St. Edward’s Episcopal ChurchHoly Eucharist, Rite II

The Seventeenth Sunday after PentecostSeptember 16, 2018

8:00 AM & 10:30 AM

Welcome to St. Edward’s Episcopal Church – established in 1968. This leaflet is your guide to the liturgy and is a resource for the material needed for this service. You will find three books in the pew rack in front of you - The 1979 Book of Common Prayer (red book), The Hymnal 1982 (blue book) and LEVAS (Lift Every Voice and Sing II - black and red cover). Hymn numbers preceded by ‘S’ are from the Service Music at the front of the Hymnal 1982. It is customary to stand during the singing of hymns, unless otherwise directed. It is perfectly appropriate to either stand, sit, or kneel for prayers. If you are visiting with us today, please be sure to fill out a Visitor Card (found in the pew in front of you) and give it to one of our ushers. We are blessed that you are here, and we look forward to meeting you! September will continue to be a month of experiencing different liturgies from our worldwide Anglican Communion. Today’s service is built around the Holy Eucharist, Rite II, and makes use of various supplemental Episcopal resources (see page 18 of this leaflet for a list of sources used).

We are also experimenting with changes that might help us facilitate the flow of our worship services. Here are two we are implementing this month:

1. Announcements will be made after the prelude and before the opening hymn.

2. The Peace will be passed with each person staying in place - passing the peace with those immediately in front, to the sides and back of you.

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HOLY EUCHARIST: RITE II8:00 & 10:30 services

Today’s flowers are given to the glory of God by Choco Harmon.

Prelude

Welcome & Announcements Processional Hymn (8:00 & 10:30) Morning has broken Hymn 8

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

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.

Gloria Patri (8:00 & 10:30) (All sing)

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Collect of the Day Priest The Lord be with you.People And also with you.Priest Let us pray.

O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Collect for the ParishOur loving and heavenly Father, please pour down your Holy Spirit upon this parish, and grant us a new vision of your glory, a new experience of your power, a new faithfulness to your Word, a new consecration to your service, so that, through our renewed witness, your Holy name may be glorified and your kingdom advanced; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Lesson Proverbs 1:20-33 (Translation: The Living Bible)

Wisdom shouts in the streets for a hearing. She calls out to the crowds along Main Street, and to the judges in their courts, and to everyone in all the land: “You simpletons!” she cries. “How long will you go on being fools? How long will you scoff at wisdom and fight the facts? Come here and listen to me! I’ll pour out the spirit of wisdom upon you and make you

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wise. I have called you so often, but still you won’t come. I have pleaded, but all in vain. For you have spurned my counsel and reproof. Some day you’ll be in trouble, and I’ll laugh! Mock me, will you?—I’ll mock you! When a storm of terror surrounds you, and when you are engulfed by anguish and distress, then I will not answer your cry for help. It will be too late though you search for me ever so anxiously. “For you closed your eyes to the facts and did not choose to reverence and trust the Lord, and you turned your back on me, spurning my advice. That is why you must eat the bitter fruit of having your own way and experience the full terrors of the pathway you have chosen. For you turned away from me—to death; your own complacency will kill you. Fools! But all who listen to me shall live in peace and safety, unafraid.”Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

Psalm 19 (8:00 & 10:30) (Translation: The Living Bible)

The People read responsively as indicated.Leader The heavens are telling the glory of God;

they are a marvelous display of his craftsmanship.  All Day and night

they keep on telling about God. Women Without a sound or word, silent in the skies,

their message reaches out to all the world. All The sun lives in the heavens

where God placed it.  Men  It moves out across the skies as radiant

as a bridegroom going to his wedding,* or as joyous as an athlete looking forward to a race! 

All The sun crosses the heavens from end to end, 5

and nothing can hide from its heat.

Priest God’s laws are perfect. They protect us, make us wise, and give us joy and light.

All God’s laws are pure, eternal, and just.

They are more desirable than gold. They are sweeter than honey dripping from a honeycomb. 

Women For they warn us away from harm and give success to those who obey them.

All But how can I ever know what sins are lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. 

Men And keep me from deliberate wrongs; help me to stop doing them.

Only then can I be free of guilt and innocent of some great crime.

All May my spoken words and unspoken thoughts be pleasing even to you, O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer.

