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She said to
to Christmas.
Yes.
at the river.
at the river
daily every
race
to live
and joy
in the s of the river
gather with the saint of the river that
blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit. and blessed be God's kingdom now
and forever. Amen.
>> Together. Almighty God, to you all
hearts are open, all desires known, and
from you no secrets are hid. Cleanse the
thoughts of our hearts by the
inspiration of your Holy Spirit that we
may perfectly love you and worthily
magnify your holy name through Christ
Glory, glory, hallelujah.
Glory, we praise your holy name. Glory,
glory, hallelujah.
Glory, we praise your holy name.
Glory to God in the highest
and peace
on earth.
Lord God, heavenly
mighty God and father.
We worship you. We give you thanks. We
praise you for your glory.
Glor Jesus Christ, only son of the
father, Lord God, lamb of God.
Glory, glory, hallelujah.
Glory, we praise your holy name. Glory,
glory, hallelujah.
Glory, we praise your holy name.
You take away the sin of the world, have mercy
mercy
on us.
You are seated at the right hand of the father.
father. Receive
Receive
our pray.
Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit. Glory
to the Father.
Glory. Hallelujah.
Glory. We praise your holy name.
Glory. Glory. Hallelujah.
Lord, we praise your holy
holy name.
>> The Lord be with you.
>> And also with you.
>> Let us pray.
>> Father in heaven, who at the baptism of
Jesus in the River Jordan proclaimed him
your beloved son and anointed him with
the Holy Spirit. Grant that all who are
baptized into his name may keep the
covenant they have made and boldly
confess him as Lord and Savior who with
you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns
one God in glory everlasting. Amen.
A reading from the book of Isaiah.
Here is my servant whom I uphold, my
chosen in whom my soul delights. I have
put my spirit upon him. He will bring
forth justice to the nations. He will
not cry or lift up his voice or make it
heard in the street. A bruised reed he
will not break and a dimly burning wick
he will not quench. He will faithfully
bring forth justice. He will not grow
faint or be crushed until he has
established justice in the earth and the
coastlands wait for his teaching.
Thus says God, the Lord, who created the
heavens and stretched them out, who
spread out the earth and what comes from
it, who gives breath to the people upon
it and spirit to those who walk in it. I
am the Lord. I have called you in
righteousness. I have taken you by the
hand and kept you. I have given you as a
covenant to the people, a light to the
nations, to open the eyes that are
blind, to bring out the prisoners from
the dungeon, from the prison those who
sit in darkness.
I am the Lord, that is my name. My glory
I give to no other, nor my praise to idols.
idols.
See, the former things have come to
pass, and new things I kn now declare.
Before they spring forth, I tell you of them.
them.
>> The word of the Lord.
The psalm for today is psalm 29. Let us
do this in alternating by whole verse
starting on this side.
>> Ascribe to the lord you gods. Ascribe to
the lord glory and strength. Subscribe
to the Lord. Glory do his name. Worship
the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
>> The voice of the Lord is upon the waters.
waters.
>> The God of glory glory thunders. The
Lord is upon the mighty waters.
>> The voice of the Lord is a powerful
voice. The voice of the Lord is a voice
of splendor.
>> The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar
trees. The Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
Lebanon.
>> It makes Lebanon skip like a calf and
Mount Hermon like a young wild ox.
>> The voice of the Lord splits the flames
of fire.
>> The voice of the Lord shakes the
wilderness. The Lord shakes the
wilderness of Kadesh.
>> The voice of the Lord makes the oak
trees w and strips the forest.
And in the temple of the Lord, all are
crying, glory.
>> The Lord sits enthroned of the flood.
>> The Lord sits enthroned as king forever more.
more.
>> The Lord shall give strength to his people.
people.
>> The Lord shall give his people the
The second reading is from the book of Acts.
Peter began to speak to them.
I truly understand that God shows no partiality,
partiality,
but in every nation, anyone who fears
him and does what is right is acceptable
to him.
You know the message he sent to the
people of Israel, preaching peace by
Jesus Christ. He is Lord of all.
That message spread throughout Judea,
beginning in Galilee after the baptism
that John announced. How God anointed
Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit
and with power. How he went about doing
good and healing all who were oppressed
by the devil. For God was with him.
We are witnesses to all that he did both
in Judea and in Jerusalem.
