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The Holy Eucharist Rite II:  Eucharistic Prayer B
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Prelude
 Welcome & Announcements

Hymn 48 O day of radiant gladness
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Celebrant         Alleluia. Christ is risen.
People            The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia.
 
Celebrant
 
Almighty 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 perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

S277 Gloria
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Collect of the Day
 
Celebrant               The Lord be with you.
People                   And also with you.
Celebrant                Let us pray.
 
Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.   Amen.

The Lessons 

The First Reading: Acts 2:1-21  read by Gus Harris
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When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs-- in our own languages we hear them speaking about God's deeds of power." All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" But others sneered and said, "They are filled with new wine."

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

          `In the last days it will be, God declares,
          that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
               and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

          and your young men shall see visions,
               and your old men shall dream dreams.

          Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
               in those days I will pour out my Spirit;
               and they shall prophesy.

          And I will show portents in the heaven above
               and signs on the earth below,
               blood, and fire, and smoky mist.

          The sun shall be turned to darkness
               and the moon to blood,
               before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day.

          Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.' "

The Word of the Lord.
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Thanks be to God.

Psalm 104:25-35, 37  read by Michelle Lynch

          25 O Lord, how manifold are your works! *
               in wisdom you have made them all;
               the earth is full of your creatures.

          26 Yonder is the great and wide sea
               with its living things too many to number, *
               creatures both small and great.

          27 There move the ships,
               and there is that Leviathan, *
               which you have made for the sport of it.

          28 All of them look to you *
               to give them their food in due season.

          29 You give it to them; they gather it; *
               you open your hand, and they are filled with good things.

          30 You hide your face, and they are terrified; *
               you take away their breath,
               and they die and return to their dust.

          31 You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; *
               and so you renew the face of the earth.

          32 May the glory of the Lord endure for ever; *
               may the Lord rejoice in all his works.

          33 He looks at the earth and it trembles; *
               he touches the mountains and they smoke.

          34 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; *
               I will praise my God while I have my being.

          35 May these words of mine please him; *
               I will rejoice in the Lord.

          37 Bless the Lord, O my soul. *
               Hallelujah!

1 Corinthians 12:3b-13  read by Betsy Holcomb

No one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-- Jews or Greeks, slaves or free-- and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

​The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Hymn 224 Hail, this joyful day's return
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The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to John 20:19-23

People             Glory to you, Lord Christ.

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
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The Gospel of the Lord

People               Praise to You, Lord Christ.

Homily                 The Rev'd Sharon Eckhardt

The Nicene Creed
 
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.
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The Prayers of the People Form II read by  Faith Laskaris
 
In the course of the silence after each bidding, the People offer their own prayers, either silently or aloud.
 
I ask your prayers for God's people throughout the world; for Sean, our presiding Bishop, for Julia, Ian and Mary our Bishops; for this gathering; and for all ministers and people.
Pray for the Church.
Silence
I ask your prayers for peace; for goodwill among nations; and for the well-being of all people.
Pray for justice and peace.
Silence
I ask your prayers for the poor, the sick, the hungry, the oppressed, and those in prison especially, Sarah & Richard, Chelsea, Debbie and Alan, Bill, Deborah, Jen B., Judy B., Kathy, Lorraine & Richard, Margaret, Mark & Donna, Mary & Gregg, Maureen M., Nancy, Pat, Paul, Suzanne, Janet, Ralph, Corby, Molly, Lorraine S. and her family, James and his family, Jon, Rhonda, John, Newton and his family, Luiza and Wayne

Pray for those in any need or trouble.
Silence
I ask your prayers for all who seek God, or a deeper knowledge of God.
Pray that they may find and be found by God.
Silence
I ask your prayers for the departed especially, Jan Hansen and John Ryan
 
Pray for those who have died.
Silence
The prayers or the thanksgivings of those present are bid:
I ask your prayers for                             .

I ask your thanksgiving for                             .
Silence
Praise God for those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored.
Pray that we may have grace to glorify Christ in our own day.
Silence
The Celebrant adds a concluding collect.
Confession & Absolution

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you
in thought, word, and deed,
by what we have done,
and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart;
we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,
have mercy on us and forgive us;
that we may delight in your will,
and walk in your ways,
to the glory of your Name.  Amen.
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Celebrant            The Almighty and merciful Lord grant you absolution and remission of all your sins, true repentance, amendment of life, and the grace and consolation of his Holy Spirit. Amen.
 
​The Peace
 
Celebrant    The peace of the Lord be always with you.
People       And also with you.

Announcements

Hymn 516   Come down, O love divine
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The Doxology: Hymn 380 v 3
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The Holy Communion

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Eucharistic Prayer B

Celebrant            The Lord be with you.
People                 And also with you.
Celebrant            Lift up your hearts.
People                 We lift them to the Lord.
Celebrant            Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People                 It is right to give him thanks and praise.
 
Celebrant   It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and every‑where to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.
…
 
Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:


S127  Holy, holy, holy
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The people stand or kneel.
 
The Celebrant continues
 
We give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love which you have made known to us in creation; in the calling of Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the
prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son. For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Savior and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.
 
On the night before he died for us, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”
 
After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”
 
Therefore, according to his command, O Father,
 
Celebrant and People
 
We remember his death,
We proclaim his resurrection,
We await his coming in glory;
 
The Celebrant continues
 
And we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, O Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.
 
