Calvary Moravian Church
THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
MARCH 19, 2017
600 Holly Avenue
Winston-Salem, NC 27101-2716
Broadcast live over WTOB 980 AM
Witnessing to the love of God in the heart
of Winston-Salem since 1893.
Third Sunday in Lent
March 19, 2017
11:00 a.m.
Watchword for the Week – O come, let us worship and bow down, let us
kneel before the Lord, our maker! Psalm 95:6
(Selections in today’s service are taken from the blue Moravian Book of Worship.)
Preparation for Worship
PRELUDE – Ich will an den Himmel denken from Cantata No. 166
[“I want to think of heaven.”]
J. S. Bach
Dr. Mark Biggam, oboe
Mrs. Mary Louise Kapp Peeples, organ
GREETINGS AND NEWS OF THE CONGREGATION
The Praise of God
+HYMN OF PRAISE 523 – In Christ There Is No East or West
T. ST. PETER (14 T)
+LITURGY OF GRACE
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The Worship of God with Our Tithes and Offerings
OFFERTORY – Meine Freund ist mein! from Cantata No. 140
[“ The Lord is my friend!”]
J. S. Bach
Dr. Biggam and Mrs. Peeples
+DOXOLOGY AND OFFERTORY PRAYER
T. OLD HUNDREDTH (22 E)
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heav’nly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
+All who are able, please stand.
The Proclamation of the Word of God
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
William Burke, Lay Reader
EPISTLE: Romans 5:1-11
+GOSPEL: John 4:5-30
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Lay Reader: The Gospel of the Lord.
Congregation: Thanks be to God.
MOMENTS WITH THE CHILDREN
(The children are invited to join the pastor in front of the sanctuary. Following the
prayer, children ages 3 through first grade will be dismissed to Godly Play while the
congregation sings the following hymn stanza:)
T. WEIL ICH JESU SCHÄFLEIN BIN (82 E) [Hymn 723]
I am Jesus’ little lamb; ever glad at heart I am;
for my Shepherd gently guides me, knows my need and well provides me,
loves me ev’ry day the same, even calls me by my name.
QUIET MEDITATION AND PRAYER
+HYMN OF PREPARATION 686 – Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace
T. QUEBEC (Tune for Hymn 510)
SERMON – “Crossing Boundaries”
The Right Reverend Lane A. Sapp
+HYMN OF DEDICATION 684 – Christ, Engage Us in Your Mission
T. JUDGMENT (585 A)
BENEDICTION AND CHORAL RESPONSE – In the Name of Jesus
Moravian Liturgies (539 B)
POSTLUDE
PRAYER OF MEDITATION 
Third Sunday in Lent
Enduring Presence, goal and guide, you go before and await our coming. Only
our thirst compels us beyond complaint to conversation, beyond rejection to
relationship. Pour your love into our hearts, that, refreshed and renewed, we
may invite others to the living water given to us in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Moravian Church
Third Sunday in Lent
March 19, 2017
Thirsty
The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge writes, “Water, water everywhere, nor
any drop to drink,” words from a sailor challenged to find a way to quench
his thirst amid the salty sea water. Fresh water is essential to human
survival, re-minding us of the ordinary nature of the story in John’s Gospel
today: thirsty people coming to a well to find water.
Yet, as we have noted throughout the season of Lent, God again
demonstrates how we might find the spark of the Spirit in the ordinary
things of life. Water is needed for survival, but as Jesus reminds the woman,
everyone who drinks of it will be thirsty again. Life has the need for water,
but also the thirst for something more: “a spring of water gushing up to
eternal life.”
What is extraordinary in this conversation is not only that Jesus speaks of
his water as eternal and life giving, but that Jesus speaks at all to the person
who approaches him at the well. For we hear that she is a Samaritan and a
woman—two categories of outsiders with whom no self-respecting Jewish
man of his day would have a conversation. Yet maybe this is another
example of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, a Spirit that would
abolish boundaries and stigmas to share life with all who come seeking.
Janel Rice, pastor, Calvary Moravian Church,
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Calvary Moravian Church
Church Office: 336.722.3703
E-mail address: [email protected]
Website: www.calvarymoravian.org
The Rt. Rev. Lane A. Sapp
([email protected])
Pastor
The Rev. Dallas W. Prestwood ([email protected])
Pastoral Assistant
Mrs. Amanda Schumpert
([email protected])
Director of Music and
Christian Education
Mr. Marc DeCoste
([email protected])
Youth Director
Mrs. Mary Louise Kapp Peeples
Organist
Mr. Paul F. Knouse, Jr.
