Whitsunday: Pentecost year A 2008

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The Right Reverend John C. Bauerschmidt--Bishop of Tennessee The Reverend Joseph B. Howard--Vicar

Order of Worship

St. Francis Church is a community dedicated to thetransformation of lives through the Gospel of Jesus Christ for

the Kingdom of God.

The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday

S t . F ranciS c hurch Biblically minded. Mission Driven.


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A note for visitors: Were thankful that you could join us for worship today, and we pray God blessesyou in your time here. The service is printed in your bulletin. If you have any questions dont hesitate toask someone around you!

St. Francis Church wants to encourage families to worship together. The practice of dividing families for worship is a modern invention and is often detrimental to the goal of worshipping as a body. In order to be a community where all ages feel welcome, we provide coloring materials for children to use duringworship and seek to be a community that understands the speci c gifts and challenges that children bring.We encourage you, should you feel comfortable doing so, to sit toward the front with your children, as

little-ones are often more attentive if they can see what is happening.

That being said, we understand that there may be times when it is best to take advantage of child care,which we have available in the room immediately through the Kitchen off of the entryway.

In Preparation for worship: We invite you to take a few moments before the service begins to be still,and rest from the business of your lives. Take time to breathe deeply, and re ect upon the past week.When youre ready, you might say the following prayer or one like it in preparation for worship.

O Almighty God, who pours out on all who desire it the spirit of grace and of supplication: Deliver us, when we draw near to you, from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind, that with steadfast thoughts and kindled affections we may worship you in spirit and in truth;though Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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T he W ord of G od

Processional: Lo, in the likeness of re, on those who await his appearing Hymnal 225

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Opening Acclamation: All Standing

Celebrant: Alleluia. Christ is risen. People: The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia.

Collect for Purity:

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets arehid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that wemay perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Canticle 20, Glory to God: Gloria in excelsis S 280

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Collect : a speci c form of prayer consisting of a certainstructure: 1. an invocation, 2. a petition, and 3. a pleading of Christs name or ascription of glory to God The term comes

from the Latin collecta which means to gather together.They arose as a way of bringing together the prayers and

petitions of the congregation into a single summary prayer. Hence there should always be a recognizable pause after thecelebrant or of ciant says let us pray to allow the peopleto gather their thoughts and prayers, for which the Collect ismeant to provide a point of focus.


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Celebrant: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you.Celebrant: Let us pray.

Collect of the Day:

Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation bythe 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 .

First Reading: Acts 2:1-21

All sit.

A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly therecame from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it lled the entire house wherethey were sitting. And divided tongues as of re appeared to them and rested on each oneof them. And they were all lled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tonguesas the Spirit gave them utterance.

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because eachone was hearing them speak in his own language. And they were amazed and astonished,saying, Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, eachof us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt andthe parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,Cretans and Arabianswe hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God. And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, What does this mean? Butothers mocking said, They are lled with new wine.

But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: Men of Judea

and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. Forthese people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. Butthis is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:

And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all esh,and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions,and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants

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in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, andre, and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood,

before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magni cent day. And it shall come to passthat everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

The Psalm of the day: Remain seated

Psalm 104:25-35,37

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.

27 There move the ships,and there is that Leviathan, * which you have made for the sport of it.

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 lled with good things.

30 You hide your face, and they are terri ed; * 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 for ever; *may the Lord rejoice in all his works.

33 He looks at the earth and it trembles; *he touches the mountains and they smoke.

34 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; *I will praise my God while I have my being.

35 May these words of mine please him; *I will rejoice in the Lord.

37 Bless the Lord, O my soul. *Hallelujah!

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Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

A Reading from Pauls First letter to the Church in Corinth.

Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever saysJesus is accursed! and no one can say Jesus is Lord except in the Holy Spirit.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, butthe same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowersthem all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the commongood. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another theutterance 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 anotherprophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are empowered by one and thesame Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

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 one Spirit we were all baptized intoone bodyJews or Greeks, slaves or freeand all were made to drink of one Spirit.

Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

Sequence Hymn: Like the murmur of the doves song Hymnal 513

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Holy Gospel: John 17:1-11 All stand.

Gospeller: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to _______. People: Glory to you, Lord Christ.

On the evening of that day, the rst day of the week, the doors being locked where thedisciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them,Peace be with you. When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Thenthe disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any,they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.

Gospeller: The Gospel of the Lord People: Praise to you, Lord Christ

Sermon: Mr. Thom Chittom

T he N iceNe c reed

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 salvationhe came down from heaven:

by the power of the Holy Spirithe became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,and was made man.For our sake he was cruci ed under Pontius Pilate;he suffered death and was buried.On the third day he rose againin accordance with the Scriptures;he ascended into heavenand 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 glori ed.He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

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The recitation of the creed began as a way of handing onthe essentials of the faith at Baptism, most often using the

plural form, i.e. We believe. Hence they were referred to as baptismal sumbols because they symbolized, inthe sense of providing a form to, Christian belief.

