SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
- Hymn: O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing (Common Praise #306 – words below)
- Greeting, Land Acknowledgement & Collect of the Day
- First Reading: Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24 (reading in French)
- Psalm 30: I will praise you Lord, for you have rescued me
- Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 8:7-15
- Gospel: Mark 5:21-43
- Sermon: Allen Box
- Prayers of the People
- The Lord’s Prayer
- Hymn: For the Healing of the Nations (Common Praise #576)
O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES TO SING
O for a thousand tongues to sing
my dear Redeemer's praise,
the glories of my God and King,
the triumphs of his grace!
Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
that bids our sorrows cease,
'tis music in the sinner's ears,
'tis life, and health, and peace.
He speaks and listening to his voice
New life the dead receive
The mournful broken hearts rejoice
The humble poor believe.
Hear him, ye deaf, ye voiceless ones,
Your loosened tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your Saviour come,
And leap, ye lame, for joy!
My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
to spread through all the earth abroad
the honors of your name.
FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS
For the healing of the naions,
God, we pray with one accord;
For a just and equal sharing of the things that earth affords.
To a life of love in action
Help us rise and pledge our word.
Lead us, Father, into freedom;
From despair your world release,
That, redeemed from war and hatred,
All may come and go in peace.
Show us how through care and goodness
Fear will die and hope increase.
All that kills abundant living,
Let it from the earth be banned:
Pride of status, race, or schooling,
Dogmas that obscure your plan.
In our common quest for justice,
May we hallow life’s brief span.
You, Creator God, have written
Your great name on humankind;
For our growing in your likeness,
Bring the life of Christ to mind;
That by our response and service
Earth its destiny may find.
