Grace Episcopal Church
The Third Sunday in Lent
March 19, 2017 | 8 and 9:30am
Ministers | All of Us
Priest in Charge | Joan Anthony
Preacher | Dick Middleton
Music & Arts | Ann Strickland
Tribe | Sarah
WORDS FOR THE SEASON
“in time of daffodils
(who know the goal of living is to grow)
forgetting why,
remember how…”
― e.e. cummings
Gathering Song | O Lord Hear My Prayer
Listen. Reflect. Discern.
A bell rings. We listen to the longing of our hearts.
CALL TO WORSHIP
Please STAND.
Presider
People
Lord God, Great I Am, you are living water.
As we worship you this day show us who we are:
channels of your love, vessels of your grace.
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Opening Hymn | This Ancient Love
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Presider
People
Presider
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.
The Collect for This Day Written by Marty Steyer
We have no power to preserve ourselves.
We and our works decay—dust on dusty shelves.
Keep us intact, God, in body and soul;
outwardly and inwardly, make us whole.
Amen.
WE TELL THE STORY
All are now SEATED for the first reading.
First Reading
Exodus 17:1-7
From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as
the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to
drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses said to
them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?" But the people thirsted
there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, "Why did you bring us
out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?" So Moses cried out to the
Lord, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me." The Lord said
to Moses, "Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take
in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will be standing there in front
of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the
people may drink." Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. He called the place
Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord, saying, "Is the
Lord among us or not?"
After the reading, the Reader will say
Reader
The Word of the Lord.
All
Thanks be to God.
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Psalm 95:1-8
We STAND and say the Psalm responsively.
Come, let us sing to the Lord; let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and
raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth, and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands have molded the dry land.
Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!
Harden not your hearts, as your forebears did in the wilderness,
at Meribah, and on that day at Massah, when they tempted me.
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All are now SEATED for the second reading.
Second Reading
Romans 5:1-11
Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our
hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings,
knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and
character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been
poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed, rarely
will anyone die for a righteous person-- though perhaps for a good person someone might
actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ
died for us. Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be
saved through him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled,
will we be saved by his life. But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord
Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
After the reading, the Reader will say
Reader
The Word of the Lord.
All
Thanks be to God.
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Please STAND as we sing
Gospel Song | Thank You for Loving Me
By Sinead O’Connor
The Presider then introduces the Gospel by saying
People
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
Glory to you Lord Christ.
The Gospel
John 4:1-30,39
Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son
Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about
noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples
had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a
drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus
answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you
would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you
have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our
ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?” Jesus said to her,
“Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give
them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to
eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to
keep coming here to draw water.”
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Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” The woman answered him, “I have no
husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five
husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!” The woman said
to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that
the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour
is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what
you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and
is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks
such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he
will proclaim all things to us.” Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.”
Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said,
“What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” Then the woman left her water jar and went
back to the city. She said to the people, “Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever
done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?” They left the city and were on their way to him.
Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me
everything I have ever done.”
After the Gospel the Presider will say
People
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Christ.
The Homily
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OUR AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
We STAND and say together these ancient and new words.
We believe in God above us,
maker and sustainer of all life,
of sun and moon,
of water and earth,
of male and female.
We believe in God beside us,
Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh,
Born of a woman’s womb, servant of the poor.
He was tortured and nailed to a tree.
Knowing full passion and deep sorrow, he died forsaken.
He descended into the earth to the place of death.
On the third day he rose from the tomb.
He ascended into heaven to be everywhere present.
And his Kingdom will one day be known.
We believe in God within us,
The Holy Spirit of pentecostal fire,
Life-Giving breath of the Church,
She is the Spirit of healing and forgiveness,
Source of resurrection and of life everlasting. Amen.
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The Prayers of the People
We stay STANDING as we pray
Prepare
Leader
Prepare us during this Lenten season to deepen our journey with Christ.
We pause for prayers to be spoken quietly and in our hearts.
Justice
Leader
By sharing the good things you give us, God, may we secure an equality for all
our brothers and sisters throughout the world.
We pause for prayers to be spoken quietly and in our hearts.
