8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Services 2024: Lent 3
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The congregation is invited to say the words together in bold. If you are worshiping with us from home, to prepare for worship, you may want to place a candle or two in the place where you worship, to light during the opening prayer.
Procession
The in-person congregation is invited to stand as the clergy enter and reverence the altar.
Prelude
Welcome
A priest welcomes the congregation. If you are new to us, consider filling out our “get connected” form, let us get to know you better.
Welcome! Bienvenido! Karibu!
Scattered in the world we gather together as God's people in worship. We bring the fragments of our lives to be healed and made whole in Christ as we gather in community.
Worship lies at the heart of the Christian life. It is in worship that we express our theology and define our identity. It is through encountering God within worship that we are formed and transformed as God’s people. One of the glories of the Episcopal/Anglican Church is its liturgical worship. Liturgy refers to the patterns, forms, words and actions through which public worship is conducted.
As we gather, we bring our diverse gifts: gifts of music, dance, prophecy, teaching, preaching, and friendship. We present these gifts in the form of our most precious offering to God, our very selves, that all that we do may be for God’s glory in the unity of Christ’s church.
About the Season of Lent
Early Christians observed “a season of penitence and fasting” in preparation for the Paschal feast, or Pascha (Easter). The season now known as Lent, from an Old English word meaning “spring,” the time of lengthening days, has a long history. Lent was especially important for converts to the faith who were preparing for baptism, and for those guilty of notorious sins who were being restored to the Christian assembly.
In the western church, the forty days of Lent extend from Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday, omitting Sundays. The last three days of Lent are the sacred Triduum of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. Today, Lent has reacquired its significance as the final preparation of adult candidates for baptism. Joining with them, all Christians are invited “to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.”
About the Holy Eucharist
“When God finds us, there is always a celebration. In the Eucharist, we gather to celebrate God finding us in Jesus Christ. If you’re feeling lost, when you come to receive Jesus in bread and wine, ask to be found. If you know what it is to have been found by God, when you come to receive Jesus in bread and wine, give thanks – thanks to the one who came looking for you, and found you.”
-Br. Geoffrey Tristram
Society of Saint John the Evangelist
In the Episcopal Church, the Holy Eucharist is the sacrament of Christ's body and blood, and the principal act of Christian worship. The term is from the Greek, "thanksgiving." Jesus instituted the Eucharist "on the night when he was betrayed." At the Last Supper he shared the Bread and cup of Wine at a sacred meal with his disciples. He identified the Bread with his body and the Wine with his blood of the new covenant. Jesus commanded his disciples to "do this" in remembrance of Jesus.
For Episcopalians, the Holy Eucharist becomes the very Real Presence of Christ, his Body and Blood, the ordinary made also extraordinary, sacred by Jesus' own words and by the Holy Spirit.
In the Episcopal Church, we seek to adapt ancient liturgy for today. If you grew up in a less formal church, worship may feel pretty traditional. If you grew up in a formal church, our worship may deconstruct that formality, and ask you to pray using more modern words, or sing new songs. We seek to balance tradition and culture in our worship. When we hold the tension well between the ancient and the modern, the Holy Eucharist comes alive.
Gathering
We begin by praising God through song and prayer. During the Season of Lent, in some communities, the Great Litany is sung or said in place of the normal gathering song. When the Great Litany is used, the customary Prayers of the People are omitted and the liturgy then continues with the Collect of the Day.
The Penitential Rite
Our worship begins with the Acclamation and Penitential Rite.
Presider Blessed be the God of our salvation.
People Who bears our burdens and forgives our sin.
Presider “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:8,9
The Confession
As we enter in to worship, we ask God’s forgiveness for things done and things left undone and things done on our behalf so that we may be reconciled to each other and to God.
Deacon Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.
Silence is kept for a time.
Deacon Most holy and merciful God: We confess to you and to one another, and to the whole communion of saints in heaven and on earth, that we have sinned by our own fault in thought, word, and deed; by what we have done, and by what we have left undone.
