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Our mission is to serve Jesus as He saves, heals, and reconciles

TWELFTH WEEK AFTER PENTECOST AUGUST 14 & 15, 2021

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How to Connect to Sunday’s (August 15th) Service Livestream

Livestreaming Video –

Preferred option for all with a computer or smartphone Click through to our livestreaming page to find a link to today’s service, which you can view in your internet browser (e.g., Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari) or in the YouTube app on your phone. We invite you to log on at 10:15 to exchange greetings with the HCA family (and any guests!) in the chat!

hischurchanglican.com/stream

Conference Call 1. Call (312) 626-6799. 2. When prompted, enter the meeting number: 679 106 2410 #

(Note: the “#” is very important in each of these instructions) 3. When asked for participant ID number, push # 4. Finally, enter the password 540653 # to enter the meeting (or wait to be

admitted by the moderator). 5. God bless your worship!

? Did you know ? Livestream viewers can pick up Communion from the church building on Tuesdays from 2:30-5:30pm; this is a standing arrangement.

Prayer for Livestream Viewers We encourage you to put your prayer requests and praises in the livestream chat – if you submit requests before 11am, they’ll be prayed for during the service! For prayer during the week, or to share a request confidentially, you can submit a request to the prayer chain by calling or emailing Pat Knudsen (734) 421-2618 or calling, texting, or emailing the church – (734) 367-0422, hcachurch@gmail.com.

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OPENING WORSHIP (Please stand if able) TO GOD BE THE GLORY

To God be the glory; great things He has done! So loved He the world that He gave us his Son; Who yielded his life, an atonement for sin, And opened the life gate that all may go in.

Chorus Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his Voice! Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice! O come to the Father through Jesus the Son, And give Him the glory; great things He has done.

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood, To every believer the promise of God; The vilest offender who truly believes, That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

Great things He has taught us, great things He has done; And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son. But purer and higher and greater will be Our wonder, our transport when Jesus we see.

THE ACCLAMATION

Celebrant Blessed be God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. People And blessed be his Kingdom, now and for ever. Amen. THE COLLECT FOR PURITY All Almighty God, to You all hearts are open, all desires known, and from You no secrets are hid. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love You, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE GLORIA (Sung) Glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, Almighty God and Father, We worship You, we give You thanks, we praise You for your glory, Glory to God! 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, receive our prayer. 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, In the glory of God the Father, Amen, Amen.

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THE COLLECT OF THE DAY Celebrant The Lord be with you. People And with your spirit.

Celebrant Let us Pray. Keep your Church, O Lord, by your perpetual mercy; and because without you the frailty of our nature causes us to fall, keep us from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable for our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

THE FIRST LESSON (The people sit) PROVERBS 9:1-6 Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

PSALM 147:1-12 (Please stand if able)

Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; He gives to all of them their names. Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. The Lord lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked to the ground. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre! He covers the heavens with clouds; He prepares rain for the earth; He makes grass grow on the hills. He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry. His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man, but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

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Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

THE SECOND LESSON (The people sit) EPHESIANS 5:3-14 Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

THE GRADUAL (Please stand if able) ALLELUIA

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THE GOSPEL (Please stand if able) Celebrant The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. John. People Glory to You, Lord Christ. JOHN 6:48-59

Celebrant The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise to You, Lord Christ.

THE SERMON: “For the Life of the World” Fr. Greg McComas

THE NICENE CREED (Please stand if able)

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, visible and invisible.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten 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, was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and 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, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

Reader Let us pray for the whole state of Christ’s Church and the world. Inspire your universal Church by your Spirit,

Reader Lord, in your mercy: People Hear our prayer.

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Give grace, heavenly Father, to all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, and especially to your servants Foley, our Archbishop, and Mark, our bishop. We pray your blessing for St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in Ohio, and bless Lord of Lords Church and Pastor Calvin Glass as he makes final revisions to his doctoral thesis.

Reader Lord, in your mercy: People Hear our prayer. We ask You to rule the hearts of all who govern us, especially Joe our President and Gretchen our Governor.

Reader Lord, in your mercy: People Hear our prayer. Grant your heavenly grace to all people, to hear and trust your holy Word.

Reader Lord, in your mercy: People Hear our prayer. Gracious Lord, comfort and strengthen all those who are in trouble, sorrow, need, or sickness.

Reader Lord, in your mercy: People Hear our prayer. We pray in thanksgiving for all those who have died in the hope of the resurrection.

Reader Lord, in your mercy: People Hear our prayer.

Reader You are invited to add your own prayers at this time. Celebrant Heavenly Father, grant these our prayers for Jesus Christ’s sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

THE CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION OF SIN (The people sit or kneel if able) Celebrant Let us humbly confess our sins to Almighty God. All Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against You in

thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our 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.

