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St. Peter’s Episcopal ChurchA Faith Community Offering Hospitality, Hope and Healingwww.stpeters-smyrna.orgSunday, May 22, 2022 – 10:30 A.M.AnnouncementsMark your Calendars:5/22 9:15am Adult Formation – Discernment of Spirits, in the Commons Room5/23 Office Closed – Kathy is taking a Vacation Day.5/25 Wednesday Healing Service – 10am in St. Stephen’s Chapel5/25 A.A. Beginners Meeting – 7pm in the Commons Room5/27 N.A. Group Meeting – 8pm in the Commons Room5/30 Office Closed – Memorial Day (holiday)We welcome Barbara Bayers this morning and thank her for sharing her musical talent withus and for filling in for Bonnie while she is on vacation.Thank you to Dorris Wheeler, Melody Richards and Shirley Biddle for going after,unloading and putting away the Food on Tuesday, May 17th that was donated to the Food Pantryfrom the Clayton Post Office’s food drive Saturday.A Big Thank You to Patty Murray, and to EVERYONE who attended, donated, worked orvolunteered in any way for our Annual Quarter Auction!! We couldn’t have done it withoutall of your help.It you have a 2022 Graduate from High School or College please let us know and we will listthem in our Bulletins.The Smyrna/Clayton Ministerium Food Pantry is located downstairs and open from 9:30amto 10:30am, Monday thru Friday. Since we started the Pantry in October 2021, the daily numberswe serve from our community have tripled. We are in need of help daily for about an hour anda half to assist our guests, sort donations, (which we have a lot to do right now), and stockshelves. Volunteers can work once a week, every two weeks, once a month or whatever worksfor them. Since the Pantry is in our basement there is a flight of steps to get there. If anyone isinterested in helping or has any questions, please contact Co-coordinator, Dorris Wheeler, 302423-5047, or St. Peter's Church at 302-653-9691.Also, the Pantry has recently received the annual donation from the Smyrna/Clayton Post Officefood drives so we are stocked on most items. For those that make weekly/monthly donations, weare always in need of: cereal, juice boxes/pouches, peanut butter and jelly, any condiments,hamburger helper and tuna helper, and sloppy joe sauce (Manwich). Donations can be left in thestorage bin outside the basement steps anytime during the week, or delivered to the Pantrybetween 9:30am to 10:30am. M-F. Thank you for any support.The Outreach for the month of May will be The Personal Items Closet (PIC) at Ewell St.Paul’s Church in Clayton. Items such as personal hygiene, laundry products or paper productscan be brought in on Sunday morning.Page 1 of 17

St. Peter’s Episcopal ChurchA Faith Community Offering Hospitality, Hope and Healingwww.stpeters-smyrna.orgSixth Sunday of EasterThe Holy Eucharist Rite Two, Eucharistic Prayer 1 (EOW)Sunday, May 22, 2022 – 10:30 A.M.PRELUDE: “Adagio” from Sonata IBy: Felix MendelssohnThe Word of GodPROCESSIONAL HYMN Awake, my soul, and with the sun (Morning Hymn) (H 11)Words: Thomas Ken (1637-1711), alt. Music: Morning Hymn, melody Francois Hippolyte Barthélémon (1741-1808);Harm. The Church Hymnal for the Church Year, 1917Reprinted under riteplanning.com #SB157752, expires 3/31/2023, The Hymnal 1982Page 2 of 17

The people standing, the Celebrant saysCelebrantPeopleAlleluia. Christ is risen.Christ is risen indeed. Alleluia.The Celebrant may sayAlmighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid:Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectlylove you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.HYMN OF PRAISE Jesus is Lord of all the earth [Alleluia! Give thanks to the risenLord] (Alleluia No. 1) (H 178)Page 3 of 17

Words: Donald Fishel (b. 1950), Music: Alleluia No. 1, Donald Fishel (b. 1950); arr. Betty Pulkingham (b. 1928), CharlesMallory (b. 1950) and George Mims (b. 1938), Music: Arrangement copyright 1979 Celebration.Reprinted under riteplanning.com #SB157752, expires 3/31/2023, The Hymnal 1982THE COLLECT OF THE DAYCelebrantPeopleCelebrantThe Lord be with you.And also with you.Let us pray.O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding:Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things,may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord,who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.The LessonsFIRST READING: Acts 16:9-15The people sit.A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles.9During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him andsaying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10When he had seen the vision, we immediatelytried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the goodnews to them. 11We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the followingday to Neapolis, 12and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedoniaand a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days. 13On the sabbath day we wentoutside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat downand spoke to the women who had gathered there. 14A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiperof God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. TheLord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. 15When she and her householdwere baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come andstay at my home.” And she prevailed upon us.ReaderPeopleThe Word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.Silence may follow.Page 4 of 17

PSALM: Psalm 67Remain seated.1May God be merciful to us and bless us, *show us the light of his countenance and come to us.2Let your ways be known upon earth, *your saving health among all nations.3Let the peoples praise you, O God; *let all the peoples praise you.4Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, *for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations upon earth.5Let the peoples praise you, O God; *let all the peoples praise you.6The earth has brought forth her increase; *may God, our own God, give us his blessing.7May God give us his blessing, *and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.SECOND READING: Revelation 21:10, 22--22:5The people sit.A Reading from the Revelation of John.10In the spirit [the angel] carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy cityJerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. 22I saw no temple in the city, for its temple isthe Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine onit, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24The nations will walk by its light,and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. 25Its gates will never be shut by day—andthere will be no night there. 26People will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.27But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but onlythose who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.22:1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from thethrone of God and of the Lamb 2through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of theriver is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and theleaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3Nothing accursed will be found thereanymore. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him;4they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5And there will be no morenight; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reignforever and ever.ReaderPeopleThe Word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.Silence may follow.Page 5 of 17

SEQUENCE HYMN I want to walk as a child of the light (Houston) (H 490)All stand.Page 6 of 17

Words: Kathleen Thomerson (b. 1934), Music: Houston, Kathleen Thomerson (b. 1934)Reprinted under riteplanning.com #SB157752, expires 3/31/2023, The Hymnal 1982GOSPEL: John 14:23-29All stand.PriestPeopleThe Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.Glory to you, Lord Christ.Jesus [said to Judas (not Iscariot),] “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Fatherwill love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24Whoever does notlove me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Fatherwho sent me. 25“I have said these things to you while I am still with you. 26But the Advocate, theHoly Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind youof all that I have said to you. 27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give toyou as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. 28Youheard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you wouldrejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. 29And now I have toldyou this before it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe.”23PriestPeopleThe Gospel of the Lord.Praise to you, Lord Christ.THE SERMONPage 7 of 17

THE CREEDAll stand.We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty,maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.Through him all things were made.For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven:by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,and was made man.For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;he suffered death and was buried.On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,and his kingdom will have no end.We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,who proceeds from the Father and the Son.With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.He has spoken through the Prophets.We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.We look for the resurrection of the dead,and the life of the world to come. Amen.THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLEAll remain standing.Father, we pray for your holy catholic Church;That we all may be one.Grant that every member of the Church may truly and humbly serve you;That your Name may be glorified by all people.We pray for all bishops, priests, and deacons;That they may be faithful ministers of your Word and Sacraments.We pray for all who govern and hold authority in the nations of the world;That there may be justice and peace on the earth.Give us grace to do your will in all that we undertake;That our works may find favor in your sight.Have compassion on those who suffer from any grief or trouble;That they may be delivered from their distress.Give to the departed eternal rest;Let light perpetual shine upon them.We praise you for your saints who have entered into joy;May we also come to share in your heavenly kingdom.Page 8 of 17