THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST: HOLY EUCHARIST SUNDAY, JUNE 19 TH, 2016 St. John the Baptist (Dixie) Anglican Church 719 Dundas Street East Mississauga, ON L4Y 2B5 Tel: (905) 277-0462 Fax: (905) -277-3971 Website: www.stjohnsdixie.com Email:church@stjohnsdixie.com
Processional Hymn: #442 SING PRAISE TO GOD Please stand & sing Sing praise to God on mountain tops and in earth's lowest places, from blue lagoon to polar waste, from ocean to oasis. No random rock produced this world, but God's own will and wonder. Thus hills rejoice and valleys sing and clouds concur with thunder. Sing praise to God where grasses grow and flowers display their beauty, where nature weaves her myriad web through love as much as duty. The seasons in their cycle speak of earth's complete provision. Let nothing mock inherent good, nor treat it with derision. Sing praise to God where fishes swim and birds fly in formation, where animals of every kind diversify creation. All life that finds its home on earth is meant to be respected. Let nothing threaten, for base ends, what God through grace perfected. Sing praise to God where humankind its majesty embraces, where different races, creeds, and tongues distinguish different faces. God's image in each child of earth shall never pale or perish. So treat with love each human soul, and thus God's goodness cherish. The Gathering of the Community Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. People: And also with you. Leader: Almighty God, All: 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. The Collect of the Day Please kneel or be seated Leader: God, our refuge and hope, when race, status or gender divide us, when despair afflicts us, and community lies shattered, comfort us with the stillness of your presence, so that we may confess all you have done; through Christ, to whom we belong and win whom we are one. All: Amen.
Reader: A Reading from the First Book of Kings. Please be seated Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow. Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there. But he himself went a day s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors. He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. At that place he came to a cave, and spent the night there. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah? He answered, I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away. He said, Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by. Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, What are you doing here, Elijah? He answered, I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away. Then the Lord said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. Reader: The word of the Lord. 1 Kings 19.1-4, 8-15a People: Thanks be to God. A moment of silence is observed
Psalm 43 The Cantor sings the refrain, all repeat Please remain seated & sing Cantor: Give judgement for me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; deliver me from the deceitful and the wicked. For you are the God of my strength why have you put me from you and why do I go so heavily while the enemy oppresses me? All sing the refrain Cantor: Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling; That I may go to the altar of God, to the God of my joy an gladness; and on the harp I will give thanks to you, O God my God. All sing the refrain Cantor: Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul and why are you so disquieted within me? Put your trust in God; for I will yet give thanks to him, who is the help of my countenance, and my God. All sing the refrain Reader: A Reading from the Letter of Paul to the Galatians. Please be seated Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian, for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham s offspring, heirs according to the promise. Reader: The word of the Lord. Galatians 3.23-29 People: Thanks be to God. A moment of silence is observed
Sequence Hymn: #585 LORD, WHOSE LOVE IN HUMBLE SERVICE The first two verses are sung before the Gospel. Lord, whose love in humble service bore the weight of human need, who upon the cross, forsaken, worked your mercy's perfect deed: we, your servants, bring the worship not of voice alone, but heart; consecrating to your purpose every gift which you impart. Please stand & sing Still your children wander homeless; still the hungry cry for bread; still the captives long for freedom; still in grief we mourn our dead. As you, Lord, in deep compassion healed the sick and freed the soul, by your Spirit send your power to our world to make it whole. The last two verses will be sung; after the Gospel. As we worship, grant us vision till your love's revealing light in its height and depth and greatness dawns upon our quickened sight, making known the needs and burdens your compassion bids us bear, stirring us to ardent service, your abundant life to share. The Gospel Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Leader: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. All: Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he fell down before him and shouted at the top of his voice, What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.) Jesus then asked him, What is your name? He said, Legion ; for many demons had entered him. They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss. Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission.
Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in the country. Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. Those who had seen it told them how the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them; for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you. So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him. Luke 8.26-39 Leader: The Gospel of Christ. All: Sermon The Nicene Creed Please be seated Please stand Leader: Let us confess our faith as we say, All: We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. 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. 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. 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. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets. 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.
The Prayers of the People Please kneel or be seated Leader: Let us offer our prayers to the source of all love and all life, singing, All: Leader: Merciful Lord, we pray for all who call themselves Christians: for Colin and Phillip our bishops, and each of us in our ministries: that we faithfully live out our calling and rightly proclaim the word of truth. Let us pray. All: Lord, hear our prayer. Leader: We pray for Elizabeth our Queen, for the leaders of the nations, and all in authority: for the nations of the earth, that you will show your goodwill to all. Let us pray. All: Lord, hear our prayer. Leader: We pray for the victims of our society and those who minister to them: the poor and oppressed, the captive and the refugee and for all who are sick and suffering. that you will be their help and defence. Let us pray. All: Lord, hear our prayer. Leader: We pray for those preparing for baptism, and for those recently baptised: that they may join the saints who have found favour in your sight from earliest times, prophets, apostles, martyrs, and those whose names are known to you alone: and we pray that we too may be counted among your faithful witnesses. Let us pray. All: Lord, hear our prayer. Leader: Almighty God, All: you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications to you, and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together you will hear their requests. Fulfil now our desires and petitions, as may be best for us, granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come eternal life; for you, Father, are good and loving, and we glorify you through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, in the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.
