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The Episcopal Church ofSaints Andrew and Matthew

The Reverend David T. Andrews, Jr., Rector

Season of Creation 2016

Holy Eucharist

November 20, 20168:00 and 10:30 a.m.

Seventh SundayTHE COSMIC CHRIST

O blest creator, source of light.You gave the day with splendor bright,When on the new and living earth,You brought all things to glorious birth.

... 6th Century Latin, trans. A.K. LeCroy

Lord of the shining heavens,Lord of the stars above,Lighten our eyes to see you,Radiant with perfect love.

... Paul Halley

God is light and in Him is no darkness.... I John 1:5

Today’s Special Offering

UNITED THANK OFFERING

United Thank Offering (UTO) is a ministry of the Episcopal Church for the mission ofthe whole church. Through United Thank Offering, men, women, and children nurture thehabit of giving daily thanks to God. These prayers of thanksgiving start when werecognize and name our many daily blessings. Those who participate in UTO discoverthat thankfulness leads to generosity. United Thank Offering is entrusted to promotethank offerings, to receive the offerings, and to distribute the UTO monies to supportmission and ministry throughout the Episcopal Church and in invited Provinces of theAnglican Communion in the developing world.

Please place your United Thank Offeringin the blue envelopes located in the narthex

or by the elevator.

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SEASON OF CREATION 2016Seventh Sunday

THE REIGN OF CHRIST

As the candles are lighted, please enterinto prayerful silence until the liturgy begins.

BCP refers to the Book of Common Prayer.Hymns marked # and service music marked S are found in the Hymnal 1982.

Hymns marked (LEVAS II) are found in Lift Every Voice and Sing.

* indicates selections for the 10:30 a.m. service only

*ORGAN VOLUNTARY “Fanfares” Calvin Hampton (1938-1984)

GREETING

*INTROIT - LEVAS II #97 “Ride On, King Jesus” Arr. Hezekiah Brinson, Jr.

(ALL SINGING) REFRAIN ONLY - Sung twice

Ride on, King Jesus, no Man can-a hinder me.Ride on, King Jesus ride on, no man can-a hinder me! (Repeat)

As the procession enters the church, all who are able, stand

*PROCESSION SsAM Drumming Circle

The earth belongs to God and all that is in it.The world and all who dwell therein.Let everything that has breath praise God.Hallelujah!

COLLECT FOR PURITY (all in unison)

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secretsare hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, thatwe may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ ourLord. Amen.

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HYMN “O God, Beyond All Praising”All are invited to participate as indicated.

God be with you.And also with you.Let us pray.

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COLLECT OF THE DAY

Eternal God, you gave us Jesus, your Son, the beloved one who was rejected, the Saviorwho appeared defeated. Yet the mystery of his kingship illumines our lives. Show us inhis death the victory that crowns the ages, And in his broken body The love that unitesheaven and earth. We ask this through the same Jesus Christ, your Son, Who lives andreigns with you in the unity of The Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

All sit for the readings.

THE WORD OF GOD

At the conclusion of each Reading:Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.Thanks be to God.

FIRST READING The Mass on the World

Since once again, Lord - though this time not in the forests of the Aisne but in the steppes of Asia- I have neither bread, nor wine, nor altar, I will raise myself beyond these symbols, up to thepure majesty of the real itself; I, your priest, will make the whole earth my altar and on it willoffer you all the labors and sufferings of the world.

Over there, on the horizon, the sun has just touched with light the outermost fringe of the easternsky. Once again, beneath this moving sheet of fire, the living surface of the earth wakes andtrembles, and once again begins its fearful travail. I will place on my paten, O God, the harvest tobe won by this renewal of labor. Into my chalice I shall pour all the sap which is to be pressed outthis day from the earth's fruits.

My paten and my chalice are the depths of a soul laid widely open to all the forces which in amoment will rise up from every corner of the earth and converge upon the Spirit. Grant me theremembrance and the mystic presence of all those whom the light is now awakening to the newday. One by one, Lord, I see and I love all those whom you have given me to sustain and charmmy life. One by one also I number all those who make up that other beloved family which hasgradually surrounded me, its unity fashioned out of the most disparate elements, with affinities ofthe heart, of scientific research and of thought. And again one by one - more vaguely it is true,yet all-inclusively - I call before me the whole vast anonymous army of living humanity; thosewho surround me and support me though I do not know them; those who come, and those whogo; above all, those who in office, laboratory and factory, through their vision of truth or despitetheir error, truly believe in the progress of earthly reality and who today will take up again theirimpassioned pursuit of the light.........Receive, O Lord, this all-embracing host which your wholecreation, moved by your magnetism, offers you at this dawn of a new day. This bread, our toil, isof itself, I know, but an immense fragmentation; this wine, our pain, is no more, I know, than adraught that dissolves. Yet in the very depths of this formless mass you have implanted - and thisI am sure of, for I sense it - a desire, irresistible, hallowing, which makes us cry out, believer andunbeliever alike: 'Lord, make us one.'

