Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 8

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 8

The Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Exodus 20: 1-4, 7-9, 12 – 20 read from the Lexham English Bible

Psalm 19 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle: Philippians 3: 4b – 14 read from The Message Bible

The Gospel: Matthew 21: 33-46 read from the Modern English Version Bible

The Closing Prayer: On October 9th we remember Wilfred Grenfell, medical Missionary

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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 1

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 1

The Collect: O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Exodus 17:1-7 read from the Holman Christian Bible

Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Philippians 2:1-13 read from the International Children’s Bible

Gospel: Matthew 21:23-32 read from read from The King James Version Bible

Closing Prayer: on October 3rd we remember John Raleigh Mott evangelist and Ecumenical Pioneer. Portions read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 24

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 24

The Collect: Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Old Testament Jonah 3: 10 – 4:11 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, Anglicised

Psalm 145: 1-8 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle Philippians 1: 21 – 30 read from the Revised Standard Version Bible

The Gospel Matthew 20: 1 – 16 read from the God’s Word Bible

Closing Prayer: On September 24th we remember Anna Ellison Butler Alexander, Deaconess and teacher. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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