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The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity

11th September 2016

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Year C  /  Ordinary time  /  Green

For services, please see Daily Prayer (Morning), Daily Prayer (Evening) and Holy Communion.

Principal Service

Collect One

O God,
you call your Church to witness
that in Christ we are reconciled to you:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may turn to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Collect Two

O Lord,
Hear the prayers of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The First Reading

Jeremiah 4: 11–12, 22–28

Exodus 32: 7–14

The Psalm

Psalm 14

Psalm 51: 1–11

The Second Reading

1 Timothy 1: 12–17

1 Timothy 1: 12–17

The Gospel Reading

Luke 15: 1–10

Luke 15: 1–10

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Post Communion Prayer

God of mercy,
through our sharing in this holy sacrament
you make us one body in Christ.
Fashion us in his likeness here on earth,
that we may share his glorious company in heaven,
where he lives and reigns now and for ever.

Suggested Hymns

(c) 1st Reading Jeremiah 4: 11–12, 22–28
140 [The Lord will come and not be slow]
540* To thee, our God, we fly

(c) Psalm Psalm 14 [Pr12B]
649* Happy are they, they that love God

(p) 1st Reading Exodus 32: 7–14
584* Jesus calls us! O’er the tumult
358* King of glory, King of peace
372* Through all the changing scenes of life
374* When all thy mercies, O my God

(p) Psalm Psalm 51: 1–11
397* Alleluia! Alleluia! Opening our hearts to him
297* Come, thou Holy Spirit, come
614* Great Shepherd of your people, hear
208 [Hearken, O Lord, have mercy upon us]
553* Jesu, lover of my soul
305 O Breath of life, come sweeping through us
638* O for a heart to praise my God
557* Rock of ages, cleft for me

2nd Reading 1 Timothy 1: 12–17
478* Go forth and tell! O Church of God, awake!
6* Immortal, invisible, God only wise
553* Jesu, lover of my soul
429* Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us
231* My song is love unknown
102* Name of all majesty
657* O God of Bethel, by whose hand
366* Praise, my soul, the King of heaven

The Gospel Luke 15: 1–10
683* All people that on earth do dwell
642* Amazing grace (how sweet the sound!)
328* Come on and celebrate
644* Faithful Shepherd, feed me
319* Father, of heaven, whose love profound
569* Hark, my soul. It is the Lord
587* Just as I am, without one plea
105* O the deep, deep love of Jesus
438* O thou who at thy eucharist didst pray
20* The King of love my shepherd is
660* Thine for ever! God of love

Second Service

Collect One

O God,
you call your Church to witness
that in Christ we are reconciled to you:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may turn to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Collect Two

O Lord,
Hear the prayers of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The First Reading

Isaiah 60

Isaiah 60

The Psalm

Psalms 124, 125

Psalms 124, 125

The Gospel Reading

John 6: 51–69

John 6: 51–69

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Post Communion Prayer

God of mercy,
through our sharing in this holy sacrament
you make us one body in Christ.
Fashion us in his likeness here on earth,
that we may share his glorious company in heaven,
where he lives and reigns now and for ever.

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