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Hymn of the Universe ©1961 Collins

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PSALM 46 (*all singing) Deus noster refugium Benjamin Hutto

1 God is our | refuge • and | strength, * a very | present | help in | trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear, though the | earth be | moved, * and though the mountains be toppled | into • the | depths • of the | sea;

3 Though its waters | rage and | foam, * and though the mountains | tremble | at its | tumult.

4 The Lord of | hosts is | with us; * the God of | Jacob | is our | stronghold.

5 There is a river whose streams make glad the | city • of | God, * the holy habitation | of the | Most | High.

6 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be | over|thrown; * God shall help her | at the | break of | day.

7 The nations make much ado, and the | kingdoms • are | shaken; * God has spoken, and the | earth shall | melt a|way.


9 Come now and look upon the | works • of the | Lord, * what awesome | things • he has | done on | earth.

10 It is he who makes war to cease in | all the | world; * he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear, and | burns the | shields with | fire.

11 “Be still, then, and know that | I am | God; * I will be exalted among the nations; I will be ex|alted | in the | earth.”


SECOND READING Colossians 1:15-20

Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him allthings in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thronesor dominions or rulers or powers–all things have been created through him and for him.He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of thebody, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might cometo have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth orin heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.

All who are able, stand as the Gospel Book is carried in procession.

*CHANT (all singing) “Kol Hanishama” Patty Goldstick

(based on Native American Melody - River Spirit Lodge, Oregon)

Kol Hanishama Te Haleyah, Halayluyah.Kol Hanishama Te Haleyah, Halayluyah.

Halayluyah! Halayluyah!Halayluyah! Halayluyah!

(TRANSLATION: Let every breath of life praise God. Hallelujah!)

THE HOLY GOSPEL John 1:1-18

Congregation: Glory to you, Lord Christ

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Hewas in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without himnot one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life wasthe light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did notovercome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as awitness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was notthe light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone,was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world came into being throughhim; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own peopledid not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gavepower to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the fleshor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and lived among us, andwe have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. (Johntestified to him and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after meranks ahead of me because he was before me.’”) From his fullness we have all received,grace upon grace. The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth camethrough Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close tothe Father’s heart, who has made him known.

Congregational Response: Praise to you, Lord Christ

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*CHANT (all singing) “Kol Hanishama” Patty Goldstick

SERMON

All stand for the Creed, and remain standing or kneel for the prayers.

THE CREED (all in unison) Adapted from Tírechán's CreedAD 670 (Dublin), Ludwig Bieler)

Our God is the Creator of all humans, the Creator of heaven and earth, the Creator of sea and rivers, the Creator of the sun and moon, the Creator of all the heavenly bodies, the Creator of the lofty mountains, the Creator of the lowly valleys.God is above the heavens, and beneath the heavens.Heaven and earth and sea, and everything that is in them, such is the Creator’s abode.The Creator inspires all things and gives life to all things, standing above all things and beneath all things.God enlightens the light of the sun and strengthens the light of the night and the stars. Wells were created in the arid land and dry islands in the sea, and stars were placed in the service of the greater lights.God has a Son who is co-eternal with the Creator; and similar in all respects to the Creator; and neither is the Son younger than the Creator, nor is the Creator older than the Son; and the Holy Spirit breathes in them.And the Creator and the Son and Holy Spirit are inseparable.

THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

Let us, God’s people, pray.

Lord of Hosts, Ancient of Days, keep us from collapsing in fear, whenever we, yourrestless multitude, tremble at earthly, temporal tumult. Turn us again toward the Kingdomof our Christ, the flower of your love, in whom we have redemption, and forgiveness ofsins.

Holy Jesus, Christ of the CosmosOur Stronghold and our Salvation

Lord of Hosts, Ancient of Days, keep those who govern in all Nations, Kingdoms, andCommunities, aware of your constant presence in their midst and throughout all ofcreation. Guide the hearts and minds of those who lead, that they may cease war, andpromote justice, well-being, and abundance across all the Earth. We pray especially for:

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Barack, our President; Donald, our President-Elect; Jack, our Governor; Tom, our CountyExecutive; Dennis, our Mayor, and all those elected to office nationally and locally.


Lord of Hosts, Ancient of Days, help all who suffer chronic illness, difficult treatments,or emotional torment to keep strong and patient; and grant endurance and fortitude to allwho give them care. We now join our voices to pray aloud or silently for…


Lord of Hosts, Ancient of Days, may those who grieve be comforted by a supportivecommunity around them, as those we have sent before us awaken to the new day ofgladness in the eternal life of Your Holy Habitation. We pray especially for: John Owens,Gwen Ifill, Keith Criddell, Helen Green, Julia Mason, Mary Stewart and Noreen Young.