The Epistle James 3:1-12 (Translation: The Living Bible)

Dear brothers, don’t be too eager to tell others their faults, for we all make many mistakes; and when we teachers of religion, who should know better, do wrong, our punishment will be greater than it would be for others. If anyone can control his tongue, it proves that he has perfect control over himself in every other way. We can make a large horse turn around and go wherever we want by means of a small bit in his mouth. And a tiny rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot wants it to go, even though the winds are strong. So also the tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage it can do. A great forest can be set on fire by one tiny spark. And

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the tongue is a flame of fire. It is full of wickedness, and poisons every part of the body. And the tongue is set on fire by hell itself and can turn our whole lives into a blazing flame of destruction and disaster. Men have trained, or can train, every kind of animal or bird that lives and every kind of reptile and fish, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is always ready to pour out its deadly poison. Sometimes it praises our heavenly Father, and sometimes it breaks out into curses against men who are made like God. And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Dear brothers, surely this is not right! Does a spring of water bubble out first with fresh water and then with bitter water? Can you pick olives from a fig tree, or figs from a grape vine? No, and you can’t draw fresh water from a salty pool.

Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

The Sequence (8:00) Instrumental (10:30) Come and seek the ways of Wisdom

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Hymn continues on next page

The Gospel Mark 8:27-38 (Translation: The Living Bible)Gospeler The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.People Glory to You, Lord Christ.

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Jesus and his disciples now left Galilee and went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along he asked them, “Who do the people think I am? What are they saying about me?” “Some of them think you are John the Baptist,” the disciples replied, “and others say you are Elijah or some other ancient prophet come back to life again.” Then he asked, “Who do you think I am?” Peter replied, “You are the Messiah.” But Jesus warned them not to tell anyone! Then he began to tell them about the terrible things he would suffer, and that he would be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the other Jewish leaders—and be killed, and that he would rise again three days afterwards. He talked about it quite frankly with them, so Peter took him aside and chided him. “You shouldn’t say things like that,” he told Jesus. Jesus turned and looked at his disciples and then said to Peter very sternly, “Satan, get behind me! You are looking at this only from a human point of view and not from God’s.” Then he called his disciples and the crowds to come over and listen. “If any of you wants to be my follower,” he told them, “you must put aside your own pleasures and shoulder your cross, and follow me closely. If you insist on saving your life, you will lose it. Only those who throw away their lives for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will ever know what it means to really live. “And how does a man benefit if he gains the whole world and loses his soul in the process? For is anything worth more than his soul? And anyone who is ashamed of me and my message in these days of unbelief and sin, I, the Messiah, will be ashamed of him when I return in the glory of my Father, with the holy angels.”Gospeler This is the Gospel of the Lord. People Praise to You, Lord Christ.

Sermon The Rev. Canon Dr. A. Gordon Okunsanya

The Nicene Creed We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty,

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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.

Prayers of the People(From Planning for Rites & Rituals, Year B: A resource for Episcopal

Worship)The people are invited to read aloud one of the petitions as indicated; if, however, more than one person begins to read

a petition, please continue – no one should drop out.

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Intercessor Gracious God, you have saved us through your Son Jesus Christ and you call us to take up our cross and follow him: Incline your ear to us as well call upon you, saying: Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God, our strength and our redeemer.

Parishioner Holy God, you have promised life to your Church as we lose our lives for Jesus’ sake and for the sake of the gospel: Inspire our witness to your Messiah, that we may share in his work of resurrection. Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight:

ALL O God, our strength and our redeemer.

Parishioner Wise and Wonderful God, keep our leaders and all in authority from presumptuous sins and guide them, that they may set their minds upon divine things and not upon human things. Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight:

ALL O God, our strength and our redeemer.

Parishioner Ever-present God, comfort all who undergo great suffering throughout the world and let your saving hand raise them to new life. Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight:

ALL O God, our strength and our redeemer.

Parishioner Benevolent God, be near to us and sustain us in conflict and in prosperity, that our community may be whole and sound, and

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innocent of great offense. Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight:

ALL O God, our strength and our redeemer.

IntercessorThe heavens declare your glory, O God, and the firmament shows your handiwork. Have mercy on all who are sick and bless those who care for them, especially…Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight:

ALL O God, our strength and our redeemer.

IntercessorPreserve those who are under any threat of danger, especially… Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight:

ALL O God, our strength and our redeemer.

IntercessorWe thank you for teachers and all who speak your good news to the world. Hear our gratefulness for our many blessings, especially…Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight:

ALL O God, our strength and our redeemer.

IntercessorIn Christ you have suffered, died, and risen. May Jesus, the Messiah, the Anointed One of God, bring all humanity into eternal life: especially…Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight:

ALL O God, our strength and our redeemer.

Concluding Collect

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Holy and Gracious One, through your Son, Jesus the Messiah, you have show us how to save our lives by losing ourselves into the grace of your good news for all people: Fill us with the power of your Spirit, that we may live with faithful courage, sharing in Christ’s sufferings so that we may share in his resurrection, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Confession (from Scottish Liturgy 1982)

Celebrant God is love and we are his children.There is no room for fear in love.We love because he loved us first.