Humanity
Leader
Prepare us to change emptiness and grief to fulfillment and joy.
We pause for prayers to be spoken quietly and in our hearts.
Prayer Requests
Leader
Help us to find our way out of the wilderness.
Thankfulness
Leader
We pause for prayers to be spoken quietly and in our hearts.
What I’m looking for I already have.
We pause for prayers to be spoken quietly and in our hearts.
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Prayer of Confession
Lord God, you know the ways of good and evil.
You know the things that tempt us
and the things that give us life.
We confess that we have disobeyed your word,
denying your providence and care
and relying on our own cleverness.
Have mercy on us, we pray:
cover us with your grace,
feed us with the bread of life,
and re-create us in your image;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
In turn, around the circle we say for and with each other,
You are forgiven, be at peace.
This can be accompanied by any gesture of compassion and welcome.
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We STAND as we sing together
Offertory Song | Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
Jesus met the woman at the well
Jesus met the woman at the well
Jesus met the woman at the well
And He told her everything she’d ever done
He said “Woman, woman, where is your husband?”
He said “Woman, woman, where is your husband?”
He said “Woman, woman, where is your husband?”
“I know everything you’ve ever done”
She said “Jesus, Jesus, I ain’t got no husband”
She said “Jesus, Jesus, I ain’t got no husband”
She said “Jesus, Jesus, I ain’t got no husband”
“And I don’t know everything I’ve ever done”
He said “Woman, woman, you’ve got five husbands”
She said “Jesus, Jesus, I ain’t got no husbands”
She said “Jesus, Jesus, I ain’t got no husbands”
And the one you have now he’s not your own”
She said “This man, this man, He must be a prophet”
She said “This man, this man, He must be a prophet”
She said “This man, this man, He must be a prophet”
“He done told me everything I’ve ever done”
Jesus met the woman at the well
Jesus met the woman at the well
Jesus met the woman at the well
And He told her everything …..she’d ever …done
Traditional Spiritual
The Offertory Sentence
You are invited to offer your gifts of money for the work of the church.
God, the source of all good things, has given to us all that we need.
In joyful response, we offer our gifts, the fruit of our labors.
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THE CELEBRATION OF OUR SACRED MEAL
Now seeing how greatly God loves us, let’s share freely of the good things we’ve received. You are invited to offer your gifts
of money for the work of the church. If this is your first time here, you can wait. Instead, notice your blessings and make a
thanksgiving gift when you return.
Presider
People
Presider
People
Presider
People
Presider
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give God thanks and praise.
It is truly right, and good and joyful,
to give you thanks, all-holy God,
source of life and fountain of mercy.
You have filled us and all creation with your blessing and fed us with your constant love; you
have redeemed us in Jesus Christ and knit us into one body.
Through your Spirit you replenish us and call us to fullness of life.
And so this day we join in the chorus of praise that rings through eternity, lifting our voices
to you as we sing:
Sanctus by Bernadette Farrell
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Blessed are you, gracious God, creator of the universe and giver of life.
You formed us in your own image and called us to dwell in your infinite love.
You gave the world into our care that we might be your faithful stewards
and show forth your bountiful grace.
But we failed to honor your image in one another and in ourselves;
we would not see your goodness in the world around us;
and so we violated your creation, abused one another,
and rejected your love.
Yet you never ceased to care for us,
and prepared the way of salvation for all people.
On the night before he died for us, Jesus was at table with his friends. He took bread, gave
thanks to you, broke it, and gave it to them, and said:
“Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me.”
As supper was ending, Jesus took the cup of wine. Again he gave thanks to you, gave it to
them and said:
“Drink this, all of you: This is the cup of the new Covenant,
which is poured out for you and for all for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”
Remembering his death and resurrection, we now present to you from your creation this
bread and this wine. By your Holy Spirit may they be for us the Body and Blood of Jesus.
Grant that we who share these gifts may be filled with the Holy Spirit and live as Christ's
Body in the world.
Through Christ and with Christ and in Christ, in unity of the Holy Spirit to you be honor,
glory, and praise, for ever and ever. Amen.
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And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to pray
People and Presider
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.
