Christ Episcopal Church  

 

Eureka, California
Eighteenth Sunday after
Pentecost
September 27, 2015
Holy Eucharist Rite II
8:00 and 10:30 a.m.
We invite you to actively participate in this worship. This booklet contains
most of the congregational portions of the liturgy as found in the Book of
Common Prayer. The hymn numbers refer to The Hymnal 1982 which is found
in the pew rack in front of you.
Opening Voluntary Morning Invocation David Paxton

Entrance Hymn #546 Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve

Presider:  Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
All: And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.
 
THE WORD OF GOD BCP p. 355
Presider: Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known,
and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our
hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may
perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name;
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Spoken at 8:00 a.m. only
All: Glory to God in the highest,
and peace to his people on earth.
Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we
worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of
God,  
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you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are
seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer.
For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
#S 236 Canticle 13 A Song of Praise Sung at 10:30 a.m. only

 
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Presider: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.
Presider: Let us pray.
The Collect of the Day
All: O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing
mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we,
running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your
heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
The Lessons (please be seated)
Reader: A Reading from Numbers Numbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29
The rabble among them had a strong craving; and the Israelites also
wept again, and said, "If only we had meat to eat! We remember the
fish we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons,
the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; but now our strength is dried
up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at."
Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, all at the
entrances of their tents. Then the LORD became very angry, and
Moses was displeased. So Moses said to the LORD, "Why have you
treated your servant so badly? Why have I not found favor in your
sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? Did I
conceive all this people? Did  I give birth to them, that you should
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say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a sucking
child,' to the land that you promised on oath to their ancestors?
Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they come
weeping to me and say, 'Give us meat to eat!' I am not able to carry
all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me. If this is the
way you are going to treat me, put me to death at once--if I have
found favor in your sight--and do not let me see my misery."
So the LORD said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy of the elders of
Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers
over them; bring them to the tent of meeting, and have them take
their place there with you."
So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD; and
he gathered seventy elders of the people, and placed them all around
the tent. Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him,
and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy
elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But
they did not do so again.
Two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other
named Medad, and the spirit rested on them; they were among those
registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, and so they
prophesied in the camp. And a young man ran and told Moses,
"Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp." And Joshua son
of Nun, the assistant of Moses, one of his chosen men, said, "My
lord Moses, stop them!" But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous
for my sake? Would that all the LORD's people were prophets, and
that the LORD would put his spirit on them!"
Reader: The Word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.

 
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Each half verse of the Psalm is sung on the

reciting note up to the last accented syllable.
Psalm 19:7-14 Caeli enarrant
The law of the LORD is perfect
and revives the soul; *
the testimony of the LORD is sure
and gives wisdom to the innocent.
The statutes of the LORD are just
and rejoice the heart; *
the commandment of the LORD is clear
and gives light to the eyes.
The fear of the LORD is clean
and endures for ever; *
the judgments of the LORD are true
and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold,
more than much fine gold, *
sweeter far than honey,
than honey in the comb.
By them also is your servant enlightened, *
and in keeping them there is great reward.
Who can tell how often he offends? *
cleanse me from my secret faults.
Above all, keep your servant  from presumptuous sins;
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let them not get dominion over me; *
then shall I be whole and sound,
and innocent of a great offense.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my
heart be acceptable in your sight, *
O LORD, my strength and my redeemer.

Reader: A Reading from the letter of James James 5:13-20

Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any
cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. Are any among you
sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them
pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.
The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them
up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. Therefore
confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that
you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and
effective. Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed
fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it
did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and the heaven
gave rain and the earth yielded its harvest.
My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the
truth and is brought back by another, you should know that whoever
brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner's soul
from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Reader: The Word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.

Gradual Hymn #552 Fight the good fight with all thy might
Presider: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark
People: Glory to you, Lord Christ. Mark 9:38-50
John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons
in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not
 
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following us." But Jesus said, "Do not stop him; for no one who
does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to
speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us. For truly I tell
you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the
name of Christ will by no means lose the reward.
"If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones
who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone
were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea. If
your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to
enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the
unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it
off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to
be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it
out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye
than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell, where their worm
never dies, and the fire is never quenched.
"For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if salt has
lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves,
and be at peace with one another."
Presider: The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you, Lord Christ. (please be seated)
The Sermon The Rev. Dr. Susan Armstrong
The Nicene Creed (please stand)
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
 
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of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
Was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary,
and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
Who, with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.
Who has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
The Prayers of the People
Presider: Let us pray for the Church and for the world.
Leader: Grant, Almighty God, that all who confess your Name may be
united in your truth, live together in your love, and reveal your glory
in the world.
Silence
Leader: Lord, in your mercy
All: Hear our prayer.
Leader: Guide the people of this land, and of all the nations, in the ways of
justice and peace; that we may  honor one another and serve the
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common good.
Silence
Leader: Lord, in your mercy
All: Hear our prayer.
Leader: Give us all a reverence for the earth as your own creation, that we
may use its resources rightly in the service of others and to your
honor and glory.
Silence
Leader: Lord, in your mercy
All: Hear our prayer.

