Come Join Us this Sunday, July 9th, The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, for our Holy Eucharist Service. Our Service begins at 9:30 AM. For those of you who are joining us from Home, please join us via the Church’s Zoom Link or on our Facebook Page. Come Celebrate with Us.

The 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 you 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.

Old Testament: Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67

Psalm: Psalm 45:11-18

¹¹ “Hear, O daughter; consider and listen closely; *
       forget your people and your father’s house.
¹² The king will have pleasure in your beauty; *
       he is your master; therefore do him honor.
¹³ The people of Tyre are here with a gift; *
       the rich among the people seek your favor.”
¹⁴ All glorious is the princess as she enters; *
       her gown is cloth-of-gold.
¹⁵ In embroidered apparel she is brought to the king; *
       after her the bridesmaids follow in procession.
¹⁶ With joy and gladness they are brought, *
       and enter into the palace of the king.
¹⁷ “In place of fathers, O king, you shall have sons; *
       you shall make them princes over all the earth.
¹⁸ I will make your name to be remembered
   from one generation to another; *
       therefore nations will praise you for ever and ever.”

Epistle: Romans 7:15-25a

Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

¹⁶“But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, ¹⁷‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’ ¹⁸For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon’;¹⁹the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

²⁵At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; ²⁶yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. ²⁷All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. ²⁸“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Come Join Us this Sunday, July 2nd, The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, for our Holy Eucharist Service and Celebration of Independence Day. Our Service begins at 9:30 AM. For those of you who are joining us from Home, please join us via the Church’s Zoom Link or on our Facebook Page. Come Celebrate our Nation’s Independence Day with Us.

The Collect for the Nation BCP page 258

Lord God Almighty, you have made all the peoples of the
earth for your glory, to serve you in freedom and in peace:
Give to the people of our country a zeal for justice and the
strength of forbearance, that we may use our liberty in
accordance with your gracious will; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Readings:

A Reading from The Mayflower Compact by William Bradford
November 11, 1620

Declaration of Independence (Opening)

ABIGAIL ADAMS TO JOHN ADAMS March 31, 1776

ABIGAIL ADAMS TO JOHN ADAMS May 7, 1776

“We do not want any other piece of land,” 1851

(Record of the meeting between representatives of the United States
Government and the Santiam Band of the Kallapooya Tribe of Indians)

A reading from Frederick Douglass.
THE CHURCH AND PREJUDICE
(Speech delivered at the Plymouth County Anti-Slavery Society
November 4, 1841)

Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address
Washington, D.C. March 4, 1865

Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48

Come Join Us this Sunday, June 25th, The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, for our Holy Eucharist Service and Celebration of Our Patronal Festival for Saint Alban’s Day. Our Service begins at 9:30 AM. For those of you who are joining us from Home, please join us via the Church’s Zoom Link or on our Facebook Page. Come Celebrate St. Alban’s Day with Us.

The Collect:

Eternal Father,
when the gospel of Christ first came to England
you gloriously confirmed the faith of Alban
by making him the first to win a martyr’s crown:
grant that, following his example
and strengthened by his fellowship,
we may worship you, the living God,
and give true witness to Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Wisdom of Solomon: Wisdom 3.1-9

Psalm: Psalm 31:1-5

1 In you, O LORD, have I taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
deliver me in your righteousness.
2 Incline your ear to me;
make haste to deliver me.
3 Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe,
for you are my crag and my stronghold;
for the sake of your Name, lead me and guide me.
4 Take me out of the net that they have secretly set for me,
for you are my tower of strength.
5 Into your hands I commend my spirit,
for you have redeemed me,
O LORD, O God of truth.

First Letter of John: 1 John 3:13-16

Gospel: Matthew 10:34-42

Come Join Us this Sunday, June 18th, The Third Sunday after Pentecost, for our Holy Eucharist Service. Our Service begins at 9:30 AM. For those of you who are joining us from Home, please join us via the Church’s Zoom Link or on our Facebook Page. Come Celebrate with Us.

