Ninth Sunday after Pentecost-Camp Knutson Sunday
August 14, 2011, 8:30am Service
Crosslake Lutheran Church – ELCA
Crosslake, Minnesota

PREPARATION
PRELUDE (Piano solo by Amy Loreen, “Prelude
Opus 28 No. 4”)
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
(Congregation reads indented lines.)

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for God’s steadfast love endures forever.
The Lord is our strength and our might,
God has become our salvation.
Our soul waits for the Lord;
God is our help and shield.
We give thanks for Camp Knutson,
for campers, counselors, staff, volunteers, and donors.
We rejoice when kindness is abundantly shared:
demonstrating that all people are precious.
At Camp Knutson, participants are built up:
frowns become smiles and fears become laughter;
God’s grace is shared:
for God’s very nature is love.

Confession and Forgiveness

O God, forgive us when take your love for granted.
Have mercy on us. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things done and left undone. Uphold us by your spirit so that we may live and serve you in newness of life, to the honor and glory of your holy name; through Jesus our Lord. The almighty and merciful Lord grant us pardon, forgiveness, and remission of all our sins. Amen! Thanks be to God!

GATHERING
* Greeting
* Hymn ELW 556 “Morning Has Broken”
* Prayer of the Day (prayed in unison)
Holy, triune God—Father, Son, Holy Spirit—you love and seek all people. Teach us as disciples of your Son to love as you do, with compassion and constancy, that your name may be known and embraced throughout the earth.

Choir Anthem “Sing a New Song”
(author: J. Paul Williams, composer: Joseph M. Martin)

WORD
Psalm 67 (reader: Kjersten Grinde)
Songs by Camp Knutson Counselors Chorus
Second Reading: Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
(reader: John Anderson) …Thanks be to God!
Hymn “God Has Done Marvelous Things”
stanzas 1 & 2 - Insert (“Earth and All Stars” tune)
* Gospel Reading: Matthew 15:10-28
…Glory to You, O Lord. ~ …Praise to You, O Christ.
Sermon “That’s Me!” (by Rev. Dick Erickson)
Hymn “God Has Done Marvelous Things”
stanzas 3 & 4 - Insert
* Apostles Creed, ELW p. 217
* Offering
* Offertory (W&P #22, words & music by Marty Haugen)
"Bring forth the kingdom of mercy,
bring forth the kingdom of peace;
bring forth the kingdom of justice,
bring forth the city of God!"

* Prayers of Intercession
…Your mercy is great.
* The Lord’s Prayer, p. 221, left column
SENDING
* Blessing
* Hymn ELW 836 “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”
* Commission
Go in peace; love your neighbor! Thanks be to God!
* Postlude