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Celebrant Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who in his great mercy has promised forgiveness of sins to all those who sincerely repent and with true faith turn to Him, have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE COMFORTABLE WORDS Celebrant For God so loved the world, that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in

Him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16

THE PEACE (Please stand and greet each other from a distance!)

Celebrant The Peace of the Lord be always with you. People And with your spirit.

ANNOUNCEMENTS (Please see full announcements near the back of your bulletin)

THE OFFERTORY I WANT TO WALK AS A CHILD OF THE LIGHT

I want to walk as a child of the light, I want to follow Jesus. God set the stars to give light to the world, the Star of my life is Jesus. Chorus In Him there is no darkness at all; the night and the day are both alike. The Lamb is the light of the city of God; shine in my heart, Lord Jesus. I want to see the brightness of God, I want to look at Jesus. Clear Sun of righteousness, shine on my path and show me the way to the Father. I'm looking for the coming of Christ; I want to follow Jesus. When we have run with patience the race we shall know the joy of Jesus.

THE DOXOLOGY (Please stand) Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him, above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

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SURSUM CORDA (LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS)

Celebrant The Lord be with you. People And with your spirit. Celebrant Lift up your hearts. People We lift them up to the Lord. Celebrant Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People It is right to give Him thanks and praise.

Celebrant It is right, our duty and our joy, always and everywhere to give thanks to You, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth… Therefore we praise You, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who forever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:

THE SANCTUS (Sung)

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of pow'r and might, Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna, hosanna in the highest. Blessed, blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna, hosanna in the highest; Hosanna, hosanna in the highest.

THE PRAYER OF CONSECRATION (The people sit or kneel as able)

Celebrant Holy and gracious Father: […] Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith:

All Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. […] All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ: By Him, and with Him, and in Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and forever. Amen.

THE LORD'S PRAYER Celebrant And now as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to pray: All 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.

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Celebrant Alleluia, Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed, once for all upon the Cross.

People Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia!

Celebrant The gifts of God for the people of God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you and feed on Him in your hearts by faith, with thanksgiving.

If you are receiving by intention, you are invited to meditate on Jesus’ Presence with us using the following Prayer for Spiritual Communion:

Dear Jesus, I believe that You are truly present in the Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to possess You within my soul. And since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, I beseech You to come spiritually

into my heart. I unite myself to You, together with all your faithful people, and I embrace You with all the affections of my soul. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

All baptized followers of Jesus are invited to come forward to receive communion, row by row. The priests will bring communion to anyone who would rather receive in the pews.

You are always welcome and encouraged to bring special prayer requests to our prayer ministers or pastors after service.

COMMUNION WORSHIP HERE I AM TO WORSHIP

Light of the world, You stepped down into darkness Opened my eyes, let me see, Beauty that made this heart adore You, Hope of a life spent with You. Chorus So here I am to worship, Here I am to bow down Here I am to say that You're my God You're altogether lovely, Altogether worthy Altogether wonderful to me King of all days, Oh, so highly exalted, Glorious in heaven above, Humbly You came to the earth You created, All for love's sake became poor. Bridge And I'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross, And I'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross.

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ONE BREAD, ONE BODY

Chorus One bread, one body, one Lord of all, One cup of blessing which we bless. And we, though many throughout the earth, We are one body in this one Lord. Gentile or Jew, servant or free, Woman or man, no more. Many the gifts, many the works, One in the Lord of all. Grain for the fields, scattered and grown, Gathered to one, for all.

HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD

The splendor of the King Clothed in majesty Let all the earth rejoice, all the earth rejoice He wraps Himself in light And darkness tries to hide And trembles at his voice, and trembles at his voice Chorus How great is our God Sing with me how great is our God And all will see how great How great is our God And age to age He stands And time is in his hands Beginning and the End, Beginning and the End The Godhead three in one Father Spirit Son The Lion and the Lamb, the Lion and the Lamb Bridge Name above all names Worthy of all praise My heart will sing how great is our God

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THE POST-COMMUNION PRAYER

Celebrant Let us pray. All Heavenly Father, we thank You for feeding us with the spiritual food of the

most precious body and blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we who receive, physically and by intention, are living members of the body of your Son and heirs of your eternal Kingdom. And now Father, send us out to do the work You have given us to do, to love and serve You as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To Him, to You, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and forever. Amen.

THE BLESSING

Celebrant All our problems

People We send to the Cross of Christ.

Celebrant All our sins People We send to the Cross of Christ.

Celebrant All the devil’s works People We send to the Cross of Christ.

Celebrant All our hopes People We set on the risen Christ.

Celebrant Christ the Son of Righteousness shine upon you and scatter the darkness from before your path; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you, and remain with you always. Amen.

CLOSING HYMN SENT FORTH BY GOD’S BLESSING

Sent forth by God’s blessing, our true faith confessing, The people of God from his dwelling take leave. The service has ended; oh, now be extended The fruits of our worship in all who believe. The seed of his teaching, receptive souls reaching, Shall blossom in action for God and for all. His grace did invite us; his love shall unite us To work for God’s Kingdom and answer his call.

