ORDER OF SERVICE
OPENING PRAYER
INTROIT HYMN: 362 - All things praise thee, Lord most high
1 All things praise thee, Lord most high, heaven and earth and sea and sky, all were for thy glory made, that thy greatness, thus displayed, should all worship bring to thee; all things praise thee: Lord, may we.
2 All things praise thee; night to night sings in silent hymns of light; all things praise thee; day to day chants thy power in burning ray; time and space are praising thee, all things praise thee: Lord, may we.
3 All things praise thee, high and low, rain and dew, and seven-hued bow, crimson sunset, fleecy cloud, rippling stream, and tempest loud, summer, winter - all to thee glory render: Lord may we.
4 All things praise thee; heaven's high shrine rings with melody divine; lowly bending at thy feet, seraph and archangel meet; this their highest bliss, to be ever praising: Lord, may we.
5 All things praise thee; gracious Lord, great Creator, powerful Word, omnipresent Spirit, now at thy feet we humbly bow; lift our hearts in praise to thee; all things praise thee: Lord, may we.
PRESIDENT: Good morning, brothers and sisters in Christ. A warm welcome to our Eucharistic worship.
Today is the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 11C and our collect can be found on page 176.
Tuesday, July 22nd is the feast of St. Mary Magdalene and Friday, July 25th is the feast of St. James, the Apostle.
The Eucharist continues on page 100.
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.
COLLECT
PRESIDENT: The Lord be with you!
ALL: And also with you!
PRESIDENT: Let us pray.
Sixth 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.
PRESIDENT: Kindly sit for the ministry of the word.
FIRST LESSON: Amos 8:1-12
[Mrs. Julia Boyce]
READER: A Reading from the Word of God, written in the book of Amos, chapter eight beginning at the first verse.
ILLUMINATION:
READER: This is what the Lord God showed me a basket of summer fruit. He said, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the Lord said to me, "The end has come upon my people Israel; I will never again pass them by. The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day," says the Lord God; "the dead bodies shall be many, cast out in every place. Be silent!" Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land, saying, "When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain; and the sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah small and the shekel great, and practice deceit with false balances, buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, and selling the sweepings of the wheat." The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds. Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who lives in it, and all of it rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt? On that day, says the Lord God, I will make the sun go down at noon, and darken the earth in broad daylight. I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day. The time is surely coming, says the Lord God, when I will send a famine on the land; not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They
shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.
READER: The word of the Lord.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
PSALM 52
1. Why boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant : that thou canst do mischief;
2. Whereas the goodness of God : endureth yet daily?
3. Thy tongue imagineth wickedness : and with lies thou cuttest like a sharp razor.
4. Thou hast loved unrighteousness more then goodness : and to talk of lies more than righteousness.
5. Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt : O thou false tongue.
6. Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever : he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living.
7. The righteous also shall see this, and fear : and shall laugh him to scorn;
8. Lo, this is the man that took not God for his strength : but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
9. As for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God : my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever.
10.I will always give thanks unto thee for that thou hast done : and I will hope in thy Name, for thy saints like it well.
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: Colossians 1:15-28 [Mr. Denis Yearwood]
READER: A reading from the word of God written in the book of Colossians, chapter one, beginning at the fifteenth verse.
ILLUMINATION:
READER: Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers-- all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross. And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a servant of this gospel. I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. I became its servant according to God's commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
READER: The word of the Lord. ALL: Thanks be to God.
GRADUAL HYMN: 511 - Blest are the pure in heart (verses 1&2)
1 Blest are the pure in heart, for they shall see our God; the secret of the Lord is theirs; their soul is Christ's abode.
2 The Lord, who left the heavens our life and peace to bring, to dwell in lowliness with men their Pattern and their King.
THE GOSPEL: Luke 10:38-42
PRESIDENT: The Lord be with you.
ALL: And also with you.
PRESIDENT: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke the tenth chapter beginning at the thirty-eighth verse.
