Sunday: Ordinary 19B, Proper 14B

Faithfulness to God's call

Sentence
      Be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us. Eph.5:1-2
 
Collects
      Lord God, you know that we cannot put our trust in anything that we do: help us to have faith in you alone, and mercifully defend us by your power against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. BCP Sexagesima
 
      Let us pray [that we may grow in the love of God]
      Almighty and ever-living God, your Spirit made us your children, confident to call you Father. Increase your Spirit within us and bring us to our promised inheritance. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. AAPB
 
      Grant, O Lord, that we may see in you the fulfilment of all our need, and may turn from every false satisfaction to feed on the true and living bread that you have given us in Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. APBA
 
Readings
      The still small voice.   1 Kings 19:1-18   19:4-8
      O taste and see that the Lord is good.   Psalm 34:1-10   34:1-8
      Absalom's death.   2 Samuel 18:5-33   18:5-9, 31-33
      Great and wonderful are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty.   Psalm 111  
      A guide to the new life.   Ephesians 4:25-5:2   4:(17-24) 25-5:2
      The living bread.   John 6:35-50   6:35, 41-51
 
Supplementary readings
      David mourns Absalom's death.   2 Samuel 19:1-15  
      What pleases the Lord.   Ephesians 5:3-14   5:1-14
 
Hymns and Spiritual Songs
 
Worship elements
Gathering Songs
 
 
Invocation
Praise
Gradual/Readings
Offertory/Prayer
Recessional 		Book & #
CC 121
CH 47
SS 12
AHB 369
AHB 100
TCH 536
AHB 73
CH 94 		Hymn or Chorus first line
Great and wonderful are your deeds
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
How can a young man keep his way pure
Jesus we look to thee
All the earth proclaim the Lord
Teach me your way O Lord
I thank you Lord that you have made
O Lord your love is changing the world 		Tunes and sources
 
Color Key and Notes
      RCL reading;
      APBA reading;
      Congregational response or refrain, AAPB/RSV;
      Subject heading, AAPB;
      Where there is a second Old Testament reading it is sequential rather than linked to the gospel;
      Hymn book and other abbreviations. See In Words and Song.
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