SERVING ON AUGUST 3, 2008

8:00 AM

USHER Muriel Schulz
USHER Mark Hereford

EPISTLE Velda Ishizaki
PSALM Nan Wilson

PRAYERS Allan Dawson

CHALICE Kathy Van Orden
CHALICE Allan Dawson

10:00 AM

USHER Andy Tomat
USHER Elizabeth Pringle

EPISTLE Alan Franz
PSALM Laurie Nelson

PRAYERS Helena Chan

CHALICE Rob Nelson
CHALICE Susan Mulledy-DeFrank



COLLECT

Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

EPISTLE

Romans 9:1-5

I am speaking the truth in Christ-- I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit-- I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, comes the Messiah, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

PSALM

Psalm 145: 8-9, 15-22 Page 801, BCP
Exaltabo te, Deus

8
The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, *
slow to anger and of great kindness.


9
The LORD is loving to everyone *
and his compassion is over all his works.


15
The LORD upholds all those who fall; *
he lifts up those who are bowed down.


16
The eyes of all wait upon you, O LORD, *
and you give them their food in due season.


17
You open wide your hand *
and satisfy the needs of every living creature.


18
The LORD is righteous in all his ways *
and loving in all his works.


19
The LORD is near to those who call upon him, *
to all who call upon him faithfully.


20
He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; *
he hears their cry and helps them.


21
The LORD preserves all those who love him, *
but he destroys all the wicked.


22
My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; *
let all flesh bless his holy Name for ever and ever.

Matthew 14:13-21

Jesus withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus said to them, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." They replied, "We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish." And he said, "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Serving on July 27, 2008

I am waiting for folks response for when you are available in August. Please send me an email with the dates you are available to serve. Thanks. Bob

8:00 AM

Usher: Gail Brierley
Usher: Muriel Schulz

First Reading: Janet Murry
Psalm: Velda Ishizaki

Prayers: Kathy Van Orden

Chalice: Kathy Van Orden

Chalice: Janet Murry

10:00 AM

Usher: Nan Wilson
Usher: NEEDED

First Reading: Rob Nelson
Psalm: Andy Tomat

Prayers: Laurie Nelson

Chalice: Bob Nelson

Chalice: Sandie Nelson

THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
July 27, 2008

THE COLLECT

O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.


Romans 8:26-39

The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family. And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.

What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written,

"For your sake we are being killed all day long;
we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered."

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalm 119:129-136

Ayin Feci judicium

Your decrees are wonderful; * therefore I obey them with all my heart.

When your word goes forth it gives light; * it gives understanding to the simple.

I open my mouth and pant; * I long for your commandments.

Turn to me in mercy, * as you always do to those who love your Name.

Steady my footsteps in your word; * let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Rescue me from those who oppress me, * and I will keep your commandments.

Let your countenance shine upon your servant * and teach me your statutes.

My eyes shed streams of tears, * because people do not keep your law.

Matthew 13:31-33,44-52

Jesus put before the crowds another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."

He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

"Have you understood all this?" They answered, "Yes." And he said to them,

"Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."

Serving on July 20, 2008

8:00 AM

8:00 AM

Usher: NEEDED
Usher: NEEDED

First Reading: Velda Ishizaki
Psalm: Kathy Van Orden

Prayers: Janet Murry

Chalice: Janet Murry

Chalice: Kathy Van Orden

10:00 AM

Usher: Sandie Nelson
Usher: Bob Nelson

First Reading: Gail Connolly
Psalm: Andy Tomat

Prayers: Chuck Winn

Chalice: Gwen Fleischer

Chalice: Susan Mulledy-DeFrank

THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

July 20, 2008
THE 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.

Romans 8:12-25

Brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh-- for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, "Abba! Father!" it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ-- if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.


Psalm 86:11-17
Inclina, Domine

Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; * knit my heart to you that I may fear your Name.

I will thank you, O LORD my God, with all my heart, * and glorify your Name for evermore.

For great is your love toward me; * you have delivered me from the nethermost Pit.

The arrogant rise up against me, O God, and a band of violent men seeks my life; * they have not set you before their eyes.

But you, O LORD, are gracious and full of compassion, * slow to anger, and full of kindness and truth.

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

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 13:24-30,36-43

Jesus put before the crowd another parable: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, `Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?' He answered, `An enemy has done this.' The slaves said to him, `Then do you want us to go and gather them?' But he replied, `No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field." He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen!"

Serving on July 13, 2008

8:00 AM

Usher: Muriel Schulz
Usher: Gail Brierley

First Reading: Ann Cooper
Psalm: Evan Cooper

Prayers: Kathy Van Orden

Chalice: Kathy Van Orden

Chalice: NEEDED

10:00 AM

Usher: Andy Tomat
Usher: Rob Nelson

First Reading: Chuma Nawako
Psalm: Helena Chan

Prayers: Susan Mulledy-DeFrank

Chalice: Bob Nelson

Chalice: Sandie Nelson


THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
(JULY 13, 2008)


O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Romans 8:1-11

There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law-- indeed it cannot, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.

Psalm 119:105-112
Lucerna pedibus meis

CANTOR: Your word is a lantern to my feet * and a light upon my path.

PEOPLE: I have sworn and am determined * to keep your righteous judgments.

CANTOR: I am deeply troubled; * preserve my life, O LORD, according to your word.

PEOPLE: Accept, O LORD, the willing tribute of my lips, *
and teach me your judgments.

CANTOR: My life is always in my hand, * yet I do not forget your law.

PEOPLE: O The wicked have set a trap for me, * but I have not strayed from your commandments.

CANTOR: Your decrees are my inheritance for ever; *
truly, they are the joy of my heart.

PEOPLE: I have applied my heart to fulfill your statutes *
for ever and to the end.


Matthew 13:1-9,18-23

Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Let anyone with ears listen!"
"Hear then the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."