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With praise and thanksgiving to You ever living, The tasks of our ev’ryday life we will face, Our faith ever sharing, in love ever caring, Embracing your children of each tribe and race. With your feast You feed us; with your light now lead us. Unite us as one in this life that we share. Then may all the living with praise and thanksgiving Give honor to Christ and his Name that we bear.

THE DISMISSAL

Celebrant Alleluia, Alleluia! Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. People Thanks be to God! Alleluia, alleluia.

POSTLUDE COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING

Come, Thou Fount of ev'ry blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace! Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above: Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it, mount of thy redeeming love. Here I raise mine Ebenezer, hither by thy help I'm come, And I hope, by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger wand'ring from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood. O to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be! Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wand'ring heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it; prone to leave the God I love! Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Welcome back from Sabbatical, Fr Allen! We’ve missed you and Lisa, but are so glad you had the opportunity to spend time away. We’ve been praying all along that God would reveal Himself to you and refresh you. Our warmest welcome and love to you both, and we’ll try not to flood you with greetings all at once!

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• The men's retreat is coming up soon, the second weekend in September! Join us for a great time of fellowship, reflection and enjoying God's creation in Beaver Island, in northern Lake Michigan! Provided group transportation will leave before dinner on September 9 (Thursday) and we'll ferry over Friday morning. Others may carpool and meet us there later. We'll return (not too late) Sunday, September 12. Please contact Calvin Garfield or Fr. Greg (321-212-8600). Stay tuned for more information next week.

• Our VBS outreach this year is a Supply Collection for students at Stevenson High School (right next door to the HCA building). We started collecting at VBS this past weekend and will continue collecting through the end of Camp Community, the final weekend of August. Please bring paper, notebooks, graph paper, pens, pencils, folders, 3 ring binders, highlighters, and 3x5 cards - look for the collection box in the Narthex and let's bless the students next door!

• Concluding soon: This summer we are studying the spoken stories of the Bible using a method called Simply the Story, Mondays from 7:00-8:30pm, in person, ending in August. Join us Monday, even if it’s your first time! We encourage everyone to come to the church for the study if you can, but if that isn’t practical for you, you can also listen in via Zoom or phone:

Link to Summer Study: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6559991902 Topic: HCA "Simply the Story” Summer 2021, Mondays, 7:00pm EST. Or visit zoom.us and click “JOIN A MEETING” Meeting ID: 655 999 1902 For phone-in only option (from any type of phone, in case you don't have computer access): 1) dial (301) 715-8592 2) enter, when prompted: 655 999 1902# (including that final "#")

• SUMMER/FALL CALENDAR NOTES… (SAVE THE DATES!) o Community Picnic following the service: Sunday, August 29th

o Camp Community 2021 (yes, it’s back!!) August 27-29 (one weekend only) o Men’s Retreat September 10-12 on Beaver Island o Visit from our Bishop Mark Engel October 2-3 o Concert by Mitch McVicker (a friend and bandmate of Rich Mullins) Oct. 15

• Our food pantry has a simple supply request for August: Toilet paper! (Non-perishable food items and personal care supplies are welcome at any time, of course.) You can help by bringing items on Saturday or Sunday or stop by the church office during the week. Thank you!

• Thank you all for your continued generosity as you give to the ministries and upkeep of HCA. Your support is needed and appreciated!

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Song Credits CCLI License #2708490

To God Be the Glory Public Domain Alleluia Nate Zuellig

I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light © 1970, 1975 Celebration Here I Am to Worship © 2000 Thankyou Music

One Bread, One Body © 1978 John D. Foley and New Dawn Music How Great Is Our God © 2004 Alletrop Music

Sent Forth by God's Blessing © 1964 World Library Publications, Inc. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Public Domain

All Other Songs Used By Permission

We thank God for bringing you to our service today!

Worship with us next week:

In-person Worship Jesus here at HCA on Saturday, August 21st at 5pm:

• Sanctuary

• Mask-optional Or worship Jesus here at HCA on Sunday, August 22nd at 10:30am:

• Sanctuary

• Mask-optional

Livestream Worship Jesus from your home at 10:15am on Sunday, August 22nd

Go to: hischurchanglican.com/stream/

to link to the service and download the bulletin

His Church Anglican

The Rev. C. Allen Kannapell, Rector The Rev. Greg McComas, Assistant Rector

(321) 212-8600 gcmccomas@gmail.com The Church Office is located at 34500 Six Mile Road, Livonia 48152

(734) 367-0422 hcachurch@gmail.com HisChurchAnglican.com Office Hours: Call or email for availability of the office

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SERMON NOTES & ILLUSTRATIONS

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