MORNING PRAYER Service
April 7, 2024
Second Sunday after Easter
OFFFICIANT – Lay Vice-Chair, Western, Peninisula, and Gulf Islands – Walter Stewart
Welcome Announcements & Acknowledgement
Prelude: Ave Maria by Sigvaldi Kaldalóns
John Metzger, flute; Deb Smith, bass
Processional Hymn: Praise the One Who Breaks CP 397
Officiant: O Lord, open our lips,
People: And our mouth shall show forth your praise.
Officiant: O God, make speed to save us.
People: O Lord, make haste to help us.
All:: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Officiant: Allelulia! The lord Is risen indeed: O come let us worship.
The Jubilate: -- Psalm 100
Be joyful in the Lord, /all you/ lands;
Serve the Lord with gladness and come into this divine /presence/ with a/ song.
Know this: the Lord, the /Lord, is/ God;
The one who made us /and to whom/ we be-/long;
We are God’s people, the /sheep of God’s/ pasture.
Enter the gates /of the Lord/ with thanks-/giving;
Go into these /courts with/ praise;
Give thanks to God and call up-/on the/ name of the/ Lord.
For the Lord is good, whose steadfast love is /ever-/lasting;
And whose faithfulness en-/dures from/ age to/ age.
Words from Trial-Use Liturgical Psalter REV 27 Nov 2014
All: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen.
Officiant: Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death that he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life we lives he lives to God. Also consider yourselves dead to sin, and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord. Alleluia
The Proclamation of the Word
Reader: A reading from the book of Acts 4.32-35
The word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 133
Oh, how good and / pleasant it / is,
When kindred live to-/gether in / uni-/ty!
It is like fine oil up-/on the / head
That runs / down up-/on the / beard,
Upon the / beard of / Aaron,
And runs down upon the / collar / of his / robe.
It is like the dew of Hermon that falls upon the /
/ hills of / Zion.
For there the lord has ordained the blessing: /
/ life for / ever-/more.
Words from Trial-Use Liturgical Psalter REV 27 Nov 2014
All: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end.
Amen.
Reader: A reading from First John 1.1—2.2
The word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God.
Hymn: We Walk by Faith, and Not by Sight CP 244 vs 1-2
Gospel Reading: John 20.19-31
Hymn: We Walk by Faith, and Not by Sight CP 244 vs 3-4
Homily Walter Stewart
Instrumental: Sea Stars: Phosphorescence by Simon Millerd
The Affirmation of Faith:
Officiant: Hear, O Israel,
All: the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Love the Lord your God
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
This is the first and the great commandment.
The second is like it:
Love your neighbour as yourself.
There is no commandment greater than these.
Community Blessings
Offertory Hymn: Come Away to the Skies CP 225
Prayer Over the Gifts
All: God of grace,
you have freed us from our sins
and made us a kingdom in your Son
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Accept all we offer you this day,
and strengthen us in the new life you have given us,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Prayers of the People Lynne Fraser
The Collect of the Day Prayers for an Inclusive Church (2009) alt.
All: Almighty and eternal God,
the strength of those who believe
and the hope of those who doubt,
may we, who have not seen, have faith
and receive the fullness of Christ’s blessing,
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
Officiant: Gathering our prayers and praises into one,
as our Saviour taught us, we sing to pray:
All: 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 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.
Collect for the Annunciation
All: Pour your grace into our hearts, O Lord,
that we who have know the incarnation
of your Son Jesus Christ,
announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary,
may by his cross and passion
be brought to the glory of his resurrection;
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
All: Hail Mary Full of Grace,
Blessed are thou among women
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners,
Now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Anthem for the Annunciation
All: The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit
be with us all now and evermore.
Commissioning Hymn: Lord, the Light of Your Love Is Shining CP 460
Officiant: Go forth to love and serve God and God’s People, Alleluia
All: Thanks be to God, Alleluia.
Postlude: In Paradisum (from Requiem) by Gabriel Fauré
OUR PRAYERS TODAY
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer:
The Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria
In the Anglican Church of Canada:
Pray for our Primate, Linda Nicholls, and National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop
and Presiding Elder of the Sacred Circle, Chris Harper
Also, the people & clergy of the Diocese of Kootenay and for their bishop,
Lynne McNaughton
In our Diocese: Anna, our Bishop and Also, for St. Christopher and
St. Aidan, Cowichan Lake
On the Island: SSI Baptist Church— Pastor Chris Saffel
In our Parish, we pray for the Pastoral Care Team and for these five households:
Cheryl Doubt, Esme Douglas, Carolyn Evans, Sylvia Formilleza,
and Peg Gabor & Eric Pollans