The
ninth Sunday after Pentecost
21
july 2013
The
Gathering of the Community
Gathering Music
Announcements
Processional Hymn
‘To
Abraham and Sarah’ Common Praise #468
Greeting
The
Presider greets the Community.
The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and
the love of God
and
the communion of the Holy Spirit
be
with you all.
And also with you.
The
Deacon or an Assisting Minister then says
May
your loving mercy come upon us, Lord,
and
your salvation according to your word.
Lord,
have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Your
word is a lantern to our feet
and
a light to our path.
Christ,
have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Let
your mercy come upon us so that we may live,
for
your law is our delight.
Lord,
have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. [i]
Then
the Presider says
God of
all healing and forgiveness,
draw
us to yourself
and
cleanse us from all our sins
that
we may behold the glory of your Son,
the
Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen. [ii]
Let
us now praise the God
who
gives us new life
through
the reconciling love of Christ
and
the work of the Spirit.
Hymn of Praise
‘Glory
to God’ Common Praise #702
Collect of the Day
Let
us pray.
O
God of Abraham and Sarah,
in due season, you fulfilled a promise
almost too wonderful to imagine.
Awaken us to the workings of your will
in our midst,
and keep us attentive to the things that
matter,
until the day when your mystery,
hidden throughout the ages,
stands full revealed in the kingdom of
all your saints. Amen. [iii]
The
Proclamation of the Word of God
First Reading
A Reading
from Genesis (18.1-10a).
The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of
Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near
him. When he saw them, he ran from the
tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the ground. He said, “My lord, if I find favour with you,
do not pass by your servant. Let a
little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the
tree. Let me bring a little bread, that
you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on — since you have
come to your servant.” So they said, “Do
as you have said.” And Abraham hastened
into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Make ready quickly three measures of choice
flour, knead it, and make cakes.” Abraham
ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant,
who hastened to prepare it. Then he took
curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them; and
he stood by them under the tree while they ate.
They said to him, “Where is your
wife Sarah?” And he said, “There, in the
tent.” Then one said, “I will surely
return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son.”
Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm
15 with the Refrain from Songs for the Holy One
Refrain (sung twice)
Lord, who may dwell in your tabernacle? *
Who may abide upon your holy hill?
Those who lead a blameless life and do
what is right, *
who
speak the truth from their heart.
There
is no guile upon their tongue;
they do no evil to a friend; *
they do not heap contempt upon a
neighbour.
In their sight the wicked are rejected,
*
but they honour those who fear the
Lord.
They
have sworn to do no wrong *
and do not take back their word.
They do not give their money in hope of
gain,
nor do they
take a bribe against the innocent. *
Those
who do these things shall never be overthrown.
Refrain
The Second Reading
A Reading from the
Letter to the Colossians (1.15-28).
[Christ] 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.
Hear what the Spirit
is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Gradual Hymn
‘Blest Are the Pure in
Heart’ Common Praise #439
The Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke (10.38-42).
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Now as they 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.”
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Sermon
An Affirmation of Faith
Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God, the
Lord is one.
Love the Lord your God
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
This is the first and
the great commandment.
The second is like it:
Love your neighbour as yourself.
There is no commandment greater than these.
The Prayers of the
Community
Intercessions,
Thanksgivings and Petitions
The Exchange of the Peace
The peace of the Lord
be always with you.
And also with you.
The Holy Communion
The Offertory Hymn
‘Father We Thank Thee
Who Hast Planted’ Common Praise #81
The Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
Blessed are you, O
God, maker of all things.
Through your goodness you have blessed us with these
gifts:
ourselves, our time and our possessions.
Use us and what we have gathered
in feeding the world with your love,
through the one who gave himself for us,
Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord. Amen.
[iv]
The Thanksgiving at the
Table
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to
the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Blessed are you, gracious
God,
creator of heaven and
earth;
you are the source of
light and life for all your creation,
you made us in your
own image,
and call us to new
life in Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Therefore we praise
you,
joining our voices to
proclaim the glory of your name.
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. [v]
Holy,
mighty and merciful Lord,
heaven
and earth are full of your glory.
In
great love you sent us Jesus, your Son,
who
reached out to heal the sick and suffering,
who
preached good news to the poor
and
who, on the cross, opened his arms to all.
In
the night in which he was betrayed,
our
Lord Jesus took bread and gave thanks;
broke
it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take
and eat; this is my body given for you.
Do
this for the remembrance of me.
Again,
after supper, he took the cup,
gave
thanks and gave it for all to drink, saying:
This
cup is the new covenant in my blood,
shed
for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.
Do
this for the remembrance of me.
Remembering,
therefore, his death, resurrection and ascension,
we
await his coming in glory.
Pour
out upon us the Spirit of your love, O Lord,
and
unite the wills of all who share this heavenly food,
the
body and blood of Jesus Christ our Lord;
to
whom, with you and the Holy Spirit,
be
all glory and honour, now and for ever. Amen. [vi]
The Lord’s Prayer
As
our Saviour taught us, let us pray,
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,
The Breaking of the Bread
You gave your people
angels’ food
and sent us bread from heaven,
so that we might
learn, O God,
that not by various crops are we fed,
but it is your word
which sustains
all those who trust in you. [viii]
The
gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
The Communion of the
Community
The Communion Hymn
‘Lord Jesus, Think on
Me’ Common Praise #511
The Sending Forth of the
Community
Prayer after Communion
Let us pray.
God of abundance,
with this bread of life and cup of salvation
you have united us with Christ,
making us one with all your people.
Now send us forth in the power of your Spirit,
that we may proclaim your redeeming love to the world
and continue forever in the risen life of Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen. [ix]
Glory to God,
whose power working in us,
can do infinitely more
than we can ask or imagine.
Glory to God from generation to generation,
in the Church and in Christ Jesus,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
The Recessional Hymn
‘The
God of Abraham Praise’ Common Praise
#347
The Dismissal
The
Deacon or an Assisting Minister sends the Community forth. To these words the Community responds,
Thanks be to God.
Concluding Music
[i]
‘Kyrie Confession: Word’ in Common
Worship (2000), 133 alt.
[ii]
‘Absolution 1’ in Common Worship (2000), 135 alt.
[iii]
‘Scripture Prayer for Proper 16C, Series 2’ in Revised Common Lectionary
Prayers (2002).
[iv]
‘Offering Prayer 3’ in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 107.
[v]
Proulx 'Sanctus' Common Praise #732.
[vi]
‘Thanksgiving at the Table V’ in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 65-66.
[vii]
Songs for a Gospel People #12 sung by the whole community without repeats.
[viii]
‘Canticle 12: The Bread of Heaven’ in The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 81-82 alt.
[ix]
‘Prayer after Communion 3’ in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 114.
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