Lord’s Prayer, Albani Psalter, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt DivinityLibrary, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55499 [retrieved July 23,2013]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lord%27s_prayer_in_Coptic.png.

Here you will find an energized and inclusive community of people seeking God’s reconciling and

transforming presence in their lives. Grace St. Paul’s is a safe place to connect your spirit without

disconnecting your mind. Experience Christ’s love in a diverse congregation that celebrates individual

gifts. Participate in liturgies that are rich and innovative. Take part in spiritual formation for all ages.

Reach out to the world and act for social justice. We welcome you to share in this joyful journey!

Welcome to

A Progressive Community — Loving God, Serving Others, Journeying Together

The TenthSunday

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July 28, 2013

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10 a.m. service

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2331 East Adams Street • Tucson, Arizona 85719Visit us on the Web: www.gsptucson.org

Phone (520) 327-6857 • Fax (520) 327-1347Emergency Pastoral Care (520) 668-5727

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. • Friday 9 a.m.-noonThe Rev. Steve Keplinger, Rector: Rector@grace-stpauls.org

The Rev. Debbie Royals, Assistant Rector: debroyals@yahoo.comRosalind Garcia: Rosalind.Garcia@grace-stpauls.org

KiKi Fenik: ParishAdmin@grace-stpauls.orgDavid Wachter: gsp1@dakotacom.net

Weekly WorshipMonday

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. – Drop-inSpiritual Direction

Sunday8 a.m. – Communion Service

10 a.m. – Communion ServiceTuesday

6 p.m. – Evening Prayer (1st Tuesdayof month includes Communion)

7 p.m. – Meditation Group

Wednesday7 a.m. – Communion Service

Thursday5:30 p.m. – Spirit Now Service

About Today’s ServicesAltar FlowersToday’s altar flowers are given to the glory of God and for the beauty of the worship service.! in loving memory of my wife Nancy, by Richard Jenrow.If you would like to dedicate flowers, please call the church office at 327-6857.

Service Participants, 8 a.m.Deacon: The Rev. Nancy Meister Book

Deacon-in-Formation: Chris Ledyard

Lectors: Heather Williams, Toni Sue Brooks

Gospel

in Spanish: Gerrie Mackaben

Chalice: Kay Bigglestone, Ann Schlumberger

Acolyte: Mark Bigglestone

Altar Guild: Ann Schlumberger

Ushers: Robin Beelen, Robert Rosenberg,

Peggy Scott, Heather Williams

Service Participants, 10 a.m.Deacon: The Rev. Nancy Meister BookAssisting Clergy: The Rev. Lynn Marie HunterDeacon-in-Formation: Chris LedyardSubdeacon: Chris LedyardLectors: Joyce Henderson, James TealGospel in Spanish: Jim FranksChalice: Toni Sue Brooks, Eric Carr,

Dennis Kirchoff, Willie SchlentzCrucifer: Kamis MagotTorches: Charlie Cormode, Ayden Kube,

George BallengerUshers: Marilyn Abraham, Jean Marie Smart,

Jim & Virginia ZuelowAltar Guild: Brian Fairbanks, Aimee Graves, Nancy Smith,

Michi YamasakiBread Baker: Aimee GravesGreeters: Anagrace & Dan Misenhimer

We thank Judy Lynn, soprano, for her musical contributions at today’s 10 a.m. service.In addition, we thank Jeffri Sanders, our guest organist, for his musical contributions at both services.

Listings of lay ministers are subject to last-minute changes after the bulletin is printed.CHILDCARE—We offer childcare for all ages beginning at 9:45 a.m. on Sundays. If you’d like childcare

provided for any other church event, please contact the church office at 327-6857.NURSERY—Nursery care is available for children ages 3 and under from 9:45-11:45 a.m. on Sundays.

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8 a.m. Communion ServiceThe Rev. Steve Keplinger, Celebrant

You are invited to sit toward the front and center of the church for this service.Hymn numbers refer to The Hymnal 1982 (blue) or Wonder, Love, and Praise (green) in your pew racks.

The Liturgy of the Word

Please remember to silence your electronic devices.

Prelude Our Father, Who Art in Heaven Dietrich Buxtehude

Greeting and Announcements

Processional Hymn Praise, my soul, the King of heaven

(Blue) No. 410 (stanzas 1 & 2)

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Opening AcclamationThe Opening Acclamation is adapted from The Book of Common Prayer, p. 355.

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

Collect for PurityPeople and Celebrant:

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets arehid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that wemay perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ ourSavior. Amen.

Gloria in Excelsis

Glory to God in the highest,and peace to God’s people on earth.

Lord God, heavenly King,almighty God and Father,

we worship you, we give you thanks,we praise you for your glory.

Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,Lord God, Lamb of God,you take away the sin of the world:

have mercy on us;you are seated at the right hand of the Father:

receive our prayer.

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For you alone are the Holy One,you alone are the Lord,you alone are the Most High,

Jesus Christ,with the Holy Spirit,in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

The Collect of the DayThe Collect of the Day is adapted from The Book of Common Prayer, p. 231.

Celebrant: May God be with you.People: And also with you.Celebrant: Let us pray.

Silence

O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy:Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so passthrough things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ, who lives andreigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

A Reading from Genesis [18:20-32] Please be seated.

YHWH said to Abraham, “How great isthe outcry against Sodom and Gomorrahand how very grave their sin! I must go

down and see whether they have donealtogether according to the outcry that hascome to me; and if not, I will know.” So themen turned from there, and went towardSodom, while Abraham remained standingbefore YHWH. Then Abraham came near andsaid, “Will you indeed sweep away therighteous with the wicked? Suppose there arefifty righteous within the city; will you thensweep away the place and not forgive it for thefifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from youto do such a thing, to slay the righteous withthe wicked, so that the righteous fare as thewicked! Far be that from you! Shall not theJudge of all the earth do what is just?” AndYHWH said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteousin the city, I will forgive the whole place for

their sake.” Abraham answered, “Let me take itupon myself to speak to YHWH, I who am butdust and ashes. Suppose five of the fiftyrighteous are lacking? Will you destroy thewhole city for lack of five?” And God said, “Iwill not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”Again he spoke to him, “Suppose forty arefound there.” God answered, “For the sake offorty I will not do it.” Then he said, “Oh do notlet YHWH be angry if I speak. Suppose thirtyare found there.” God answered, “I will not doit, if I find thirty there.” He said, “Let me take itupon myself to speak to YHWH. Supposetwenty are found there.” God answered, “Forthe sake of twenty I will not destroy it.” Thenhe said, “Oh do not let YHWH be angry if Ispeak just once more. Suppose ten are foundthere.” God answered, “For the sake of ten Iwill not destroy it.”

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

Psalm 138 The Psalm is read responsively.

1 I will give thanks to you with my whole heart; *in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.

2 I will turn to you and praise your Name *because of your love and faithfulness.

3 For your Name shall be honored among all peoples, *and your word above all things.

4 When I cry out, you answer me; *you increase my strength within me.

5 All the rulers of the earth will praise you, O God, *and honor your holy covenant.

6 They will sing of your ways, O God*and rejoice in the splendor of your presence.

7 You abide with the humble, *but the proud turn away from you.

8 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you keep me safe; *you stretch forth your hand against the rage of those who hate me;your right hand shall save me.

9 You make good your promise to me; *your love endures for ever, O God;you cherish the works of your hands.

A Reading from Colossians [2:6-15]

As you have received Christ Jesus theLord, continue to live your lives in him,rooted and built up in him and

established in the faith, just as you were taught,abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no onetakes you captive through philosophy and emptydeceit, according to human tradition, accordingto the elemental spirits of the universe, and notaccording to Christ. For in him the wholefullness of deity dwells bodily, and you havecome to fullness in him, who is the head ofevery ruler and authority. In him also you werecircumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by

putting off the body of the flesh in thecircumcision of Christ; when you were buriedwith him in baptism, you were also raised withhim through faith in the power of God, whoraised him from the dead. And when you weredead in trespasses and the uncircumcision ofyour flesh, God made you alive together withhim, when he forgave us all our trespasses,erasing the record that stood against us with itslegal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to thecross. He disarmed the rulers and authoritiesand made a public example of them, triumphingover them in it.

