Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Scripture Readings

The Collect

Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Amen.

The Old Testament:
Jeremiah 18:1-11

The Response: 
Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17

The Epistle:
Philemon 1-21

The Gospel:
Luke 14:25-33

Sermon

Fr. Bill Breedlove

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Scripture Readings

The Collect

Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. 

Amen.

The Old Testament:
Jeremiah 2:4-13

The Response: 
Psalm 81:1, 10-16

The Epistle:
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

The Gospel:
Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Fr. Bill Breedlove

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Scripture Readings

The Collect

Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

The Old Testament:
Jeremiah 1:4-10

The Response: 
Jeremiah 1:4-10

The Epistle:
Hebrews 12:18-29

The Gospel:
Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Fr. Bill Breedlove

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Scripture Readings

The Collect

Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Amen.

The Old Testament:
Isaiah 5:1-7

The Response: 
Psalm 80:1-2, 8-18

The Epistle:
Hebrews 11:29-12:2

The Gospel:
Luke 12:49-56

Sermon

Fr. Bill Breedlove

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Scripture Readings

The Collect

Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

The Old Testament:
Isaiah 1:1, 10-20

The Response: 
Psalm 50:1-8, 23-24

The Epistle:
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

The Gospel:
Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

Fr. Bill Breedlove

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Scripture Readings

The Collect

Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

The Old Testament:
Hosea 11:1-11

The Response: 
Psalm 107:1-9, 43

The Epistle:
Colossians 3:1-11

The Gospel:
Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Fr. Bill Breedlove

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Scripture Readings

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 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.

The Old Testament:
Hosea 1:2-10

The Response: 
Psalm 85

The Epistle:
Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19)

The Gospel:
Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Fr. Bill Breedlove

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Scripture Readings

The Collect

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. 

Amen.

The Old Testament:
Amos 8:1-12

The Response: 
Psalm 52

The Epistle:
Colossians 1:15-28

The Gospel:
Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Scripture Readings

The Collect

O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Amen.

The Old Testament:
Amos 7:7-17

The Response: 
Psalm 82

The Epistle:
Colossians 1:1-14

The Gospel:
Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Fr. Delmer Chilton

Third Sunday after Pentecost

Scripture Readings

The Collect

O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

The Old Testament:
2 Kings 5:1-14

The Response: 
Psalm 30

The Epistle:
Galatians 6:(1-6)7-16

The Gospel:
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Fr. Bill Breedlove