Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 2

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, September 02, 2018

The Collect: Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Song of Solomon 2:8-13 Read from the New International Version Bible

Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: James 1:17-27 read from the New Living Translation

Gospel: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On September 7th we remember Elie Naud also known as Elias Neau, Huguenot Witness to the Faith, read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses

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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 26 2018

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, August 26, 2018

The Collect: Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Old Testament: 1 Kings 8:22-30, 41-43 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Psalm 84 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Ephesians 6:10-20 read from the New American Standard Bible

Gospel: John 6:56-69 read from the New Century Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On August 27 we remember Thomas Gallaudet (Gall-lah-day) & Henry Winter Syle, Priests read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses

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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 19

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, August 19, 2018

The Collect: Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Old Testament: 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 read from the King James Bible

Psalm 111 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Ephesians 5:15-20 read from the Lexham English Bible

Gospel: John 6:51-58 read from the Message Bible

The Closing Prayer: On August 24th we celebrate the life of Bartholomew the Apostle and Martyr

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