Second Sunday
after Pentecost
7 June 2015
The Gathering of the
Community
Entrance Hymn
‘Here in This Place New Light Is
Streaming’ Common Praise #465
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.
You raise the dead to life in the Spirit:
Lord, have mercy.
Lord,
have mercy.
You bring pardon and peace to the broken in
heart:
Christ, have mercy.
Christ,
have mercy.
You make one by your Spirit the torn and
divided:
Lord, have mercy.
Lord,
have mercy. [i]
Canticle
‘Laudate Dominum’ Common Praise #313 (sung three times)
Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
God of the
unexpected,
you take what is old and make it new,
and what is dead and bring it to life;
you take our false expectations
and transform them into your truth.
Help us to accept the challenge of your call,
so that, trusting in your promise,
The Proclamation of the
Word of God
The First Reading
A reading from the First Book of Samuel
(8.4-11, 16-20; 11.14-15).
4
[All] the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, 5
and said to him, “You are old and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint
for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations.” 6 But the thing displeased Samuel
when they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” Samuel prayed to the Lord, 7 and the Lord said to
Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for
they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over
them. 8 Just as they have
done to me, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt to this day, forsaking
me and serving other gods, so also they are doing to you. 9 Now then, listen to their voice;
only — you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the ways of the king who
shall reign over them.”
10
So Samuel reported all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a
king. 11 He said, “These will
be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to
his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots.”
16 “He
will take your male and female slaves, and the best of your cattle and donkeys,
and put them to his work. 17
He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. 18 And in that day you will cry out
because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the Lord will
not answer you in that day.”
19
But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said, “No! but we
are determined to have a king over us, 20 so that we also may be
like other nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and
fight our battles.”
11.14
Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the
kingship.” 15 So all the
people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal.
There they sacrificed offerings of well-
being before the Lord,
and there Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
The Psalm of the Day
Psalm 138 with a refrain from Songs for the
Holy One
Refrain (sung twice): Great
is the Holy One’s glory.
1 I will give thanks to you, O
Lord, with my whole heart; *
before the gods I will sing your
praise.
2 I will bow down toward your holy temple and praise your name, *
because
of your love and faithfulness; *
for you have glorified your name
*
and
your word above all things.
Refrain:
Great is the Holy One’s glory.
3 When I called, you answered me;
*
you increased my strength within me.
4 All the rulers of the earth will praise you, O Lord, *
when
they have heard the words of your mouth.
5 They will sing of the ways of
the Lord, *
that great is the glory of the Lord.
6 Though you are high, you care for the lowly; *
you
perceive the haughty from afar.
Refrain:
Great is the Holy One’s glory.
7 Though I walk in the midst of
trouble, you keep me safe; *
you stretch forth your hand against
the fury of my enemies;
your mighty hand shall save me.
8 O Lord, you will make good your purpose for me; *
your
love endures for ever;
do
not abandon the works of your hands.
Refrain:
Great is the Holy One’s glory.
The Second Reading
A reading from Paul’s Second Letter to the
Corinthians (4.13-5.1).
13
But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with
scripture — “I believed, and so I spoke” — we also believe, and so we speak, 14
because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with
Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. 15 Yes, everything is for your
sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase
thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
16
So we do not lose heart. Even though our
outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. 17 For this slight momentary
affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, 18
because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what
can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
5.1
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a
building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
‘Alleluia’
Common Praise #712 (Refrain; v. 1; Refrain)
The Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Mark (3.20-35).
Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
19b
[Jesus] went home; 20 and the crowd came together again, so that [Jesus
and his disciples] could not even eat. 21
When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were
saying, “He has gone out of his mind.”
22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has
Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.” 23 And he called them to him, and spoke
to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against
itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25
And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
26 And if Satan has risen up
against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. 27 But no one can enter a strong
man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man;
then indeed the house can be plundered.
28
“Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever
blasphemies they utter; 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy
Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin” — 30
for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
31
Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him
and called him. 32 A crowd
was sitting around him; and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers
and sisters are outside, asking for you.” 33 And he replied, “Who are my
mother and my brothers?” 34
And looking at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my
brothers! 35 Whoever does the
will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Sermon
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,
who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born
of the virgin Mary,
suffered
under Pontius Pilate,
was
crucified and was buried;
he
descended to the dead.
On
the third day he rose again;
he
ascended into heaven,
he
is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and
he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I
believe in God 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, Thanksgivings and Petitions
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of the Lord be always with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Communion
Offertory Hymn
‘Sister, Let Me Be Your Servant’ Common Praise #500
The Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
Holy God, gracious and merciful,
you
bring forth food from the earth
and
nourish your whole creation.
Turn
our hearts toward those
who
hunger in any way,
so
that all may know your care;
and
prepare us now
to
feast on the bread of life,
Jesus
Christ, our Saviour 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;
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. [iv]
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, you alone are holy, you alone are
God.
The universe declares your praise:
beyond the stars; beneath the sea; within
each cell; with every breath.
We
praise you, O God.
Generations bless your faithfulness:
through the water; by night and day;
across the wilderness; out of exile; into
the future.
We
bless you, O God.
We give you thanks for your dear Son:
at the heart of human life; near to those
who suffer;
beside the sinner; among the poor; with us
now.
We
thank you, O God.
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 his love for us on the way,
at the table, and to the end,
we proclaim the mystery of faith.
Christ
has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
We pray for the gift of your Spirit:
in our gathering; within this meal;
among your people; throughout the world.
Blessing, praise and thanks to you, holy
God,
through Christ Jesus, by your Spirit,
in your church, without end.
Amen.
[vi]
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. [vii]
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
The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
Hymn after Communion
‘Come, Let Us Eat’ Common Praise #62 (with the Presider as the
Cantor)
The Sending Forth of the
Community
The Prayer after Communion
We give you thanks, almighty God,
that
you have refreshed us
through
the healing power of this gift of life.
In
your mercy, strengthen us through this gift,
in
faith toward you
and
in fervent love toward one another;
for
the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. [ix]
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 the Healing of the Nations’ Common Praise 576
The Dismissal
The Deacon sends the People forth with a
Dismissal for the occasion.
[i] Common
Worship (2000), 133.
[ii]
Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Collects, Prayers over the Gifts and after
Communion: Propers 10 to 22, June to
August 2015, Year B’, 1.
[iii] Liturgy
Task Force, ‘Trial Use Collects, Prayers over the Gifts and after
Communion: Propers 10 to 22, June to
August 2015, Year B’, 8.
[iv] The
Book of Alternative Services (1986), 218.
[v] Common
Praise #732.
[vi]
‘Thanksgiving at the Table IX’, Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 68.
[vii] Songs
for a Gospel People #12.
[viii] The
Book of Alternative Services (1986), 212 alt.
[ix] Liturgy
Task Force, ‘Trial Use Collects, Prayers over the Gifts and after
Communion: Propers 10 to 22, June to
August 2015, Year B’, 8.
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