They put him to death by hanging him on
a tree. But God raised him on the third
day and allowed him to appear not to all
the people but to us who were chosen by God
God
as witnesses
and who ate and drank with him after he
rose from the dead.
He commanded us to preach to the people
and to testify that he is the one
ordained by God as judge of the living
and the dead.
All the prophets testify about him that
everyone who believes in him receives
forgiveness of sins through his name.
>> The word of the Lord.
Listen now for the goel. >> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah.
>> It is God's word that raises us. >> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah.
>> Listen now for the gospel. >> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah.
It is God's word that changes us. >> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah.
Holy Spirit melt and break our hearts
until we give our lives to God and God
alone. Listen now for the goel. >> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah.
>> It is God's word that changes us. >> Hallelujah.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Matthew.
>> Glory to you, Lord Christ.
>> Jesus came from Galilee to John at the
Jordan to be baptized by him. John would
have prevented him, saying, "I need to
be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"
me?"
But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so
now, for it is proper for us in this way
to fulfill all righteousness."
Then he consented. And when Jesus had
been baptized, just as he came up from
the water, suddenly the heavens were
opened to him, and he saw the spirit of
God descending like a dove and a
lighting on him. And a voice from heaven
said, "This is my son, the beloved, with
whom I am well pleased."
The Gospel of the Lord.
>> Praise to you Christ.
>> Listen now for the goel. >> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah.
>> It is God's word that changes us. >> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah.
>> Listen now for the gospel. >> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah.
>> It is God's word that changes us. >> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah.
Holy Spirit melt and break our hearts
as we give our lives to God and God alone.
alone.
>> Listen now for the gospel. >> Hallelujah.
>> Hallelujah.
>> It is God's word that changes us. >> Hallelujah.
>> I come to you in the name of the father,
the son, and the holy spirit. Amen.
Good morning everyone.
>> This is the Sunday in the lurggical year
when we consider the baptism of Jesus by
our patron saint John the Baptist at the
Jordan River.
I grew up witnessing two uh versions of baptism.
baptism.
One was the kind that was presided over
by my very strict uh Church of Christ
minister grandfather on my dad's side.
Art Oir was an exLA cop who became a
pastor after he retired from the LAPD.
After 20 years of preaching up and down
the West Coast, he eventually settled in
the Nevada desert where he pastored a
small church. He performed baptisms
outside mostly in lakes and reservoirs
in the Sierra Neadas. They were full
immersion baptisms and very serious affairs.
affairs.
The best visual I can give you of my
grandfather uh he was digging fence post
holes with a manual post hole digger
well into his 70s.
Uh he didn't eat locusts and wild honey,
but you could imagine him doing that. I
spent many summers with them and I I
witnessed dozens of these baptisms.
There were the baptisms of the
evangelical tradition I was raised in by
my parents. These were also full
immersion baptisms with higher
production values. There were there was
often a large baptismal tank behind the
choir, sometimes behind sliding doors
that would open during the baptism. The
front panel uh was often made of glass
so you could see into the tank. And the
church I was baptized in at 10, it
actually had a camera inside the tank
and it broadcast the underwater view of
the baptism.
Uh, I'll always remember that that
minister, he he wore a full suit and tie
in the tank.
And I I think he wouldn't have lasted
one round with my grandfather.
Both kinds of baptism, uh, they were
highly individual affairs. In the
evangelical church I grew up in, baptism
meant washing your sins away and making
you ready for the salvation of Jesus.
There was a very clear hierarchy between
the pastor and the lay person being
baptized. The pastor was worthy and
righteous. The person being baptized was
looking to be righteous.
I was very happy to become part of our
Episcopal tradition. We more or less
teach baptism is the beginning of a
lifong journey of formation in the
Christian life.
Uh we also consider it an initiation
into our community of believers
and there's a felt truth to these ideas.
Uh the idea that baptism means we've
joined a Christian community and become
disciples of Jesus together. It's partly
why we do our renewal of baptismal vows
several times a year. Just as an aside,
this is a time when we sometimes do the
renewal of baptism vows. We've done them
a lot lately and uh we don't have an
actual baptism and uh I want to keep
that a little more sacred. So, we won't
be doing our baptismal vows today.