Let us confess our sins in penitence and faith.

Silence

God our Father, we confess to youand to our fellow members in the Body of Christthat we have sinned in thought, word and deed,and in what we have failed to do.We are truly sorry. Forgive us our sins,and deliver us from the power of evil,for the sake of your Son who died for us, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Absolution (Adapted from A New Zealand Prayer Book)Know that God loves you, pardons you, and sets you free. God forgives you. Forgive others. Forgive yourself; in the name of the Source, the Word, and the Spirit. Amen.

The Peace (from Scottish Liturgy 1982) Celebrant We meet in Christ's name.People Let us share his peace.

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Please share the peace with those immediately in front, to the sides and back of you.

THE HOLY COMMUNION

Offertory (8:00) InstrumentalOffertory (10:30) Anthem Have you heard God’s voice? Sung by the Parish Choir

Text: Jacqui G. Jones (see page 19)

Hymn Make me a channel of your peace All sing

1. Make me a channel of your peace:Where there is hatred let me bring your love,Where there is injury, your pardon Lord,And where there's doubt, true faith in you.

2. Make me a channel of your peace:Where there's despair in life let me bring hope,Where there is darkness, only light,And where there's sadness ever joy.

Hymn continues on next page Refrain: Oh, master grant that I may never seekSo much to be consoled as to console,To be understood as to understand,To be loved as to love with all my soul.

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3. Make me a channel of your peace:It is in pardoning that we are pardonedIn giving of ourselves that we receiveAnd in dying that we're born to eternal life.

The Great Thanksgiving: Form B (From Enriching Our Worship)

Celebrant The Lord be with you.People And also with you.Celebrant Lift up your hearts.People We lift them to the Lord.Celebrant Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.People It is right to give God thanks and praise.Celebrant It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and

everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. For by water and the Holy Spirit you have made us a new people in Jesus Christ our Lord, to show forth your glory in all the world.

Celebrant And so we join the saints and angels in proclaiming yourglory, as we sing,

Sanctus (8:00 & 10:30) Holy, holy, holy Lord All sing

Hymn continues on next page

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The Celebrant continues with these wordsAnd so, we offer you these gifts.Sanctify them by your Holy Spiritto be for your people the Body and Blood of Christ.On the night before he died for us, our Savior Jesus Christ took bread,and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his friends, and said: “Take, eat: This is my Body which is given for you.Do this for the remembrance of me.” As supper was ending, Jesus 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 poured out for you and for all for the forgiveness of sins.Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith:

Celebrant and PeopleChrist has diedChrist is risenChrist will come again.

Remembering now the suffering and deathand proclaiming the resurrection and ascensionof Jesus our Redeemer, we bring before you these gifts.Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit

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to be for your people the Body and Blood of Christ.The Celebrant then prays that all may receive the benefits of Christ’s work, and the renewal of the Holy Spirit.Through Christ and with Christ and in Christ,in the unity of the Holy Spirit, to you be honor, glory, and praise,for ever and ever. AMEN.

And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,

The Lord’s Prayer (8:00 & 10:30) (From The BCP, Contemporary)

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.Celebrant Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.People Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.

The Fraction Anthem (8:00 & 10:30) O Lamb of God All sing

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Communion of the PeopleThe Episcopal Church invites all baptized Christians

of any age in all their services to the Lord’s Table either to receive communion or a blessing.

(Gluten-free wafers are available at the altar rail.)

Communion Music (8:00) Instrumental

(10:30) Humbly I adore thee Adoro DevoteWill you come and follow me From The Iona CommunityI can hear my savior calling LEVAS 144 All sing

Postcommunion Prayer (From Enriching Our Worship)Loving God, we give you thanks for restoring us in your image and for nourishing us with the spiritual food in the Sacrament of Christ’s Body and Blood. Now send us forth, a people forgiven, healed, renewed; that we may proclaim your love to the world and continue in the risen life of Christ our Savior. Amen.

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Blessing (A Celtic blessing)

May the Wisdom of God, the Love of God, and the Grace of God strengthen you to be Christ’s hands and hearts in this world, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Recessional Hymn (8:00) I have decided to follow Jesus LEVAS 136(10:30) Day by day See next page (From Godspell)

Day by day All sing - 4 timesDay by day, day by day,Oh Dear Lord, three things I pray:To see thee more clearlyLove thee more dearlyFollow thee more nearlyDay by day(After the 4th time) Day by day by day by day by day.

