THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Proper 18

Visitors and friends: we welcome you and hope that in your worship here you will receive the blessing God desires for you. We offer the following as an aid to worship: the service begins on page 355 in the red Book of Common Prayer. Hymns are in the blue book ("S" numbers toward the front). Hymns marked LEV are found in the red and black hymnal. The insert carries the day's readings. Key page numbers are printed in the bulletin.

 

 

 

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

All who are able please stand for the entrance of the liturgical ministers

Hymn 1                                                                        Father, we praise thee

Celebrant: Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.                 page 355

People: And blessed be God’s kingdom, now and forever. Amen.

Collect for Purity

Gloria                                    (Back of Hymnal)                                     Lee 

Collect of the Day                                                                (Bulletin insert)

First Lesson                                                              (Track 1, Bulletin insert)

Psalm (cantor sings refrain, then congregation sings it; cantor sings two or three verses at a time, congregation responds with the refrain) (Track 1, Bulletin insert)

Psalm Setting

Epistle                                                                                     (Bulletin insert)

Hymn 577                                                                Here in Christ we gather

Alleluia                                                                    (follow the cantor’s lead)

Gospel                                                                                                                 (Bulletin insert)

Sermon                                                                                       Robert Harris

(The sermon is followed by a brief period of prayerful  silence.)

 

Nicene Creed                                                                                    page 358

Litany of Healing                                                                   (Bulletin insert)

Confession and Absolution                                                               page 360

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Diocese of Hanuato’o (Melanesia). In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we pray for St. John’s, Northampton, and the Conference of Diocesan Executives.

Sacrament of Healing                               (come forward or invite us to you)

Birthdays and Anniversaries

The Peace

Announcements

THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY TABLE

 

Offertory Hymn 306                                                           Come, risen Lord    

          The Bread and the Wine are brought forward, and the alms and

           prayer requests are presented. 

 

Eucharistic Prayer A                                                                       page 361

 

Sanctus                                 (Back of Hymnal)                                        Lee

                         (The people may stand or kneel.)

Lord’s Prayer he Breaking of the Bread

 

Fraction Anthem                            S-154                                               Hurd

 

Holy Communion

(All who love God and are drawn to Christ are

welcome to receive Holy Communion.)

Hymn 318                                                                             Here, O my Lord                                                                                    

 

The Prayer of Thanksgiving                                                            page 365

(The people may stand or kneel.)

 

The Blessing  

Hymn 380                                                 From all that dwell below the skies

Dismissal: Let us go forth in the name of Christ.

Response: Thanks be to God!

 

 

 

Prayer Basket

We invite you to put your written petitions, thanksgivings, and intentions in the basket at the back of the church.  We present them at the Offertory, and keep them in our prayers throughout the week.

 

Visitors and Newcomers

We welcome you! Please join with us in good fellowship over coffee and snacks following the service.