([email protected])
Administrative Assistant
Ms. Sabrina Maksi
([email protected])
Financial Secretary
Mr. Brian C. Lott
([email protected])
Band Director
Calvary Moravian Church
Third Sunday in Lent
March 19, 2017
We welcome all members and guests to our service today on this Third
Sunday in Lent. We are glad that you have come to worship at Calvary
this morning!
Please make a special effort to greet those around you in the spirit of
Christian fellowship. As the red Ritual of Friendship pad is passed,
kindly take a moment to write down your name, address and phone
number. If you are our guest today, please fill out a visitor card and
place it in the offering plate and pick up one of the visitor’s bags in the
narthex! During the prelude, you are invited to enter a spirit of
reverence and quiet reflection as we prepare to worship the Lord. We
kindly request that you silence all phones and pagers. Hearing aid
devices are available in the narthex; one of the ushers will be happy to
assist you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The flowers in the sanctuary are given to the Glory of God and in loving
memory of Powell and Dot Watts by Tom and Rich Watts.
The flowers in the narthex are given to the Glory of God and in loving
memory of Ann Lewis Coogler by her family.
Today is the Third Sunday in Lent, which began on Ash Wednesday,
March 1. Lent is a period of 40 days (excluding Sundays) until Easter
(April 16). Lent recalls the events leading up to the passion of our Lord and
should be a time of self-examination as we consider our own unworthiness
in the face of the Lord’s love displayed in his suffering and dying for us.
The liturgical color for Lent is purple, symbolizing penitence.
We thank Dr. Mark Biggam, guest oboist, and our organist, Mrs. Mary
Louise Kapp Peeples, for their musical contributions to today’s service. Dr.
Biggam is a member of Calvary.
The Winter/Spring season for Calvary @ The Table continues this
Wednesday, March 22! Dinner will be held at 5:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall
(menu: Chili and salad). A variety of programs will begin at 6:00 p.m. A
nursery is available each Wednesday from 5:45-7:15 p.m. We hope you
will join your fellow members for this weekly series which continues
through April 5.
The next Calvary Moravian Friends event is scheduled for Saturday,
March 25, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. C.M.F. is pleased to present
“The Giannini Brass in Concert.” The Giannini Brass delights, entertains,
and amuses audiences with a blend of musical styles, including patriotic
marches, Big Band Swing, Dixieland, Light Classical, and Broadway! They
are a local ensemble that performs throughout the United States and Europe.
This will be an extremely entertaining program for our community right
here in Winston-Salem. Help us “spread the word” about this most
enjoyable afternoon! Copies of color posters, similar to the one included in
your bulletin today, are available from the church office if you would like to
post them.
2017 Lenten Day of Prayer services continue this week. This Wednesday,
March 22, Calvary will have its Day of Prayer service at 11:00 a.m. The
speaker will be The Reverend Dr. Nola Reed Knouse, Director of the
Moravian Music Foundation. A reception will precede the service,
beginning at 9:45 a.m. in Fellowship Hall.
Attention Easter Band players! The first rehearsal of the Easter Band will
be held next Sunday, March 26, beginning promptly at 2:15 p.m. in the
sanctuary of Home Church. Additional rehearsals will be held on the
following two Sundays, April 2, and April 9 (Palm Sunday). Band players
are requested to attend all three rehearsals if at all possible.
Address for Internet Livestreaming of Calvary’s services:
http://custlogin.audiovideoweb.com/lnks/play/8c3flslive2171
(Streaming begins approximately 15 minutes prior to the service. However, this
may vary depending on when our volunteers arrive. If you attempt to log on before
the streaming is in progress, you will get a "blank" screen after you click the play
button. Please wait a few moments and reload the address in your browser.)
