THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Proper 19

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.

Organ voluntary

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

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

Hymn 473*                                                                         Lift high the cross

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                                                                                                 Anglican chant

Epistle                                                                                     (Bulletin insert)

Hymn 471* We sing the praise of him who died

Alleluia                                                                             (follow the cantor’s lead)

Gospel (Bulletin insert)

Sermon                                                                            The Rev. Eliot Moss

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

Nicene Creed                                                                                    page 358

Prayers of the People                   Form VI                                       page 392

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Diocese of Hokkaido (Japan). In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we pray for St. Marks’s, Adams, and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship.

The Peace

Announcements

*In honor of the Feast of the Holy Cross

THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY TABLE

Offertory Hymn 411                                              O bless the Lord, my soul

          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 593                                           Lord, make us servants of your peace

The Prayer of Thanksgiving page 365

(The people may stand or kneel.)

The Blessing

Hymn 376                                                          Joyful, joyful, we adore thee

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

Response: Thanks be to God!

Organ voluntary

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.