People We have not loved you with our whole heart, and mind, and strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We have not forgiven others, as we have been forgiven.
Deacon Our past unfaithfulness: the pride, hypocrisy, and impatience of our lives,
People We confess to you, O God.
Presider Our self-indulgence, and our exploitation of other people, our anger at our own frustration, and our envy of those more fortunate than ourselves,
People We confess to you, O God.
Deacon For all false judgments, for uncharitable thoughts toward our neighbors, and for our prejudice and contempt toward those who differ from us,
People Accept our repentance, O God.
Presider For our waste and pollution of your creation, and our lack of concern for those who come after us,
People Accept our repentance, O God.
Deacon Restore us, good Lord, and let your anger depart from us;
People Favorably hear us, for your mercy is great.
declaration of pardon & forgiveness
The Presider prays the declaration of forgiveness, and the people respond Amen.
Presider May the Eternal God forgive you and free you from your sins, heal and strengthen you by the Holy Spirit, and raise you to new life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
Song of Penance: Kyrie (spoken)
Presider Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin: Lord, have mercy.
People Lord, have mercy.
Presider Make me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me: Christ, have mercy.
People Christ, have mercy.
Presider Cast me not away from your presence and take not your holy spirit from me: Lord, have mercy.
People Lord, have mercy.
Collect of the Day
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Presider God is with you.
People And also with you.
Presider Let us pray.
The Presider continues with the prayer appointed for the day, called the collect.
The collect is written to go along with both the season of the church year and the readings for the day. It summarizes the attributes of God as revealed in the scripture for the day.
We hear the sacred stories
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We hear the stories of the experience of God from our spiritual ancestors. Reading and commenting on scripture goes back to the earliest services of Christianity. Following the pattern of Jewish synagogue worship, readings follow a set pattern for what will be read when.
The First Reading
A reading from Hebrew Scriptures.
Exodus 20:1-17
Then God spoke all these words:
I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
You must have no other gods before me.
Do not make an idol for yourself—no form whatsoever—of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. Do not bow down to them or worship them, because I, the Lord your God, am a passionate God. I punish children for their parents’ sins even to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me. But I am loyal and gracious to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Do not use the Lord your God’s name as if it were of no significance; the Lord won’t forgive anyone who uses his name that way.
Remember the Sabbath day and treat it as holy. Six days you may work and do all your tasks, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. Do not do any work on it—not you, your sons or daughters, your male or female servants, your animals, or the immigrant who is living with you. Because the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them in six days, but rested on the seventh day. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Honor your father and your mother so that your life will be long on the fertile land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Do not kill.
Do not commit adultery.
Do not steal.
Do not testify falsely against your neighbor.
Do not desire and try to take your neighbor’s house. Do not desire and try to take your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox, donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.
At the end of the reading the Reader says:
Reader Hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to God’s people.
People Thanks be to God.
The Psalm of the Day
The psalms are a part of the poetry of the Hebrew people. They express joy and sadness, loneliness and thanksgiving as part of the human longing to be united with God.
Psalm: Psalm 19
PSALM 19
1. The heavens declare the glory of God, *
and the firmament shows the handiwork of the Lord.
2. One day tells its tale to another, *
and one night imparts knowledge to another.
3. Although they have no words or language, *
and their voices are not heard,
4. their sound has gone out into all lands, *
and their message to the ends of the world. REFRAIN
5. In the deep has God set a pavilion for the sun; *
it comes forth like a bridegroom out of his chamber;
it rejoices like a champion to run its course.
6. It goes forth from the uttermost edge of the heavens
and runs about to the end of it again; *
nothing is hidden from its burning heat. REFRAIN
7. The law of the Lord is perfect and revives the soul; *
the testimony of the Lord is sure
and gives wisdom to the innocent.
8. The statutes of the Lord are just and rejoice the heart; *
the commandment of the Lord is clear
and gives light to the eyes.
