3736 Montrose Road Birmingham, Alabama 35213 The Word Morning Prayer June 6, 2021 X 9:00AM

The congregation’s responses are in bold. Children of every age are welcome. Please see an usher for assistance. PRELUDE and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and Evidence walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen. All Sing CCLI # 7147432 / Ed Cash, Ethan Hulse, and / © 2020 THE INVITATORY and PSALTER BCP 80 Capitol CMG Paragon (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing), We The Kingdom Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing), Be Essential Songs (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC), EGH Music Publishing Lord, open our lips. (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC), and Publishing People And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

OPENING SONG Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy What A Beautiful Name Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia. CCLI# 7068424 / Ben Fielding and Brooke Ligertwood / © 2016 Hillsong Music Publishing / Capitol CMG Publishing VENITE BCP 82 OPENING SENTENCES BCP 77 Come, let us sing to the Lord; * Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. People And blessed be his kingdom, now and forever. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * Amen. and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come For the Lord is a great God, * upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and a great King above all gods. and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the In his hand are the caverns of the earth, * earth. Acts 1:8 and th heights of the hills are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, * CONFESSION of SIN BCP 79 and his hands have molded the dry land. Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor. Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, * and kneel before the Lord our Maker. Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against For he is our God, you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and we are the people of his pasture and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you and the sheep of his hand. * with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice! as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us Please be seated. THE FIRST LESSON 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered. Just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—“I believed, and so I “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and spoke” —we also believe, and so we speak, because whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you is guilty of an eternal sin”— for they had said, “He has into his presence. Yes, everything is for your sake, so an unclean spirit.” that grace, as it extends to more and more people, Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer sitting around him; and they said to him, “Your mother nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.” renewed day by day. For this slight momentary And he replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of And looking at those who sat around him, he said, “Here glory beyond all measure, because we look not at are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for of God is my brother and sister and mother.” what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be The Word of the Lord. seen is eternal. People Thanks be to God. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house SONG not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. There Is A King All Sing The Word of the Lord. CCLI # 7138218 / , Steven Furtick, and Tiffany Hammer / People Thanks be to God. © 2019 Music by Publishing (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC), Maverick City Publishing Worldwide (Admin. by Heritage Worship Publishing), and Bethel Music Publishing SONG This Is Living THE SERMON All Sing CCLI# 7032393 / Aodhan King and Joel Davies / 2014 © Hillsong Music The Reverend David Hall Publishing (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) / Capitol CMG Publishing GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS THE SECOND LESSON Mark 3:20-35 Give via Text (205) 576-4100 The crowd came together again, so that Jesus and his dis- ciples could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.” And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. But no one can enter a strong man’s See directions on the back of the bulletin OFFERTORY SONG R. Let your people sing with joy. Jireh V. Give peace, O Lord, in all the world; All Sing R. For only in you can we live in safety. CCLI # 7164826 / , Chris Brown, Naomi Raine, and Steven V. Lord, keep this nation under your care; Furtick / © 2020 Be Essential Songs (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing R. And guide us in the way of justice and truth. LLC), Upside Dow Music by Elevation Worship Publishing (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC) and Remaining portion is unaffiliated V. Let your way be known upon earth; R. Your saving health among all nations. THE APOSTLES' CREED BCP 96 V. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten; All stand R. Nor the hope of the poor be taken away. I believe in God, the Father almighty, V. Create in us clean hearts, O God; creator of heaven and earth. R. And sustain us with your Holy Spirit. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit MORNING COLLECTS BCP 98 and born of the Virgin Mary. We pray this day for all those in any need of you, for any He suffered under Pontius Pilate, who are alone or sick or sad. We pray for those living in was crucified, died, and was buried. fear, or frustration. We pray for healing and peace. We He descended to the dead. pray for those on our published prayer list, especially Pat On the third day he rose again. Baldwin, Leo Bashinsky, Maria Camp- bell, Jerry Corvin, He ascended into heaven, Francis Hagan, Nancy Thompson, Fifi Twitty, and Fred and is seated at the right hand of the Father. Tyson. We commend to your mercy all who have died, He will come again to judge the living and the dead. especially William L. (Bill) Irons, that your will for them I believe in the Holy Spirit, may be fulfilled; and we pray that we may share with all the holy catholic Church, your saints in your eternal kingdom. the communion of saints, Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before the forgiveness of sins, he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and the resurrection of the body, Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thank- and the life everlasting. Amen. fully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal THE PRAYERS BCP 97 life; and who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen. The Lord be with you. The Gifts of God for the people of God. Take them People And also with you. in remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on Let us pray. him in your hearts by faith, with thanksgiving. ur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, COMMUNION MUSIC O thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive Authority us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against All Sing us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from CCLI # 7134513 / Brooke Ligertwood, Chris Brown, Scott Ligertwood, and Steven Furtick / © 2020 Music by Elevation Worship Publishing (Admin. evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the by Essential Music Publishing LLC) and Remaining portion is unaffiliated glory, for ever and ever. Amen. V. Show us your mercy, O Lord; THE GENERAL THANKSGIVING R. And grant us your salvation. Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your un- V. Clothe your ministers with righteousness; worthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom 5. You will see a confirmation text showing your donation and registration you have made. We bless you for our creation, pres- were successful. The following message should appear: “Your giving was successful. Thank you!” ervation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of Clergy and Staff the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give Rt. Rev. Dr. Glenda Curry, Bishop of Alabama; us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly The Rev. Richmond R. Webster,Rector ; The Rev. David Hall,Associate Rector; thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not The Rev. Corey Jones,Priest Affiliate; only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our The Rev. Dr. Maurice L. Goldsmith,Priest Affiliate; selves to your service,and by walking before you in The Rev. Stephen McWhorter,Priest Affiliate; holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus The Rev. Dr. Mark LaGory,Deacon ; Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy The Rev. Katy Smith,Deacon ; Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen. Mr. Shaun Pezant, Artist in Residence; Dr. Philip Copeland, Choral Director; Mr. Jamie McLemore, Organist. THE BLESSING Vestry THE DISMISSAL BCP 102 Class of 2021 Deacon Let us bless the Lord. Rebecca Eubanks, SLDS; People Thanks be to God. Trippe Gray, Facility Management; Norman Jetmundsen, Sr. Warden; Norman Tynes, Adult Education and Stewardship; REPRISE Scarlett Simmons, Jr. Warden and Youth Ministry. Who You Say I Am Class of 2022 All Sing Reed Avant, Children and Family Ministry; CCLI # 7102401 / Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan / 2017 Hillsong Music Ann Johnson, Founders Place/MACE/Outreach; Publishing (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) Bill Pitts, Finance; Krislin Smith, Pastoral Care and Communications; Please feel free to share your joys or concerns with a member of the Prayer Team. Wayne Trucks, Jr. Warden/Worship /Facility Management If you have a prayer request please contact Sandy Porter at 205-802-6207 or [email protected]. Copies of the prayer list are on the table in the Com- munication Stations and in the weekly church emails. Class of 2023 David Kimberlin, Allyson Mouron, Susan Silverstein, Beth Wilder, and Turner Williams. TEXT TO GIVE

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