The
Second Sunday after Pentecost
2
June 2013
The
Gathering of the Community
Gathering Music
Processional Hymn
‘We,
the Lord’s People’ Common Praise #10
Greeting
The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and
the love of God
and
the communion of the Holy Spirit
be
with you all.
And also with you.
The
Deacon or an Assisting Minister says,
God
our creator,
you
know the secrets of our hearts.
We
ask you to forgive our sins,
known
and unknown.
For
turning away from you,
and
ignoring your will for our lives:
God of compassion, forgive, save and help
us.
For
behaving just as we wish,
without
thinking of you:
God of compassion, forgive, save and
help us.
For
failing you by what we do, think and say:
God of compassion, forgive, save and
help us.
For
letting ourselves be drawn away from you
by
temptations in the world about us:
God of compassion, forgive, save and
help us.
For
living as if we were ashamed
to
belong to your Beloved, Christ our Lord:
The
Presider says,
May
the God of love and power
forgive
you and free you from your sins,
heal
and strengthen you by the Holy Spirit,
and
raise you to new life in Christ our Lord.
Amen. [ii]
Let
us praise the God who gives us new life
through
the reconciling love of Christ and the work of the Spirit.
Hymn of Praise
‘Glory
to God’ Common Praise #702
Collect of the Day
Let
us pray.
O
Singer of creation,
your song is welcome and holiness, healing
and trust.
Teach us a new song to sing your praise,
and tune our ears to melodies we have
never heard,
so that we may add our voices to the
harmony
that unites all creation as one
in adoration and thanksgiving of you,
through Christ, your all-embracing song,
and in the Spirit, your life-giving
breath. Amen. [iii]
The
Proclamation of the Word of God
First Reading
A
Reading from First Kings (8.22-23, 41-43)
Then Solomon stood before the altar
of the Lord
in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands to
heaven. He said, “O Lord, God of
Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping
covenant and steadfast love for your servants who walk before you with all
their heart.
Likewise when a foreigner, who is
not of your people Israel, comes from a distant land because of your name — for
they shall hear of your great name, your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm
— when a foreigner comes and prays toward this house, then hear in heaven your dwelling
place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you, so that all the
peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel,
and so that they may know that your name has been invoked on this house that I
have built.”
Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm
96.1-9 with the Refrain from Songs for the Holy One
Refrain (sung twice)
Sing to the Lord a new
song; *
sing
to the Lord, all the whole earth.
Sing to the Lord and
bless the divine name; *
proclaim
the good news of our salvation from day to day.
Declare the glory of
the Lord among the nations *
and
the wonders of God among all peoples.
Refrain
For great is the Lord
and greatly to be praised, *
more
to be feared than all gods.
As for all the gods of
the nations, they are but idols; *
but
it is you, Lord, who made the heavens.
Oh, the majesty and
magnificence of your presence! *
Oh,
the power and the splendour of your sanctuary!
Refrain
Ascribe to the Lord,
you families of the peoples; *
ascribe
to the Lord honour and power.
Ascribe to the Lord
the honour due the divine name; *
bring
offerings and come into the courts of the Lord.
Worship the Lord in
the beauty of holiness; *
let
the whole earth tremble before God.
Refrain
The Second Reading
A Reading from Paul’s
Letter to the Galatians (1.1-12)
Paul an apostle — sent neither by
human commission nor from human authorities, but through Jesus Christ and God
the Father, who raised him from the dead — and all the members of God’s family
who are with me,
To the churches of Galatia:
Grace to you and peace from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to set us free
from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom
be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
I am astonished that you are so
quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning
to a different gospel — not that there is another gospel, but there are some
who are confusing you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should
proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that one be
accursed! As we have said before, so now
I repeat, if anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received,
let that one be accursed!
Am I now seeking human approval, or
God’s approval? Or am I trying to please
people? If I were still pleasing people,
I would not be a servant of Christ.