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

Sequence Music Please stand, as you are able.

A Reading from the Holy Gospel [Luke 11:1-13]

Deacon: The Holy Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ according to Luke.People: Glory to you, O Christ.

Diácono: Santo Evangelio de nuestro Salvador Jesucristo, según Lucas.Pueblo: ¡Gloria a ti, Cristo!

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and afterhe had finished, one of his disciples said tohim, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taughthis disciples.” He said to them, “When you

pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Yourkingdom come. Give us each day our dailybread. And forgive us our sins, for we ourselvesforgive everyone indebted to us. And do notbring us to the time of trial.” And he said tothem, “Suppose one of you has a friend, andyou go to him at midnight and say to him,‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; for afriend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing toset before him.’ And he answers from within,‘Do not bother me; the door has already beenlocked, and my children are with me in bed; Icannot get up and give you anything.’ I tell you,

even though he will not get up and give himanything because he is his friend, at leastbecause of his persistence he will get up andgive him whatever he needs. So I say to you,Ask, and it will be given you; search, and youwill find; knock, and the door will be opened foryou. For everyone who asks receives, andeveryone who searches finds, and for everyonewho knocks, the door will be opened. Is thereanyone among you who, if your child asks for afish, will give a snake instead of a fish? Or if thechild asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? If youthen, who are evil, know how to give good giftsto your children, how much more will theheavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to thosewho ask him!”

Deacon: The Gospel of Jesus Christ.People: Praise to you, O Christ.

Diácono: El Evangelio del Jesucristo.Pueblo: Te alabamos, Cristo.

The Sermon Please be seated.

Preacher: The Rev. Steve Keplinger

A period of silence follows the Sermon, marked with meditation bell.

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The Nicene Creed Please stand, as you are able.

The Nicene Creed is a historical statement of faith used by the early Christian community to define orthodoxy.Please join us as you feel called.

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 Filioque (Latin for “and the son”), the dogmatic formula expressing the double procession of the HolySpirit, was added to the Nicene Creed by the Western church.

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The Prayers of the People Parish intercessions appear on page 35.

The Prayers of the People were adapted by The Rev. Claudia Heath from prayers written by Canon SusanneWatson of New Song Episcopal Church in the diocese of Iowa.

Each prayer is read by a different member of the congregation. Please feel free to participate by readinga prayer.

Leader:

God of all that is good, in Scripture you give us your vision for the world. In love, you give us yourgrace. In wisdom, you give us each other. Through the vision of the Holy Spirit, we learn that yourvery hope is that we be your presence, your power and your Body in the world. For this, we giveyou thanks and, as one body, offer ourselves and each other as we pray.

We pray for every church in every place and for every community of faith throughout the worldwhere love is proclaimed as the core of our lives and our living.

(The people may add their own prayers silently or aloud.)

God who unites us all,People: Bless your holy people.

Leader:

Grant us, O Lover of Souls, the grace and wisdom to use new maps when you light up differentroads to follow. Help us claim the power of faith shared in community and the gifts that we can useto fulfill the vison of ministry and mission you set before us. This week we pray for the nine peopleof the National Immigrant Youth Alliance who were detained on our border during a test of therecently-passed Immigration Reform Act.

God of all holy people,People: Help us remember the promises we made at our baptisms.

Leader:

God of Justice and Truth, we pray for our nation. Teach us humility, open our hearts to those whoare different, give us compassion and understanding, forgive us our sins and restore us to health.May all of us learn from the relatedness of God how to live in love for each other. This week wegive thanks for Trayvon Martin’s parents and their grace-filled response in the wake of theZimmerman acquittal. We pray for a review of laws across our nation and that those laws alwaysreflect the ethical goals of this nation.

(People add their own prayers silently or aloud.)

God who calls us to Justice and forgives us,People: Open our hearts to receive your truth.

Leader:

Help us reach out to the world, seeing the beauty of your gifts as well as the urgency of need in

*We pray for Beth Banks; William Brown; Clif & Jane Click; “Sam” Guard; Christine Nelson; Suzanne Nystrom; ElisePetropoulos; Susan Southwick; Leonard Taffs; Judith Turner and the family and friends of Raymond Turner; Ed; Lee;Francesca Jarvis; Peggy Southwick; Phil Taylor; Beryl Todd; Mary Wilcox; Amy, Phil & Vince; Charlie; Darcy; Jerry &Rondy; Karl; Monica & Carri; Nichole.

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all we serve. Show us how to live so that we do not exploit your world or your people in it. Thisweek we pray for the people of Gansu province in China and Wellington, New Zealand afterearthquakes that sparked landslides, destroyed homes, and continue to create uneasiness duringaftershocks.

(People may add their own prayers silently or out loud.)

God who makes power of powerlessness,People: Make us channels of justice and peace.

Leader:

We pray for those who suffer and for their caregivers and companions. Bless those in our midstwho are tired or hurting and those who trust us to pray for them. We pray for all on our prayerlist* as well as those we name now.

(The people add their own prayers silently or out loud.)

God who enfolds us in your own wounds,People: Open our hearts to know the healing power of your love.

Leader:

We pray for those who have died, especially Raymond Turner. May we know the presence of thatcloud of witnesses around us as we seek to be your people. Bless all those who mourn and thosewho, in their grief, know the sure and certain promise of eternal life in you.

(People may add their own prayers silently or out loud.)

God of forever and from before time,People: We praise you for the wonder of eternal life.

Leader:

God of Joy and Companionship, we thank you for the blessings and surprises of life. This week, wegive thanks for our pastoral care staff at GSP and the care they give to those in need. May wecontinue to lead each other to even better ways to serve You and our neighbor and bring dignityto everyone we encounter.

(People may add their own prayers silently or out loud.)

God of all blessings,People: We give you heartfelt thanks and praise.

Silence

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The Collect after the Prayers of the People is adapted from the Vanderbilt Divinity Library.

Celebrant:

Father in heaven, in your goodness you pour out on your people all that they need, and satisfythose who persist in prayer. Make us bold in asking, thankful in receiving, tireless in seeking, andjoyful in finding, that we may always proclaim your coming kingdom and do your will on earth asin heaven. Amen.

Confession of Sin The Confession of Sin is from The Book of Common Prayer, p. 360.

Deacon: Let us confess our sins against God, our neighbors, and God’s creation.

Silence

All: Most merciful God,we confess that we have sinned against youin 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.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.

Celebrant:

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

The Peace

Celebrant: May the Peace of God be with you.People: And also with you.

Meditation bell will bring us back to silence.

The Liturgy of the Table

Offertory Sentence Please be seated.

Offertory Music

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Table Chant Please stand, as you are able.

The Great Thanksgiving Eucharistic Prayer A is adapted for inclusive language

from The Book of Common Prayer, p. 361.

Celebrant: God is with us.People: God is present here.Celebrant: Rejoice! Lift up your hearts.People: We lift our hearts to the Most High.Celebrant: Let us give thanks to the Holy One.People: It is right to offer thanks and praise.

Celebrant:

It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Creator God,maker of heaven and earth. For by water and the Holy Spirit you have made us a new people inJesus Christ, to show forth your glory in all the world. Therefore we praise you, joining our voiceswith Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever say this hymn toproclaim the glory of your Name:

Celebrant and People:Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,heaven and earth are full of your glory.Hosanna in the highest.Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.Hosanna in the highest.

*Mary Magdalene was one of several women who followed Jesus and ministered to him. She experienced a healingthrough Jesus and was the first messenger of the resurrection, proclaiming it to the unbelieving male disciples. Thomasà Kempis was a 15th-century priest and writer, especially known for The Imitation of Christ, which has been translatedinto more languages than any book other than the Bible. James, the brother of John, was the son of a prosperousGalilean fisherman named Zebedee. James and his brother left their home and trade to follow the call of Jesus. Joachimand Anne are identified in the apocryphal Gospel known as the Protevanelium of James, as the parents of Mary, themother of Jesus. “First presbyter of the Church” was the unofficial title of William Reed Huntington, the sixth rectorof Grace Church, New York City. Huntington was an ecumenist, a statesman, and a liturgical scholar who wasinstrumental in the Prayer Book revision of 1892. Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Henry Purcellwere 17th- and 18th-century church musicians who would go on to make gigantic impacts on music forever.

