The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost

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Order of Worship, The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 16, 2020
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Collect

Hymn: God, Whose Almighty Word (LBW #400)
Lyrics: John Marriott; Tune: “Italian Hymn,” Felice de Giardini

God, whose almighty word
Chaos and darkness heard,
And took their flight;
Hear us, we humbly pray,
And where the gospel day
Sheds not its glorious ray,
Let there be light!

Lord, who once came to bring
On your redeeming wing
Healing and sight,
Health to the sick in mind,
Sight to the inly blind,
Oh, now to humankind
Let there be light!

Spirit of truth and love,
Life giving, holy dove,
Speed forth your flight!
Move on the water’s face
Bearing the lamp of grace,
And in earth’s darkest place
Let there be light!

Holy and blessed three,
Glorious Trinity,
Wisdom, love, might!
Boundless as ocean’s tide,
Rolling in fullest pride,
Through the earth, far and wide,
Let there be light!

Apostolic Greeting

Kyrie

Prayer of the Day

Isaiah 56:1, 6-8

Psalm 67:1-7 (responses are the even numbered verses)

¹May God be merciful to us and bless us,
     show us the light of his countenance and come to us.

²Let your ways be known upon earth,
     your saving health among all nations.

³Let the peoples praise you, O God;
     let all the peoples praise you.

⁴Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
     for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations upon earth.

⁵Let the peoples praise you, O God;
     let all the peoples praise you.

⁶The earth has brought forth her increase;
     may God, our own God, give us his blessing.

⁷May God give us his blessing,
     and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.

Romans 11:1-2a, 13-15, 28-32

Matthew 15:21-28

The Apostles Creed

I believe in God the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen

Offering

Create In Me

Create in me a clean heart, oh God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with your free Spirit.

Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer

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, forever and ever. Amen

Blessing