18th

Sunday after Trinity

GLORY OF CHIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

4040 Hwy 101 No. Plymouth, MN 55446

Church Office – 763-478-6031 Pastor Preus Cell – 763-438-2375

Pastor Fehrmann Cell – 612-940-1927

Pastor – Rev. Klemet Preus

Assistant Pastors for Missions: Rev. John Fehrmann

Visitation Pastor: Rev. Dean Weibel

Organist: Carla Claussen, Zelda Malo, Maddie Marshall & Sarah Miller

Adult Choir Director: Carla Claussen

Bell Choir Director: Brenda Richards

Music Coordinator: Zelda Malo

Children’s Bell Choir Director: Ellie Leimer

www.gloryofchrist.org

October 3, 2010

Welcome all in the name of Jesus, especially those who are worshiping for the first time with us. Please sign our guest book (make sure to indicate if you would like the Pastor to visit) and pick up a blue visitor packet located on the table in the Narthex and accept our invitation to worship with us again. Who should commune at the Altar of Glory of Christ Lutheran Church? According to the Scriptures and the Confessional statements of the church only those should commune who “have been examined and absolved” by the pastor. If you wish to commune for the first time at Glory of Christ please talk to the pastor before doing so. Holy Communion is the most intimate expression of Christian fellowship and it is important to the members of Glory of Christ Lutheran Church that all who commune have a common understanding and commitment to the Gospel teachings of the Bible. Altar Flower Chart: The cost of the flowers is $30 per Sunday and you will be able to take your flowers home with you after services. Please clearly label your payment for flowers so it gets applied correctly. Janice Hartness is our flower coordinator. If you have any special requests please contact her at 763-355-5427 by the Wednesday prior. 2011 Altar Flower Chart is now available in the Narthex. Kim and Jan Diemand gave altar flowers this morning in celebration of their 35th wedding anniversary. May God bless them on this special day. Sunday Schedule: Divine Service at 9:00 am followed by Bible class and Sunday school at 10:20. Saturday Night Divine Service at 5:00 pm. Wednesday morning 10:00 am Bible Class will begin on October 6th.

Compassion Circle will meet on Monday, October 4th at 1:00 pm. All are welcome. GOC’s Annual Chili Cook-off is scheduled for October 24th. Please sign up in the Narthex today. Dear member of Glory of Christ: Thank you for celebrating my nine years of teaching sixth grade confirmation. It was an honor to teach your children the Ten Commandments. I have felt that teaching the Word of God is the most important thing one can do as a parent or teacher. God bless you for your generous gifts and support. Yours in Christ, Lee Hart Remember in our Prayers: Diane Grothem (mother of Kelly Dorweiller), Ken Schweigher (step father of Becky Johnson), DaniJo Johnson (niece of Roger and Jana Hargreaves), Thalia Kretzschmar, Christopher Esget, Grace Halverson (friend of Chris & Mari Houck), Joan Stieg, Camryn Handberg (niece of Becky Johnson), Nathan Rudeen, Esther Christianer, Laura Marzolf (niece of John & Arlys Edson), Daryl Wolf (father of Cindy Flakne), Arlin Hitchcock, Barb Schulz (sister in-law of Ann Olson), Idena Hagen, Loren Myhre (Julie Anderson’s father)and Tom Haar (uncle of Lisa Paradis). Bethesda Thrift Shop - On Monday, October 11, Bethesda Thrift Shop is having a 50% Off Everything Sale and starting on that date the store hours will be Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-8 p.m, Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 12 noon-4 p.m. Senior day is moving to Monday starting October 18. Check out the new and bigger store at County Road 101 and Highway 7 (Westwind Plaza). Volunteers are always welcome; Glory of Christ works the fourth Saturday of every month. Attention Ladies! Basket making class coming to Glory of Christ! This is a great opportunity for fun, fellowship and a great product in the end. Saturday, October 9th Jo Guttormson is coming to lead a class on making a basket. See the table in the narthex where I have two examples of baskets which I made in classes taught by Jo. Jo Guttormson is a great teacher and I have had a fun time doing this with other women. The cost of the class will be $25 - $30. We will meet at 9:00 am take a short break for lunch (bring your own lunch) and put the final touches on the basket shortly after. Please sign up on the table in the Narthex TODAY! Last day to sign up. Beth 763-475-9393 schoolman@earthlink.net Hay Ride: The youth group (Grade 8th through 12th) will be going on the annual hayride on Sunday, October 17th. Signup sheet in on the table by the youth bulletin board. Fall Cleaning is scheduled for Saturday, October 16th from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Please come and help. Wall Map: We want to plot the location of every member. Every household has been assigned a number. Please locate your name in the notebook by the map and attach the pre numbered sticker on the map where your home is located. Then write down in the notebook the grid that your home is located at (number on the side/letter across the top). Numbers have been assigned to new members. Serving this morning: Coffee: Leo and Eileen Esget Acolyte: Amanda Malo Elders: Bud Hitchcock & Ben Rolf Ushers: Caleb McCreary & Jacob McCreary Altar Guild: Jan Diemand & Beth Schoolman Offering Counters: Craig & Charlotte Smith Bread Baker: Eileen Esget Bread Deliverer: Eileen Esget ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Serving next week: (October 10th) Coffee: Garry and Cheryl McCreary Acolyte: Chris Sikorski Elders: Bud Hitchcock & Ben Rolf Ushers: Russ McBroom and Chuck McGriff Altar Guild: Cheryl McCreary & Sue Torkelson Offering Counters: Bob & Arlene Strom Bread Baker: Kelly Dorweiler Bread Deliverer: Jan Preus � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �

Last Week’s Attendance: Sunday, September 26th 9:00 am 121

Bible Class 48 Sunday School 17

At Glory of Christ the pastor typically makes announcements after the service. So the service just starts at the

appropriate time without a specific welcome. (The welcome actually occurs in the service itself when the pastor says

“The Lord be with you” and the congregation responds.) To follow the service you should turn to the page indicated

at the top of your bulletin insert. This week the page is 167. Usually we simply work through the service interrupting

the process for the singing of hymns, certain prayers and the scripture readings. The prayers are usually printed in

the service folder as are the Scripture readings. Hymns are found in the latter half of the Service book. If you are

having trouble following the service you can ask someone nearby and they will help you. You can also comfort

yourself with the knowledge that almost everyone has a little trouble following the service the first time through. It

gets easier.

Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity Divine Service, Setting Two (page 167)

October 3, 2010 Confession and Absolution – page 167 Entrance Hymn #838 – “The Saints in Christ Are One in Every Place” Kyrie – page 168

Gloria in Excelsis – Page 170

Collect: O God, because without You we are not able to please You, mercifully grant that Your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

The Old Testament Reading: Deuteronomy 10:12–21 12“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding you today for your good? 14Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it. 15Yet the LORD set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day. 16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn. 17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. 18He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 20You shall fear the LORD your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear. 21He is your praise. He is your God, who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen.” Epistle Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:1–9 1Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, 2To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints

together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: 3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in

Christ Jesus, 5that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— 6even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— 7so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Holy Gospel: Matthew 22:34–46

34When the Pharisees heard that [Jesus] had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” 41Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 42saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” 43He said to them, “How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,

44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet’?

45 If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?” 46And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions. The Sermon Hymn #694– “Thee Will I Love My Strength, My Tower”

The Sermon Apostles’ Creed – page 175 Prayers of the Church

Offering

SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT (page 177)

The Distribution Hymns:

Hymn #602 – “The Gifts Christ Freely Gives”

Hymn #687– “Thine Forever God of Love”

Individual Prayer for after Communion: (It is suggested that you pray this in your pew after returning from the altar.)

Almighty and everlasting God, I thank and praise You for feeding me the life-giving body and blood of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ. Send Your Holy Spirit that, having with my mouth received the holy Sacrament, I may by faith obtain and eternally enjoy Your divine grace, the forgiveness of sins, unity with Christ, and life eternal; through Jesus Christ, my Lord, Amen.

Post-Communion Canticle – page 181

BENEDICTION – page 183

The Closing Hymn #919 – “Abide, O Dearest Jesus”