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Please stand or kneel, as you are able.

Celebrant:

Holy and gracious One: In your infinite love you made us for yourself; and, when we had fallen intosin and become subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent Jesus Christ, your only andeternal Son, to share our human nature, to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, theGod and Maker of all.

He stretched out his arms upon the cross, and offered himself in obedience to your will, a perfectsacrifice for the whole world.

At the following words concerning the bread, the Celebrant is to hold it, or lay a hand upon it; and at thewords concerning the cup, to hold or place a hand upon the cup and any other vessel containing the wine tobe consecrated.

On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, Jesus Christ took bread; and when he hadgiven 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.”

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 manyfor the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

Deacon: Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith:

Celebrant and People:

Christ has died.Christ is risen.Christ will come again.

We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, O God, in this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving.Recalling his death, resurrection, and ascension, we offer you these gifts. Sanctify them by your HolySpirit to be for your people the Body and Blood of your Son, the holy food and drink of new andunending life in him. Sanctify us also that we may faithfully receive this holy Sacrament, and serveyou in unity, constancy, and peace; and at the last day bring us with Paul, Mary Magdalene, Thomasà Kempis, James the Apostle, Joachim and Anne, William Reed Huntington, Johann Sebastian Bach,George Frideric Handel, Henry Purcell,* and all your saints into the joy of your eternal kingdom.

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All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ. By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of theHoly Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Creator, now and for ever. AMEN.

The Lord’s Prayer (traditional)

Deacon: As our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,

Deacon 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.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.

The Breaking of the Bread

Fraction Anthem The Fraction Anthem is adapted from other texts by The Rev. Steve Keplinger.

Celebrant: Be known to us, risen Christ, in the breaking of the bread.People: Alleluia. The bread which we break makes all of us one with you. Alleluia.

The Invitation to Communion

Celebrant: The Gifts of God for the People of God.

The Communion Please be seated.

No matter who you are, or where you are on your spiritual journey, you are invited to receive communion atGrace St. Paul’s. It is appropriate to stand or kneel.

Communion Music

Sending Eucharistic VisitorsAfter communion, the service resumes here. The Celebrant may name the Eucharistic Visitors and those whomay receive Holy Communion at home. All say together:

We send you forth bearing these Holy Gifts. May those to whom you go share with usin the Communion of Christ’s Body and Blood. We who are many are one body,because we all share one bread, one cup.

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Postcommunion Prayer The Postcommunion Prayer is adapted from

The Book of Common Prayer, p. 365.

Celebrant and People:

Eternal God, divine Creator,you have graciously accepted us as living membersof your Son our Savior Jesus Christ,and you have fed us with spiritual foodin the Sacrament of his Body and Blood.Send us now into the world in peace,and grant us strength and courageto love and serve youwith gladness and singleness of heart;through Christ our Savior. Amen.

Blessing

Recessional Hymn O worship the King (Blue) No. 388 (stanzas 1 & 2)

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Dismissal The Dismissal is from The Book of Common Prayer, p. 366.

Deacon: Let us go forth into the world, rejoicing in the power of the Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia!People: Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Postlude Fuga in C minor W. F. Bach

Please join us following this service for Coffee Hour in McBride Hall (acrossthe labyrinth), or join us for classes—classrooms are downstairs beneath thesanctuary, with access either by the stairs off the breezeway or by the rampnear the parking lot.

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10 a.m. Communion ServiceThe Rev. Steve Keplinger, Celebrant

SACRED SPACEPlease respect those who seek time for quiet reflection before worship begins andwhile listening to the prelude. Your sanctuary is a sacred place for all to prepare forworship in meditation and prayer. We encourage you to socialize and greet others inthe foyer in the back of the church (the narthex) and in McBride Hall.

Hymn numbers refer to The Hymnal 1982 (blue) or Wonder, Love, and Praise (green) in your pew racks.

The Liturgy of the WordPlease remember to silence your electronic devices.

Greeting and AnnouncementsAs the Greeting and Announcements end, the church will be darkened and the candles will be lit by theacolytes, signaling the silence we enter into before worship.

Prelude Our Father, Who Art in Heaven Dietrich Buxtehude

Processional Hymn Praise, my soul, the King of heaven Please stand, as you are able.(Blue) No. 410

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Opening AcclamationThe first half of the Opening Acclamation is from Celebrating Common Prayer: A Version of the DailyOffice, SSF 8 1992, The European Province of the Society of Saint Francis. The second half is by The Rev.Bruce Prewer, Uniting Church in Australia.

Celebrant: Blessed are you, creator God;to you be glory and praise forever!

People: Your Spirit moved over the face of the waters to bring light and life to yourcreation.

Celebrant: Pour out your Spirit on us this day,that we may walk as children of light;

People: and by your grace reveal your presence,Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;Blessed be God forever!

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Chant of Praise

Salutation and the Collect of the DayThe Collect of the Day is adapted from the Vanderbilt Divinity Library.

Celebrant: May God be with you.People: And also with you.Celebrant: Let us pray.

Silence

Living God, you raise us to fullness of being in sharing the Christ-life together. Teach us to pray andgrant us hopeful persistence in seeking your will and your way, that by the power of the Spirit, loveand faithfulness may meet to disarm the powers of the world. Amen.

We Proclaim and Respond to the Word of God

A Reading from Genesis [18:20-32] Please be seated.

YHWH said to Abraham, “How great isthe outcry against Sodom and Gomorrahand how very grave their sin! I must go

down and see whether they have donealtogether according to the outcry that hascome to me; and if not, I will know.” So themen turned from there, and went toward

Sodom, while Abraham remained standingbefore YHWH. Then Abraham came near andsaid, “Will you indeed sweep away therighteous with the wicked? Suppose there arefifty righteous within the city; will you thensweep away the place and not forgive it for thefifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from you

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to do such a thing, to slay the righteous withthe wicked, so that the righteous fare as thewicked! Far be that from you! Shall not theJudge of all the earth do what is just?” AndYHWH said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteousin the city, I will forgive the whole place fortheir sake.” Abraham answered, “Let me take itupon myself to speak to YHWH, I who am butdust and ashes. Suppose five of the fiftyrighteous are lacking? Will you destroy thewhole city for lack of five?” And God said, “Iwill not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”Again he spoke to him, “Suppose forty are

found there.” God answered, “For the sake offorty I will not do it.” Then he said, “Oh do notlet YHWH be angry if I speak. Suppose thirtyare found there.” God answered, “I will not doit, if I find thirty there.” He said, “Let me take itupon myself to speak to YHWH. Supposetwenty are found there.” God answered, “Forthe sake of twenty I will not destroy it.” Thenhe said, “Oh do not let YHWH be angry if Ispeak just once more. Suppose ten are foundthere.” God answered, “For the sake of ten Iwill not destroy it.”

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

Psalm 138 The Psalm is read responsively.

1 I will give thanks to you with my whole heart; *in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.

2 I will turn to you and praise your Name *because of your love and faithfulness.

3 For your Name shall be honored among all peoples, *and your word above all things.

4 When I cry out, you answer me; *you increase my strength within me.

5 All the rulers of the earth will praise you, O God, *and honor your holy covenant.

6 They will sing of your ways, O God*and rejoice in the splendor of your presence.

7 You abide with the humble, *but the proud turn away from you.

8 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you keep me safe; *you stretch forth your hand against the rage of those who hate me;your right hand shall save me.