(Livestream audience for last Sunday, March 12: 16)
REMEMBER IN PRAYER

MEMBERS: Pam Goforth; Misty and John Hayes; Megan and Kayla
Roser; Eddie Johnson; Grady Shelton; Fay Davis; Patrick Biggam and
Felicia Shaw; Logan and Lily Shaw; Margaret Higgins; Judy Middleton;
Berletta Walker; Ethel Armstrong; Charles Forrest; Blanche Stone; Amy
Combs; Mary Hampton; Dee Jones; Robert Stafford; Janet Bogdan;
Elizabeth Scales; Dorothy McKnight; Jane Sofley; Lynn Biggam; Judy
Ludwick; Dorothy Miller; Treva Trivette; Jim Pryor; Spencer Bullins;
Shirley Blakemore; John Peddycord; Glenna Tasedan; Butch Goforth; and
Tommy McKoon.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Becky Kelly (Craig Cagle’s friend); Maude
Booker (Sandra Davis’ mother); Jeanne Underwood (Wesley Davis’ sister);
Evelyn Fritts (Linda Smith’s mother); Blake Johnson (Vickey Pitts’ cousin);
Blake and Angie Johnson (Brandi Stone’s friends); Dr. Tad Lowdermilk
(Adrienne Polychron’s friend); Maegan Simms (Ursula Pierce’s
granddaughter); Angie Cranor (Shannon Lineback’s sister); David Taylor
(Jan Bullins’ brother); Mary Jo Woods (cousin of Anne Bell); Daphne
Ferguson (friend of Chris and Jan Wikel); Dee Holley (Dodie McGarty’s
mother); Pam Stowers (cousin of Bob Snyder); Pam and Howard Osborne
(Amanda Schumpert’s parents); Mala Sebastian (friend of Chris and Jan
Wikel); Ann Schaefer (friend of Rameth McKnight); Edna Howard (Bill
Howard’s mother); Annette and Meli Novovic (friends of Mary and Bill
Hampton); James and Joseph Nance (grandsons of Eldon and Beth Nance);
Nadja Newman (sister of Greg Biggam); Shirley Yountz and her daughter,
Jenny (relatives of Frances Swing); Mike Lambros (friend of J and Jan
Trivette and Allison and Derek Marion); Bronda Simmons and family
(friends of Terry Trivette); Sandra Reich (friend of Vickey Pitts and Pam
Goforth); a friend of Joel N. Lineback; Livia (grandchild of Bill and Mary
Hampton’s neighbor); LuAnn Peddycord Smith Alford (wife of Ed Alford);
Judy Moore (sister of Pam Stone, Lisa Martinez and Shirley Miller); Ann
Thomas (Jane Sofley’s sister); Rachael DeHaven (Pat George’s sister); Gary
Pitts (Vickey Pitts’ husband); and Shirley Stewart, sister of Faye Davis.
CHURCH SERVANTS: MARCH 19-26, 2017
Ushers
Greeters
Lay Readers
Nursery
Godly Play
(Coordinators)
Radio
TODAY: March 19
Next Sunday: March 26
John Boner, Robert Stafford
Chris Stone, Richard Swing
Daniel Wiggins
Barbara and Bill Howard
William Burke
Jordan Wiggins
Rachel Robinson
Jessica Childress
Kristie Pristas
Matt Kane
Craig Cagle, Robert Caudle
John Davis, Jack Messick
Chese Trivette, J Trivette
Dawn and Frank Martin
Kristie Pristas
Ginni Baker
Rachel Robinson
Jessica Childress
Kristie Pristas
Mike Hattaway
CHURCH CALENDAR: MARCH 19-26, 2017
TODAY (March 19)
9:45 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
MONDAY (March 20)
6:30 p.m.
Third Sunday in Lent
Sunday School
Worship
Joint Board (Fellowship Hall)
followed by Elders and Trustees meetings
TUESDAY (March 21)
7:00 p.m.
Petersbrook RCC Meeting
(Christ Moravian)
WEDNESDAY (March 22)
9:45 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
SATURDAY (March 25)
3:00 p.m.
NEXT SUNDAY (March 26)
9:45 a.m./11:00 a.m.
2:15 p.m.
Day of Prayer Reception (Fellowship Hall)
Calvary Day of Prayer (Sanctuary)
Calvary @ The Table Dinner and Programs
(Fellowship Hall)
Chancel Choir Rehearsal
Giannini Brass Concert (Sanctuary)
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Sunday School & Worship
Easter Band Rehearsal (Home Church)
Calvary Moravian Church
Third Sunday in Lent
March 19, 2017
Calvary Moravian
Friends (C.M.F.)
March 25 Concert!
“The Giannini Brass”
Saturday, March 25, 2017
3:00 p.m.
Calvary Moravian Church
Sanctuary
Free admission. Donations accepted.
CALVARY “HOLY DOODLES”
Calvary Moravian Church
Third Sunday in Lent
March 19, 2017