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Your prayers requested for the congregations of Trinity Church, Church of the Good Shepherd Saco, St. George’s, York Harbor. For Seeds of Hope Neighborhood The Second Sunday in Center in Biddeford. For all our troops in active service, especially March 8, 2020 – 7:30 and 9:30 am Ross Richards, Col. Jonathan M. Velishka, Sam Gillespie, Special The Rev. Bill Blaine-Wallace, Celebrant Forces and Arthur B. Velishka, West Point Cadet. For all those on our Wednesday Healing Prayer List, especially, Andy, Grant, Pame- Page numbers = Red ; Hymn numbers = Blue Hymnal la, JoAnn, Larry, Jimmy, Maggie, Brenda, Richard, Walter & The Holy Eucharist: Rite Two Shirley, Eva, Tony+, Tim, Jean, Trudy, Emma, Russell, George, The Word of God Raymond, Paul. We also pray for the repose of the soul of Gretchen Lane. May she and her family and friends be comforted in their mourning. Prelude O Mensch, bewein’, J.S. Bach Processional Hymn 401 The God of Abraham Praise

++++++ Opening Acclamation and the Decalogue p 350 Celebrations: Confession of Sin p 352 eleison 7:30, p 356; 9:30 sung, S 95 3/9 Shirley Heaton; 3/13 Tony Clark, Mia Boynton of the Day p 218 ++++++ First Reading: Genesis 12:1-4a

Thrift Shop Friday & Saturday 8-1 Psalm 121 (Sung at 9:30), page 779 Second Reading: Romans 4:1-5, 13-17

Sunday: 11:15 pm—Choir Rehearsal Hymn 379 God is Love 2:00 pm—Democratic Caucus : John 3:1-17 Tuesday: 10 am—Food Pantry The Rev. Bill Blaine-Wallace 7 pm—AA Meeting The p 358 Wednesday: 9:30 am—Morning Prayer & Healing The Prayers of the People – R: Lord, hear our prayer. Litany The Peace p 360 5:30 pm—Soup & Study Announcements Thursday: 8-2—Senior Social 9:00 am—Daughters of the King The Holy 5:30 pm—Vestry There is a Green Hill, Bob chilcott Hymn 380 (s. 3) Good Shepherd Episcopal Church The Great Thanksgiving p 369 PO Box 156, 2614 Main St, Rangeley, ME 04970 p 371, S 130 Office: 207-864-3381 Eucharistic Prayer C p 371 Robert Ludwig, Director of Music Ministries The Lord’s Prayer p 364 The Breaking of the Bread p 364 Email: [email protected] Communion Facebook: Good Shepherd Church Rangeley Maine Hymn 313 Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured Website: www.goodshepherdrangeley.org Prayer p 365 Blessing Hymn 473 p 366 Postlude Crucifer, Rebecca Groom te Velde

The Collect Gospel: John 3:1-17

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with that you do apart from the presence of God.” Jesus answered him, you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without ever. Amen. being born from above.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into First Reading: Genesis 12:1-4a the mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name be born from above.’ The wind blows where it chooses, and great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” of the earth shall be blessed.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? Second Reading: Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 “Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. If I have according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ascended into does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. reckoned to him as righteousness.” Now to one who works, And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due. But to Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, eternal life. such faith is reckoned as righteousness. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through life. the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation. For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”) —in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.