The Order of Service: The Seventh Sunday of Easter

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The Order of Service: The Seventh Sunday of Easter

May 16, 2021

Prelude Toccata on “Ein feste Burg” Craig A. Penfield Dr. Gukhui Han Opening Acclamation (people unmuted)

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 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 our Lord. Amen.

Hymn We all are one in mission Nyland (Mute your device and sing loudly and joyfully)

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Collect of the Day (people muted) Celebrant God be with you.

People And also with you.

Celebrant Let us pray.

O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Anthem With a voice of singing Martin Shaw With a voice of singing declare ye this,

And let it be heard, Alleluia!

Utter it even unto the ends of the earth.

The Lord hath delivered His people, Alleluia!

O be joyful in God, all ye lands.

O sing praises to the honor of His name, Make His praise to be glorious.

With a voice of singing, declare ye this, And let it be heard, Alleluia!

A Reading Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 (people muted) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

In those days Peter stood up among the believers (together the crowd numbered about one hundred twenty persons) and said, “Friends, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through David foretold concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus—for he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.” So one of the men who have

accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us to his resurrection.” So they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias. Then they prayed and said, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which one of these two you have chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles.

Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people. Thanks be to God.

Video – Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander A mystical vision from Thomas Merton

The Work of the People

A Reading 1 John 5:9-13 (people muted) A reading from the First Epistle of John.

If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his Son. Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do not believe in God have made him a liar by not believing in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son. And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people. Thanks be to God.

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Anthem O Clap your hands John Rutter O clap your hands together all ye people

O sing unto God with the voice of melody For the lord is high

And to be fear’d He is the great king Upon all the earth

He shall subdue the people under us And the nations under our feet He shall choose out a heritage for us Even the worship of Jacob whom he loved

God is gone up with a merry noise And the lord with the sound of the trump Oh sing praises, sing praises unto our God Oh sing praises, sing praises unto our King For God is the king upon all the earth Sing ye praises with understanding O clap your hands all ye people Clap your hands together all ye people

The Gospel John 17:6-19 (people muted)

Celebrant The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to John.

People Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Jesus prayed for his disciples saying, “I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves. I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.”

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Christ.

The Sermon (people muted) The Rev. Deth Im Director of Training & Development, Faith in Action National Network Silence follows the sermon.

Music Trio op. 11, Adagio L.V. Beethoven Samuel Choi (Clarinet), George Bullock (Cello) & Dr. Gukhui Han (Piano)

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Affirmation of Faith (people muted) We believe in God

who is never confined to our imagining, is never in bondage to our understanding and never kept within our dwelling places.

Our God is the mystery

of divine and human, bound together, of power and vulnerability,

of crucifixion and resurrection.

Our God is the wonder of truth and compassion, of liberation and responsibility, of eternal wisdom and amazing grace.

We celebrate this God

who leaps free of all our boundaries in love, stretching out beyond any barricades and in mercy bending deep

into fragile human hearts.

(Source: Celtic Daily Prayer, Vol. 2 in the Celtic Communion service)

Anthem I Will Sing of Thy Great Mercies Felix Mendelssohn Blair Webb, Soloist I will sing of thy great mercies, O Lord,

Of thy mercies, O Lord, my Savior, I will sing of thy great mercies, O Lord, And of thy faithfulness evermore.

The Prayers of the People

(people muted; please hold down your space bar for the response: Peace be with them.) The Leader and People pray responsively.

Leader Risen Lord, you greeted all you met with a word of peace; give us your Spirit to pray for peace for all people.

For those infected with the novel Corona Virus, and for the medical professionals caring for them:

Peace be with them.

For those who have lost their jobs or have closed their businesses, and for those working in service jobs, public safety, and healthcare under often unsafe conditions:

For those suffering from anxiety and loneliness due to physical distancing:

For those who work at the centers of power and those who live on the margins:

For those overcome by war, violence, and degradation:

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For those possessed by envy, rage, and hatred:

For those overwhelmed by stress, isolation, fear, illness, loss, and despair:

For those who desecrate the earth and those who cherish creation:

For those held down by sin and those lifted up by grace:

For those who have betrayed our trust and for those we have wronged:

For our friends and all who warm us with love:

For those who show God’s love by caring for God’s people and all creation:

For those who have died, especially … Peace be with them.

For those whose joys and concerns we now raise up in prayer and thanksgiving.

(please unmute yourself to add your prayers and thanksgivings at this time) For those we have named aloud and those we hold in our hearts:

Celebrant Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, “Peace I give to you; my own peace I leave with you:” Regard not our sins, but the faith of your Church, and give to us the peace and unity of that heavenly City, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and for ever. Amen.

Offertory Sentence

Celebrant Let us with gladness present the offerings and oblations of our life and labor to God.

Offertory Anthem The Prayer David Foster Choir member Kaitlyn Mayberry, Soprano & Brad Thurlow, Baritone

Used by permission Santa Clarita Chorus

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The Great Thanksgiving (Eucharistic Prayer A) Celebrant God 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 our 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. But chiefly are we bound to praise you for the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; for he is the true Paschal Lamb, who was sacrificed for us, and has taken away the sin of the world. By his death he has destroyed death, and by his rising to life again he has won for us everlasting life. Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who forever say this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:

Celebrant and people unmuted:

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

Holy and gracious Father: In your infinite love you made us for yourself; and, when we had fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent Jesus Christ, 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 sacrifice for the whole world.

On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; 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 all for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith:

Celebrant and people unmuted:

Christ has died.

Christ is risen.

Christ will come again.

The Celebrant continues

We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, O Father, in this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving.

Recalling his death, resurrection, and ascension, we offer you these gifts.

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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 the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. Amen.

Lord’s Prayer (Please unmute and join in praying together) Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy Name,

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Celebrant Alleluia! Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.

People Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia!

Celebrant The Gifts of God for the People of God.

Drive-by Communion will be offered in the 7th & Linden parking lot from 11:30 until noon TODAY!

Video Table Benediction Work of the People

Anthem We are called David Haas arr. Mark Hayes

Blair Webb, Soloist

Come! Live in the light.

Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord!

We are called to be light for the kingdom, To live in the freedom of the city of God.

We are called to act with justice;

We are called to love tenderly.

We are called to serve one another, To walk humbly with God.

Come! Open your heart!

Show your mercy to all those in fear!

We are called to be hope for the hopeless, So hatred and violence will be no more.

Sing! Sing a new song!

Sing of that great day when all will be one!

God will reign and we’ll walk with each other As sisters and brothers united in love.

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Special prayers, celebrations, and birthdays

Blessing of the People May God, who has named you,

bless you, reminding you who you are:

a beloved child of God.

May Jesus, who walks with us,

bless us, calling us from fear to peace.

May the Spirit, who energizes all creation,

bless us, opening us to possibilities of new life. Amen.

The Dismissal

Celebrant Go in peace to love and serve our God. Alleluia! Alleluia!

People Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Postlude Lord, I know I been changed Traditional Spiritual arr. Larry Shackley Dr. Gukhui Han