9. The fear of the Lord is clean and endures for ever; *
the judgements of the Lord are true
and righteous altogether. REFRAIN
10. More to be desired are they than gold, *
more than much fine gold, sweeter far than honey, *
than honey in the comb.
11. By them also is your servant enlightened, *
and in keeping them there is great reward.
12. Who can tell how often they offend? *
Cleanse me from my secret faults. REFRAIN
13. Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins; *
let them not get dominion over me;
then shall I be whole and sound, *
and innocent of a great offense.
14. Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart
be acceptable in your sight; *
O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. REFRAIN
The Second Reading
A reading from the New Testament.
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are being destroyed. But it is the power of God for those of us who are being saved. It is written in scripture: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will reject the intelligence of the intelligent.[a] Where are the wise? Where are the legal experts? Where are today’s debaters? Hasn’t God made the wisdom of the world foolish? In God’s wisdom, he determined that the world wouldn’t come to know him through its wisdom. Instead, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of preaching. Jews ask for signs, and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, which is a scandal to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. But to those who are called—both Jews and Greeks—Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom. This is because the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
At the end of the reading the Reader says:
Reader Hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to the church.
People Thanks be to God.
Preparing to Hear the Gospel
We rise in body or in spirit for the Gospel reading to show the particular importance we place on Jesus’ words and actions.
A hymn, Verse, or other music may be sung.
The Proclamation of the Gospel
Presider God is with you.
People And also with you.
Presider The Holy Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ according to _______.
People Glory to you, O Christ.
John 2:13-22
It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple those who were selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as those involved in exchanging currency sitting there. He made a whip from ropes and chased them all out of the temple, including the cattle and the sheep. He scattered the coins and overturned the tables of those who exchanged currency. He said to the dove sellers, “Get these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a place of business.” His disciples remembered that it is written, Passion for your house consumes me.
Then the Jewish leaders asked him, “By what authority are you doing these things? What miraculous sign will you show us?”
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple and in three days I’ll raise it up.”
The Jewish leaders replied, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and you will raise it up in three days?” But the temple Jesus was talking about was his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered what he had said, and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.At the end of the Gospel the Presider says:
Presider The Gospel of the Lord.
People Praise to you, O Christ.
The Sermon
We remain seated for the sermon. Having someone comment on the scriptures read goes back to the earliest days of Christianity and to the Jewish Synagogue worship which preceded it.
The Affirmation of Faith
The Presider, priest or deacon, leads the assembly in an affirmation of faith. Originally the entire service was viewed as our confession of faith. But, since the Sixth Century, the Church has recited either the Nicene Creed or the Apostle’s Creed at the Eucharist. The word creed comes from the Latin credo for “I believe” or “I lend my heart to.” Creeds tell a deeper “truth” that goes beyond “facts.”
A Lenten Creed or the Nicene Creed or may be used. In the place of a Deacon, the Presider may lead the Creed.
A Lenten Creed*
Our Lenten Creed seeks to affirm our trust in God found in Jesus Christ.
Deacon Let us affirm our faith.
Deacon We proclaim together in faith;
People Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.
Deacon We believe in God the Father, who created all things:
People for by God’s will they were created and have their being.
Deacon We believe in God the Son, who was slain:
People for with his blood, he purchased us for God, from every tribe and language, from every people and nation.
Deacon We believe in God the Holy Spirit:
People the Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come!’ Even so come, Lord Jesus! Amen.
*Based on passages from the Book of Revelation
The Prayers of the People
Prayer changes people. Prayer is not about changing God, but about changing us more into the likeness of God. Collectively and individually we offer the hopes and desires of our hearts to God. The Deacon, when present in the liturgy, offers the prayers for those who are sick or have asked our prayers.
When a Deacon is present the Presider addresses the Deacon saying;
Presider N., Deacon in the Church of God, what cares and concerns of the world do you bring before us to be held up in prayer?
Deacon People of God, I bid your prayers for…
The concerns of the community and wider world, including those who are sick, in need, or in want are named by the Deacon.
