{"id":64,"date":"2026-06-07T07:18:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T12:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smecp.jayscafe.net\/?p=64"},"modified":"2026-06-07T07:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T12:18:39","slug":"the-second-sunday-after-pentecost-sunday-june-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smecp.jayscafe.net\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"The Second Sunday After Pentecost, Sunday, June 7, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Second Sunday after Pentecost<br \/>\nThe Liturgy of the Word<\/p>\n<p>Processional Hymn: The Summons<\/p>\n<p>Will you come and follow me if I but call your name?<br \/>\nWill you go where you don\u2019t know and never be the same?<br \/>\nWill you let my love be shown, will you let my name be known,<br \/>\nWill you let my life be grown in you and you in me?<\/p>\n<p>Will you leave yourself behind if I but call your name?<br \/>\nWill you care for cruel and kind and never be the same?<br \/>\nWill you risk the hostile stare should your life attract or scare?<br \/>\nWill you let me answer prayer in you and you in me?<\/p>\n<p>Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name?<br \/>\nWill you set the prisoners free and never be the same?<br \/>\nWill you kiss the leper clean and do such as this unseen,<br \/>\nAnd admit to what I mean in you and you in me?<\/p>\n<p>Will you love the \u201cyou\u201d you hide if I but call your name?<br \/>\nWill you quell the fear inside and never be the same?<br \/>\nWill you use the faith you\u2019ve found to reshape the world around<br \/>\nThrough my sight and touch and sound in you and you in me?<\/p>\n<p>Lord, your summons echoes true when I but call your name!<br \/>\nLet me turn and follow you and never be the same.<br \/>\nIn your company I\u2019ll go where your love and footsteps show.<br \/>\nThus I\u2019ll move and live and grow in you and you in me<\/p>\n<p>The Opening Acclamation<\/p>\n<p>Celebrant:\u00a0 Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit<br \/>\nPeople: And blessed be his kingdom, now and forever. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>Gloria<br \/>\nRefrain: Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will.<br \/>\nWe praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory. Lord God heavenly King, O God almighty Father<br \/>\nLord Jesus Christ only begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father you take away the sins of the world have mercy on us, you take away the sins of the world receive our prayer, you are seated at the right hand of the Father have mercy on us.<br \/>\nFor 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.<br \/>\nRefrain<\/p>\n<p>Celebrant: The Lord be with you.<br \/>\nPeople: And also with you.<br \/>\nCelebrant : Let us pray<\/p>\n<p>The Collect of the Day<br \/>\nO 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.<\/p>\n<p>First Lesson<br \/>\nA Reading from the Book of Hosea 5:15-6:6<br \/>\nThus says the Lord: \u201cI will return again to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face. In their distress they will beg my favor: \u2018Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.\u2019 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early. Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have killed them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light. For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reader:\u00a0 \u00a0 The Word of the Lord<br \/>\nPeople:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Thanks be to God<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 50:7-15<br \/>\n7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak:<br \/>\n&#8220;O Israel, I will bear witness against you; *<br \/>\nfor I am God, your God.<br \/>\n8 I do not accuse you because of your sacrifices; *<br \/>\nyour offerings are always before me.<br \/>\n9 I will take no bull-calf from your stalls, *<br \/>\nnor he-goats out of your pens;<br \/>\n10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine, *<br \/>\nthe herds in their thousands upon the hills.<br \/>\n11 I know every bird in the sky, *<br \/>\nand the creatures of the fields are in my sight.<br \/>\n12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, *<br \/>\nfor the whole world is mine and all that is in it.<br \/>\n13 Do you think I eat the flesh of bulls, *<br \/>\nor drink the blood of goats?<br \/>\n14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving *<br \/>\nand make good your vows to the Most High.<br \/>\n15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; *<br \/>\nI will deliver you, and you shall honor me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Second Lesson<br \/>\nA Reading from the Book of Romans 4:13-25<br \/>\nThe promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.<br \/>\nFor this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, \u201cI have made you the father of many nations\u201d) \u2014in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become \u201cthe father of many nations,\u201d according to what was said, \u201cSo numerous shall your descendants be.\u201d He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah\u2019s womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. Therefore his faith \u201cwas reckoned to him as righteousness.\u201d Now the words, \u201cit was reckoned to him,\u201d were written not for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.