The Presider breaks the consecrated Bread and a period of silence is kept.
The Breaking of the Bread
We are now invited to share the gifts of communion.
Then the Presider says
Presider
People
By eating this bread and drinking this wine we become one in hope.
We receive these Gifts of God for the People of God.
All are invited to receive the bread and the wine. Please know that at Grace Church this common meal is for all who feel
moved to receive. This sacrament is God’s gift to all, and is not tied to membership, doctrine or creed.
Please assist the Chalice Bearers by tipping the cup from the base.
Please tell your server if you prefer a wafer that is free from gluten, soy and dairy.
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Music During Communion | I Shall Not Walk Alone By Ben Harper
Battered and torn still I can see the light
tattered and worn but I must kneel to fight
Friend of mine what can't you spare
I know some times it gets cold in there
When my legs no longer carry and the warm wind chills my bones
I reach for Mother Mary and I shall not walk alone
Hope is alive while we're apart
only tears speak from my heart
break the chains that hold us down
and we shall be forever bound
When I'm tired and weary and a long way from home
I reach for Mother Mary and I shall not walk alone
I shall not walk alone
Beauty that we left behind
how shall we tomorrow find
Set aside our weight in sin
so that we can live again
When my legs no longer carry and the warm wind chills my bones
I reach for Mother Mary and I shall not walk alone
I shall not walk alone
Following communion we are invited to share the sounds of silence with one
another. The quiet will last a few minutes–and will begin and end with a bell.
For all of us, young and otherwise, these simple moments of stillness are offered
as a chance to find ourselves held in the timeless presence of God.
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We stay SEATED and sing together.
Hymn after Communion | Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking for
I have climbed the highest mountains,
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you, only to be with you
I have run, I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls, these city walls,
only to be with you.
But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
I have served, I have tried,
I have listened to so many lives
Calling your name, singing your name
I have spoken with the tongue of angels,
I have held the hand of the devil
It was warm in the night, I was cold as a stone
But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
I believe in the Kingdom come,
then all the colors will bleed into one,
bleed into one. Yes, I’m still running
You broke the bonds, you loosed the chains
Carried the cross of our shame, of our shame
You know I believe it
But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
Words and Music by U2
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GOING OUT INTO GOD’S WORLD
Our Prayer after Communion
After the hymn we STAND and say together
Eternal God,
you have graciously accepted us as living members
of your Son 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 the strength and courage
to love and serve you with gladness
and singleness of heart;
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Blessing
The Presider offers this blessing.
The blessing of God, who hears when you call;
the grace of Christ, who reconciles you;
the power of the Holy Spirit, who sustains you,
remain with you in these Lenten days and for ever more.
Amen.
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Closing Song | All Are Welcome
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Announcements
Dismissal
We send ourselves forward and home with these words
Leader
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord
People
Thanks be to God.
Thank you to Sarah Tribe
Tuesday Evenings in Lent we will gather in community then settle-in together
for our Adult Faith Formation programs. Gathering in Community | 6:30pm and
Learning, Listening, Conversation | 7pm
Discovering Fear: A Blessing? | Tuesday, March 21 | Dr. Sharon Stanley and Dr.
Deborah Milton invite us to see an important part of our humanity in a new way. Coffee/tea and light
dessert served.
Exploring Islamophobia | Tuesday, March 28 | Director of Neighbors in Faith Terry Kyllo
presents the varied perceptions and reality of Muslim life in the US coffee/tea and light dessert served.
Discovering Non-Violent Communication | Tuesday, April 4 | Donna Kramer, a
trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, presents an intro to NVC and interactive
Empathy exercise for connecting to ourselves and others. This event is free to Grace members. Please
let us know if you plan on attending.
Holy Week and Easter
Palm Sunday
April 9 | 8am & p30am
Family Potluck & Easter Egg Hunt April 9 | 5pm-7pm
Maundy Thursday April 13 | 630pm
The Watch Thur April 13 | 9pm – Friday April 14 @ noon
Good Friday April 14 | 12pm & 7pm
Easter Sunrise Service April 16 | 5:15am
Easter Day Services April 16 | 9am & 11am
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