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A Jubilee Ministry CenterTwenty-First Sunday After PentecostOctober 25, 2020 9:00 AMHoly Eucharist Rite ICelebrant The Rev. John ChristopherLector Elizabeth HatcherOur Missional VisionGood Shepherd of the Hills brings thelove and light of Jesus to our neighborsin the Foothills Community, so that theymay know Him and be brought into thefellowship of His Church.

The Right Rev. Jennifer A. Reddall, BishopThe Rev. John Christopher, Interim PriestThe Rev. Glenn Jenks, Rector EmeritusEunkyung Suh-Lee, Director of MusicAshley Phillips, Director of Children’s MinistryJarrod Phillips, Director of Youth MinistryTeresa Garnica, Sexton2

The Word of GodHoly Eucharist Rite ICelebrant Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.PeopleAnd blessed be his kingdom, now and forever. Amen.Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desiresknown, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse thethoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit,that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thyholy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good willtowards men.We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorifythee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory,O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ;O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takestaway the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.(CONT.)

Thou that takest away the sins of the world,receive our prayer.Thou that sittest at the right hand of God theFather, have mercy upon us.For thou only art holy;thou only art the Lord;thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost,art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.Celebrant: The Lord be with you.People: And with thy spiritCelebrant: Let us pray.The Celebrant says the Collect.Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts offaith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain whatyou promise, make us love what you command; throughJesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you andthe Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.4

The LessonsA Reading from the Book of LeviticusLeviticus 19:1-2, 15-18The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel andsay to them: You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God amholy.You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not bepartial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice youshall judge your neighbor. You shall not go around as aslanderer among your people, and you shall not profit bythe blood of your neighbor: I am the Lord.You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; youshall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guiltyourself. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudgeagainst any of your people, but you shall love yourneighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.The Word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God

Psalm 1 (In Unison)1 Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel ofthe wicked, *nor lingered in the way of sinners,nor sat in the seats of the scornful!2 Their delight is in the law of the Lord, *and they meditate on his law day and night.3 They are like trees planted by streams of water,bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do notwither; *everything they do shall prosper.4 It is not so with the wicked; *they are like chaff which the wind blows away.5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand upright whenjudgment comes, *nor the sinner in the council of the righteous.6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, *but the way of the wicked is doomed.6

Reading from The Letter of Paul To The ThessaloniansThessalonians 2:1-8You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming toyou was not in vain, but though we had already suffered andbeen shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we hadcourage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God inspite of great opposition. For our appeal does not springfrom deceit or impure motives or trickery, but just as wehave been approved by God to be entrusted with themessage of the gospel, even so we speak, not to pleasemortals, but to please God who tests our hearts. As youknow and as God is our witness, we never came with wordsof flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor did we seekpraise from mortals, whether from you or from others,though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ.But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caringfor her own children. So deeply do we care for you that weare determined to share with you not only the gospel of Godbut also our own selves, because you have become very dearto us.The Word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God

The GospelCelebrant: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christaccording to MatthewMatthew 22:34-46People: Glory be to thee, O LordWhen the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced theSadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, alawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, whichcommandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him,“’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, andwith all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is thegreatest and first commandment. And a second is like it:‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these twocommandments hang all the law and the prophets.”Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesusasked them this question: “What do you think of theMessiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The sonof David.” He said to them, “How is it then that Davidby the Spirit calls him Lord, saying,‘The Lord said to my Lord,“Sit at my right hand,until I put your enemies under your feet”’?If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?” No onewas able to give him an answer, nor from that day didanyone dare to ask him any more questions.8Celebrant: The Gospel of the Lord.People: Praise to you, Lord Christ

The MessageThe Rev. John ChristopherThe Nicene CreedWe 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 salvationhe came down from heaven:by the power of the Holy Spirithe became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,and was made man.(CONT.)

