Gathering Hymn 325 Be still
The Greeting
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The Lord be with you!
And also with you.
The Collect for Purity
Almighty God,
to whom all hearts are open,
all desires known,
and from whom no secrets are hidden;
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.
Call to Penitence
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son Jesus Christ, to save us from our sins, to
intercede for us in heaven, and to bring us to eternal life.
Let us then confess our sins in penitence and faith, firmly resolved to keep God’s
commandments and to live in love and peace.
Father, you come to meet us when we return to you.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Jesus, you died on the cross for our sins.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Holy Spirit, you give us life and peace.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Absolution
Almighty God,
who forgives all who truly repent, have mercy on you,
pardon and deliver you from all your sins,
confirm and strengthen you in all goodness,
and keep you in eternal life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gloria in Excelsis
Glory to God in the highest,
and peace to God’s people on earth.
Lord God, heavenly King,
almighty God and Father,
we worship you,
we give you thanks,
we praise you for your glory.
Lord Jesus Christ,
only Son of the Father,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
you take away the sin of the world:
have mercy on us;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father,
receive our prayer.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
The Collect
God, the strength of all those who put their trust in you: Mercifully accept our
prayers and, because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing
without you, grant us the help of your grace, that in the keeping of your
commandments we may please you, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Proclaiming and Receiving the Word
A reading from the first book of Kings.
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the
sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ‘So may the gods do to me, and
more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.’
Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs
to Judah; he left his servant there.
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a
solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: ‘It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my
life, for I am no better than my ancestors.’ Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell
asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, ‘Get up and eat.’ He looked, and
there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and
lay down again. The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, ‘Get up
and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.’ He got up, and ate and drank;

then he went in the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights to Horeb the
mount of God. At that place he came to a cave, and spent the night there.
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’ He
answered, ‘I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have
forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the
sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.’
He said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass
by.’ Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking
rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an
earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the
Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. When Elijah heard it,
he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then
there came a voice to him that said, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’ He answered, ‘I
have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken
your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone
am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.’ Then the Lord said to him, ‘Go,
return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; when you arrive, you shall anoint
Hazael as king over Aram.’
This is the Word of the Lord. I Kings 19: 1-4, 5-7, 8-15a
Thanks be to God.
Psalm Judica me, Deus (43) Chant Turle in F (111)
1 Give judgement for me, O God,
and defend my cause against an ungodly people; •
deliver me from the deceitful and the wicked.
2 For you are the God of my refuge;
why have you cast me from you, •
and why go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresses me?
3 O send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, •
and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling,
4 That I may go to the altar of God,
to the God of my joy and gladness; •
and on the lyre I will give thanks to you, O God my God.
5 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul, •
and why are you so disquieted within me?
6 O put your trust in God; •
for I will yet give him thanks,
who is the help of my countenance, and my God.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
A reading from the Epistle of St Paul to the Galatians.

Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would
be revealed. Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might
be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a
disciplinarian, for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of
you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer
Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all
of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s
offspring, heirs according to the promise.
This is the Word of the Lord. Galatians 3: 23-29
Thanks be to God.
The Gradual Hymn 557 Petra
Hear the Gospel of our Saviour Christ, according to St Luke.
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. As he
stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had
worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he
fell down before him and shouted at the top of his voice, ‘What have you to do with me,
Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me’—for Jesus had
commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him;
he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the
bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.) Jesus then asked him, ‘What is your
name?’ He said, ‘Legion’; for many demons had entered him. They begged him not to
order them to go back into the abyss.
Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus;
to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. Then the demons came out of the
man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was
drowned.
When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in
the country. Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to
Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus,
clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. Those who had seen it told them how
the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed. Then all the people of the
surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them; for they were seized with
great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had
gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, ‘Return to your
home, and declare how much God has done for you.’ So he went away, proclaiming
throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Luke 8: 26-39

The Sermon ~ 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,
was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of 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 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,
who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,
who 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.
Prayers of Intercession
Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Merciful Father,
accept these our prayers
for the sake of your Son,
our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Peace (please stand)
Christ is our peace. He has reconciled us to God in one body by the cross.

We meet in his name and share his peace.
The peace of the Lord be always with you!
And also with you.
The Offertory Hymn (and collection) 549 Repton
The Taking of the Bread and Wine
Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us.
therefore let us celebrate the feast.
The Great Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Father, almighty and everliving God, at all times and in all places it is right to give you
thanks and praise; and so with all your people, with angels and archangels, and with all
the company of heaven, we proclaim your great and glorious name, for ever praising you
and saying;
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your
glory. Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed are you, Father, the creator and sustainer of all things; you made us in your own
image; male and female you created us; even when we turned away from you, you never
ceased to care for us, but in your love and mercy you freed us from the slavery of sin,
giving your only begotten Son to become man and suffer death on the cross to redeem us;
he made there the one complete and all-sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the whole world:
he instituted and in his holy Gospel commanded us to continue, a perpetual memory of his
precious death until he comes again.
On the night that he was betrayed he took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he
broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat, this is my body which is given for
you. Do this in remembrance of me.
In the same way, after supper he took the cup; and when he had given thanks to you, he
gave it to them, saying, Drink this, all of you, for this is my blood of the new covenant
which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you
drink it, in remembrance of me.
Therefore, Father, with this bread and this cup
we do as Christ your Son commanded:
we remember his passion and death,
we celebrate his resurrection and ascension,
and we look for the coming of his kingdom.

Accept through him, our great high priest, this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving;
and as we eat and drink these holy gifts, grant by the power of the life-giving Spirit that
we may be made one in your holy Church and partakers of the body and blood of your
Son, that he may dwell in us and we in him;
Through the same Jesus Christ our Lord,
by whom, and with whom, and in whom,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all honour and glory are yours,
Almighty Father, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
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, the power, and the glory
for ever and ever. Amen.
The Breaking of the Bread
The bread which we break
is a sharing in the body of Christ.
We being many are one body,
for we all share in the one bread.
Agnus Dei
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world,
have mercy on us;
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world,
have mercy on us;
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world,
grant us peace.
The Invitation to Communion
Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God,
who has taken away the sins of the world.
Happy are those who are called to his supper.

Lord, I am not worthy to receive you,
but only say the word and I shall be healed.
The bread and the wine are laid out where people can approach
and receive them independently.
Many people like to dip the wafer in the wine.
The Post Communion Prayer
Eternal Father, we thank you for nourishing us with these heavenly gifts. May our
communion strengthen us in faith, build us up in hope, and make us grow in love; for the
sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Prayer of Thanksgiving
Almighty God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the body and
blood of your Son Jesus Christ. Through him we offer you our souls and bodies to be
a living sacrifice. Send us out in the power of your Spirit to live and work to your
praise and glory. Amen.
The Blessing
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 with you and remain with you
always. Amen.
The Dismissal
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!
In the name of Christ. Amen.
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