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.
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