The Collect and Psalms will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from the New International Version Bible

The Collect: O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19

Track 1 Psalm: Psalm 24

Track 2 Old Testament: Amos 7:7-15

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 85:8-13

Epistle: Ephesians 1:3-14

Gospel: Mark 6:14-29

On July 21 we celebrate the life of Albert John Luthuli (Lew-tha-lee), Prophetic Witness in South Africa. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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