Later, they began to be used in regular worship servicesas a way to state possitively what Christians believe asopposed to the belifs and practices of various heretical or

non-Christian groups.

The Nicene Creed is the great historic Creed of Christendom. It was rst written as a response tothe heresy of Arianism by taking one of the Eastern

Baptismal symbols and adding to it. The rst version was promulgated by the council of Nicea in 325 AD, was laterexpanded at the council of Constantinople in 381 AD and was reaf rmed at the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD. It is historically used in our services on Sundays and othermajor feasts.


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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.

T he P rayers of The P eoPle

Leader: Let us pray

In our Diocese we pray for St. Johns Church, Ashwood, St. PetersChurch, Columbia and Church of the Holy Spirit, Nashville.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for The Episcopal Churchin Jerusalem & The Middle East The Most Revd Dr Mouneer Hanna Anis President Bishop, Jerusalem & the Middle East & Bishop in Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa.

We also pray for The Rt Revd Andrew Proud, area Bishop of the Horn of Africa and The Rt Revd Derek Lionel Eaton Assistant Bishop in the diocese of Egypt.

Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church;

People: That we all may be one.

Leader: Grant that every member of the Church may truly and humbly serve you;

People: That your Name may be glori ed by all people. Leader: We pray for all bishops, priests, and deacons; People: That they may be faithful ministers of your Wordand Sacraments.

Leader: We pray for all who govern and hold authority in the nations of theworld;

People: That there may be justice and peace on the earth.

Leader: Give us grace to do your will in all that we undertake; People: That our works may nd favor in your sight.

Leader: Have compassion on those who suffer from any grief or trouble; People: That they may be delivered from their distress.

Leader: Give to the departed eternal rest; People: Let light perpetual shine upon them.

Leader: We praise you for your saints who have entered into joy; People: May we also come to share in your heavenly kingdom.

Let us pray for our own needs and those of others.

Silence

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Note: The Rt. Revd Mouneer Aniswill make a special presentation at St.Georges on the dynamic and excit -ing work taking place in his province,Saturday, May 24, 9:30-11:30. Theevent is free and open to all. Bishop

Mouneer will speak primarily of thegrowth and challenges of the ad -vancement of the church in his region,but he will also answer questionsrelated to the wider Anglican Com -munion. The Rt. Rev. Anis comments

from the oor of a recent House of Bishops meeting in the U.S. received wide exposure and much comment

for their gracious and clear insight.. Reservations are not essential but will help St. Georges with planning. Thechurch is located at 4715 Harding

Road in Nashville. For reservationsor more information call the churchat 615-385-2150 or email Fr. Jody at

[email protected]

In the early church the rst act of the newly baptized was to join in the common prayers of the faithful. The prayers of the people are a continuation of that part of early Christian worship.


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Celebrant: Almighty God, to whom our needs are known before we ask, help us to askonly what accords with your will; and those good things which we darenot, or in our blindness cannot ask, grant us for the sake of your Son JesusChrist our Lord. Amen.

T he c oNfessioN

Celebrant: Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

Silence.

Minister and People:

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against youin 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.

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.

All stand

Celebrant: The peace of the Lord be always with you. People: And also with you.

Then the Ministers and the People may greet one another in the name of the Lord.

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The Eucharistic Prayer: This prayer over the bread and wine at communion begins with the Sursum Corda dialogue [lift up yourhearts] and concludes with the doxology and the Great Amen. The prayer is also called The Great Thanksgiving, the anaphora, the

prayer of consecration, and the canon of the Mass. The [Book of Common Prayer] includes eight eucharistic prayers: two for Rite 1(pp. 333-343), four for Rite 2 (pp. 361-375), and two shortened forms in An Order for Celebrating the Holy Eucharist (pp. 402-404).The booklet Supplemental Liturgical Materials includes two additional eucharistic prayers. The diversity and variety of eucharistic

prayers in the BCP can be contrasted with earlier Prayer Books which had only one eucharistic prayer. In some parishes, eucharis -tic prayers are chosen in light of the seasons or occasions of the church year.

An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians, Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.


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T he h oly c ommuNioN

Offertory music selected by the musician All stand for the Doxology: Hymnal 380 ( last verse )

Celebrant: All things come of thee O Lord. People: And of thine own have we given thee.

Celebrant: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you.

Celebrant: Lift up your hearts. People: 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.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord. In ful llment of his true promise, the Holy Spirit camedown on this day from heaven, lighting upon the disciples, to teach them and to lead them into all truth; uniting peoples of many tongues in the confession of one faith, and giving to your Church the power to serve you as a royal priesthood, and to preach theGospel to all nations.

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

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The Sanctus: S-130

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.

Please stand or kneel at this time, as best helps you to pray.