Leader We pray for the whole church, all leaders and ministers, and all the holy people of God. Silence. Wash us through and through,
People And cleanse us from our sin.
Leader We pray for our nation, for all the nations of the earth, and for all who govern and judge. Silence. Purge us from our sin,
People And we shall be pure.
Leader We pray for those who hunger, those who thirst, those who cry out for justice, those who live under the threat of terror, and those without a place to lay their head. Silence. Make them hear of joy and gladness,
People that those who are broken may rejoice.
Leader We pray for those who are ill, those in pain, those under stress, and those who are lonely. Silence. Give them the joy of your saving help,
People and sustain them with your bountiful Spirit.
Leader In this season of Lent we pray for those who prepare for baptism, and we pray that we all might be given the grace and strength to repent and grow closer to you, O God. Silence. Create in us clean hearts, O God,
People and renew a right spirit within us.
Leader We pray for those who have died, (especially _____ ) and who have entered into the land of eternal Light and your abiding peace. Silence. Cast them not away from your presence,
People and take not your Holy Spirit from them.
Leader We especially pray for…
Concluding prayer led by the Presider:
Lent 1 Lord Jesus, you proclaimed the Good News in Galilee, saying that the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has come near; grant us the strength and wisdom to repent and believe in the Good News, this day and always. Amen.
Lent 2 Lord Jesus, you taught your disciples that you must undergo great suffering and be killed before rising again; grant us the strength and wisdom to be your followers and to take up our cross to follow you, this day and always. Amen.
Lent 3 Lord Jesus, it was your will that your Father’s House would be a place of prayer for all people; grant us the strength and wisdom to be a people consumed with prayer and zeal for you, this day and always. Amen.
Lent 4 Gracious God, because of your great love for the world you gave us your son; grant us the strength and wisdom believe in him that we would not perish but have eternal life. Amen.
Lent 5 Lord Jesus, you taught your disciples that unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit; as we prepare our hearts to remember your death and resurrection, grant us the strength and wisdom to serve and follow you, this day and always. Amen.
The Exchange of the Peace
As we enter the most sacred portion of our worship, we exchange a sign of God’s promised peace. There are no set words to use in greeting each other, but “Peace be with you,” “God’s peace,” and “Shalom” are all commonly used.
Presider The Peace of Christ be always with you.
People And also with you.
Presider Let us offer each other a sign of Christ's peace.
We are a community of reconciliation and peace; therefore, we greet each other with a sign of our desire for peace.
Welcome & Announcements
Community announcements, notices, prayers, and celebrations may be offered at this time.
Gathering at Christ's Table
Having been nourished from the richness of God's love in sacred story and reconciled to each other through prayer and peace, we gather at Christ's table to offer ourselves to be transformed for service in the world.
The Offertory
The gifts of bread, wine, money and other gifts are brought to the Presider as an offering to God as a reminder of Christ's sacrificial love and life. Once the Holy Table or Altar is prepared the Presider and people give thanks to God for the many gifts we have been given.
Offertory Music:
An anthem, hymn or instrumental music may be offered.
Doxology
Music: OLD HUNDREDTH
The Great Thanksgiving
The Eucharistic Prayer, or Great Thanksgiving, is the prayer of the Church to invite Christ to be present in the elements of bread and wine. Now we come to the second act in the drama with the Liturgy of the Table. It is based on Jewish Fellowship meals, particularly the Passover observance. But this second half of the service is not communion in and of itself. It is the whole service, both acts of the drama, that make up the Eucharist.
Eucharistic Prayer for Lent
Presider The Lord be with you.
People And also with you.
Presider Lift up your hearts.
People We lift them to the Lord.
Presider Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People It is right to give God thanks and praise.
Then, facing the Holy Table, the Presider proceeds.
Presider Blessed are you, God of everlasting covenant, for your promises are steadfast and your provision is sure. Through the forty years of your people’s desert wanderings you were constant in fire and cloud; with manna and mercy you sustained every step. You made Jesus’ temptation of forty days a theater of truth where your Word stood strong.
