Contemporary Worship Bulletin and Sunday News - August 23

THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST: PROPER 16 SAINT MICHAEL CONTEMPORARY

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THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

AUGUST 23, 2020

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As a parent of school-age children, I am keenly aware of the unique pressure and anxiety that is being felt this year. We all want our children, their teachers, and all school staff, to be safe. Even with so many thoughtful precautions being taken, there are many in our Saint Michael community who are worried about the gradual reopening of schools over these next few weeks. Although our concern can seem overwhelming at times, we are moving forward with faith and courage, together.

The new Saint Michael school year begins this week, too. Beginning today, we will have new online formation opportunities for members of all ages. Worship continues, including the Joy Service for our youngest members, as well as lessons and studies that kick off over the next two weeks. I want to bring special attention to our digital teaching series for parents. This series, led primarily by our Saint Michael clergy, will focus on some of the most important topics that parents wrestle with, taking special care to focus on unique difficulties in our world today. Everything you need to know about offerings, programs, classes and more can be found in our new Fall Resource Guide, available now!

Acknowledging the unusual start to a new school year, and with hope in our hearts, our prayers will be with all the students, teachers, and staff, inside and outside our church, who will be returning to school life, both physically and digitally. May you all be blessed with peace, safety, and courage today and always.

In faith,

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If you need non-urgent pastoral support, please contact Katherine Bowen in the pastoral care department at kbowen@saintmichael.org. If you have a prayer request, please let us know at saintmichael.org/prayer.

Women’s Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage Informational Meeting Sunday, Sept. 20 | 12:15 p.m. | Zoom Saint Michael and All Angels will be taking a group of women to hike the final leg of the Camino de Santiago in September of 2021. If you are interested in this pilgrimage, please make plans to attend this informational meeting. Contact Mary Lessmann at mlessmann@saintmichael.org to request a Zoom invitation.

CHORISTER CAMP GOES VIRTUAL! AUGUST 28-30 Boys and Girls grades 3-12 Make friends, learn about music and faith, and grow in teamwork and leadership experience! No prior music experience needed.

Register now at

saintmichael.org/choristers!

MEN OF SAINT MICHAEL BOOK STUDY Wednesdays Sep 2 - Nov 18 7 - 8 a.m | 12 Weeks Join the Men of Saint Michael and The Rev. Dr. Eric J. Liles in a virtual study as we deepen our knowledge in faith together using C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity. If you are interested, please email Hannah Fisher at hfisher@saintmichael.org.

THE ENNEAGRAM JOURNEY Tuesdays | Sept 15 - Dec 8 6:30 - 8 p.m. | via Zoom Mary Lessmann & Mary Ann Webster

The Enneagram is a personality assessment tool that helps us discover the characteristics and motivations of our personality–one of nine types. More than this, the Enneagram helps guide us in the spiritual work that is ours to do.

For questions and to register, contact Mary at mlessmann@saintmichael.org.

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Ladies’ Bible Study: the Book of Judges Tuesdays | 3 p.m. | via Zoom While the group is comprised primarily of women in the ‘empty nester’ phase of life, all women are welcome. To be added to the email list, contact Mary Lessmann at mlessmann@saintmichael.org.

as of THUR 8/13/20 9:00 a.m. CDT

SAINT MICHAEL CHURCH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING! While we’re not gathering in large groups in the church building, we are gathering in small groups outside of the church walls: saintmichael.org/smallgroups, In addition, worship and formation are available online: saintmichael.org/live and saintmichael.org/liveformation.

The church building is open for Distribution of Communion, Private Prayer, the Book Shop, and staff who need or wish to come in. Everyone should enter through the south side of the building on Colgate Avenue and be distanced, masked, and in groups of 10 or less. The elderly and vulnerable are encouraged to stay home.

Outdoor committals and weddings continue to be the safest option, and numbers are not restricted as long as everyone is distanced and masked.

Beginning September 1, in light of guidance from the Diocese, we will be able to accommodate up to 20 people (including church personnel) for committals, weddings, and baptisms in Saint Michael Chapel. To learn more, please contact Dianne Boyd at dboyd@saintmichael.org.

