ORDER OF SERVICE
OPENING PRAYER
INTROIT HYMN: 379 - Praise him, praise him
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Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer! Sing, O earth- his wonderful love proclaim! Hail him, hail him! Highest archangels in glory; strength and honour give to his holy name! Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard his children, in his arm she carries them all day long.
Refrain:
Praise him, praise him! Tell of his excellent greatness; praise him, praise him ever in joyful song!
Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer! For our sins he suffered, and bled, and died; he our rock, our hope of eternal salvation, hail him, hail him! Jesus the crucified!
Sound his praises - Jesus who bore our sorrows, love unbounded, wonderful, deep and strong.
Refrain:
3 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer! Heavenly portals, loud with hosannas ring! Jesus, Saviour, reigneth for ever and ever: crown him, crown him! Prophet, and Priest, and King! Christ is coming, over the world victorious, power and glory unto the Lord belong.
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 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 8A and our collect can be found on page 175.
Tomorrow, June 29th is observed as the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles and that collect is found on page 186.
The Eucharist continues on page 100.
OPENING SENTENCE:
PRESIDENT: I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord”. Psalm 122: 1.
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.
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (BCP page 175)
PRESIDENT: Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles (BCP page 186)
PRESIDENT: Almighty God, whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul glorified you by their martyrdom: Grant that your Church, instructed by their teaching and example, and knit together in unity by your Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one foundation, which is Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
PRESIDENT: Kindly be seated for the ministry of the word.
FIRST LESSON: Genesis 22:1-14 [Mrs. Lana Edwards]
READER: A Reading from the Word of God, written in the book of Genesis, chapter twenty-two, beginning at the first verse.
ILLUMINATION:
READER: God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and set out and went to the place in the distance that God had shown him. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place far away. Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the boy and I will go over there; we will worship, and then we will come back to you.” Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. Isaac said to his father Abraham, “Father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God himself will provide the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together. When they came to the place that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. He bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” And Abraham
looked up and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
READER: The word of the Lord.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
PSALM 13
1. How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for ever : how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2. How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart : how long shall mine enemies triumph over me?
3. Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God : lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death.
4. Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him : for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it.
5. But my trust is in thy mercy : and my heart is joyful in thy salvation.
6. I will sing of the Lord, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me : yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord most Highest.
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 6:12-23 [Mrs. Marquita Sandiford]
READER: A reading from the word of God written in Paul’s letter to the Romans, chapter six beginning at the twelfth verse.
ILLUMINATION:
READER: Do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted, and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness for sanctification. When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. So what advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
READER: The word of the Lord.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
GRADUAL HYMN: 536 - O Master, let me walk with thee (verses 1-3)
1 O Master, let me walk with thee in lowly paths of service free. Tell me thy secret; help me bear the strain of toil, the fret of care.
2 Help me the slow of heart to move by some clear, winning word of love. Teach me the wayward feet to stay, and guide them in the homeward way.
3 Teach me thy patience: still with thee in closer, dearer company, in work that keeps faith sweet and strong, in trust that triumphs over wrong;
THE GOSPEL: Matthew 10:40-42
DEACON: The Lord be with you.
ALL: And also with you.
DEACON: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew, the tenth chapter beginning at the fortieth verse.
ALL: Glory to Christ our Saviour
ILLUMINATION:
DEACON: Jesus said, “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”
DEACON: This is the Gospel of Christ
ALL: Praise to Christ our Lord
HYMN: 536 (verse 4)
4 In hope that sends a shining ray Far down the future's broadening way, in peace that only thou canst give, with thee, O Master, let me live.
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 H (BCP Page 120) [Ushers’ Guild]
LEADER
Let us pray for the Church and for the world.
Grant, Almighty God, that all who confess your Name may be united in your truth, live together in your love, and reveal your glory in the world.
Silence
LEADER Lord, in your mercy
ALL Hear our prayer.
LEADER
Guide the people of this land, and of all the nations, in the ways of justice and peace; that we may honour one another and serve the common good.
Silence
LEADER Lord, in your mercy
ALL Hear our prayer.
LEADER
Give us all a reverence for the earth as your own creation, that we may use its resources rightly in the service of others and to your honour and glory.
Silence
LEADER Lord, in your mercy
ALL Hear our prayer.
LEADER
Bless all whose lives are closely linked with ours, and grant that we may serve Christ in them, and love one another as he loves us.
Silence
LEADER Lord, in your mercy
ALL Hear our prayer.
LEADER
Comfort and heal all those who suffer in body, mind, or spirit; give them courage and hope in their troubles, and bring them the joy of your salvation.
Silence
LEADER Lord, in your mercy
ALL Hear our prayer.