<\/p>\n<p>Reader:\u00a0 \u00a0 The Word of the Lord<br \/>\nPeople:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Thanks be to God<\/p>\n<p>Gospel<br \/>\nPriest:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to<br \/>\nMatthew 9:9-13, 18-26<br \/>\nPeople:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Glory to you, Lord Christ.<\/p>\n<p>As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, \u201cFollow me.\u201d<br \/>\nAnd he got up and followed him. And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, \u201cWhy does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?\u201d But when he heard this, he said, \u201cThose who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, \u2018I desire mercy, not sacrifice.\u2019 For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.\u201d<br \/>\nWhile he was saying these things to them, suddenly a leader of the synagogue came in and knelt before him, saying, \u201cMy daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.\u201d And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples. Then suddenly a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak, for she said to herself, \u201cIf I only touch his cloak, I will be made well.\u201d Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, \u201cTake heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.\u201d And instantly the woman was made well. When Jesus came to the leader\u2019s house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, he said, \u201cGo away; for the girl is not dead but sleeping.\u201d And they laughed at him. But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up. And the report of this spread throughout that district.<\/p>\n<p>Priest:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Gospel of the Lord.<br \/>\nPeople:\u00a0 \u00a0 Praise to you, Lord Christ.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The Sermon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Rev. Jim Morrison<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The Nicene Creed <\/b>(<i>all standing)<\/i><b><br \/>\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We believe in one God,<br \/>\nthe Father, the Almighty,<br \/>\nmaker of heaven and earth,<br \/>\nof all that is, seen and unseen.<\/p>\n<p>We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,<br \/>\nthe only Son of God,<br \/>\neternally begotten of the Father,<br \/>\nGod from God, Light from Light,<br \/>\ntrue God from true God, begotten, not made,<br \/>\nof one Being with the Father.<br \/>\nThrough him all things were made.<br \/>\nFor us and for our salvation<br \/>\nhe came down from heaven:<br \/>\nby the power of the Holy Spirit<br \/>\nhe became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,<br \/>\nand was made man.<\/p>\n<p>For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;<br \/>\nhe suffered death and was buried.<br \/>\nOn the third day he rose again<br \/>\nin accordance with the Scriptures;<br \/>\nhe ascended into heaven<br \/>\nand is seated at the right hand of the Father.<\/p>\n<p>He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,<\/p>\n<p>and his kingdom will have no end.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver\u00a0 of life,<br \/>\nwho proceeds from the Father and the Son.<\/p>\n<p>With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.<\/p>\n<p>He has spoken through the Prophets.<\/p>\n<p>We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.<br \/>\nWe acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.<br \/>\nWe look for the resurrection of the dead,<br \/>\nand the life of the world to come. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Prayers of the People <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Celebrant:<br \/>\nLet us pray to God, who calls us, heals us, and restores us to new life.<\/p>\n<p>Leader:<br \/>\nGracious God, you called Matthew from his place of work to follow you. Call your Church into faithful discipleship, that we may leave behind all that hinders us and follow where Christ leads.<br \/>\nWe pray for your holy Catholic Church; for Sean, our Presiding Bishop; for Shannon, our Bishop; and for all ministers of your Gospel, especially the people of St. Matthew\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Silence<br \/>\nLord, in your mercy,<br \/>\nPeople: <b>Hear our prayer.<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\nLeader:<br \/>\nMerciful God, you sat at table with sinners and revealed your compassion to the outcast.<br \/>\nGuide the leaders of the nations, and all in authority, to govern with justice, humility, and mercy.<br \/>\nTeach us as a people to value compassion over judgment and reconciliation over division.<\/p>\n<p>Silence<br \/>\nLord, in your mercy,<br \/>\nPeople: <b>Hear our prayer.<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\nLeader:<br \/>\nHealing God, you restored the woman who reached out in faith and raised the daughter of Jairus to new life.<br \/>\nWe pray for all who are sick, suffering, or in distress\u2026 (pause for names)<br \/>\nGrant them healing, comfort, and hope according to your will.<\/p>\n<p>Silence<br \/>\nLord, in your mercy,<br \/>\nPeople: <b>Hear our prayer.<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\nLeader:<br \/>\nCompassionate God, you came not for the righteous but for sinners.<br \/>\nWe pray for those who feel unworthy, excluded, or burdened by shame.<br \/>\nDraw them into your loving embrace and renew them with your grace.<\/p>\n<p>Silence<br \/>\nLord, in your mercy,<br \/>\nPeople: <b>Hear our prayer.<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Leader:<br \/>\nLife-giving God, you bring restoration and renewal where there is despair.