Celebrations!Sunday, October 19, 2014 10:45 am

Gathering in God’s Name As We Gather The Christian faith is more than words; it is the entirety of life. All different aspects of life work together in harmony as God gives direction. With the hymnwriter Frances Havergal, we pray, “Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee”. That consecration includes our hands, our voices, our intellects, and so much more. Even when there is suffering in our lives, the assurance of the Holy Spirit that God is at work in us carries us through the challenging times. A well-integrated faith is a gift of God that shapes and gives eternal value to all of our earthly lives.

Pre-service Music "We Gather Together" Chantz Heid--Trumpet solo

Welcome Community Greeting

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Opening song (Please stand)

Gathering Prayer

Children’s Message (Please be seated)

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God’s Word for UsOld Testament (Please be seated) Isaiah 5:1-7

5:1 Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 2 He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. 4 What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes? 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!

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

Epistle Ephesians 5:1-91Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2And walk in love, as Christ

loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 3But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. 4Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. 5For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7Therefore do not associate with them; 8for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

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

Anthem “All to Us” Calvary Chorale

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Holy Gospel (Please stand) Matthew 21:33–46

Pastor: “Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” They said to Him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.” Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

People: “‘The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone;this was the Lord’s doing,and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Pastor: “Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.” When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking about them. And although they were seeking to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, because they held Him to be a prophet.

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

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Hymn of Praise

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Sermon(Sermon notes are located on the back of the Prayer Sheet)

Thanking Him with Our Lives Rite of Fellowship(Welcome! Please add your name to the fellowship pad.)

Gathering of Offerings (As an act of worship and thanksgiving, we offer to God what He has first given to us: the first and best of our lives, time, talents and financial gifts. We trust Him to supply all our needs. If you would like to give your offering electronically, you can use www.clcs.org/donate or the QR code here.)

Solo “Breathe” Susie Emmelman

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Prayers of God’s People (Please stand)P: Let us pray for the whole people of God, in Christ Jesus, who is our cornerstone

and foundation.L: O God of hosts, as we build on Christ, our cornerstone, grant us Your grace to

be faithful tenants as we bear fruit for You through the power of Your Holy Spirit. We especially give thanks this day for the work of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and our own Willing Workers. Bless all of their efforts to ex-tend the kingdom of God to those who need to hear you. Bless these mites and mite boxes brought before you that they may be a service to those reaching out with the Good News of Christ Jesus. Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

C: for His steadfast love endures forever!L: O God of hosts, like the apostle Paul, help us also to count everything as loss

because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus, that we would set our hearts not on the things of this world, but things above. Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

C: for His steadfast love endures forever!P: O God of hosts, You are our rock in times of trouble. Watch over Your servants

in their time of need. Look with favor upon those who are suffering illness or pain, and give Your peace that passes understanding to those who mourn, we pray especially for (…special petitions). Give restoration according to Your will and the assurance that Your grace is sufficient for them. Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

C: for His steadfast love endures forever!P: O God of hosts, in times of joy we turn to You with thanksgiving. May we never

forget that all we have comes from You. You urge us to rejoice with those who rejoice, therefore, we join in prayer with (…special petitions). Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

C: for His steadfast love endures forever!L: O God of hosts, You are the Lord of the nations and mighty to save, and so we

ask that You protect those who serve in the armed forces of our nation. Grant them courage, strength, and integrity. We thank You for their service on our be-half. Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

C: for His steadfast love endures forever!L: Lord God, into Your hands we commend all for whom we pray, confident that for

the sake of Jesus, You hear and answer.C: Amen.

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The Gospel Song

Lord's Prayer P: Trusting in our Lord’s promises, we boldly pray:C: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom

come, 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 for-ever and ever. Amen.

Sent with His BlessingBlessingP: The grace of our Lord T Jesus Christ, the steadfast love of God, and the fellowship

of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: Amen!

Sending Song 9

“Take my life and let it be”

Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of Thy love.At the impulse of Thy love.

Take my feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for Thee.Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King.Always, only, for my King.

Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold.Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise.Let them flow in ceaseless praise.

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.It shall be Thy royal throne.

Take my heart, it is Thine own; it shall be Thy royal throne.It shall be Thy (slowing) ro_yal throne.

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