Celebration of The Holy Eucharist: Rite Two Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 14 August 8, 2021, at Eleven o’clock in the Morning Welcome To Saint Paul’s Church No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, and no matter where you are on the journey of life — you are welcome in this church. We hope you will find Saint Paul’s to be a place of refreshment and renewal, where you experience the presence of the risen Christ. We have been serving Christ in this location for over two hundred seventy years. The monuments in our church and the graves in our churchyard reflect the conflicts and complexities of our nation’s and our city’s history. While our building is old and beautiful, our mission is contemporary and forward moving. Here you will find a people very much connected with the questions and struggles of modern life and faith and of following the way of Jesus. To all our Visitors & Guests About Worship If the liturgy (worship) of the Episcopal Church is unfamiliar, then we hope you will find this information helpful. You are welcome in the Episcopal Church, and so the first and best resource we offer are your neighbors in the pews. Just say, "I'm visiting," and they will gladly help. The worship of the Episcopal Church is rooted in the practices of ancient Christianity. The structure of our services, the architecture of our building, the music, our physical postures, and participatory responses ALL hold rich meaning about our beliefs and are intentional expressions of our relationship with God. • In this bulletin you will find: Responses spoken by the people are printed in bold italics. Directions for the people are printed in italics. • We encourage families with children to sit at the front of the Nave so that children can easily see and hear the liturgy. • Episcopalians customarily pray either standing or kneeling, so please do what you find most comfortable. • Notify an usher if you require an assisted listening device or any other assistance. • Restrooms are located in the parish hall. An usher will direct you. About Receiving The Holy Communion ALL who come in faith are invited to receive Holy Communion at Saint Paul’s. • During communion, the people form two short lines in the center aisle at the steps. After receiving the bread and wine or a blessing at the altar rail, please exit through the door to the left of the altar and return to your pew via the side aisles. • For those who may prefer not to receive communion at the main altar, a communion station is provided on the main floor to the right of the center aisle. If you are unable to receive at either station, the clergy will bring the bread and wine to your pew. Please notify an usher before the service begins. • To receive a blessing at the altar rail without receiving Communion, cross your arms over your chest, palms on your collar, until the person on your left has received both the bread and the wine. • If your children are in the nursery, you are invited to bring them to receive Holy Communion or a blessing. Celebration of The Holy Eucharist: Rite Two The Word of God Prelude Eryn Eubanks and the Family Fold At the Procession, Hymn 48 “O day of radiant gladness” Es flog ein kleins Waldvögelein 1 O day of ra - diant glad - ness, O day of joy and light, O 2 This day at the cre - a - tion, the light first had its birth; this 3 This day, God's peo - ple meet - ing, his Ho - ly Scrip - ture hear; his 4 That light our hope sus - tain - ing, we walk the pil - grim way, at balm of care and sad - ness, most beau - ti - ful, most bright; this day for our sal - va - tion Christ rose from depths of earth; this liv - ing pres - ence greet - ing, through Bread and Wine made near. We length our rest at - tain - ing, our end - less Sab - bath day. We day the high and low - ly, through a - ges joined in tune, sing, day our Lord vic - to - rious the Spi - rit sent from heaven, and jour - ney on, be - liev - ing, re - newed with heaven - ly might, from sing to thee our prais - es, O Fa - ther, Spi - rit, Son; the "Ho - ly, ho - ly, ho - ly," to the great God Tri - une. thus this day most glo - rious a tri - ple light was given. grace more grace re - ceiv - ing on this blest day of light. Church her voice up - rais - es to thee, blest Three in One. The Opening Acclamation Celebrant Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. People And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen. The Collect for Purity Celebrant 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. Gloria in excelsis Deo All Glory to god in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen. The Collect of the Day Celebrant The Lord be with you. People And also with you. Celebrant Let us pray. Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. The First Lesson 1 Kings 19:4-8 Elijah went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.” Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.” He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.” He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. Psalm 34:1-8 Read responsively by whole verse 1 I will bless the Lord at all times; * his praise shall ever be in my mouth. 2 I will glory in the Lord; * let the humble hear and rejoice. 3 Proclaim with me the greatness of the Lord; * let us exalt his Name together. 4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me * and delivered me out of all my terror. 5 Look upon him and be radiant, * and let not your faces be ashamed. 6 I called in my affliction and the Lord heard me * and saved me from all my troubles. 7 The angel of the Lord encompasses those who fear him, * and he will deliver them. 8 Taste and see that the Lord is good; * happy are they who trust in him! The Second Lesson Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tender- hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. Hymn 341 “For the bread which you have broken” Omni die 1 For the bread which you have bro - ken, for the wine which you have 2 By this pledge, Lord, that you love us, by your gift of peace re - 3 As our bless - ed ones a - dore you, seat - ed at our Fa - ther's 4 In your ser - vice, Lord, de - fend us; in our hearts keep watch and poured, for the words which you have spo - ken, now we give you thanks, O Lord.