9 You make good your promise to me; *your love endures for ever, O God;you cherish the works of your hands.

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A Reading from Colossians [2:6-15]

As you have received Christ Jesus theLord, continue to live your lives in him,rooted and built up in him and

established in the faith, just as you were taught,abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no onetakes you captive through philosophy and emptydeceit, according to human tradition, accordingto the elemental spirits of the universe, and notaccording to Christ. For in him the wholefullness of deity dwells bodily, and you havecome to fullness in him, who is the head ofevery ruler and authority. In him also you werecircumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by

putting off the body of the flesh in thecircumcision of Christ; when you were buriedwith him in baptism, you were also raised withhim through faith in the power of God, whoraised him from the dead. And when you weredead in trespasses and the uncircumcision ofyour flesh, God made you alive together withhim, when he forgave us all our trespasses,erasing the record that stood against us with itslegal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to thecross. He disarmed the rulers and authoritiesand made a public example of them, triumphingover them in it.

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

Sequence Hymn Be thou my vision Please stand, as you are able.

(Blue) No. 488

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A Reading from the Holy Gospel [Luke 11:1-13]

Deacon: The Holy Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ according to Luke.People: Glory to you, O Christ.

Diácono: Santo Evangelio de nuestro Salvador Jesucristo, según Lucas.Pueblo: ¡Gloria a ti, Cristo!

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and afterhe had finished, one of his disciples said tohim, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taughthis disciples.” He said to them, “When you

pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Yourkingdom come. Give us each day our dailybread. And forgive us our sins, for we ourselvesforgive everyone indebted to us. And do notbring us to the time of trial.” And he said tothem, “Suppose one of you has a friend, andyou go to him at midnight and say to him,‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; for afriend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing toset before him.’ And he answers from within,‘Do not bother me; the door has already beenlocked, and my children are with me in bed; Icannot get up and give you anything.’ I tell you,

even though he will not get up and give himanything because he is his friend, at leastbecause of his persistence he will get up andgive him whatever he needs. So I say to you,Ask, and it will be given you; search, and youwill find; knock, and the door will be opened foryou. For everyone who asks receives, andeveryone who searches finds, and for everyonewho knocks, the door will be opened. Is thereanyone among you who, if your child asks for afish, will give a snake instead of a fish? Or if thechild asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? If youthen, who are evil, know how to give good giftsto your children, how much more will theheavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to thosewho ask him!”

Deacon: The Gospel of Jesus Christ.People: Praise to you, O Christ.

Diácono: El Evangelio del Jesucristo.Pueblo: Te alabamos, Cristo.

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The Sermon Please be seated.

Preacher: The Rev. Steve Keplinger

A period of silence follows the Sermon, marked with meditation bell.

Affirmation of Faith Please stand, as you are able.

The Creedal Statement is by The Reverend Dr. Constance M. Baugh, in Women’s Uncommon Prayers, published by Church Publishing Inc.

We believe in the God of Life,who creates and loves people,who acts in historyand who promises never to leave us alone.

We believe in Jesus of Nazareth,who is our brother,who wants not to be idolized but to be followed.

We believe that we dwell in the presence of the Holy Spirit;without her we are nothing;filled with her we are able to become creative,lively, and free.

We believe in the Church of Jesus Christ,a community where we find companions andcourage for the struggles of life,where we grow in our understanding of the faith,through worship, prayer, nurture, and service.

We believe that God has a use for us in this time and place,that though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death,we are called to be instruments of God’s peace.

We believe in living, hoping, laughing, and enjoyingthe good of the earth;

We believe that people can change, and God keepspulling us to life and to a new world of joyand peace.

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The Prayers of the People Parish intercessions appear on page 35.

The Prayers of the People were adapted by The Rev. Claudia Heath from prayers written by Canon SusanneWatson of New Song Episcopal Church in the diocese of Iowa.

Each prayer is read by a different member of the congregation. Please feel free to participate by readinga prayer.

Leader:

God of all that is good, in Scripture you give us your vision for the world. In love, you give us yourgrace. In wisdom, you give us each other. Through the vision of the Holy Spirit, we learn that yourvery hope is that we be your presence, your power and your Body in the world. For this, we giveyou thanks and, as one body, offer ourselves and each other as we pray.

We pray for every church in every place and for every community of faith throughout the worldwhere love is proclaimed as the core of our lives and our living.

(The people may add their own prayers silently or aloud.)

God who unites us all,People: Bless your holy people.

Leader:

Grant us, O Lover of Souls, the grace and wisdom to use new maps when you light up differentroads to follow. Help us claim the power of faith shared in community and the gifts that we can useto fulfill the vison of ministry and mission you set before us. This week we pray for the nine peopleof the National Immigrant Youth Alliance who were detained on our border during a test of therecently-passed Immigration Reform Act.

God of all holy people,People: Help us remember the promises we made at our baptisms.

Leader:

God of Justice and Truth, we pray for our nation. Teach us humility, open our hearts to those whoare different, give us compassion and understanding, forgive us our sins and restore us to health.May all of us learn from the relatedness of God how to live in love for each other. This week wegive thanks for Trayvon Martin’s parents and their grace-filled response in the wake of theZimmerman acquittal. We pray for a review of laws across our nation and that those laws alwaysreflect the ethical goals of this nation.

(People add their own prayers silently or aloud.)

God who calls us to Justice and forgives us,People: Open our hearts to receive your truth.

Leader:

Help us reach out to the world, seeing the beauty of your gifts as well as the urgency of need inall we serve. Show us how to live so that we do not exploit your world or your people in it. Thisweek we pray for the people of Gansu province in China and Wellington, New Zealand afterearthquakes that sparked landslides, destroyed homes, and continue to create uneasiness duringaftershocks.

*We pray for Beth Banks; William Brown; Clif & Jane Click; “Sam” Guard; Christine Nelson; Suzanne Nystrom; ElisePetropoulos; Susan Southwick; Leonard Taffs; Judith Turner and the family and friends of Raymond Turner; Ed; Lee;Francesca Jarvis; Peggy Southwick; Phil Taylor; Beryl Todd; Mary Wilcox; Amy, Phil & Vince; Charlie; Darcy; Jerry &Rondy; Karl; Monica & Carri; Nichole.

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(People may add their own prayers silently or out loud.)

God who makes power of powerlessness,People: Make us channels of justice and peace.

Leader:

We pray for those who suffer and for their caregivers and companions. Bless those in our midstwho are tired or hurting and those who trust us to pray for them. We pray for all on our prayerlist* as well as those we name now.

(The people add their own prayers silently or out loud.)

God who enfolds us in your own wounds,People: Open our hearts to know the healing power of your love.

Leader:

We pray for those who have died, especially Raymond Turner. May we know the presence of thatcloud of witnesses around us as we seek to be your people. Bless all those who mourn and thosewho, in their grief, know the sure and certain promise of eternal life in you.

(People may add their own prayers silently or out loud.)

God of forever and from before time,People: We praise you for the wonder of eternal life.

Leader:

God of Joy and Companionship, we thank you for the blessings and surprises of life. This week, wegive thanks for our pastoral care staff at GSP and the care they give to those in need. May wecontinue to lead each other to even better ways to serve You and our neighbor and bring dignityto everyone we encounter.

(People may add their own prayers silently or out loud.)

God of all blessings,People: We give you heartfelt thanks and praise.

Silence

The Collect after the Prayers of the People is adapted from Prayers for an Inclusive Church by The Rev. Steven Shakespeare.

Celebrant:

God of gifts, share with us a hunger for the bread of your kingdom; give to us a yearning impatiencewith injustice; free us from clinging to debts gone bad; teach us to pray with honesty in words filledwith earth and lit by desire; through Jesus Christ, our Jubilee. Amen.

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Confession of SinThe beginning and ending of the Confession are adapted from Janet Morley, All Desires Known.

The middle stanzas were adapted from “Creator God” by Douglas Galbraith, The Pattern of our Days.

Deacon: Let us confess our sins against God, our neighbors, and God’s creation.

All: O God, you search us out and know us,and all that we are is open to you.We confess that we have sinned.

When we use our power to dominateand our weakness to manipulate;When we live within our limits,touching the bounds only for reassurance;When we distrust visions and dreams,and seek to destroy the visionary;When we welcome your gifts only to entertain,but not to change us;When we fail to integrate spirit and fleshand forfeit our wholeness and dignity;We ask for your forgiveness and healing.

Deacon: We turn to you, O God of infinite compassion;

We renounce evil;We claim your love;We choose to be made whole. Amen.