However, this doesn't seem to be what's
modeled in Matthew's version of the
baptism of our Lord. We read it in this
very thin slice of the lectionary. It
seems very short indeed. If we go back a
few verses, we're reminded that we're
still in the middle of that passage we
started before Christmas. You may
remember this. John was baptizing all
the crowds from Jerusalem and Judea, all
along the Jordan, including the
Pharisees and the Sadducees. It's that
passage where I suggested John the
Baptist is heartbroken by the hypocrisy
of the religious elite.
So the way our our lectionary chops up
the passage, we might think it's just
Jesus and John standing there in the
river, it's not.
It's in the middle of this teeming and
hypocritical and beloved humanity.
That's where John sees Jesus.
The first thing he says is, "I need to
be baptized by you and you come to me."
John's asking a question many of us ask
when we read about the baptism of our
Lord. Why does Jesus
need to be baptized?
I think that's a more interesting
question than why we need to be
baptized. We've been trying to answer
that for hundreds of years.
So, let's think for a moment what John
the Baptist is going through in this
passage. She's standing there in a
crowded river doing one baptism after
another. There's probably a line of
people several dozen deep.
And who steps up
but Jesus.
Probably dressed like everyone else,
dirty from his travels, maybe talking
small talk to the people around him.
It's not that he's just Jesus, but he's
Jesus among everyone else standing in line.
line.
Jesus isn't showing up to be baptized
because he needs it, but because he is
standing in solidarity with everyone
else there.
Everyone who considers themselves to be sinners.
sinners.
Standing in the crowded river, Jesus is
leveling the playing field between those
who are baptizing and those who are in
need of baptism.
Everyone there is tired,
sweaty, uncertain.
When Jesus tells John, "Let it be so
now, for it is proper for us in this way
to fulfill all righteousness." He's
saying, "This isn't about you, John.
Whether you're worthy or not, it's not
about me.
It's about the fulfillment of
righteousness for everyone who is in the
kingdom of God.
In that kingdom of God, Jesus and his
followers do not only stand in
solidarity with the powerful and the
self-righteous and those who do not
recognize their need for grace. He does
that, too.
We know many who are like that today.
Jesus stands among them too. Jesus and
his followers also stand with the
marginalized and the powerless.
Those who do know they need the grace of God.
God.
Jesus and his followers stand ready to
be agents of God's grace to everyone
over and over again, even when it's hard.
hard.
Jesus isn't baptized because he needs to
be baptized, but because we need him to
be baptized with us.
He does it for us.
Jesus stands with all of us in our need
to be sanctified.
He stands with us in the River Jordan
because we need to know he is among us.
That he bears and forgives our sin, not
from afar, but as one of us.
It's together in that river that we
There are people in our lives it's hard
for us to identify with or be in
solidarity with.
People whose political beliefs,
whose prejudices, maybe just their
personalities make it hard to stand in
the crowded river of life next to
There are people who make us want to
resist when Jesus asks us to be the
agent of grace to them.
Sometimes we think we're more worthy,
but sometimes we think we're not.
That's when we have to remember as Jesus
told John, "This isn't about me. It
isn't about you. It's about us.
It's about us fulfilling all
righteousness together, which means
being the agents of God's grace to all people
people
who don't look like us or love like we
do or we consider sinners.
And in that moment when we remember
Jesus came to that crowded river to be
baptized with everyone and stand next to
everyone, we are invited to consent.
this little moment uh John sort of
argues with Jesus then consents to
baptism. It's only told in the Matthew
version of the baptism. It happens very
quickly, but it may be one of the
biggest pieces of good news in the gospel.
gospel.
This is not the defeated consent of
someone who's just giving up or giving in.
in.
It's a consent. That's a leap of faith
that says, "Jesus, I I'm not totally
convinced you're right. That this isn't
about my righteousness or another
person's unworthiness. I consent because
you've told me that by doing so,
by standing in solidarity with everyone,
I'm contributing to the fulfillment of
In that moment of consent, the divisions
between us of being more righteous than
another person or them being more
righteous than us
start to dissolve
when you and I are the the hands of
Jesus and the agents of God's grace to
everyone. We do what Jesus did when he
chose to be baptized in that crowded
river with everyone.
We help bring about the fulfillment of
This morning
after this week, we are standing in this
river together,
tired and sweaty, uncertain.
uncertain.
Many of us are grieving the killing of
Renee Good.
Jesus is in the river grieving with us
because we need him to be.
Renee Good needs Jesus to be in the
river. The killer of Renee Good needs
Jesus to be in the river.
