Third Sunday
after Pentecost
5 June 2016
The Gathering of the
Community
Entrance
Hymn
‘Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service’ Common Praise #585
Greeting
Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God,
the
fountain of living water,
the
rock who gave us birth,
Almighty God,
to
you all hearts are open,
all
desires known,
and
from you no secrets are hidden.
Cleanse
the thoughts of our hearts
by
the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,
that
we may perfectly love you,
and
worthily magnify your holy name;
through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Canticle
‘Glory, in the Highest Glory’ Common Praise #366
Collect
of the Day
Let us pray.
O God,
our
breath and our hope:
visit
your people and raise your church to new life,
so
that we may join with all generations
in
voicing our wonder and praise;
through
Jesus Christ our Redeemer,
who
with you and the Holy Spirit,
lives
and reigns, one God,
The Proclamation of the
Word of God
The
First Reading
A reading from First Kings (17.8-24).
17.8
[The] word of the Lord came to [Elijah the prophet], saying, 9 “Go now
to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there; for I have commanded a
widow there to feed you.” 10
So he set out and went to Zarephath. When
he came to the gate of the town, a widow was there gathering sticks; he called
to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink.” 11 As she was going to bring it, he
called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” 12 But she said, “As the Lord your God
lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil
in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go home and
prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.” 13 Elijah said to her, “Do not be
afraid; go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and
bring it to me, and afterwards make something for yourself and your son. 14 For thus says the Lord the God
of Israel: The jar of meal will not be
emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day that the Lord sends
rain on the earth.” 15 She
went and did as Elijah said, so that she as well as he and her household ate
for many days. 16 The jar of
meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the word of
the Lord
that he spoke by Elijah.
17
After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; his illness
was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 She then said to Elijah, “What
have you against me, O man of God? You
have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my
son!” 19 But he said to her,
“Give me your son.” He took him from her
bosom, carried him up into the upper chamber where he was lodging, and laid him
on his own bed. 20 He cried
out to the Lord,
“O Lord
my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying,
by killing her son?” 21 Then
he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried out to the Lord, “O Lord my God,
let this child’s life come into him again.” 22 The Lord listened to the voice of
Elijah; the life of the child came into him again, and he revived. 23 Elijah took the child, brought
him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother;
then Elijah said, “See, your son is alive.” 24 So the woman said to Elijah,
“Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your
mouth is truth.”
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
The
Psalm of the Day
Psalm 146 with Refrain from Songs for the
Holy One
Refrain (twice): Our
God keeps faith for ever. Hallelujah!
1 Hallelujah! *
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2 I
will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
3 Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any
child of earth, *
for there is no help in them.
4 When
they breathe their last, they return to earth, *
and in that day their thoughts perish.
Refrain:
Our God keeps faith for
ever. Hallelujah!
5 Happy are they who have the God of Jacob
for their help! *
For their hope is in the Lord their
God,
6 who
made heaven and earth, the seas,
and
all that is in them; *
who keeps promises for ever;
7 who gives justice to those who are
oppressed, *
food to those who hunger
and sets the prisoners free.
8 The
Lord opens the eyes of the blind! *
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down
and loves the righteous.
Refrain:
Our God keeps faith for
ever. Hallelujah!
9 The Lord cares for the stranger *
and sustains the orphan and widow,
but frustrates the way of the
wicked.
10 The
Lord shall reign for ever, *
your God, O Zion, throughout all generations.
Hallelujah!
Refrain:
Our God keeps faith for
ever. Hallelujah!
The
Second Reading
A reading from Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
(1.11-24).
1.11
For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed
by me is not of human origin; 12 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.
13
You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God
and was trying to destroy it. 14
I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was
far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. 15 But when God, who had set me
apart before I was born and called me through his grace, was pleased 16
to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did
not confer with any human being, 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to
those who were already apostles before me, but I went away at once into Arabia,
and afterwards I returned to Damascus.
18
Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with
him fifteen days; 19 but I did not see any other apostle except
James the Lord’s brother. 20
In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie! 21 Then I went into the regions of
Syria and Cilicia, 22 and I was still unknown by sight to the
churches of Judea that are in Christ; 23 they only heard it said,
“The one who formerly was persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once
tried to destroy.” 24 And
they glorified God because of me.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
Hymn
before the Gospel
‘Revive Thy Work, O Lord’ Common Praise 454 vv. 1, 2, 3
The
Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Luke (7.11-17).
Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
7.11
Soon afterwards [Jesus] went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and
a large crowd went with him. 12
As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried
out. He was his mother’s only son, and
she was a widow; and with her was a large crowd from the town. 13 When the Lord saw her, he had
compassion for her and said to her, “Do not weep.” 14 Then he came forward and touched
the bier, and the bearers stood still. And
he said, “Young man, I say to you, rise!” 15 The dead man sat up and began to
speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. 16 Fear seized all of them; and
they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us!” and “God has
looked favourably on his people!” 17
This word about him spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding country.
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Hymn
after the Gospel
‘Revive Thy Work, O Lord’ Common Praise 454 vv. 4, 5
The
Sermon
An
Affirmation of Faith
Let us affirm our faith.
We
believe and trust in God the Creator,
source
of all being and life,
the
one for whom we exist.
We
believe and trust in God the Word,
who
took our human nature,
died
for us and rose again.
We
believe and trust in God the Holy Spirit,
who
gives life to the people of God
and makes
Christ known in the world.
This
is the faith we affirm.
We
believe and trust in one God,
The Prayers of the
Community
Intercessions,
Petitions and Thanksgivings
The
Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of the Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Communion
Offertory
Hymn
‘For All Your Blessings’ Common Praise #440 (sung to #3)
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,
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, our duty and our joy,
that
we should at all times and in all places
give
thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God,
through
our Saviour Jesus Christ;
who
on this day overcame death and the grave,
and
by his glorious resurrection opened the way of everlasting life.
And
so, with all the choirs of angels,
with
the church on earth and the hosts of heaven,
we
praise your name and join their unending hymn: [v]
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
also we, 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,
in
your holy church, 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,
now
and for ever. Amen.
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
‘From the Falter of Breath’ Common Praise #489
The Sending Forth of the
Community
The
Prayer after Communion
All your works praise you, O Lord.
And
all 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
‘How Firm a Foundation’ Common Praise #527
The
Dismissal
The Deacon sends the Community forth with an
appropriate Dismissal.
[i]
Evangelical Lutheran Worship
(2006), 97 alt.
[ii]
The Propers Working Group of
the Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Collects for Years A, B & C’, 131.
[iii]
Common Worship (2000), 144
alt.
[iv] The Propers Working Group of the Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Collects for Years A, B & C’, 159.
[v]
Evangelical Lutheran
Worship: Leaders Desk Edition (2006),
180.
[vi]
Common Praise #732.
[vii]
Evangelical Lutheran Worship
(2006), 67 alt.
[viii]
The Book of Alternative
[ix]
The Book of Alternative
Services (1985), 214-215.
