Salem Lutheran Church and School

Established 1849 Black Jack, MO

June 21, 2020

The Third Sunday after Pentecost

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Rev. Martin Dressler, Pastor 828-206-4556 [email protected] Rev. Alger J. Tormoehlen, Honorary Pastor Emeritus Church Office: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Monday-Thursday 314-741-6781 5180 Parker Road; Florissant, Missouri 63033 Fax 314-741-1797 School Office: 7:45 AM - 3:45 PM -Daniel Schwerin, Principal 314-741-8220 5190 Parker Road; Florissant, Missouri 63033 Fax 314-741-7242 Website: www.salembjmo.org Church Email: [email protected]

WELCOME to the Lord's House today! May God help us to worship Him in spirit and in truth! If you do not have a regular church home, then we invite you to join our family. May this celebration of the mercy of God enrich your spiritual life and be uplifting for each one of you.

CHILDREN’S BULLETINS are available on the table in the narthex. These feature a coloring sheet and activities for children based on the Scripture readings of the day. Please help yourself.

INDIVIDUAL HEARING ASSISTANCE SETS are available for those with impaired hearing. Please ask an usher for assistance.

LARGE PRINT BULLETINS are available in the narthex.

Sharing the caring CHRIST, …here, there, and everywhere

LIFE THOUGHT Our nation goes to great lengths to protect her endangered landscapes and animals. Yet abortions deliver our children to death, and assisted suicides execute our elders (Matthew 10:21). Jesus categorizes these acts as persecutions against the Gospel. The comfort and courage we need come from knowing (childlike) and showing (father-like) how human lives from womb to tomb “are of more value than many sparrows” (Matthew 10:31).

PRAYER BEFORE WORSHIP O Lord, our creator, redeemer, and comforter, as we come together to worship You in spirit and in truth, we humbly pray that You would open our hearts to the preaching of Your Word so that we may repent of our sins, believe in Jesus Christ as our only Savior, and grow in grace and holiness. Hear us for His sake. Amen.

THOSE SERVING US TODAY

Preacher/Liturgist: Pastor Martin Dressler

Organist/Pianist: Elin Gomez

(Please silence your cell phones) 2 ORDER OF SERVICE

WELCOME

(Please stand)

OPENING HYMN We Know that Christ Is Raised (LSB 603)

Text: © John B. Geyer. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110003345

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION P: In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen.

P: Our help is in the name of the Lord, C: who made heaven and earth.

P: If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? C: But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared.

P: Since we are gathered to hear God’s Word and call upon Him in prayer and praise, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

3 C: Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.

P: Almighty God, merciful Father, in Holy Baptism You declared us to be Your children and gathered us into Your one, holy Church, in which You daily and richly forgive us our sins and grant us new life through Your Spirit. Be in our midst, enliven our faith, and graciously receive our prayer and praise; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. C: Amen.

PSALM 91:1-10 P: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. C: I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” P: For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

C: You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. P: A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. C: Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place— the Most High, who is my refuge— no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.

THIS IS THE FEAST

SALUTATION AND COLLECT OF THE DAY P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. P: Let us pray. C: O God, because Your abiding presence always goes with us, keep us aware of Your daily mercies that we may live secure and content in Your eternal love; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

(Please be seated)

OLD TESTAMENT READING Jeremiah 20:7-13 O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; everyone mocks me. For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, “Violence and destruction!” 5 For the word of the LORD has become for me a reproach and derision all day long. If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot. For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my close friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him.” But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten. O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause. Sing to the LORD; praise the LORD! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.

EPISTLE Romans 6:12-23 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have 6 become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.

(Please stand)

ALLELUIA AND VERSE

HOLY GOSPEL Matthew 10:5a, 21-23 P: The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the tenth chapter. C: Glory to You, O Lord.

These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, . . . “Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are 7 not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.”

P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to You, O Christ.

NICENE CREED C: I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life T of the world to come. Amen.

(Please be seated)

8 SERMON HYMN: Take My Life and Let It Be (LSB 783)

5 Take my will and make it Thine, It shall be no longer mine; Take my heart, it is Thine own, It shall be Thy royal throne.

6 Take my love, my Lord, I pour At Thy feet its treasure store; Take myself, and I will be Ever, only, all for Thee.

SERMON: “Baptized into God’s Greater Story” Romans 6:12-23 Pastor Dressler

(Please stand)

PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH P: Lord, in Your mercy, C: hear our prayer.

SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT

Follow the direction of the usher to approach the altar. Distribution of the elements will be by wafers placed into your hands and individual cups.

PREFACE LSB 160 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. 9 P: It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:

SANCTUS LSB 161

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING P: Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, for You have had mercy on those whom You created and sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and be our Savior. With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross.

Gathered in the name and the remembrance of Jesus, we beg You, O Lord, to forgive, renew, and strengthen us with Your Word and Spirit. Grant us faithfully to eat His body and drink His blood as He bids us do in His own testament. Gather us together, we pray, from the ends of the earth to celebrate with all the faithful the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom, which has no end. Graciously receive our prayers; deliver and preserve us. To You alone, O Father, be all glory, honor, and worship, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen.

LORD’S PRAYER P: Lord, remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray: C: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, 10 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.

THE WORDS OF OUR LORD P: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My T body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My T blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

PAX DOMINI LSB 180 P: The peace of the Lord be with you always. C: Amen.

(Please be seated)

AGNUS DEI LSB 163

11 DISTRIBUTION HYMNS Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ (TFF 232)

Beneath the Cross (Keith and Kristyn Getty)

CCLI License # 2029758 Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face (LSB 631)

Hymn continues on following page.

13 5 Mine is the sin, but Thine the righteousness; Mine is the guilt, but Thine the cleansing blood; Here is my robe, my refuge, and my peace: Thy blood, Thy righteousness, O Lord my God.

6 Too soon we rise; the vessels disappear; The feast, though not the love, is past and gone; The bread and wine remove, but Thou art here; Nearer than ever; still my shield and sun.

7 Feast after feast thus comes and passes by, Yet, passing, points to that glad feast above, Giving sweet foretaste of the festal joy, The Lamb’s great marriage feast of bliss and love.

(Please stand)

POST-COMMUNION COLLECT P: We give thanks to You, almighty God, that You have refreshed us through this salutary gift, and we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward You and in fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen.

BENEDICTION P: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and T give you peace. C: Amen.

CLOSING HYMN: Thine the Amen, Thine the Praise (LSB 680)

++++++ OFFERING OFFERING VERSE – “…[P]resent yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.” Romans 6:13b

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK – “The church is constituted as a new people who have been gathered from the nations to remind the world that we are in fact one people. Gathering, therefore, is an eschatological act as it is the foretaste of the unity of the communion of the saints.” ― Stanley Hauerwas, In Good Company: The Church as Polis

Acknowledgments Divine Service, Setting One from Lutheran Service Book Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.

15 OUR FATHER’S BUSINESS For the week of June 21 through June 28, 2020

TODAY: Father’s Day Bible Study and Sunday School 8:45 AM DIVINE SERVICE with COMMUNION 10:00 AM

MONDAY: Sewing Circle (Quilters) 8:30 AM DIVINE SERVICE with COMMUNION 7:00 PM Vacation Bible School Day 1

TUESDAY: Vacation Bible School Day 2

WEDNESDAY: Newsletter Mailing 9:00AM Vacation Bible School Day 3

THURSDAY: Sewing Circle (Quilters) 8:30 AM Vacation Bible School Day 4

FRIDAY: Vacation Bible School Day 5

NEXT SUNDAY: Bible Study and Sunday School 8:45 AM DIVINE SERVICE with COMMUNION 10:00 AM

A MEASURE OF LOVE FOR OUR LORD For the week of June 7, 2020 Worship Service Attendance 58+8=66 Tithes and Offerings $18,276.00 Weekly Offerings Budget $8,000.00 For the week of June 14, 2020 Sunday School 4 students, 4 teachers/helpers Sunday Bible Class 12 [not enough! Join us in the Gym!] Worship Service Attendance 68+11=79 Tithes and Offerings $4,621.00 Weekly Offerings Budget $8,000.00

16 ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. FLOWERS ON THE ALTAR this Father’s Day are placed in honor of Salem’s oldest father, Bob Dieckmann, and newest father, Marc Huels.

2. ALTAR FLOWERS – If you would like to provide flowers for a worship service, you may sign up to do so on the Flower Chart available in the narthex or by calling the church office. Please plan to take the flowers after the service as delivery by the Flower Committee cannot be done at the present time due to quarantine conditions.

3. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY – Our Lutherans for Life Chapter wishes all fathers and future fathers our blessings. Thank you for being a father who worships and gives your family a good example. After the worship service we will be giving everyone a live plant. Plant it in your flower bed and remember that our Lord Jesus wants all of us to have life forever with Him.

4. THE ANNUAL DIAPER SHOWER sponsored by the Lutherans For Life Chapter has been extended until further notice. If you have not been able to get out and purchase diapers and/or wipes or have not been able to bring them to church, the table in the narthex will remain set up indefinitely. Thanks to everyone who has made a donation of diapers that will be given to the food pantry at Concordia Seminary to help the Sem families.

5. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - Welcome to Kingdom Zoo! the online Vacation Bible School where we learn all about how God used animals to accomplish His plans in the Bible. Children will sing songs, listen to stories, explore God's creation, make crafts, and pray. Together we will see how God Creates, Provides, Protects, Saves, and Calls us, His zoo keepers! Each session should take just over an hour to complete. You can access the Kingdom Zoo! videos online at www.salembjmo.org, or on our Facebook page or YouTube channel. The first video will be available on Monday, June 22. See you there!

6. THIS WEEK ON KFUO AM850, we have our annual Sharathon, postponed from April. We ask that you prayerfully support KFUO Radio June 25-27 as you are able. Listen live at kfuo.org! We also discuss the importance of Play on Mental Health Monday (6/22 at 9:00 a.m.) and continue studying the book of James on Sharper Iron (weekdays at 8:00 a.m.).

7. E-GIVING IS NOW POSSIBLE for making your gifts to Salem! You can download the Abundant app on your smart device and search for Salem Lutheran Church, you can text SALEMBJ to 73256 to receive a link to make your donation, or you can go to: https://abundant.co/salemlutheranchurch If you have any questions, please call Lisa Briggs (314) 330-2674. 17 8. THE LUTHERAN RESALE SHOP is ready to accept your donations. Our hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm. We are located at 6701 W. Florissant, Jennings, MO. Our phone number is 314-389- 9970. Next time you visit, look for all the "new" summer clothes, shoes, etc. that the many volunteers put out. We are always looking for volunteers. We are especially looking for someone who knows how to price vintage collectibles and jewelry. This person would volunteer several days a month on their own schedule. If you are interested, please call the Shop on any Monday. We hope to see you soon.

19 CONGREGATION AT PRAYER: Week of June 21, 2020 - OUR MEMBERS: David and Lisa Goodwin, Tessa; Gene and Myrna Goris; Jan and Susan Goris - OUR HOMEBOUND MEMBERS: Melvin Meyer; Lois Niehaus; LaVerne Schnelle - OUR ILL / HOSPITALIZED: Darryl Gronemeier, Leo Russavage, Teddy Smith, Todd Fuller, Earl LaMotte, Loretta Riedisser, Emma Helmkamp, Anthony Mueller (grandson of Larry and Loretta Riedisser), Bernie Pikal (son-in-law of the Gronemeiers), Cliff Fuller, Thresa Jacobsmeyer, Karen Becker, Betty Williams, Christina Brower, Ini Udofia, and Steve Ziegler. - OUR SISTER CONGREGATIONS: Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau, MO; Emmaus Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minnesota; and Zion Lutheran Church in Accident, Maryland. - ANNIVERSARIES: Bill and Delle Jackson (6/22) - BIRTHDAYS: Evelyn Gronemeier (6/21), Clyde Bowman (6/23), Stephanie Edwards (6/23), Josie LaMotte (6/24), Kelley Ray (6/25), Marlin Stellhorn (6/26), Dennis Schneider (6/27), Sharon Knabach (6/27) - GUIDANCE and PATIENCE for all as we navigate ever-changing procedures with COVID-19 - EMPATHY, PATIENCE, MERCY, and an END to racism and violence in our nation DEVOTION: Portals of Prayer LEARN BY HEART: Ephesians 2:13 DAILY READINGS: . Sun: Proverbs 24:1-22; John 19:1-22 . Mon: Proverbs 25:1-22; John 19:23-42 . Tues: Proverbs 27:1-24; John 20:1-18 . Wed: Proverbs 30:1-9, 18-33; John 20:19-31 . Thurs: Proverbs 31:10-31; John 21:1-25 . Fri: Joshua 1:1-18; Acts 8:1-25 . Sat: Joshua 2:1-24; Acts 8:26-40