Leader: We pray for the Christians in the Holy Land, and for the Rt. Rev.
Suheil Dawani, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. We
pray for the Christians in the greater Middle East including Syria
and Iraq. In the Anglican cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese
of Spokane and the Rt. Rev. James Waggoner, In the Diocesan
cycle of prayer we pray for St. Francis in the in Willits and Trinity
Church in Sonoma. In our parish we offer prayers for
_______________.
Silence
Leader: Lord, in your mercy
All: Hear our prayer.
The Presider adds a concluding collect.
Confession of Sin
Presider: Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.
All: Most merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you
in thought, word, and deed,
 
  
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and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart;
we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,
have mercy on us and forgive us;
that we may delight in your will,
and walk in your ways,
to the glory of your Name. Amen.
Presider: Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins
through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness,
and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen.
The Peace (please stand)
Presider: The peace of the Lord be always with you.
All: And also with you.
Welcome and announcements (please be seated)
Prayer for a Birthday
All: Watch over your child, O Lord, as her days increase; bless and
guide her wherever she may be. Strengthen her when she stands;
comfort her when discouraged or sorrowful; raise her up if she
falls; and in her heart may your peace which passes
understanding abide all the days of her life; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE HOLY COMMUNION

The Presider says an Offertory Sentence
Offertory Anthem For Where Love is, There is God
Douglas Wagner
Offertory Hymn WLP #782 Gracious Spirit, give your servants
 
(please see next page)
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Prayer over the Gifts
Presider: Let us pray.
All: God of grace, receive all we offer you this day.
Help us in all we do to offer ourselves as a true and living
sacrifice; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Eucharistic Prayer

Presider: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.
Presider: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them to the Lord.
Presider: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
Presider: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to
give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth...

The Presider will include a Proper Preface appropriate to the day.

Presider: ...Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and
Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever
sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:
(spoken at 8:00 a.m.
sung at 10:30 a.m.)
All: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.

 
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#S125 Holy, Holy, Holy Lord (Sanctus)

(stand or kneel)

  Presider: Holy and gracious Father: In your infinite love you made us
for yourself, and, when we had fallen into sin and become
subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent Jesus
Christ, your only and eternal Son, to share our human
nature, to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, the
God and Father of all.
He stretched out his arms upon the cross, and offered himself,
in obedience to your will, a perfect sacrifice for the whole
world.
On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our
Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks
to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, "Take,
 
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remembrance of me."
After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given
thanks, he gave it to them, and said, "Drink this, all of you:
This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you
and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink
it, do this for the remembrance of me."
Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith:
All: Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.
Presider: We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, O Father, in
this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Recalling his death,
resurrection, and ascension, we offer you these gifts.
Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people the
Body and Blood of your Son, the holy food and drink of new
and unending life in him. Sanctify us also that we may faithfully
receive this holy Sacrament, and serve you in unity, constancy,
and peace; and at the last day bring us with all your saints
into the joy of your eternal kingdom.
All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ: By him, and
with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor
and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. Amen.
And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,
All: 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  
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And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.
The Breaking of the Bread
Presider: Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us;
All: Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.
WLP # 875 Be Known to us, Lord Jesus

Choir Be known to us Lord Jesus, in breaking of the bread.

All Be known to us Lord Jesus, in breaking of the bread.
Choir The bread which we break, alleluia,
is the communion of the body of Christ.
All Be known to us Lord Jesus, in breaking of the bread.
Choir One body are we, alleluia,
for though many we share one bread.
All Be known to us Lord Jesus, in breaking of the bread.

Presider: The Gifts of God for the People of God. Take them in remembrance
that Christ died for you, and feed on him in your hearts by faith,
with thanksgiving.

