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The Third Sunday After Pentecost “Diaconate Sunday” June 13, 2021 ~ 10 o’clock Holy Eucharist Outdoors on the Great Lawn Available on YouTube SaintBarnabasFalmouth SAINT BARNABAS’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 91 Main Street • Falmouth, Massachusetts www.stbarnabasfalmouth.org Saint Barnabas’s a pathway to God through prayer and service. Belonging before believing – Saint Barnabas’s is a place to belong; a place to explore and go deeper in your faith; a place to learn how to pray, grow and serve in the town and world. Welcome to our service of Holy Eucharist on the Great Lawn of Saint Barnabas’s! ABOUT TODAY’S READINGS You are encouraged to participate fully in this service from wherever you may be this morning. In-person indoor worship remains suspended due to the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. The service is taken from the Book of Common Prayer and other sources approved by The Episcopal Church. It has been printed in this bulletin for your ease of use and convenience. Please join in the prayers and responses printed in bold. This Sunday, June 13th, "Diaconate Sunday" celebrates servant leadership of deacons in the Diocese of Massachusetts. Across our diocese deacons will be preaching about the importance of the ministry of deacons in the church. Deacon Natalie will be guest preaching at The Episcopal Parish of St. Paul in Newton Highlands. She preached a compelling sermon about the diaconate last Sunday, if you missed it, you can watch it here. We also commend to you this video that shares more about the ministry of the diaconate in our diocese. If you're feeling a potential call to be a deacon, feel free to set up a time for coffee and conversation with Deacon Natalie. The church calendar also celebrates St. Efrem the Syrian, a deacon venerated in both Eastern and Western traditions. This video is available for viewing on Diaconate Sunday, from The Most Rev. Michael Curry, Living the Way of Love The Bible texts of the Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel lessons are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Church of Christ in the USA, and used by permission. The Collects, Psalms and Canticles are from the Book of Common Prayer, 1979, The Saint Helena Psalter, 2004, and the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. Permission to Podcast/Stream the music in this video obtained from ONE LICENSE (#A-715981 Page | 2 THE HOLY EUCHARIST 10 o’clock Prelude The Opening Acclamation Presider: Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. People: And blessed be God’s kingdom, now and forever. Amen The Collect for Purity All: Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. Page | 3 Opening Hymn The Church’s one foundation #525 Words: Samuel John Stone (1839-1900) Music: Aurelia, Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1818-1876) Used by permission. All rights reserved. Reprinted under One-License A-715981 Page | 4 The Collect of the Day Presider: God is with you. People: And also with you. Presider: Let us pray All: THE PRAYER OF ST EPHRAIM THE SYRIAN O Lord and Master of my life, do not give me the spirit of laziness, meddling, self-importance and idle talk. Instead, grace me, Your servant, with the spirit of modesty, humility, patience, and love. Indeed, my Lord and King, grant that I may see my own faults, and not condemn my brothers and sisters, for You are blessed unto ages of ages. Amen. Translation by Fr James Silver, Drew University; posted on the Orthodox list THE LITURGY OF THE WORD The Readings A Reading from the Proverbs 3:1-7 My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare they will give you. Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and of people. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge God, and God will make straight your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. Reader: Here ends the Reading. A period of silence for reflection follows. We now pray a portion of the Psalm appointed for today [33:1-11] Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous. Praise befits the upright. Page | 5 Praise the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD. By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth. He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; he put the deeps in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Reader: Here ends the Reading. A Reading from the Second Letter to the Corinthians [5:6-17] We are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord-- for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense for what has been done in the body, whether good or evil. Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences. We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast in outward appearance and not in the heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore, all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! Page | 6 The Gospel Hymn We walk by faith #209 Words: Henry Alford (1810-1871), alt. Music: St. Botolph, Gordon Slater (1896-1979) Copyright: Music: By permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Reprinted under One-License A-715981 Deacon: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark. People: Glory to you, Lord Christ. Page | 7 The Gospel Matthew [13:47-52] “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. “Have you understood all this?” They answered, “Yes.” And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord. People: Praise to you, Lord Christ The Sermon The Rev. W. (Will) H. Mebane, Jr. A period of silence for reflection follows. The Nicene Creed We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: By the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.