ALL: Glory to Christ our Saviour
ILLUMINATION:
PRESIDENT: As Jesus and his disciples went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her."
PRESIDENT: This is the Gospel of Christ
ALL: Praise to Christ our Lord
HYMN: 511 (verse 3&4)
3 Still to the lowly soul he doth himself impart; and for his dwelling and his throne chooseth the pure in heart.
4 Lord, we thy presence seek; may our this blessing be; give us a pure and lowly heart, a temple meet for thee.
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 Senior Bishop; Michael, our Bishop; and Hugh, our Priest.
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: Sandra 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 A
PRESIDENT: We are the body of Christ. By the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. and have all been made to drink of the one Spirit.
ALL: Let us then pursue the things that make for peace and build up the common life.
PRESIDENT: The peace of the Lord be always with you.
ALL: And also with you.
PRESIDENT: Let us share that peace.
THE PEACE SONG: I’ve got peace like a river
1 I've got peace like a river, I've got peace like a river, I've got peace like a river in my soul. I've got peace like a river, I've got peace like a river, I've got peace like a river in my soul.
2 I've got love like an ocean, I've got love like an ocean, I've got love like an ocean in my soul. I've got love like an ocean, I've got love like an ocean, I've got love like an ocean in my soul.
3 I've got joy like a fountain, I've got joy like a fountain, I've got joy like a fountain in my soul. I've got joy like a fountain, I've got joy like a fountain, I've got joy like a fountain in my soul.
OFFERTORY HYMNS: 232, 483
HYMN: 232 - My God, how wonderful thou art
1 My God, how wonderful thou art, thy majesty how bright, how beautiful thy mercy-seat, in depths of burning light!
2 How dread are thine eternal years, O everlasting Lord, by prostrate spirits day and night incessantly adored!
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How wonderful, how beautiful, the sight of thee must be, thine endless wisdom, boundless power, and awful purity!
4 Oh, how I fear thee, Living God, with deepest, tenderest fears, and worship thee with trembling hope, and penitential tears!
5 Yet I may love thee too, O Lord, almighty as thou art, for thou hast stooped to ask of me the love of my poor heart.
6 No earthly father loves like thee, no mother, e'er so mild, bears and forbears as thou hast done with me thy sinful child.
7 Father of Jesus, love's reward! What rapture will it be, prostrate before thy throne to lie, and gaze and gaze on thee.
HYMN: 483 - Father, hear the prayer we offer
1 Father, hear the prayer we offer: not for ease that prayer shall be, but for strength that we may ever live our lives courageously.
2 Not for ever in green pastures do we ask our way to be; but the steep and rugged pathway may we tread rejoicingly.
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Not for ever by still waters would we idly rest and stay; but would smite the living fountains from the rocks along our way.
4 Be our strength in hours of weakness, in our wanderings be our guide; through endeavour, failure, danger, Father, be thou at our side.
THE PRESENTATION OF OFFERING - FORM B (BCP Page 126)
PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE
Father, we offer to you these gifts which you have given us; this bread, this wine, this money. With them we offer ourselves, our lives, and our work, to become through your Holy Spirit a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice. As this bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ, so may we and all your people become channels of your love; through the same Christ our Lord. 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 you are the source of light and life; you made us in your image, and called us to new life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
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 D (BCP Page 140)
PRESIDENT: All glory, praise and thanksgiving be unto you, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God, you created the world and all mankind, and of your tender mercy gave your only Son Jesus Christ to take our nature upon Him, and to suffer death upon the cross, for our redemption, He made there, by His own oblation of Himself once offered, a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world; and He instituted, and in his holy Gospel commanded us to continue, a perpetual memory of His precious death, until His coming again.
Hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech you; and be pleased to accept, bless and sanctify these gifts and creatures of bread and wine; that they may be for us the Body and Blood of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ.
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: In faith we acclaim You, O Christ
ALL: Dying, You destroyed our death; Rising, You restored our life; Christ Jesus, come in glory.