Presider In every age you have shaped your people through times of wilderness and wandering, of temptation and trial, and brought them into the land of promise and the life of covenant.
Presider And so we give you humble thanks for your forgiveness and our new life, with angels and archangels and the company of heaven, singing your unending praise.
Spoken: Holy, holy, holy
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Presider Enduring God, as you sustained Jesus in hunger and thirst, through this meal strengthen us to keep our Lenten fast. Send your Holy Spirit upon us as we remember Jesus’ saving passion; transform our insatiable desires into hunger for the feast of this table. Send your Holy Spirit upon this bread and wine that they may be for us the body and blood of Christ;
Presider Who at supper with his disciples, took bread, gave you thanks, broke the bread, and gave it to them, saying “Take, eat: this is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
Presider After supper he took the cup of wine. Again he gave you thanks, and gave it to this disciples, saying, “Drink this, all of you: this is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
Presider Great is the mystery of faith.
People Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Presider Forgiving God, in this season of repentance, make your mercy sufficient for every need. Come to your children who are in their own wilderness and make their wanderings holy paths of learning your truth. Strengthen all who face the threshold of temptation or the tumult of trial. Seek those whose hearts are contrite and meet them with grace.
Presider Come alongside your children who suffer under the sin of another and give them the power to live as your beloved sons and daughters. Renew your church form the depths of your heart, where justice and mercy meet. Bring us, with blessed Mary, blessed Paul and all your saints to the day when all who watch and pray for your kingdom behold your salvation and meet you in your resurrection.
Presider Infuse your church with Spirit and truth, walk with your beloved people as they seek security, companionship and freedom in your world, and fill your saints with the hope of eternal life, that all may come to praise your name, and every grain of sand and star in the sky be stirred with the wonders of your grace.
Presider Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor are yours, almighty God, now and forever. AMEN.
The Lord’s Prayer (Traditional)
The Lord’s Prayer follows in either traditional or contemporary language. The link between our daily bread and the spiritual food we receive in the Eucharist is an ancient connection. In the Lord’s Prayer we ask for daily bread, meaning the things we need to get through each day. But as a part of that, the bread also symbolizes God’s presence.
Presider As our Savior has taught us, we are bold to pray.
People 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, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Breaking of the Bread
The Presider breaks the consecrated bread in view of the assembly.
Presider Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.
People Therefore let us keep the feast.
And may add.
Presider Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world.
People Have mercy upon us.
Presider Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world.
People Have mercy upon us.
Presider Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world.
People Grant us your peace. Grant us your peace.
Invitation to Communion
We partake in the Eucharist and are spiritually nourished, but it is not for our benefit alone. Communion enables us to return to the world with renewed vigor for proclaiming the Gospel in our words and in our lives. In the Eucharist, Christ’s presence both nourishes us and challenges us.
Presider These are God’s holy gifts, for you, God’s holy people. So come to this table you who have been here often and you who have not been here in a long time. You who have tried to follow Jesus and you who have failed. You who are full of faith and full of doubt. Come, it is Christ himself who invites you to meet him here.
Sharing the Sacred Meal
This is Christ’s table and all are welcome and all are fed. All the baptized are invited to partake in the sacred meal. Please follow the movement to the altar.
Communion Hymns:
Hymns, anthems, or instrumental music may be played.
The Great Silence
Once all have received communion and the Holy Table has been cleared, the community observes a moment of silent reflection and prayer. The silence is begun and ended with the sound of a bell.
Presider Jesus said to his disciples, “Come away to a quiet place and rest for a while.” Therefore, let us now rest in Christ’s presence in the silence.
A prolonged silence is kept. At a signal from the Presider, the silence is broken.
Post Communion Prayer
After the Silence the Presider invites the congregation to stand and pray saying:
Presider God is with you.
People And also with you.
Presider Together, let us pray.
People Eternal God, you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven; by it you nourish our faith, increase our hope, and strengthen our love: teach us always to hunger for him who is the true and living bread, and enable us to live lives grounded in service to you and to one another; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lenten Prayers over the People
The Presider prays over the people as a reminder of God’s extravagant love and invites us to go into the world to be God’s blessing.
