The Fifth
Sunday after Epiphany
8
February 2015
The
Gathering of the Community
Processional Hymn
‘From All That
Dwell Below the Skies’ Common Praise #344
Introductory Responses
Blessed be the
holy Trinity, one God,
the fountain of living water,
the rock who gave us birth,
our light and our salvation. Amen. [i]
Seasonal Hymn of
Praise
‘Blessed Be the
God of Israel’ Common Praise #11 (sung to #508)
Collect
Let us pray.
Everlasting
God,
you give strength to the weak
and power to the faint.
Make us agents of your healing and
wholeness,
so that your good news may be made
known
to the ends of your creation,
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour and
Lord. Amen.
[ii]
The
Proclamation of the Word
First Reading
A reading from the
prophet Isaiah (40.21-31).
21 Have you not
known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the
beginning? Have you not understood from
the foundations of the earth? 22
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like
grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them
like a tent to live in; 23 who brings princes to naught, and makes
the rulers of the earth as nothing.
24 Scarcely are they
planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he
blows upon them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like
stubble.
25 To whom then will you
compare me, or who is my equal? says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high and
see: Who created these? He who brings out their host and numbers
them, calling them all by name; because he is great in strength, mighty in
power, not one is missing.
27 Why do you say, O
Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God”? 28 Have you not known? Have you
not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the
earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his
understanding is unsearchable. 29
He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. 30 Even youths will faint and be
weary, and the young will fall exhausted; 31 but those who wait for
the Lord shall renew their strength,
they shall mount
up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and
not faint.
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm 147.1-12, 21c with the refrain from Songs for the Holy One
Refrain
(sung twice): Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
1 Allelluia!
How good it is to
sing praises to you, O God; *
how pleasant it is to honour you
with praise!
2 For you rebuild Jerusalem *
and
gather the exiles of Israel.
3 You heal the brokenhearted *
and bind up their wounds.
4 You count the number of the
stars *
and
call them all by their names.
Refrain: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
5 Great are you and mighty in power; *
there is no limit to your wisdom.
6 You lift up the lowly, *
but
cast the wicked to the ground.
7 We sing to you, Most High, with thanksgiving; *
we make music to you upon the harp,
8 for you cover the heavens
with clouds, *
and
prepare rain for the earth;
Refrain: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
9 you make grass to grow upon the mountains *
and green plants to serve humankind.
10 You provide food for flocks
and herds *
and
for the young ravens when they cry.
11 You are not impressed by the might of a horse; *
you have no pleasure in human
strength;
12 but you have pleasure in
those who fear you, *
in
those who await your gracious favour.
Alleluia!
Refrain: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Second Reading
A reading from the
First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians (9.16-23).
16 If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for
an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel! 17 For if I do this of my own will,
I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission. 18 What then is my reward? Just this:
that in my proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not
to make full use of my rights in the gospel.
19 For though I am free
with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win
more of them. 20 To the Jews
I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under
the law (though I myself am not under the law) so that I might win those under
the law. 21 To those outside
the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from God’s law
but am under Christ’s law) so that I might win those outside the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, so
that I might win the weak. I have become
all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the
gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Gradual Hymn
‘Nada Te Turbe’ Common
Praise #568 (sung three times in English)
The Gospel
The Lord be with
you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark (1.29-39).
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
29 As soon as they left
the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
30 Now Simon’s mother-in-law
was in bed with a fever, and they told [Jesus] about her at once. 31 He came and took her by the hand
and lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them.
32 That evening, at
sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. 33 And the whole city was gathered
around the door. 34 And he
cured many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and
he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
35 In the morning, while
it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there
he prayed. 36 And Simon and
his companions hunted for him. 37
When they found him, they said to him, “Everyone is searching for you.” 38 He answered, “Let us go on to
the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that
is what I came out to do.” 39
And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and
casting out demons.
The Gospel of
Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Sermon
An Affirmation of
Faith
Let us affirm our faith in God.
Blessed be the
God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed
us in Christ with every spiritual blessing
that comes from
heaven.
God chose us in
Christ to be holy and blameless
and destined us
to be beloved adopted children.
God revealed
the divine hidden design to us:
to bring all things
together in Christ,
The
Prayers of the Community
Intercessions,
Thanksgivings and Petitions
The Exchange of the
Peace
May the peace of Christ
be always with you.
And also with you.
The Holy
Communion
The Offertory Hymn
‘Your Hands, O
Lord, in Days of Old’ Common Praise #293
Prayer over the Gifts
God of all
creation,
all you have made is good,
and your love endures forever.
You bring forth bread from the earth
and fruit from the vine.
Nourish us with these gifts,
so that we might be for the world
signs of your gracious presence in Jesus Christ,
our Saviour and Lord. Amen. [iv]
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;
by water and the
Holy Spirit
you have made us a
holy people
in Jesus Christ
our Lord;
you renew that
mystery in bread and wine and nourish us
to show forth your
glory in all the world.
Therefore with
angels and archangels,
and will all the
holy people
who have served
you in every age,
we raise our
voices
to proclaim the
glory of your name. [v]
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.
Holy God, you
alone are holy, you alone are God.
The universe
declares your praise:
beyond the stars,
beneath the sea;
within each cell;
with every breath.
We praise you, O God.
Generations bless
your faithfulness:
through the water;
by night and day; across the wilderness;
out of exile; into
the future.
We bless you, O God.
We give you thanks
for your dear Son:
at the heart of
human life; near to those who suffer;
beside the sinner;
among the poor; with us now.
We thank you, O God.
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, eh 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 his
love for us on the way,
at the table, and
to the end,
we proclaim the
mystery of faith.
Christ has died.
Christ is risen. Christ will come
again.
We pray for the gift
of your Spirit:
in our gathering;
within this meal;
among your people;
throughout the world.
Blessing, praise,
and thanks to you, holy God,
through Christ
Jesus, by your Spirit,
in your church,
without end. Amen. [vii]
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
We break the bread
of life,
and that life is
the light of the world
God here among us,
light in the midst of us,
bring us to light and life.
The gifts of God
for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
The Communion
Communion Hymn
‘Many Are the
Lightbeams’ Songs for a Gospel People #104
The
Sending Forth of the Community
Prayer after Communion
We give you
thanks, almighty God,
that you have refreshed us
through the healing power of this gift of life.
In your mercy, strengthen us through this gift,
in faith toward you
and in fervent love toward one another;
for the sake 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.
Closing Hymn
‘You Who Dwell in
the Shelter of the Lord’ Common Praise #531
Dismissal
The Deacon will send the people forth with an
appropriate Dismissal.
[i] Evangelical
Lutheran Worship (2006), 97.
[iii] Ephesians 1.3, 4a, 5a, 9a, 10b (Common English Bible) alt.
[iv] Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use
Propers: Epiphany 2 to Transfiguration’
(2015), 1.
[v] Third Preface of the Lord’s Day, The Book of Alternative Services (1985),
218.
[vi] Common
Praise #732.
[vii] Evangelical
Lutheran Worship (2006).
[viii] Common
Praise #744.
[ix] Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use
Propers: Epiphany 2 to Transfiguration’
(2015), 1.
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