The Sixth Sunday of Easter
6 May 2018
The Gathering of the Community
Gathering Music
Announcements
Opening Hymn
‘Alleluia! Give Glory to God’ Common Praise#457 vv. 1, 4, 5, 6
Greeting
Alleluia! Christ is risen.
The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
May his grace and peace be with you.
May he fill our hearts with joy.
Hymn of Praise
‘Glory, in the Highest Glory’ Common Praise#366
Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
God of abiding love,
you dare to call us friends.
Take our fragmented hearts,
command them to love,
and make whole our joy,
which is our life, reborn in Jesus Christ,
who laid down his life for us. Amen.[1]
The Proclamation of the Word
The First Reading: Acts 10.44-48
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
10.44While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. 45The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles, 46for they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter said, 47“Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” 48So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they invited him to stay for several days.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm: Psalm 98 (sung to Common Praise #60)
Sing to the Lord new songs, proclaim
the marvels God has done
with a strong hand and holy arm,
the triumph God has won.
You have made known your righteousness
for all the world to see;
Israel has known your faithfulness,
the earth your victory.
All nations, shout with joy to God,
lift up your voice and sing;
Sing to the Lord now with the harp,
let harp and voices ring.
With trumpets and the sound of horns
rejoice before the Lord;
from all who dwell on land and sea
let praises be outpoured.
Let hills ring out with joy to God,
let rivers clap their hands;
in righteousness shall all be judged,
The Second Reading: 1 John 5.1-6
A reading from the First Letter of John.
5.1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. 2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome, 4for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith. 5Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
6This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
‘Jesus Is Risen from the Grave’ Common Praise#232 v. 1
The Gospel: John 15.9-17
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
15.9[Jesus said to his disciples,] “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
12“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. 17I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.”
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Hymn after the Gospel
‘Jesus Is Risen from the Grave’ Common Praise#232 v. 7
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, 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,
and the life everlasting. Amen.[3]
The Prayers of the Community
Intercessions, Petitions and Thanksgivings
The Exchange of the Peace
The peace of the risen Christ be with you all.
And also with you.
The Holy Communion
The Offertory Hymn
‘Draw the Circle Wide’ Common Praise#418
The Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
Blessed are you, O God, ruler of heaven and earth.
Day by day you shower us with blessings.
As you have raised us to new life in Christ,
give us glad and generous hearts,
ready to praise you and to respond to those in need,
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord. Amen.[4]
The Great Thanksgiving
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.
All thanks and praise are yours
at all times and in all places, our true and loving God;
through Jesus Christ, your eternal Word,
the Wisdom from on high by whom you created all things.
You laid the foundations of the world
and enclosed the sea when it burst out from the womb.
You brought forth all creatures of the earth
and gave breath to humankind.
Wondrous are you, Holy One of Blessing,
all you create is a sign of hope for our journey.
And so as the morning stars sing your praises
we join the heavenly beings and all creation as we shout with joy:
You are holy, you are whole.
You are always ever more than we ever understand.
Blessed are you coming here to your church in wine and bread,
raised from soil, raised from dead.
You are holy, you are wholeness,
you are present. Let the cosmos praise you, Lord!
Sing hosanna in the highest! Sing hosanna!
Glory and honour are yours, Creator of all,
your Word has never been silent;
you called a people to yourself, as a light to the nations,
you delivered them from bondage
and led them to a land of promise.
Of your grace, you gave Jesus to be human,
to share our life, to proclaim the coming of your holy reign
and give himself for us, a fragrant offering.
Through Jesus Christ our Redeemer,
you have freed us from sin,
brought us into your life,
reconciled us to you,
and restored us to the glory you intend for us.
We thank you that on the night before he died for us
Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks to you,
he broke it, gave it to his friends and said:
‘Take, eat, this is my body, broken for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me.’
After supper Jesus took the cup of wine,
said the blessing, gave it to his friends and said:
‘Drink this, all of you:
this cup is the new covenant in my blood,
poured out for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.
Do this for the remembrance of me.’
Therefore let us proclaim our hope:
Dying, you destroyed our death.
Rising, you restored our life.
Christ Jesus, come in glory!
Send your Holy Spirit upon us
and upon these gifts of bread and wine
so that they may be to us the body and blood of your Christ.
Grant that we, burning with your Spirit’s power,
may be a people of hope, justice and love.
Giver of life, draw us together in the body of Christ,
and in the fullness of time gather us with all your people
into the joy of our true eternal home.
Through Christ and with Christ and in Christ,
by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,
we worship you our God and Creator in voices of unending praise.
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.[7]
The Breaking of the Bread
Lord, we died with you on the cross.
Now we re raised to new life.
We were buried in your tomb.
Now we share in your resurrection.
Live in us, so that we may live in you.[8]
These are the gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
The Communion of the Community
The Hymn after Communion
‘Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song’ Common Praise#635
The Sending Forth of the Community
The Prayer after Communion
Let us pray.
Life-giving God,
in the mystery of Christ’s resurrection
you send light to conquer darkness,
water to give new life
and the bread of heaven to nourish your people.
Send us forth as witnesses to your Son’s resurrection,
so that we may show your glory to all the world,
through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord. Amen.[9]
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
‘The Kingdom of God Is Justice and Joy’ Common Praise#631
The Dismissal
Alleluia! Alleluia! Go forth to love one another as Christ loved us.
Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia!
[1]Liturgy Task Force(2016), 73.
[2]Psalm 98 in A New Metrical Psalter (1986) alt.
[3]Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 105.
[4]Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 64 alt.
[5]Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006) #525.
[6]Enriching Our Worship (1998), 62-65 alt.
[7]Songs for a Gospel People (1987) #12.
[8]The Book of Alternative Services (1985), 213 alt.
[9]Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 65 alt.
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