Celebrant:

God, the Creator brings you new life. God, the Redeemer, forgives you and rescues you. God theSustainer lifts you up to live in the Spirit. May the blessing of God, Creator, Redeemer, andSustainer be upon you and all of the cosmos. Amen.

The Peace

Celebrant: May the Peace of God be with you.People: And also with you.

Meditation bell will bring us back to silence.

The Liturgy of the Table

Offertory Sentence Please be seated.

Offertory Music How Great Thou Art Stuart K. Hine

Judy Lynn, soloist

Pause

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Table Chant Please stand, as you are able.

Prayer over the Gifts The Prayer over the Gifts is from A New Zealand Prayer Book.

Celebrant: Giver of life, receive all we offer you this day.People: Let the Spirit you bestow on your Church continue to work in the world

through the hearts of all who believe. Amen.

The Great Thanksgiving The Great Thanksgiving is adapted from

Steven Shakespeare’s Eucharistic Prayer 3 in Prayers for an Inclusive Church.

Celebrant: God is with us.People: God is present here.Celebrant: Rejoice! Lift up your hearts.People: We lift our hearts to the Most High.Celebrant: Let us give thanks to the Holy One.People: It is right to offer thanks and praise.

Celebrant:

Lifegiving God, your word speaks in the void, calling into being things that are not, inviting us toshare your work of creation.

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We thank you for the ages long of gathering stars and cooling earth, of life evolving and waking eyesof wonder. We thank you for the creatures with whom we share the world, for their lives sodifferent from our own and the richness they reveal.

We thank you for the Son of Man, formed from Mary’s flesh and nurtured by her faith; he walkedthe growing earth and proclaimed a fearless kingdom of bird and lily, child and stranger, the beggarand the blind.

On the cross, he joined the labor of all creation’s yearning; in his rising, he hallowed all flesh to bearthe glory of God; he gives the brooding Spirit to bring to birth a living hope.

Therefore, with all that has life through him with animals and angels and all who hope for a new creation,we share the song of love which sounds from all eternity:

Sanctus (Holy)

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Celebrant:

We ask that your Holy Spirit will fall upon us + and upon these gifts + that these fragile, earthlythings may be to us the body and blood of our brother Jesus Christ; who, on the night that he wasbetrayed, gathered with his faltering friends for a meal that tasted of freedom. Calling them to histable, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and said: “This is my body, which is given for you. Dothis to remember me.”

In the same way after supper, he took the cup, saying: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood.Do this, whenever you drink it, to remember me.” As on that night, so here and now he offershimself in touch and taste beyond what all words can hold.

Deacon: Great is the mystery of faith

People & Celebrant:

Christ has diedChrist is risenChrist will come again.

*Mary Magdalene was one of several women who followed Jesus and ministered to him. She experienced a healingthrough Jesus and was the first messenger of the resurrection, proclaiming it to the unbelieving male disciples. Thomasà Kempis was a 15th-century priest and writer, especially known for The Imitation of Christ, which has beentranslated into more languages than any book other than the Bible. James, the brother of John, was the son of aprosperous Galilean fisherman named Zebedee. James and his brother left their home and trade to follow the call ofJesus. Joachim and Anne are identified in the apocryphal Gospel known as the Protevanelium of James, as the parentsof Mary, the mother of Jesus. “First presbyter of the Church” was the unofficial title of William Reed Huntington, thesixth rector of Grace Church, New York City. Huntington was an ecumenist, a statesman, and a liturgical scholar whowas instrumental in the Prayer Book revision of 1892. Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and HenryPurcell were 17th- and 18th-century church musicians who would go on to make gigantic impacts on music forever.

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Celebrant:

Therefore, we come to him in whom all is created in heaven and on earth, whose cross and resurrectionmake all things new.

People & Celebrant:

We offer this to you,asking you to smileupon the gift we bring,for you alone are the Giverand Christ’s the giftthrough which we liveonce and for all.

Celebrant:

Through him who was emptied to bear your fullness we make our prayer with Paul, MaryMagdalene, Thomas à Kempis, James the Apostle, Joachim and Anne, William Reed Huntington,Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Henry Purcell,* and all created life to the glory ofthe God who fills all in all now and for ever. AMEN.

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The Lord’s Prayer (Contemporary)

Deacon: As our Savior Christ has taught us, we now pray,

Deacon and People: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 for ever. Amen.

The Breaking of the Bread

Fraction Anthem The Fraction Anthem is adapted from other texts by The Rev. Steve Keplinger.

Celebrant: Be known to us, risen Christ, in the breaking of the bread.People: Alleluia. The bread which we break makes all of us one with you. Alleluia.

The Invitation to Communion

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

The Communion

No matter who you are, or where you are on your spiritual journey, you are invited to receive communion atGrace St. Paul’s. It is appropriate to stand or kneel.

Everyone is invited to receive Holy Communion. Please approach the altar rail from the center aisle and takethe first available space at either side. You may choose to stand or kneel for communion. You may comeforward to receive a blessing if you prefer not to receive communion. Place crossed arms on chest to signalyour desire for a blessing. You may also do this if you prefer not to receive the wine. You may touch thechalice and the chalice bearer will say the words of administration.

Communion Music Ave Maria Franz Schubert

Judy Lynn, soloist

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Communion Hymn Where charity and love prevail (Blue) No. 581

After Communion, the service resumes here.

Sending Eucharistic Visitors

The Celebrant may name the Lay Eucharistic Ministers and those who may receive home Holy Communion.All say together:

We send you forth bearing these Holy Gifts. May those to whom you go share with usin the Communion of Christ’s Body and Blood. We who are many are one body,because we all share one bread, one cup.

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Postcommunion Prayer Please stand, as you are able.

The Postcommunion Prayer is from Prayers for an Inclusive Church by The Rev. Steven Shakespeare.

Celebrant and People:

God revealed in the stranger’s approach and the bread of hospitality, in the message of new life and the laughter of response: we thank you for this meal, this sharing in yourself, and we pray that our communion might be broken apart for the world. Amen.

Blessing

Recessional Hymn O worship the King (Blue) No. 388

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Dismissal

Deacon: Let us go forth into the world, rejoicing in the power of the Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia!People: Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Postlude Fuga in C minor W. F. Bach

Please join us following this service for Coffee Hour in McBride Hall(across the labyrinth), or join us for classes or meetings—classrooms andmeeting rooms are downstairs beneath the sanctuary, with access either

by the stairs off the breezeway or by the ramp near the parking lot.

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We hold the following in our prayers today:

We pray for Katharine our Presiding Bishop; Kirk our Bishop; Steve, our Rector; and the clergywho serve Grace St. Paul’s; the Diocese of Phulbani (North India), The Rt. Rev. BijayNayak; St. Stephen’s in Phoenix; and progressive congregations and organizations includingthe Episcopal Center at the University of Chicago, and St. Luke’s Church in Evanston,Illinois.

We pray for peace in Zimbabwe, Syria, Congo, Sudan, Gaza, and in all places. We pray forthose in the military, especially those serving in combat zones, including Ronald Berryhill;Christopher Gallo; Laura Goodman; Michael Hannan; Andrew Harris; Frederick Jenning;Greg Maynard; Eric Osche; Mark Pundt; Thomas Rice; Terrence Robinson; LaramieStruble; Matt Woodruff; Brian.

We pray for Beth Banks; William Brown; Clif & Jane Click; “Sam” Guard; Christine Nelson;Suzanne Nystrom; Elise Petropoulos; Susan Southwick; Leonard Taffs; Judith Turner andthe family and friends of Raymond Turner; Ed; Lee; Francesca Jarvis; Peggy Southwick; PhilTaylor; Beryl Todd; Mary Wilcox; Amy, Phil & Vince; Charlie; Darcy; Jerry & Rondy; Karl;Monica & Carri; Nichole.

We hold in prayer animal companions who are in need, especially Scooter; Skylee; Shonee;Gussie; Mollie; ZsaZsa; Ziggy.

We hold in prayer our animal companions who have died, especially Elijah.

We pray for those who have died, especially Raymond Turner.

