Welcome to The Episcopal Church of the Nativity

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1 Welcome to The Episcopal Church of the Nativity

2 Prelude: Offertory - H. Leslie Adams (b. 1932) Juliana Witt, organ

3 Processional Hymn Please stand and join in singing #657 in the blue hymnal Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

4 # 657 verse 1 Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down, fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown. Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; visit us with thy salvation, enter every trembling heart.

5 # 657 verse 2 Come, almighty to deliver, let us all thy life receive; suddenly return, and never, nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above, pray, and praise thee without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love.

6 # 657 verse 3 Finish then thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be; let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee: changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place, till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love, and praise.

7 Celebrant: Blessed be God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. People: And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen

8 Celebrant: Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: 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. People: Amen.

9 Please join in singing Gloria in excelsis: #421 (vs. 1-3)

10 # 421 verse 1 All glory be to God on high, and peace on earth from heaven, and God s good will unfailingly be to all people given. We bless, we worship you, we raise for your great glory thanks and praise, O God, Almighty Father.

11 # 421 verse 2 O Lamb of God, Lord Jesus Christ, whom God the Father gave us, who for the world was sacrificed upon the cross to save us; and, as you sit at God s right hand and we for judgment there must stand, have mercy, Lord, upon us.

12 # 421 verse 3 You only are the Holy One, who came for our salvation, and only you are God s true Son, who was before creation. You only, Christ, as Lord we own and, with the Spirit, you alone share in the Father s glory.

13 Celebrant: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Celebrant: Let us pray.

14 Celebrant: O God, the strength of all who put their trust in you: Mercifully accept our prayers; and because in our weakness we can do nothing good without you, give us the help of your grace, that in keeping your commandments we may please you both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. People: Amen.

15 First Lesson: Jeremiah 17:5-10 A Reading from Jeremiah. The readings are also printed in the bulletin.

16 Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord. They shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when relief comes.

17 They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.

18 They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.

19 The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse-- who can understand it? I the Lord test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings.

20 The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

21 Psalm 1 - Nathan Carter Nativity Choir

22 Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15: A Reading from First Corinthians The readings are also printed in the bulletin.

23 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain.

24 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ--whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.

25 Then those also who have died in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

26 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.

27 The Word of the Lord People: Thanks be to God.

28 Sequence Hymn Please stand and join in singing #593 in the blue hymnal Lord, Make us Instruments of Your Peace (vs. 1-3)

29 # 593 verse 1 Lord, make us servants of your peace: where there is hate, may we sow love; where there is hurt, may we forgive; where there is strife, may we make one.

30 # 593 verse 2 Where all is doubt, may we sow faith; where all is gloom, may we sow hope; where all is night, may we sow light; where all is tears, may we sow joy.

31 # 593 verse 3 Jesus, our Lord, may we not seek to be consoled, but to console, nor look to understanding hearts, but look for hearts to understand.

32 Celebrant: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. People: Glory to you, Lord Christ Gospel: 6:17-26 The readings are also printed in the bulletin.

33 Jesus came down with the twelve apostles and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon.

34 They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them.

35 Then he looked up at his disciples and said: Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled.

36 Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets."

37 "But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. "Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. "Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets."

38 Celebrant: The Gospel of the Lord. People: Praise to you, Lord Christ.

39 The Rev. Dr. Wayne V. Whitney

40 The Nicene Creed page 358 in the Book of Common Prayer (Please stand) We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

41 We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made.

42 For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.

43 On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

44 We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets.

45 We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

46 The Prayers of the People

47 Leader: With all our heart and mind, let us pray to the Lord, saying, Lord, have mercy.

48 Leader: For the peace of the world, for the welfare of the holy Church of God, and for the unity of all peoples, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy.

49 Leader: For Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael our Presiding Bishop, Kirk our Bishop, Jennifer our Bishop-elect, and for all the clergy and people in the Diocese of Arizona, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy.

50 Leader: For Donald our President, Doug our Governor, for members of Congress and state legislators, for the Justices on the Supreme Court and for all federal and state judges, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy.

51 Leader: For the good earth which God has given us, and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy.

52 Leader: For the aged and infirm, for the widowed and orphans, and for the sick and the suffering, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy.

53 Leader: For the poor and oppressed, for the unemployed and the destitute, for prisoners and captives, for migrants and immigrants, and for all social workers and advocates for justice, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy.

54 Leader: For all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, and for all the departed, let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord, have mercy.

55 Leader: In the communion of all the saints, let us commend ourselves, and one another, and all our life, to Christ our God. People: To you, O Lord our God.

56 Celebrant: Gracious Father, we pray for thy holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the sake of Jesus Christ your Son our Savior. People: Amen.

57 Celebrant : Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

58 Celebrant and People: Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.

59 Celebrant and People: We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

60 Celebrant: Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. People: Amen.

61 Celebrant: The peace of the Lord be always with you. People: And also with you. Please share a sign of Christ s peace with your neighbors.

62 Announcements Please be seated

63 Offertory Non, Nobis Domine (Not Unto Us, O Lord) - Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962) Nativity Choir

64 Please stand and sing The Doxology: Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below; praise God above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen

65 The Great Thanksgiving: Book of Common Prayer, page 367 Celebrant: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you.

