Words and Songs for the Church Year

Trinity Sunday A - 1st after Pentecost A

God the Holy Trinity

Sentence
Proclaim the Name: 'The Lord, the Lord, a God who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.' Exodus 34:6

Collects
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given us your servants grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and by your divine power to worship you as One; we humbly pray that you would keep us steadfast in this faith and evermore defend us from all adversities; through Christ our Lord. Amen. BCP. Trinity Sunday

O God, before whose face we are not made righteous even by being right: free us from the need to justify ourselves by our own anxious striving, that we may be abandoned to faith in you alone; through Jesus Christ. Amen. APBA 8A

Readings
The creation story. Genesis 1:1-25 1:1-2:4a
Your glory is seen in all the world; what is man that you are mindful of him?. Psalm 8
The grace of God. 2 Corinthians 13:11-14 13:11-13
All authority belongs to Jesus. Matthew 28:16-20

Supplementary readings
The Lord God. Exodus 34:1-28 34:1-8
The unity of the Spirit / The new man / A guide to the new life. Ephesians 4:1-16 / 4:17-24 / 4:25-5:2 4:1-6, 17-32

Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Worship elements
Gathering Songs

Invocation
Praise
Gradual/Reading
Offertory/Prayer
Recessional Book & #
Hymn or Chorus first line
Tunes and sources

Seasonal Litany
We gather in the name of the Maker;
Who lit up the world and breathed the breath of life into us.
We gather in the name of the Son;
Who saved the world and stretched out his hand to us.
We gather in the name of the Spirit;
Who encompasses the world and blesses our souls with yearning.
We gather in the name of the Trinity of love;
God above us, God beside us, God beneath us; the beginning, the end, the everlasting one. Iona Community Worship Book. Wild Goose Publications.

Color Key and Notes
RCL reading;
APBA reading;
Congregational response or refrain, AAPB/RSV;
Subject heading, AAPB;
Where there is a second Old Testament reading it is sequential rather than linked to the gospel;
Hymn book and other abbreviations. See In Words and Song.

In Words and Song. Notes on the words and music used on this site

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