NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
OCTOBER 23, 2011, 9:30AM SERVICE
CROSSLAKE LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA)
CROSSLAKE, MINNESOTA

GATHERING
PRELUDE “He is Exalted”
(authors Taylor and Moen; arranger: Mark Hayes)
* HYMN #632 “O God, Our Help in Ages Past’
* KYRIE – pp. 147-148
* CONFESSION & FORGIVENESS – pp. 94-96
* HYMN OF PRAISE -- pp. 148-149 “Glory to God…”
* PRAYER OF THE DAY (prayed in unison)
O God—Father, Son, Spirit—you know and have told us what makes for peace and wholeness. Renew us in love and train us to care tenderly for all our neighbors. Amen.

ADULT CHOIR ANTHEM

WORD
FIRST READING -- Leviticus 19: 1-2, 15-18
…Thanks be to God!
PSALM 1 (read responsively by half verse)
SECOND READING -- 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
…Thanks be to God!
CHILDREN’S SERMON
* GOSPEL READING -- Matthew 22:34-46
…Glory to You, O Lord. ~ …Praise to You, O Christ.
SERMON
Children excused for Sunday School after sermon.
* HYMN #546 “To Be Your Presence”
APOSTLES’ CREED – p. 105
OFFERING
BELL CHOIR “Nearer My God To Thee”
(by Lowell Mason; arranger: Susan E. Geschke)
* OFFERTORY
PRAISE GROUP “God Of The Harvest” (See insert.)

* PRAYER
SENDING
* ANNOUNCEMENTS
* BLESSING
* COMMISSION
Go in peace; share God’s mercy! Thanks be to God!
* HYMN #721 “Goodness Is Stronger than Evil” (x 3)
* POSTLUDE