For I want you to know, brothers and
sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for
I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received
it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
Hear what the Spirit
is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Gradual Hymn
‘We Cannot Measure How
You Heal’ Common Praise #292
The Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke (7.1-10)
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
After Jesus had finished all his
sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave whom he valued
highly, and who was ill and close to death.
When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him
to come and heal his slave. When they
came to Jesus, they appealed to him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy of having
you do this for him, for he loves our people, and it is he who built our
synagogue for us.” And Jesus went with
them, but when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say
to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come
under my roof; therefore I did not presume to come to you. But only speak the word, and let my servant be
healed. For I also am a man set under
authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to
another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does
it.” When Jesus heard this he was amazed
at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, he said, “I tell you, not
even in Israel have I found such faith.”
When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave
in good health.
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Sermon
An Affirmation of Faith
We believe and trust in God the Lover,
source of all being and life,
the one for whom we exist.
We believe and trust in God the Beloved,
who, in Jesus of Nazareth, took our human nature,
died for us and rose again.
We believe and trust in God the Love,
who gives life to the people of God
and makes Christ known in the world.
We believe and trust in one God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
[iv]
The Prayers of the
Community
Intercessions,
Thanksgivings and Petitions
The Exchange of the Peace
The peace of the Lord
be always with you.
And also with you.
The Holy Communion
The Offertory Hymn
‘All Things Are
Thine’ Common Praise #304
The Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
Blessed are you, O
God, maker of all things.
Through your goodness you have blessed us with these
gifts:
ourselves, our time and our possessions.
Use us and what we have gathered
in feeding the world with your love,
through the one who gave himself for us,
Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord. Amen.
[v]
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;
you are the source of
light and life for all your creation,
you made us in your
own image,
and call us to new
life in Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Therefore we praise
you,
joining 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. [vi]
Holy,
mighty and merciful Lord,
heaven
and earth are full of your glory.
In
great love you sent us Jesus, your Son,
who
reached out to heal the sick and suffering,
who
preached good news to the poor
and
who, on the cross, opened his arms to all.
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.
Remembering,
therefore, his death, resurrection and ascension,
we
await his coming in glory.
Pour
out upon us the Spirit of your love, O Lord,
and
unite the wills of all who share this heavenly food,
the
body and blood of Jesus Christ our Lord;
to
whom, with you and the Holy Spirit,
be
all glory and honour, 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
How shall we repay
you, O Lord,
for all the good
things you have done for us?
We will lift up the cup of salvation
and call upon your name.
We will offer you the
sacrifice of thanksgiving
and call upon your
name.
We will fulfil our vows to you
in the presence of all people. [ix]
The
gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
The Communion of the
Community
The Communion Hymn
‘O Christ, the
Healer’ Common Praise #291 (sung to #96)
The Sending Forth of the
Community
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,
that we may proclaim your redeeming love to the world
and continue forever in the risen life of Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen. [x]
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.
The Recessional Hymn
‘O God of Font and
Altar’ Common Praise #389
The Dismissal
The
Deacon or an Assisting Minister sends the Community forth. To these words the Community responds,
Thanks be to God.
Concluding Music
[i]
‘General Confession of Sin 1’ in Common Worship (2000), 128 alt.
[ii]
‘Absolution 4’ in Common Worship (2000), 135 alt.
[iii]
‘Scripture Prayer for Proper 9C (Series 2)’ in Revised Common Lectionary
Prayers (2002), 143 alt.
[iv]
‘Authorized Affirmation of Faith 1’ in Common Worship (2000), 144 alt.
[v]
‘Offering Prayer 3’ in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 107.
[vi]
‘You Are Holy’ in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), #525.
[vii]
‘Thanksgiving at the Table V’ in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 65-66.
[viii]
Songs for a Gospel People #12 sung by the whole community without repeats.
[ix]
Psalm 116 edited for liturgical use by the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett.
[x]
‘Prayer after Communion 3’ in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 114.
