The Second Sunday after Pentecost

June 22, 2025 

Holy EUCHARIST 

11:00 A.M. 

BISHOP: The Rt. Rev. Kara Wagner Sherer

INTERIM RECTOR: The Rev. Dr. Julianne Buenting

MUSIC DIRECTOR and ORGANIST: Stephen Kennedy 

PRIEST ASSOCIATE: The Rev. Joel Wilbur

The Rev. Dr. Julianne Buenting and The Rev. Joel Wilber are co-celebrants today

We seek to serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves.
We strive for justice and peace among all people,
respecting the dignity of every human being.

Welcome

We seek to mirror the love of God and the hospitality of Jesus in our worship and our service to others. We are a community welcoming all races, ethnicities, faiths, genders, orientations, and abilities. Our worship is open to all, and every person is invited to receive communion.

CHRIST CHURCH OFFICE HOURS – TELEPHONE: 585.454.3878

TUESDAYS - 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAYS - 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

THURSDAYS - 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

As discussed during the Annual Meeting, the Rector Search Committee is interested in your input!  Click here and leave us a message https://songforchristchurch.org/contact and share your thoughts.  Members of the Search Committee will be available after church during Coffee Hour, too, to answer any questions, and the boards will be available through the month of February.

THE HOLY EUCHARIST: RITE TWO

From The Book of Common Prayer

VOLUNTARY Improvisation on O Salutaris Hostia, plainsong Mode VIII Stephen Kennedy

THE ENTRANCE RITE

Please stand, as able.

HYMN 686 Come, thou fount of every blessing

OPENING ACCLAMATION

Presider: Blessed be the One Holy and Living God

People: Glory to God for ever and ever.

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.

SONG OF PRAISE HYMN 437 Tell out my soul, the greatness of the Lord

THE WORD OF GOD

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Presider:  God be with you.

People:    And also with you.

Presider:  Let us pray.

Presider: O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Please be seated

FIRST LESSON 1 Kings 19:1-15a

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there.

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: "It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors." Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat." He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and lay down again. The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.". He got up and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. At that place he came to a cave and spent the night there.

Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" He answered, "I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away."

He said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by." Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" He answered, "I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away." Then the Lord said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus."

Leader The Word of the Lord.

People Thanks be to God.

Gradual Psalm

Psalms 42 and 43

Quemadmodum & Judica me, Deus

Cantor

1. As the deer longs for the / water-brooks, * so longs my / soul for you, O God.

All

2. My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the / living God; *

when shall I come to appear before the / presence of God?

3. My tears have been my food / day and night, *

while all day long they say to me, / "Where now is your God?"

4. I pour out my soul when I think / on these things: *

how I went with the multitude and led them in-/to the house of God,

5. With the voice of praise and thanks-/giving, *

among those / who keep holy-day.

6.Why are you so full of heaviness, / O my soul? *

and why are you so disquiet-/ted within me?

7. Put your / trust in God; *

for I will yet give thanks to him, who is the help of my counte-/nance, and my God.

8. My soul is heavy with-/in me; *

therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, and from the peak of Mizar among the / heights of Hermon.

9. One deep calls to another in the noise of your / cataracts; *

all your rapids and floods / have gone over me.

10. The Lord grants his loving-kindness in the / daytime; *

in the night season his song is with me, a prayer / to the God of life.

11. I will say to the God of my strength, "Why have you for-/gotten me? *

and why do I go so heavily while the ene-/my oppresses me?"

12. While my bones are being / broken, *

my enemies / mock me to my face;

13. All day long they / mock me *

and say to me, / "Where now is your God?"

14. Why are you so full of heaviness, / O my soul? *

and why are you so disquiet-/ed within me?

15. Put your / trust in God; *

for I will yet give thanks to him, who is the help of my counte-/nance, and my God.

1. Give judgment for me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly / people; *

deliver me from the deceitful / and the wicked.

2. For you are the God of my strength; why have you put me / from you? *

and why do I go so heavily while the ene-/my oppresses me?

3. Send out your light and your truth, that they may / lead me, *

and bring me to your holy hill and / to your dwelling

4. That I may go to the altar of God, to the God of my joy and / gladness; *

and on the harp I will give thanks to / you, O God my God.

5. Why are you so full of heaviness, / O my soul? *

and why are you so disquiet-/ed within me?

6. Put your / trust in God; *

for I will yet give thanks to him, who is the help of my counte-/nance, and my God.

EPISTLE Galatians 3:23-29

Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. Therefore, the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian, for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to the promise.

Leader The Word of the Lord.

People Thanks be to God.

Please stand, as able.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Verse: O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from them that persecute me and deliver me. Alleluia

THE HOLY GOSPEL Luke 8:26-39

Gospeler: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.

