ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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MORNING PRAYER

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Sunday June 21st, 2020

10.30AM

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PRELUDE Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist (We now implore the Holy Ghost) Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

HYMN “All things bright and beautiful” HYMNAL 1982, #405

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Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And blessed be God’s kingdom, now and for ever. Amen. God is Spirit, and those who worship must worship in spirit and in truth. John 4:24 The Deacon or Celebrant says Let us confess our sins to God. Silence may be kept. Minister and People God of all mercy, we confess that we have sinned against you, opposing your will in our lives. We have denied your goodness in each other, in ourselves, and in the world you have created. We repent of the evil that enslaves us, the evil we have done, and the evil done on our behalf. Forgive, restore, and strengthen us through our Savior Jesus Christ, that we may abide in your love and serve only your will. Amen.

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Celebrant says 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. Amen. Celebrant Lord, open our lips. People And our mouth shall proclaim your praise. Celebrant and People Praise to the holy and undivided Trinity, one God: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia!

PSALM 86: 1-10, 16-17

The Psalm is prayed responsively by verse.

Bow down your ear, O God, and answer me, * for I am poor and in misery.

Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful; * save your servant, for I put my trust in you.

Be merciful to me, O God, for you are my God; * I call upon you all the day long.

Gladden the soul of your servant, * for to you, O God, I lift up my soul.

For you, O God, are good and forgiving, * and great is your love toward all who call upon you.

Give ear, O God, to my prayer, * and attend to the voice of my supplications.

In the time of my trouble I will call upon you, * for you will answer me.

Among the gods there is none like you, O God, * nor anything like your works.

All nations you have made will come and worship you, O God, * and glorify your Name.

For you are great; you do wondrous things; * and you alone are God.

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Turn to me and have mercy upon me; * give your strength to your servant and save the child of your handmaid.

Show me a sign of your favor, so that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed, *

because you, O God, have helped me and comforted me.

Praise to the holy and undivided Trinity, one God: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia!

FIRST READING GENESIS 21:8-21

The child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac.” The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son. But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you. As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes. Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot; for she said, “Do not let me look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept. And God heard the voice of the boy; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him.” Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. She went, and filled the skin with water, and gave the boy a drink.

God was with the boy, and he grew up; he lived in the wilderness, and became an expert with the bow. He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

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Reader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people People: Thanks be to God.

CANTICLE 15 LUKE 1:46-55 THE SONG OF MARY MAGNIFICAT The canticle is prayed responsively, by verse.

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; * for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: * the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him * in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, * he has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, * and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, * and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel, * for he has remembered his promise of mercy, The promise he made to our fathers, * to Abraham and his children for ever. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

SECOND READING ROMANS 6:1b-11

Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with

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him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Reader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people People: Thanks be to God.

CANTICLE M 1 PETER 1: 3-4, 18-21 THE SONG OF FAITH The canticle is prayed responsively, by verse. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, * by divine mercy we have a new birth into a living hope; Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, * we have an inheritance that is imperishable in heaven. The ransom that was paid to free us * was not paid in silver or gold, But in the precious blood of Christ, * the Lamb without spot or stain. God raised Jesus from the dead and gave him glory * so that we might have faith and hope in God.

THE GOSPEL READING MATTHEW 10:24-39

Jesus said to the twelve disciples, “A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!

“So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the

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hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.

“Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household.

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.”

SERMON: REV. KEN BOCCINO ANNOUNCEMENTS AN OFFERING IN HONOR OF FATHER’S DAY

SUNG BY The Choir of St. George’s

and The St. Gorge’s Section Leaders

Emma Moyer Caitlyn Roper

Kyle Blackburn William Butron

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THIS IS MY FATHER'S WORLD

1 This is my Father's world, And to my list'ning ears All nature sings, and round me rings The music of the spheres. This is my Father's world! I rest me in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas-- His hand the wonders wrought.

2 This is my Father's world-- The birds their carols raise, The morning light, sun shining bright, Declare its Maker's praise. This is my Father's world! He shines in all that's fair; In the rustling grass I hear Him pass-- He speaks to me ev'rywhere.

3 This is my Father's world-- O let me ne'er forget That tho' the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the Ruler yet. This is my Father's world! The battle is not done; Jesus who died shall be satisfied, And earth and heav'n be one.

Text: Maltbie D. Babcock (1858-1901) Tune: TERRA BEATA, SMD; Franklin L. Sheppard,1852-1930, harmonized by Norman Johnson, 1966

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APOSTLES CREED 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 again 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

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PRAYER HYMN “We will glorify” AAHH #286

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THE LORD’S PRAYER Celebrant The Lord be with you People And also with you Celebrant Let us pray 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.

Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance; Govern and uphold them, now and always. Day by day we bless you; We praise your Name for ever. Lord, keep us from all sin today; Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy. Lord, show us your love and mercy; For we put our trust in you. In you, Lord, is our hope; And we shall never hope in vain.

O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your lovingkindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Most holy God, as a father has compassion on his children, so do you have mercy on us. As a mother carries and feeds her children, so do you carry us in our afflictions, heal us, and nurture us. Holy One, hear our cry and renew us in your love, through

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Christ who has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, in whom all things are redeemed for eternal life. Amen.

Heavenly God, all the peoples of the earth are one family in you: bless those who decide to be fathers to those around them, regardless of the biology, who adopt others into their hearts. Help them freely and gladly share their lives, their love, and their home with a child who needs them. Remind their family in times of doubt or frustration that every moment is filled with your grace. Surround this decision and those to come with your steadfast love; through Christ who took little children to himself. Amen.

O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: Grant that people everywhere may seek after you and find you; bring the nations into your fold; pour out your Spirit upon all flesh; and hasten the coming of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

We now invite you to offer to God the prayers that are on your heart, offering them silently or out loud in the comments below. Silence

CLOSING PRAYER Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you have done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, for the beauty of this world, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery of love. We thank you for the blessing of family and friends, and for the loving care which surrounds us on every side. We thank you for setting us at tasks which demand our best efforts, and for leading us to accomplishments which satisfy and delight us. We thank you also for those disappointments and failures that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on you alone. Above all, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ; for the truth of his Word and the example of his life; for his steadfast obedience, by which he overcame temptation; for his dying, through which he overcame death; and for his rising to life again, in which we are raised to the life of your kingdom. Grant us the gift of your Spirit, that we may know Christ and make him known; and through him, at all times and in all places, may give thanks to you in all things. Amen

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PRAYER HYMN “We will glorify” AAHH #286

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BLESSING The priest offers the gathered God’s blessing. CLOSING HYMN: “In Christ there is no East or West” HYMNAL 1982, #529

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DISMISSAL Deacon: Let us bless the Lord. Alleluia! Alleluia! People: Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia!

With thanks to

Aileen Koch, cantor Meg Persichetti, reader

Tom Savoth, virtual usher Sebastian Hill, tech support

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Saint George’s Vestry

Mike Martins – Senior Warden Dan Mitchell – Junior Warden

Jane Ungaro, Margo Hill, Meg Persichetti, Marymae Henley, Aleeda Crawley, Brad Kalos

Mark Graham, Sharon McSorley, Tom Meyers-Normand

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MINISTERS STAFF The People of St. George’s John Ayer, Organist & Choirmaster The Rev. Grant Mansfield, Rector Ruth Deane, Parish Administrator Rev. Ken Boccino, Deacon

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