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SUMMARY:7th Sunday of Pascha - Year B
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Acts 1: 15-17\, 21-26			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	One day\, after Jesus had been taken into heaven\, there was a gathering of about one hundred twenty of his followers. Peter stood up and addressed them\, saying: \n“Friends\, the scripture had to be fulfilled. What the Holy Spirit said through David about Judas has now happened. He was one of us\, taking his place alongside us in this ministry\, but in the end he was the one who showed the lynch mob where to arrest Jesus.\n“So we need a replacement for Judas — someone to stand with us as a primary witness to the resurrection life of Jesus. It should be someone who was in our company for the whole time Jesus was among us\, right through from the day he was baptised by John to the day when he was taken into heaven. \nThere were two nominations: Joseph Barsabbas\, nicknamed Justus\, and Matthias. The group prayed saying\, “Lord\, you know us all\, through and through. Make it clear to us which of these two you are choosing to take on the task of ministry and leadership that Judas turned his back on.” And then\, trusting God\, they tossed a coin. On the fall of the coin\, Matthias was declared to be the twelfth apostle. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 1			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	LORD\, how good it will be for those\nwho turn a deaf ear to the advocates of greed;\nwho steer clear of corrupt short-cuts;\nand avoid those who sneer at goodness. \nInstead they relish your word\, LORD.\nCalming their minds\,\nthey savour the scriptures day and night. \nYou make them strong and healthy\,\nlike a Redgum tree with its roots deep in a river bank\,\nflowering abundantly every season\,\nand always laden with healthy leaves.\nAll that they do is vibrant with life. \nBut what a different story it is for the wicked;\nthey are about as secure as dry leaves in a cyclone. \nThey will have no defence\nwhen they are brought to justice\,\nand no friends among people of integrity. \nLORD\, you keep a protective eye\non all who walk a straight path of peace and justice\,\nbut nothing will save those who leave that road. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 John 5: 9-13			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	If we are willing to believe what people tell us\, surely we will be even more willing to put our trust in what God tells us\, and we now have God’s own statement concerning his Son. Those who put their trust in the Son of God have taken to heart what God has said. Those who do not believe what God has said about his Son are in effect calling God a liar. In a nutshell\, this is the message that God is asking us to believe: God gives us infinite life\, and this life is received and lived in his Son. Those who accept the Son receive life\, but anyone who rejects the Son of God is rejecting life itself. \n  My reason for writing all this to you is simple: I want to ensure that you who trust in God’s Son will know beyond any doubt that you now have life without limit. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  John 17: 6-19			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	After the supper\, and after giving his final teaching to his followers\, Jesus prayed to God\, saying: \n“Father\, you have given me some followers from this world\,\nand I have given them the full picture of what you are like.\nThey were yours to begin with\,\nbut you gave them to me\,\nand they have done what you asked of them.\nNow they know for sure that everything I have\nwas given to me directly by you.\nI gave my followers the same message you gave to me.\nThey took it on board and were convinced that I came from you. They believe that it was you who sent me.\nI pray for them. \nMy prayer is not for this hell-bent world\nbut for the followers you gave me\,\nfor they are rightfully yours.\nEverything that is mine is yours\,\nand everything that is yours is mine\,\nand my image lights up in them.  \nI will no longer be seen in the world\,\nbut they will continue on in the world\nwhile I come back to you.\nHoly Father\, protect them\nby writing your name on them\,\ngiving them the same identity you gave me\,\nso that they will be one with each other\,\njust as you and I are one in heart and mind. \nWhile I was with them\, I kept them safe\nby assigning to them the name you gave me.\nI stood guard over them\, and didn’t lose a single one\,\nexcept the one who was lost from the beginning\,\nthe one whose demise showed the Scriptures to be true. \nNow I am on my way to you. \nI say these things while the world is still in earshot\,\nso that those who listen may\, like me\,\nexperience a joy that goes right off the scale.\nI have given them your message\,\nand now this godless world can’t stand them\,\nbecause they won’t play by the world’s rules\,\njust as I never played by the world’s rules. \nI am not asking you to take them out of the world\,\nbut I do ask that you keep them safe from the evil one.\nThey don't take their cues from this world\,\nbecause my dance has a different tune. \nImmerse them in truth to make them a sacred people\,\nfor your word is the truth which makes things holy.\nJust as you sent me into the world on your mission\,\nso now I am sending them into the world.\nI have dedicated myself one hundred percent\, for their sake\,\nso that they in turn may commit themselves totally to the truth.” \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you have put your testimony in our hearts\nso that we might know that our life is in you. \nYou created the earth and the heavens\nand marked out the way of the upright.