We pray also for those who have died in the desert on our border, including the 18-year-oldfrom Oaxaca who died this week, and all those who have died in Afghanistan, especiallyJonam Russell; Anthony R. Maddox; Sonny C. Zimmerman; Benjamin W. Tuttle.

PRAYER LIST GUIDELINES

Names of parishioners submitted this week will remain on the list during the current month.Please contact David Wachter by 4 p.m. on Wednesday (327-6857 or e-mail gsp1@dakotacom.net)to add a name to the list printed in the bulletin. Names of non-parishioners, including relatives ofparishioners, will remain on the prayers for one week only—if the crisis persists, please call thechurch office each week by 4 p.m. on Wednesday to renew, or send an email togsp1@dakotacom.net. Full names will be listed unless “first name only” is requested. TheIntercessory Prayer Team will receive all names submitted; this large team maintains dailyintercessions. There are no time limitations on this ministry.

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GSP Parish Life – July 28, 2013The Sunday bulletin is filled with information about events at Grace St. Paul’s or of interest to the GraceSt. Paul’s community. Please take it home and read it at your leisure. There’s something for everyone!

Check out GSP’s website: www.gsptucson.org.Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church • 2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ • www.facebook.com/gracestpauls

Invite Your Friends . . . the Easy Way

On September 27 and 28, we will have a two-evening seminar called Christianity 3.0: Rebootto the Radically Inclusive Original Church. This is a great opportunity to invite friends to hearwhat we at GSP already know – that Christianity isn’t what you hear about in the media. Fr. Stevewill lecture for an hour each night, then we’ll have a panel discussion featuring lay leaders. Thenthere will be wine and chocolate, cookies and milk in the hall along with lively conversation. Thisis a way to change hearts and minds in a world where religion is not thought of very highly! So whatcan you do?

1. Invite friends. Tell them the truth: we’re not out to convert anybody. It will be fascinatinglecture and discussion. Wine & chocolate, cookies & milk will follow. See schedule, below.

2. Starting August 1: If you use Facebook, “Share” the memes (those graphical cartoonquips) from Grace St. Paul’s page. (There will be 60 of them during August and September!) Justhit “Share” from GSP’s Facebook page each day. This will put the meme on your own timelineand help us go viral!

3. Come to it yourself! This will change how you think about the religion, Christianity and theBible. You will leave feeling proud to be part of a truly caring, thinking community.

4. Help hospitality, by baking cookies or brownies, or cleaning up each night.

If you have further thoughts or concerns, please contact Bruce Anderson.

Coffee Hour HospitalityWe’d like to make coffee hour self-supporting. Your donations of food and any monetarycontributions you make can help offset the costs of condiments and paper products.

Coffee and light refreshments are offered on Sundays at 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in McBride Hall. Wehave wonderfully generous members and talented bakers and we want to take advantage of both.So, in an effort to have the wealth spread evenly across the various Sundays each month, we’ll askfolks to provide goodies based on the first letter in their last names:

! The first Sunday of each month: last names that begin with letters A - F

! The second Sunday of each month: last names that begin with letters G - L

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! The third Sunday of each month: last names that begin with letters M - R

! The fourth Sunday of each month: last names that begin with letters S - Z

Our hope is that by providing some sort of schedule, we will have something delicious to offerconsistently and have every Sunday offer a feast rather than have uneven episodes of feasts andfamines. Of course, anyone inspired to share good food on additional Sundays is welcome to doso. If you have any questions, please contact the co-chairs of the Coffee Hour Hospitality ministry:Kathy Allen (327-4448) and Phoebe Goodwin (820-6081).

Liturgy & Music

SPIRIT NOW: an Emerging WorshipE x p e r i e n c e , I n c l u s i v e a n dInteractive—This service is a contemporaryexpression of ancient spiritualities emerging from thepeople. The service begins at 5:30 p.m. everyThursday and is followed by a meal of soup, bread,

and wine. On the third Thursday of each month, thereis a potluck dinner. Everyone is welcome!

LOOKING FOR A CHANGE IN YOURPRAYER LIFE? Would you like to try Prayer in asmall community? Come to Evening Prayer onTuesdays, from 6 to 6:30 p.m. in the Julian Chapel. Onthe first Tuesday of each month, Evening Prayerwill include Communion. Stay afterwards for thebrief fellowship afterwards if you’d like. Come join usin the joy of small, prayerful community. If you have

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any questions, feel free to ask Chris Ledyard, Chuck orNan Hannan, Gale Odion, or Mark Drew.

INTERFAITH MEDITATION GROUPPlease join us for meditation every Tuesday at 7 p.m. inthe Julian Chapel. Our meditation group is inclusive andopen to all regardless of where you may be on yourspiritual journey or whether you are new to meditationor are an experienced meditator. Our format beginswith a short walking meditation flowing into 20-25minutes of silent seated meditation. We then take ashort break before playing a short audio or video talkfor those who wish to remain. These talks are onmeditation and related contemplative topics from avariety of Eastern and Western faith traditions. Formore information please contact David Clements at408-7446.

AN INVITATION FROM THE ALTARGUILDWould you like to volunteer from the comfort of yourhome as part of the Altar Guild? If yes, we have animportant ministry for you!

Many of the Altar Guild members who care for thebeautiful white linens, large and small, are leaving townfor the summer months. Please consider joining a smallteam for this holy work by learning how to care forGSP’s linens from seasoned Altar Guild members.

GSP needs a small amount of your time each month tohelp make its worship space a place of beauty and toimbue the symbols of our shared faith tradition withholy appreciation and care. Aimee Graves would bepleased to hear of your interest by email ataimeegraves67@gmail.com or phone (520) 971-7247.

DIGITAL BULLETIN AVAILABLE!For those who find it an aid to worship(and can help save trees and money), wehave made our Sunday bulletin availablefor download on electronic devices. Youcan access the bulletin by visiting ourwebsite and clicking on “Sunday Bulletins,”

clicking on the link provided in the left column of theFriday e-mail, or by scanning the QR code at thechurch entrances.

If you choose to download the bulletin, please berespectful of your neighbor and be particularly careful

about the light that your device casts. Our goal isalways to create the most spirit-filled, meditative,energizing, and enlightening worship experiencepossible for all.

RECORDINGS AVAILABLECD and DVD recordings of the 10 a.m. service may beordered; please contact the church office (327-6857).

FLOWERS—Did something special happen toyou recently that you’d like to celebrate? Honor itwith altar flowers or plants! Perhaps you wantflowers or plants in memory of or in honor of aloved one. If so, call the office (327-6857) toarrange flower or plant dedications. Any OfficeWelcome Team volunteer will be happy to takeyour information and give it to KiKi Fenik, ourParish Administrator.

Adult Spiritual Formation &Education

TODAY: Music in the Air—9 a.m. in theBloom Education Center. Christina Jarvis,GSP’s Music Director, talks about the use of music withchildren and youth in our parish and in the broaderEpiscopal Church. You’ll have an opportunity to askquestions and learn about future directions for thechurch.

GSP Spirit Players: A Monthly Play-Reading Experience—Friday, August 2,6:30 p.m. in the Bloom EducationCenter. The August GSP Spirit Players’ play readingon Aug. 2 will feature Biloxi Blues, by PulitzerPrize-winning playwright Neil Simon. The unrehearsedreading begins at 6:30 in the Bloom Education Center.This play is the second in Simon’s trilogy that beganwith Brighton Beach Memoirs and concluded withBroadway Bound. In this part of the story Eugene Jeromeis a young army recruit during World War II, goingthrough basic training and learning about Life and Lovewith a capital ‘L’ along with some harsher lessons, whilestationed at boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1943.

Everyone is welcome to attend! No theatre or publicspeaking experience is necessary; parts will berandomly assigned to whoever wishes to read.Non-readers are welcome as well and can participate

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as an “audience.” Facilitated by Halsy Taylor and NanaleeRaphael, theatre professionals and aficionados.

The Sistine Chapel: The History of its Artand Propaganda—Sun., Aug. 4, 9 a.m. inthe Bloom Education Center. This one-timepresentation looks at the Sistine Chapel, itsarchitecture and art, in terms of its historical, politicaland theological context. Facilitated by Professor PiaCuneo, UA Art History Department and GSP member.

