CHURCH OF SS. MARY & JOHN NUGEGODA

CHURCH OF SS. MARY & JOHNNUGEGODA Fourth Sunday of Easter “Jesus the Good Shepherd”

Christ is risen. Hallelu Yah! Leader The Lord is risen indeed Hallelu Yah! Response 162 Hymn

Introductory Sentence “I am the good shepherd. As the Father knows me and I know the Father, in the same way I know my sheep and they know me.” Hallelu Yah! ( John 10: 14) Blessed be God. Leader Blessed be God’s Reign forever. Amen. Response

Invitation To Confession Christ our passover lamb has been sacrificed for us. Let us therefore rejoice by putting away all malice and evil and confessing our sins with a sincere and true heart. (1 Corinthians 5.7,8) Silence Confession You called out to us Leader We did not listen to your voice Response

You follow us, to bring us back Leader We walk away from you Response You want to be our shepherd Leader We have put our trust in those who devour the fold Response

You leave the ninety and nine and come after us Forgive us Lord that we have failed to seek you. Response May the risen and living Lord, the good shepherd lift us up out of sin and bring us to new life in him. Amen. Absolution

Gloria Glory to God in the Highest, and peace to God’s people on earth. Lord God, heavenly Sovereign, 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 sins of the world, have mercy upon 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

Collect God of peace, by the blood of the eternal covenant you brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that good shepherd of the sheep by whom the lost are sought and guided; into the fold; feed us and we shall be satisfied, heal us

and we shall be made whole, and lead us to make us perfect in every good work to do your will; through Jesus Christ our Good Shepherd to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Ministry Of The Word

In place of Old Testament Acts.2:42 - 47 2They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. 44All who believed were together and had all things in common

45 they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, 47praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.

Silence This is the word of the Lord Reader Thanks be to God Response Psalm 23 The King of love my Shepherd is,Whose goodness faileth never,I nothing lack if I am HisAnd He is mine forever.

Where streams of living water flowMy ransomed soul He leadeth,And where the verdant pastures grow,With food celestial feedeth. Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,But yet in love He sought me,And on His shoulder gently laid,And home, rejoicing, brought me In death’s dark vale I fear no illWith Thee, dear Lord, beside me;Thy rod and staff my comfort still,Thy cross before to guide me.

Thou spread’st a table in my sight;Thy unction grace bestoweth;And O what transport of delightFrom Thy pure chalice floweth! And so through all the length of daysThy goodness faileth never;Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praiseWithin Thy house forever.

New Testament 1 Peter 2: 19 – 25 19For it is to your credit if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly. 20If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, where is the credit in that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God’s approval. 21For to this you have been called, because Christ also

suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps. 22 ‘He committed no sin,and no deceit was found in his mouth.’ 23When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly. 24He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross,

so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. 25For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

Silence This is the word of the Lord Reader Thanks be to God Response 164 Hymn Gospel Acclamation Hallelu Yah! Hallelu Yah! “I am the gate. Whoever comes in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture. (Jn10:9) Hallelu Yah! Hallelu Yah!

Gospel John 10: 1 - 10 Response Glory to Christ Our Saviour Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. 2The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

4When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers.’ 6Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

7 So again Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them. 9I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

This is the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ Reader Response Praise to Christ our Lord Sermon

Affirmation Of Faith Let us declare our faith in the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ: Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures; he was buried; was raised to life on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures; afterwards he appeared to his followers, and all the Apostles: this we have received and this we believe.

Intercessions

Introduction to The Greeting of Peace Jesus is thegood shepherdwho binds the wounds and heals the broken and feeds the hungry. The peace of the Lord be with you. Leader The peace of the Lord be always with you. And Also With You Response 382 Hymn

Proper Preface But chiefly are we bound to praise you because you raised him gloriously from the dead. For he is the true paschal lamb who was offered for us, and has taken away the sin of the world. By his death he had destroyed death, and by his rising to life again he has restored to us everlasting life. Hymn 111

Ministry Of The Sacrament

Post Communion Prayer Great God, you are one God,and you bring together what is scattered and mend what is broken. Unite us with the scattered peoples of the earth that we may be one family of your children. Bind up all our wounds and heal us in spirit, that we may be renewed as disciples of Jesus Christ, our Master and Saviour.

Blessing The God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, make you perfect in every good work to do his will; and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be among you and remain with you always. Amen.

Go in Peace to Love and serve the Lord. Hallelu Yah Hallelu Yah! Hallelu Yah! Dismissal In the name of Christ. Amen.Hallelu Yah! Hallelu Yah! Response 234 Hymn **********

CHURCH OF SS. MARY & JOHN NUGEGODA