Sunday after Ascension, 7th of Easter C

Waiting on God

Sentence
      Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Acts 16:31
 
Collects
      O God, the king of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: leave us not desolate, but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to where our Saviour Christ has gone before, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for evermore. Amen. BCP. Sunday after Ascension.
 
      Let us pray [that we may recognize the presence of Christ.]
      Father, help us to keep in mind that Christ the Saviour lives with you in glory and promised to remain with us until the end of time. We ask 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
 
      Almighty God, whose blessed Son before his passion prayed for his disciples that they might be one, as you and he are one: grant that your Church, being bound together in love and obedience to you, may be united in one body by the one Spirit, that the world my believe in him whom you have sent, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. APBA
 
Readings
      Paul and Silas in prison.   Acts 16:16-34  
      Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the true of heart.   Psalm 97  
      Come, Lord Jesus!   Revelation 22:12-22   22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21
      One with the Father and the Son II.   John 17:20-26  
 
Supplementary readings
      Paul, Barnabas, Timothy and Silas.   Acts 15:36-16:6   15:35-16:36
      Adoration of the Creator.   Revelation 4:1-11  
 
Hymns and Spiritual Songs
 
Worship elements
Gathering Songs
 
 
Invocation
Praise
Gradual/Reading
Offertory/Prayer
Recessional 		Book & #
Hymn or Chorus first line
 		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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