66 Celebrant: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them to the Lord.

67 Celebrant: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People: It is right to give God thanks and praise.

68 Celebrant: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. (Here a Proper Preface is said or sung.) Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:

69 Please join in Singing The Sanctus # S130 in the blue hymnal From Deutche Messe, F.P. Schubert ( ), Arr. Richard Proulx (b. 1937)

70 # S130 Sanctus

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73 Celebrant: We give thanks to you, O God for the goodness and love which you have made known to us in creation; in the calling of Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son.

74 Celebrant: For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Savior and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.

75 Celebrant: On the night before he died for us, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.

76 Celebrant: After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.

77 Celebrant: Therefore, according to his command, O Father: Celebrant and People: We remember his death, We proclaim his resurrection, We await his coming in glory;

78 Celebrant: And we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, O Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.

79 Celebrant: We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts that they may be the Sacrament of the Body of Christ and his Blood of the new Covenant.

80 Celebrant: Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we may be acceptable through him, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. In the fullness of time, put all things in subjection under your Christ, and bring us to that heavenly country where, with [. and] all your saints, we may enter the everlasting heritage of your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation.

81 Celebrant: By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. People: AMEN.

82 Celebrant: And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to pray:

83 Celebrant and People: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

84 Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

85 Please join us in singing the Fraction Anthem S154 in the blue hymnal

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88 Celebrant: The Gifts of God for the people of God.

89 The Invitation to Communion All who seek God are welcome to the Lord s Table to receive the Bread and Wine of Christ s Body and Blood. Even if you do not seek God, God seeks you. For those with special needs, you may receive either the Bread or Wine, standing or kneeling. You may also receive a gluten free wafer upon request. If you would prefer a blessing instead of communion, fold your arms across your chest.

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92 Communion Music Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - African American Spiritual Alastair Longley-Cook, Guitar

93 Communion Hymn Please join in singing Take My Hand, Precious Lord (Words on Screens)

94 Vs. 1 Precious Lord, take my hand, Lead me on, let me stand, I am tired, I am weak, I am worn; Through the storm, through the night, Lead me on to the light, Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me on.

95 Vs. 2 When my way grows drear, Precious Lord, linger near, When my life is almost gone; Hear my cry, hear my call, Hold my hand, lest I fall, Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me on.

96 Vs. 3 When the darkness appears And the night draws near, And the day is past and gone; At the river I stand, Guide my feet, hold my hand, Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me on.

97 Communion Hymn Please join in singing We ll Understand it Better By andby (Words on Screens)

98 Vs. 1 We are often tossed and driv n On the restless sea of time. Somber skies and howling tempests oft succeed the bright sunshine. In that land of perfect day, When the mists have rolled away, We will understand it better by and by.

99 Refrain By and by when the morning comes, When the saints of God are gathered home, We will tell the story how we ve overcome; For we ll understand it better by and by.

100 Vs. 2 We are often destitute Of the things that life demands. Want of food and want of shelter, thirsty hills and barren lands. We are trusting in the Lord, And according to His Word, We will understand it better by and by.

101 Refrain By and by when the morning comes, When the saints of God are gathered home, We will tell the story how we ve overcome; For we ll understand it better by and by.

102 Vs. 3 Trials dark on ev ry hand, And we cannot understand, All the ways that God would lead us to that blessed Promised Land. But He guides us with His eye And we ll follow till we die, For we ll understand it better by and by.

103 Refrain By and by when the morning comes, When the saints of God are gathered home, We will tell the story how we ve overcome; For we ll understand it better by and by.

104 Vs. 4 Temptations, hidden snares Often takes us unawares. And our hearts are made to bleed for some thoughtless word or deed. And we wonder why the test When we try to do our best. But we ll understand it better by and by.

105 Refrain By and by when the morning comes, When the saints of God are gathered home, We will tell the story how we ve overcome; For we ll understand it better by and by.

106 Celebrant: Let us pray. ALL: Eternal God, heavenly Father, you have graciously accepted us as living members of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ, and you have fed us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood.

107 Celebrant and People: Send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you with gladness and singleness of heart; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

108 The Celebrant blesses the People: People: Amen

109 Recessional Hymn Please stand and join in singing #493 in the blue hymnal O for a Thousand Tongues To Sing (vs. 1-6)

110 # 493 vs. 1 O for a thousand tongues to sing my dear Redeemer s praise, the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of his grace!

111 # 493 vs. 2 My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim and spread through all the earth abroad the honors of thy Name.

112 # 493 vs. 3 Jesus! the Name that charms our fears and bids our sorrows cease; tis music in the sinner s ears, tis life and health and peace.

113 # 493 vs. 4 He speaks; and, listening to his voice, new life the dead receive, the mournful broken hearts rejoice, the humble poor believe.

114 # 493 vs. 5 Hear him, ye deaf; ye voiceless ones, your loosened tongues employ; ye blind, behold, your Savior comes; and leap, ye lame, for joy!

115 # 493 vs. 6 Glory to God and praise and love be now and ever given by saints below and saints above, the Church in earth and heaven.

116 Deacon: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

117 Postlude: Triumphal March of Heritage - Uzee Brown Jr. (b.1950) Juliana Witt, organ