LEADER
We commend to your mercy all who have died, that your will for them may be fulfilled; and we pray that we may share with all your saints in your eternal kingdom.
Silence
LEADER Lord, in your mercy
ALL Hear our prayer.
Ushers’ Prayer
LEADER: Lord, you made all kinds of people, even people like me. In your love you gather them into your Church. As you gather your people this day, help me to serve them in a Christlike manner, even as your Son served those who gathered about him. Make me prayerful and patient, helpful and understanding, and may I radiate the joy that faith brings as I serve their needs. Give me your strength to support my fellow ministers. May all who assemble to celebrate our common faith in the risen Saviour be glad of heart for being here and for having encountered your Son in one another, in our priest, at the tables of the book and the Bread, and through the ministry of ushers like me. I ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Choristers’ Prayer
LEADER: Bless, O Lord, us your servants who minister in your temple. Grant that what we sing with our lips we may believe in our hearts, and what we believe in our hearts we may show forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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.
CONCLUDING COLLECT
Almighty and eternal God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth: mercifully accept the prayers of your people, and strengthen us to do your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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.
SONGS FOR THE GREETING OF PEACE: I am the Way, the King of the Victory
1 I am the Way, the King of the Victory I am the Truth, the Lord of the Harmony I am the Light, the Light of the world to be
Refrain
Hosanna! I hold your hand my friend, Hosanna! I give you strength my friend, Hosanna! You walk the sea my friend;
We’re sailing to victory!
Sailing (sailing), sailing (sailing)
Sailing cross the river, sailing!
Sailing (sailing), sailing (sailing)
Sailing cross the river, sailing!
Freedom (freedom), freedom (freedom) Freedom in the life of Jesus
Hosanna! I hold your hand my friend, Hosanna! I give you strength my friend, Hosanna! You walk the sea my friend; We’re sailing to victory!
2 I am the Vine, you shall abide in Me, I am the River, you shall be cleansed in Me, I am the Rock, you shall have life in Me
Refrain
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I am your God, rising in victory. I am your brother, living in flesh with thee I am your saviour, dying on Calvary Refrain
OFFERTORY HYMNS: 672, 561 (RH)
HYMN: 672 – O Jesus, I have promised
1 O Jesus, I have promised to serve thee to the end; be thou for ever near me, my master and my friend; I shall not fear the battle if thou art by my side, nor wander from the pathway if thou wilt be my guide.
2 O let me feel thee near me: the world is ever near; I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear; my foes are ever near me, around me and within; but, Jesus, draw thou nearer, and shield my soul from sin.
3 O let me hear thee speaking in accents clear and still, above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self-will; O speak to re-assure me, to hasten or control; O speak, and make me listen, thou guardian of my soul.
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O Jesus, thou hast promised to all who follow thee, that where thou art in glory there shall thy servant be; and, Jesus, I have promised to serve thee to the end; O give me grace to follow, my master and my friend.
5 O let me see thy footmarks, and in them plant mine own my hope to follow duly is in thy strength alone; O guide me, call me, draw me, uphold me to the end; and then in heaven receive me, my Saviour and my friend.
HYMN: 561 (RH) – Rescue the perishing
1 Rescue the perishing, care for the dying, snatch them in pity from sin and the grave; weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen, tell them of Jesus the mighty to save.
Refrain:
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying; Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
2 Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting, waiting the penitent child to receive; plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently; He will forgive if they only believe.
Refrain
3 Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter, feelings lie buried that grace can restore;
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touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness, cords that are broken will vibrate once more.
Refrain
Rescue the perishing, duty demands it strength for your labour the Lord will provide; back to the narrow way patiently win them, tell the poor wand'rer a Saviour has died.
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 C (BCP Page 137)
PRESIDENT: We give thanks to you Lord our God, for the goodness and love you have made known to us in creation; in calling Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son.
For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.
For, on the night that 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: Therefore, Father, according to His command,
ALL: We remember His death; We proclaim His resurrection; we await His coming in glory.
PRESIDENT: And we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.
We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts that they may be the sacrament of the Body of Christ and His Blood of the New Covenant. Unite us to your Son in His sacrifice that we, made acceptable in Him, may be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
In the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ, and make them new, and bring us to that city of light where you dwell with all your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation.
By whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are yours, almighty Father, now and ever.
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: 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: 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: 621, 604, 450 (MP)
HYMN: 621 - Take our bread, we ask you
Refrain
Take our bread, we ask you, take our hearts, we love you; take our lives, O Father, we are yours, we are yours.
1 Yours as we stand at the table you set; Yours as we eat the bread our hearts can't forget. We are the sign of your life with us yet; we are yours, we are yours.