Journaling Our Spiritual Lives—Sat., Aug.10, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in the BloomEducation Center. Where am I on my spiritualjourney? Where has God been in the choices anddecisions I have made? Where do I go from here? Joinus for a contemplative morning of journaling andreflection on these and other questions. We will use aguided journal method to explore not only our owninner depths but also to catch a glimpse of themysterious and unseen hand that guides us all.Facilitated by Catherine Penn Williams.

The Hand of God: Thoughts and ImagesReflecting the Spirit of the Universe—Sunday, August 11, 9 a.m. in the BloomEducation Center. The remarkable book TheHand of God brings together stunning photographs fromthe Hubble Telescope with some of the most thoughtprovoking observations every written. From the book’sintroduction: “It is becoming ever more apparent thatthe discoveries of astronomy and cosmology areoffering today what in eras past only religion has: asense of wonder and of awe, a sense that the world isrational, a sense of the sacred with hints to believersabout the nature and character of God.” Discussion willbe led by Brian Arthur.

CONTINUING: Theology, Spirituality, &Sex! Oh, My!—Monday night, August 19,7 p.m. Meeting in the home ofCatherine Penn Williams. Join us for amonthly book group to read and discuss SusanHowatch’s Starbridge Series, six novels that trace thehistory of the 20th-century Anglican Church. We’llread the novels in order and discuss one each month.This series is placed in the fictional Diocese ofStarbridge, set in the west of England. We’ll focus our

conversation on the themes of theology and spiritualdevelopment in each book. The books are availablefrom www.amazon.com in paperback, Kindle, and usededitions (starting at $.01). Facilitated by Catherine PennWilliams. Contact Catherine or the church office fordirections.

How Do We Forgive? – A Film Series—Friday evening, August 23, 6:30 p.m. inthe Bloom Education Center. Violence is anincreasingly familiar and distressing reality in our world,at local, national and global levels. As the Body ofChrist, how do we respond to violence perpetratedagainst ourselves or someone we love? Join us for thisremarkable film series and some helpful conversation.Led by Catherine Penn Williams and Steve Williams of GSP.

Children, Youth & Families

SO WHAT’S GOING ON THISSUMMER WITH SUNDAY SCHOOLAND YOUTH GROUPS?! Summer Sunday School continues today. (We

need people willing to offer help on one or moreSundays. Please speak with Jean Keplinger orRosalind.)

! Summer Youth groups continue today.

Contact Rosalind Garcia for more information:Rosalind.Garcia@grace-stpauls.org or 327-6857.

CHILDCARE POSITION AVAILABLECalling people who love children: GSP paidnursery position is available. Our wonderfulMadeleine Caldwell, who has cared for our youngestfaithfully in the GSP nursery, has moved to Oregon andwe are looking for a new GSP nursery care giver. If youhave an interest in this paid position, please contactR o s a l i n d G a rc i a a t 3 2 7 - 6 8 5 7 o r a tRosalind.Garcia@grace-stpauls.org.

Qualifications: You must be over 18 years, pass abackground check, complete an online course on childsexual abuse, and be extremely reliable. Mostimportantly, you should be patient and love children.The pay is $10 an hour, from 9:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.every Sunday and occasional other days if you’reavailable.

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Fellowship

PARISH FUN NIGHTSAre you new to the Congregation or perhaps not sonew, but looking to connect with other people here atGSP in a small setting? Do you enjoy serving yourcommunity through service projects? Would you liketo know who in our congregation owns a smallbusiness and how to help support them? Are youlooking for work and would like to connect on abusiness level with other parishioners here? ThenParish Fun Night (PFN) is the place for you! We are asmall group that gathers about once a month and weenjoy a pot-luck meal together, community service,networking, and lots of fun! We have listed the datesfor the rest of the year, so save these dates on yourcalendar! Please note times for each event. Wehope to see you there! Please contact Carrie Kubewith any questions at 520-548-1538. R.S.V.P. to CarrieKube at kubeandyandcarrie@yahoo.com.

! If your last name begins with A-H bring a side dish.

! If your last name begins with I-Q bring a main dish.

! If you last name begins with R-Z bring a dessert toshare.

Coming Events:

! September 6 at 5:30 p.m.: Pool Party at theGarcias’ . E-mail Rosalind Garcia atRosalindGarcia@grace-stpauls.org for moreinformation and directions. (Note: You must haveRosalind’s directions. City maps, Mapquest, andGPS all send you into a sandy wash!)

! October 19, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in McBride Hall:Parish Fun Night Networking Event—Bring yourbusiness cards to share.

! November 30, 4:30-6:30 p.m.: HolidayCelebration and White Elephant Gift Exchange.

Health & Healing Ministries

Have an hour or so on Fridays? We arelooking for a volunteer to reformat theSunday bulletin so a parishioner who is blindcan read the bulletin using a computer with aspeech output device. Contact Lynne Albright

or leave a message for her in the churchoffice and she will give you more information.

PASTORAL CARE PHONE NUMBERWe have made reaching a member of the pastoral careteam easier and quicker. If you would like to receive avisit or just speak with someone, call (520) 668-5727.If you would like to learn more about how to becomea trained pastoral care team member, please contactLynne Albright.

Social Justice & Outreach

FOOD FOR BRIDGING BORDERSBridging Borders Ministry will collect fooddonations on Sunday, August 4. Bridging Borderssupports the Hogar de Esperanza y Paz communitycenter in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The center’s goalis to help residents improve their quality of life so theydon’t feel forced to migrate to the United States. Thefood collected will support the center’s Food SecurityProgram, which provides a nutritious lunch for 120children every weekday.

Volunteers from Bridging Borders would be grateful foryour donations of oatmeal, rice, pinto beans, cannedtuna or chicken, powdered milk, cookies, and granolabars. The next two Sundays, please look for a large boxat each entrance to the church and in McBride Hall.Thank you in advance for your generosity!

If you have questions or would like to learn moreabout Bridging Borders, please contact GSP memberAnne Sunderland.

JOSEPH’S PANTRY—Veggies, PeanutButter & SocksJoseph’s Pantry currently is in need of cannedvegetables, especially corn (regular, not creamed), peas,and mixed veggies. We always can use jars of peanutbutter, both creamy and crunchy. We also would lovedonations of socks! Thank you for bringing plasticgrocery sacks; please keep them coming.

MUSIC AND MIRACLESSt. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic Benefit ClassicalMusic Recital, featuring Christopher Allen, pianist;Evan Kory, pianist; Joshua Guerrero, tenor; and LenHernandez, baritone. The recital will take place on

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Friday, August 16, at 6 p.m. at the Tubac Centerfor the Arts, and on Saturday, August 17, at 7 p.m.in Nogales.

Cost is $50 which includes the recital, wine, sodas, andheavy hors d’oeuvres. For reservations call the Clinicoffice: (520) 648-3242.

DONATIONS FOR POZ CAFÉDonations are being sought for TIHAN’s Poz Café.Items needed: toilet paper and paper towels. Thankyou for your support! For more information, pleasecontact Jay Elliston at tcsnjay@aol.com.

Do you have 45 minutes to spare once a week? Oronce a month? Bread from the Pantry is looking fordrivers to collect and deliver bread on different daysduring the week. Volunteers can sign up for the sameday every week or the same day once a month. We’llwork with your schedule!

Volunteers need a good-sized sedan or small SUV andneed to be comfortable working alone in the evening.Volunteers collect bread from Beyond Bread (onCampbell south of Ft. Lowell) on Mondays, Tuesdays,Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The bread iscollected at 8 p.m. and delivered to GSP. If you’reinterested or would like additional details, please callBill Trujillo at 344-8498. Thank you!

Parish Membership &Administration

We believe everyone who comes to GraceSt. Paul’s has something to offer thiscommunity, and we are happy to welcomeyou. Information forms are available in thechurch office Monday through Friday, and inMcBride Hall at the Welcome Table onSundays from 9 a.m. to noon.