Lord of Hosts, Ancient of Days, we pause in this moment to offer you our other heartfeltintentions and petitions, silently or aloud…


Lord of Hosts, Ancient of Days, sustain the spirits of our pastoral shepherds as theyendeavor to keep us eager to live the Gospel, and be impassioned pursuers of the DivineLight of Christ in each day. We pray especially for: Michael, our Presiding Bishop;Wayne, our own Bishop; David, our Rector; Lloyd, our Rector Emeritus; Emily andPeter, our Associate Priests, and Sister Rosie, our Lay Pastoral Associate. We also prayfor the people of the Falkland Islands, for Postulants and Candidates for Holy Orders, formembers of the Commission on Ministry and for La Santa Cruz, Mexico City.


The Celebrant adds a concluding prayer.God our Refuge and Our Strength, rescue us from the power of darkness and transformour anxieties into fruitful action. Earth is an altar upon which we offer you the labors andsufferings of all humanity. Keep us striving toward your purpose, as we cry out: Lord,make us one. We ask through Jesus our Christ, the Firstborn of all Creation, and the HolySpirit, the very Breath of Love, who together with you are our One God, now and forever.Amen.

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CONFESSION

Let us confess our sins to God.

God of all mercy, we confess that we have sinned against you, opposing your will in our lives.We have denied your goodness in each other, in ourselves, and in the world you have created.We repent of the evil that enslaves us, the evil we have done, and the evil done on our behalf.Forgive, restore, and strengthen us through our Savior Jesus Christ, that we may abide in your love and serve only your will. Amen.

Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through the grace of JesusChrist, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you ineternal life. Amen.

PEACE

The peace of Christ be always with you.And also with you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE HOLY COMMUNION

OFFERTORY

*ANTHEM “Earth Song” Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)

Sing, Be, Live, See ...

This dark stormy hour,The wind, it stirs.The scorched earthcries out in vain:

O war and power,You blind and blur.The torn heartcries out in pain.

But music and singingHave been my refuge,And music and singingShall be my light.

A light of songShining strong: Alleluia!Through darkness, pain and strife, I’llSing, Be, Live, See ...

Peace.

All who are able, stand and sing this hymn as the gifts are brought forward.

*HYMN # 324 “Let all mortal flesh keep silence” Picardy

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UNITED THANK OFFERING PRAYER (said by all)

Gracious God, source of all creation, all love, all true joy: accept, we pray, these outwardsigns of our profound and continuing thankfulness for all of life. Bless those who willbenefit from these gifts through the outreach of the United Thank Offering; and keep eachof us ever thankful for all the blessings of joy and challenge that come our way; throughHim who is the greatest gift and blessing of all, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING Eucharistic Prayer B, BCP p. 367

The Lord be with you.And also with you.Lift up your hearts.We lift them to the Lord.Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.It is right to give God thanks and praise.

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

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:

SANCTUS (*all singing) “Sanctus and Benedictus” Craig Philips (b/ 1961)

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The Celebrant continues

We give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love which you have made known tous in creation; in the calling of Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through theprophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son. For in these last daysyou sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Savior and Redeemer of theworld.

In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him,you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death intolife.

On the night before he died for us, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he hadgiven thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This ismy Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.” After supper hetook the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drinkthis, all of you:

This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for theforgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

Therefore, according to his command, O Father,We remember his death, We proclaim his resurrection, We await his coming in glory;

The Celebrant continuesAnd we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, O Lord of all; presenting toyou, from your creation, this bread and this wine.

We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts that they may be theSacrament of the Body of Christ and his Blood of the new Covenant. Unite us to yourSon in his sacrifice, that we may be acceptable through him, being sanctified by the HolySpirit. In the fullness of time, put all things in subjection under your Christ, and bring usto that heavenly country where, with Blessed Andrew and Matthew all your saints, wemay enter the everlasting heritage of your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ ourLord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation.

By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory isyours, Almighty Father, now and for ever.

*AMEN – S 143 Missa de Angelis

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THE LORD’S PRAYER (contemporary) BCP 364

As our Savior Christ has taught us, we now pray,

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.Give us today our daily bread.Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil.For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.

BREAKING OF THE BREAD

FRACTION ANTHEM (*all singing) “Christ Our Passover” Craig Phillips (b. 1961)

The choir adds the following verse.Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us;therefore let us keep the feast.

The ANTIPHON is repeated by all

INVITATION (all in unison)

This is the table, not of the Church but of the Lord. It is made ready for those whoseek him, those who love him and those who want to love him more. So come, you whohave much faith and you who have little, or are questioning faith. You who have beenhere often and you who have not been for a long time or ever before, You who havetried to follow and you who have failed. Come, not because the Church invites you; Itis Christ who invites you to be known, fed, and loved here.