<br \/>\nWe give thanks for the blessings of this life, for this community, and for the gift of your abiding presence among us.<\/p>\n<p>Silence<br \/>\nLord, in your mercy,<br \/>\nPeople: <b>Hear our prayer.<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\nLeader:<br \/>\nEternal God, you hold all your saints in everlasting life.<br \/>\nWe remember those who have died\u2026 (pause)<br \/>\nBring them into the fullness of your resurrection, where sorrow and pain are no more.<\/p>\n<p>Silence<br \/>\nLord, in your mercy,<br \/>\nPeople: <b>Hear our prayer.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Celebrant:<br \/>\nO God, whose mercy is wider than our understanding and whose power brings life out of death: Grant us the grace to hear your call, to trust in your healing, and to follow your Son in faith; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.<br \/>\nPeople: <b>Amen.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Confession of Sin<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Leader and People<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; \u00a0\u00a0in your compassion forgive us our sins, \u00a0\u00a0known and unknown, \u00a0things done and left undone; \u00a0\u00a0and so uphold us by your Spirit \u00a0\u00a0that we may live and serve you in newness of life, \u00a0\u00a0to the honor and glory of your Name;<br \/>\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0<i>Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>The Peace<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Announcements<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Birthdays and Anniversaries<\/p>\n<p>Birthdays and Anniversaries<br \/>\nWeek of 6\/7-6\/13: Mimi Walker, Trudy Eichorn<br \/>\nDavid and Duane Ring<\/p>\n<p>Birthday Prayer<br \/>\nWatch over Your children, O Lord, as their days increase; bless and guide them wherever they may be. Strengthen them when they stand; comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise them up if they fall; and in their heart may your peace which passes understanding abide all the days of their life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Offertory <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Offertory Hymn:\u00a0 <\/b><b><i>You Are Mine<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>I will come to you in the silence<br \/>\nI will lift you from all your fear<br \/>\nYou will hear My voice<br \/>\nI claim you as My choice<br \/>\nBe still, and know I am near<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am hope for all who are hopeless<br \/>\nI am eyes for all who long to see<br \/>\nIn the shadows of the night,<br \/>\nI will be your light<br \/>\nCome and rest in Me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do not be afraid, I am with you<br \/>\nI have called you each by name<br \/>\nCome and follow Me<br \/>\nI will bring you home<br \/>\nI love you and you are mine<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am strength for all the despairing<br \/>\nHealing for the ones who dwell in shame<br \/>\nAll the blind will see, the lame will all run free<br \/>\nAnd all will know My name<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do not be afraid, I am with you<br \/>\nI have called you each by name<br \/>\nCome and follow Me<br \/>\nI will bring you home<br \/>\nI love you and you are mine<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am the Word that leads all to freedom<br \/>\nI am the peace the world cannot give<br \/>\nI will call your name, embracing all your pain<br \/>\nStand up, now, walk, and live<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do not be afraid, I am with you<br \/>\nI have called you each by name<br \/>\nCome and follow Me<br \/>\nI will bring you home<br \/>\nI love you and you are mine<\/p>\n<p>Reception of Gifts<\/p>\n<p>Loving God, may this offering honor the work you have given us to do here in this place.\u00a0 Rooted in Abundance, Generosity, and Gratitude we offer these gifts for your honor and glory. Amen<\/p>\n<p>Eucharistic Prayer B<br \/>\nThe people remain standing. The Celebrant faces them and sings or says<br \/>\nCelebrant: The Lord be with you.<br \/>\nPeople: And also with you.<br \/>\nCelebrant: Lift up your hearts.<br \/>\nPeople: We lift them to the Lord.<br \/>\nCelebrant: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br \/>\nPeople: It is right to give him thanks and praise.<\/p>\n<p>Then, facing the Holy Table, the Celebrant proceeds<br \/>\nIt is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and every-where to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.<\/p>\n<p>Here a Proper Preface is sung or said<br \/>\nPreface of the Lord\u2019s Day<br \/>\nBecause in the mystery of the Word made flesh, you have caused a new light to shine in our hearts, to give the knowledge of your glory in the face of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<p>Celebrant and People sing<br \/>\nHoly, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,<br \/>\nheaven and earth are full of your glory.<br \/>\nHosanna in the highest.<br \/>\nBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br \/>\nHosanna in the highest.<\/p>\n<p>The people stand or kneel.<br \/>\nThen the Celebrant continues<br \/>\nWe give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love which you have made known to us in creation; in the calling of Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son. For in these last days you sent him to<br \/>\nbe incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Savior and Redeemer of the<br \/>\nworld. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.