The Feast of St. Peter and Paul (Transferred) Confirmation with Holy Communion Sunday, June 25, 2023

<p><strong> PRELUDE&nbsp;<em>At the River (arr. Copland)</em></strong></p><p><em>Timothy Hoyt, Soloist</em></p><p><strong>ENTRANCE HYMN 473&nbsp;<em>Lift High the Cross</em></strong></p><p><strong>OPENING ACCLAMATION</strong></p><p><em>Bishop&nbsp;</em>Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.</p><p><em>People&nbsp;</em>And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.</p><p><strong>SALUTATION FOR BAPTISM</strong></p><p><em>Bishop People Bishop People</em></p><p>There is one Body and one Spirit;&nbsp;There is one hope in God’s call to us;&nbsp;One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism; One God and Father of all.</p><p><strong>THE COLLECT OF THE DAY</strong></p><p><em>Bishop People Bishop</em></p><p>The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray.</p><p>Almighty God, whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul glorified you by their martyrdom: Grant that your Church, instructed by their teaching and example, and knit together in unity by your Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one foundation, which is Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.</p><p><strong>The Lessons</strong></p><p><strong>FIRST READING&nbsp;<em>Genesis 21:8-21</em></strong></p><p><em>The people sit.</em></p><p>A Reading from the book of Genesis.</p><p>The child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with&nbsp;her son;&nbsp;for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac.” The matter was&nbsp;very distressing to Abraham on account of his son. But God said to Abraham, “Do not be&nbsp;distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you. As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspr