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ORDER OF SERVICE

OPENING PRAYER

INTROIT HYMN: 303 - Enter into Jerusalem

1 Enter into Jerusalem, let us go to God's house.

With the healthy and the sick, with the worker and theweak, let us go to God's house.

Enter into Jerusalem, let us go to God's house.

Come and run with the wind with the God who reignsin peace, let us go to God's house.

Refrain:

We go celebrate, we go celebrate, we go celebrate, 0 Israel.

Praise the name of the Lord on high, praise his name in song.

Praise the Lord with a heavenly song, with a heavenly song, with a heavenly song, praise the Lord.

2 Enter into Jerusalem, mek wi walk-a-dung dere.

Wid di young and di old and di likkle and di large, mek Wi walk-a-dung dere.

Enter into Jerusalem, mek wi walk-a-dung dere.

Swaying to the breeze with the God who reigns in peace, mek wi walk-a-dung dere.

Refrain:

3 Enter into Jerusalem let us go to God's house; Wid yu Papa and yu Muma, wid yu Uncle and yu Aunt, let us go to God's house.

Enter into Jerusalem, let us go to God's house. Run and catch the breeze with the God who reigns inpeace, Let us go to God's house.

Refrain:

PRESIDENT: Good morning, brothers and sisters in Christ. A warm welcome to our Eucharistic worship. The mass will be a Said Mass.

Today is the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 11A and our collect can be found on page 176.

Wednesday, 22nd July is the Feast of Mary Magdalene. The Feast of St. James, the Apostle is celebrated on Saturday, 25th July. Please remember the Rector and congregation of St. James Parish Church in your prayers.

OPENING SENTENCE:

PRESIDENT: Gracious is the Lord and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

Psalm 116: 4

VERSICLE & RESPONSE (BCP Page 101)

PRESIDENT: Blessed be God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Alleluia. Alleluia.

ALL: And blessed be His Kingdom, now and forever. Amen. Alleluia. Alleluia.

ALL: Blessed Lord and Father, we have assembled in your name and in fellowship with one another. Enable us by your grace to offer the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; to proclaim and respond to your holy word. Teach us to pray for your world and your Church. Grant that we, confessing our sins, may worthily offer to you our souls and bodies as a living sacrifice and eat and drink of your spiritual food in this Holy Sacrament. Amen.

COLLECT FOR PURITY (BCP Page 101)

ALL: Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your Holy Name, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE KYRIE (BCP Page 102)

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS

(BCP Page 102)

Glory to God in the highest, and peace to His people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.

Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One; you alone are the Lord: you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

COLLECTS

PRESIDENT: The Lord be with you.

ALL: And also with you.

PRESIDENT: Let us pray.

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (BCP page 176)

PRESIDENT: Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our

blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

St. James, Apostle (BCP page 187)

PRESIDENT: O gracious God, we remember before you today your servant and apostle James, first among the Twelve to suffer martyrdom for the Name of Jesus Christ; and we pray that you will pour out upon the leaders of your Church that spirit of self-denying service by which alone they may have true authority among your people; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

PRESIDENT: Kindly be seated for the ministry of the word.

FIRST LESSON: Genesis 28:10-19a [Mrs. Coreen Armstrong]

READER: A Reading from the Word of God, written in the book of Genesis, chapter twenty-eight, beginning at the tenth verse.

ILLUMINATION:

READER: Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. He came to a certain place and stayed there for the night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And the Lord stood beside him and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring; and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your offspring. Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place and I did not know it!” And he was afraid, and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.” So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. He called that place Bethel.

READER: The word of the Lord.

ALL: Thanks be to God.

PSALM 139:1-11, 23-24

1. O LORD, thou hast searched me out and known me : thou knowest my downsitting and mine up-rising, thou understandest my thoughts long before.

2. Thou art about my path, and about my bed : and spiest out all my ways.

3. For lo, there is not a word in my tongue : but thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether.

4. Thou hast fashioned me behind and before : and laid thine hand upon me.

5. Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me : I cannot attain unto it.

6. Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit : or whither shall I go then from thy presence?

7. If I climb up into heaven, thou art there : if I go down to hell, thou art there also.

8. If I take the wings of the morning : and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea;

9. Even there also shall thy hand lead me : and thy right hand shall hold me.

10.If I say, Peradventure the darkness shall cover me : then shall my night be turned to day.

11.Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day : the darkness and light to thee are both alike.

23.Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart : prove me, and examine my thoughts.

24. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me : and lead me in the way everlasting.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

SECOND LESSON: Romans 8:12-25 [Mr. Kaiden Goodridge]

READER: A reading from the word of God written in Paul’s letter to the Romans, chapter eight beginning at the twelfth verse.

ILLUMINATION:

READER: Brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him. I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labour pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

READER: The word of the Lord.

ALL: Thanks be to God.

GRADUAL HYMN: 223 - Great is thy faithfulness (verses 1-2)

1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father, there is no shadow of turning with thee; thou changest not, thy compassions they fail not, as thou hast been thou for ever wilt be.

Refrain

Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness; morning by morning new mercies I see; all I have needed thy hand hath provided great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.

Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, sun, moon and stars in their courses above, join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Refrain

THE GOSPEL: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

DEACON: The Lord be with you.

ALL: And also with you.

DEACON: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew, the thirteenth chapter beginning at the twenty-fourth verse.

ALL: Glory to Christ our Saviour

ILLUMINATION:

DEACON: Jesus put before the crowd another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’ He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ But he replied, ‘No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’” Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the

righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen!”

DEACON: This is the Gospel of Christ

ALL: Praise to Christ our Lord

HYMN: 223 (verse 3)

3 Pardon for sin, and a peace that endureth, thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide; strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Refrain

Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness; morning by morning new mercies I see; all I have needed thy hand hath provided great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

THE SERMON

PRESIDENT: Let us now stand and reaffirm our faith in our Lord Jesus Christ in the words of the Nicene Creed.

NICENE CREED [BCP page 104]

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen or unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father. Through Him all things were made.

For us and for our salvation

He came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died and was buried. On the third day He rose again in fulfilment of the Scriptures; He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father. With the Father and the Son He is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

INTERCESSION FORM F (BCP Page 115) [Church Army]

PRESIDENT: Let us pray for the Church and for all people according to their needs. Lord in your love.

ALL: Hear our prayer.

LEADER: Bless and inspire all members of the clergy, especially Philip, our Archbishop; Michael, our Bishop; Hugh, our Priest and Sharon, our Deacon.

ALL: That their lives may be examples of their teaching, and that they may rightly and faithfully administer your holy Sacraments.

LEADER: Guide and protect all Heads of State and all who bear rule, especially those in this land: Jeffrey our President, Mia, the Prime Minister, and all members of Parliament.

ALL: That our people may be godly and peacefully governed.

LEADER: Direct those who administer justice; and strengthen those who guard and protect the land.

ALL: That our people may dwell in peace.

LEADER: Reveal the common good to those in positions of public trust and to decisionmakers in industry and commerce.

ALL: That freedom and dignity may prevail among us.

LEADER: Enlighten with your Spirit all places of education and learning.

ALL: That the whole world may be filled with the knowledge of your truth.

LEADER: Comfort and help all persons who are in any trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity.

ALL: Help us to help them, O Lord.

LEADER: Remember our brothers and sisters, and all others who have died in your faith and fear.

ALL: Grant them peace and eternal life.

LEADER: We thank you, heavenly Father, for the witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus, our Lord and Saviour; for the holy Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles and Martyrs; and all the Saints who have been good examples in their several generations.

CHURCH ARMY PRAYER

LEADER: O Lord, our heavenly father, whose son Jesus Christ came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, bless all members of the Church Army in this and other lands; that following in the steps of your son and giving themselves to the service of their fellowmen, they may be inspired by your love and so worthily minister in your name, to the fallen, the friendless, and the needy for the sake of the same, your son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayer for God’s protection during this Hurricane Season

ALL: Almighty God, governor of all things in Heaven and earth: Receive now, we pray, our supplications for protection from storms or hurricanes. We acknowledge that we are unworthy for the least of your mercies, yet we humbly pray that you will so hold the winds of heaven that we may dwell safely without fear of evil; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.

PRESIDENT: And finally let us pray for our own needs and those of others.

A period of silence may be kept.

ALL: Accept our prayers and intercessions, Father, according to your wisdom, for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

ACT OF PENITENCE (BCP Page 123)

PRESIDENT: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins, and cleanse us from all un-righteousness.

A period of silence shall be kept.

PRESIDENT: Let us therefore confess our sins.

FORM A (BCP Page 123)

ALL: Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we have sinned against you and one another, in thought, word and deed, and in what we have left undone. We are sorry and repent of all our sins. For your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, forgive us all

that is past, and grant that we may serve you in newness of life to the glory of your Name. Amen.

THE ABSOLUTION (BCP Page 124)

PRESIDENT: Almighty God, have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in life eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

ALL: Amen.

THE GREETING OF PEACE (BCP Page 124-125)

FORM C

PRESIDENT: The Kingdom of God is justice, peace, and joy, inspired by the Holy Spirit.

ALL: They who thus serve Christ are acceptable to God and approved by others.

PRESIDENT: The peace of the Lord be always with you.

ALL: And also with you.

PRESIDENT: Let us share that peace.

SONGS FOR THE PEACE:

1 Let us greet somebody in Jesus' name, let us tell them that we love them in Jesus' name; Tell them we can work together in Jesus' name. Everybody smile – Jesus loves you! Everybody smile – Jesus loves you! (Repeat)

2 This is the day, this is the day. That the Lord has made, that the Lord has made. We will rejoice, we will rejoice, And be glad in it, and be glad in it.

This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

This is the day, this is the day That the Lord has made.

(Repeat)

3 I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart; I will enter His courts with praise. I will say this is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice for He has made me glad. He has made me glad, He has made me glad, I will rejoice for He has made me glad. He has made me glad, He has made me glad, I will rejoice for He has made me glad.

(Repeat)

OFFERTORY HYMNS: 418, 866 (SH)

HYMN: 418 - I’m pressing on the upward way

1 I'm pressing on the upward way, new heights I'm gaining every day; still praying as I’m onward bound, ‘Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.’

Refrain: Lord, lift me up, and I shall stand by faith on heaven's tableland; A higher plane than I have foundLord, plant my feet on higher ground.

2 My heart has no desire to stay, where doubts arise and fears dismay; Tho' some may dwell where these abound, my prayer, my aim is higher ground.

Refrain:

3 I want to live above the world, tho' Satan's darts at me are hurled;

for faith has caught the joyful sound, the song of saints on higher ground.

Refrain:

4 I want to scale the utmost height, and catch a gleam of glory bright; but still I'll pray till heaven I've found, "Lord lead me on to higher ground."

Refrain:

HYMN: 866 (SH) – There’s within my heart a melody

1 There's within my heart a melody Jesus whispers sweet and low: Fear not, I am with thee, peace, be still, in all of life's ebb and flow.

Refrain:

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know, fills my ev’ry longing, keeps me singing as I go.

2 All my life was wrecked by sin and strife, discord filled my heart with pain; Jesus swept across the broken strings, stirred the slumb’ring chords again.

Refrain

3 Feasting on the riches of his grace, resting neath his shelt’ring wing, always looking on his smiling face, that is why I shout and sing.

Refrain

4 Though sometimes he leads through waters deep, trials fall across the way, though sometimes the path seems rough and steep, see his footprints all the way.