Confession and Absolution Please kneel or be seated Leader: Dear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; he welcomes sinners and invites them to his table. Let us confess our sins, confident in God s forgiveness. Leader: Most merciful God, All: 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 neighbours as ourselves. 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. Priest: Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. People: Amen. The Peace Priest: The peace of the Lord be always with you. People: And also with you. Offertory Hymn: #455 DEAR GOD, COMPASSIONATE AND KIND Please stand All sing Dear God, compassionate and kind, forgive our foolish ways. Reclothe us in our rightful mind, in purer lives thy service find, in deeper reverence, praise, in deeper reverence, praise. In simple trust like theirs who heard, beside the Syrian sea, the gracious calling of the Lord, let us, like them, without a word, rise up and follow thee, rise up and follow thee! O Sabbath rest by Galilee! O calm of hills above, where Jesus knelt to share with thee the silence of eternity interpreted by love, interpreted by love! Drop thy still dews of quietness till all our strivings cease; take from our souls the strain and stress, and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of thy peace, the beauty of thy peace.
Breathe through the heats of our desire thy coolness and thy balm; let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still small voice of calm, O still small voice of calm. Offertory Sentence All sing The Celebration of the Eucharist Priest: Holy God, gracious and merciful, you being 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. All: Amen
Priest: Sanctus It is indeed right to thank you and praise you, holy and gracious God, creator of all things, ruler of heaven and earth, sustainer of life, for you are the source of all goodness, rich in mercy and abounding in love; you are faithful to your people in every generation, and your word endures for ever. Therefore with angels and archangels, with the fellowship of saints and the company of heaven, we glorify your holy name, evermore praising you and singing. All sing - - - - - - - - - - - - Ho-ly Ho-ly Ho - ly Lord, God of pow-er and might; Heav'n and Earth are full of your glo - ry, Ho - san - na in the high - est. Bless-ed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; Ho - san - na in the high - est. Please kneel or be seated Priest: We praise you, merciful Father, not as we ought, but as we are able, because in your tender love you gave the world your only Son, in order that the world might be saved through him. He made you known by taking the form of a servant, healing the sick, liberating the oppressed, reaching out to the lost. Betrayed, reviled, and nailed to the cross, he confronted the power of sin and disarmed it for ever. In his offering of himself, he became the perfect and sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. Redeemed by Christ, we have been adopted as your children; by your pardon you have made us worthy to praise you. On the night he was betrayed, Jesus, at supper with his friends, took bread, gave you thanks, broke the bread, gave it to them, and said, Take and eat: this is my body which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me. 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 which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me. In obedience to him and with grateful hearts we approach your holy table, remembering our Saviour s sacrifice, and rejoicing in his victory. Confident in his sovereign purpose, we declare our faith. All: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
Priest: Send your Holy Spirit on us that as we receive this bread and this cup we may partake of the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and feed on him in our hearts by faith with thanksgiving. May we be renewed in his risen life, filled with love, and strengthened in our will to serve others; and make of our lives, we pray, a pure and holy sacrifice, acceptable to you, knitting us together as one in your Son Jesus Christ, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory, now and forever. All: Amen. The Lord s Prayer All sing unaccompanied
Priest: I am the bread of life, says the Lord. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry; whoever believes in me will never thirst. All: Taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are they who trust in him! Priest: The gifts of God for the People of God. People: Thanks be to God. Agnus Dei take a Lamb of God, Lamb of God, you - way the sin of the world, have mer-cy, have mer - cy on us. take a Lamb of God, Lamb of God, you The Communion - way the sin of the world; grant us your peace. Grant us your peace. All baptized Christians are invited to receive Holy Communion. Please come forward to the Altar rail and stand or kneel as you prefer. All sing Communion Hymn: #34 ALL WHO BELIEVE AND ARE BAPTIZED Please stand & sing All who believe and are baptized shall see the Lord's salvation; baptized into the death of Christ, each is a new creation. Through Christ's redemption we shall stand among the glorious heavenly band of every tribe and nation. With one accord, O God, we pray: grant us thy Holy Spirit; help us in our infirmity through Jesus' blood and merit. Grant us to grow in grace each day, that, as is promised here, we may eternal life inherit.
Communion Hymn: #487 WHERE CHARITY AND LOVE PREVAIL All sing Where charity and love prevail, there God is ever found; brought here together by Christ's love, by love are we thus bound. With grateful joy and holy fear his charity we learn; let us with heart and mind and strength now love him in return. Forgive we now each other's faults as we our faults confess; and let us love each other well in Christian holiness. Let strife among us be unknown, let all contention cease; be his the glory that we seek, be ours his holy peace. Let us recall that in our midst dwells God's begotten Son; as members of his body joined, we are in him made one. Love can exclude no race or creed if honoured be God's name; our common life embraces all whose Father is the same. Prayer after Communion Priest: We give you thanks, almighty God, that you have refreshed us through the healing power of this gift of life. In your mercy, strengthen us through this gift, in faith toward you and in fervent love toward one another; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. All: Amen. Priest: Glory to God All: 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. The Blessing Announcements
Recessional Hymn: #526 GOD IS OUR FORTRESS AND OUR ROCK Please stand & sing God is our fortress and our rock, our mighty help in danger; he shields us from the battle's shock and thwarts the devil's anger: for still the prince of night prolongs his evil fight; he uses every skill to work his wicked will no earthly force is like him. Our hope is fixed on Christ alone, the Man of God's own choosing; without him nothing can be won and fighting must be losing: so let the powers accursed come on and do their worst; the Son of God shall ride to battle at our side, and he shall have the victory. The Word of God will not be slow while demon hordes surround us, though evil strike its cruellest blow and death and hell confound us: for even if distress should take all we possess, and those who mean us ill should ravage, wreck, or kill, God's kingdom is immortal! Dismissal Priest: Let us bless the Lord. Alleluia! People: Thanks be to God. Alleluia! All music is reproduced under CCLI #11166483.