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The Collect: Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: 2 Samuel 7:1-14a read from the New American Standard Bible

Track 1 Psalm 89:20-37 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Jeremiah 23:1-6 read from the New American Standard Bible

Track 2 Psalm 23 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Ephesians 2:11-22 read from the New Century Version Bible

Gospel: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 read from the New International Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 20 we celebrate the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1902; Amelia Bloomer, 1894; Sojourner Truth, 1883; and Harriet Ross Tubman, 1913. Liberators and Prophets read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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The Collect:O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 read from the Lexham English Bible

Track 1 Psalm 24 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Amos 7:7-15 read from the Lexham English Bible

Track 2 Psalm 85:8-13 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle: Ephesians 1:3-14 read from the Message

The Gospel: Mark 6:14-29 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 12 we celebrate the life of Nathan Söderblom, Archbishop of Uppsala and Ecumenist. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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The Collect: O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Track 1 Psalm 48 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament Ezekiel 2:1-5 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Track 2 Psalm 123 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 read from the International Children’s Bible

Gospel: Mark 6:1-13 read from the King James 21st Century Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 6 we celebrate the life of John (Jan) Hus, Prophetic Witness and Martyr. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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