PRAYERS & MEDITATIONS

Taizé Eucharist, with Healing Prayers - September 8, 2018

“Trust in the Lord”

Welcome to The Church of the Redeemer.

We’re glad you are with us. If you are new to Redeemer, please introduce yourself to the clergy and fill out a newcomer’s card. The
completed card can be placed in the offering plate. At The Church of the Redeemer communion is open to all. Gluten free wafers are
available. Should you want a blessing instead of communion, indicate this by crossing your hands over your chest.

You may make an offering by leaving it in the basket as you leave.

Instrumental Prelude. Please enter in silence.
The Welcome
Celebrant: The Rev. David J. Ware

The Collect of the Day

Celebrant The Lord is with you.

People And also with you.

Celebrant Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who
confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

SONG “It is Good to Trust in the Lord Our God” (opening meditation, Taizé)

Verses (sung by the Choir):

1. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to make music to your Name, O Most High.
2. To proclaim your love in the morning and your truth in the watches of the night.
3. O Lord, how great are your works! How deep are your designs!
6. Praise the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ages unending. Amen.

The Lesson
READING Mark 7:24-37, by a Reader

SONG “The Cry of the Poor“ (Foley, extended meditation)

Verses (sung by the Choir):

1. I will bless the Lord at all times, with praise ever in my mouth;
let my soul glory in the Lord who will hear the cry of the poor.
2. Let the lowly hear and be glad: the Lord listens to their pleas;

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 and to hearts broken God is near, who will hear the cry of the poor.
3. Every spirit crushed God will save; will be ransom for their lives;
will be safe shelter for their fears, and will hear the cry of the poor.
4. We proclaim your greatness, O God, your praise ever in our mouth;
every face brightened in your light, for you hear the cry of the poor.

Silent Meditation
Ten minutes of reflective silence.

Sung Meditation - The Prayer Song

SONG “Da Pacem Cordium (Give Peace to Every Heart)” (meditative 3-voice canon, Taizé)

The Peace
Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you.

People And also with you.

The people greet one another in the name of the risen Christ.

The Celebrant invites the People to come up and gather

around the altar (The Choir is part of the semi-circle).
The Holy Communion
The Celebrant says the Eucharistic Prayer.
The Lord’s Prayer
Celebrant And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,
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.

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The Communion

Healing prayers are available this evening for those who would like the laying on of hands for healing.
Go down the center aisle of the chapel and share your request with the healing minister. This exchange is designed
to be brief and confidential.Should you want to follow up for a more extensive pastoral conversation,
please make an appointment with a member of the clergy.
DUET “It Took a Miracle“ (Duet by Pam and Beck, one ver

After receiving Communion, the People return to their seats and join the Choir, singing…

SONG “By the Stream (Blessed are Those Who Trust in God“ (final meditation, Grundy)

Verse (sung by the Choir):

They will not fear when the heat comes, and their leaves will all stay green.
In the year of the longest drought they will still bear their fruit there by the stream.

Celebrant Let us pray.

People Loving God, we give you thanks for restoring us in your image and nourishing us with
spiritual food in the Sacrament of Christ’s Body and Blood. Now send us forth a
people, forgiven, healed, renewed; that we may proclaim your love to the world and
continue in the risen life of Christ our Savior. Amen.

Song “Whoever Lives Beside the Lord“ (vv. 1-3, & 5, closing hymn, Scottish traditional melody)

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The Blessing
The Celebrant says the blessing.
People Amen.

Instrumental Postlude. You may stay and pray or exit in silence.

