Sixth Sunday
after Pentecost
26 June 2016
The Gathering of the
Community
Entrance
Hymn
‘Will You Come and Follow Me’ Common Praise #430 vv. 1, 2, 3
Greeting
Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God,
the
fountain of living water,
the
rock who gave us birth,
Almighty God,
to
you all hearts are open,
all
desires known,
and
from you no secrets are hidden.
Cleanse
the thoughts of our hearts
by
the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,
that
we may perfectly love you,
and
worthily magnify your holy name;
through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Canticle
‘Glory, in the Highest Glory’ Common Praise #366
Collect
of the Day
Let us pray.
Lord,
you step upon on our guarded
shore
and confront our chaos:
may we who are divided and overwhelmed
by the forces of death
learn from you to speak our
own name
and proclaim your works of
life;
through Jesus Christ, the Son
of the Most High God. Amen.
[ii]
The Proclamation of the
Word of God
The
First Reading
A reading from Second Kings (2.1-2, 6-14).
2.1 Now when the Lord was
about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on
their way from Gilgal. 2
Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives,
and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
6
Then Elijah said to [Elisha], “Stay here; for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you
yourself live, I will not leave you.” So
the two of them went on. 7
Fifty men of the company of prophets also went, and stood at some distance from
them, as they both were standing by the Jordan. 8 Then Elijah took his mantle and
rolled it up, and struck the water; the water was parted to the one side and to
the other, until the two of them crossed on dry ground.
9
When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I may do for you,
before I am taken from you.” Elisha
said, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit.” 10 He responded, “You have asked a
hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it will be granted
you; if not, it will not.” 11
As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire
separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven. 12 Elisha kept watching and crying
out, “Father, father! The chariots of
Israel and its horsemen!” But when he
could no longer see him, he grasped his own clothes and tore them in two
pieces.
13
He picked up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and
stood on the bank of the Jordan. 14
He took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water,
saying, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” When he had struck the water, the water was
parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
The
Psalm of the Day
Psalm 77.1-2, 11-20 with refrain from Songs
for the Holy One
Refrain (sung twice): Holy One,
help us always to remember your love.
1 I will cry aloud to God; *
I will cry aloud, and God will hear me.
2 In the day of my trouble *
I
sought the Lord;
my hands were stretched out by
night and did not tire; *
I refused to be comforted.
Refrain:
Holy One, help us always to
remember your love.
11 I will remember your works, O Lord, *
and call to mind your wonders of old
time.
12 I
will meditate on all your acts *
and ponder your mighty deeds.
13 Your way, O God, is holy; *
who is so great a god as our God?
14 You
are the God who works wonders *
and have declared your power among the peoples.
Refrain:
Holy One, help us always to
remember your love.
15 By your strength you have redeemed your
people, *
the children of Jacob and Joseph.
16 The
waters saw you, O God;
the
waters saw you and trembled; *
the very depths were shaken.
17 The clouds poured out water; the skies
thundered; *
your arrows flashed to and fro;
18 the
sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
your
lightnings lit up the world; *
the earth trembled and shook.
19 Your way was in the sea, and your paths in
the great waters, *
yet your footsteps were not seen.
20 You
led your people like a flock *
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Refrain:
Holy One, help us always to
remember your love.
The
Second Reading
A reading from Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
(5.1, 13-25).
5.1
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit
again to a yoke of slavery.
13
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom
as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one
another. 14 For the whole law
is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbour as
yourself.” 15 If, however,
you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one
another.
16
Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For what the flesh desires is
opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for
these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. 18 But if you are led by the
Spirit, you are not subject to the law. 19
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication,
impurity, licentiousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife,
jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, 21 envy,
drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned
you before: those who do such things
will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
generosity, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. 24 And those who belong to Christ
Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us
also be guided by the Spirit. 26
Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
Hymn
before the Gospel
‘Come, Ever Blessed Spirit, Come’ Common Praise #251 vv. 1, 2 (sung to #353)
The
Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Luke (9.51-62).
Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
9.51
When the days drew near for [Jesus] to be taken up, he set his face to go to
Jerusalem. 52 And he sent
messengers ahead of him. On their way
they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him; 53
but they did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. 54 When his disciples James and
John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from
heaven and consume them?” 55
But he turned and rebuked them. 56
Then they went on to another village.