The Collect:

Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7)

Psalm: Psalm 116:1,10-17

¹ I love the Lord, because he has heard the voice of my supplication, *
       because he has inclined his ear to me whenever I called upon him.
¹⁰ How shall I repay the Lord *
       for all the good things he has done for me?
¹¹ I will lift up the cup of salvation *
       and call upon the Name of the Lord.
¹² I will fulfill my vows to the Lord *
       in the presence of all his people.
¹³ Precious in the sight of the Lord *
       is the death of his servants.
¹⁴ O Lord, I am your servant; *
       I am your servant and the child of your handmaid;
       you have freed me from my bonds.
¹⁵ I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving *
       and call upon the Name of the Lord.
¹⁶ I will fulfill my vows to the Lord *
       in the presence of all his people,
¹⁷ In the courts of the Lord’s house, *
       in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
       Hallelujah!

Epistle: Romans 5:1-8

Gospel: Matthew 9:35-10:8,(9-23)

Come Join Us this Sunday, June 11th, The Second Sunday after Pentecost, for our Holy Eucharist Service. Our Service begins at 9:30 AM. For those of you who are joining us from Home, please join us via the Church’s Zoom Link or on our Facebook Page. Come Celebrate with Us.

The Collect:

O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Genesis 12:1-9

Psalm: Psalm 33:1-12

¹ Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous; *
it is good for the just to sing praises.
² Praise the Lord with the harp; *
play to him upon the psaltery and lyre.
³ Sing for him a new song; *
sound a fanfare with all your skill upon the trumpet.
⁴ For the word of the Lord is right, *
and all his works are sure.
⁵ He loves righteousness and justice; *
the loving-kindness of the Lord fills the whole earth.
⁶ By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, *
by the breath of his mouth all the heavenly hosts.
⁷ He gathers up the waters of the ocean as in a water-skin *
and stores up the depths of the sea.
⁸ Let all the earth fear the Lord; *
let all who dwell in the world stand in awe of him.
⁹ For he spoke, and it came to pass; *
he commanded, and it stood fast.
¹⁰ The Lord brings the will of the nations to naught; *
he thwarts the designs of the peoples.
¹¹ But the Lord’s will stands fast for ever, *
and the designs of his heart from age to age.
¹² Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord! *
happy the people he has chosen to be his own!

Epistle: Romans 4:13-25

Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Come Join Us this Sunday, June 4th, The First Sunday after Pentecost, for our Holy Eucharist Service in Celebration of Trinity Sunday. Our Service begins at 9:30 AM. For those of you who are joining us from Home, please join us via the Church’s Zoom Link or on our Facebook Page. Come Celebrate Trinity Sunday with Us. We will also be Viewing and having a Dedication of sorts, for our New Little Library, our Community StreetSide Book Kiosk, on the front lawn, on the High Street Frontage.

The Collect:

Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Psalm: Psalm 8

¹ O Lord our Governor, *
       how exalted is your Name in all the world!
² Out of the mouths of infants and children *
       your majesty is praised above the heavens.
³ You have set up a stronghold against your adversaries, *
       to quell the enemy and the avenger.
⁴ When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, *
       the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,
⁵ What is man that you should be mindful of him? *
       the son of man that you should seek him out?
⁶ You have made him but little lower than the angels; *
       you adorn him with glory and honor;
⁷ You give him mastery over the works of your hands; *
       you put all things under his feet:
⁸ All sheep and oxen, *
       even the wild beasts of the field,
⁹ The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, *
       and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea.
¹⁰ O Lord our Governor, *
       how exalted is your Name in all the world!

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 13:11-13

Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20

Come Join Us this Sunday, May 28th, for our Holy Eucharist Service in Celebration of Pentecost. The Service begins at 9:30 AM. For those of you who are joining us for Service from home, please join us via the Church’s Zoom Link or on our Facebook Page. Come Celebrate the Day of Pentecost with Us. And remember, wear your Red.

