The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost Holy Eucharist Trinity@316 September 18, 2022 10:00 am
Prayers for the Inclusive Church Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Leader: Let us pray.
Opening Hymn God, You Spoke Your Word Carolyn Winfrey Gillette Please rise. (to the tune of “God Whose Giving Knows No Ending”)
Even here within our churches, we have sometimes failed to be Bearers of your love and justice to your world community. All our songs and celebrations and the feasting that we do Turn to mournful lamentations as we cry, "Lord, where are you?"
Lord, renew in us a vision of the world you're working toward. Guide your church to make decisions that acknowledge you as Lord. May we seek your ways of justice, care for earth, and gladly give; May the words you spoke through Amos guide the way we daily live!
God of unexpected judgement, finding grace in devious and compromised: free us from the certainty of having you in our grip that a better wealth my flow through our open hands; through Jesus Christ, the Currency of Life. Amen.
Collect of the Day
Prelude Apple Tree The Apex Singers (Trinity Section Leaders)
We confess the way we're living harms the planet in our care; Many times our ways of spending hurt the poor and cause despair. In a world where millions hunger, we consume without much thought. So your land and people suffer; may we hear what Amos taught!
Welcome The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker Gray
God, you spoke your word through Amos long ago and far away. Still your call for love and justice speaks to people in our day: For we've trampled on the needy and brought heartbreak to the poor; Lord, our way of life is greedy- we are always wanting more.
Please be seated.
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The First Reading Amos 8:4 7
Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land, saying, "When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain; and the sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah small and the shekel great, and practice deceit with false balances, buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, and selling the sweepings of the wheat."
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
Reader: A reading from Amos
Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.
Bless the Holy one from this time forth and forever more! Aspire to know the Unknowable, to enter fully into the Great Mystery, to be fertile ground to the Heart seed of Love.
Sing praises to the beloved of all hearts! Sing praises, all you who would honor Love, sing praises to the Architect of the universe!
Who is like the Blessed One, the One who is Infinite Love, Power and Wisdom, Who enters into human hearts and brings comfort to those in need? Yes, those who call upon the Merciful One, are lifted up and blessed with new life;
The SECOND READING 1 Timothy 2:1 7
Reader: A reading from First Timothy.
They wear a crown of joy, as they recognize their Oneness with Spirit. Come, all who suffer and are heavy-laden, open your hearts to Love! Sing praise to the Heart of all hearts!
First of all, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself a ransom for all this was attested at the right time. For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
The cantor will offer the first line and the congregation is invited to join on the second.
Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.
The Psalm Psalm 113
Psalms for Praying
Aspire to gifts of the Spirit, be open to Grace and express gratitude!
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The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker Gray
Priest: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Luke.
The Gospel Luke 16:1 13
Sermon
Gradual Open the Eyes of My Heart arr. Trey McLaughlin
High and lifted up Shining in the light of your glory Pour out your power and love As we sing Holy, Holy, Holy
Please rise. Repeat twice.
Last time: Open the eyes of my heart, Lord, Open the eyes of my heart I want to see you I want to see you
People: Glory to you, Lord Christ.
Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, `What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.' Then the manager said to himself, `What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.' So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he asked the first, `How much do you owe my master?' He answered, `A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said to him, `Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.' Then he asked another, `And how much do you owe?' He replied, `A hundred containers of wheat.' He said to him, `Take your bill and make it eighty.' And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord Open the eyes of my heart I want to see you I want to see you
Priest: The Gospel of the Lord. People: Praise to you, Lord Christ.
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord Open the eyes of my heart I want to see you I want to see you
"Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."
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You, O God, are supreme and holy. You create our world and give us life. Your purpose overarches everything we do. You have always been with us. You are God.
Intercessor: God of truth, inspire with your wisdom those whose decisions affect the lives of others, People: That all may act with integrity and courage.
Intercessor: Give grace to all whose lives are linked with ours. People: May we serve Christ in one another, and love as he loves us.
The Prayers of the People
Intercessor: Creator of all, lead us and every people into ways of justice and peace. People: That we may respect one another in freedom and truth.
Affirmation of Faith From The New Zealand Prayerbook
Intercessor: Awaken in us a sense of wonder for the earth and all that is in it. People: Teach us to care creatively for its resources.
You are God.
You, O God, are infinitely generous, good beyond all measure. You came to us before we came to you. You have revealed and proved your love for us in Jesus Christ, who lived and died and rose again. You are with us now.
You, O God, are Holy Spirit
Please rise as you are able.
Intercessor: Creator of All, you have promised to hear when we pray in the name of your Son. Therefore, in confidence and trust we pray for the Church. God, enliven the Church for its mission:
You empower us to be your gospel in the world. You reconcile and heal; you overcome death. You are our God. We worship you. Amen.
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Intercessor: Breathe fresh life into your people. People: Give us power to reveal Christ in word and action.
People: That we may be salt of the earth and light to the world.
Intercessor: We pray for those on our Trinity Prayer List, and those we now name silently or aloud. God of hope, comfort and restore all who suffer in body, mind or spirit. People: May they know the power of your healing love.
Lord, let our memory provide no shelter for bitterness against another. Lord, let our minds provide no foothold for prejudice against another. Lord, let our hearts provide no harbor for hatred of another. Lord, let our attitudes be no associate in the condemnation of another. Lord, let our tongues be no accomplice in the judgment of another.
