Serving on JUNE 29, 2008

8:00 AM

Usher: Muriel Schulz
Usher: NEEDED

Epistle: Kathy Van Orden
Psalm: Velda Ishizaki


Prayers: Jim Babcock

Chalice: Jim Babcock

Chalice: Kathy Van Orden

10:00 AM

Usher: Bob Nelson
Usher: Sandy Nelson

Epistle: Sandy Pringle
Psalm: Elizabeth Pringle


Prayers: Jeanne Kipp

Chalice: Rob Nelson

Chalice: Susan Mulledy-DeFrank

SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (JUNE 29, 2008)

Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Romans 6:12-23

Do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted, and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.
When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. So what advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalm 13
Usquequo, Domine?

CANTOR: How long, O LORD? will you forget me for ever? *
how long will you hide your face from me?

PEOPLE: How long shall I have perplexity in my mind, and grief in my heart, day after day?* how long shall my enemy triumph over me?

CANTOR: Look upon me and answer me, O LORD my God; *
give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

PEOPLE: Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him," * and my foes rejoice that I have fallen.

CANTOR: But I put my trust in your mercy; * my heart is joyful because of your saving help.

PEOPLE: I will sing to the LORD, for he has dealt with me richly; * I will praise the Name of the Lord Most High.

Matthew 10:40-42

Jesus said, "Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple-- truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward."

Serving on JUNE 22, 2008

Just a reminder that we have cut the Old Testament readings during the summer.Bob+

8:00 AM

Usher: Muriel Schulz
Usher: Blake LaMar

Epistle: Kathy Van Orden
Psalm: Jim Babcock

Prayers: Velda Ishizaki

Chalice: Jim Babcock

Chalice: Kathy Van Orden

10:00 AM

Usher: Susan DeFrank
Usher: Gail Connolly

First Reading: Rob Nelson
Psalm: Laurie Nelson

Prayers: Nan Wilson

Chalice: Bob Nelson

Chalice: Sandie Nelson


SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
(JUNE 22, 2008)

O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your lovingkindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Romans 6:1b-11

Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17
Inclina, Domine

CANTOR: Bow down your ear, O LORD, and answer me, * for I am poor and in misery.

PEOPLE: Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful; * save your servant who puts his trust in you.

CANTOR: Be merciful to me, O LORD, for you are my God; * I call upon you all the day long.

PEOPLE: Gladden the soul of your servant, *
for to you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

CANTOR: For you, O LORD, are good and forgiving, * and great is your love toward all who call upon you.

PEOPLE: Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer, * and attend to the voice of my supplications.

CANTOR: In the time of my trouble I will call upon you, * for you will answer me.

PEOPLE: Among the gods there is none like you, O LORD, * nor anything like your works.

CANTOR: All nations you have made will come and worship you, O LORD, * and glorify your Name.

PEOPLE: For you are great; you do wondrous things; * and you alone are God.

CANTOR: Turn to me and have mercy upon me; * give your strength to your servant; and save the child of your handmaid.

PEOPLE: Show me a sign of your favor, so that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed; * because you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.


Matthew 10:24-39

Jesus said to the twelve disciples,
"A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!
"So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
"Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
"For I have come to set a man against his father,
and a daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
and one's foes will be members of one's own household.
"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it."

Serving on JUNE 15, 2008

8:00 AM

Usher: Kathy Van Orden
Usher: Muriel Schulz

First Reading: Vic and Ann Cooper
Psalm: Stephanie Cooper
Second Reading: Janet Murry

Prayers: Jim Babcock

Chalice: Vic Cooper

Chalice: Jim Babcock

10:00 AM

Usher: Gail Connolly
Usher: Nan Wilson

First Reading: Sandy/Elizabeth Pringle
Psalm: Rob Nelson
Second Reading: Laurie Nelson

Prayers: Jeanne Kipp

Chalice: Gwen Fleischer

Chalice: Susan Mulledy-DeFrank

THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (JUNE 15, 2008)

Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.


Genesis 18:1-15 This selection will be read by Ann Cooper and Vic Cooper at the 8:00 AM service and by Elizabeth Pringle and Sandy Pringle at the 10 AM service.


FEMALE READER: The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the ground. He said,

MALE READER: "My lord, if I find favor with you, do not pass by your servant. Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on-- since you have come to your servant."

FEMALE READER: So they said, "Do as you have said." And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said,

MALE READER: "Make ready quickly three measures of choice flour, knead it, and make cakes."

FEMALE READER: Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.
They said to him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" And he said,

MALE READER: "There, in the tent."

FEMALE READER: Then one said, "I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?" The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, and say, `Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?' Is anything too wonderful for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son." But Sarah denied, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was afraid. He said, "Oh yes, you did laugh."

Psalm 116:1, 10-17
Dilexi, quoniam

CANTOR: I love the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my supplication, * because he has inclined his ear to me whenever I called upon him.

PEOPLE: How shall I repay the LORD * for all the good things he has done for me?

CANTOR: I will lift up the cup of salvation * and call upon the Name of the LORD.

PEOPLE: I will fulfill my vows to the LORD * in the presence of all his people.

CANTOR: Precious in the sight of the LORD *
is the death of his servants.

PEOPLE: O LORD, I am your servant; * I am your servant and the child of your handmaid; you have freed me from my bonds.

CANTOR: I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving * and call upon the Name of the LORD.

