The
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
19 November 2017
The Gathering
of the Community
Gathering Music
Announcements
Opening Hymn
‘Judge Eternal, Throned in Splendour’ Common
Praise #594 (sung to #381)
The Greeting
Blessed are you, Author of creation,
for all the saints who went before us,
who have spoken to our hearts and touched us with your
fire.
Blessed are
you for ever and ever.
Blessed are you, Word of redemption,
for all the saints who live beside us,
whose weaknesses and strengths are woven with our own.
Blessed are
you for ever and ever.
Blessed are you, Spirit of wisdom,
for all the saints who live beyond us,
who challenge us to change the world with them.
Blessed are
you for ever and ever.
Blessed are you, holy and undivided Trinity, one God.
The Hymn of Praise
‘Glory, in the Highest Glory’ Common
Praise #366
The Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
Righteous God, our merciful master,
you own
the earth and all its peoples,
and you
give us all that we have.
Inspire
us to serve you with justice and wisdom,
and
prepare for the joy of the day of your coming,
The
Proclamation of the Word
The First Reading
A reading from the
prophet Zephaniah (1.7, 12-18).
1.7 Be silent before the
Lord God! For the day of the Lord is at hand; the Lord
has prepared a sacrifice, he has consecrated his guests.
12 At that time I will
search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the people who rest complacently
on their dregs, those who say in their hearts, “The Lord will not do good, nor will he do harm.” 13 Their wealth shall be
plundered, and their houses laid waste. Though
they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they
shall not drink wine from them.
14 The great day of the Lord is near, near and hastening fast; the
sound of the day of the Lord is
bitter, the warrior cries aloud there. 15
That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin
and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick
darkness, 16 a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
against the
fortified cities and against the lofty battlements. 17 I will bring such distress upon
people that they shall walk like the blind; because they have sinned against
the Lord, their blood shall be
poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung. 18 Neither their silver nor their
gold will be able to save them on the day of the Lord’s wrath; in the fire of his passion the whole earth
shall be consumed; for a full, a terrible end he will make of all the
inhabitants of the earth
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm 90.1-8, 12 from Songs for the Holy One.
Refrain (sung twice): Gracious
God, strengthen our hands that we may serve.
O God, you have
been our refuge
from one generation
to another.
Before mountains were born
or land or world brought to birth,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Refrain: Gracious
God, strengthen our hands that we may serve.
You turn everyone
back to dust and say,
“Go back, you
mortals!”
Truly a thousand years in your eyes
pass by like yesterday,
like a watch in the night.
You sweep them away
like a dream;
they fade away
suddenly like the grass.
In the morning it sprouts and flourishes;
in the evening it is dried up and withered.
Refrain: Gracious
God, strengthen our hands that we may serve.
We are devastated
by your wrath;
by your anger we are terrified.
You set our
wickedness before you;
your face brings to
light our secret sins.
Teach us so to number our days
that we acquire a heart of wisdom.
Refrain: Gracious
God, strengthen our hands that we may serve.
The Second Reading
A reading from Paul’s
First Letter to the Thessalonians (5.1-11).
5.1 Now concerning the times and the
seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you.
2 For you yourselves know
very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 When they say, “There is peace
and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labour pains
come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape! 4 But you, beloved, are not in
darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief; 5 for you are
all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of
darkness. 6 So then let us
not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober; 7
for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.
8 But since we belong to the
day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a
helmet the hope of salvation. 9
For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our
Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake
or asleep we may live with him. 11
Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are
doing.
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
‘Alleluia’ Common Praise #708 (sung twice)
The Gospel
The Lord be with
you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew (25.14-30).
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
25.14 [Jesus said,] “For
it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his
property to them; 15 to one he gave five talents, to another two, to
another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 The one who had received the
five talents went off at once and traded with them, and made five more talents.