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DIRECTOR OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: ROBERT CHRYSTAL

Our prayers are requested for:

Lloyd Patterson, Carl Ten Hoopen, Nancy Britos, Gail Hongladarom, Marie Hawkins Lucas, Robert Lopez, Jr., Jim Crowder +, Taubner
family, Judy Munro, Sandy Gambler, Anne Hitchcock, baby Bob, Barbara Fegley, James Lange, Elle Humes, Robert Chrystal, Sr., The
Blonquist family, Patricia Pijut Carson, Christine Caines, Jim Fragetta, Beckie Voneiff, Margo Lion, Jennie Mather, Jim Haugh, Melissa
Heaver, Dick Filling, Andrew Parks, William Weller, Joan Weller, Lucy Prosser, Tim Pierce, Janet and Eddie Dunn, Ebert Landman, Jeane K.
Judges, Joen Blanton, Charlie Evans, Molly McGoldrick, Art Lynch, Bob Daly+, Jody deButts
Ordinarily names remain on our prayer list for a month. If you would like someone’s name to continue – please contact the office.

Director of Music: Robert Chrystal.

All songs are used by permission under CCLI License #2632494 or OneLicense.net license #A-726426.


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Noteworthy Announcements

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special services and musical offerings, as well as photos and videos. Let’s share with our friends and
family members on Facebook what Faith@Five has to offer.

Join us for the parish picnic immediately following the 10:00 service tomorrow! We will have expertly
prepared pork barbecue, coleslaw, potato salad, hush puppies and macaroni and cheese and hotdogs will be
available for the children. We are grateful to Jack Kidd and Boy Scout Troop 35 for preparing all of the food and
providing the setup and cleanup services for the picnic. New this year….a bounce house for the kids!

Strong Schools Maryland will meet on Sunday, September 16 at 11:30 a.m.  We'll gather in the Baker Room,
where we'll review elements of the Kirwan Report and examine actions for the next few months. In addition, we'll
discuss the Lock Box ballot issue. Please be there!  We have the opportunity to effect sweeping changes that will
benefit students throughout Maryland. 

Regular weekday programming resumes this coming week:

First Monday Prayer Group: September 10, 11:30 a.m.

Circle of Love and Grace: Tuesday, September 11, 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon

Rector’s Bible Study: Wednesday, September 12, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. & Thursday, 9/13 @ 6:00 p.m.

Women Who Wonder: Thursday, September 13, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Redeemer Men’s Forum: Thursday, September 13, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, September 11, 7:30 p.m. April Ryan

April Ryan is White House reporter for American Urban Radio Networks, CNN political analyst, is the only black
female covering urban issues from the White House since the Clinton era. Ms. Ryan will be discussing her latest
book, Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Presented in partnership with the
Pratt Library’s “Writers Live” Series.

Tuesday, September 18, 7:00 p.m. Marin Alsop in conversation

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Marin Alsop will speak about composer Leonard Bernstein’s influence on her life
and career, as America marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of its most famous composer. Alsop writes,
“Bernstein was my hero as a child and my mentor as an adult. Like the man himself, his music transcends barriers
and breaks boundaries, reminding us of music’s incredible power to speak directly to our souls.”

Sunday, September 23, 6:00 p.m. (sold out) Doris Kearns Goodwin
Leadership in Turbulent Times

Author Doris Kearns Goodwin writes of the qualities that defined her four vastly different subjects; Abraham
Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and Lyndon Johnson: to lead by example; to set a standard of mutual respect; to
share credit; to openly acknowledge errors quickly; to find ways to release anger; and to know when to hold back,
move forward, and when to risk it all. Presented in partnership with the Ivy Bookshop. This is a ticketed event-
currently sold out.

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 The Readings

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL OF MARK (7:24-37)

Jesus set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not
want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman
whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she
came and bowed down at his feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, of
Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. He
said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food
and throw it to the dogs.” But she answered him, “Sir, even the dogs under the
table eat the children’s crumbs.” Then he said to her, “For saying that, you may go
—the demon has left your daughter.” So she went home, found the child lying on
the bed, and the demon gone.

Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the
Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who
had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He
took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears,
and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and
said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And immediately his ears were
opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Then Jesus ordered them
to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.
They were astounded beyond measure, saying, “He has done everything well; he
even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”