7thSunday after Pentecost Hybrid Worship,27 July 2025

7thSunday after Pentecost

Hybrid Worship

27 July 2025

Presider: The Rev. Deborah van der Goes

Music Director: Dorothy Dittrich

We these lands upon which we worship are the traditional, ancestral,

and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.

Whoever you are and wherever you are on life’s journey,

you are welcome here!

Words For Worship

Words in bold italics, please say together

Prelude: Impertinence                                              GF Handel (1685-1759)

Welcome & Gathering      Diocese of BC Liturgy of Islands & Inlets adapted DvdG

In this time, whether here or home,

We gather on the ancestral lands of the Snuneymuxw First Nation

and Coast Salish Peoples

From many places and many peoples

we come to this house in prayer

In this time and in this moment

We are not alone

For we meet in the presence of the living God.

In this time, right here and right now

We are not alone

For the Risen Jesus stands in our midst.

In this time and in this space

We are not alone

For the wind of the Spirit

moves in and through us.

In this time and in this space, here or at home

      Our Christ Candle has been lit

      To remind us that our Light comes.

The Collect for Purity

Almighty God,

            to you all hearts are open, all desires known,

            and from you no secrets are hidden.

            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.

A Penitential Prayer                                         Church of England adapted DvdG

Seek the Lord while he may be found,

Call upon him while he is near.

Let the wicked abandon their ways

And the unrighteous their thoughts.

Turn back to the Lord, who will have mercy;

To our God who will richly pardon.

A brief time of silence

Lord God,

we have sinned against you;

we have done evil in your sight.

We are sorry and repent.

Have mercy on us according to your love.

Wash away our wrongdoing and cleanse us from our sin.

Renew a right spirit within us

and restore us to the joy of your salvation,

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

God of all mercies cleanse us from our sins,

and restore us to the praise and glory of God’s most Holy Name,

through Christ Jesus our Lord whom we love and follow.

Amen. Blessed be the Lord

who has heard the voice of our prayer.

Therefore shall our hearts dance for joy

and in our song will we praise our God.

Hymn: Let there be Light                                                                              CP #572

(the reader comes forward during the singing)

The Collect

O God, the protector of all who trust in you,

Without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy,

Increase and multiply upon us your mercy,

That with you as our ruler and our guide,

We may so pass through things temporal,

That we lose not the things eternal;

Through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

One God, for ever and ever

Amen.    

First Reading: Psalm 138 (George Black)                                 Cantor: Don Butt                                                        

For the RESPONSE:

            the piano plays the response once,

the cantor sings the response once,

and then the congregation sings the response

Response: O God, your love endures for ever

then the congregation sings the response after each section of the psalm.

I will give thanks to you, O God, with my whole heart:

before the gods I will sing your praise.

 I will bow down toward your holy temple and praise your name,

 because of your love and faithfulness;

for you have glorified your name

and your word above all things.   Response  

 

When I called, you answered me;

you increased my strength within me.

All who reign on earth will praise you, O God,

when they have heard the words of your mouth.

They will sing of your ways,

 that great is your glory, O God.   Response  

 

Though you be high, you care for the lowly;

you perceive the haughty from afar.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you keep me safe;

     you stretch forth your hand against the fury of my enemies;

your right hand shall save me.

You will make good your purpose for me;

O God, your love endures for ever;

     do not abandon the works of your hands.   Response    

 

Hymn: I Want Jesus to Walk With Me                                              CP #512

Gospel Reading                                                                 Reader: Susan Brockley                                

As is your custom, please stand or sit for the reading of the gospel.

God be with you. 

            And also with you

The Good News of Jesus the Christ according to Luke

            Glory to you, Christ Jesus.

Gospel: Luke 11:1-13 (NRSV) 

He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of

his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” So he said to them, “When you pray, say:

Father, may your name be revered as holy.

May your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins,

for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.

And do not bring us to the time of trial.”

And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of

bread, for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.’ And he answers from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything out of friendship, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. “So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your child asked for^[e] a fish, would give a snake instead of a fish? Or if the child asked for an egg, would give a scorpion? f you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit^[f] to those who ask him!”

The Gospel of Christ.  

            Praise to you, Jesus the Christ.                                                              

Sermon:  Beloved is where we begin (Lord, Teach us to Pray)

Silence

Affirmation of Faith                            adapted from Anglican Church of Canada

(the prayer leader comes forward during the Affirmation of Faith)

Let us affirm our Faith.  

