The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
28 January 2018
The Gathering of the Community
Gathering Music
Announcements
Opening Hymn
‘Praise, My Soul’ Common Praise #381
Greeting
Blessed are you, gracious God,
you have caused a new
light to shine in our hearts.
Hymn of Praise
‘Glory to God on High’ Common
Praise #365
The Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
God of liberation,
who comes not to destroy
but to set us free,
bring wholeness to all that
is broken
and speak truth to us in
our confusion;
through Jesus Christ, our
Saviour and Lord. Amen. [ii]
The Proclamation of the Word
The First Reading: Deuteronomy 18.15-20
A reading from Deuteronomy.
18.15
The Lord your God will raise up
for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you shall heed such a
prophet. 16 This is what you
requested of the Lord your God at
Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said: “If I hear the voice of the Lord my God any more, or ever again see
this great fire, I will die.” 17
Then the Lord replied to me: “They
are right in what they have said. 18
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their own people; I will
put my words in the mouth of the prophet, who shall speak to them everything
that I command. 19 Anyone who
does not heed the words that the prophet shall speak in my name, I myself will
hold accountable. 20 But any
prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, or who presumes to speak in my name
a word that I have not commanded the prophet to speak — that prophet shall
die.”
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm: Psalm 111from Songs for the Holy One
Refrain (sung twice): With all our hearts we praise you, O Holy One.
Hallelujah!
With all my heart I praise you, Holy One,
in the congregation of truthful people.
How great are your works,
pondered by all who delight
in them.
Majesty and splendour clothe them,
always faithful and just.
Your wondrous deeds have
won renown;
you are so gracious and
merciful.
Refrain: With all our hearts we praise you, O Holy One.
Food you give to those who revere you.
Always you remember your
covenant.
The power of your works you show to your people,
by giving them the heritage of nations.
Your handiwork is true and
just;
all your precepts worthy
of trust, enduring forever,
performed in faithfulness
and truth.
Refrain: With all our hearts we praise you, O Holy One.
You sent redemption to your people,
ordained your covenant for all time;
holy and revered is your
name.
The beginning of wisdom is reverence for you, Holy One;
sound insight comes to all who follow it.
Your praise continues forever!
Refrain: With all our hearts we praise you, O Holy One.
The Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 8.1-13
A reading from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians.
13.1 Now
concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “all of us possess
knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love
builds up. 2 Anyone who
claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge; 3
but anyone who loves God is known by him.
4 Hence,
as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “no idol in the world
really exists,” and that “there is no God but one.” 5 Indeed, even though there may be
so-called gods in heaven or on earth — as in fact there are many gods and many
lords — 6 yet for us there is
one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one
Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
7 It is
not everyone, however, who has this knowledge. Since some have become so accustomed to idols
until now, they still think of the food they eat as food offered to an idol;
and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 “Food will not bring us close to
God.” We are no worse off if we do not
eat, and no better off if we do. 9
But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling
block to the weak. 10 For if
others see you, who possess knowledge, eating in the temple of an idol, might
they not, since their conscience is weak, be encouraged to the point of eating
food sacrificed to idols? 11
So by your knowledge those weak believers for whom Christ died are destroyed. 12 But when you thus sin against
members of your family, and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin
against Christ. 13 Therefore,
if food is a cause of their falling, I will never eat meat, so that I may not
cause one of them to fall.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
The Hymn before the Gospel
‘Dear God, Compassionate
and Kind’ Common Praise #455 vv. 1, 3
The Gospel: Mark 1.21-28
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.
Glory to you, Lord Jesus
Christ.
1.21
[Jesus and his disciples] went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, [Jesus]
entered the synagogue and taught. 22
They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having
authority, and not as the scribes. 23
Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, 24
and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.” 25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying,
“Be silent, and come out of him!” 26
And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out
of him. 27 They were all
amazed, and they kept on asking one another, “What is this? A new teaching — with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they
obey him.” 28 At once his
fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.
The gospel of Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus
Christ.
The Hymn after the Gospel
‘Dear God, Compassionate
and Kind’ Common Praise #455 v. 5
The Sermon
The Affirmation of Faith
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, died 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 the Holy
Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the
body,
The Prayers of the Community
Intercessions, Petitions and
Thanksgivings
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
The Holy Communion
The Offertory Hymn
‘Sister, Let Me Be Your Servant’
Common Praise #500
The Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
God who reveals yourself to all who seek you,
we give you thanks for the
glory revealed in Christ.
May we who offer you these
gifts
be transformed from glory
to glory
and show forth that glory
in lives of loving service
to the whole of creation.
We ask this in the name of
your Beloved,
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.
We give you thanks and
praise, almighty God,
through your Beloved, Jesus Christ,
our Saviour and
Redeemer.
He is your living Word,
through whom you have
created all things.
By the power of the Holy
Spirit he took flesh from the Virgin Mary
and shared our human
nature.
He lived and died as one of
us,
to reconcile us to you, the
God and Creator of all.
In fulfilment of your will
he stretched out his hands
in suffering,
to bring release to those
who place their hope in you;
and so he won for you a
holy people.
He chose to bear our griefs
and sorrows,
and to give us his life on
the cross,
so that he might shatter
the chains of evil and death,
and banish the darkness of
sin and despair.
By his resurrection he
brings us into the light of your presence.
Now with all creation we
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 and gracious God,
accept our praise,
through your Son our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
who on the night he was
handed over to suffering and death,
took bread and gave you
thanks, saying,
“Take, and eat: this is my body which is broken for
you.”
In the same way he took the
cup, saying,
“This is my blood which is
shed for you.
When you do this, you do it
in memory of me.”
Remembering, therefore, his
death and resurrection,
we offer you this bread and
this cup,
giving thanks that you have
made us worthy
to stand in your presence
and serve you.
We ask you to send your
Holy Spirit
upon the offering of your
holy Church.
Gather into one all who
share in these sacred mysteries,
filling them with the Holy
Spirit
and confirming their faith
in the truth,
so that together we may
praise you and give you glory
through your Servant, Jesus
Christ.
All glory and honour are
yours,
Author of creation and Word
of redemption,
with the Spirit of wisdom
in the holy Church,
now and for ever. 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
sing 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 forever. Amen. [vii]
The Breaking of the Bread
God of glory,
you nourish us with bread from heaven,
fill us with your Holy
Spirit,
so that your light may
shine in all the world. [viii]
These are the gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
The Communion of the Community
The Hymn after Communion
‘Where Charity and Love Prevail’
Common Praise #487
The Sending Forth of the Community
The Prayer after Communion
Let us pray.
Source of all goodness,
in this eucharist we are
nourished
by the bread of heaven
and invigorated with new
wine.
May these gifts renew our
lives,
so that we may show your
glory to all the world,
in the name of Jesus the
Christ. 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,
The Closing Hymn
‘You Call Us, Lord, to Be’ Common Praise #450
The Dismissal
Go forth into the world in the name of Christ
who has called us in life and light.
Thanks be to God.
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