All: Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Jesus and his disciples arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he fell down before him and shouted at the top of his voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me"

-- for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.) Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.

Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in the country. Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. Those who had seen it told them how the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them; for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him.

Gospeler: The Gospel of the Lord.

All:   Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Sermon The Rev. Dr. Julianne Buenting

THE NICENE CREED recited in unison

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty,
    maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
    eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,
    true God from true God, begotten, not made,
    of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made.
 For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven:
    by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin 
    Mary, and was made man.

 For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; 

    he suffered death and was buried.
    On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;
    he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
    and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
    who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
    With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
    He has spoken through the Prophets.
    We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
    We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
    We look for the resurrection of the dead,
    and the life of the world to come. Amen.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE (adapted from BCP Form III) Please remain standing, as able.

Creating God, we pray for your holy Catholic Church;

That we all may be one.

Grant that every member of the Church may truly and humbly serve you;

That your Name may be glorified by all people.

We pray for our Presiding Bishop Sean and our Bishop Kara, and for all the ordained;

That they may be faithful ministers of your Word and Sacraments.

We pray for all who govern and hold authority in the nations of the world;

That there may be justice, compassion, and peace on the earth.

Give us grace to do your will in all that we undertake;

That our works may find favor in your sight.

Have compassion on those who suffer from grief, infirmity, or trouble;

Surround them with your love and guide us in our efforts to alleviate suffering.

Give to the departed eternal rest;

Let light perpetual shine upon them.

We praise you for your saints who have entered into joy;

May we also come to share in your heavenly kingdom.

Presider: O Lord our God, accept the fervent prayers of your people; in the multitude of your mercies, look with compassion upon us and all who turn to you for help; for you are gracious, O lover of souls, and to you we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.

CONFESSION

Confession of Sin Deacon or Presider says
Let us confess our sins to God. Silence may be kept.

Minister and People

God of all mercy, we confess that we have sinned against you, opposing your will in our lives. We have denied your goodness in each other, in ourselves, and in the world you have created. We repent of the evil that enslaves us, the evil we have done, and the evil done on our behalf.

Forgive, restore, and strengthen us through our Savior Jesus Christ, that we may abide in your love and serve only your will. Amen.

Absolution

Presider: Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through the grace of Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen.

THE PEACE

Presider The peace of the risen Christ be with you always!

People And also with you.

We share a greeting of peace with one another.

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

OFFERTORY SENTENCE

Walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself for us.

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THE HOLY COMMUNION

HYMN 296 We know that Christ is raised and dies no more

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING

Eucharistic Prayer A- Expansive language

All who are able stand

SURSUM CORDA Plainsong

It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Almighty God, Creator of heaven and earth. For with your co-eternal Son and Holy Spirit, you are one God, one Lord, in Trinity of Persons and in Unity of Being; and we celebrate the one and equal glory of you, O Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Therefore, we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who forever sing this hymn to proclaim to the glory of your Name:

SANCTUS            

Holy and gracious God: In your infinite love you made us for yourself; and, when we had fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent Jesus Christ, your only and eternal Son,

to share our human nature, to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, the God and maker of all. Jesus stretched out his arms upon the cross, and offered himself in obedience to your will, a perfect sacrifice for the whole world.

On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Savior Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper Jesus took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.  Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

Therefore, we proclaim the mystery of faith:

Presider and People

Christ has died.

Christ is risen.

Christ will come again.

The Presider continues

We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, Almighty God, in this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Recalling Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension, we offer you these gifts. Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people the Body and Blood of your Son, the holy food and drink of new and unending life in Christ.

Sanctify us also that we may faithfully receive this holy Sacrament, and serve you in unity, constancy, and peace; and at the last day bring us, with Mary, the Mother of God, and all your saints into the joy of your eternal kingdom. All this we ask through Jesus Christ our Savior.

By Christ, and with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty God, now and forever. AMEN.

 THE LORD’S PRAYER

THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD

A period of silence is kept.

FRACTION ANTHEM  

Chanted by cantors

Chanted "Alleluia Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, Alleluia."

Presider: The gifts of God for the people of God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on him by faith, with thanksgiving.

The Bread and the Cup are given to communicants with these words:

The Body of Christ, the bread of heaven.

The Blood of Christ, the cup of salvation.

The Response to each is: Amen.

COMMUNION HYMN 484 Praise the Lord through every nation

POSTCOMMUNION PRAYER

Presider: Let us pray.

Eternal God, you have graciously accepted us as living members of our Savior Jesus Christ, and you have fed us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood. Send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you with gladness and singleness of heart; through Christ our Savior. Amen.

The Blessing

May God give you comfort and peace, light and joy, in this world and the next; and the blessing of the holy and undivided Trinity, one God, be upon you and remain with you always. Amen.

