    T H E    S U P P E R

OFFERING  -  Sunday School Children

OFFERTORY  -                                                                                       page 168

THE  PREFACE                                                                                       page 170

WORDS  OF  INSTITUTION                                                                 page 171

COMMUNION  &  COMMUNION  HYMNS – (continuous communion)

        (Prayers for Communion on page 128)

                “Come Holy Spirit”  (see insert)

            “Holy Is The Lord”  (see insert)

            “I Am The Bread of Life”  (see insert)

            “Seek Ye First”  (see insert)

S E N D I N G

CANTICLE

PRAYER  &  BENEDICTION

HYMN  -  “Yours Forever God of Love”                                          LW 256

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ASSISTANTS  IN  TODAY’S  WORSHIP

Celebrant  .  .  .  Rev. David F. C. Wurster, Ph. D.                      Lector . . . Kate Carr

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

Assistants  .  .  .  Ken Kushka & Paul Thomas Jr.

Welcomers . .  .  Shirley Banas & Grace Belter

Ushers  .  .  .  .  . Fred  Bartz  Jr.,  David  Carlson,  Mark  Thomas,  Paul  Thomas Jr.,

                           Chuck  Yung

Altar  .  .  .  .  .  . Robert  &  Carol  Wolf

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FLOWERS  -  Are given by the Women’s Guild to God’s Glory.

SICK  - 

BIRTHDAY  -  Dorothy Szafranski’s 85th this Wednesday.

ANNIVERSARY  -  David & Claire Carlson’s 20th this Wednesday.

PRAYER – for Pastor Jeffrey Bloom and his family, whose 7 year old daughter

                    drowned last week.  He is serving as pastor in Pilger, Nebraska.

TODAY – RALLY DAY; with the Installation of our new Director of Christian

                  Growth, Mrs. Stephanie Pittock; Sunday School teachers and officers.

NEXT  SUNDAY  -  Reception for Pastor Blemaster to celebrate his 45th anniversary of

                                   ordination into the ministry of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod.  A reception will follow our 10:30 a.m. worship service and will be held in the lower assembly hall.  Everyone is encouraged to attend.

THIS  -  Mon.  -  12:00, Quilting Group (bring lunch);  Tues.  -  1:00, Bible Study

WEEK  resumes; 7:00, Church Council; 7:00, Women’s Guild;  Wed.  -  7:30, Sr. Choir;

               Thurs.  -  9:30, Bible Study; 12:00, So. Bflo. Ecum. Assoc., So. Park United Presbyterian Church, 519 McKinley; Sat.  -  10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. youth  car wash and hot dog sale.

OFFICE  HOURS – Monday through Thursday: 9 – 4 p.m. Friday: 9 – 2 p.m.

WOMEN’S  GUILD  -  Meeting this Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in the social room.  All

                                       ladies are welcome.

OFFERING  UPDATE  -  Weekly current collected August 31, 2003 - $2,597.25; attendance – 122;  Weekly current needed - $2,958.83.

YOUTH  -  CAR WASH and HOT DOG SALE this Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at

                   Salem.  All proceeds will be used to help send them to a youth gathering in Orlando next summer.  All youth who will be 15 years old by September 30, 2004 are eligible to attend the National Youth Gathering in Orlando next July.  If you are interested, please let Melissa Banas know today.

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CELEBRATIONS  THIS  WEEK

BIRTHDAYS:  Today  -  Shannon Coyne;  Mon.  -  Laura Karter;  Wed.  -  Gary Miller,

                          Dorothy Szafranski, Nicholas Dils;  Thurs.  -  Theresa Rylowicz, Samantha Jindra;  Sat..  -  Thelma Eberhardt.

ANNIVERSARIES:  Wed.  -  David & Claire Carlson;  Kevin & Patty Monk.

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“LORD  OF  THE  DANCE”

 

1.   I danced in the morning when the world was begun,

      And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun

      And I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth

      At Bethlehem I had my birth –

      REFRAIN:  Dance then wherever you may be

                          I am the Lord of the Dance said he

                          And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be, and

                          I’ll lead you all in the Dance said he.

2.   I danced for the scribe and the pharisee

      But they would not dance; and they wouldn’t follow me,

      I danced for the fishermen; for James and John –

      They came with me and the dance went on.

      REFRAIN.

3.   I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame

      The holy people said it was shame

      They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high

      And they left me there on a Cross to die –

      REFRAIN.

4.   I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black –

      It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back;

      They buried my body and they thought I’d gone –

      But I am the dance and I still go on.

      REFRAIN.

5.   They cut me down and I leapt up high

      I am the life that’ll never, never die

      I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me

      I am the Lord of the Dance said he

      REFRAIN.

 

 

COMMUNION  HYMNS:

“COME,  HOLY  SPIRIT”

 

      Come, Holy Spirit, I need You,

      Come, sweet Spirit, I pray;

      Come in Your strength and Your power,

      Come in Your own gentle way.

( O V E R )

“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!

 

“I  AM  THE  BREAD  OF  LIFE”

 

1.   I am the Bread of Life.  You who come to me shall not hunger;

      And who believe in me shall not thirst. 

      No one can come to me unless the Father draw them.

      REFRAIN:  And I will raise you up, and I will raise you up,

                          And I will raise you up on the last day.

2.   The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world,

      And if you eat of this bread, you shall live forever, shall live

            forever.

      REFRAIN.

3.   Unless you eat of the flesh of the Son of Man and drink of His

            blood,

      And drink of His blood, you shall not have life within you.

      REFRAIN.

4.   I am the Resurrection, I am the Life.  If you believe in me,

            even though you die, you shall live forever.

      REFRAIN.

5.   Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,

            who have come into the world.

      REFRAIN.

 

“SEEK  YE  FIRST”

 

1.   Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness.

      And all these things shall be added unto you!  Allelu, alleluia!

2.   Ask and it shall be given unto you, seek and ye shall find.

      Knock and the door shall be opened unto you.  Allelu, alleluia!

3.   Man does not live by bread alone, but by ev’ry word

      That proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.  Allelu, alleluia!