PEOPLE: I will fulfill my vows to the LORD * in the presence of all his people,

CANTOR: In the courts of the LORD'S house, *
in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

Romans 5:1-8

Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person-- though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.

Matthew 9:35-10:8-23

Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."

Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him.

These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: "Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, proclaim the good news, `The kingdom of heaven has come near.' Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment.

Serving on JUNE 8, 2008

8:00 AM

Usher: Muriel Schulz
Usher: Mark Hereford

First Reading: Janet Murry
Psalm: Janet Murry
Second Reading: Velda Ishizaki

Prayers: Kathy Van Orden

Chalice: Kathy Van Orden

Chalice: Janet Murry

10:00 AM

Usher: Rob Nelson
Usher: Laurie Nelson

First Reading: Elizabeth Pringle
Psalm: Sandie Nelson
Second Reading: Sandy Pringle

Prayers: Lizz Beitzel

Chalice: Dawn Switzer

Chalice: Bob Nelson

LECTIONARY READINGS WITH LIZZ' REFLECTIONS ON EACH


Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

The collect

O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Genesis 12:1-9

The Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."


So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai and his brother's son Lot, and all the possessions that they had gathered, and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan, Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. From there he moved on to the hill country on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and invoked the name of the Lord. And Abram journeyed on by stages toward the Negeb.





Psalm 33:1-12 Page 626, BCP
Exultate, justi

Read responsively by verse.


1
Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous; *
it is good for the just to sing praises.

2
Praise the LORD with the harp; *
play to him upon the psaltery and lyre.

3
Sing for him a new song; *
sound a fanfare with all your skill upon the trumpet.

4
For the word of the LORD is right, *
and all his works are sure.

5
He loves righteousness and justice; *
the loving-kindness of the LORD fills the whole earth.

6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, *
by the breath of his mouth all the heavenly hosts.

7
He gathers up the waters of the ocean as in a water-skin *
and stores up the depths of the sea.

8
Let all the earth fear the LORD; *
let all who dwell in the world stand in awe of him.

9
For he spoke, and it came to pass; *
he commanded, and it stood fast.

10
The LORD brings the will of the nations to naught; *
he thwarts the designs of the peoples.

11
But the LORD'S will stands fast for ever, *
and the designs of his heart from age to age.

12
Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD! *
happy the people he has chosen to be his own!

Romans 4:13-25

The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they would inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.

For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") -- in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become "the father of many nations," according to what was said, "So numerous shall your descendants be." He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. Therefore his faith "was reckoned to him as righteousness." Now the words, "it was reckoned to him," were written not for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.



Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" But when he heard this, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, `I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners."

While he was saying these things to them, suddenly a leader of the synagogue came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live." And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples. Then suddenly a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak, for she said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well." Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, "Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well." And instantly the woman was made well. When Jesus came to the leader's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, he said, "Go away; for the girl is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him. But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up. And the report of this spread throughout that district.

Serving on JUNE 1, 2008

8:00 AM

Usher: Ann Cooper
Usher: Stephanie Cooper

First Reading: Blake LaMar
Psalm: Evan Cooper
Second Reading: Janet Murry

Prayers: Vic Cooper

Chalice: Vic Cooper

Chalice: Janet Murry

10:00 AM

Usher: Stephen Duke
Usher: Barbara Ramsey-Duke

First Reading: Susan Mulledy-DeFrank
Psalm: Gwen Fleischer
Second Reading: Jeanne Kipp

Prayers: Nan Wilson

Chalice: Sandie Nelson

Chalice: Bob Nelson

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (JUNE 1, 2008)


O God, your never-failing providence sets in order all things both in heaven and earth: Put away from us, we entreat you, all hurtful things, and give us those things which are profitable for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.


Genesis 6: 9-22; 7:24; 8:14-19

These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth. And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I am going to destroy them along with the earth. Make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above; and put the door of the ark in its side; make it with lower, second, and third decks. For my part, I am going to bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you. And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to keep them alive. Also take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them." Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
And the waters swelled on the earth for one hundred fifty days.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. Then God said to Noah, "Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you. Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh-- birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth-- so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth." So Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives. And every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out of the ark by families.

Psalm 46
Deus noster refugium

CANTOR: God is our refuge and strength, * a very present help in trouble.

PEOPLE: Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be moved, * and though the mountains be toppled into the depths of the sea;

CANTOR: Though its waters rage and foam, * and though the mountains tremble at its tumult.

PEOPLE: The LORD of hosts is with us; * the God of Jacob is our stronghold.

CANTOR: There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, * the holy habitation of the Most High.

PEOPLE: God is in the midst of her; she shall not be overthrown; * God shall help her at the break of day.

CANTOR: The nations make much ado, and the kingdoms are shaken; * God has spoken, and the earth shall melt away.

PEOPLE: The LORD of hosts is with us; * the God of Jacob is our stronghold.

CANTOR: Come now and look upon the works of the LORD, * what awesome things he has done on earth.

PEOPLE: It is he who makes war to cease in all the world; * he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear, and burns the shields with fire.

CANTOR: "Be still, then, and know that I am God; * I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth."

PEOPLE: The LORD of hosts is with us; * the God of Jacob is our stronghold.

Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28, 29-31

I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, "The one who is righteous will live by faith."

For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to show his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed; it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies the one who has faith in Jesus.

Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Matthew 7:21-29

Jesus said. "Not everyone who says to me, `Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day many will say to me, `Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name?' Then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; go away from me, you evildoers.'

"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell-- and great was its fall!"
Now when Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.