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The Transfiguration of Our Lord Sunday August 6

The Collect: O God, who on the holy mount revealed to chosen witnesses your well-beloved Son, wonderfully transfigured, in raiment white and glistening: Mercifully grant that we, being delivered from the disquietude of this world, may by faith behold the King in his beauty; who with you, O Father, and you, O Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Exodus 34:29-35 read from the New Century Version Bible

Psalm 99 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 2 Peter 1:13-21 read from the New International Version Bible

Gospel: Luke 9:28-36 read from the New Living Translation Version Bible

The Closing Prayer: On August 7 we celebrate the life of Catherine Winkworth, poet and translator.

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 30, 2017

The Collect: 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 pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Genesis 29:15-28 read from The Message Bible

Psalm 105:1-11, 45b read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Romans 8:26-39 read from The Modern English Version Bible

Gospel: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 read from the New American Standard Bible

Closing Prayer: On August 2nd we celebrate the life of Samuel Ferguson, Missionary Bishop for West Africa

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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 23, 2017

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.

Old Testament: Genesis 28:10-19a read from the International Children’s Bible

Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Romans 8:12-25 read from The King James Bible

Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 read from The Lexham English Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 29th we celebrate the first Ordination of Women to the Priesthood in the Episcopal Church

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