Serving on Sunday, July 22, 2007

8:00 AM

Usher: Muriel Schulz
Usher: Elizabeth Chinyee

First Reading: Blake LaMar
Psalm: Janet Murry
Prayers of the People: Ann Cooper

Chalice: Vic Cooper
Chalice: Stephanie Cooper


10:00 AM

Usher: Barbara Ramsey-Duke
Usher: Stephen Duke

First Reading:Lizz Beitzel
Psalm: Gail Connolly
Prayers of the People: Jeanne Kipp

Chalice: Susan Mulledy-DeFrank
Chalice: Andy Tomat

Readings for this Sunday

COLLECT

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.


Psalm 15 Page 599, BCP
Domine, quis habitabit?


1
LORD, who may dwell in your tabernacle? *
who may abide upon your holy hill?


2
Whoever leads a blameless life and does what is right, *
who speaks the truth from his heart.


3
There is no guile upon his tongue;
he does no evil to his friend; *
he does not heap contempt upon his neighbor.


4
In his sight the wicked is rejected, *
but he honors those who fear the LORD.


5
He has sworn to do no wrong *
and does not take back his word.


6
He does not give his money in hope of gain, *
nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.


7
Whoever does these things *
shall never be overthrown.

Colossians 1:15-28

Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers-- all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.

And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him-- provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a servant of this gospel.

I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. I became its servant according to God's commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.


Luke 10:38-42
As Jesus and his disciples went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her."