Fourth Sunday After Pentecost, July 10, 2011, 8:30am
Crosslake Lutheran Church – ELCA
Crosslake, MN

GATHERING
WELCOME
CONFESSION & FORGIVENESS -- pp. 94-96
PRELUDE: Bell Choir “African Noel” (Christmas in July)
* HYMN: Insert “Bring Forth the Kingdom”
* GREETING/KYRIE/PRAISE CANTICLE -- pp. 147-149
* PRAYER OF THE DAY (prayed in unison)
Holy Triune God, thank you for planting your word in our ears and minds. Enable us to treasure our communion with you so that we grow in faith, hope, and love, for the sake of the world, through Christ our brother. Amen.
WORD
CHOIR ANTHEM “Go Out With Joy”
1ST READING: Isaiah 55:10-13…Thanks be to God!
HYMN #726 (Choir: 1-2; All: 3) “Light Dawns on a
Weary World”
2nd READING: Romans 8:1-11…Thanks be to God!
* GOSPEL ACCLAMATION -- p. 151 Alleluia, Lord…
* GOSPEL READING: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 (read in
unison)
…Glory to You, O Lord. ~ …Praise to You, O Christ.
SERMON
* HYMN #512 (x 3) “Lord, Let My Heart Be Good Soil”
* APOSTLES’ CREED – p. 105
* PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
* THE LORD’S PRAYER – p. 154, right column
OFFERING
* OFFERTORY:
Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One, give thanks because he’s given Jesus Christ, his Son. (Repeat) And now let the weak say, ‘I am strong,’ let the poor say, ‘I am rich,’ because of what the Lord has done for us. (Repeat) Give thanks.
OFFERTORY PRAYER

SENDING
ANNOUNCEMENTS
* BLESSING
* COMMISSION
Go in peace; love your neighbor! Thanks be to God!
* HYMN: #550 “On What Has Now Been Sown”
* POSTLUDE