17 In the same way, the one
who had the two talents made two more talents. 18 But the one who had received the
one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. 19 After a long time the master of
those slaves came and settled accounts with them. 20 Then the one who had received
the five talents came forward, bringing five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you
handed over to me five talents; see, I have made five more talents.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well
done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I
will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’ 22 And the one with the two talents
also came forward, saying, ‘Master, you handed over to me two talents; see, I
have made two more talents.’ 23
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been
trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter
into the joy of your master.’ 24
Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying,
‘Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and
gathering where you did not scatter seed; 25 so I was afraid, and I
went and hid your talent in the ground. Here
you have what is yours.’ 26
But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not
sow, and gather where I did not scatter? 27 Then you ought to have invested
my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my
own with interest. 28 So take
the talent from him, and give it to the one with the ten talents. 29 For to all those who have, more
will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have
nothing, even what they have will be taken away. 30 As for this worthless slave,
throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.’”
The Gospel of
Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Hymn after the Gospel
‘Alleluia’ Common Praise #708 (sung twice)
The Homily
The Apostles’ Creed
Let us confess the faith of our baptism.
I
believe in God,
the
Father almighty,
creator
of heaven and earth.
I
believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord.
He was
conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born
of the Virgin Mary.
He
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was
crucified, died and was buried.
He
descended to the dead.
On the
third day he rose again.
He
ascended into heaven
and is
seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will
come again to judge the living and the dead.
I
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy
catholic Church,
the
communion of saints,
the
forgiveness of sins,
the
resurrection of the body,
and the
life everlasting. Amen.
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
Offertory Hymn
‘Amazing Grace’ Common Praise #352
Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
God of mercy and grace,
the eyes
of all wait upon you,
and you
open your hand in blessing.
Fill us
with good things at your table,
so that we
may come to the help of all in need,
through
Jesus Christ, our redeemer and Lord.
Amen.
[iii]
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;
in the multitude of your saints
you have surrounded us
with so great a cloud of witnesses,
that we, rejoicing in their fellowship,
may run with patience the race that is set before
us,
and together with them receive the crown of glory
that never fades away.
Therefore with angels and archangels
and with all who have served you in every age,
we raise 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.
We
give thanks to you, Lord our God,
for
the goodness and love
you
have made known to us in creation;
in
calling Israel to be your people;
in
your Word spoken through the prophets;
and
above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son.
For
in these last days you sent him
to
be incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
to
be the Saviour and Redeemer of the world.
In
him, you have delivered us from evil,
and
made us worthy to stand before you.
In
him, you have brought us out of error into truth,
out
of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.
On
the night he was handed over
to
suffering and death, a death he freely accepted,
our
Lord Jesus Christ took bread;
and
when he had given thanks to you,
he
broke it, and gave it to his disciples,
and
said, “ Take, eat: this is my body which
is given for you.
Do
this for the remembrance of me.”
After
supper he took the cup of wine;
and
when he had given thanks,
he
gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you:
this
is my blood of the new covenant,
which
is shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever
you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”
Therefore,
holy and gracious God, according to his command,
we remember his
death,
we proclaim his
resurrection,
we await his coming
in glory;
and
we offer our sacrifice
of
praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all;
presenting
to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.
We
pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts,
so
that they may be the sacrament of the body of Christ
and
his blood of the new covenant.
Unite
us to your Son in his sacrifice,
so
that we, made acceptable in him,
may
be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
In
the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ,
and
make them new, and bring us to that city of light
where
you dwell with all your sons and daughters;
through
Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation,
the
head of the Church, and the author of our salvation;
by
whom, and with whom, and in whom,
in
the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are yours,
almighty
Father, now and for ever. Amen.
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
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
into
your kingdom.
This are the gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
The Hymn after Communion
‘May the Grace of Christ Our Saviour’ Common
Praise #481
The Sending
Forth of the Community
Stewardship Moment
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,
so that
we may proclaim your redeeming love to the world
and
continue forever in the risen life of Jesus Christ, our Lord. 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
‘O God, Our Help in Ages Past’ Common
Praise #528
Dismissal
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
Thanks be to
God.
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