Deacon Bow down your hearts before the Lord our God.
The Presider offers the prayer over the people.
Lent 1 Grant, most merciful Lord, to your faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve you with a quiet mind; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lent 2 Grant, Almighty God, that your people may recognize their weakness and put their trust in your strength, so that they may rejoice in the protection of your loving providence; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lent 3 Keep this your family, Lord, with your never-failing mercy, that relying solely on the help of your heavenly grace, they may be upheld by your divine protection; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lent 4 Look mercifully on this your family, Almighty God, that by your great good they may be preserved ever-more; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lent 5 Look down in mercy, Lord, on your people who kneel before you; and, grant that those whom you have nourished by your Word and Sacraments may bring forth fruit worthy of repentance; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing Song
We begin and end our time of worship by praising God through song and prayer.
Dismissal
As the celebration ends, we are charged to “Go in Peace to love and serve the Lord.” The Eucharist is therefore not an exclusive gathering that separates us from the world, but a challenge to reach out beyond our own church to the world around us.
Deacon Our worship is ended. Our service in the world begins. Go into the world to love what God loves. Go in Peace to love and serve the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Please return your bulletin for reuse next week.
Thank you for worshiping with us today.
We hope to see you again soon
as we offer Christ’s unfenced love to the world.
The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri Land Acknowledgement
In humility, we recognize and acknowledge that we in the Diocese of Missouri worship and live on the traditional ancestral lands of the Osage Nation, the Illiniwek/Peoria Tribe, the O-Gah-Pah (Quapaw) Tribe, the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, and other First Peoples. We recognize our mutual dependence upon and benefit from this land; we proclaim our solidarity with and our debt to the Peoples who first claimed and improved this land as their home. We acknowledge our complicity in the process of colonization that dispossessed the First Peoples from their ancestral lands. We affirm our commitment to stand with indigenous communities today and henceforth as they seek justice and resist continued threats to their sovereignty and humanity.
We are also cognizant that the history of The Episcopal Church is intertwined with the history of colonialism and slavery in the United States. More than four centuries ago, the first Africans were brought to the Americas and enslaved. Two centuries ago, enslaved and indigenous persons contributed to the exploration of this state by Lewis and Clark. Our state’s history is entangled with both the Missouri Compromise making this state officially a slave state, and the cases of Scott v. Emerson that petitioned for Dred and Harriet Scott’s emancipation. We acknowledge the tragic legacy of slavery in our diocese, and the blood, sweat, and tears of enslaved people that soak the earth beneath our feet in Missouri. This legacy persists today as we continue to work towards racial justice, equity, liberation, and community, here in Missouri and across The Episcopal Church.
staff
The Rev. Earl C. Mahan, Interim Rector
emahan@holycommunion.net
The Rev. Julie Graham, Associate Rector
jgraham@holycommunion.net
The Rev. Chester Hines, Deacon
chines@holycommunion.net
Church Office
office@holycommunion.net
Mary Chapman, Director of Music
mchapman@holycommunion.net
Jim Kern, Financial Administrator
jkern@holycommunion.net
Vestry
Fran Caradonna, Sr. Warden
Rudy Walz, Jr. Warden
Kellie McCoy, Treasurer
Pat Redington, Secretary
Tim Anderson, Rebecca Comas, Colleen Haggerty,
Bob Lowes, Heidi Volkl, Andrew Wasson
Service Notes:
The Form of Worship is Adapted from Enriching Our Worship
The Scripture translation is the Common English Bible
The Psalms come from the Inclusive Language Psalter of the Anglican Church of Canada.
”Arise Shine” is a composition of Ruth Cunningham shared with permission through Music that Makes Community. It has been adapted for our Alleluia by our director of Music.
Other hymns and music licensed for print and streaming through OneLicense # A-704988.
All texts and music used by permission.
