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The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday   

  

May 31, 2020    

 

Welcome to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church   

The Tree of Life is Growing Here  

We are called to offer sanctuary in the city,  to grow in God’s love,  

to seek the renewal of the world    

We are in the first season of all-virtual worship. We are glad you are on this journey with us. We will be working each week to improve the quality of our online liturgy. If we experience technical difficulties during the service, we will pause the livestream until the issue is resolved. You are the congregation; there is no worship without you!   As we gather for worship together in our different locations, we are making different choices of how to participate. Some are dressing as they would for church, standing, sitting, and kneeling as they would in church, and singing with enthusiasm. Others are gathering on the couch, in pajamas, and participating in silence. Please know that, just as you are welcome to “come as you are” in the physical church, so we hope you will participate here “as you will.”  

Children are particularly invited to “make a joyful noise!” and to participate fully and actively in worship, as they can help us all learn to be creative in this new way of being together. You may want to experiment with these and other ideas. Some children may prefer to hear the Godly Play story they would have heard in physical church; please check www.standrewdenver.org (Parish Resources/Households with Children) to find information on how to connect to our virtual Godly Play recording. Older children and youth are invited to notice different preaching styles and/or to reflect on how the parts of the service work together (or don’t) and to connect the week’s message to The Way of Love. 

A note about sung liturgical texts: Much music of the Anglican tradition is set to words from earlier versions of the Book of Common Prayer. Many settings are from the 1662 Prayer Book of the Church of England. The American Prayer Book of 1979 contains “traditional” and “contemporary” words for many services, called Rite I and Rite II . At St. Andrew’s we reflect the diversity and breadth of our liturgical tradition by not restricting ourselves to settings using the Rite II language we employ for corporate worship on Sundays. In an effort to encourage full participation in the prayers, however, we have chosen on occasion to present the “contemporary” versions of the texts, rather than printing the exact words the choir is singing. Occasionally a text is so altered in its revisions as to be almost unrecognizable; in this case the sung version of the text is printed.   

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 We Depend on Your Generous Support!  

 Please remember that though the physical church is closed, our financial needs continue. We are committed to offering ongoing financial support to those in need through our fundamental partners in outreach ministry, to paying our staff, maintaining our buildings and grounds, and offering worship and formation opportunities.  

 Please give generously to support our mission and ministries in one or more of the following ways: 

· Go to the St. Andrew’s website (www.standrewdenver.org) and use the Donate button at the bottom of the page using a credit or debit card. 

· Text to donate: text to 310-582-5828 (For your first text you will have to setup an account and provide a credit/debit card number. After that it is as easy as texting! Please contact our Treasurer Bob Mosher (bobdmosher@gmail.com) for details on setting this up.) 

· Automatic withdrawal: arrange for a monthly (or any frequency) withdrawal directly from your checking account. No need to remember whether you have donated or not. (To set this up there is a simple form to submit. Contact our Treasurer Bob Mosher (bobdmosher@gmail.com) for details on setting this up.) 

· Mail your check to the church (2015 Glenarm Place, Denver CO 80205)  

  

For more information about parish ministries and on becoming involved in the life of the parish, please visit our website, www.standrewdenver.org.   During this service the Officiant will read the parish prayer list, followed by a silence for your prayers. If you would like to add names to the list, please contact prayers@standrewdenver.org.   cover art: Pentecost, Andrew Wyeth, 1989    source: www.artway.eu    

  

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 THE DAY OF PENTECOST: WHITSUNDAY 

 

MORNING PRAYER · MAY 31, 2020   

 The Voluntary: Prelude on Down Ampney  David Blackwell (b. 1961)  Welcome 

 All stand as they are comfortable at the ringing of the entrance bells.  The Opening Sentence  Alleluia! Christ is risen.  The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!   You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my                                 witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.   

Acts 1:8     The Invitatory and Psalter  

setting: Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995) Cantor O Lord, open our lips. Choir And our mouth shall proclaim your praise. Cantor O God, make speed to save us. Choir O Lord, make haste to help us. 

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.  

Cantor Praise the Lord:  Choir The Lord’s Name be praised.    

 

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The Opening Hymn 225 

 

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The People sit The Psalm: 104:25-32. 35  25 O Lord, how manifold are your works! * in wisdom you have made them all; 

the earth is full of your creatures. 26 Yonder is the great and wide sea with its living things too many to number, *  

creatures both small and great. 28 All of them look to you * to give them their food in due season. 29 You give it to them; they gather it; *  

you open your hand, and they are filled with good things. 30 You hide your face, and they are terrified; *  

you take away their breath, and they die and return to their dust. 31 You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; * and so you renew the face of the earth. 32 May the glory of the Lord endure forever; * may the Lord rejoice in all his works.  35 May these words of mine please him; * I will rejoice in the Lord.  

  Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:*  

As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.   

The Lessons  The First Lesson Hechos 2:1-21 Y como se cumplieron los días de Pentecostés, estaban todos unánimes juntos; Y de repente                             vino un estruendo del cielo como de un viento recio que corría, el cual hinchió toda la casa                                   donde estaban sentados; Y se les aparecieron lenguas repartidas, como de fuego, que se asentó                             sobre cada uno de ellos. Y fueron todos llenos del Espíritu Santo, y comenzaron á hablar en                                 otras lenguas, como el Espíritu les daba que hablasen. Moraban entonces en Jerusalem Judíos,                           varones religiosos, de todas las naciones debajo del cielo. Y hecho este estruendo, juntóse la                             multitud; y estaban confusos, porque cada uno les oía hablar su propia lengua. Y estaban                             atónitos y maravillados, diciendo: He aquí ¿no son "Galileos todos estos que hablan? ¿Cómo,                           pues, les oímos nosotros hablar cada uno en nuestra lengua en que somos nacidos? Partos y                               Medos, y Elamitas, y los que habitamos en Mesopotamia, en Judea y en Capadocia, en el Ponto                                 y en Asia, En Phrygia y Pamphylia, en Egipto y en las partes de Africa que está de la otra parte                                         de Cirene, y Romanos extranjeros, tanto Judíos como convertidos, Cretenses y Arabes, les                         oímos hablar en nuestras lenguas las maravillas de Dios. Y estaban todos atónitos y perplejos,                             diciendo los unos á los otros: ¿Qué quiere ser esto? Mas otros burlándose, decían: Que están                               llenos de mosto. Entonces Pedro, poniéndose en pie con los once, alzó su voz, y hablóles                               diciendo: Varones Judíos, y todos los que habitáis en Jerusalem, esto os sea notorio, y oid mis                                 palabras. Porque éstos no están borrachos, como vosotros pensáis, siendo la hora tercia del día;                             Más esto es lo que fué dicho por el profeta Joel: Y será en los postreros días, dice Dios,                                     

 

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Derramaré de mi Espíritu sobre toda carne, Y vuestros hijos y vuestras hijas profetizarán; Y                             vuestros mancebos verán visiones, Y vuestros viejos soñarán sueños: Y de cierto sobre mis                           siervos y sobre mis siervas en aquellos días Derramaré de mi Espíritu, y profetizarán. Y daré                               prodigios arriba en el cielo, Y señales abajo en la tierra, Sangre y fuego y vapor de humo: El sol                                       se volverá en tinieblas, Y la luna en sangre, Antes que venga el día del Señor, Grande y                                   manifiesto; Y será que todo aquel que invocare el nombre del Señor, será salvo.  

Here ends the Reading   The People stand The First Canticle: Te Deum laudamus setting: David Clark Isele (1946-2016) You are God: we praise you; 

You are the Lord: we acclaim you; You are the eternal Father: 

All creation worships you. To you all angels, all the powers of heaven, 

Cherubim and Seraphim, sing in endless praise: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, 

heaven and earth are full of your glory. The glorious company of apostles praise you. 

The noble fellowship of prophets praise you. The white-robed army of martyrs praise you. 

Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you; Father, of majesty unbounded, your true and only Son, worthy of all worship, and the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide. 

You, Christ, are the king of glory, eternal Son of the Father. 

When you became man to set us free you did not disdain the Virgin’s womb. 

You overcame the sting of death and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers. 

You are seated at God’s right hand in glory. We believe that you will come and be our judge. Come then, Lord, sustain your people, 

bought with the price of your own blood, and bring us with your saints to glory everlasting. 

Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance. Govern and uphold them now and always. 

 

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 Day by day we bless you, 

we praise your Name for ever. Today, Lord, keep us from all sin. 

