With Bulletin For June 18 Service

Dear St. Paul’s Church Family,

  At a Vestry meeting last week, a member reported that more and more people remark to her how involved in the community our parish is. Isn’t that a wonderful reputation to have? These last few days are not atypical. In the past seventy-two hours alone we delivered eighty Wednesday suppers, lent out bicycles to several J1 Visa international students, broadcast a popular upbeat weekly Bible study, hosted again the Nantucket High School graduates’ Baccalaureate, had a packed church for the funeral of a popular island woodworker, celebrated an infant’s Baptism in the Sound, and renewed a couple’s wedding vows (for which I have many requests this summer).

  I am so grateful for our shared efforts to serve our members and the wider island community in such a variety of ways. People from all parts of the world experience God’s love through our marvelous music programs, our expanded Outreach Committee efforts, and our joyous Sunday worship. Importantly, nonmembers know that they are able to turn to St. Paul’s Church in Nantucket for solace and strength even during times of tragedy, and that we welcome them to celebrate with us milestones in their lives. Thank you for helping make all that possible.

If the weather clears up, we will be out with the chirping birds in the Memorial Garden for tomorrow’s 8:00 o’clock service. As always this summer, we will be inside for that service if the weather is unsuitable for outdoors. See you at church!

The peace and joy of Christ,

Max

This Week at St. Paul’s Church in Nantucket

Tuesdays -Thursdays

8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  Regular church office hours; Parish House

Fridays

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  Regular church office hours; Parish House

Tuesday, June 20

10:00 a.m.        Sherburne Commons Worship

12:00 p.m.        Lunchbox Series 

Wednesday, June 21

9:00 a.m.       Staff Meeting

12:00 p.m.     Mid Week Music 

Thursday, June 22

11:30 a.m.    Bible Study

Sunday, June 25

8:00 a.m.     Garden Service or inside

9:30 a.m.     Holy Eucharist

10:30 a.m.    Coffee Hour in Gardner Hall

Upcoming Happenings

St. Paul's Lunchbox Series D / Lunch with King David

Our exploration of Power, Oppression, Deliverance, and Renewal continues Tuesday, 20 June 2023, noon to 1 pm, in the Church.  We take a step backwards to move two steps forward and continue our exploration of Binary Choices and Israel's Judges. Please join us for Lunch with King David. Each session is standalone. No homework.To receive the syllabus for Lunchbox Series D, please write to Sam Baker at   . The link address for all Lunches with King David is Zoom Link Lunchbox Series D (Lunch with David)

Fairwinds Counseling Center

Fairwinds Counseling Center is seeking temporary housing for their Crisis Responders covering around-the-clock clinical care on island. Please contact Ann Smith at

Interested in assisting at St. Paul’s this summer?

If you are a Eucharistic Minister or reader at your home church, and would like to assist at St. Paul’s this summer or even if you are just interested in exploring this important ministry, please contact Verger Curtis Barnes for information at or 508-228-4133. Opportunities at both 8:00 and 9:30 services. If you have any kids, or grand kids, who would like to serve as acolytes, this is an important ministry open to younger people.

Mid-Week Music@ St. Paul’s

Wednesdays 12:00-12:30 p.m. for Mid-Week Music @ St. Paul’s. Join us on your lunch break in person on Fair Street or on Facebook Live at St. Paul’s Church in Nantucket— Episcopal or on YouTube at St. Paul’s - Nantucket (and taped for later viewing).

Save the Date

July 8, August 5, September 9

8:00 a.m., Clean Team with Adam Dread

July 11, 18, 25 - Tuesdays, Nantucket Musical Arts Society

July 20 - 6:45 p.m., Tiffany Reception with NHA

July 27 - 7:00 p.m., Rossini Club Concert with Nick Davies, $30

July 28 - 7:00 p.m., St. Paul’s Jazz Concert

July 29 - 6:00 p.m., St. Paul’s Jazz Mass in memory of Nancy Broll

July 30 - 9:30 a.m., St. Paul’s Jazz Mass in memory of Nancy Broll     

August 1, 8, 15- Tuesdays, Nantucket Musical Arts Society

August 4 - 7:00 p.m., Rossini Club Concert with Nick Davies, $30

August 11-13 - Lisa Miller, Spiritual Child

Updated Contact Information

Please email if your contact information has changed and needs to be updated.

The information to access our daily broadcast offerings is as follows:

Sunday Holy Eucharist at 9:30am

• in person
• via Facebook Live at St Paul's Church in Nantucket - Episcopal
• or via Zoom at click here and then click on Join a Meeting and use the ID code and then the Passcode when prompted with the meeting ID # 983 0366 8882 Passcode: 373740
• to phone in 1-301-715-8592 code: 98303668882#

Thursday morning Bible study 11:30-12:30, in person at church and via Facebook Live or Zoom (with the meeting ID # 957 8383 4554 and Passcode 206515).

Joe Hammer’s Mid-Week Music @St. Paul's, Wednesdays at noon, in person at church and via Facebook Live.

St. Paul’s Church in Nantucket (Episcopal)

June 18, 2023

Third Sunday after Pentecost

Holy Eucharist

Ringing of the Bell

Prelude Adoration

                                   Florence B. Price (1887-1953)                      

Hymn 401                  The God of Abraham praise                        Leoni

The Acclamation 

Celebrant Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

People And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

Collect for Purity

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gloria S280   (Gloria in Excelsis)          Setting: Robert Powell  (b. 1932)

Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God’s people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, 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 sin of the world; have mercy on 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 of the Day

The Lessons

A Reading from Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7

Psalm 116:1, 10-17

A Reading from Romans 5:1-8

The Holy Gospel according to Matthew 9:35-10:23

Sermon          The Rev. Max J. Wolf

Music Meditation         Folk Tune

                                         Percy W. Whitlock (1903-1946)                   

The Prayers of the People

Concluding Collect

The Peace

The Peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.

Announcements

Offertory Anthem             Come thou fount of every blessing             Choir

                   Tune: Nettleton, Sacred Music; Text: Robert Robinson (1735-1790)

Come, thou fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace! Streams of mercy never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount! Oh, fix me on it, mount of God’s unchanging love. W Here I find my greatest treasure; hither, by thy help, I’ve come; and I hope, by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger wandering from the fold of God; he, to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood. W Oh, to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be! Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee: prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love; here’s my heart, oh, take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.

Doxology sung                                                                                     Old 100^th

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise

 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

The Holy Communion

Sanctus S125     Holy, holy, holy Lord Setting: Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Hosanna in the highetst.

The Breaking of the Bread

At the Communion Partita on Morecambe

                                         James L. Boeringer (1930-2014)

Postcommunion Prayer (BCP 365)

Blessing

Hymn 539         O Zion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling         Tidings

Dismissal

The people respond: Thanks be to God. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Voluntary                   Trumpet Minuet

                                   Jeremiah Clarke (1671-1707)

All are invited to Coffee Hour after the service.

This morning’s coordinator is Olly Wolf.

Celebrant                                    The Rev. Max J. Wolf

Verger                                          Curtis Barnes

Eucharistic Minister                   Paul Borneman III

Readers                                       Kathi Linville, Howard Stovall

Ushers                                         John Barnes, Steve Paradis   

Altar Guild                                   Olly Wolf, Susan O’Brien

Music Director & Organist        Joe Hammer