Refrain
2 Your holy people standing washed in your blood, Spirit-filled yet hungry we await your food We are poor, but we've brought ourselves, the best we could; we are yours, we are yours
Refrain
HYMN: 604 - Let us enter into covenant with Christ
1 Let us enter into covenant with Christ, celebrating the eucharist of love. Take a little bread and wine, Lift up the chalice of the King.
Refrain:
Alleluia! It's a sign of love!
Alleluia! It's a sign of peace!
Alleluia! It's the mystery of faith!
Alleluia! Amen!
2 Take the body and the blood of Christ, in divine revelation of his love. Be transformed, O my people, from your sins, and eat and drink and live!
Refrain
3 He is lifted to the throne on high and will come again to rule all the world. The saints who sleep in Christ shall rise, Rejoice, O Zion, and be glad!
Refrain
4 Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. ‘He who comes to me I shall not turn away'.
Refrain
5 Come, you faithful, to the paradise of God, to the marriage feast of the Lamb. Eat manna from the tree of life; You are washed in the blood of Christ!
Refrain
HYMN: 450 (MP) - Love lifted me
1 I was sinking deep in sin, Far from the peaceful shore, Very deeply stained within, Sinking to rise no more; But the Master of the sea
Heard my despairing cry, From the waters lifted me–Now safe am I.
Refrain:
Love lifted me, Love lifted me, When nothing else could help, Love lifted me; Love lifted me, Love lifted me, When nothing else could help, Love lifted me.
2 All my heart to Him I give, Ever to Him I'll cling, In His blessed presence live, Ever His praises sing. Love so mighty and so true Merits my soul's best songs; Faithful, loving service, too, To Him belongs.
Refrain
3 Souls in danger, look above, Jesus completely saves; He will lift you by His love Out of the angry waves. He's the Master of the sea, Billows His will obey; He your Saviour wants to be –Be saved today.
Refrain
HYMNS FOR BLESSING: 915 (SH), 322
HYMN: 915 (SP) - We are one in the Spirit
1 We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord And we pray that our unity will one day be restored And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love Yes they'll know we are Christians by our love
2 We will work with each other, we will work side by side We will work with each other, we will work side by side And we'll guard each man's dignity and save each man's pride And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love Yes, they'll know we are Christians by our love.
HYMN: 322 - It only takes a spark
1 It only takes a spark, to get a fire going. and soon all those around, can warmup in its glowing. that's how it is with God's love, once you've experienced it, you spread His love to every one; you want to pass it on.
2 What a wondrous time is spring when all the trees are budding. the birds begin to sing; the flowers start their blooming. that's how it is with God's love, once you've experienced it, you want to sing, it's fresh like spring; you want to pass it on.
3 I wish for you, my friend, this happiness that I've found; you can depend on him, it matters not where you’re bound;. I'll shout it from the mountain top, I want my world to know; the Lord of love has come to me, I want to pass it on.
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: 439 - Stand up, stand up for Jesus
1 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross! Lift high his royal banner, it must not suffer loss. From victory unto victory his army he shall lead, till every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed
2 Stand up, stand up for Jesus! The solemn watchword hear; if while ye sleep he suffers, away with shame and fear. Where'er ye meet with evil, within you or without, charge for the God of battles, and put the foe to rout.
3 Stand up, stand up for Jesus! The trumpet call obey; forth to the mighty conflict in this his glorious day. Ye that are men now serve him against unnumbered foes; let courage rise with danger and strength to strength oppose.
4 Stand up, stand up for Jesus! Stand in his strength alone; the arm of flesh will fail you, ye dare not trust your own.
Put on the Gospel armour, each piece put on with prayer; when duty calls or danger be never wanting there.
5 Stand up, stand up for Jesus! The strife will not be long; this day the noise of battle, the next the victor's song. To him that overcometh a crown of life shall be; he with the King of Glory shall reign eternally.
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)
• Cake Sale
The Mothers’ Union will be having a cake sale on Saturday, August 29th 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. Joycelyn Trotman - June 29
2. Danielle Edwards - June 30
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
Joyce Grant
Doriel King
Carmen Bowen Erma Griffith Marlene King
Douglas Brome
Marva Brome
Enid Broome
Michael Broomes
Thesby Evans
Anthony Grant
Gilbert Griffith
Waple Griffith
Audrey Headley
Roy Hinds
Dinese Lashley
Elsie Maxwell
John Maxwell
Horace Nicholls
Theomonda Husbands Eupharene Walkes
Marva Jordan
Thelma Jordan
Joan Yearwood
Please remember the sick or injured in our parish and the wider community.
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