PRESIDENT: Now therefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, we your servants with all your holy people, having in remembrance the blessed passion, mighty resurrection, and glorious ascension of your beloved Son, do offer unto your Divine Majesty this Bread of eternal life and this Cup of everlasting salvation, rendering thanks to you for the wonderful redemption which you have made possible for us in Him.
And we beseech you O Father, to accept upon your heavenly altar, this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; and to grant that by the merits and death of your Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in His blood, we and all your whole Church may obtain remission of our sins and all other benefits of His passion.
And we pray that by the power of your Holy Spirit all who shall be partakers of this holy Communion may be filled with your grace and heavenly benediction; and be numbered in the glorious company of your Saints.
And here we offer and present unto you, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy and lively sacrifice.
And although we are unworthy to offer unto you any sacrifice, yet we beseech you to accept this, our bounden duty and service, not weighing our merits but pardoning our offences;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord, by whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be unto you, O Father Almighty, throughout all ages, world without end.
ALL: 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: God of promise, You have prepared a Banquet for us.
ALL: Happy are those who are called to the supper of the Lamb.
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: 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
PRESIDENT: 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: 760 (MP), 514, 590, 565
HYMN: 760 (MP) - When we walk with the Lord
1 When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His Word, What a glory He sheds on our way; While we do His good will, He abides with us still, And with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain
Trust and obey, For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus, But to trust and obey.
2 Not a shadow can rise, Not a cloud in the skies, But His smile quickly drives it away; Not a doubt or a fear, Not a sigh or a tear, Can abide while we trust and obey.
Refrain
3 Not a burden we bear, Not a sorrow we share, But our toil He doth richly repay; Not a grief or a loss, Not a frown or a cross, But is blest if we trust and obey.
Refrain
4 But we never can prove The delights of His love, Until all on the altar we lay; For the favor He shows, And the joy He bestows, Are for them who will trust and obey.
Refrain
HYMN: 514 - Come, let us sing of a wonderful love
1 Come, let us sing of a wonderful love, tender and true, out of the heart of the Father above, streaming to me and to you: wonderful love, dwells in the heart of the Father above.
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Jesus, the Saviour, this gospel to tell joyfully came, came with the helpless and hopeless to dwell, sharing their sorrow and shame: seeking the lost, saving, redeeming at measureless cost.
3 Jesus is seeking the wanderers yet; why do they roam?
Love only waits to forgive and forget; home, weary wanderers, home! Wonderful love, dwells in the heart of the Father above.
4 Come to my heart, O thou wonderful Love! Come and abide, Lifting my life till it rises above envy and falsehood and pride: seeking to be, lowly and humble, a learner of thee.
HYMN: 590 - Hosanna to the living Lord!
1 Hosanna to the living Lord! Hosanna to the Incarnate Word, to Christ, Creator, Saviour, King, let earth, let heaven hosanna sing, hosanna in the highest!
2 O Saviour, with protecting care abide in this thy house of prayer, where we thy parting promise claim, assembled in thy sacred name. Hosanna in the highest!
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But, chiefest, in our cleansed breast, Eternal, bid thy Spirit rest; and make our secret soul to be a temple pure and worthy thee. Hosanna in the highest!
4 To God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit, Three in One, be honour, praise, and glory given by all on earth and all in heaven. Hosanna in the highest!
HYMN: 565 - With joy we meditate the grace
1 With joy we meditate the grace of our High Priest above; his heart is made of tenderness, and ever yearns with love.
2 Touched with a sympathy within, he knows our feeble frame; he knows what sore temptations mean for he has felt the same.
3 He in the days of feeble flesh poured out his cries and tears; and, in his measure, feels afresh what every member bears.
4 He'll never quench the smoking flax, but raise it to a flame; the bruised reed he never breaks, nor scorns the meanest name.
5 Then let our humble faith address his mercy and his power: we shall obtain delivering grace in every needful hour.
