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The Great Thanksgiving, New Zealand Prayer Book
Presider: The Lord is here.
People: God’s Spirit is with us.
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Presider: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Presider: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to offer thanks and praise.
Presider: God, you made us, and the world and everything in it. All the good we see comes from you. You have always loved us but people have not always loved you. You sent Jesus to show us how to live and to bring us back to you again. He died for us on the cross so that through your Spirit, we can all be your people.
And so with thanks we praise you saying:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Presider: We are here because on the night before he died Jesus shared a meal with his friends. There he took some bread and gave thanks to you, God. He broke it into pieces, and gave it to them. “This is my body,” he said, “Do this, and know that I am with you.”
Later, he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to you. He shared it with them, and said “This is my blood, which brings new life. Do this, and know that I am with you.”
And so, remembering Jesus, who died, was raised to new life by you, and is alive forever, we are glad to share that life and live in him, and proclaim the mystery of our faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come in glory.
Presider: Send your Holy Spirit so that this bread and wine can be for us the body and blood of Jesus, and through this food give us strength to live as your people.
Help us to care for your world and for each other in the way that Jesus showed us. Until he comes again, with all your people in every time and every land we worship you in songs of everlasting praise.
Blessing, honour and glory be yours, Here and everywhere, Now and forever. AMEN.
And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,
The Lord’s Prayer BCP 364
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Breaking of the Bread
The Presider breaks the consecrated bread. A period of silence is kept.
Presider: Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; People: Therefore, let us keep the feast.
Presider: The Gifts of God for the People of God.
The
Communion of the People
Communion Music:
Taste and See Bob Hurd
Peace is Flowing like a River Carey Landry
The Post-Communion Prayer
Presider and people together
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.
Sending Out
The Blessing
Litany of Welcome
Priest Dear people of God, I invite your prayers for the saving presence of Jesus in this world, Assembly Christ is risen!
Priest In this Church, Assembly Christ is risen!
Priest In this community, Assembly Christ is risen!
Priest In the hearts of all faithful people, Assembly Christ is risen!
Priest We pray especially today in thanksgiving as we welcome Julie and River Lichty into the body of Christ in this place.
Priest Do you desire to join St. Peter’s Church?
NewMembers I (we) do.
Assembly We welcome you with open hearts.
Priest We welcome you and pledge to be a community for you. Assembly We offer you our gifts, our care and concern, our hope and our faith, our brokenness and frailty.
Priest We welcome you, trusting in Christ because we know our imperfections all too well.
Assembly We will rejoice together, mourn together, learn together, grow together, take risks together, make mistakes together and forgive one another.
Priest We welcome the gifts and needs that you bring, and rejoice that you make us stronger and more complete in Christ. Assembly Thanks be to God!
Priest We welcome you knowing that you will change who we are. Assembly Thanks be to God.
Priest May God bless our new life together, and lead us in new pathways, in the hallowed name of God, we pray. Assembly AMEN.
Birthday & Anniversary Prayer BCP 830
O God, our times are in your hand: Look with favor, we pray, on your servants as they begin another year. Grant that they may grow in wisdom and grace; and strengthen their trust in your goodness all the days of their lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Additional Announcements:
Rev. Barb and Rector's Warden Linda Toia will lead the Charting our Course: forum. Part I in-person conversations will begin today Sunday, February 26 at 11:30 a.m. Part 2 of the forum will be held on Sunday, March 5 at 11:30 a.m. If you cannot attend the in-person forums, there are alternative Zoom dates available. Part 1 via Zoom will be held on Thursday, March 2 at 7 p.m. and Part 2, on Tuesday, March 7 at 7 p.m. See newsletter for more information Zoom link.
Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. Night Prayer in the church
Join Rev. Barb for this spoken Night Prayer service using the New Zealand Prayer Book. This gentle service invites us to experience this traditional liturgy through the lens of the Anglican Church in New Zealand and Polynesia.
The Closing Hymn: WLP 740, Wade in the Water
The Dismissal
Presider: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
Worship Ministers
Presider & Preacher: The Rev. Barbara Ballenger
Acolytes: Eamon Ivory, Alex Stevers-Radtke, Harrison Reazor
Lectors: Lana Fabijonas, Katie Monserrat, Grayson Torpey
Intercessor: Olive Linke Counter: Anne Gibson
Eucharistic Minister: Bob Hartung, Rosalinda Ibanez-Memba, Melissa Olson
Ushers: Bill Bacon, Peter Gottemoller, Dori Meginley, Maureen Schaeffer
Steward: Jim Callahan
Altar Guild: Wendy Hartung Fellowship: Tim & Tanya Voit
Organist: Kathy Flaherty Choir Director: Tim Flaherty
Tech Team: Mike Levin, PJ Linke, James Moore
Vestry
Meredith Flaherty: merflah@aol.com
Jeanné Hannum : jeannefhannum@aol.com
Nancy Ironside: ironsidebeall@gmail.com
Dave Kipphut (People’s Warden): kipp1152@verizon.net
Amy Michener-Wall: adwall@hotmail.com
Dave Mosteller: davemos2010@gmail.com
Amy Neske: amyh120@yahoo.com
Douglas Pneuma: douglas.pneuma@gmail.com
Karen Sayer: karmaflower@gmail.com
Linda Toia: (Rector’s Warden): linda.toia@verizon.net
Credits
AllAreWelcome
All Are Welcome. Text by: Marty Haugen
Tune: TWO OAKS, 9 6 8 6 8 7 10 with refrain; Marty Haugen, b. 1950
© 1994, GIA Publications, Inc., All rights reserved.
JesuJesu
Words: Copyright © 1969 by Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.
HereIAmLord(ItheLordofSeaandSky)
Here I Am Lord. Text: Based on Isaiah 6. Text and music: Dan Schutte, © 1981, OCP. All rights reserved. Contributors: Dan Schutte, Craig Courtney All rights reserved.
TheServantSong
All rights reserved.
The Servant Song. Text by: David Schwoebel Tune by: © 2007, Morningstar Music Publications/Birnamwood Publications, All rights reserved
TasteandSee
Taste and See. Text: Based on Psalm 34:9, 2-4; 136:5-6; Luke 1:52. Text and music. © 1988, Bob Hurd. Published by OCP.
All rights reserved.
PeaceIsFlowingLikeaRiver
Contributors: Carey Landry, Unknown Traditional, Traditional Text: Text and music adaptation © 1975, 1979, OCP.
All rights reserved.
MassofCreationbyMartyHaugen
Mass of Creation, Marty Haugen, © 1984, GIA Publications, Inc.
WadeIntheWater
Arrangement and adapted text (C) 2017 World Library Publications, a div. of GIA Publications, Inc.
Contributors: Jeffrey Honoré, Jeffrey Honoré
All Songs
Reprinted/ Podcast / Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, License # A719834.
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The cover image is from Illustrated Ministries, used with permission.