Have mercy on us; Lord have mercy. Lord, show us your love and mercy 

for we put our trust. In you, Lord, is our hope, may we never be confounded. Amen.    The People sit The Second Lesson 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 No one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but                                     the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of                                   activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the                                     manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the                               utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,                             to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the                                     working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another                           various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by                             one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses. For just                                   as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are                                     one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-- Jews or                                         Greeks, slaves or free-- and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. 

Here ends the Reading    The People stand The Second Canticle: Jubilate  Psalm 100

setting: Charles Stanford (1852-1924) from the Morning Service in C 

O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands; * serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song. 

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us and not we ourselves; * we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. 

O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise; * be thankful unto him and speak good of his Name. 

For the Lord is gracious; his mercy is everlasting; * and his truth endureth from generation to generation. 

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.  

 

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The Third Lesson  John 7:37-39 On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let                                     anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture                                     has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’” Now he said this about                                   the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive; for as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus                                   was not yet glorified. 

Here ends the Reading   The People sit The Sermon  The Apostles’ Creed Officiant and People together, all standing I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth; I believe in Jesus Christ, his                                   only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin                                     Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to                             the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right                                     hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy                                       Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the                           resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.   The People kneel or bow their heads The Prayers setting: Herbert Sumsion Officiant   The Lord be with you.  All  And also with you.  Officiant  Let us pray. All 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.  Cantor Show us your mercy, O Lord; Choir And grant us your salvation. Cantor O Lord, bless this land; Choir And mercifully hear us when we call upon you. Cantor Clothe your ministers with righteousness; Choir Let your people sing with joy.  

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Cantor O Lord, save your people; Choir And bless your inheritance. Cantor Give peace in our time, O Lord; Choir Because there is none other that fights for us than you, O God. Cantor Create in us clean hearts, O God; Choir And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.  The Collect of the Day Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the                                     promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching                               of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who                                     lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.   A Collect for Sundays O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of your                               Son our Lord: Give us this day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week to                                   come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  A Collect for Guidance Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to                                   guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we                                     may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight; through Jesus                                 Christ our Lord. Amen.  A Collect for Mission Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is                             governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for                           all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and                               devoutly serve you; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.  The People sit The Anthem: Come Down, O Love Divine William Harris (1883-1976) Come down, O Love divine, seek thou this soul of mine, and visit it with thine own ardor                                   glowing; O Comforter draw near, within my heart appear, and kindle it, thy holy flame                             bestowing. O let it freely burn, till earthly passions turn to dust and ashes in its heat                                 consuming; and let thy glorious light shine ever in my sight, and clothe me round, the while                                 my path illuming. Let holy charity mine outward vesture be, and lowliness become mine inner                             clothing: True lowliness of heart, which takes the humbler part, and o’er its own                           short-comings weeps with loathing.  

 

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And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long, shall far outpass the power of                                 human telling; for none can guess its grace, till he become the place wherein the Holy Spirit                                 makes his dwelling. Amen. Bianco de Siena (d. 1434)  

trans. R. F. Littledale  The People stand The Intercessions   The General Thanksgiving Officiant and People  Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for                             all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for                                   our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable                               love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for                                     the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly                                   thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by                                   giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all                                 our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor                                 and glory throughout all ages. Amen.  Officiant Let us bless the Lord. Alleluia! Alleluia!  All Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia!   The Concluding Sentence  Officiant May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy                                       Spirit. Amen.   Romans 15:13  The Closing Hymn  511 (see next page)          

 

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Farewell from the Officiant   The Voluntary: Divertimento on “Every Time I Feel the Spirit”   

Aaron David Miller (b. 1972)  

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Those Who Serve Today:  

Officiant and Preacher: The Rev’d Elizabeth P. Randall, Rector 

Choirmaster: Timothy J. Krueger Organist: Ralph Valentine 

Choir: Amanda Crumley, Laura Tribby, MB Krueger,  Matt Bentley, J. D. Cleveland, Alan Polacek 

Technology: Will Stowe, camera/sound 

“Eucharistic Visitor” (Pastoral Phone Caller): Katie Schmidt   

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We are Still the Church  

We are learning how to come together as a non-proximate community of prayer, worship,                           fellowship, and service to the world. Each day brings new responses to an unfolding situation.                             Thank you to our parish leaders, vestry, staff, and clergy, who have worked faithfully and                             tirelessly for many weeks. Thank you to those of you who have offered to help as we learn new                                     ways of being together, to those of you who have responded to our ongoing efforts to be                                 church in an unexpected way. 

 

  

  

 

 

 

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