The Lord our God, the Lord is one,

Love the Lord your God with all your heart,

With all your soul,

With all your mind,

And with all your strength.

This Is the first and great commandment.

The second is like it:

Love your neighbour as yourself.

There is no greater commandment than these.

Prayers of the People                                                           Betty Schultze                                    

Loving God,                                                       

            Hear Our Prayers

Life & Work of the Church

The Peace                                                          (please stand as you are able)

The peace of Christ be with you!     

And also with you!

(You are invited to turn to those directly around you and share Christ’s peace. Those on Zoom, please unmute and share with one another)

The Celebration of the Eucharist

The Offerings

Let us now gather our offerings               (While offerings are gathered and the              

                                                                              altar is prepared, quiet music is played)

Offertory Response            (When all is ready at the altar, the monetary offerings are brought forward while the congregation sings)                                                   

Doxology                                                                                                                                         CP #669

Praise God the Source of life and birth,

Praise God the Word, who came to earth.

Praise God the Spirit, holy flame.

All Glory, honour to God’s name.

Prayer over the Gifts

God of grace, accept all we offer you this day,

As we look toward the glory you have promised.

This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ whom we love and follow.

Amen                              

The Great Thanksgiving                                        Lutheran Book of Worship

God be with you.

            And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

            We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

            It is right to give our thanks and praise.

It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,

that we should at all times and all places,

give thanks and praise to you,                                                             

Almighty and Merciful God, through our Saviour Jesus Christ.

With all the choirs of angels, with the church on earth and hosts in heaven, we praise your holy name and join in their unending hymn.

Sanctus and Benedictus                                                           CP #719

Holy, holy, holy Lord,

God of power and might,

Heav’n and earth are full of your glory,

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is…. the One who comes

In the name of the Lord,

Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest.

In the night in which he was betrayed,

our Lord Jesus Christ took bread,

and gave thanks; and broke it,

and gave it to his disciples, saying:

Take and eat, this is my body given for you. 

Do this to remember me.

And again, after supper, he took the cup,

gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying:

This cup is the new covenant in my blood,

shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. 

Do this to remember me.

Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:                                            CP #720

            Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again! (x2)

With this bread and cup

We remember your Word

Dwelling among us, full of grace and truth.

We remember our new birth

In his death and resurrection.

We look with hope for his coming.

            Come Lord Jesus.

Holy God, We long for your Spirit,

Come among us. Bless this meal.

May your Word take flesh in us.

Awaken your people.

Fill us with your light.
Bring the gift of peace on earth.

            Come Holy Spirit.                                                                       

All praise and glory are yours,

Holy one of Israel,

Word of God incarnate,

Power of the Most High,

One God, now and forever. Amen

The Breaking of the Bread                                            BAS adapted DvdG

I am the bread which has come down from heaven,” says the Lord.

Give us this bread for ever

“I am the vine, you are the branches”

May we dwell in God, as God dwells within.

And now as Jesus has taught us, let us sing.                              VU #960

(Those assisting with communion move forward during singing of Lord’s prayer)  

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,

            Thy Kin-dom 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 them

            that trespass against us.

            And lead us not into temptation,

            but deliver us from evil

            for thine is the kin-dom,

            and the power and the glory,

            for ever and ever.  Amen.

The Invitation to Share Communion                         BAS Anglican Church

The gifts of God for the people of God.

Thanks be to God

The Communion                                               (gluten free bread is available)

Prayer after Communion

God of grace,

we have received the memorial

of the death and resurrection of Jesus the Word. 

May your love, poured into us,

bring us to your promised Kingdom. 

            Amen.

Glory to God,

whose power, working in us,

can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.

Glory to God from generation to generation,

in the Church and in Christ Jesus,

for ever and ever. Amen.

Hymn: Seek Ye First                                                                  CP #458

Blessing                                         Society of Archbishop Justus – Anglican Church

May Christ shield you in all your ways.

May the Spirit bring you healing and peace.

May God the Holy Trinity drive all darkness from you

and the blessing of Creator, Word, Spirit

be among you and remain within always. Amen.

Dismissal

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord

Thanks be to God.

Postlude: Allegretto in F                                          JB Wanhal (1739-1813)