Instructed Eucharist June 30, 2019, 3 Pentecost PDF

The Blessing
No blessing is needed, since the gift of communion is the greatest blessing we can receive. The
Blessing seems to have been added first by bishops when they were present and then imitated by
parish priests.
Theologically speaking, the closing hymn was not part of the original service since it delays our being
sent back out into the world. However, it remains a vital custom in most parishes, creating a further
sense of joy and praise in the congregation and allowing the choir and clergy to exit as we began,
with a hymn of praise, in a formal manner.
The Dismissal
A formal Dismissal corresponds to the formal salutation with which the service began. The brief,
abrupt character of the Dismissal again stresses the urgency of being about God's work in the world.
We are given communion not simply for our own sake, but for the sake of all God's people and God's
world. The Roman Catholic notion of “Mass” stems from the original Latin, “Ite, missa est;” it (the
congregation) is being sent out. And thus, you are sent back out into the world to proclaim the Gospel
and to do Christ’s work as you have been given to do. We respond with a resounding, “Thanks be to
God.”
St. JAMES’ PRAYER LIST
Please keep these parishioners in your prayers:
Hanan Akel, Terry Bassett, Arthur Bayer, Patty Brady, Bobby Brown, Arnold Bush, Rhonda Case, Jeanelle Clark, Chuck Codding, Alainna
Elliott, Brooks Elliott, The Estefan Family, John Falck, De Freeman, Brandy Haas, Shirley Haley, Patty Havard, Ronald and Rose Mary
Heveran, Verna Johnson, Tod Jonson, Alana LaFoe, Woody Lowell, Tod Lussen, Patrick Mead, Pam Miller, Hilde Neasbe, Brenda
Pisarkiewiez, Joe Rodgers, and those who care for them.
Let us also pray for the needs of others:
Matthew Bailey, Norman Barbour, Tim Carey, Connie Cook, Johnny Crowley, Tom Elliott, Kristen Freeman, Whitney Goetter, Ann Green,
Verna Gullette, John Halifax, Mimi Henderson, Dale and Ray Hill, Wylie Kincaid, Brett Laine, Earl Lambert, Jackie Lanier, Akharia Lewis,
Faye Lott, Mack McLaren, Zephaniah Mobley, Maggie Mostellar, Jenny Hill Musgrove, Priscilla and Pat Patrick, Mary Ellen Pearson, Joshua
Phillippi, Deborah Shook, Orville Shook,Bill Sims, Tommy Smith, Phyllis Springen, Tan, Tom Townsend, Felecia Wilford, Jo Williams,
Carolyn Zeanah, and those who care for them.
Military Prayer Requests:
Lee Brennan, Chase Carlton, William Clarke, Matthew Curry, Edward Doyle, Billy Geiger, Bobby Glover, John Granlund, John Michael
Gresla, John Heerin, Mallory Henderson, Matthew Kangsumrith, Daniel Keyser, Frances Kinsey, Will McDuff, Walter Miller, Robert
Pinkard, Parker Ponder, Colton Pratt, Stephen Prough, Bryan Quinn, Neil Quinn, Adam Simpson, Gary Spencer.
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: St. Peter’s, Jackson
To place a name on the prayer list, please complete one of the prayer cards found in the narthex of the church/chapel, or in the
Parish office. Names are listed for 2 months.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CHRISTIAN FORMATION
✤ Just Mercy—Together as a parish this summer we are reading, studying, and discussing Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy: A Story of
Justice and Redemption AND the youth are reading Just Mercy Adapted for Young Adults: A True Story of the Fight for Justice.
Immediately following the 10 am service, we are exploring the various themes of the book. We hope you join in the conversation. It is
not necessary to have read the book to join the conversation. All are welcome. The schedule is as follows:
๏ June 30: TODAY, Facilitator-led small groups will discuss the incarceration of children. Adult only group meets in the
classroom above Green Hall. Parent/youth group and adults (16 years and older) meet in the Library.
๏ July 7: Panelists from Diocesan Commissions will lead a parish-wide forum on the prison ministry and the death penalty.
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