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NOTE: This liturgy is intended for personal worship purposes only and not for distribution. Any reproduction of this material for monetary purposes is illegal. SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 The Third Sunday in Lent Eucharist at 9:00 and 11:15 a.m. All Saints Church 132 N Euclid Ave Pasadena CA 91101 626.796.1172 www.allsaints-pas.org 2 Welcome! Visitors If you are new to All Saints please stop by the Welcome Table under the red canopy on the lawn to pick up a red welcome bag with information about All Saints Church. Greeters at the Welcome Table can assist you with any questions you may have and help you get connected. We’re so glad you are here! In the pew racks in front of you: Purple Prayer Request Cards and Green Welcome Cards You are welcome to complete the cards and put them in the offering basket later in the service, or bring them to the Welcome Table on the lawn after the service. Our Mission Statement: We are an Episcopal Church, walking with a revolutionary Jesus, Loving without judgment Doing justice courageously Embracing life joyfully Reverently inviting all faiths and peoples into relationship For the healing and transformation of ourselves, our community, and the world. Our Core Values: Radical Inclusion Courageous Justice Ethical Stewardship Joyful Spirituality Four Foundational Goals of All Saints Church Claim our values, mission and VISION. Equip our staff to SUPPORT the work and witness of All Saints Church. Provide space that communicates radical WELCOME for all. Deepen congregational connections and INSPIRE new leadership. 3 THIS MORNING’S LITURGIES CHILDREN AND YOUTH • EUCHARIST: 7:30 a.m. (Chapel); 9:00 & • PARENTS WITH INFANTS: 11:15 a.m. (Church), Mike Kinman preaches; Parents with infants are always welcome in 1:00 p.m. (Church) Spanish Language service; worship. If needed, there is a space where Mike Kinman preaches. you can listen to the service and take care of the needs of your child, feeding, changing, ADULT OPTIONS AT 10:15 a.m. etc. Please ask an usher if you need help • GETTING CONNECTED: Susan Russell will finding the Small Lounge. lead a discussion on Radical Inclusion. (Guild Room). • CREATIVE WORSHIP SPACE: Families are invited to worship together • ADULT EDUCATION: Finding Your Place in through art and play on our rug in the chapel the Story: The Sacraments with Sally Howard. during any part of the service. Families should (Sweetland Hall). stay with their children as this area is not • ADULT EDUCATION: Parent Culture staffed. Parents of children from birth – 5th Grade (Scott Hall 2); Parents of youth 6th – 12th grade • INFANTS & TODDLERS: (OCC Conference Room). 9:00–12:30 p.m. (Scott Hall). • PRESCHOOL (ages 2–4/pre-K): 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Child care and TONIGHT AT 5:00 p.m. Storytelling (Scott Hall). Jazz Vespers – Aaron Serfaty 10:15 a.m. Sunday School and Worship Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Aaron Serfaty began playing a drum set at the age of fifteen and • K-5th GRADE: started to play professionally at seventeen. He 9:00 a.m. & 11:15 a.m., children attend church has played with Arturo Sandoval, Sergio with family; leave after Gospel for Children’s Mendes, Jon Anderson, Dori Caymmi, and Don Chapel; they will return for the Eucharist. Grusin among many others. This will be a 10:15 a.m. Sunday School and Worship bilingual Spanish/English service. Aaron will be th th joined by Otmaro Ruiz on piano and Darek Oles • 6 –12 GRADES: THE JOURNEY on bass. Antonio Gallardo will preside. meets at 10:15 a.m. in the Jr. High Room TODAY AT THE CONNECTION CENTER Ministry: EDEN (Environmental Defense of the Earth Now) SIGN-UP FOR: Carbon Footprint Survey Climate Change Task Force Soufra screening Theatre Ministry 4 MEMORIAL FLOWERS The Altar flowers this morning are given to the Glory of God. Language In Worship: Because language has the power to shape our thinking about one another, All Saints Church makes every effort to bring the language of worship into conformity with the principles of biblical theology that affirm that the personhood of God embraces all expressions of gender lovingly and equally. Therefore, in our worship, we take our Bible readings from an inclusive language lectionary, which is often truer to original sources in references to people, and expands our concept of God beyond exclusively masculine terms. In Prayer Book liturgies we make minimal but symbolically important changes which denote our commitment to inclusive expression. Some historical texts that are widely known and loved are left unaltered. The words of the liturgy are from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. The readings are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, lectionary year A, as well as from The Message, Enfleshed, and from Inclusive Hebrew Scriptures and New Testament published by Priests for Equality. Assisted listening devices are available at the Accessibility Table on the quad, for use at the 9:00 and 11:15 services and Rector’s Forum. We ask that you extend a respectful courtesy to others by silencing all devices when entering the Sanctuary. PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP IN GOD’S NAME PRAYER OF MEDITATION As the people gather before the service begins, we encourage you to use the following prayer for meditation. Lead us, Holy Spirit, beyond narrow concerns into the land of peace, justice and wholeness for all creation. Though the path is in the desert, lead us through temptations that test us — that burnish and refine us for your service. We ask in the name of our brother, Jesus who shows us the way. Amen. VOLUNTARY Played by Grace Chung. Adagio from Organ Sonata No. 1 — Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) 5 MINISTRY OF THE WORD ENTRANCE HYMN “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Stand — all who are able — as the procession enters the church; everyone sings. —Words: Robert Robinson (1735–1790), alt. Music: Nettleton, melody from A Repository of Sacred Music, Part II, 1813 SALUTATION Remain standing. 9:00 Susan Russell 11:15 Mike Kinman Minister: Blessed be God who forgives all our sins; People: God’s mercy endures for ever. COLLECT FOR PURITY Remain standing. Minister and People: Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. 6 KYRIE Remain standing; everyone sings. Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. —Setting: Kyrie eleison, Ghana COLLECT OF THE DAY Minister: God dwells in you. People: And also in you. Minister: Let us pray. Remain standing; silence is kept. Minister: Almighty God, you know that we have no power within ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. LESSON Seated. 9:00 Wendell Foster 11:15 Dorian Harewood A Reading from Exodus (17:1–7). From the wilderness of Syn the Israelites traveled by stages, as our had God directed them. They camped at Rephidim, and 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 God?” But the people thirsted there for water; and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock by thirst?” So Moses cried out to God, “What shall I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me.” God 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 (testing) and Meribah (quarreling), because the Israelites quarreled and tested God, saying, “Is God among us or not?” Minister: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people. People: Thanks be to God. A period of silence is observed following the reading. 7 ANTHEM Remain seated. Sung by Minisingers and Mastersingers. I Shall Not Live in Vain If I can keep one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the aching, or cool one pain. If I can help one fainting robin unto its nest again, I shall not live in vain. —Words: Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) Music: Andrea Ramsey (b. 1977) HYMN “Surely It Is God Who Saves Me” Standing — all who are able; everyone sings. 8 GOSPEL Remain standing. 9:00 Lynn Jay 11:15 Sally Howard Minister: The Good News of Jesus as written in John (4:5–42). People: Glory is yours, O Christ. 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.