That is the unvarnished gospel of grace.
Some of us who grew up evangelical
are grieving the news that Phil Yansy,
one of the most eloquent writers of
God's grace, confessed this last week to
a longunning extrammarital affair.
And Jesus is in the river grieving with us
us
because we need him to be. Phil Yansy
needs Jesus to be in the river with him.
And the person whom he had the affair
with needs Jesus to be in the river with
them. That is the unvarnished gospel of grace.
Be to be clear affirming that Jesus is
standing in the river among us does not
condone harm. It does not condone the
killing of Renee Good. It does not free
anyone of accountability for their
actions, but it reminds us that no human
situation is outside the reach of God's
compassion and grace and call to justice.
>> Yesterday and this morning,
we sang one of my favorite hymns,
Shall We Gather at the River?
My father sang it beautifully and so did
my post hole digging grandfather.
We often sing it as a hymn of hope. The
hope of seeing those we love in the life
that follows our earthly one.
Yes, we'll gather with the saints at the
river that flows by the throne of God.
And that river is flowing among us now.
That river that ran through the
wilderness outside of Jerusalem, where
John baptized sinners and religious
hypocrites and those in grief. It's the
river where Jesus came down to stand in
line with us.
Tired and sweaty and uncertain people,
not because he needed to, but because we
needed him to.
It's a river of grace that flows over
all of us. Not only when we stand before
the throne of God, but when we stand
next to each other. Amen.
let us now proclaim our faith in the
words of the nyine 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 Pontious Pilot. 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.
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.
>> Amen.
>> Gracious God, we bring before you now
the concerns of this our community of faith.
faith.
For our family, we give you thanks and
and protection to surround.
>> For our friends and neighbors, we give
you thanks and ask that we may live together.
together.
With love, support and the strong ties
of community.
>> For your amazing creation,
we give you thanks and ask you to make
us healers, protectors,
and responsible caregivers.
Lord, shine in our darkness.
with the light of your love.
>> For the strangers among us, the people
we may see as different,
we give you thanks
and ask for open hearts and open minds
to make them welcome.
>> For those who we have elected to lead us,
us,
we give you thanks and ask them for them
wisdom, compassion,
and the will to act with justice and mercy.
mercy.
Lord, shine in our darkness.
for your church.
We give you thanks and ask for courage
to be your hands and feet and voice and
love in the world always and everywhere.
>> Lord, shine in our darkness.
>> Guide us with the light of your love.
>> And for what else do the people of God pray?
>> Gracious God,
you know all our hopes and fears, needs,
dreams before we ourselves do.
And knowing that you have promised to
always hear us, we offer you these
prayers in the name of your son Jesus
In the Anglican cycle of prayer, we pray
for the Anglican Church of Central America.
America.
In the diosis
type of prayer, we pray for Epiphany Marina.
Marina.
and for the consecration anniversary of
our fourth bishop Lucinda Ashley,
for our diosin leadership retreat and
for all leaders in this dasis that they
may serve with wisdom, patience and a
reconciling temple.
From our parish prayer list, we pray for
Myra, Gary, and Gina. >> Amen.
>> Amen.
>> 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
>> Let us now confess our sins against God
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.
Amen.
Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive
you all your sins through the grace of
Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all
goodness, and by the power of the Holy
Spirit keep you in eternal life. >> Amen.
>> Amen.
Brothers and sisters, may the peace of
the Lord be always with you.
I love it. Welcome.
Good morning everyone.
I'm the Reverend J Reer. I'm the
director here at the Episcopal Church of
St. John. Whoever you are and wherever
you are on your journey of faith,
there's a place for you here. There's
also a place for you at Christ's table
during communion. Um when we do
communion, if you haven't been with us
before, we do it in the round. So, um if
you've not done it before, just uh
follow someone who has and we'll show
you how. If you are uncomfortable with
um taking wine from the common cup,
cross your hands in front of you and
taking bread uh counts as communion in
one kind. Um I don't have a lot to
announce today. This Tuesday we will be
having our final book discussion on the
latest Greg Bole book. Um if you haven't
even read the book, it might be
interesting to join that discussion. and
our first discussion had a lot of great
conversation about how um we might be
led to lead uh love each other in this
divided time. So the Zoom link is in the
bulletin. It's also on the website and
in um our weekly e newswsletter. If you
don't get that yet, just fill out the
card in front of you. We'll make sure
that you get that newsletter.