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COMMUNION EVERYONE IS INVITED TO HOLY COMMUNION

*MOTET “Total Praise” Richard Smallwood

Lord, I will lift my eyes to the hillsKnowing my help is coming from YouYour peace You give me in time of the storm

You are the source of my strengthYou are the strength of my lifeI lift my hands in total praise to You

You are the source of my strengthYou are the strength of my lifeI lift my hands in total praise to You. Amen.

SENDING FORTH OF THE EUCHARISTIC VISITORS

In the name of God and of this congregation, I send you forth bearing these holy gifts, that those to whom you go may share with us in Christ's body and blood,We who are many are one body, because we all share one bread, one cup.

POST COMMUNION PRAYER (said by all)

Eternal, Holy One, we thank you for feeding us with this spiritual food, and forassuring us of your gift of eternal life. May your Christ who reigns throughoutcreation, reign in our hearts and in our lives, so that with all that we are and all thatwe have, we may bear witness to the truth of your kingdom, through the same JesusChrist, our Lord, who was, and is, and is to come, and who lives and reigns with youand the Holy Spirit from age to age. AMEN.

BLESSING (said by all) NAVAJO PRAYER

With beauty before me,With beauty behind me,With beauty above me,With beauty below me,With beauty all around me,

I will walk in long life,I will walk according to beauty.

It is completed in beauty,It is completed in beauty,It is completed in beauty,It is completed in beauty.

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HYMN (all singing) “Peace Before Us” Music by David HaasText: NAVAJO PRAYER

Peace before us, peace behind us, peace under our feet.Peace within us, peace over us, let all around us be peace.

Love before us . . .

Christ before us . . .

*HYMN # 473 “Lift High the Cross” Crucifer

DISMISSAL

Congregational Response: Thanks be to God

*VOLUNTARY “Fête” Jean Langlais (1907-1991)

Samantha Koch Hancock, Organist

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PARTICIPANTS IN THE SERVICEThe Reverend David T. Andrews, Jr. Celebrant and Preacher

The Reverend Canon Lloyd S. Casson, PreacherThe SsAM Adult Choir

David Christopher, Organist, Director of Music and Associate for LiturgySsAM Drumming Circle, Jonathan Whitney, Leader

Samantha Koch Hancock, Guest Organist

SERVING THIS WEEK

– 8:00 AM –

Greeter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paulyne WebsterEucharistic Minister.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda JacksonAcolyte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron JacksonFirst Reading & Psalm . . . . . . . . . . . Charisse RodgersSecond Reading & Prayers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth HaasGift Bearers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dot Dorsey, Eunice TrotzUsher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Porter

– 10:30 AM –Announcements .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Queon JacksonEucharistic Ministers. . . . Rayon Pinnock, acey DixonLiturgical Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-L CassonAcolytes . . . . . Al Brock, Les Roberts, Collins Jones,

George Jones, Keziah Soto, Tracey DixonBarbara Henry

First Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill YoungSecond Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tracy Lea-DorseyPrayers of the People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie SoukupGift Bearers. . . . . . . . . Tracy Lea-Dorsey, Kelly HoltEucharistic Visitors. . Tracy Lea Dorsey, Rob GurneeUshers. . . . Patty Green, Retha Fisher, Jackie Roberts

Les Roberts, Jr.

The Prayers of the People were composed by Christina Brennan Lee

Counters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Davison, TBD

SERVING NEXT WEEK - 11/27/16

– 8:00 AM –

Greeter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LeRoy TrotzEucharistic Minister.. . . . . . . . Christina Brennan LeeAcolyte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wanda SmithFirst Reading & Psalm . . . . . . . . . . Linda WhiteheadSecond Reading & Prayers. . . Christina Brennan LeeGift Bearers. . . . . . . . . . . . Dot Dorsey, Eunice TrotzUsher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerry Barnes

– 10:30 AM –Announcements .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna ChristyEucharistic Ministers. . . . . . . . . . Al Brock, D-L Casson

Walt MeredithLiturgical Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara HenryAcolytes. . Al Brock, Les Roberts, Forrest Fistzgiles, Jr.

Walt Meredith, Rosie CastelliFirst Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernadette HolcombSecond Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernestine Brock-WalkerPrayers of the People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanne NutterGift Bearers. . . . . Shirley Bynoe, Cynthia Cumberbatch

Nana Soto, Keziah SotoEucharistic Visitors. . . . . . . . . . Ernestine Brock-Walker

Stacy Lea MentorUshers. . . . . Sylvia Banks, Lori Fistzgiles, Eudel Drain

Paulette Francis

Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edythe Bryant, Nancy Hillyard

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