The Nineteenth
Sunday after Pentecost
19 October 2014
The Gathering of the
Community
Entrance Hymn
‘O God beyond All Praising’ Evangelical Lutheran Worship #880
Greeting
Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God,
the
fountain of living water,
the
rock who gave us birth,
Fountain of living water,
for the times when we have used your gifts
carelessly
and acted ungratefully;
have
mercy upon us.
Rock who gave us birth,
we enjoy the fruits of the harvest,
but sometimes forget that you have given
them to us;
have
mercy upon us.
Light that brightens our darkness,
we belong to a people who are full and
satisfied,
but ignore the cry of the hungry;
have
mercy upon us.
Salvation that restores us,
we are thoughtless,
and do not care enough for the world you
have made;
have
mercy upon us.
Holy Trinity, one God,
we store up goods for ourselves alone,
as if there were no God and no promised
reign of justice and peace;
Gracious God,
you loved the world so much
that you sent your Son to be our Saviour.
Forgive our sins
and make us ready to serve you in all times
and in all places;
Canticle
‘Glory to God’ Common Praise #702
Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
O God,
whose
image we bear
and
whose name we carry,
yours
is the world and all it contains.
Recall
us to our true allegiance,
so
that above the powers and rulers of this world
you
alone may claim our loyalty and love.
We
make our prayer
through
our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
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 Exodus (33.12-23).
Moses
said to the Lord,
“See, you have said to me, ‘Bring up this people’; but you have not let me know
whom you will send with me. Yet you have
said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favour in my sight.’ Now if I have found favour in your sight, show
me your ways, so that I may know you and find favour in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.”
[The Lord]
said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” And [Moses] said to [the Lord], “If
your presence will not go, do not carry us up from here. For how shall it be known that I have found
favour in your sight, I and your people, unless you go with us? In this way, we shall be distinct, I and your
people, from every people on the face of the earth.”
The Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very
thing that you have asked; for you have found favour in my sight, and I know
you by name.” Moses said, “Show me your
glory, I pray.” And [the Lord] said,
“I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the
name, ‘The Lord’;
and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom
I will show mercy. But,” [the Lord] said,
“you cannot see my face; for no one shall see me and live.” And the Lord continued, “See, there is a place
by me where you shall stand on the rock; and while my glory passes by I will
put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have
passed by; then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but my
face shall not be seen.”
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
The Psalm of the Day
Psalm 99 with the refrain from Songs for the
Holy One
Refrain (sung twice): We
praise and magnify your glorious name.
1 The Lord reigns; *
let the people tremble;
the
Lord is enthroned upon the Cherubim; *
let the earth shake.
2 The Lord is great in Zion *
and
is high above all peoples.
3 Let them confess your name,
which is great and awesome; *
you are the Holy One.
4 “O mighty Sovereign, lover of justice, you have established equity; *
you
have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.”
Refrain:
We praise and magnify your glorious
name.
5 Proclaim the greatness of the
Lord our God
and
fall down before the footstool of God; *
the Lord is the Holy One.
6 Moses and Aaron among your priests, *
and
Samuel among those who call upon your name,
they
called upon the Lord, *
and you answered them.
7 You spoke to them out of the pillar of cloud; *
they
kept your testimonies and the decree that you gave them.
Refrain:
We praise and magnify your glorious
name.
8 “O Lord our God, you answered
them indeed; *
you were a God who forgave them,
yet punished them for their evil
deeds.”
9 Proclaim the greatness of the Lord our God
and worship upon the holy hill of
God; *
for
the Lord our God is the Holy One.
Refrain:
We praise and magnify your glorious
name.
The Second Reading
A Reading from Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians
(1.1-10).
Paul,
Silvanus, and Timothy,
To
the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace
to you and peace.
We
always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers,
constantly remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labour
of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by
God, that he has chosen you, because our message of the gospel came to you not
in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full
conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for
your sake. And you became imitators of
us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy
inspired by the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers
in Macedonia and in Achaia. For the word
of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in
every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to
speak about it. For the people of those
regions report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you
turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, and to wait for his
Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead — Jesus, who rescues us from the
wrath that is coming.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
‘Alleluia’
Common Praise #715
The Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Matthew (22.15-22).
Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Then
the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap [Jesus] in what he said. So they sent their disciples to him, along
with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach
the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you
do not regard people with partiality. Tell
us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?” But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why
are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. Then he said to them, “Whose head is this, and
whose title?” They answered, “The
emperor’s.” Then he said to them, “Give
therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things
that are God’s.” When they heard this,
they were amazed; and they left him and went away.
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Sermon
An Affirmation of Faith
Let us affirm our faith as we say,
Hear,
O Israel,
the
Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Love
the Lord your God
with
all your heart,
with
all your soul,
with
all your mind,
and
with all your strength.
This
is the first and the great commandment.
The
second is like it:
Love
your neighbour as yourself.
The Prayers of the Community
The Prayers of the People
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of the Lord be always with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Communion
Offertory Hymn
‘Stand Up and Bless the Lord’ Common Praise #350
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:
our
selves, 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,
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
that we
should praise you, gracious God,
for you
created all things.
You formed
us in your own image:
male and
female you created us.
When we
turned away from you in sin,
you did not
cease to care for us,
but opened a
path of salvation for all people.
You made a
covenant with Israel,
and through
your servants Abraham and Sarah
gave the
promise of a blessing to all nations.
Through
Moses you led your people
from bondage
into freedom;
through the
prophets
you renewed
your promise of salvation.
Therefore,
with them and with all your saints
who have
served you in every age,
we give
thanks and 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.
Holy God, source of life and goodness,
all creation rightly gives you praise.
In the fullness of time,
you sent your Son Jesus Christ,
to share our human nature,
to live and die as one of us,
to reconcile us to you,
the God and Creator of all.
He healed the sick
and ate and drank with outcasts and sinners;
he opened the eyes of the blind
and proclaimed the good news of your kingdom
to the poor and to those in need.
In all things he fulfilled your gracious
will.
On the night he freely gave himself to
death,
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.”
Gracious God,
his perfect sacrifice
destroys the power of sin and death;
by raising him to life
you give us life for evermore.
Therefore we proclaim our faith.
Christ
has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
Recalling his death,
proclaiming his resurrection,
and looking for his coming again in glory,
we offer you, God of abundance, this bread
and this cup.
Send your Holy Spirit upon us
and upon these gifts,
so that all who eat and drink at this table
may be one body and one holy people,
a living sacrifice in Jesus Christ, our
Lord.
Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory is yours, Holy One of Israel,
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
“I am the
bread which has come down from heaven,”
says the
Lord.
Give us this bread for ever.
“I am the
vine, you are the branches.”
The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
Hymn after Communion
‘A Spendthrift Lover Is the Lord’ Common Praise #177
The Sending Forth of the
Community
Stewardship Reflection
The Prayer after Communion
All your works praise you, O Lord.
And
your faithful servants bless you.
Gracious
God
we
thank you for feeding us
with
the body and blood of your Son
Jesus
Christ.
May
we, who share his body,
live
his risen life;
we,
who drink his cup,
bring
life to others;
we,
whom the Spirit lights,
give
light to the world.
Keep
us firm in the hope you have set before us,
so
that we and all your children shall be free,
and
the whole earth live to praise your name;
Closing Hymn
‘O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing’ Songs for a Gospel People #1
The Dismissal
The Deacon sends the People forth with a Dismissal
for the occasion.
[i] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 95.
[ii] Common
Worship (2000), 126 alt.
[iii] Common
Worship (2000), 136 alt.
[iv]
Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Collects from Pentecost to the Reign of Christ
Year A’ (2014), 11.
[v] The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 53.
[vi] Evangelical
Lutheran Worship (2006), 107 alt.
[vii] Common
Praise #726.
[viii]
Eucharistic Prayer 1 in The Book of Alternative Services (1985), 193-195 alt.
[ix]
‘Our Father in Heaven’, Common Praise #744.
[x] The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 212 alt.
[xi] The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 214-215.
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