- In accordance with the rubrics of The Book of Alternative Services we will begin with a penitential rite. We have chosen to use a rite adapted from Common Worship.
- We continue to use the complementary reading and psalm from the Hebrew Scriptures rather than the semi-continuous series.
- As our Affirmation of Faith we are using the 'Hear, O Israel' as printed in The Book of Alternative Services. This is appropriate given the focus in Romans on the relationship between the Gentiles and the Jewish people in Christ.
- We have chosen to use 'Prayer at the Table X' from Evangelical Lutheran Worship.
The Eleventh
Sunday after Pentecost
20 August 2017
The Gathering
of the Community
Gathering Music
Announcements
Opening Hymn
‘God of Mercy, God of Grace’ Common
Praise #341 (sung to #160)
The 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 offers the Bidding and the Community
responds with the Kyrie.
Holy One, you raise
the dead to life in the Spirit:
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us. [ii]
You bring pardon
and peace to the broken in heart:
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
You make the torn
and divided one by your Spirit.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
May the God of love
and power forgive us
and free us from
our sins,
heal and strengthen
us by the Spirit,
and raise us to new
life in Christ our Lord. Amen. [iii]
The Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
God of all peoples,
your arms reach out to embrace
all those who call upon you.
Teach us as disciples of your Son
to love the world with compassion and
constancy,
so that your name may be known throughout the
earth,
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour and
Lord. Amen.
[iv]
The
Proclamation of the Word
The First Reading
A reading from the prophet
Isaiah (56.1, 6-8).
56.1 Thus says the Lord:
Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come,
and my deliverance be revealed.
6 And the foreigners who
join themselves to the Lord, to
minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
and to be his servants, all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane it, and
hold fast my covenant — 7 these I will bring to my holy mountain, and
make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their
sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house
of prayer for all peoples. 8
Thus says the Lord God, who
gathers the outcasts of Israel, I will gather others to them besides those
already gathered.
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm 67 from Songs for the Holy One.
Refrain (sung twice): Be
gracious to us and bless us, O Holy One.
O Holy One, be
gracious to us and bless us;
let your face shine among us
so your way may be known in the world,
your saving help among all nations.
Let the peoples praise
you, O God.
Indeed, let all peoples praise you.
Refrain: Be
gracious to us and bless us, O Holy One.
Let the nations be
glad and sing for joy,
for you judge with
truth and justice,
and guide the
nations of the world.
Let the peoples praise you, Holy One.
Indeed, let all peoples praise you.
Refrain: Be
gracious to us and bless us, O Holy One.
May the earth yield
its harvest.
May the Holy One, our God, bless us.
May God bless us,
and all the ends of the earth revere the Holy
One.
Refrain: Be
gracious to us and bless us, O Holy One.
The Second Reading
A reading Paul’s
Letter to the Romans (11.1-2a, 29-32).
11.1 I ask, then, has God
rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of
Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people
whom he foreknew.
29 . . . for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 Just as you were once
disobedient to God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience, 31
so they have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you,
they too may now receive mercy. 32
For God has imprisoned all in disobedience so that he may be merciful to all.
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
‘Alleluia’ Common Praise #711 (refrain only, sung
twice)
The Gospel
The Lord be with
you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew (15.21-28).
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
15.21 Jesus left that
place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 Just then a Canaanite woman from
that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of
David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.” 23 But he did not answer her at
all. And his disciples came and urged
him, saying, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.” 24 He answered, “I was sent only to
the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25
But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26 He answered, “It is not fair to
take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” 27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even
the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her, “Woman,
great is your faith! Let it be done for
you as you wish.” And her daughter was
healed instantly.
The Gospel of
Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Hymn after the Gospel
‘Alleluia’ Common Praise #711 (refrain only, sung
twice)
The Homily
An Affirmation of Faith
As our Lord Jesus Christ said, let us now affirm:
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.
There is no
commandment greater than these. [v]
The Prayers of
the Community
Intercessions, Petitions and Thanksgivings
The Prayers of
the Community
Intercessions, Petitions and Thanksgivings
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of
Christ be always with you.
And also with you.
The Holy
Communion
Offertory Hymn
‘We Cannot Measure How You Heal’ Common
Praise #292
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. [vi]
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 to us 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: [vii]
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.
O God most mighty, O God most merciful, O God our
rock and our salvation,
hear us as we praise, call us to your table, grant
us your life.
When the world was a formless void, you formed order
and beauty.
When Abraham and Sarah were barren, you sent them a
child.
When the Israelites were enslaved, you led them to
freedom.
Ruth faced starvation, David fought Goliath, and the
psalmists cried out for healing,
and full of compassion, you granted the people your
life.
You entered our sorrows in Jesus our brother.
He was born among the poor, he lived under
oppression, he wept over the city.
With infinite love, he granted the people your life.
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 death, we cry out Amen. Amen.
Celebrating his resurrection, we shout Amen. Amen.
Trusting his presence in every time and place, we plead
Amen. Amen.
O God, you are Breath: send your Spirit on this meal.
O God, you are Bread: feed us with yourself.
O God, you are Wine:
warm our hearts and make us one.
O God, you are Fire:
transform us with hope.
O God most majestic, O God most motherly,
O God our strength and our song,
you show us a vision of a tree of life
with fruits for all and leaves that heal the
nations.
Grant us such life, the life of the Father to the
Son,
the life of the Spirit of our risen Saviour,
life in you, now and forever. Amen.
[ix]
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
Jesus, Lamb of God,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, bearer of
our sins,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, redeemer of
the world,
give us your peace. [xi]
These are the gifts
of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
Communion
The Hymn after Communion
‘Soli Deo Gloria’ Evangelical
Lutheran Worship #878
The Sending
Forth of the Community
Prayer after Communion
Let us pray.
O God, our life, our strength, our food,
we give you
thanks for sustaining us
with the
body and blood of your Son.
By your
Holy Spirit,
enliven
us to be his body in the world,
so that
more and more we will give you praise
and
serve your earth and its many peoples,
through
Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord.
Amen.
[xii]
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
Dismissal
The Deacon sends the Community forth with an
appropriate Dismissal.
[i] Common Worship (2000),
133 alt.
[ii] Common Praise (1995),
#678.
[iii] Common Worship (2000),
135.
[iv] Evangelical Lutheran Worship
(2006), 45 alt.
[v] The Book of Alternative
Services (1985), 53. Introductory
sentence prepared by the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett.
[vi] Evangelical Lutheran Worship
(2006), 107 alt.
[vii] Evangelical Lutheran
Worship: Leaders Desk Edition
(2006), 180.
[viii] Common Praise (1995) #689.
[ix] Evangelical Lutheran Worship
(2006), 69.
[x] Common Praise (1995)
#744.
[xi] Common Praise (1995),
#747 said.
[xii] Evangelical Lutheran Worship
(2006), 65 alt.
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