For our sake he was crucifiedunder Pontius Pilate; hesuffered death and was buried.On the third day he rose againin accordance with theScriptures; he ascended intoheaven and is seated at the right handof the Father. He will come againin 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 theFather and the Son.With the Father and the Sonhe is worshiped and glorified.He has spoken through the Prophets.We believe in one holycatholic and apostolic Church.We acknowledge one baptism forthe forgiveness of sins.We look for the resurrectionof the dead, and the life ofthe world to come. Amen.10

"How Can I Keep From Singing?"By Robert LowryPrayers of the PeopleCelebrant: Holy and Divine One, we ask you to hear ourprayers as we offer them up to you. These prayers are ourheartfelt desires for the world and ALL who live in it. Wesay “AMEN” after each supplication.We pray for all who are suffering with the virus and ask thatthey will be healed. AMENWe pray for all the courageous frontline people who serveothers while putting themselves in danger. AMENWe pray for everyone who doesn't have food, water, orshelter due to poverty or the loss of employment. AMENWe pray for all who are diligently working on a vaccine forthe virus. AMENWe pray for all who suffer from racism and bigotry and askfor those who hate to open their hearts. AMENWe pray for unity and not discord in our government. Weask they step up in true leadership to help all citizens.AMEN(CONT.)

We pray for all who have passed and their families andfriends. Shine the Light of Love on them. AMENWe pray that the world learns many lessons from thepandemic to include the care of our world, tolerancetowards one another, and how we can live with much lessso that we can give more to others. AMENWe pray for all those suffering from depression,addiction, domestic violence, loneliness, or lack of hope.God give them renewed faith and strength. AMENWe pray that our own faiths become stronger as we relyon God more to get us through this. AMENWe pray for our church and that the tumultuous times arepast. There is a new day dawning, one that is filled withlove, helping, joy, and new faces to re-energize GoodShepherd. AMENLastly, we pray that both individually and collectively werely on the Holy Spirit to guide us in all we do. AMENCelebrant: We ask these things in humility and inreverence for the ONE who created the Universe andbrought Love into this world and into our lives. AMEN12

Confession of SinLet us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.Most merciful God,we confess that we have sinned against theein thought, word, and deed,by what we have done,and by what we have left undone.We have not loved thee with our whole heart;we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.For the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ,have mercy on us and forgive us;that we may delight in thy will,and walk in thy ways,to the glory of thy Name. Amen.Celebrant says:Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sinsthrough our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in allgoodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you ineternal life. Amen.The PeaceCelebrant: The peace of the Lord be always with you.People: And with thy spirit.Virtual Offering

The Holy EucharistThe Lord be with you.People: And with thy spirit.Celebrant: Lift up your hearts.People: We lift them up unto the Lord.Celebrant: Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.People: It is meet and right so to do.It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we shouldat all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord,holy Father, almighty, everlasting God.Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all thecompany of heaven, we laud and magnify thy gloriousName; evermore praising thee, and saying,Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts:Heaven and earth are full of thy Glory.Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High.Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.Hosanna in the highest.14

All glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father,for that thou, of thy tender mercy, didst give thine onlySon Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for ourredemption; who made there, by his one oblation ofhimself once offered, a full, perfect, and sufficientsacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of thewhole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospelcommand us to continue, a perpetual memory of that hisprecious death and sacrifice, until his coming again.For in the night in which he was betrayed, he tookbread; and when he had given thanks, he brake it, andgave it to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is myBody, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance ofme."After supper Jesus took the cup of wine, said theblessing, gave it to his friends and said: “Drink this, all ofyou this cup is the new Covenant in my Blood, pouredout for you and for all for the forgiveness of sin. Do thisfor the remembrance of me.”Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, according to theinstitution of thy dearly beloved Son our Savior JesusChrist, we, thy humble servants, do celebrate and makehere before thy divine Majesty, with these thy holy gifts,which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Sonhath commanded us to make; having in remembrance hisblessed passion and precious death, his mightyresurrection and glorious ascension; rendering unto theemost hearty thanks for the innumerable benefitsprocured unto us by the same.