Worship
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5th Sunday after Pentecost, July 5
Proper 9, Closest to July 6
Collect
O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to your with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (BCP, Collects: Contemporary, p. 230)
Lectionary (BCP, Year B)
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2 Corinthians 12:2-10 (Message Translation)
Daily Office Readings for this week
Sunday Services
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Our 9:00 a.m. service has the largest attendance, and a signficant number of young families worship at that time. There is no incense used except on high holy days. While still reverent and worshipful, this earlier service feels somewhat more relaxed. Our 11:15 a.m. service provides the whole “smells and bells” worship experience, with incense used to waft our prayers to heaven every week. This simple difference serves to make the later morning service seem more formal, although the same sense of fellowship and friendliness is found in the congregation. |
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Our 5:00 p.m service, Veritas! An Anglican Service of Praise, is our contemporary service in which praise and worship songs rise rather than traditional hymns. The liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer still anchors the service, but the joyful noise is comprised of contemporary music led by a worship ensemble. All worshipers are welcome! |
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Wednesday Service
At 12:10 p.m, in addition to the Holy Eucharist, this liturgy includes the sacramental rite of Unction of the Sick, which is the anointing of the sick with oil whereby “God’s grace is given for the healing of spirit, mind, and body” (BCP, p. 861). The service also includes a Litany of Healing, which gives those present an opportunity to name aloud those for whom they are interceding. This enables us to pray for those who are ill, while making the necessary separation between intercession for others and the prayers and action associated with the laying on of hands and anointing, which we receive for ourselves. This is an important distinction, since one does not receive the laying on of hands and anointing, or any other sacrament, by proxy. May Christ’s presence and grace bring you healing.