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Siloam Springs, AR
SUNDAY ~ 11:15 A.M.
To all who are weary
and need rest
To all who are friendless
and desire friendship
To all who believe in God
and wish to worship Him
To all who are grateful
and would give thanks
To all who hunger for prayer
and wish to pray
To all who know sin
and need the Saviour
Grace Episcopal Church opens wide its doors and
in the Name of the Lord Jesus bids
Welcome.
 WELCOME TO GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH 
Episcopalians are followers of Jesus Christ. We say that God was
uniquely present in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. One word we use to
describe this belief is that God was “incarnate” in Jesus, that is,
God’s own self was present in Jesus’ very body. Following his death,
his disciples found that Christ still lived in their midst. Thus, they
found themselves connected to God as they discovered themselves
to be part of Christ’s resurrected body. And that is still the case
today. We Episcopalians say that human beings are united to God
through Christ.
We take that relationship seriously. When we worship we are called
to see the risen Christ in the persons around us. In our daily lives we
are called to see the risen Christ in family, acquaintances, and coworkers. Ultimately, we are called to seek and serve Christ in all
persons, to strive for justice and peace among all people, and to
respect the dignity of every human being.
Our church is not a community of like-minded people. We do not
exist for ourselves alone. Instead, we are a people set apart to be the
personal presence and witness of God to the world. We struggle with
many issues and we disagree with one another, but we still gather
each week to hear the story of God’s love for us, to ask forgiveness
from one another and God, and to offer our lives up to God.
In our teaching, we learn the grace to live with questions that cannot
be answered with certainty. In our worship we are nourished for life’s
journey. In our faith we trust that God is working through every one
of us, and that one day God’s very self will be evident in all creation.
This is the good news that we proclaim, and we believe that it is the
good news that leads us to lives of peace, self control, and hope for
the future. We invite everyone to join us in that journey.
WORSHIP SERVICES
Sunday 9:00 a.m. & 11:15 a.m., Christian Formation 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday 12:10 p.m.
www.gracesiloam.org
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 THE CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST 
ACCORDING TO RITE TWO OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER (PG. 355)
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
26 October, 2014 ~ 11:15 a.m. Service
 THE LITURGY OF THE WORD 
The Prelude: Hymn-prelude on Gardiner [Hymn 609]
Healey Willan
 Please stand 
Hymn 432: “O praise ye the Lord!”
Laudate Dominum
Hymn continues next page
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Presider
People
Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
And blessed be his kingdom, now and forever.
Amen.
The Presider says
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.
Song of Praise S-236 is sung… all standing
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 Please stand or kneel for the Collect of the Day 
Collect of the Day
Presider
People
Presider
(Pg. 357)
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.
Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith,
hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise,
make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for
ever and ever. Amen.
 Please be seated for the readings 
First Reading
Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18
A Reading from Leviticus.
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to all the congregation of
the people of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the
Lord your God am holy. You shall not render an unjust judgment;
you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with
justice you shall judge your neighbor. You shall not go around as a
slanderer among your people, and you shall not profit by the
blood of your neighbor: I am the Lord. You shall not hate in your
heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you
will incur guilt yourself. You shall not take vengeance or bear a
grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your
neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
Reader
People
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
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 Please remain seated for the psalm. The Cantor will lead with the
Antiphon, and the Congregation will repeat it.
Then the Cantor will chant the psalm,
and the Congregation will sing the Antiphon responsively where noted. 
Psalm 1
Beatus vir qui non abiit
1
Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of
the wicked, *
nor lingered in the way of sinners,
nor sat in the seats of the scornful!
2
Their delight is in the law of the LORD, *
and they meditate on his law day and night.
3
They are like trees planted by streams of water,
bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither; *
everything they do shall prosper.
4
It is not so with the wicked; *
they are like chaff which the wind blows away.
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5
Therefore the wicked shall not stand upright when
judgment comes, *
nor the sinner in the council of the righteous.
6
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, *
but the way of the wicked is doomed.
Second Reading
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
A Reading from Paul’s First letter to the Church in Thessalonika.
You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to
you was not in vain, but though we had already suffered and been
shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in
our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great
opposition. For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure
motives or trickery, but just as we have been approved by God to
be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak,
not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts. As
you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words
of flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor did we seek praise from
mortals, whether from you or from others, though we might have
made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among
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you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. So deeply
do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not
only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have
become very dear to us.
Reader
People
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
 All stand for the Hymn and Gospel reading 
Hymn 551: “Rise up, ye saints of God”
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Festal Song
Holy Gospel
Presider
People
Matthew 22:34-46
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Matthew.
