Saint Peter and
Saint Paul
Third Sunday
after Pentecost
29 June 2014
The Gathering of the
Community
Entrance
Hymn
‘Jesus Calls Us Here to Meet Him’ Common Praise #59
Greeting
We praise you, O God,
We
acclaim you as Lord;
all creation worships you,
all
the powers of heaven.
The glorious company of the apostles praise
you.
The
white-robed army of martyrs praise you.
Come, then, Lord, and help your people
Canticle
‘Gloria in excelsis’ by John Rutter
Collect
of the Day
Let us pray.
O God,
source of every good gift
and sure foundation of our
unity,
as we celebrate your servants,
Peter and Paul,
grant your church a share
in their zeal for preaching the
gospel.
Strengthen us in our witness
to our Lord, Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy
Spirit,
The Proclamation of the
Word of God
The
First Reading
A Reading from Ezekiel (34.11-16).
For
thus says the Lord God: I myself will search
for my sheep, and will seek them out. 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. 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. 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. I myself will be the shepherd of
my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord God. I will seek the lost, and I will bring back
the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak,
but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
The
Psalm of the Day
Psalm 8 with Refrain from Songs for the Holy
One
Refrain (twice): Glorious
things are sung for you, O Holy One.
1 On the holy mountain *
stands the city God has founded;
2 the Lord loves the
gates of Zion
more
than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are spoken of you, *
O city of our God.
4 I count Egypt and
Babylon among those who know me; *
behold
Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia: in Zion
were they born.
Refrain: Glorious things are sung for you, O Holy One.
5 Of Zion it shall be said, ”Everyone was born in there, *
and the Most High shall sustain it.”
6 The Lord will record as
the peoples are enrolled, *
“These
also were born there.”
7 The singers and the dancers will say, *
“All
my fresh springs are in you.”
Refrain: Glorious things are sung for you, O Holy One.
The
Second Reading
A Reading from the Second Letter to Timothy
(4.1-8).
In
the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the
dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I solemnly urge you: proclaim the message; be persistent whether
the time is favourable or unfavourable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with
the utmost patience in teaching. For the
time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having
itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own
desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to
myths. As for you, always be sober,
endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.
As
for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my
departure has come. I have fought the
good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is reserved for me the crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that
day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
Hymn
before the Gospel
‘From the Waiting Comes the Sign’ Common Praise #642
The
Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to John (21.15-19).
Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
When
they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do
you love me more than these?” He said to
him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” A second time he said to him, “Simon son of
John, do you love me?” He said to him,
“Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus
said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to
him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the
third time, “Do you love me?” And he
said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger,
you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out
your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where
you do not wish to go.” (He said this to
indicate the kind of death by which he would glorify God.) After this he said to him, “Follow me.”
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The
Sermon
An
Affirmation of Faith
Let us declare our faith in God.
We believe in God,
the Source of all life and love,
from whom every family
in heaven and earth is named.
We believe in God,
the eternal Word of redemption,
who lives in our hearts through faith,
and fills us with steadfast love.
We believe in God,
the Spirit of wisdom and truth,
who strengthens us
with power from on high.
We believe in one God:
Source of all being,
The Prayers of the
Community
Intercessions,
Petitions and Thanksgivings
The
Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of the risen Christ be with
you all.
And
also with you.
The Holy Communion
Offertory
Hymn
‘Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken’ Common Praise #388
The
Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
Almighty God,
receive
all we offer you on this feast of the apostles.
Help
us to know our own weakness
and
to rejoice in your saving power,
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;
we give you thanks and
praise
through Jesus Christ our
Lord,
who after his
resurrection sent forth apostles
to preach the gospel and
to teach all nations,
and promised to be with
them always,
even to the end of the
ages.
Therefore with angels
and archangels
and all your holy
people,
we raise our voices
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 we also, 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,
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
Be known to us, Lord
Jesus, in the breaking of the bread.
Be known to us, Lord Jesus, in the breaking of the bread.
The bread which we
break, alleluia,
is the communion of the
body of Christ.
Be known to us, Lord Jesus, in the breaking of the bread.
One body are we,
alleluia,
for though many, we
share one bread.
The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
Hymn
after Communion
‘Come Down, O Love Divine’ Common Praise #434
The Sending Forth of the
Community
The
Prayer after Communion
Giver of the Spirit,
renew
the life of your Church
by
the power of this sacrament.
May
the breaking of bread
and
the teaching of the apostles
keep
us united in your love,
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
‘By All Your Saints Still Striving’ Common Praise #283 (sung to #434) vv. 1, 2m,
3
The
Dismissal
Let us go forth in the name of the living
God.
Thanks
be to God.
[i]
‘We Praise You, O God’, Evangelical Lutheran Worship #227 alt.
[ii] Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Alternative
Collects: Pentecost to the Reign of
Christ (Year A)’, 15.
[iii]
‘Affirmation of Faith 6’ in Common Worship (2000), 148 alt.
[iv]
The Book of Alternative Services (1985), 412.
[v]
The Book of Alternative Services (1985), 224.
[vi] Evangelical
Lutheran Worship (2006), #525.
[vii] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 67.
[viii] Songs for a Gospel
People #12.
[ix] The Book of Alternative Services (1985), 228.
[x]
The Book of Alternative Services (1985), 412.
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