GET YOUR NAME TAG!If you don’t already have a name tag, please sign up forone at the Welcome Table in McBride Hall or on thebulletin board across from the Welcome Table.

HOW DO I SUBMIT ITEMS FOR THESUNDAY BULLETIN?Please send bulletin announcements to David Wachterat gsp1@dakotacom.net. Please make prayer listrequests by calling the church office at 327-6857 andspeaking with the Office Welcome Team volunteer, orby sending them directly to David Wachter atgsp1@dakotacom.net. The deadline for the Sundaybulletin is 4 p.m. on the preceding Wednesday.Prayer list requests for the bulletin may be madeuntil 4 p.m. on Wednesday this week. Thanks!

HOW DO I SCHEDULE AN EVENTAT GSP?If you would like to schedule a meeting or event atGrace St. Paul’s, contact KiKi Fenik, GSP’s ParishAdministrator, in the church office; please e-mail her atParishAdmin@grace-stpauls.org.

Other News

E L E M E N TA RY T E AC H I N GOPPORTUNITY!St. Michael’s School, a K-8 Episcopal parish day schoolin Tucson, is considering candidates for a teachingposition in our Lower School. The school offers awonderful educational environment for a dynamic,innovative teacher with experience at the elementarygrade level. An ability to use technology as a teachingand educational tool is required. Above all, the schoolis seeking individuals who love children and have a deepdesire to instill a love for learning using 21st-centurylearning skills. The salary and benefits are competitive.Applicants interested in being a part of a strongacademic, collaborative, and mission-driven programshould send a résumé and cover letter via e-mail toTracy Holsinger, Administrative Coordinator,tholsinger@stmichael.net.

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The Sunday Octave: July 28 – August 4Sunday, July 28The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 128 a.m. – Communion Service – Sanctuary8 a.m. – Coffee & Conversation – McBride Hall9 a.m. – Music in the Air: The Future of the Church:

Music for Children and Youth (Adult SpiritualFormation & Education) – Bloom EducationCenter

9:45 a.m. – Childcare begins – Nursery10 a.m. – Communion Service, followed by Coffee

Hour – Sanctuary, McBride Hall10 a.m. – Summer Sunday School – Undercroft11:30 a.m. – Summer Youth Groups – St. Francis

Room1 p.m. – Mother’s Kitchen Primavera Meals Team –

Kitchen

Monday, July 2911:30 a.m. – Spiritual Direction – Julian Chapel12:30 p.m. – GSP Communications Group – Bloom

Education Center4 p.m. – Spirit Dojo Karate – McBride Hall7:30 p.m. – Healing Touch Clinic – Weeks Room7:30 p.m. – AA Southside Group – McBride Hall

Tuesday, July 301 p.m. – TIHAN Training – McBride Hall6 p.m. – Evening Prayer – Julian Chapel7 p.m. – Interfaith Meditation Group – Julian Chapel

Wednesday, July 317 a.m. – Communion Service – Julian Chapel1:30 p.m. – Liturgy Planning Meeting – Bloom

Education Center5 p.m. – Spirit Dojo Karate – Bloom Education Center6 p.m. – Parish Development Committee – Bloom

Education Center

Thursday, August 13 p.m. – Healing Touch Clinic – Weeks Room5:30 p.m. – Spirit Now: An Emerging Worship

Experience, Inclusive and Interactive – McBrideHall

6 p.m. – Tucson Adoption Reunion Support – BloomEducation Center

Friday, August 21 p.m. – Tucson Desert Harmony Chorus rehearsal

– Weeks Room6:30 p.m. – GSP Spirit Players: A Monthly Play-

Reading Experience (Adult Spiritual Formation& Education) – Bloom Education Center

8 p.m. – AA Goodlife Group – Weeks Room

Saturday, August 311 a.m. – St. Andrew’s Bach Society concert

rehearsal – Sanctuary

Sunday, August 4The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 138 a.m. – Communion Service – Sanctuary8 a.m. – Coffee & Conversation – McBride Hall9 a.m. – The Sistine Chapel: The History of Its Art

and Propaganda (Adult Spiritual Formation &Education) – Bloom Education Center

9:45 a.m. – Childcare begins – Nursery10 a.m. – Communion Service, followed by Coffee

Hour – Sanctuary, McBride Hall10 a.m. – Summer Sunday School – Undercroft11:30 a.m. – Summer Youth Groups – St. Francis

Room2 p.m. – St. Andrew’s Bach Society Concert –

Sanctuary

Our Mission:Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is a spiritualhome, open to all, built on a progressiveChristian theology, providing food for thejourney and calling people to change the world.

Our Vision:Grace St. Paul’s will be known for itscommitment to the spiritual formation ofpeople, that they might live a dynamicallytransformative Christian life. This vision will beembodied in:

! experience of Christ’s love

! innovative Episcopal worship

! education in progressive Christianity for allages

! a diverse congregation

! full integration of children and youth

! celebration of individual gifts

! action in the community.

VestryMartha P.L. Whitaker, Senior Warden; Mark Drew, JuniorWarden; Rob Rauh, Chancellor; Peggy Scott, Giving &Receiving Chair; Tom Pitello, Treasurer; Lou Ann Bieging,Clerk of the Vestry

Vestry Members: Beth Banks, Kitt Bret Harte, DavidClements, Chris Eastoe, Spencer Hunter, Steve Mattix,Roger Pierce, Lu Pipentacos, Richard Rhoads, JanetRoths, Holly Shinn, Jean Marie Smart, Steve Williams

ClergyKirk S. Smith, Bishop of Arizona; Mary Delaney, JoeFitzgerald, Rosanna Kazanjian, Priest Associates; NancyMeister Book, Deacon; Lynn Marie Hunter, Ana Ortiz,Interfaith Ministers; Debbie Royals, Assistant to the Rector;Steve Keplinger, Rector.

Pastoral Ministries—Health & HealingMinistriesHealing Touch: Pat Dickson, CHTP; Linda Hutson,

CHTP; Ann Misenhimer, CHTP; Carol Forshey,CHTP; Miriam Huber, CHTP; Dorée Ramey; MaryWildner-Bassett, CHTP

Community of Hope Leaders: Lynne Albright, KayBigglestone, Patricia Dickson

Intercessory Prayer: Linda Brown

StaffJoan Brundage, Director, Children’s Choir; Jane Click,Pianist; Director, Handbell Choir; Pamela Decker, Organist;KiKi Fenik, Parish Administrator; Rosalind Garcia, Directorof Children, Youth & Family Ministries; Christina Jarvis,Music Director; Patti Morrison, Bookkeeper; Bob Randall,Computer & Staff Consultant; James Teal, FacilitiesAssistant; David Wachter, Publications Manager &Computer Specialist; James White, Sexton.

Sunday School Teachers, Youth MentorsBeginning (Preschool and Kindergarten): Lou Ann Bieging,

Judy Gossard, Holden Sanders, Joan Zatorski

Primary (First, Second, & Third Grades): Clif Click, HollyShinn

Intermediate (Fourth & Fifth Grades): David Christy, JimKane, Jean Keplinger, Chris LaBour

Rite 13 (Sixth & Seventh Grades): Wendy Pipentacos,Michael Sugimoto, Kevin Wadlow

J2A (Eighth & Ninth Grades): Brian Fairbanks, AliceGarcia

GSP’s GPS (Tenth, Eleventh & Twelfth Grades): BrianAtkinson

VergersBeth Miksa, Verger; James Gooden, Assistant Verger

Adult Spiritual Formation & EducationMinistry GroupPeggy Scott and Roger Pierce, Co-Chairpersons

Children, Youth & Family Ministry GroupRosalind Garcia, Chairperson

Congregational Development MinistryGroupAl Whitehurst, Chairperson

Fellowship Ministry GroupChris LaBour, Chairperson

Health & Healing Ministry GroupChuck Hannan, Chairperson

Liturgy & Music Ministry GroupThe Rev. Steve Keplinger, Chairperson

Social Justice & Outreach Ministry GroupThe Rev. Nancy Meister Book, Chairperson

Briefly Editing TeamJoyce Henderson, Lead EditorCraig Garver, Supporting EditorWendy Pipentacos, Calendar