Glory to you, Lord Christ.
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,
they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a
question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is
the greatest?” He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like
it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two
commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Now while
the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this
question: “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
They said to him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “How is
it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, ‘The Lord
said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies
under your feet” ’? If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be
his son?” No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that
day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
Presider
People
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Christ.
Homily
The Rev. Stanley McKinnon
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 Please stand and recite together 
Nicene Creed
(Pg. 358)
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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 Please stand or kneel for the Prayers of the People 
Prayers of the People
Proper 25 – Year A
Presider
Gracious God, you have taught us to fulfill all your
commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Be gracious to
your servants as we lift our voices to you, saying: That we may
obtain what you promise, may we love what you command.
Leader
Holy God, you have approved your Church and entrusted her
with the message of the gospel: Help us witness to your grace by
loving you with all our heart and soul and mind and by loving our
neighbor as ourselves. That we may obtain what you promise,
People
may we love what you command.
Almighty God, guide our leaders and all in authority in the nations
to act out of motivations of love and to shun all deceit or impure
motives or trickery, that they may speak not to please mortals, but
to please you, O God, who tests our hearts. That we may obtain
what you promise,
People
may we love what you command.
Compassionate God, look upon the suffering and mistreatment of
the human family and, like a nurse tenderly caring for her
children, make known your gentleness among all people, that
healing and peace may abound throughout all creation. That we
may obtain what you promise,
People
may we love what you command.
Ever-present God, be with us in this community that we may
share the good news with one another and live for the sake of
your love. That we may obtain what you promise,
People
may we love what you command.
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Loving God, hear our prayers for our neighbors and our selves,
remembering especially for ___ and for those we now name
silently or aloud.
Accept our gratefulness and praise as we speak our thanksgivings
to you, especially ___ and those we now name silently or aloud.
Bring into your eternity those who have died, especially those we
now name silently or aloud.
May they know you face to face.
That we may obtain what you promise,
People
may we love what you command.
Presider
May your graciousness be upon us to prosper the work of our
hands, O God, that your Spirit of love may be manifest in our
lives and in our deeds, as we fulfill the great commandment of our
Savior Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Confession of Sin
(Pg. 360)
The Presider says
Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.
Silence.
Presider and People
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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The Presider stands and says
Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins
through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness,
and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life.
Amen.
 Please stand for the Passing of the Peace 
The Peace
Presider
People
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
 The members of the community greet one another in peace
and then sit for the announcements 
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 THE LITURGY OF HOLY COMMUNION 
 To receive Holy Communion, please come forward and kneel or stand,
filling in the altar rail from either the far right to the center, or the center to
the left. If preferred, you may request a gluten free wafer when receiving
Communion; simply hold one hand turned over. If you wish to receive a
blessing instead of the bread and wine, cross your arms over your chest.
Once you have received you may exit to the side and return to your pew. 
Presider
Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for
us, an offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:2
 Representatives of the congregation bring the people’s offerings of bread
and wine, and money or other gifts, to the Priest or Presider 
Anthem at the Offertory:
O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands;
serve the Lord with gladness,
and come before his presence with a song.
Be ye sure that the Lord He is God:
it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves.
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
O go your way into His gates with thanksgiving,
and into His courts with praise.
Be thankful unto Him, and speak good of His
name.
For the Lord is gracious, His mercy is everlasting,
and His truth endureth from generation to
generation.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
world without end. AMEN.
--- text: Psalm 100
music: John Ireland
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 Please stand while the offerings are presented and placed on the Altar 
 Please remain standing 
The Great Thanksgiving
Eucharistic Prayer B (Pg. 367)
Sursum Corda S-120 sung responsively…
The Presider continues
It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to
give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.
For by water and the Holy Spirit you have made us a new people
in Jesus Christ our Lord, to show forth your glory in all the world.
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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:
Sanctus S-125 sung together…
 Please stand or kneel 
The Presider 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.”
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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,
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.
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The Lord’s Prayer
Presider And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold
to say,
Presider and People
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.
The Breaking of the Bread
a period of silence is kept, followed by…
Fraction Anthem S-155 sung altogether…
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The Presider says
The Gifts of God for the People of God. Take them in
remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on him in your
hearts by faith, with thanksgiving.
Hymn 815: “Jesus said, the first commandment is this”
Audi, Israel
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Hymn 505: “O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God”
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O heiliger Geist
 Please stand or kneel for the Post Communion Prayer 
Postcommunion Prayer
Presider
(Pg. 366)
Let us pray.
Presider and People
Almighty and everliving 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.
