ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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May 3, 2020: The Fourth Sunday of Easter

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Today’s liturgy is the Ante-Communion (the part before communion) of the Holy Eucharist, Rite II. BCP page references are to the Book of Common Prayer.

If you don’t have a hard copy, you can download it in PDF format from Church Publishing. The Lectionary readings are at http://www.lectionarypage.net/YearA_RCL/Easter/AEaster2_RCL.html

Good Christians all, rejoice and sing #205

Presider Alleluia. Christ is risen. BCP, 355 All The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia.

The Presider offers the Collect for Purity; all respond, Amen.

Christ is risen from the dead (WLP 817)

 

  Collect of the Day

Presider The Lord be with you. All And also with you.

The Presider offers the collect. All respond: Amen.

Acts 2:42-47 Please be seated. After the Lector concludes the reading, the Congregation responds: Thanks be to God.

PSALM 23 BCP, 599 We will offer the psalm responsively by half verse, with the congregation responding after the asterisk.

1 Peter 2:19-25

After the Lector concludes the reading, the Congregation responds: Thanks be to God.

The King of love my shepherd is #645 

 

John 10:1-10

Presider The Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. All Glory to you, Lord Christ.

The Gospel is read. Lectionary insert. Presider The Gospel of the Lord.

All Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Celtic Alleluia (My Heart Sings Out #20)

 

  Sermon The Very Rev. Daniel C. Green

The Nicene Creed Stand as you are able.

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 and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped 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

All may offer their own thanksgivings and petitions, silently or aloud.

Prayers of thanksgiving conclude: Let us bless the Lord, to which all respond: Thanks be to God!

Prayers of intercession conclude: Let us pray to the Lord, to which all respond: Lord, have mercy.

The final prayer concludes: Let us commend ourselves and each other, and all our lives through Christ to God.

to which all respond: To you, O Lord our God. At the conclusion of the prayers, the Presider offers a collect.

The Peace

Presider The peace of the Lord be always with you. Congregation And also with you.

Prayer For Spiritual Communion In union, O Lord with all the faithful of your holy Church, I desire to offer you praise and thanksgiving. I present to you my soul and body with the earnest wish that I may always be united to you. And since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, I beseech you to come spiritually into my heart. I open myself to receive your grace, and embrace you with all the affections of my soul. Let nothing ever separate you from me, that I may live and die in your love. Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come,

thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 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.

Celebrations of Life and Announcements

Birthdays BCP, 830

O God, our times are in your hand: Look with favor, we pray, on your servant(s) N. as he begin(s) another year. Grant that he may grow in wisdom and grace, and strengthen his trust in your goodness all the days of his life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Travelers BCP, 831

O God, our heavenly Father, whose glory fills the whole creation, and whose presence we find wherever we go: Preserve those who travel [in particular _____________ ]; surround them with your loving care; protect them from every danger; and bring them in safety to their journey’s end; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Anniversaries BCP, 431 O God, you have so consecrated the covenant of marriage that in it is represented the spiritual unity between Christ and his Church: Send therefore your blessing upon these your servants, that they may so love, honor, and cherish each other in faithfulness and patience, in wisdom and true godliness, that their home may be a haven of blessing and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. The husband and wife still kneeling, the Priest adds this blessing God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, bless, preserve, and keep you; the Lord mercifully with his favor look upon you, and fill you with all spiritual benediction and grace; that you may faithfully live together in this life, and in the age to come have life everlasting. Amen.

Savior, like a shepherd lead us #708

Blessing The Presider blesses the congregation; all respond, Amen

Dismissal BCP, 366

The Presider dismisses the assembly; all respond: All Thanks be to God, Alleluia, Alleluia! 

    

  

The Mission of St. John’s Episcopal Church is to Bring Christ to Life: 

 

Celebrating the mysteries; Honoring the beauty and wisdom of every person; 

Healing the soul; and  

Serving the peace and renewal of the Earth. 

 Staff

The Very Rev. Daniel Green – Rector Elizabeth Voetsch – Administrator

Vestry

Jonathan Hiller – Senior Warden Betty Petrillo – Junior Warden

Jeanne Nelson – Clerk Adam Klein

Rebecca Smith Jacquie Woytych Carole Hyman Gayle Stewart

Sarah Hudspeth Gail Reid

Cary White

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