Praise hymn:
God’s Paschal Lamb is sacrificed for us; Therefore with joy we keep the Easter Feast; forsaking sin we share the bread of truth. Alleluia – alleluia
Now Christ is raised and will not die again; death has no more dominions over him; through him we die to sin and live to God. Alleluia – alleluia
In Christ we see the first fruits of the dead; though Adam’s sin had doomed all flesh to die, in Christ’s new life shall all be made alive. Alleluia – alleluia
The Gospel: Luke 24.13-35
To receive Communion, please come forward two by two. Receive the bread with open hands, then move to one of the chalices to receive the Wine. If you need gluten-free wafers, please let the usher know; if you cannot receive the wine, please touch the chalice and return to your seat.
Prayers for personal needs are offered at the prie-deau (kneeler) in the Quiet room during Communion.
Serving this week 4/30 5/7/17
Altar: Maria Colleen&Joan
Usher: Wayne John
Greeter: Tommy Mary L
Server: Maria Susan
EM: Wayne Ty
Healer: Mary M Randy
Reader OT: George Anne Ty
Reader NT: John Maria
Prayers of the People: David Dorothy
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
“Sharing God’s Love in the Endless Mountains”
April 30, 2017
Third Sunday of Easter
Good morning, welcome to St. Peter’s!
This is a place where we nurture souls with prayerful worship, uplifting hymns - both old and new.
We are glad you are here!
If we can help you in any way,
please let the priest or an usher know.
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St. Peter’s 570-836-2233
Rev. Lou Divis 570-878-4670
David Martin 570-338-5390
www.stpetestunkhannock.org
Facebook: St. Peter’s Church Tunkhannock
Welcome to St. Peter’s!
Hymn numbers and page numbers will be announced
throughout the service. We wish you all the fullness of the joy of God’s love, and we thank you for worshiping with us.
Prelude
Processional Hymn # 8 Morning has Broken
Prayers, page 355, Book of Common Prayer
Hymn of Praise (on back of bulletin)
Prayer
1st Reading, Psalm, 2nd Reading
Hymn before the Gospel # 209 We Walk by Faith
Gospel reading
Sermon
Nicene Creed
Prayers of the People
The Peace of the Lord
Hymn of Offering # 417 This is the Feast
Holy Communion prayer of blessing, Prayer B, page 372
Prayer, page 366, Book of Common Prayer;
Birthdays, Announcements, God Moments
Blessing, Dismissal
Recessional Hymn # 460 Alleluia Sing to Jesus
Acts 2:14a,36-41
Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd, “Let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.” Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.” And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.
THE WORD OF THE LORD Response: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17, pp. 759-760, Book of Common Prayer
1 Peter 1:17-23
If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake. Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God. Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart. You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God. THE WORD OF THE LORD Response: Thanks be to God.