\nThrough the prophets you called us to accept life\,\nand none are lost to your love and protection\nexcept those who turn to their own ways and reject life. \nYou sent your Son into the world\nand entrusted to him those who accepted your Word.\nHe made you known to us\nand prayed that we might share the identity you gave him\nand so be one with each other in your love.\nThough he was killed by this hell-bent world\,\nyou raised him from the dead\nand through your sanctifying Word of truth\nyou call us to share eternal life in him. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give thanks for your beloved Son\nto whom entrusted to him those who accepted your Word.\nHe made you known to us\nand prayed that we might share the identity you gave him\nand so be one with each other in your love. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you have put your testimony in our hearts\nso that we might know that our life is in you. \nYou created the earth and the heavens\nand marked out the way of the upright.\nThrough the prophets you called us to accept life\,\nand none are lost to your love and protection\nexcept those who turn to their own ways and reject life. \nYou sent your Son into the world\nand entrusted to him those who accepted your Word.\nHe made you known to us\nand prayed that we might share the identity you gave him\nand so be one with each other in your love.\nThough he was killed by this hell-bent world\,\nyou raised him from the dead\nand through your sanctifying Word of truth\nyou call us to share eternal life in him. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	God\, who knows everyone’s heart\,\ngives us mercy and life in his Son.\nWhoever accepts the Son of God receives life\nin the name of Jesus Christ. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now. Christ sends you into the world\njust as he himself was sent into the world.\nDelight in the Lord’s teaching\,\ntestify to his resurrection life\,\nand share in the ministry of his people. \nAnd may God protect you from the evil one;\nMay Christ Jesus give you God’s word and make you his own;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit sanctify you in the truth\,\nand fill you with the joy of God. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nFacing the TruthA sermon on 1 John 5: 9-13 & John 17:6-19 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nChurch and WorldA sermon on John 17:6-19 & Acts 1:15-17\,21-26 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nThe Leadership LotteryA sermon on Acts 1:15-17\, 21-26 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nLiving up to an inherited nameA sermon on John 17:6-19 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nThe Character and Condition of the RighteousA sermon on Psalm 1 by Deonie Duncan
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SUMMARY:7th Sunday of Pascha - Year B
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Acts 1: 15-17\, 21-26			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	One day\, after Jesus had been taken into heaven\, there was a gathering of about one hundred twenty of his followers. Peter stood up and addressed them\, saying: \n“Friends\, the scripture had to be fulfilled. What the Holy Spirit said through David about Judas has now happened. He was one of us\, taking his place alongside us in this ministry\, but in the end he was the one who showed the lynch mob where to arrest Jesus.\n“So we need a replacement for Judas — someone to stand with us as a primary witness to the resurrection life of Jesus. It should be someone who was in our company for the whole time Jesus was among us\, right through from the day he was baptised by John to the day when he was taken into heaven. \nThere were two nominations: Joseph Barsabbas\, nicknamed Justus\, and Matthias. The group prayed saying\, “Lord\, you know us all\, through and through. Make it clear to us which of these two you are choosing to take on the task of ministry and leadership that Judas turned his back on.” And then\, trusting God\, they tossed a coin. On the fall of the coin\, Matthias was declared to be the twelfth apostle. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 1			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	LORD\, how good it will be for those\nwho turn a deaf ear to the advocates of greed;\nwho steer clear of corrupt short-cuts;\nand avoid those who sneer at goodness. \nInstead they relish your word\, LORD.\nCalming their minds\,\nthey savour the scriptures day and night. \nYou make them strong and healthy\,\nlike a Redgum tree with its roots deep in a river bank\,\nflowering abundantly every season\,\nand always laden with healthy leaves.\nAll that they do is vibrant with life. \nBut what a different story it is for the wicked;\nthey are about as secure as dry leaves in a cyclone. \nThey will have no defence\nwhen they are brought to justice\,\nand no friends among people of integrity. \nLORD\, you keep a protective eye\non all who walk a straight path of peace and justice\,\nbut nothing will save those who leave that road. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  1 John 5: 9-13			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	If we are willing to believe what people tell us\, surely we will be even more willing to put our trust in what God tells us\, and we now have God’s own statement concerning his Son. Those who put their trust in the Son of God have taken to heart what God has said. Those who do not believe what God has said about his Son are in effect calling God a liar. In a nutshell\, this is the message that God is asking us to believe: God gives us infinite life\, and this life is received and lived in his Son. Those who accept the Son receive life\, but anyone who rejects the Son of God is rejecting life itself. \n  My reason for writing all this to you is simple: I want to ensure that you who trust in God’s Son will know beyond any doubt that you now have life without limit. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  John 17: 6-19			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	After the supper\, and after giving his final teaching to his followers\, Jesus prayed to God\, saying: \n“Father\, you have given me some followers from this world\,\nand I have given them the full picture of what you are like.\nThey were yours to begin with\,\nbut you gave them to me\,\nand they have done what you asked of them.\nNow they know for sure that everything I have\nwas given to me directly by you.\nI gave my followers the same message you gave to me.\nThey took it on board and were convinced that I came from you. They believe that it was you who sent me.\nI pray for them. \nMy prayer is not for this hell-bent world\nbut for the followers you gave me\,\nfor they are rightfully yours.\nEverything that is mine is yours\,\nand everything that is yours is mine\,\nand my image lights up in them.  \nI will no longer be seen in the world\,\nbut they will continue on in the world\nwhile I come back to you.\nHoly Father\, protect them\nby writing your name on them\,\ngiving them the same identity you gave me\,\nso that they will be one with each other\,\njust as you and I are one in heart and mind. \nWhile I was with them\, I kept them safe\nby assigning to them the name you gave me.\nI stood guard over them\, and didn’t lose a single one\,\nexcept the one who was lost from the beginning\,\nthe one whose demise showed the Scriptures to be true. \nNow I am on my way to you. \nI say these things while the world is still in earshot\,\nso that those who listen may\, like me\,\nexperience a joy that goes right off the scale.\nI have given them your message\,\nand now this godless world can’t stand them\,\nbecause they won’t play by the world’s rules\,\njust as I never played by the world’s rules. \nI am not asking you to take them out of the world\,\nbut I do ask that you keep them safe from the evil one.\nThey don't take their cues from this world\,\nbecause my dance has a different tune. \nImmerse them in truth to make them a sacred people\,\nfor your word is the truth which makes things holy.\nJust as you sent me into the world on your mission\,\nso now I am sending them into the world.\nI have dedicated myself one hundred percent\, for their sake\,\nso that they in turn may commit themselves totally to the truth.” \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you have put your testimony in our hearts\nso that we might know that our life is in you. \nYou created the earth and the heavens\nand marked out the way of the upright.\nThrough the prophets you called us to accept life\,\nand none are lost to your love and protection\nexcept those who turn to their own ways and reject life. \nYou sent your Son into the world\nand entrusted to him those who accepted your Word.\nHe made you known to us\nand prayed that we might share the identity you gave him\nand so be one with each other in your love.\nThough he was killed by this hell-bent world\,\nyou raised him from the dead\nand through your sanctifying Word of truth\nyou call us to share eternal life in him. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give thanks for your beloved Son\nto whom entrusted to him those who accepted your Word.\nHe made you known to us\nand prayed that we might share the identity you gave him\nand so be one with each other in your love. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you have put your testimony in our hearts\nso that we might know that our life is in you. \nYou created the earth and the heavens\nand marked out the way of the upright.\nThrough the prophets you called us to accept life\,\nand none are lost to your love and protection\nexcept those who turn to their own ways and reject life. \nYou sent your Son into the world\nand entrusted to him those who accepted your Word.\nHe made you known to us\nand prayed that we might share the identity you gave him\nand so be one with each other in your love.\nThough he was killed by this hell-bent world\,\nyou raised him from the dead\nand through your sanctifying Word of truth\nyou call us to share eternal life in him. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	God\, who knows everyone’s heart\,\ngives us mercy and life in his Son.\nWhoever accepts the Son of God receives life\nin the name of Jesus Christ. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now. Christ sends you into the world\njust as he himself was sent into the world.\nDelight in the Lord’s teaching\,\ntestify to his resurrection life\,\nand share in the ministry of his people. \nAnd may God protect you from the evil one;\nMay Christ Jesus give you God’s word and make you his own;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit sanctify you in the truth\,\nand fill you with the joy of God. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nFacing the TruthA sermon on 1 John 5: 9-13 & John 17:6-19 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nChurch and WorldA sermon on John 17:6-19 & Acts 1:15-17\,21-26 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nThe Leadership LotteryA sermon on Acts 1:15-17\, 21-26 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nLiving up to an inherited nameA sermon on John 17:6-19 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nThe Character and Condition of the RighteousA sermon on Psalm 1 by Deonie Duncan
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