5th Sunday after Easter, 6th of Easter C

The Holy Spirit, the Teacher

Sentence
      'Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you,' says the Lord. 'Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.' John 14:27
 
Collects
      Heavenly Father, the giver of all good things, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and grant that by your holy inspiration we may think those things that are good, and by your merciful guidance may perform them; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. BCP. Easter 5
 
      Let us pray [that we may practise the faith we profess.]
      Ever-living God, help us to celebrate joyfully the resurrection of the Lord and to express in our lives the love we celebrate. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. AAPB
 
      Great and loving God, your will for us in your Son Jesus is the peace which the world cannot give, your abiding gift, the Advocate he promised. Calm all troubled hearts, dispel every fear, and keep us steadfast in love and faithful to your word. Grant this through Jesus Christ, the firstborn from the dead, who lives with you now and always in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen. APBA
 
Readings
      Lydia's conversion.   Acts 16:6-15   16:9-15
      Let the peoples praise you. O God, let all the peoples praise you.   Psalm 67  
      The Holy City I / The Holy City II.   Revelation 21:9-21 / Revelation 21:22-22:5   21:10, 22-22:5 ,   21:10-14, 22-22:5 / e. 21:10-23
      The Holy Spirit will teach you everything.   John 14:22-31   14:23-29. alt. 5:1-9
 
Supplementary readings
      The gospel moves outward.   Acts 12:20-13:5  
      To Laodicea.   Revelation 3:14-22  
 
Hymns and Spiritual Songs
 
Worship elements
Gathering Songs
 
 
Invocation
Praise
Gradual/Reading
Offertory/Prayer
Recessional 		Book & #
FS 84
CH 48
CH 39
CC 214
CH 75
CH 72
NLP 204
TIS 643 		Hymn or Chorus first line
On tip-toe
Awake, awake
Litany
There's a river
O love how deep
Jerusalem is fair
Peace I leave with you
I want to walk as 		Tunes and sources
 
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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