The Blessing
The Presider says
The peace of God, which passes all understanding, keep your
hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his
Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Almighty, the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you, and remain
with you always. Amen.
 Please stand for the Post Communion Hymn, Recessional,
and the Dismissal 
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Hymn 609: “Where cross the crowded ways of life”
Gardiner
The Dismissal
Priest
People
Let us go forth into the world, rejoicing in the power of
the Spirit.
Thanks be to God.
The Postlude: Hymn-prelude on Laudate Dominum [Hymn 432]
John Jordan
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If you are a visitor to Grace Episcopal Church, we welcome you and ask
that you make yourself known to us by filling out the visitor card in the
pew and placing it in the collection plate or handing it to an usher. We
also invite you to sign the guest register before leaving.
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK:
Oct
26 Jesse GreenHill
27 Zadok Smith
28 Candy Lambert
THE FLOWERS AT THE ALTAR are given to the glory of God and
in thanksgiving for the birthdays of Ray Hill and Jessie GreenHill
by Ben Hill.
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 GRACE CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ALL DESIGNATED OFFERINGS FROM TODAY’S SERVICE will
be
given to the Rector’s Discretionary Fund. If you would like to
donate by check, please put “Rector’s Discretionary Fund” (or
“RDF”) in the memo line of your check. This fund provides
assistance to those in need both in our parish and in our
community. Thank you for giving so generously!
USHER TRAINING, BOTH FOR NEW AND TRAINED USHERS,
will be held today after the late service.
ALL SAINTS SUNDAY IS NOVEMBER 2ND and
our choir will sing a
Litany of Remembrance for our loved ones at both services. To
have the name of your loved one sung, please see the sign-up
sheet in the Parish Hall, or use the link on the weekly email (the
Monday Miscellany). Names need to be given to the office by the
26th of October. Thank you!
ALL SAINTS SUNDAY (November
2nd) is one of the four
designated days in the church calendar for baptisms! If you (or
your child) is interested in finding out more about baptism in the
Episcopal Church, please see Stan or Lora.
SMOG (SPIRITED MEN OF GRACE) will
be meeting at the home
of Stan McKinnon on Friday, November 7th. All men of Grace
are welcome to join for a night of fellowship over a good drink!
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 A NOTE ON TODAY’S READINGS 
Proper 25 — Year A
Welcome to Grace Church! As we continue to read the Gospel
according to Matthew, we hear another of the confrontations
between Jesus and the Pharisees. Last week they tried to discredit
him with the people and the government; today they test his
orthodoxy. Jesus answers their question in correct Jewish form
and then counters with a question to them. This passage is leading
toward the Christian belief that Jesus is more than a descendent of
King David; he is the Son of God.
The first reading is a portion of the giving of the Law. In it, love
and faithfulness toward God is to be expressed by love and care
for human beings. This is the same principle that Jesus upholds in
the Gospel reading.
In the second reading, Paul continues his greetings to the
Thessalonian church, reminding them of his original visit to them
and of his love and affection for them.
In the Eucharist, we experience the dual nature of our own
existence: related to God and yet human. We are not simply living
at the human level but through baptism are bearers of divinity. In
the mundane elements of common food and drink, we meet God.
Likewise, in our lives our human nature is permeated by God’s
nature. This is the reason we can pray; this is the reason we are
sent into the world to minister to others.
From The Rite Light: Reflections on the Sunday Readings and Seasons of the Church Year. Copyright © 2007 by Michael W. Merriman. Church
Publishing Incorporated, New York.
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The Rt. Rev. Larry Benfield
Bishop of Arkansas
The Rev. Stanley McKinnon
Rector
The Rev. Dr. Lora Walsh
Curate
Bay GreenHill
Office Administrator
Hope Johnstone
Communications Administrator
Anne Jones
Financial Administrator
Jan Helmut Wubbena
Director of Music & Organist
Liesl Dromi
Assistant Choirmaster
Terri Wubbena
Children’s Choir School Director
Angie Chaney
Nursery Coordinator
Meredith Bergstrom
Godly Play Director
Travis Chaney & Ben Bergstrom
Children’s Chapel Directors
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Patty Gambill
Eucharistic Minister
Cheryl Kester
& Jackson Harris
Acolytes
Norm Koeller
Lector 1
Jayme Amonsen
Intercessor
Betty Walling
Lector 2
Kurt Wubbena
& Bryan McKenzie
Ushers
Team 4: Laurie McKinnon
Hospitality Team
Mary Benjamin
& Kurt Wubbena
Altar Guild
Bob Smith & Traci Letellier
Vestry Collection Count
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