Refrain

Soon he's coming back to welcome me far beyond the starry sky; I shall wing my flight to worlds unknown; I shall reign with him on high.

Refrain

THE PRESENTATION OF OFFERING - FORM A (BCP

Page 126)

PRESIDENT: Through your goodness, Lord, we have this bread and wine to offer, the fruit of the earth and the work of human hands. They will become our spiritual food.

ALL: All things come from you, O Lord, and of your own do we give you. Blessed be God for ever. Amen.

THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYERS

SURSUM CORDA

PRESIDENT: The Lord be with you.

ALL: And also with you.

PRESIDENT: Lift up your hearts.

ALL: We lift them up to the Lord.

PRESIDENT: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. ALL: It is right to give God thanks and praise.

PRESIDENT: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Father Almighty, everlasting God:

For by water and the Holy Spirit you have made us a new people in Jesus Christ our Lord, to show forth your glory in all the world.

Therefore, we praise you; joining our voices with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven, who forever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:

ALL:

Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of power and might; heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER A (BCP Page 131)

PRESIDENT: All Holy and glorious Father, our Creator God, we give you thanks because in your loving wisdom you brought all things into being, and are truly worthy of praise from every creature you have made.

Again and again we have turned away from you; yet in every age your steadfast love has called us to return, to live in union with you: for it is your eternal purpose to put new life into all things and make them holy.

Through your Son, Jesus Christ who took our human nature upon Him you have redeemed the world from the bondage of sin: and by the power of your Holy Spirit you have gathered a people to yourself, to make known in every place His perfect offering which He made to the glory of your Name.

Hear us, therefore, Father, through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord; And grant that these gifts of bread and wine may be unto us His Body and Blood.

For, on the night He was betrayed He took bread, and when he had given thanks to you, He broke it and gave it to his disciples and said: "Take this and eat it: This is my Body which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me."

And after supper He took the cup of wine: and when He had given thanks, he gave it to them and said: "Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me."

PRESIDENT: Let us proclaim the mystery of our faith.

ALL: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.

PRESIDENT: And so, Heavenly Father, rejoicing in His Holy Incarnation; His Blessed Passion and His Perfect Sacrifice made once for all upon the Cross; His Mighty Resurrection from the dead; His Glorious Ascension into heaven; and looking for His Coming in glory; we offer to you this Bread and this Cup.

We pray that you will accept this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; and grant that all who eat and drink of the Body and Blood of your Son, our great High Priest, may be renewed by your Holy Spirit, and be one Body, one Spirit, in Him.

Let faith and love increase in us. Unite us with all Bishops, all other ministers of your Word and Sacraments, and with the whole people of God, living and departed, whom you have made for yourself.

Confirm us in holiness, that we may be found ready to join the company of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Apostles, St. Lucy, Mary Magdalene, St. James and all your saints, when our Lord Jesus Christ comes again: Forever giving you thanks and praise through Him from whom all good things do come.

With Him and in Him and through Him, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we worship you, Father Almighty, with all who stand before you in earth and heaven, in songs of everlasting praise:

ALL: Blessing and honour and glory and power Be yours for ever and ever. Amen

THE LORD’S PRAYER (BCP Page 144)

PRESIDENT: As our Saviour has taught us, so we pray:

ALL: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen.

THE BREAKING OF BREAD (BCP Page 145)

PRESIDENT: We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.

ALL: Though we are many, we are one body, because we all share in one bread.

THE AGNUS DEI (BCP Page 147)

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: grant us peace.

THE INVITATION (BCP Page 145-146)

FORM B

DEACON: The Gifts of God for the People of God.

ALL: Our souls will feast and be satisfied, and we will sing glad songs of praise to Him.

COMMUNION HYMNS: 624, 579, 466

HYMN: 624 - Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee

1 Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee, who in thy sacrament dost deign to be; both flesh and spirit at thy presence fail, yet here thy presence we devoutly hail.

