The Transfiguration of Our Lord August 6

The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from the Modern English Version Bible

The Collect and Psalm will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer.

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

Psalm 99

Epistle: 2 Peter 1:13-21

Gospel: Luke 9:28-36

On August 7 we celebrate the life of Catherine Winkworth, Poet. Read from a Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, July 30

The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from The Message.

The Collect and Psalms will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer.

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.

Track 1 Old Testament: Genesis 29:15-28

Track 1 Psalm: Psalm 105:1-11, 45b or Psalm 128

Track 2 Old Testament: 1 Kings 3:5-12

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 119:129-136

Epistle: Romans 8:26-39

Gospel: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

On August 3 we celebrate the life of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Sociologist. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 23

Track 1 & 2 Old Testaments, Epistles and Gospel will be read from the Lexham English Bible

The Collect and Psalms will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer.

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: Genesis 28:10-19a

Track 1 Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23 or Wisdom of Solomon 12:13,16-19

Track 2 Old Testament: Isaiah 44:6-8

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 86:11-17

Epistle: Romans 8:12-25

Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

On July 26 we celebrate the life of Charles Raymond Barnes, priest. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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