DISMISSAL

Priest: Let us go forth into the world rejoicing in the power of the Spirit. Alleluia, alleluia.

People: Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia!

DEO GRATIAS

VOLUNTARY: Benedicamus (of 6 voices) Samuel Scheidt (1587-1645)

CHRIST CHURCH PARISH PRAYER LIST

Please keep these persons and intentions in your prayers this week-

The wardens, vestry, search committee, and clergy of this parish.

The sick and the suffering, remembering Kristy Liddell’s mother Kina.

Ellen Iaia (Steve’s mother)

The Very Rev. William and Pricilla Petersen

Nancy Norwood, Diane Lu and Sheila Swigert Capt. Charles Lewis, deployed to Middle East

Refugees and immigrants, those lacking housing, employment, and the necessities of life.

Those affected by recent tornados, storms, and wildfires.

All those afflicted by poverty, bigotry, violence, war, and oppression.

For those who have died and those who mourn.

Church is an affirming and inclusive community

The Rev. Dr. Julianne Buenting and The Rev. Joel Wilber will be co-celebrants

Our Lectors-

1st Reading- Andrew Shelton

2nd Reading- David Sheridan

Prayers of the People- Benny Smith

Next Week- June 29th

1st Reading- Joel Wilson

2nd Reading- Emmarae Stein

Prayers of the People- Doris Bailey-Gordon

Vestry- Jeremy Cooney, Jim Ford, John Fields, Norma Hopcraft, Kristy Liddell, Nancy Norwood, Shirley Ricker, Craig Smith, Jim Kurmis

Wardens- Valerie Jutsum   Deb VanderBilt

and David Jutsum- Clerk of the Vestry

Organists 

Stephen Kennedy, director of music and organist

Andrew Johnson, assistant organist

Dominic Fiacco, VanDelinder Fellow

Jimmy Jeffery, VanDelinder fellow

David Higgs and William Porter, associate organists

Choral Scholars

Anna Bjerken 

Amelia Harkey

Maya Watters 

Mary Reins

Caroline Barata

Andrea McGaugh 

Caleb Meyerhoff 

Daniel Perez (ESM/CC Choral Scholar)

MUSIC ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Christ Church Choir

 is on Summer break and will return to singing at the 11:00am Eucharist on Sunday, September 7.  To join, please contact Stephen Kennedy to set up audition and meeting.  Rehearsals: Wednesday nights 6:30-8:00 pm and warm-up on Sunday mornings at 10:00 am. We all have a fantastic time preparing and making great music together.

Christ Church Children’s Choir

 is on Summer break until September. We wants your kids to participate in these 20-minute rehearsals following the 11:00 am Eucharist. Please contact Stephen Kennedy if you have a child interested in participating or if you have any questions about our program.

CHRIST CHURCH OFFICE HOURS &Staff -

The Rev. Dr. Julianne Buenting, Interim Rector

The Rev. Joel Wilber, Associate Priest

Stephen Kennedy, Director of Music, stephenk@rochester.rr.com

           Steve Iaia, Sexton, stepheniaia9@gmail.com

           Lori Frank, Office Administrator, office@christchurchrochester.org.

Office Hours:

TUESDAYS - 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.  

WEDNESDAYS - 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.  

THURSDAYS - 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

CALENDAR FOR THIS WEEK

TODAY: June 22, 2025

1:00-3:00 “Let’s Build Together”

MONDAY, June 23

10:00 am Zoom Morning Prayer

https://songforchristchurch.org/monday-morning-prayer

TUESDAY, June 24

Tuesday Pipes 12:10pm

THURSDAY, June 25

7:00 pm Zoom Evening Prayer

https://songforchristchurch.org/thursday-evening-prayer

Thursday Evening Prayer will move to Wednesday beginning in July

SAVE THE DATE!

LEMONADE & LEARNING, Friday. June 27th in Wilder Hall @ 5:30 pm

Session with Rev. Julianne. “Sex & Gender in the Bible”: It’s complicated (& fascinating).

PARISH PICNIC, Sunday, July 6th @ 5 pm @ Penfield Veterans Memorial Park, 3100 Atlantic Ave.

Veteran's Memorial Park in Penfield

is accessable from both Atlantic Avenue, behind the Town Hall, and from Jackson Road. When using the Atlantic Avenue enter at the driveway for the Town hall, drive around to the back and follow the park road leading off toward the right. The pavillion is up a slight hill just before you get to the concert shell. When using the Jackson Road entrance, use the Park entrance North of Atlantic Avenue. Signage includes the Dolomite Lodge. The Road will pass the Lodge and go left. The Pavillion is up a slight hill, within sight, just past the concert shell. Look for the flags indicating the memorial. Here's a LINK-
https://www.penfield.org/detail_T12_R137.php

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