2 O blest memorial of our dying Lord, who living bread to men doth here afford; O may our souls for ever feed on thee, and thou, O Christ, for ever precious be.

3 Fountain of goodness, Jesu, Lord and God, cleanse us, unclean, with thy most cleansing blood;

increase our faith and love, that we may know the hope and peace which from thy presence flow.

4 O Christ, whom now beneath a veil we see, may what we thirst for soon our portion be, to gaze on thee unveiled, and see thy face, the vision of thy glory and thy grace.

HYMN: 579 - Come with us, O blessed Jesus

1 Come with us, O blessed Jesus, with us evermore to be; and, though leaving now thine altar, let us nevermore leave thee. Be thou one with us for ever, in our life thy love divine our own flesh and blood has taken, and to us thou givest thine.

2 Come with us. O mighty Saviour, God from God, and Light from Light; thou art God, thy glory veiling, so that we may bear the sight. Now we go to seek and serve thee, through our work as through our prayer; grant us light to see and know thee, in thy people everywhere.

3 Come with us, O King of glory, by angelic voices praised; in our hearts as in thy heaven, be enraptured anthems raised. Let the mighty chorus ever sing its glad exultant songs; let its hymn be heard for ever peace for which creation longs.

HYMN: 466 - Father, I place into your hands

1 Father, I place into your hands the things that I can't do. Father, I place into your hands the times that I've been through. Father, I place into your hands the way that I should go, for I know I always can trust you.

2 Father, I place into your hands My friends and family. Father, I place into your hands the things that trouble me. Father, I place into your hands the person I would be, for I know I always can trust you.

3 Father, we love to seek your face, we love to hear your voice.

Father, we love to sing your praise, and in your name rejoice.

Father, we love to walk with you and in your presence rest, for we know we always can trust you.

4 Father, I want to be with you and do the things you do. Father, I want to speak the words that you are speaking too. Father, I want to love the ones that you will draw to you, for I know that I am one with you

HYMNS FOR BLESSING: 447, 668, 667

HYMN: 447 - I love to tell the story

1 I love to tell the story of unseen things above, of Jesus and his glory, of Jesus and his love. I love to tell the story, because I know it's true; it satisfies my longings as nothing else would do.

Refrain:

I love to tell the story; ‘twill be my theme in glory, to tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love.

2 I love to tell the story, for those who know it best seem hungering and thirsting to hear it, like the rest. And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song, ‘twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.

Refrain:

HYMN: 668 - Tell me the stories of Jesus

1 Tell me the stories of Jesus I love to hear; things I would ask him to tell me if he were here: scenes by the wayside, tales of the sea, stories of Jesus, tell them to me.

First let me hear how the children stood round his knee; and I shall fancy his blessing resting on me: words full of kindness, deeds full of grace, all in the love-light of Jesu's face.

Tell how the sparrow that twitters on yonder tree and the sweet meadow-side lily may speak to me; give me their message, for I would hear how Jesus taught us our Father’s care.

4 Tell me, in accents of wonder, how rolled the sea tossing the boat in a tempest on Galilee; and how the Master, ready and kind, chided the billows and hushed the wind.

5 Into the city I'd follow the children's band, waving a branch of the palm-tree high in my hand; one of his heralds, yes, I would sing loudest hosannas! Jesus is King!

Show me the scene, in the garden, of bitter pain; and of the cross where my Saviour for me was slain: sad ones or bright ones, so that they be, stories of Jesus, tell them to me.

HYMN: 667 - Saviour, like a shepherd lead us

1 Saviour, like a shepherd lead us, much we need thy tenderest care; in thy pleasant pastures feed us, for our use thy folds prepare.

Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, thou has bought us, thine we are; blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus thou has bought us, thine we are.

2 We are thine; do thou befriend us, be the guardian of our way; keep thy flock, from sin defend us, seek us when we go astray.

Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus hear, oh hear us when we pray; blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus hear, oh hear us when we pray.

3 Thou hast promised to receive us, poor and sinful though we be; thou hast mercy to relieve us, grace to cleanse, and power to free.

Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus let us early turn to thee.

Early let us seek thy favour, Early let us do thy will; blessed Lord and only Saviour, with thy love our bosoms fill.

Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus thou hast love us, love us still.

THE DISMISSAL

POST COMMUNION PRAYER B

(BCP Page 148)

ALL: Eternal God and Heavenly Father, we thank you for feeding us with the Body and Blood of your Son Jesus Christ. Send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you, and all persons in you, with gladness and singleness of heart, through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

BLESSING:

PRESIDENT: The blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be among you and remain with you always.

ALL: Amen.

PRESIDENT: Kindly be seated for the Notices

NOTICES & HIGHLIGHTS

RECESSIONAL HYMN: 465 - Down in the valley

1 Downin the valley with my Saviour I would go, where flowers are blooming and the sweet waters flow, everywhere he leads me I would follow, follow on, walking in his footsteps till the crown be won.

Refrain:

Follow, follow, I will follow Jesus, anywhere, everywhere, I will follow on.

Follow, follow, I will follow Jesus. Everywhere he leads me I will follow on.

2 Down in the valley with my Saviour I would go, where the storms are sweeping and the dark waters flow, with his hand to lead me I will never, never fear; danger cannot fright me if my Lord is near.

Refrain:

3 Down in the valley or upon the mountain steep, close beside my Saviour would my soul ever keep. He will lead me safely in the path that he has trod, up to where they gather on the hills of God.

Refrain:

CLOSING PRAYERS

DEACON: Go in peace and serve the Lord.

ALL: In the name of Christ. Amen.

ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICES

Greetings and Welcome

We greet you warmly today to our Eucharistic worship. We now invite or visitors to share your name and church community with us.

Thank you for worshipping with us today.

Events In Our Parish (See the below calendar of events)

• Luncheon

St. Lucy Parish Church is hosting a luncheon under the theme, “Together in Unity: A Taste of Paradise” on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. at the Daryll Jordan Secondary School. See the flyer below for more information.

• Cake Sale

The Mothers’ Union will be having a cake sale on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at Jordans Supermarket in Speightstown.

Events in our Diocese

See the attached flyers.

Events of our Lives

Birthdays

Congratulations to all those persons celebrating birthdays this week.

1. Thamonda Husbands - July 19 (shut-in)

2. Marquita Sandiford - July 20

3. Rondelle Yearwood - July 21

4. Dinese Lashley - July 22 (shut-in)

5. Sandra Browne - July 23

6. Bonnie Husbands - July 24

As their days increase, God’s richest blessing on them.

Anniversaries

Congratulations to all persons celebrating anniversaries this week.

Bereavement

We extend condolences to the families of those persons who have died.

May they rest in peace and rise in glory.

Sick & Shut-Ins/Prayer Request

Stella Atwell

Carmen Bowen

Douglas Brome

Marva Brome

Enid Broome

Michael Broomes

Thesby Evans

Anthony Grant

Joyce Grant

Erma Griffith

Gilbert Griffith

Waple Griffith

Audrey Headley

Roy Hinds

Theomonda Husbands

Marva Jordan

Thelma Jordan

Doriel King

Marlene King

Dinese Lashley

Elsie Maxwell

John Maxwell

Horace Nicholls

Eupharene Walkes

Joan Yearwood

Please remember the sick or injured in our parish and the wider community.

Ordination of Mr. Asteir Dean – Former Seminarian

The Right Reverend Laish Boyd, Bishop of the Diocese of the Bahamas & the Turks and Caicos Islands, will ordain Mr. Asteir Dean, our former seminarian, to the Sacred Order of Deacons on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in the Bahamas. Please remember Asteir in your prayers.