Service Sheet for Sunday 3rd May - Fifth Sunday of Easter - St. Paul’s Anglican Church

01/05/2026

Service Sheet for Sunday 3rd May – Fifth Sunday of Easter

Celebrant Fr. Benjamoiin Drury

Sung Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter

Processional: 477 (Blaenwern) Ye that know the Lord is gracious

Resp. Psalm: Ps. 33

Gradual: 464 (St. James) Thou are the way, by thee alone Offertory: 447 (Luther’s Hymn) Sing praise to God who reigns above Communion: 456 (Sandys) Teach me, my God and King

Recessional: 453 (Ellacombe) Stand up! – stand up for Jesus

The mass setting (Kyrie, Gloria, Creed, Sanctus, Agnus Dei) begins at page 562 in the New English Hymnal.

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (6: 1-7)

About this time, when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenists made a complaint against the Hebrews: in the daily distribution their own widows were being overlooked. So the Twelve called a full meeting of the disciples and addressed them, ‘It would not be right for us to neglect the word of God so as to give out food; you, brothers, must select from among yourselves seven men of good reputation, filled with the Spirit and with wisdom; we will hand over this duty to them, and continue to devote ourselves to prayer and to the service of the word.’ The whole assembly approved of this proposal and elected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, together with Philip, Prochorus, Nica-nor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus of Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

They presented these to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

The word of the Lord continued to spread: the number of disciples in Jerusalem was greatly increased, and a large group of priests made their submission to the faith.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Resp. Psalm: Ps. 33 May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.

Ring out your joy to the Lord, O you just; for praise is fitting for loyal hearts.

Give thanks to the Lord upon the harp,

with a ten-stringed lute sing him songs. (Response)

For the word of the Lord is faithful and all his works to be trusted.

The Lord loves justice and right

and fills the earth with his love. (Response) The Lord looks on those who revere him,

on those who hope in his love, to rescue their souls from death,

to keep them alive in famine. (Response)

A reading from the first letter of St. Peter (2: 4-9)

The Lord is the living stone, rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him; set yourselves close to him so that you too, the holy

priesthood that offers the spiritual sacrifices which Jesus Christ has made acceptable to God, may be living stones making a spiritual house. As

scripture says: See how I lay in Zion a precious cornerstone that I have chosen and the man who rests his trust on it will not be disappointed. That means that for you who are believers, it is precious; but for unbe-

lievers, the stone rejected by the builders has proved to be the keystone, a stone to stumble over, a rock to bring men down. They stumble over it because they do not believe in the word; it was the fate in store for them.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a people set apart to sing the praises of God who called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

Jesus said: ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.

No one can come to the Father except through me.’ Alleluia! The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (14: 1-12)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus said to his disciples:

‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God still, and trust in me.

There are many rooms in my Father’s house; if there were not, I should have told you. I am going now to prepare a place for you, and after I have

gone and prepared you a place, I shall return to take you with me; so that where I am you may be too. You know the way to the place where I am going.’ Thomas said, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’ Jesus said:

‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father

except through me. If you know me, you know my Father too. From this moment you know him and have seen him.’

Philip said, ‘Lord, let us see the Father and then we shall be satisfied.’

‘Have I been with you all this time, Philip,’ said Jesus to him ‘and you still do not know me?

‘To have seen me is to have seen the Father,so how can you say, “Let us see the Father”? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is

in me? The words I say to you I do not speak as from myself: it is the Fa-

ther, living in me, who is doing this work. You must believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; believe it on the evidence of this work, if for no other reason. I tell you most solemnly, whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do myself, he will perform

even greater works, because I am going to the Father.’ The Gospel of the Lord: praise to you, O Christ

O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections

of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP Collect: Fourth Sunday after Easter)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 6th April: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 10th May: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Easter V)

Sunday 10th May: Sung Compline (to be confirmed)

Chaplaincy Lunch: next Sunday, viz. 10th May, to be held after Mass at Apollonos 6 (three minutes’ walk from the church), shall be a ‘bring and share’ lunch, and if you are able to come and to contribute something to the meal then please write your name on the sheet at the entrance to the church.

Study group & walking group: details from Father Benjamin.

Spring Bazaar: to be held at the church on 6th June. Further details may be had from churchwarden Lynn Stavrou.

A booklet comprising the Little Hours of Prime (a short form for morning prayer) and Compline (night prayer) may be purchased; please ask Oliver Knight about this.

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