Also today, um you'll see uh Annie has
been taking photographs for our website.
She will also be available to take your
photograph for our printed directory,
which has been a a long time coming, but
I think this will be um the Sunday that
we get the final pictures, and we're
hoping to have that directory out soon.
>> End of the month.
>> What's that?
>> End of the month.
>> End of the month. Um and
Sherry, I think you have something to
share in your minute for ministry today.
Well, I get up here and talk to you
about lots of different things,
but right now what I want to talk to you
about is my experience of the ministry
Well, it's about welcoming
and um I'm always glad to see you and
you and you.
Sometimes there are people that I know
and I see every week. Sometimes there
are people that I know and I see them
once in a while. Good morning, Bill.
And I'm glad to see you.
And sometimes there are new faces.
Um, and I'm glad to see new faces, too.
I walked into the doors of St. John's in
1995, a complete stranger,
and I found so much. Little by little,
I found new ways to experience the Holy Spirit,
Spirit,
to new ways to understand the Bible,
and I found a community
of people
I could love and who could love me back.
even when I didn't always seem to be
And I'm really excited that somebody
walking in the doors for the first time
might possibly have
get that experience as well. So
So
what I would like to say is
if any of you have that gladness in your heart
heart
to welcome people into the doors of our church,
church,
please become an usher.
There's a few housekeeping things you
have to do, you know, and say, "Oh, when
you have to do those things, you can't
pay complete attention to everything
that's going on, but you only do that
once in a while." like every four to six
weeks maybe and um you get the chance to
welcome people. Um there are some people
here you can talk to about the
experience of ushering who are who have
gladness in their hearts. Jeanie is one
of them. Welcome back Jeanie.
>> Leonard is another with the Hawaiian shirt.
shirt.
And we're going to be having a little training
training
uh next month. So you won't be going
into it without having uh help
understanding what to do. And we are a team.
team.
>> Thank you.
>> Thanks, Sherry.
>> I'm your exhibit.
>> Oh, you're exhibit one. Oh, Michael.
>> An example of user. And he's back after
being away for a while. So see that. Before
we get to our uh birthday prayers and
welcome to visitors,
>> are there any other announcements? >> Okay.
>> I would like to have you go on a mental
journey with me on Thursday. I'm going
to have surgery in my right shoulder and
I want you to lift me up so that that
right arm can continue to play music and
paint. So, Thursday morning, just send
and out a shout of light, please. Okay.
Thank you.
>> I'm Tom Butler, senior warden, and I
just want to remind all the best
members, old or not, not not the retired
ones, but the current ones and the new
ones that our retreat is coming up
starting this Friday late afternoon at
Villa Maria Delmare over in Live Oak.
Beautiful place. Um, but uh also most of
you need to write a check
and uh you you're welcome to put that in
the plate today. Um you can send it in,
mail it into the church, you can uh come
by and stick it in Fariva's box or
something like that. We've already paid
the retreat center, so we just need to
pay the church back for that. Thank you. >> You'll
>> You'll
take a check.
>> In 1980, I walked into St. John's
barefoot and pregnant with my second child.
child.
One of the welcoming groups here for me
>> Eight years later, I had I was pregnant
again with my third child. Surprise.
Had given everything away. The ECW threw
me a uh baby shower.
Some 30 to 50 women were packed into
Jean Strong's little house there on the
cliff in Capula.
I opened presents for I I'm sure it was
three hours. Oh, look, a onesie.
Oh, it was very sweet.
I will admit that
at some point when they asked me to be
the secretary,
I remembered coming to St. John's in the
newcomer's class and it had Bob Ciphert
and another woman and me
and I'm talking to the Lord and I'm saying
saying
yes. So Bob Ciphford like he became a deacon
deacon
and what's her name? She became a priest
and I get to be the secretary of the ECW.
ECW. Whoopee.
Whoopee.
And the Lord said to me,
he was firm.
He said, "Don't you diss those ladies.
I'm sorry Lord forgive me.
The ECW meeting this month in December
is on the third week of Wednesday of the
th third third week will be plotting and
planning what we're going to do this
year. If you have a bright idea and you
can't come to the meeting, by all means,
email me or write or nudge me or grab me
That's it.
>> On the same vein of ECW,
greetings from the Diosisen board.
