The Anglican Parish of St. Peter and St. Paul

February 16th 2020

Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany

“Nourishing Faith and Community”

10:30 AM Eucharistic Liturgy for the Islands and Inlets

Prelude on "Hyfrydol" - Healey Willan

The Community Gathers Before God

Opening Hymn: CP486 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (tune Hyfrydol)

One: In this time and place we gather on the ancestral lands of our Esquimalt,

Songhees and Coast Salish First Nation companions.

All: From many places and peoples we come to this house in prayer.

One: In this time and place we gather in the name of the living God.

All: We meet in the presence of Jesus Christ, risen and alive.

One: In this time and in this space we gather with the community of faith

around the globe and across the ages.

All: In this time and space heaven and earth are one.

One: In this time and space we are not alone, but one in Christ.

All: Knit together in the unity of the Spirit.

One: In this time and place, we are hallowed, expectant, one people in God.

All: In the name of the Holy and Blessed One, Creator, Redeemer and Holy

Spirit. Amen.

Gloria: (sung)

Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, glory to God on high,

Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, glory to God on high,

and on earth, peace to God’s people, glory to God,

and on earth, peace to God’s people, glory to God.

Assistive listening

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Kyrie: (sung)

In peace, in peace, let us pray to the…

Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy

For the reign of God, and for peace throughout the world,

For the unity of all, let us pray to the….

Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy

For your people here who have come to give you praise,

For the strength to live your Word, let us pray to the….

Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy

Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy

The Collect of the Day:

Almighty and everliving God, whose Son Jesus Christ healed the sick

and restored them to wholeness of life,

look with compassion on the anguish of the world,

and by your power make whole all peoples and nations;

through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the

Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

The Story of Faith is Proclaimed

The Readings

1st Reading: Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Mavis Pillar p. 163 Bible

One: Hear what the spirit is saying to God’s people.

All: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 119:1-8; (Said responsively by full verse) p. 868 BAS

Happy are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!

Happy are they who observe his decrees and seek him with all their hearts!

Who never do any wrong, but always walk in his ways.

You laid down your commandments, that we should fully keep them.

Oh, that my ways were made so direct that I might keep your statutes!

Then I should not be put to shame, when I regard all your commandments.

I will thank you with an unfeigned heart,

when I have learned your righteous judgements.

I will keep your statutes; do not utterly forsake me. Amen.

2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Sue Williams p. 927 Bible

One: Hear what the spirit is saying to God’s people.

All: Thanks be to God.

Gospel Hymn: SGP66 There's a Quiet Understanding

(v. 1-2 before gospel, v. 3-4 after)

There's a quiet understanding

when we're gathered in the Spirit,

it's a promise Jesus gives us

when we gather in his name;

And we know when we're together,

sharing love and understanding,

that our brothers and our sisters

feel the oneness Jesus brings.

One: God be with you.

All: And also with you.

Reader: The Good News of Jesus according to Luke.

All: Celtic Alleluia.

Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:21-24 & 33-37; p. 786 Bible

One: The Gospel of Christ

All: Celtic Alleluia.

Gospel Hymn continued

There's a love we feel in Jesus,

there's a manna that he feeds us,

it's a promise Jesus gives us

when we gather in his name

Thank You, Jesus, thank you, Jesus,

for the way you love and feed us,

for the many ways You lead us;

thank You, gracious Lord.

Thank You, gracious Lord.

Sermon: The Rev. Gail Rodger

Responding to the Word of God

All: We believe and trust in God the Father Almighty.

We believe and trust in Jesus Christ, his Son.

We believe and trust in the Holy Spirit.

We believe and trust in the Three in One. (from Creating Uncommon Worship by Richard Giles)

Prayers of the People: Lynn Schumacher

Confession & Absolution

Presider: Dear friends in Christ,

God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy;

welcoming of sinners and inviting us to table.

Let us confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.

All: Holy and gracious One: forgive our sins.

The ones we can remember, and those we have forgotten.

Forgive the wrong actions we have committed, and the right actions

we have avoided.

Forgive the times we have been weak, unkind or judgmental and

failed to live out your kingdom call to justice and love.

Forgive the lies we have told, the truths we have avoided and

the pain we have caused others.

Creator of all, have mercy on us, and make us whole. Amen Early Irish (adapted from A Celtic Primer p. 95)

Presider: May Almighty God,

who in Jesus Christ has given us

a kingdom that cannot be destroyed,

forgive us our sins,

open our eyes to God’s truth,

strengthen us to do God’s will

and give us the joy of his kingdom,

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen (from New Patterns for Worship Church of England)

The Peace

Presider: The peace of the Lord be always with you.