Intercessor: Lord, you have called us to serve you. People: Grant that we may walk in your presence: your love in our hearts, your truth in our minds, your strength in our wills; until, at the end of our journey, we know the joy of our homecoming and the welcome of your embrace, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
People: To you Lord, all hearts are open, no secrets are hidden. Forgive our secret sins; Forgive our habitual sins; Forgive our unnoticed sins; Our sins against ourselves, Our sins against others, Our sins against you.
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Priest: The peace of the Lord be always with you. People: And also with you.
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THE PEACE
Intercessor: Make us willing agents of your compassion. People: Strengthen us as we share in making people whole.
Intercessor: Give comfort to those who mourn. People: Bring them peace in their time of loss.
Intercessor: We praise you for all your saints who have entered your eternal glory. People: May their example inspire and encourage us.
Celtic Confession
The Confession of Sin & Absolution
Priest: Let us confess our sins to God.
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Priest: Almighty God, who forgives all who truly repent, have mercy on you. Pardon and deliver you from all our sins, confirm and strengthen you is all goodness, and keep you in life eternal, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Liturgy of the Table
A Wee Worship Book, Iona Community
All: We lift them to the Lord.
Offertory Look Up Child Lauren Daigle Music Team)
Celebrant: Lift up your hearts.
The Great Thanksgiving
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All that is spectacular, all that is plain have their origin in you. All that is lovely, all who are loving, point to you as their fulfillment. Therefore we gladly join our voices to the song of the Church on earth and in heaven:
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All: It is right to give God thanks and praise.
We praise you, O God, whom eternity cannot contain, for coming to earth and entering time in Jesus. We praise you for his life which informs our living, for his compassion which changes our hearts, for his clear speaking which contradicts our harmless generalities, for his disturbing presence, his innocent suffering, his fearless dying, his rising to life breathing forgiveness and restoring us forever to you. For these gifts we praise and worship you.
All: And also with you.
Celebrant: The Lord be with you.
Sanctus Tune of “Ol Time Religion” Welcome Table
Celebrant: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
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Later, after they had eaten, he took a cup of wine, gave thanks and said, “This cup is the new relationship with God made possible because of my death. Drink this all of you, to remember me.”
We ask that these signs of your love be filled with the fullness of Jesus. Let that same love rest on us, converting us from the patterns of this passing world, until we conform to the shape of him whose food we now share. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer (version by James Burklo)
So now we do as Jesus did. We offer this bread and this wine to each other, and proclaim the mystery of faith: Celebrant and People Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
On their last night together, and as they were sitting at a meal, Jesus gave thanks, took a piece of bread and broke it. He gave it to the disciples saying, “This is my body. It is broken for you. Do this to remember me.”
Jesus was always the guest. In the homes of Peter and Jairus, Martha and Mary, Joanna and Susanna, he was always the guest. At the meal tables of the wealthy where he pled the case of the poor, he was always the guest. Upsetting polite company, befriending isolated people, welcoming the stranger, he was always the guest.
Dear One, closer to us than our own hearts, farther from us than the most distant star, you are beyond naming. May your powerful presence become obvious not only in the undeniable glory of the sky, but also in the seemingly base and common processes of the earth. Give us what we need, day by day, to keep body and soul together, because clever as you have made us, we still owe our existence to you. We recognize that to be reconciled with you, we must live peaceably and justly with other human beings, putting hate and bitterness behind us. We are torn between our faith in your goodness and our awareness of the evil in your creation, so deliver us from the temptation to despair. Yours alone is the universe and all its majesty and beauty. Amen.
This is the time when Christ can make us new. So come, you who hunger and thirst for a deeper faith, for a better life, for a fairer world. Jesus Christ, who has sat at our tables, now invites us to be his guests.
But here, at this table, he is the host. Those who wish to serve him must first be served by him. Those who want to follow him must first be fed by him. For this is the table where God intends us to be nourished.
Celebrant: Let us pray.
When the frost comes a callin’ may it find you safe and warm. May your place be set, and may your promises be kept. And may you never forget that you are loved.
The Post Communion Prayer (Please rise.)
Dismissal
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The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker Gray
Sending Hymn Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Please be seated until you are invited to come forward to receive communion. Please let us know if you would like the bread brought to you or if you would like a gluten free option.
Celebrant: We break this bread to share in the Body of Christ. People: We who are many are one body, for we all share in the one bread. Celebrant: The Gifts of God for the people of God; holy food for holy people.
Jesus, we have feasted on the bread of life. Together we have tasted the love of your kin dom here on earth. In your risen power you have united us with all of those who have come before, with those gathered today, and with those yet to find their way to this table of love set and ready to welcome all. May the sense of a new heaven and a new earth strengthen and renew us today and in the days to come. Now, send us out into the world to do the work you have given us to do offering your fearless love and priceless peace to all we meet in the name of our loving, liberating life-giving God. Amen
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Blessing
Invitation to Communion
May the rain fall off your shoulders when you’re caught in a storm.
Deacon: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord! People: Thanks be to God!
Communion Hymns
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The Fraction: Breaking of the Bread
Enriching Our Worship
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