I represent you as an AT at large member
of the diosis and board which means I
get to do cool stuff and projects. One
of which was the honored women's which
we had here with my favorite one of my
favorite priests and then I got to help
with the retreat and I got one of my
favorite mentors to lead it.
Anybody can volunteer to be an atlarge
member. If you're one of those sick,
twisted people who really thinks
accounting is fun. We are looking for a
treasurer, if there's someone who has
that skill set. Um, but anybody can show
up and be an atlarge member. We meet on
Zoom once a month and most of the time
it's pretty light duty. So see me after
the service if you'd be interested in
serving on the diosis and ECW board.
Thank you.
Are there anyone with uh birthdays,
anniversaries, or travel plans uh that
I'm Mary Nona and um our nephew James
will be 30 on the 15th and our son
Matthew will be 50
>> Okay. I'm Susan and my daughter Jane's
>> I'm Jeanie and I will be at the Vest,
excuse me, the Vest retreat next
weekend, but the weekend, two weekends
after that, I will be in Kodiak visiting
my daughter and um grandson. >> Okay.
I'm Rebecca and it's my birthday today
and it's also my husband Tim's birthday
>> Hello everybody. Good to be back. I'm
Joel and I'm living in St. Lewis now and
I've been doing that now for six months
and come back uh to see friends and
family and especially Carol
u and I'm leaving back to St. Louis on
uh Wednesday and always appreciate your
prayers. Uh I'm serving in a uh church
as a supply priest in Sydon, Missouri.
uh the home of the Throat Roll restaurant
restaurant
where they throw rolls across the the
restaurant. But good to be good to be
>> Hi, I'm I'm Diane and I missed last
week, but on January 1st, with God's
grace, I celebrated 43 years of sobriety.
I'd like travel blessings for Michael
and my son Sean and my grandson. They're skiing.
skiing.
>> Ally, did you say John or Sean? >> Sean.
>> Sean. >> Okay,
Watch over Rebecca, Tim, John, Murphy,
Karen, James, Matthew, and Jane. O Lord,
as their days increase,
>> bless and guide them wherever they
strengthen them when they stand. Comfort
them discouraged or sorrowful. Raise
them up if they fall and their hearts
may peace which passes understanding
all the days of their lives.
>> We ask for courage, patience, and vision
for Annie who celebrates her baptism
>> Send your blessing on anyone celebrating
>> Oh God, whose glory fills your whole
creation and whose presence we find
wherever we go. Preserve Jeanie, Joel,
Michael, and John and bring them in
safety to the sorry preserve them as
they travel.
>> Surround them with your loving care.
protect them from every danger and bring
them in safety to their end. >> Amen.
>> Amen.
>> Got one more
>> for victims of addiction. We missed this
on my sobriety birthday, but I think
it's appropriate now. Would you like to
read it?
>> Oh blessed Lord, you minister to all who
came to you. Look with compassion upon
all who through addiction have lost
their health and freedom. Restore to
them the assurance of your unfailing
mercy. Remove from them the fears that
beset them. Strengthen them in the work
of their recovery. And to those who care
for them, give patient understanding and
persevering love. >> Amen.
>> Amen. >> Amen.
>> Amen.
>> Thank you.
>> Now let us walk in love as Christ loved
us and gave himself for us, an offering
Yes.
God
by
the spirit search.
Bless the deep
for those who love him.
Glory to God
and to the
whose love has set me free as it
>> The Lord be with you. >> And also with you.
>> And also with you. >> Lift up your hearts.
>> Lift up your hearts. >> We lift them to the Lord.
>> We lift them to the Lord. >> Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
>> Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. >> It is right to give God thanks and
>> It is right to give God thanks and praise.
praise. >> It is right and a good and joyful thing
>> It is right and a good and joyful thing always and every to give thanks to you,
always and every to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, creator of heaven and
Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. Because in the mystery of the
earth. Because in the mystery of the word made flesh, thou caused a new light
word made flesh, thou caused a new light to shine in our hearts, to give the
to shine in our hearts, to give the knowledge of thy glory in the face of
knowledge of thy glory in the face of your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Therefore, we praise you, joining our
Therefore, we praise you, joining our voices with angels and archangels, and
voices with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, who
with all the company of heaven, who forever sing this hymn to proclaim the
forever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your name.