FARMERS MARKET: The Farmers Market is open! Details may be found on saintmichaelsmarket.com.

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SAINT MICHAEL EPISCOPAL SCHOOL (SMES): Plans to reopen on September 9.

Details may be found at smesdallas.org.

QUESTIONS? Please contact Colleen O’Hara cohara@saintmichael.org, Director of Operations, or Ken Brannon kbrannon@ saintmichael.org, Vice Rector.

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Holy Eucharist Rite II The order of service can be found in the red Book of Common Prayer (BCP) The service begins on page 355 of The Book of Common Prayer.

The Word of God Standing

Opening Song: Give Us Clean Hands We bow our hearts we bend our knees Oh Spirit come make us humble We turn our eyes from evil things Oh Lord we cast down our idols Give us clean hands give us pure hearts Let us not lift our souls to another Give us clean hands give us pure hearts Let us not lift our souls to another And oh God let us be a generation that seeks That seeks Your face oh God of Jacob And oh God let us be a generation that seeks That seeks Your face oh God of Jacob Welcome The Opening Acclamation & Collect for Purity

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Celebrant Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

People And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

Celebrant Let us pray.

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The Collect of the Day: Contemporary Celebrant The Lord be with you.

People And also with you.

Celebrant Let us pray.

Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

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The Lesson

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I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God-- what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.

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The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Sequence Hymn: Open Up My Eyes Open up my eyes Open up my heart Open up my ears So I can listen

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Open up my eyes Open up my heart Open up my ears So I can listen Lord, let Your Word Be upon my mind And upon my lips And upon my heart Open up my eyes Open up my heart Open up my ears So I can listen Open up my eyes Open up my heart Open up my ears So I can listen Lord, let Your Word Be upon my mind And upon my lips And upon my heart The Gospel Gospeler

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Matthew 16:13-20 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.

Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in

heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

Gospeler People The Sermon

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Christ.

The Reverend Dr. Eric J. Liles

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“Who do you say that I am?”

Nicene Creed We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.

Through him all things were made.

For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.

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He has spoken through the Prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Parish Prayers of the People Jay Angelino, Jeff Arivine, Fritz Arko, Laura Blom, Brent Booker, Elizabeth Buchanan, Pat Bywaters, Jorge Chavarvia, Catherine Collins, Ralph Cousins, Rick Currey, Nader Daryapayma Katy Davis, Martha Dever, Margaret Geddings, Michael Gratkowski, Jody Guenther, Polly Hairston, Travis Harrington, Norma Heard, Kathryn Houseman, Warren Houser, Jim Howell, Lynn Jerabek, Charles Kennedy, Jim Klingeman, Jeff Kunzler, Emma Lacey, Harrison Marcus, Matthew Massengale, Heather Nemec, Babs Owen, Libby Owens, Tom Park, Christopher Pawlo, Punkin Power, Rhoda Ramsbottom, Monti Ann Skeby, Darla Snead, Pat Snider, Fredna Stewart, John Stoneham, Ellen Terry, Patty Thompson, Valerie Guenther Unger, Jack Day Watson, lll, Blair Wehrmann, Glenn Wiggins Mary Jane Williams, Hal Whitaker, Catherine Carr Worley

The Prayers of the People: Form I With all our heart and with all our mind, let us pray to the Lord, saying “Lord, have mercy.�

For the peace from above, for the loving-kindness of God, and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For the peace of the world, for the welfare of the Holy Church of God, and for the unity of all peoples, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury; Michael, Our Presiding Bishop; George and Michael, our Bishops and for all the clergy and people, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For Donald, our President, Greg, our Governor, and Eric, our Mayor, for the leaders of all nations, and for all in authority, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For this city, for every city and community, and for those who live in them, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For the good earth which God has given us, and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For the aged and infirm, for the widowed and orphans, and for the sick and the suffering, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

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For the poor and the oppressed, for the unemployed and the destitute, for prisoners and captives, and for all who remember and care for them, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, and for all the departed, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For deliverance from all danger, violence, oppression, and degradation, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

That we may end our lives in faith and hope, without suffering and without reproach, let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

In the communion of Saint Michael, and of all the saints, let us commend ourselves, and one another, and all our life, to Christ our God. To you, O Lord our God. Conluding Collect Celebrant Almighty and eternal God, ruler of all things in heaven and

earth: Mercifully accept the prayers of your people, and

strengthen us to do your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Confession of Sin Priest Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

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Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.

