The Feast of St. Peter and Paul (Transferred) Confirmation with Holy Communion Sunday, June 25, 2023

PRELUDE At the River (arr. Copland)Timothy Hoyt, SoloistENTRANCE HYMN 473 Lift High the CrossOPENING ACCLAMATIONBishop Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.People And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.SALUTATION FOR BAPTISMBishop People Bishop PeopleThere is one Body and one Spirit; There is one hope in God’s call to us; One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism; One God and Father of all.THE COLLECT OF THE DAYBishop People BishopThe Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray.Almighty God, whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul glorified you by their martyrdom: Grant that your Church, instructed by their teaching and example, and knit together in unity by your Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one foundation, which is Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.The LessonsFIRST READING Genesis 21:8-21The people sit.A Reading from the book of Genesis.The child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac.” The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son. But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you. As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes. Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot; for she said, “Do not let me look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept. And God heard the voice of the boy; and the angel of God called toHagar from heaven, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him.” Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. She went, and filled the skin with water, and gave the boy a drink.God was with the boy, and he grew up; he lived in the wilderness, and became an expert with the bow. He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.Silence may follow.PSALM: Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 Inclina, Domine Remain seated.1 Bow down your ear, O LORD, and answer me, * for I am poor and in misery.2 Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful; * save your servant who puts his trust in you.3 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for you are my God; * I call upon you all the day long.4 Gladden the soul of your servant, *for to you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.5 For you, O LORD, are good and forgiving, *and great is your love toward all who call upon you.6 Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer, *and attend to the voice of my supplications.7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon you, * for you will