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Sunday January 29

Fourth Sunday of the Epiphany

Notices
Opening Hymn: All Hail The Power
Sentence of the Day
Collect of the Day
Lesson: Micah 6:1-8
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:18-end
Gradual Hymn: Blest Are The Pure In Heart
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12
Sermon
Prayers & Intercessions
Anthem: A Clare Benediction
Closing Hymn: Be Thou My Vision

Notices

Fisherfolk Newsletter & Pew Sheet for Sunday January 29

Opening Hymn: All Hail The Power

Sentence of the Day

What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8

Collect of the Day

Teach us, Jesus,
how to live and worship
without being worldly or greedy.
Drive from our lives what spoils them
and make us temples of the Spirit;
for the glory of your holy name.
Amen.

Lesson

Micah 6:1-8

¹ Listen to what the Lord says:

“Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;
 let the hills hear what you have to say.

² “Hear, you mountains, the Lord’s accusation;
 listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.
For the Lord has a case against his people;
 he is lodging a charge against Israel.

³ “My people, what have I done to you?
 How have I burdened you? Answer me.
⁴ I brought you up out of Egypt
 and redeemed you from the land of slavery.
I sent Moses to lead you,
 also Aaron and Miriam.
⁵ My people, remember
 what Balak king of Moab plotted
 and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal,
 that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.”

⁶ With what shall I come before the Lord
 and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
 with calves a year old?
⁷ Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
 with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
 the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
⁸ He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
 And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
 and to walk humbly with your God.

Epistle

1 Corinthians 1:18-end

¹⁸ For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. ¹⁹ For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
 the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

²⁰ Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ²¹ For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. ²² Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, ²³ but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, ²⁴ but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵ For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

²⁶ Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. ²⁷ But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. ²⁸ God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not — to nullify the things that are, ²⁹ so that no one may boast before him. ³⁰ It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God — that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. ³¹ Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”

Gradual Hymn: Blest Are The Pure In Heart

Gospel

Matthew 5:1-12

¹ Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, ² and he began to teach them.

He said:

³ “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
⁴ Blessed are those who mourn,
 for they will be comforted.
⁵ Blessed are the meek,
 for they will inherit the earth.
⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
 for they will be filled.
⁷ Blessed are the merciful,
 for they will be shown mercy.
⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart,
 for they will see God.
⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers,
 for they will be called children of God.
¹⁰ Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

¹¹ “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. ¹² Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Sermon by the Rev. Faye Davenport

It is the middle of summer. The mountain looks brown and rugged. Jesus saw the crowds had gathered at the bottom. He went up on the mountainside. Imagine that this is Mount Ruapehu. Jesus sat down. His disciples, that is us as modern-day disciples gathered around him. Jesus began to teach. We come with all kinds of experiences and emotions, with our life experiences, our joys and sorrows, triumphs and tragedies. But we come as disciples and as students of Jesus. Does Jesus have our real and wholehearted attention that day and forever? Read more...

Prayers & Intercessions

Prayers of the People for Sunday January 29

Anthem: A Clare Benediction

Closing Hymn: Be Thou My Vision