All
SAints
4
November 2012
The
Gathering of the Community
Processional
Hymn
‘All
People Who on Earth Do Dwell’ Common Praise #349
Introductory
Responses
Splendour
and honour and sovereign power
are yours by right, O
Lord our God,
for
you created everything that is,
and by your will they
were created and have their being;
and
yours by right, O Lamb that was slain,
for with your blood you
have redeemed for God,
from
every family, language, people and nation,
a kingdom of priests to
serve our God on earth.
Hymn of
Praise
‘Come,
Let Us Join’ Common Praise #319
Collect
Let
us pray.
Source
of all being,
beginning and end,
we praise you for those
who have served you faithfully.
For the sake of Jesus
Christ,
replenish our hope in
your eternal kingdom,
that we may have life in
all its fullness,
unfettered by the fear of
death. Amen.[i]
The
Proclamation of the Word
First
Reading
Isaiah
25.6-9
The Psalm
Psalm
24 in Songs for the Holy One
The Second
Reading
Revelation
21.1-6a
The Gradual
Hymn
‘Blessed
Feasts of Blessed Martyrs’ Common Praise #284
The Gospel
John
11.32-44
The Homily
The
Affirmation of Faith
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:
by the power of the Holy
Spirit
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.[ii]
The
Prayers of the Community
Intercessions,
Petitions and Thanksgivings
The Exchange
of the Peace
May
the peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
The
Holy Communion
The
Offertory Hymn
‘The
Eternal Gifts of Christ the King’ Common Praise #285 (sung to #599)
Prayer over
the Gifts
God
of unfailing light,
in your realm of glory
the poor are blessed,
the hungry filled,
and every tear is wiped
away.
Strengthened by this
vision,
may we who offer these
gifts
follow in the way of
holiness
that your Son made known
in life and death. Amen.[iii]
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.
Hosanna in the highest.
Holy
God, mighty Lord, gracious Father:
Endless
is your mercy and eternal your reign.
You
have filled all creation with light and life’
heaven
and earth are full of your glory.
We
praise you for the grace shown to your people in every age:
the
promise to Israel, the rescue from Egypt,
the
gift of the promised land, the words of the prophets;
and,
at this end of all the ages, the gift of your Son,
who
proclaimed the good news in word and deed
and
was obedient to your will, even to giving his life.
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.
For
as often as we eat of this bread and drink from this cup,
we
proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
Therefore,
O God, with this bread and cup
we
remember the life our Lord offered for us.
And,
believing the witness of his resurrection,
we
await his coming power to share with us
the
great and promised feast.
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
Send
now, we pray, your Holy Spirit,
that
we who share in Christ’s body and blood
may
live to the praise of your glory
and
receive our inheritance with all your saints in light.
Amen. Come, Holy Spirit.
Join
our prayers with those of your servants of every time and place,
and
unite them with the ceaseless petitions of our great high priest
until
he comes as victorious Lord of all.
Through
him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all
glory and honour is yours, almighty Father, now and for ever.
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,
now and for ever. Amen.
The Breaking
of the Bread
God
of promise,
you
prepare a banquet for us in your kingdom.
Happy are those who are
called
to the supper of the
Lamb.
The
gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
The
Communion
Communion
Hymn
‘Before
the World Began’ Common Praise #621
The
Sending Forth of the Community
Stewardship
Moment
Prayer after
Communion
O
God of our salvation,
bless us who have
received this eucharist
with your healing
presence;
make us hungry for
justice;
strengthen our faith;
and increase our love for
others,
through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.[v]
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
‘For
All the Saints’ Common Praise #276 vv. 1, 2, 4, 7, 8
Dismissal
The text of the Dismissal
is at the discretion of the Deacon or Assisting Minister.
[i] Scripture Prayer for All
Saints, Year B in Revised Common
Lectionary Prayers (2002), 227.
[ii] The Nicene Creed as
printed in Evangelical Lutheran Worship
(2006), 104.
[iii] Thematic Prayer for All
Saints in Revised Common Lectionary
Prayers (2002), 226, as adapted by the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett.
[iv] Thanksgiving at the Table
VI from Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006),
66, with the All Saints Preface from The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 224.
[v] Concluding Intercessory
Prayer for All Saints in Revised Common
Lectionary Prayers (2002), 226, as adapted by the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey
Leggett.