People: And also with you!

Announcements

The Sacred Meal is Shared

Offertory Hymn: CP575 Let Streams of Living Justice

Prayer over the gifts:

Eternal God, you are the strength of the weak

and the comfort of sufferers, receive all we offer you this day;

turn our sickness into health and our sorrow into joy.

We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord.Amen.

The Great Thanksgiving

Presider: The Lord is here.

All: God’s Spirit is with us.

Presider: Open your hearts.

All: We open to the fullness of God.

Presider: Feast at the banquet prepared from the foundations of the world.

All: We come, O Christ, in thanks and praise.

Presider: Holy and eternal One

in whom we live and move and have our being

our origin and our fulfillment

we praise and thank you for drawing us to this sacred meal.

From the ocean of your primal love

you fashioned the marvel of creation

and beauty of human life.

From this land of towering forests, mist laden coastlines,

the rhythms of the tidal seas, storm and stillness

you humble us to affirm the sacred gift of all creation

and our stewardship for everything given and received.

All: Praise be to you, source of all life!

Presider: From the earliest days the peoples of these islands learned their

dependence on your provision

salmon and whale, elk and bear,

and through song and ceremony, dance and painted cedar,

hallowed these sacred relationships with all life.

All: Praise be to you, source of all life!

Presider: In Jesus Christ, you came into our world

to reveal your glory, reconcile all peoples to yourself

and make all things new in him.

Now, gathered from many places,

with a heart set on the pilgrim way

we come to you yearning for the nourishment of your Spirit

and the fullness you promise in Jesus.

All: (Sung) One bread, one body, one Lord of all,

one cup of blessing which we bless,

and we, though many, through-out the earth,

we are one body in this one Lord.

Presider: The table of bread and wine is now ready. It is the table of

company with Jesus, and all who love him. It is the table of sharing

with the poor of the world with whom Jesus identified himself. It

is the table of communion with the earth, in which Christ became

incarnate. So come to this table, you who have much faith and you

who would like to have more; you who have been here often and

you who have not been for a long time. It is Christ who invites us

to meet him here.

The Lord’s Prayer:

All: (sung) 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 forever. Amen.

Silence is kept

Presider: The gifts of God for the people of God.

All: Thanks be to God.

The Communion

Chalice Administrants: Lynn Schumacher & Janet McDonald

Communion Hymn: CP74 For the Bread Which You Have Broken

Prayer after Communion:

God of tender care, in this eucharist we celebrate your love

for us and for all people. May we show your love in our lives

and know its fulfilment in your presence.

We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.

All: 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: CP354 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Commissioning:

One: Go now to love and serve the Lord. Go in peace.

All: Amen! We go in the name of Christ! Alleluia!

Postlude: Chorale Prelude "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir" - Johann Pachelbel

Next Week’s Readings

Genesis 18:1-8;

Psalm 98;

2 Corinthians 5:17-21;

Matthew 9:14-17;

Weekly Cycles of Prayer

In our Anglican Communion, Pray for the Anglican Church of Canada

The Most Rev. Linda Nicholls - Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Mark

MacDonald, the National Indigenous Archbishop, Melissa Skelton our

Metropolitan, Territory of the People Anglican Church - Bishop Barbara

Andrews, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada.

In our diocese, we pray for Logan, our Bishop, Parish of S. Mark, Qualicum

Beach - The Rev. Elizabeth Northcott.

In our region, we pray for St. Michael and All Angels, The Ven. Dawna Wall, in

our parish we pray for Betty Dawson; Karen DeProy; Bruce and Ceila Devitt,

Ruth D'Hollander and John and Bridget Ducker.

In our community we pray for The Rainbow Kitchen.

We worship on the traditional lands of the Esquimalt, Songhees and other

Nations of the Salish and Coast Salish Peoples. We, who came from many

lands to join the line of those worshipping here, commit our Church to

continue the journey of truth and reconciliation with our First Nations’

neighbours.

Bishop The Rt. Rev. Logan McMenamie

Rector The Rev. Gail Rodger 250-665-6814

Assistant The Rev. Howard Jacques

Assistant The Rev. Claude Mury

Rector’s Warden Sharon Wickware 250-686-6335

People’s Warden John Ducker 250-812-9043

Organist Lawrence Surges

Safe Church Liaison Karen Hogg 250-386-6833

Verger Lynn Scott

Liturgical Assistant Lynn Schumacher

Parish Administrator Andrew Lloyd 250-386-6833

Parish Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Office Phone: 250-386-6833

Mail: 1379 Esquimalt Rd. Victoria, BC V9A 3R4

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