The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
31 January
2016
The Gathering of the Community
Prelude
Processional Hymn
‘Word of God, Come Down on Earth’ Common
Praise #446
Introductory Responses for Epiphany
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel.
May all the earth
be filled with the glory of God.
Light has sprung up for the righteous,
and joyful gladness
for those who are true-hearted. [i]
Hymn of Praise
Collect
Let us pray.
Prophetic God,
strengthen and encourage us
to hear those who speak your uncomfortable truths
and who challenge our dearest prejudices,
so that we may know and heed prophets of our age;
through Jesus, son of Joseph.
Amen. [iii]
The Proclamation of the Word
First Reading
A Reading from Jeremiah (1.4-10).
4
Now the word of the Lord came to
me saying 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before
you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
6
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only
a boy.”
7
But the Lord said to me, “Do not
say, ‘I am only a boy’; for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you
shall speak whatever I command you. 8
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.”
9
Then the Lord put out his hand and
touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, “Now I have put my words in your
mouth. 10 See, today I
appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to
destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm 71.1-6 with
the refrain from Songs for the Holy One
Refrain (sung
twice): Holy
One, you are our trust and our protection.
1
In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge; *
let
me never be ashamed.
2
In your righteousness, deliver me and
set me free; *
incline your ear to me and save me.
Refrain: Holy One, you are our trust and
our protection.
3 Be my
strong rock, a castle to keep me safe; *
you
are my crag and my stronghold.
4
Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the
wicked, *
from the clutches of the evildoer
and the oppressor.
Refrain: Holy One, you are our trust and
our protection.
5
For you are my hope, O Lord God, *
my
confidence since I was young.
6
I have been sustained by you ever since
I was born;
from
my mother’s womb you have been my strength; *
my praise shall be always of you.
Refrain: Holy One, you are our trust and
our protection.
Second Reading
A Reading from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians (13.1-13).
1
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am
a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am
nothing. 3 If I give away all
my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have
love, I gain nothing.
4
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant 5
or rude. It does not insist on its own
way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice in
wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. 7
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8
Love never ends. But as for prophecies,
they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it
will come to an end. 9 For we
know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; 10 but when the
complete comes, the partial will come to an end. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like
a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an
adult, I put an end to childish ways. 12
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know
fully, even as I have been fully known. 13
And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is
love.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
The Gradual Hymn
‘We Walk by Faith’ Common Praise #244
The Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke (4.21-30).
Glory to you, Lord Jesus
Christ.
21 [Jesus] began to say to them, “Today this
scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 All spoke well of him and were
amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, “Is not this
Joseph’s son?” 23 He said to
them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ And you will say, ‘Do here also in your
hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.’” 24 And he said, “Truly I tell you,
no prophet is accepted in the prophet’s hometown. 25 But the truth is, there were
many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three
years and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land; 26
yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. 27 There were also many lepers in
Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except
Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When
they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. 29 They got up, drove him out of
the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so
that they might hurl him off the cliff. 30
But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you, Lord
Jesus Christ.
The Sermon
An Affirmation of Faith
Let us affirm our faith.
Christ is the image
of the invisible God,
the firstborn of
all creation;
for in Christ all
things in heaven and on earth were created,
things visible and
invisible.
Christ himself is
before all things,
and in Christ all
things hold together.
Christ is the head
of the body, the church;
he is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead.
For in him all the
fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
and through him God
has reconciled us to God’s very self.
Blessed be the holy
and undivided Trinity, one God.
Blessed be God for
ever. [iv]
The Prayers of the Community
Intercessions, Petitions and Thanksgivings
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of Christ be always with you.
And also with you.
The Holy Communion
The Offertory Hymn
‘Come Down, O Love Divine’
Common Praise #645
Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
Good and loving God,
we rejoice
in the birth of Jesus,
who came
among the poor
to bring
the riches of your grace.
As you have
blessed us with your gifts,
let them be
a blessing for others.
With the
trees of the field,
with all
earth and heaven,
we shout
for joy at the coming of your Son,
Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen. [v]
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.
It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,
that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and
praise to you,
almighty and merciful God, through our Saviour Jesus
Christ.
By the leading of a star he was shown forth to all nations;
in the waters of the Jordan you proclaimed him your beloved
Son,
and in the miracle of water turned to wine he revealed your
glory.
And so, with all the choirs of angels,
with the church on earth and the hosts of heaven,
we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
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 One, the beginning and the end, the giver of life:
Blessed are you for the birth of creation.
Blessed are you in the darkness and in the light.
Blessed are you for your promise to your people.
Blessed are you for the prophets’ hopes and dreams.
Blessed are you for Mary’s openness to your will.
Blessed are you for your Son, Jesus, the Word made flesh.
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.
[Therefore let] us proclaim the mystery of faith:
Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come
again.
With this bread and cup we remember
your Word dwelling among us, full of grace and truth.
We remember our new birth in his death and resurrection.
We look with hope for his coming.
Come, Lord Jesus.
Holy God, we long for your Spirit.
Come among us. Bless
this meal.
May your Word take flesh in us.
Awaken your people. Fill
us with your light.
Bring the gift of peace on earth.
Come, Holy Spirit.
All praise and glory are yours, Holy One of Israel,
Word of God incarnate, Power of the Most High,
one God, now and for ever.
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
‘Not for Tongues of Heaven’s Angels’ Common
Praise #494
The Hymn after Communion
The Sending Forth of the Community
Prayer after Communion
Let us pray.
Radiant God,
with our
eyes we have seen your salvation,
and in this
meal we have feasted on your grace.
May your
Word take flesh in us,
so that we
may be your holy people,
revealing
your glory made known to us
in Jesus
Christ, our Saviour and 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 Are Salt for the Earth’
Common Praise #502 (with
cantor)
Dismissal
The Deacon dismisses
the Community with an appropriate Dismissal.
[i] The Book of Alternative Services (1985),
96 alt.
[ii] Lang Carol Mass.
[iii] Liturgy Task
Force, ‘Trial Use Collects and Prayers over the Gifts and after Communion for
Year C: Advent 1 through Epiphany 6,’ 11.
[iv] Colossians
1.15-20 edited for liturgical use by the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett.
[v] Liturgy Task
Force, ‘Trial Use Collects and Prayers over the Gifts and after Communion for
Year C: Advent 1 through Epiphany 6,’
13.
[vi] Lang ‘Carol
Mass’.
[vii] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), p.
110.
[viii] Common Worship #744.
[ix] Liturgy Task
Force, ‘Trial Use Collects and Prayers over the Gifts and after Communion for
Year C: Advent 1 through Epiphany 6,’
13.
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