57
As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you
wherever you go.” 58 And
Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the
Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 59 To another he said, “Follow me.”
But he said, “Lord, first let me go and
bury my father.” 60 But Jesus
said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim
the kingdom of God.” 61
Another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those
at my home.” 62 Jesus said to
him, “No one who puts a hand to the plough and looks back is fit for the
kingdom of God.”
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Hymn
after the Gospel
‘Come, Ever Blessed Spirit, Come’ Common Praise #251 vv. 3, 4 (sung to #353)
The
Sermon
An
Affirmation of Faith
Let us affirm our faith.
We
believe and trust in God the Creator,
source
of all being and life,
the
one for whom we exist.
We
believe and trust in God the Word,
who
took our human nature,
died
for us and rose again.
We
believe and trust in God the Holy Spirit,
who
gives life to the people of God
and makes
Christ known in the world.
This
is the faith we affirm.
We
believe and trust in one God,
The Prayers of the
Community
Intercessions,
Petitions and Thanksgivings
The
Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of the Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Communion
Offertory
Hymn
‘New Songs of Celebration Render’ Common Praise #316
The
Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
God of wisdom,
receive
all we offer you this day.
Enrich
our lives with the gifts of your Spirit,
so
that we may follow the way of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and
serve one another in freedom.
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.
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;
who
on this day overcame death and the grave,
and
by his glorious resurrection opened the way of everlasting life.
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: [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, holy and mighty, holy and immortal:
you
we praise and glorify, you we worship and adore.
You
formed the earth from chaos; you encircled the globe with air;
you
created fire for warmth and light; you nourish the lands with water.
You
moulded us in your image, and with mercy higher than the mountains,
with
grace deeper than the seas,
you
blessed the Israelites and cherished them as your own.
That
also we, estranged and dying, might be adopted to live in your Spirit,
you
called to us through the life and death of Jesus.
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.
Together
as the body of Christ,
we
proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
With
this bread and cup we remember your Son,
the
first-born of your new creation.
We
remember his life lived for others,
and
his death and resurrection, which renews the face of the earth.
We
await his coming, when, with the world made perfect through your wisdom,
all
our sins and sorrows will be no more.
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
Holy
God, holy and merciful, holy and compassionate,
send
upon us and this meal your Holy Spirit,
whose
breath revives us for life, whose fire rouses us to love.
Enfold
in your arms all who share this holy food.
Nurture
in us the fruits of the Spirit,
so
that we may be a living tree, sharing your bounty with all the world.
Amen. Come, Holy Spirit.
Holy
and benevolent God, receive our praise and petitions,
as
Jesus received the cry of the needy,
and
fill us with your blessing, until, needy no longer and bound to you in love,
we
feast forever in the triumph of the Lamb:
through
whom all glory and honour is yours,
O
God, O Living One, with the Holy Spirit,
in
your holy church, 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,
now
and for ever. Amen.
The
Breaking of the Bread
Creator of all,
you gave us golden fields of wheat,
whose many grains we have gathered
and made into this one bread.
So
may your Church be gathered
from
the ends of the earth
The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
Hymn
after Communion
‘Here, Lord, We Take the Broken Bread’ Common Praise #65
The Sending Forth of the
Community
The
Prayer after Communion
All your works praise you, O Lord.
And
all your faithful servants bless you.
Gracious God,
we
thank you for feeding us
with
the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ.
May
we, who share his body, live his risen life;
we,
who drink his cup, bring life to others;
we,
whom the Spirit lights, give light to the world.
Keep
us firm in the hope you have set before us,
so
that we and all your children shall be free,
and
the whole earth live to praise your name;
Closing
Hymn
‘Will You Come and Follow Me’ Common Praise #430 vv. 4, 5
The
Dismissal
The Deacon sends the Community forth with an
appropriate Dismissal.
[i] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 97
alt.
[ii] The Propers Working Group of the Liturgy
Task Force, ‘Trial Use Collects for Years A, B & C’, 132.
[iii] Common Worship (2000), 144 alt.
[iv] The Book of Alternative Services
(1985), 365 alt.
[v] Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Leaders Desk Edition (2006), 180.
[vi] Common Praise #732.
[vii] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 67
alt.
[viii] The Book of Alternative Services (1985),
212.
[ix] The Book of Alternative Services (1985),
214-215.
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