Holy and gracious Father: In your in nite love you made us for yourself; and, when wehad fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent JesusChrist, 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.

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

On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Lord Jesus Christ tookbread; 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 theremembrance 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 sacri ce 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 theunity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever.

AMEN.

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The Great Amen : The response of assent by the congregation at the conclusion of the eucharistic prayer. As the eucharistic celebra -tion is shared by the congregation and the presider, the Great Amen emphasizes the assent of the people to the words spoken on theirbehalf by the presider. The Great Amen is the peoples prayer that concludes the eucharistic prayer. The Great Amen is printed inall capital letters in the BCP to emphasize the importance of this moment in the liturgy. Historically, the moment of consecrationat the eucharist was considered to be the institution narrative in the western church. Some eastern churches understood the epicle -sis (invocation of the Holy Spirit) to be the moment of consecration. However, the eucharistic prayer (including institution narrativeand epiclesis) is now understood to be a single text, with the consecration completed as the eucharistic prayer concludes with the

peoples Great Amen.

An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians, Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.


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And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will bedone, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us ourtrespasses, 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 everand ever. Amen.

T he B reakiNG of The B read

Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacri ced for us;Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia

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.

ON RECEIVING COMMUNION: All baptized Christians are welcome to receive

communion. If you do not wish to receive, you are invited to come for a prayer of blessingsimply cross your arms over your chest to let the servers know that you will not be receiving. Prayers before receiving can be found on pages 337 (the Prayer of Humble Access) and 834 in the Book of Common Prayer (the red books available under your chairs).

Communion music: In the Lord Ill ever be thankful Taiz

Post-Communion Prayer After Communion, the Celebrant says:

Let us Pray

The minister and people together, pray: Almighty and everliving God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual foodof the most precious Body and Bloodof your Son our Savior Jesus Christ;

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and for assuring us in these holy mysteriesthat we are living members of the Body of your Son,and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, Father, send us outto do the work you have given us to do,to love and serve youas faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord.To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen .

The Blessing

The Recessional: The Churchs one foundation Hymnal 525

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Celebrant says the dismissalPeople: Thanks be to God.

A Note on Todays Readings

The Day of Pentecost: WhitsundayYear A

Welcome to St. Francis Church on this ftieth day of Easter. (The word Pentecost means fty days.)Today we celebrate of the Lords resurrection, ascension, and his sending the Holy Spirit. The presence of the Spirit in the Church continues Jesus saving work into our own time. The presence of the Holy Spirit incorporates our lives into the risen life of Christ and makes us part of his Body. This is one of the four times in the year when Holy Baptism is particularly signi cant, for it is in baptism that we receive the

Spirit and are made partakers in the resurrection life.

The gospel reading takes us back to the beginning of this season on the rst Easter when Jesus appeared to the disciples after his resurrection. He gives them the Holy Spirit and the authority to be Gods agents of reconciliation to all humankind.

The reading from Acts is the account of the rst Pentecost Day when the Holy Spirit empowered the infant Church to proclaim Jesus as Lord to all people. In the presence of people from many parts of the world,they spoke the Word to all.

The second reading from 1 Corinthians describes the work of Gods Spirit in the church. Each of us inbaptism has received the Spirit and each has been given gifts for ministry.

We gather in Eucharist as people reborn by water and the Holy Spirit in baptism. Gifted with Gods Spirit,we are sent to proclaim good news to every people and language and nation and to be built into a royal

priesthood in Christ.

From The Rite Light: Re ections on the Sunday Readings and Seasons of the Church Year. Copyright 2007 by Michael W. Merriman.Church Publishing Incorporated, New York.

Announcments

June 8: Childrens Sunday June 10-13 : Vacation Bible School, What a Wonderful world at St. Joseph of Arimathea.July 6-August 3 : The Gifts of God Christian formation program, Sundays from 9:15-10:15

August 10-September 14 : Inquirers seminar on Sunday mornings from 9:15-10:15September 21 & 28 : Con rmation, reception & reaf rmation of Baptismal vows preparation from

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Bishop of TennesseeThe Rt. Rev. John C. Bauerschmidt

VicarThe Rev. Joseph B. Howard

Mission CouncilRalph Eddy

Linda PalmerThom ChittomShelley Sircy

clerk: Nanci Frey

AccompanistThomas Duffy

Schedule of Ministry:Celebrant: The Rev. Joseph B. HowardPreacher: Mr. Thom Chittom

Reader: Nanci Frey

Acolyte/Crucifer: none Prayer Station: Tonya EdwardsOblationers: The Edwards family Chalicist: Adam WaltenbaughTo check the schedule online, visit:http://stfrancis-tn.net and go to congregational resources-->schedule

To get in touch with Fr. Jody for any reason, you can reach him at the Church, 851-0790, his cell, 440-6492 or viaemail at [email protected]. _______________________________________________________________________________

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