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Dismissal (Attributed to St. Clare)

The Celebrant dismisses the congregation. Live without fear: your Creator has made you holy, has alwaysprotected you, and loves you as a mother. Go in peace to followthe good road and may God’s blessing be with you always. Alleluia, alleluia.People Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.

Postlude

.Copyright Information

MUSIC: GloriaPatri, public domain. Reprinted under OneLicense.net: Come and seek the ways of wisdom, Words: Ruth Duck, Music: Picardy; The Sanctus and Fraction Anthem, setting by Richard Proulx,

using Tune: Land of Rest.LITURGICAL RESOURCES: The Book of Common Prayer, Enriching Our Worship 1

(Supplemental Liturgical Material prepared by The Standing Liturgical Commission 1997); Bible translations from The Living Bible; Planning for Rites and Rituals ©

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WHEN EUCHARISTIC VISITORS ARE TAKINGCOMMUNION TO MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION:

N, we send you forth bearing these Holy Gifts, that those to whom we go may share with us in the

mystery of the presence of Christ our Lord.We who are many are one body

because we all share one bread, one cup. Amen.

Church Publishing, Inc.; A New Zealand Prayer Book, © Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

ARTWORK: Mikki Dillon, used by permission

Have you heard God’s voice?

Have you heard God's voice; has your heart been stirred?Are you still prepared to follow?

Have you made a choice to remain and serve, though the way be rough and narrow?

Will you use your voice; will you not sit down when the multitudes are silent?

Will you make a choice to stand your ground when the crowds are turning violent?

Will you walk the path that will cost you much and embrace God's love and sorrow?

Will you trust in One who entrusts to you the disciples of tomorrow?Will you watch the news with the eyes of faith and believe it could be

different?Will you share your views using words of grace? Will you leave a

thoughtful imprint?

In your city streets will you be God's heart?Will you listen to the voiceless?

Will you stop and eat, and when friendships start, will you share your faith with the faithless?

We will walk the path that will cost us much and embrace God's love and sorrow?

Will you trust in One who entrusts to you the disciples of tomorrow?

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Sermon Notes

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OUR VISION: St. Edward's will be a strong, energetic, diverse, and giving church. We will serve Jesus through care for the

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The Rt. Rev. Robert C. Wright, Diocesan BishopThe Rt. Rev. Don A. Wimberly, Assisting BishopThe Rev. Canon Dr. A. Gordon Okunsanya,Priest-in-Charge

The Rev. Fabio Sotelo, Priest Associate & Diocesan Missionerleslie Nystrom, VergerCarla Strott, Organist & ChoirmasterJohn Ruch, Assistant Organist & ConductorJesús Molar, Associate MusicianEsther Quintero, Assistant MusicianDonna Talipsky, Parish AdministratorMarilynn Emmons, Clerk of the VestryShirley Carrega, TreasurerWilliam Paasewe, Assistant Treasurer

The Vestry of Saint Edward’sJohn Talipsky, Jr., Senior WardenMichael Lyons, Co-Junior WardenDarcey Tatum, Co-Junior WardenJeannette Best-Nunez, Manuel Holguin, Gary Daniels, Diana Farmer, Jay Franks, Choco Harmon, Marvelle Martin, Gladys Tarpeh

Those Serving TodayBreakfast: Gary Daniels, Jennifer Khaleel

Coffee Hour: Choco Tarpeh, Brenda Dahn Altar Bread: Wafers during Summer

Altar Linens: Sarah West, Jewel Ffrench

Flowers: Jewel Ffrench Counters: Bernadette Matthews, Marvelle MartiVestry Person of the Day: Gladys Tarpeh

Eucharistic Visitor: Denise Robinson8:00Crucifer: Ted RuchalskiGospel: Kathy RuchalskiAltar Set-Up: Sarah WestAltar Clean-Up: Sarah WestEucharistic Minister: Nicole HarrisonLectors: Nicole Harrison, Marver BrowneIntercessor: Choco HarmonEucharistic Visitor: Usher: Maxine WheatleyGreeter: Pat BushSound: Kevin Lee10:30 Youth Sunday ServersCrucifer: Shawn L.Gospel: Sarah WestTorch Bearer: John Nystrom, Serene HAltar Set-Up: Sarah West Altar Clean-Up: Jewel Ffrench, Cindy MoseleyEucharistic Ministers: Michael Lyons, Valerie CurryLectors: Joy Sibley, Salena Staub

St. edward’s episcopal church737 Moon Road

Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046

stranger, the community, and ourselves as we demonstrate our faith through our actions.

OUR MISSION: The Mission of Saint Edward's is to empower discipleship in Christ through worship, Christian education, music, community activities, and stewardship through the love of Christ.

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