The Fourth Sunday of Easter
7 May 2017
The Gathering of the
Community
Gathering Music
Announcements
Opening Hymn
‘You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd’ Common
Praise #630
Introductory Responses
Alleluia!
Christ is risen.
The
Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
May his grace and peace be with you.
May
he fill our hearts with joy.
The Hymn of Praise
‘Glory, in the Highest Glory’ Common
Praise #366
The Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
O
God,
whose Son is the good
shepherd,
send us out as shepherd to
seek the lost,
to heal the injured
and to nurture all with grace
and compassion;
The Proclamation of the Word
The First Reading
A reading from the prophet Ezekiel (34.7-15).
34.7
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
8 As I live, says the Lord God, because my sheep have become a
prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild animals, since there was
no shepherd; and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the
shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep; 9
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
10 Thus says the Lord God, I am against the shepherds; and I
will demand my sheep at their hand, and put a stop to their feeding the sheep;
no longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, so
that they may not be food for them.
11
For thus says the Lord God: I myself will search for my sheep, and will
seek them out. 12 As
shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I
will seek out my sheep. I will rescue
them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds
and thick darkness. 13 I will
bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will
bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of
Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the land. 14 I will feed them with good
pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they
shall lie down in good grazing land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the
mountains of Israel. 15 I
myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says
the Lord God.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks
be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm
100 from Songs for the Holy One.
Refrain
(sung twice): Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
O all the world!
Raise
glad shots to the Holy One!
Worship
God with joy!
Come into the Presence with ringing
cries!
Refrain: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Be assured the Holy One
is
the God who made us,
the
shepherd to whom we belong,
who feeds us in green pastures.
Refrain: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
With thanksgiving enter the Holy One’s doors,
with
praise, the divine courts.
Praise
and bless the Holy Name.
Refrain: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Truly the Holy One is good,
forever
true and loving,
from age to age ever faithful.
Refrain: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
The Second Reading
A reading from the First Letter of Peter (2.19-25).
2.19 For it is a credit to you if,
being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly. 20 If you endure when you are
beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer
for it, you have God’s approval. 21
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving
you an example, so that you should follow in his steps.
22
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
23 When he was abused, he did not return abuse;
when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he entrusted himself to the one who
judges justly. 24 He himself
bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live
for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. 25 For you were going astray like
sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks
be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
‘Alleluia’
Common Praise #715 (‘Alleluia’
refrain only)
The Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to John (10.1-10).
Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
10.1
[Jesus said,] “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold
by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. 2 The one who enters by the gate is
the shepherd of the sheep. 3
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them
out. 4 When he has brought
out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they
know his voice. 5 They will
not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the
voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus
used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was
saying to them.
7
So again Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the
sheep. 8 All who came before
me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will
come in and go out and find pasture. 10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it
abundantly.”
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Hymn after the Gospel
‘Alleluia’
Common Praise #715 (‘Alleluia’
refrain only)
The Homily
The Nicene Creed
Let us confess our faith, as we say,
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the
virgin Mary
and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under
Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the
Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the
living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord,
the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father,
who with the Father and the Son is
worshipped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and
apostolic church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the
forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the
dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
The Prayers of the Community
Intercessions,
Petitions and Thanksgivings
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of the risen Christ be always
with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Communion
Offertory Hymn
‘O Christ Who Holds the Open Gate’ Common
Praise #518
Prayer over the Gifts
Let
us pray.
God
of loving care,
you spread before us the table
of life,
and give us the cup of
salvation to drink.
Keep us always in the fold of
your Son Jesus Christ,
our Saviour and shepherd. Amen. [ii]
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, for the
glorious resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ, the true Paschal Lamb who
gave himself to take away our sin, who in dying has destroyed death, and in
rising has brought us to eternal life.
And so, with Mary Magdalene and Peter and all the witnesses of the
resurrection, with earth and sea and all their creatures, and with angels and
archangels, cherubim and seraphim, we praise your name and join their unending
hymn:
You
are holy, you are whole.
You
are always ever more
than
we ever understand.
You
are always at hand.
Blessed
are you coming near.
Blessed
are you coming here
to
your church in wine and bread,
raised
from soil, raised from dead.
You
are holy,
you
are wholeness,
you
are present.
Let
the cosmos praise you, Lord!
Sing
hosanna in the highest!
Blessed
are you, O God of the universe. Your
mercy is everlasting and your faithfulness endures from age to age.
Praise
to you for creating the heavens and the earth.
Praise to you for saving the earth from the waters of the flood. Praise to you for bringing the Israelites
safely through the sea. Praise to you
for leading your people through the wilderness to the land of milk and
honey. Praise to you for the words and
deeds of Jesus, your anointed one.
Praise to you for the death and resurrection of Christ. Praise to you for your Spirit poured out on
all nations.
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.
With
this bread and cup we remember our Lord’s passover from death to life as we
proclaim the mystery of faith: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
O
God of resurrection and new life: Pour
out your Holy Spirit on us and on these gifts of bread and wine. Bless this feast. Grace our table with your presence. Come,
Holy Spirit.
Reveal
yourself to us in the breaking of the bread.
Raise us up as the body of Christ for the world. Breathe new life into us. Send us forth, burning with justice, peace,
and love. Come, Holy Spirit.
With
the ever-blessed virgin Mary, blessed Joseph, blessed Faith and your holy ones
of all times and places, with the earth and all its creatures, with sun and
moon and stars, we praise you, O God, blessed and holy Trinity, now and
forever. Amen. [iv]
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
Lord, we died with you on the cross.
Now
we are raised to new life.
We were buried in your tomb.
Now
we share in your resurrection.
Live
in us, that we may live in you.
These are the gifts of God for the people of
God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
The Hymn after Communion
‘The Lord’s My Shepherd’ Common
Praise #519
The Sending Forth of the
Community
Prayer after Communion
Let
us pray.
Life-giving
God
in the mystery of Christ’s
resurrection
you send light to conquer
darkness,
water to give new life,
and the bread of life to
nourish your people.
Send us forth as witnesses to
your Son’s resurrection,
so that we may show your glory
to all the world,
through Jesus Christ, our
risen Lord. Amen. Amen.
[vi]
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
‘Crown Him with Many Crowns’ Common
Praise #378
Dismissal
The
Deacon sends the Community forth with an appropriate Dismissal.
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