Day of Pentecost Whitsunday, May 31

The Collect: Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Lesson: Acts 2:1-21 read from the New International Version Bible

Psalm 104:25-35,37 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 read from the New Living Translation Bible

Gospel: John 20:19-23 or John 7:37-39 both will be read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On June 2 we remember Blandina and Her Companions the Martyrs of Lyons. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King Sunday, November 24, 2019

The Collect:Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Track 1 and Track 2 Old Testament: Jeremiah 23:1-6 read from the New Century Version Bible

Track 1 Psalm: Canticle 16 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm Psalm 46 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Colossians 1:11-20 read from the New International Version Bible

Gospel: Luke 23:33-43 read from the New Living Translation Bible

Closing Prayer:On November 25th we remember James Otis Sargent Huntington

Priest and Monk. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost , November 17, 2019

The Collect: Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: Isaiah 65:17-25 read from The Message Bible

Track 2 Old Testament: Malachi 4:1-2a read from The Message Bible

Track 1 Psalms Canticle 9 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm 98 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Gospel: Luke 21:5-19 read from the New American Standard Bible

Closing Prayer: On November 21st we celebrate the lives of: William Byrd, John Merbecke, and Thomas Tallis, Musicians. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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