Holy, holy, holy Lord God of power and might
might heaven
heaven and earth
and earth are full of your gloryana.
in the highest. Hosana
Hosana in the highest.
in the highest. Blessed is he who
Blessed is he who in the name of the Lord
Holy and gracious Father, in your infinite love, you made us for yourself.
infinite love, you made us for yourself. And when we had fallen into sin and
And when we had fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you in
become subject to evil and death, you in your mercy sent Jesus Christ, your only
your mercy sent Jesus Christ, your only and eternal son, to share our human
and eternal son, to share our human nature to live and die as one of us, to
nature to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, the God and Father
reconcile us to you, the God and Father of all. He stretched out his arms upon
of all. He stretched out his arms upon the cross and offered himself in
the cross and offered himself in obedience to your will, a perfect
obedience to your will, a perfect sacrifice for the whole world.
sacrifice for the whole world. On the night he was handed over to
On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Lord Jesus
suffering and death, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread and when he had given
Christ took bread and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it and gave it
thanks to you, he broke it and gave it to his disciples and said, "Take, eat.
to his disciples and said, "Take, eat. This is my body which is given for you.
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
and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them and said, "Drink this all of
to them and said, "Drink this all of you. This is my blood of the new
you. This is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for you and for
covenant which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the
Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.
Therefore, we proclaim the mystery of faith.
memorial of our redemption. O Father in this sacrifice of praise and
this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, recalling his death,
thanksgiving, recalling his death, resurrection, and ascension, we offer
resurrection, and ascension, we offer you these gifts. Sanctify them by your
you these gifts. Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people the
Holy Spirit to be for your people the body and blood of your son, the holy
body and blood of your son, the holy food and drink of new and unending life
food and drink of new and unending life in him. Sanctify us also that we may
in him. Sanctify us also that we may faithfully receive this holy sacrament
faithfully receive this holy sacrament and serve you in unity, constancy, and
and serve you in unity, constancy, and peace. And at the last day, bring us
peace. And at the last day, bring us with all your saints into the joy of
with all your saints into the joy of your eternal kingdom. All this we ask
your eternal kingdom. All this we ask through your son Jesus Christ. By him
through your son Jesus Christ. By him and with him and in him, in the unity of
and with him and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honor and glory is
the Holy Spirit, all honor and glory is yours, almighty father, now and forever.
as our savior Christ taught us. We now pray
Give us our daily
our daily bread.
bread. Forgive us our sins as we forive those
Forgive us our sins as we forive those who
who us
and the glory Glory are yours now and forever.
Amen. Amen.
Amen. Amen.
Amen. Amen.
>> These are the gifts of God for the people of God. Take them in remembrance
people of God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you and feed on him
that Christ died for you and feed on him in your hearts by faith with
in your hearts by faith with thanksgiving.
lovely Christ of
All our praise
and his people
his people in the world
So my name
beside the
through the sh
the my
my still my tableless
Blessings over
on my day.
and all my world praise.
good. Glory
is Glor.
is Glories.
Let us pray. Almighty and everliving God, we thank
Almighty and everliving God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual
you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious body and blood
food of the most precious body and blood of your son, our savior Jesus Christ,
of your son, our savior Jesus Christ, and for assuring us in these holy
and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of
mysteries that we are living members of the body of your son and hes of your
the body of your son and hes of your eternal kingdom. And now, Father, send
eternal kingdom. And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us
us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful
to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to
witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, the honor
you, and to the Holy Spirit, the honor and glory now and forever. Amen.
and glory now and forever. Amen. >> Holy God, send us anywhere you would
>> Holy God, send us anywhere you would have us go. Only go there with us. Place
have us go. Only go there with us. Place upon us any burden you desire. Only
upon us any burden you desire. Only stand by us to sustain us. Break any tie
stand by us to sustain us. Break any tie that binds us except the tie that binds
that binds us except the tie that binds us to you. And the blessing of God
us to you. And the blessing of God Almighty, creating, redeeming, and
Almighty, creating, redeeming, and sustaining be with you those you love,
sustaining be with you those you love, serve, and challenge this day and
serve, and challenge this day and forever. Amen.
forever. Amen. >> Amen.
for us to baptize the spir.
God called you his son.
son. All you his servant true
All you his servant true send you his king to proclaim
send you his king to proclaim his holy
Straight and steer
Allelujah. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. Thanks be to God.
