EPIPHANY 6: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15 2009

A great prophet has arisen among us! God has visited his people! (Luke 7.16)

Opening Hymn: God, Whose Almighty Word (CP 560)

Collect for Today: Almighty and everliving God, whose Son Jesus Christ healed the sick and restored them to wholeness of life, look with compassion on the anguish of the world, and by your power make whole all peoples and nations; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Children’s Time: Come! Come! Everybody Worship (SA11 - words in bulletin)

First Reading: 11Kings 5: 1-14

Psalm 30 (BAS pg 739)

Second Reading: 1Corinthians 9:24-27

Gradual: Living Lord of Love’s Dominion (CP 453)

Gospel: Mark 1: 40-45

Offertory: Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life (CP 592)

Prayer over the Gifts: Eternal God, you are the strength of the weak and the comfort of sufferers, receive all we offer you this day; turn our sickness into health and our sorrow into joy. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord.

Eucharistic Prayer #1 (BAS pg 193)

The Breaking of the Bread #1 (BAS pg 212)

Communion Music:
I Come With Joy (CP 60)
Guide My Feet (CP 513)

Prayer after Communion: God of tender care, in this Eucharist we celebrate your love for us and for all people. May we show your love in our lives and know its fulfilment in your presence. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord .

Recessional: Bless and Keep Us, God (SFGP 132 - words in bulletin)

WORSHIP LEADERS
Presider: Canon Neil Elliot
Preacher: Fletsch F.
Lay Minister: Martha F.
Healing Prayers: Ellen F.
Communion Asst: Joyce H.
Music: Kenn Zuk
Greeters 10 am: Raz T., Anne L.
Lectors 10 am: Jenni S.; Jim S.
Coffee Fellowship: Hazel A., Jill S.
Lector 8 am: Gladys W.
Greeter 8 am: Laurie I.