Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, July 21

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

The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from New Revised Standard Version Bible

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

Track 1 Psalm: Psalm 89:20-37

Track 2 Old Testament: Jeremiah 23:1-6

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 23

Epistle: Ephesians 2:11-22

Gospel: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

On July 24 we celebrate the life of Thomas à Kempis, Priest. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 14

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

The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from the New International Version Bible

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

Track 1 Psalm: Psalm 24

Track 2 Old Testament: Amos 7:7-15

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 85:8-13

Epistle: Ephesians 1:3-14

Gospel: Mark 6:14-29

On July 21 we celebrate the life of Albert John Luthuli (Lew-tha-lee), Prophetic Witness in South Africa. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 7

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

The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from the New Century Version Bible

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

Track 1 Psalm: Psalm 48

Track 2 Old Testament: Ezekiel 2:1-5

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 123

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 12:2-10

Gospel: Mark 6:1-13

On July 13 we celebrate the life of Conrad Weiser Witness to Peace and Reconciliation. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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