Communion of the People

Communion Music
Sending Forth of Eucharistic Visitors (please stand)
Presider: We send you out to share Communion with those members who are
not able to be with us.  
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All: May you carry the prayers of all of us as you take this
sacrament of Christ’s presence.
Presider: May those who receive it from you be strengthened and encouraged
in the community we have together in our Lord Jesus Christ.
All: Amen.

Prayer after Communion

Presider: Let us pray.
All: Eternal God, heavenly Father,
you have graciously accepted us as living members
of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ,
and you have fed us with spiritual food
in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood.
Send us now into the world in peace,
and grant us strength and courage
to love and serve you
with gladness and singleness of heart;
through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Blessing

Closing Hymn #625 Ye holy angels bright

Dismissal
Presider: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Closing Voluntary How Firm a Foundation James Mansfield

Thank you for worshipping with us today. The Worship Committee invites you
to continue building the body of Christ by joining your neighbors for coffee
and conversation when you have concluded your worship.
  

 
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  Events
Newcomers and Guests Thank you for worshipping with us today. We look
forward to meeting you and giving you a gift, and hope you will stop by the
Welcome Table in the Heritage Room (just behind the Sanctuary) after the
service. Welcome!
The 9:15 Forum continues this morning, with the study of chapters three and
four of the Acts of the Apostles. David Toy will present slides that speak to the
narrative of the early chapters of Acts. The sessions meet bi-weekly and study
material is available. Please join in our lively and provocative discussion of the
beginnings of the Church. The next meeting is scheduled for October 11.
We will hold a Sunday School planning meeting today in Lewis Hall after
the 10:30 service. It is open to all who are interested in this ministry.
The Confirmation Class meets this afternoon in Lewis Hall at 2:00 p.m. It
will continue to meet weekly until the Bishop’s visitation on November 22.
 Organ Concerts at Christ Church presents James Welch, and son Nicholas

Welch, in an organ and piano concert tomorrow, Monday, September 28, at

7:00 p.m. Returning to the Northcoast from the Bay Area, father and son have
an exciting program, including several pieces that Jim Welch performed in
Paris this summer at Notre Dame Cathedral. Please extend an invitation to
family and friends to join us!
The annual Blessing of the Animals will take place in the Chapel of Our
Merciful Savior at 2:00 p.m. next Sunday, October 4. Bring your animal
companions to be blessed at this joyous service!
The first Sunday evening prayer service, "Come and See," will be held on
October 4th from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Chapel. This service is dedicated to
the memory of Peter Hannaford who chaired the committee to establish this
new time of worship for those who cannot attend service early on Sundays.
 Quilters Plus! will meet on Wednesday, October 7 at 9:30 a.m. We will be

completing work on our fleece blanket project for Foster Kids, having
exhausted our supply of fleece. Please join us for quilting, conversation, tea,
and companionship!
 
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Eucharistic Visitors If you are unable to come to worship on a regular basis
and would like communion brought to you on Sunday following our services,
please call the parish office Monday through Friday and request a Eucharistic
Visitor.
The Altar flowers are given to the glory of God in thanksgiving for the
beginning of the Fall season by Lin Chase and Elizabeth Harper-Lawson.
  
 
 
 

SERVING THIS MORNING

Priest in Charge The Rev. Dr. Susan Armstrong
Resident Associate Priest The Rev. Lesley McCloghrie
Associate Priests The Rev. Nancy Streufert, The Rev. Sister
Diana Doncaster
Diaconal Candidate Anne Pierson
Music Director/Organist Merry Phillips
Altar Guild Mary McNelis, Marty Vega
8:00 a.m.
Readers Peg Gardner, Howard Gardner
Intercessor Julie Cairns
Eucharistic Ministers Sanford Pyron
Announcer Julie Cairns
10:30 a.m.
Readers Doug Moorehead, Gail Freeman
Intercessor John Hammond
Eucharistic Ministers Royal McCarthy, Joan Stewart
Acolyte Heidi Erickson
Announcer Catherine Mace
Ushers Heidi Erickson, Carol Moorehead
Coffee Hour Lynne Bean, Jim and Carrie Hogan,
Marcia Marling 
Counters Sara Hines, Angus Stewart
 
 

 
Church address 15th & H Streets, Eureka, CA 95501
Mailing address PO Box 861, Eureka, CA 95502
Church phone (707) 442-1797
Church website christchurcheureka.org
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Church email [email protected]
Mother Susan’s email [email protected]
Mother Lesley’s email [email protected]
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Mother Nancy’s email [email protected]
Sister Diana’s email [email protected]