The Collect:

O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Lesson: Acts 2:1-21

Psalm: Psalm 104:25-35,37

²⁵ O Lord, how manifold are your works! *
       in wisdom you have made them all;
       the earth is full of your creatures.
²⁶ Yonder is the great and wide sea
   with its living things too many to number, *
       creatures both small and great.
²⁷ There move the ships,
   and there is that Leviathan, *
       which you have made for the sport of it.
²⁸ All of them look to you *
       to give them their food in due season.
²⁹ You give it to them; they gather it; *
       you open your hand, and they are filled with good things.
³⁰ You hide your face, and they are terrified; *
       you take away their breath,
       and they die and return to their dust.
³¹ You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; *
       and so you renew the face of the earth.
³² May the glory of the Lord endure for ever; *
       may the Lord rejoice in all his works.
³³ He looks at the earth and it trembles; *
       he touches the mountains and they smoke.
³⁴ I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; *
       I will praise my God while I have my being.
³⁵ May these words of mine please him; *
       I will rejoice in the Lord.
³⁷ Bless the Lord, O my soul. *
       Hallelujah!

Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

Gospel: John 20:19-23

Come Join Us this Sunday, May 21st, The Seventh Sunday of Easter, for our Sunday Ascension Day Service of the Holy Eucharist. The Service begins at 9:30 AM. For those of you who are joining us for Service from home, please join us via the Church’s Zoom Link or on our Facebook Page. Come Celebrate the Ascension of the Lord with Us.

The Collect:

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.

First Lesson: Acts 1:6-14

Psalm: Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36

¹ Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; *
       let those who hate him flee before him.
² Let them vanish like smoke when the wind drives it away; *
       as the wax melts at the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
³ But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; *
       let them also be merry and joyful.
⁴ Sing to God, sing praises to his Name;
  exalt him who rides upon the heavens; *
       YAHWEH is his Name, rejoice before him!
⁵ Father of orphans, defender of widows, *
       God in his holy habitation!
⁶ God gives the solitary a home and brings forth prisoners into freedom; *
       but the rebels shall live in dry places.
⁷ O God, when you went forth before your people, *
       when you marched through the wilderness,
⁸ The earth shook, and the skies poured down rain,
  at the presence of God, the God of Sinai, *
       at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
⁹ You sent a gracious rain, O God, upon your inheritance; *
       you refreshed the land when it was weary.
¹⁰ Your people found their home in it; *
       in your goodness, O God, you have made provision for the poor.
³³ Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; *
       sing praises to the Lord.
³⁴ He rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; *
       he sends forth his voice, his mighty voice.
³⁵ Ascribe power to God; *
       his majesty is over Israel;
       his strength is in the skies.
³⁶ How wonderful is God in his holy places! *
       the God of Israel giving strength and power to his people!
       Blessed be God!

Second Lesson: 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11

Gospel: John 17:1-11

¹After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, ²since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. ³And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. ⁴I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do. ⁵So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.

⁶”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. ⁷Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; ⁸for 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. ⁹I 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. ¹⁰All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them.

¹¹And 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.

Come Join Us in Celebrating Ascension Day, Thursday, May 18th, with Online Morning Prayer at 10:00 AM via our Facebook and Zoom Link. Come Celebrate Jesus’ Ascension into Heaven, with Us.

Psalm: Psalm 93

¹ The Lord is King;
  he has put on splendid apparel; *
       the Lord has put on his apparel
       and girded himself with strength.
² He has made the whole world so sure *
       that it cannot be moved;
³ Ever since the world began, your throne has been established; *
       you are from everlasting.
⁴ The waters have lifted up, O Lord,
  the waters have lifted up their voice; *
       the waters have lifted up their pounding waves.
⁵ Mightier than the sound of many waters,
  mightier than the breakers of the sea, *
       mightier is the Lord who dwells on high.
⁶ Your testimonies are very sure, *
       and holiness adorns your house, O Lord,
       for ever and for evermore.

Gospel: Luke 24:44-53

⁴⁴Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, ⁴⁶and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

⁵⁰Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. ⁵¹While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵²And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; ⁵³and they were continually in the temple blessing God.

Sunday is Mother’s Day. Let’s remember all of our Mother’s, for their Service and Devotion in nurturing us in Life. Prayers and Good Thoughts go out to all of our Mothers out there.