We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

The Absolution Celebrant Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins

through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life.

Amen.

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Standing Please be seated for the Announcements

The Peace Priest The peace of the Lord be always with you.

People And also with you.

Back to School Prayer Holy God, we pray that your Holy Spirit be in our schools so they may be places of friendship, education, safety, and peace. We thank you for our children and your continued love and support for them. We thank you for all teachers and staff who work hard every day. As we begin this new school year with unique challenges, we ask your blessing on all who are returning physically and digitally. May they be strengthened as they seek to become the people you have called them to be in the world you love. All this we ask in your name. Amen.

The Holy Communion Offertory Hymn: Abounding Love Your love is deep Your love is pure Your love endures Your love is good You love is sure Your love endures Who can separate us From your love oh Lord?

Everlasting and it flows from above Neither depth, nor height Nor the end of this life Can keep us from your abounding love Your love is deep Your love is pure Your love endures Your love is good You love is sure Your love endures

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Who can separate us From your love oh Lord?

Everlasting and it flows from above Neither depth, nor height Nor the end of this life

Can keep us from your abounding love Who can separate us From your love oh Lord?

Everlasting and it flows from above Neither depth, nor height Nor the end of this life Can keep us from your abounding love

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The Great Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer A Celebrant The Lord be with you.

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Celebrant Lift up your hearts.

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We lift them to the Lord.

Celebrant Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People

It is right to give him thanks and praise.

It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.

For you are the source of light and life, you made us in your image, and called us to new life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:

Holy and gracious Father: In your infinite love you made us for yourself, and, when we had fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent Jesus Christ, your only and eternal Son, to share our human nature, to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, the God and Father of all.

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He stretched out his arms upon the cross, and offered himself, in obedience to your will, a perfect sacrifice for the whole world.

At the following words concerning the bread, the Celebrant is to hold it, or lay a hand upon it; and at the words concerning the cup, to hold or place a hand upon the cup and any other vessel containing wine to be consecrated.

On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith: Christ has died.

Christ is risen.

Christ will come again.

We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, O Father, in this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Recalling his death, resurrection, and ascension, we offer you these gifts.

Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people the Body and Blood of your Son, the holy food and drink of new and unending life in him. Sanctify us also that we may faithfully receive this holy Sacrament, and serve you in unity, constancy, and peace; and at the last day bring us with all your saints into the joy of your eternal kingdom.

All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ: By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. AMEN. And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to sing,

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The Breaking of the Bread Celebrant Alleulia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; People

Therefore let us keep the feast. Allelulia.

Celebrant The Gifts of God for the People of God. Take them in

remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on him in your

hearts by faith, with thanksgiving.

Communion Hymn: Now And At The Hour O Spirit of God Speak Your peace Speak Your peace Now and at the hour of our death Amen amen Now and at the hour of our death Amen amen Oh merciful God Forgive us forgive us Oh merciful God Forgive us forgive us For all the things We have done and left undone For all the things We have done and left undone Oh Son of God Rescue us rescue us

In this time of social distancing, we are united in our faith and in the spiritual reception of the body and blood of Jesus Christ

Please join in the singing of the Communion Hymn

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Oh Son of God Rescue us rescue us Now and at the hour of our death Amen amen Now and at the hour of our death Amen Kneeling

The Post Communion Prayer Eternal God, heavenly Father, you have graciously accepted us as living members of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ, and you have fed us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood. Send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you with gladness and singleness of heart; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Blessing The peace of God, which passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Amen.

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Closing Chorus: Chorus of Abounding Love Who can separate us From your love oh Lord?

Everlasting and it flows from above Neither depth, nor height Nor the end of this life Can keep us from your abounding love The Dismissal Priest People

The foregoing text of the worship service contained in this order of worship is taken from the Book of Common Prayer 1979.

The Book of Common Prayer alone is of authority in the worship of the Episcopal Church. This program is provided for convenience of use on this occasion.

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Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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