We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts that they may be the Sacrament of the Body of Christ and his Blood of the new Covenant. Unite us to your
Son in his sacrifice, that we may be acceptable through him, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. In the fullness of time, put all things in subjection under your Christ, and bring us to that heavenly country where, with all your saints, we may enter the everlasting heritage of your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation.
 
By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever.  Amen.
 
As our Savior Christ
has taught us,
we now pray,
 
People and Celebrant
 
Our Father in heaven,
     hallowed be your Name,
     your kingdom come,
     your will be done,
          on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
     as we forgive those
          who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial,
     and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
     and the glory are yours,
     now and for ever. Amen.
 
The Celebrant breaks the consecrated Bread
 
A period of silence is kept.
 
Celebrant   Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.
People        Therefore let us keep the feast.  Alleluia.
 
Celebrant   Behold the Lamb of God. Behold Him who takes away the sins of the world.
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Prayer for Spiritual Communion
 
Leader and People
In union, O Lord with the faithful at every altar of Your Church, where the Holy Eucharist is now being celebrated, we desire to offer You praise and thanksgiving. We present to you our souls and bodies with the earnest wish that we may always be united to you. [And since we can not now receive you sacramentally,] we beseech you to come spiritually into our hearts. We unite ourselves to you, and embrace you with all the affections of our souls. Let nothing ever separate you from us. May we live and die in your love. Amen.
 
The Leader continues
 
Let us spend a few moments reflecting on the fact that God so loves each one of us that God sent God’s Only-Begotten Son into the world for all of us.

Hymn 513 Like the murmur of the dove's song
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The Post Communion Prayer
 
Let us pray.
 
Celebrant and People
 
Almighty and ever-living God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the Body of your Son, and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.
Blessing

​Hymn LEVAS Come thou font of every blessing
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Dismissal
Leader        Let us go forth in the name of Christ. Alleluia. Alleluia.
People       Thanks be to God. Alleluia, Alleluia.​

Postlude


May Birthdays
Sandy Ray, Lew Laskaris, Abby Bates, Ellery Whitworth, Sarah Shaw Dawson,
Brian Murphy, JoAnn Murphy, Victoria Campbell

Please email [email protected] to update or include yours!
 
 
Sunday Prayers

Sarah, the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sean, our Presiding Bishop; Julia, Ian and Mary our Bishops
Stephen, Storm, and Sharon, our Priests
The Very Reverend Amy McCreath & the Cathedral Congregation of St. Paul
The Manna Community, The Diocese of Rio Grande Borderland Ministries
The Cape & Islands Deanery

 
Donald, our President
The Members of Congress; Maura our Governor, and all our elected officials
Pray for Our Country
 
For peace in the Middle East
For the people of Ukraine; the people of Iran; All Refugees
The Campers, Counselors, and Staff of Camp Jabberwocky; All those relying on SNAP benefits

For our planet


All Staff of the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital
Our Vineyard EMS, Fire and Police Departments
All the Members of the New York City Fire Department
 
Those working to address racial injustice

         Sarah & Richard, Cary, Chelsea, Debbie and Alan, Bill, Deborah, Jen B., Judy B., Kathy,
​Lorraine & Richard, Margaret, Mark & Donna, Mary & Gregg, Maureen M., Nancy, Pat, Paul,
Suzanne, Janet, Ralph, Corby, Molly, Lorraine S. and her family, James and his family, Jon, Rhonda, John,
Newton and his family, Carey, Luiza and Wayne


Those who have died and their families especially, Jan Hansen, John Ryan and Jack Danckert
 
 All those killed because of oppression, gun violence, hatred, war, or the color of their skin.

GRACE CHURCH
Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
(508) 693-0332

Rector: The Reverend Stephen Harding
Priest Associates: The Rev’d Sharon Eckhardt
                             The Rev’d Dr. Storm Swain
Parish Administrator: Heather Raveling
Cellist:   Jan Hyer
Bookkeeper:  David Smith
Vestry Officers:
Senior Warden:            Jennifer Haynes
Junior Warden:             Liz DaSilva
Treasurer:                     Andrea Wong-Monteiro
Clerk:                          Kim Garrison
 
Vestry:       Gary Eckhardt, Donna Griffen, Betsy Holcomb, Karen Huff,
Faith Laskaris, Rori Peters, Deborah Koines -Alternate

ASSISTING IN OUR WORSHIP
A/V Wizards: Gary Eckhardt, Betsy Holcomb & The Rev’d Dr. Storm Swain
Videographer & Curator: Karen Huff
Zoom Hosts:  The Rev’d Ribbons Harris & Karen Huff
Hospitality: Lorraine Clark, Bebee Green & members of the parish
Readers and Intercessors: Judy Carter, Carolyn Eddy, Kim Garrison, David Grey,
Ribbons Harris, Jennifer Haynes, John Hickey, Betsy Holcomb, Karen Huff, Jan Hyer,
Faith Laskaris, Michelle Lynch, Gus Harris, Daniela Lynch, Mateo Lynch, Grace Douglas, Maranda Post & DiAnn Ray
Eucharistic Ministers: Abby Bates, Judy Carter, Carolyn Eddy,
Jennifer Haynes & DiAnn Ray
Singers:  Abby Bates, Judy Carter, Rev. Sharon Eckhardt, David Grey, Donna Griffen,
Rev. Stephen Harding, John Hickey, Betsy Holcomb, Jan Hyer
Ushers:  Lorraine Clark and BeBee Green
 
We invite you to join us! Please email [email protected] 
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