<\/p>\n<p>On the night before he died for us, 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, \u201cTake, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you.<\/p>\n<p>Do this for the remembrance of me.\u201d<br \/>\nAfter supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, \u201cDrink 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, according to his command, O Father,<br \/>\nCelebrant and People<br \/>\nWe remember his death,<br \/>\nWe proclaim his resurrection,<br \/>\nWe await his coming in glory;<\/p>\n<p>The Celebrant continues<br \/>\nAnd we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, O Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.<br \/>\nWe pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts that they may be the Sacrament of the Body of Christ and his Blood of the new Covenant. Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we may be acceptable through him, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. In the fullness of time, put all things in subjection under your Christ, and bring us to that heavenly country where, with all your saints, we may enter the everlasting heritage of your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,<br \/>\nOur 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<br \/>\ndaily 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, for ever and ever. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>Fraction Anthem S 164<\/p>\n<p>Breaking of the Bread<\/p>\n<p>At St. Matthew\u2019s we welcome all persons, regardless of denomination, who have been baptized with water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit to share in the communion at this Altar. Those wishing to receive a blessing only may cross their hands over their heart.<br \/>\nAlleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:<br \/>\nTherefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.<\/p>\n<p>Communion Hymn: Goodness of God<\/p>\n<p>I love You, Lord<br \/>\nOh, Your mercy never failed me<br \/>\nAnd all my days, I&#8217;ve been held in Your hands<br \/>\nFrom the moment that I wake up<br \/>\nUntil I lay my head<br \/>\nOh, I will sing of the goodness of God<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<br \/>\nAll my life You have been faithful<br \/>\nAll my life You have been so, so good<br \/>\nWith every breath that I am able<br \/>\nOh, I will sing of the goodness of God<\/p>\n<p>I love Your voice<br \/>\nYou have led me through the fire<br \/>\nIn darkest night You are close like no other<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve known You as a Father<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve known You as a Friend<br \/>\nOh, I have lived in the goodness of God, oh-oh-oh<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, yeah, yeah<br \/>\nSo good<br \/>\nYour goodness is running after, it&#8217;s running after me<br \/>\nYour goodness is running after, it&#8217;s running after me<br \/>\nWith my life laid down, I&#8217;m surrendered now<br \/>\nI give You everything<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause Your goodness is running after, it&#8217;s running after me<br \/>\nYour goodness is running after, it&#8217;s running after me<br \/>\nYour goodness is running after, it&#8217;s running after me<br \/>\nWith my life laid down, I&#8217;m surrendered now<br \/>\nI give You everything<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause Your goodness is running, it keeps running after me<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>Yeah-yeah, yeah<br \/>\nYou lead me and guide me, God<br \/>\nFaithful Father, floods my soul<br \/>\nOh, and You are my anchor in the wind and the waves<br \/>\nYou are my provider, oh, yeah<br \/>\nAnd You lead me and guide me by Your Spirit<br \/>\nAnd Your Word I have never walked alone<br \/>\nMy joy, my joy, every day<br \/>\nOh, Shepherd of my soul, oh<br \/>\nWhat a joy to know You<br \/>\nOh, the joy of knowing you, God<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re everything to me<br \/>\nSo wonderful, in all your ways, hey<br \/>\nAll your ways<br \/>\nAmen By Bethel CCLI #2542584<br \/>\nPost Communion Prayer<br \/>\nAlmighty and everliving God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the Body of your Son, and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>Recessional Hymn: We are Called to Serve<\/p>\n<p>Refrain:<br \/>\nWe are called to serve,<br \/>\nWe are called by grace<br \/>\nTo cherish Christ in every face<br \/>\nWe are called to serve,<br \/>\nWe are called by name,<br \/>\nAnd in all we are<br \/>\nGod\u2019s love proclaim.<\/p>\n<p>Called beyond our human understanding<br \/>\nCalled before the world came into view<br \/>\nWithin your mother\u2019s womb,<br \/>\nYour name was known to me<br \/>\nFor you did not choose me, no I chose you<\/p>\n<p>Refrain<\/p>\n<p>Called to be a light amid the darkness<br \/>\nCalled to help a doubting world believe<br \/>\nEmpowered by my Spirit<br \/>\nAnointed with my love<br \/>\nYou are called to give and share what you believe<\/p>\n<p>Refrain<\/p>\n<p>The Dismissal<br \/>\nPriest: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.<br \/>\nPeople: Thanks be to God.<\/p>\n<p><b>Cover Acknowledgement<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, The Calling of Saint Matthew, c. 1599\u20131600.<br \/>\nOil on canvas. Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Second Sunday after Pentecost The Liturgy of the Word Processional Hymn: The Summons Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? Will you go where you don\u2019t know and never be the same? 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