Servers and Readings for October 1, 2006


8:00 AM
Usher Christina Bennison
Usher Mark Bennison
First Reader Blake LaMar
Psalm Stephanie Cooper
Second Reader Janet Murry
Prayers of the People The Reverend Bill Ledbetter
Chalice Vic Cooper
Chalice Kathy Van Orden

10:00 AM

Usher Sandy Pringle
Usher Elizabeth Pringle
First Reader Gary Dedo
Psalm Rodney Hume-Dawson
Second Reader Susan Mulledy DeFrank
Prayers of the People The Reverend Bill Ledbetter
Chalice Sandi Nelson
Chalice Bob Nelson

Readings for Sunday

O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Reading

Numbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29

The rabble among them had a strong craving; and the Israelites also wept again, and said, "If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; but now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at."

Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, all at the entrances of their tents. Then the LORD became very angry, and Moses was displeased. So Moses said to the LORD, "Why have you treated your servant so badly? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? Did I conceive all this people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a sucking child,' to the land that you promised on oath to their ancestors? Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they come weeping to me and say, 'Give us meat to eat!' I am not able to carry all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me. If this is the way you are going to treat me, put me to death at once--if I have found favor in your sight--and do not let me see my misery."
So the LORD said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tent of meeting, and have them take their place there with you.

So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD; and he gathered seventy elders of the people, and placed them all around the tent. Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do so again.

Two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the spirit rested on them; they were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp. And a young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp." And Joshua son of Nun, the assistant of Moses, one of his chosen men, said, "My lord Moses, stop them!" But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit on them!"

Psalm 19:7-14 Page 606-607, BCP
Caeli enarrant

7 The law of the LORD is perfect and revives the soul; *the testimony of the LORD is sure and gives wisdom to the innocent.

8 The statutes of the LORD are just and rejoice the heart; *the commandment of the LORD is clear and gives light to the eyes.

9 The fear of the LORD is clean and endures for ever; *the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

10 More to be desired are they than gold, more than much fine gold, *sweeter far than honey, than honey in the comb.

11 By them also is your servant enlightened, *and in keeping them there is great reward.

12 Who can tell how often he offends? *cleanse me from my secret faults.

13 Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins;let them not get dominion over me; *then shall I be whole and sound, and innocent of a great offense.

14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, *O LORD, my strength and my redeemer.

James 5:13-20

Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth yielded its harvest.
My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and is brought back by another, you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner's soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Mark 9:38-50

John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us." But Jesus said, "Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us. For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward.

"If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell., And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell, where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.

"For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Serving on Sunday September 24, 2006

Links to Readings for Sunday
Jeremiah 11:18-20Psalm 54
James 3:13-4:3, 7-8aMark 9:30-37
8:00 AM 24-Sep-06
Blake LaMar Usher
Muriel Schulz Usher
Stephanie Cooper First Reader
Evan Cooper Psalm
Ann Cooper Second Reader
The Reverend Bill Ledbetter Prayers of the People
Needed Chalice
Kathy Van Orden Chalice


10:00 AM

Sandy Pringle Usher
Elizabeth Pringle Usher
Sandi Nelson First Reader
Gail Connolly Psalm
Bob Nelson Second Reader
The Reverend Bill Ledbetter Prayers of the People
Caroline Prasad Chalice
Dawn Switzer Chalice

Serving on Sunday September 17, 2006 with Readings

8:00 AM

Usher Kathy Van Orden
Usher Mark Hereford
First Reader Stephanie Cooper
Psalm Kathy Van Orden
Second Reader Jeanne Hogan
Prayers of the People The Reverend Bill Ledbetter
Chalice Vic Cooper
Chalice Kathy Van Orden

10:00 AM

Usher Sandy Pringle
Usher Elizabeth Pringle
First Reader Jeanne Kipp
Psalm Susan Mulledy-DeFrank
Second Reader Gail Connolly
Prayers of the People The Reverend Bill Ledbetter
Chalice Bob Nelson
Chalice Sandie Nelson

Links to Sunday's Readings

Isaiah 50:4-9aPsalm 116:1-8
James 3:1-12Mark 8:27-38

Readings and Those Serving on September 10th (2006)

10-Sep-06 8:00 AM
Usher Elizabeth Chinyee
Usher Mark Hereford
First Reader Still Needed
Psalm Kathy Van Orden
Second Reader Kathy Van Orden
Prayers of the People The Reverend Bill Ledbetter
Chalice Still Needed
Chalice Kathy Van Orden
10:00 AM
Usher Sandy Nelson
Usher Bob Nelson
First Reader Gail Connolly
Psalm Sandy Pringle
Second Reader Alan Franz
Prayers of the People The Reverend Bill Ledbetter
Chalice Susan Mulledy-DeFrank
Chalice Caroline Prasad

Readings for this Sunday

The Collect of the Day
God be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.

Grant us, O Lord, trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

First Reading

A Reading from the prophet Isaiah.
Isaiah 35:4-7a

Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
"Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
He will come and save you."
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
then the lame shall leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy.
For waters shall break forth in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;
the burning sand shall become a pool,
and the thirsty ground springs of water.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Psalm 146
Hallelujah!
Praise the LORD, O my soul! * I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, * for there is no help in them.

When they breathe their last, they return to earth, * and in that day their thoughts perish.

Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help!* whose hope is in the LORD their God;

Who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them; * who keeps his promise for ever;

Who gives justice to those who are oppressed, * and food to those who hunger.

The LORD sets the prisoners free; the LORD opens the eyes of the blind; * the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down;

The LORD loves the righteous; the LORD cares for the stranger; * he sustains the orphan and widow, but frustrates the way of the wicked.

The LORD shall reign for ever, * your God, O Zion, throughout all generations. Hallelujah!

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Second Reading

A Reading from the letter to the James.
James 2:1-14

My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, "Have a seat here, please," while to the one who is poor you say, "Stand there," or, "Sit at my feet," have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court? Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you?

You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For the one who said, "You shall not commit adultery," also said, "You shall not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery but if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill," and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.


The Holy Gospel

The Holy Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ according to Mark.
Glory to you, Lord Christ.
Mark 7:24-37

Jesus set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, "Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs." But she answered him, "Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." Then he said to her, "For saying that, you may go-- the demon has left your daughter." So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. They were astounded beyond measure, saying, "He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."

The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Christ.