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March 21, 2021 5:30 pm - Online Worship

You are welcome at St. George’s Church: Regardless of race, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression, or tradition. March 21, 2021 The mission of the Church is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in . - , pg. 855

Welcome to St. George’s! Giving Whether you are worshiping online or Praise God from whom all blessings in person, we are glad you are here. flow. Your generous gifts help fund our ministries and serve the community. Connect with Us Thank you. You can make a one-time During this time of staying apart, we or recurring gift electronically or text to are finding new ways to connect. If give (send a text message with the dol- you’d like to find out more about St. lar amount [e.g. $50] to: 540.701.4133). George’s, please fill out an online You can also mail a check to the church Newcomer Card on our website at: office. For assistance, contact Business bit.ly/stgnewcomer. Manager Ben Hicks.

To stay up-to-date on the latest news Your Gifts at Work and events, sign up for our weekly This week your gifts to St. George’s e-newsletter, The St. Georgian: have helped us to: bit.ly/stgenews. • Offer a livestream funeral service from the Nave and reach family and Request Prayer friends all over the country We share in each other’s joys and con- • Offer livestream worship that is con- cerns. Send us your prayer requests at: necting people all over the world bit.ly/stgprayer. • Mail newsletters to parishioners who do not have internet access.

These and many other ministries happen because of your generosity. Thank you! Formation “Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.” for All Ages Psalm 25:4

Learning and Growing in Christ Worship Schedule: No matter where you are on your Sundays: faith journey, there’s a place for you 9 am: This livestream service features here. from the Book of Common Prayer and Enriching Our Worship. It We offer a number of faith formation premieres on YouTube Live at 9 am opportunities for all ages. You are and is posted on Facebook after the invited to visit or join at any time. service ends. 10 am: Adult formation via Zoom. www.zoom.us/join or call 929.205.6099 Webinar ID: 392 738 239 Password: 107758 11 am: Virtual Coffee Hour via Zoom (same login as formation)

8 pm: Sung on Facebook Live via our Compline Facebook page.

Wednesdays: See announcements about special noon services during . We will resume our Facebook Live services on March 31.

Children Formation Videos: http://bit.ly/stgchildrenvideos

For Youth Ministry offerings, please contact Hecti Musa ([email protected]). What Are You Looking For? We’d love to get to know you and to hear your story. Contact the church office [email protected]( ). The Fifth Sunday from the red Book of Common Prayer (BCP), and Enriching Our Worship, sup- in Lent plemental liturgical materials approved March 21, 2021 by the Episcopal Church.

We invite you to prepare for worship by observing silence or taking time for private prayer. We are glad you are here!

Greeting and Welcome

Prelude One minute of silence follows the prelude.

Opening Reading: From "Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith" Anne LaMott Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns. Faith also means reaching deeply within, for the sense one was born with, the sense, for example, to go for a walk.

Hymn 686: “Come fount of every blessing” Nettleton 1 Come, thou fount of every blessing, 3 Oh, to grace how great a debtor tune my heart to sing thy grace! daily I'm constrained to be! Streams of mercy never ceasing, Let thy goodness, like a fetter, call for songs of loudest praise. bind my wandering heart to thee; Teach me some melodious sonnet, prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, sung by flaming tongues above. prone to leave the God I love; Praise the mount! O fix me on it, here's my heart, oh, take and seal it, mount of God's unchanging love. seal it for thy courts above.

2 Here I find my greatest treasure; hither by thy help, I've come; and I hope, by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God; he, to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood. A Prayer for the Evening Officiant: God be with you. People: And with your Spirit. Officiant: Let us pray. Come Lord Jesus, be our guest Stay with us for day is ending. With friend, with stranger, With young and with old, Be among us tonight. Come close to us that we may come close to you. Forgive us that we may forgive one another. Renew us so that, where we have failed, We may begin again. Amen.

The Reading John 12:20 - 33 Now among those who went up to worship at the were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, 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. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor. “Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say—‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. Father, glo- rify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die. : Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s People. All: Thanks be to God. Silence is observed after the reading

Meditation The Rev. William S. Dickinson One minute of silence will follow.

Music for Meditation Prayers for Ourselves and Others Officiant: Let us bring our prayers before God the most merciful, saying “God, have mercy”.

Clergy: We bring to God someone whom we have met or remembered today and for whom we want to pray. Silence. God, have mercy.

Officiant: We bring to God someone who is struggling tonight and needs our prayer. Silence. God, have mercy.

Clergy: We bring to God a troubled situation in our world tonight. Silence. God, have mercy.

Officiant: We bring to God someone whom we find hard to forgive or trust. Silence. God, have mercy.

Clergy: We bring ourselves to God, that we might grow in generosity of spirit, clarity of mind, and warmth of affection. Silence. God, have mercy.

Officiant: We bring to God thanksgiving for a blessing of the day that is past. Silence. God, have mercy.

Clergy: We bring to God our praise for the beauty of the earth and our desire to be good stewards of all God has made. God, have mercy.

Officiant: We bring to God all those who have died, giving thanks for the prom- ise of eternal rest with God. Silence. God, have mercy.

Clergy: We bring to God all other prayers on our hearts. Silence. God, have mercy. Officiant: Watch now, dear Lord, with those who wake or watch or weep to- night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Christ, rest your weary ones, bless your dying ones, soothe your suffering ones, pity your afflicted ones, shield your joyous ones, and all for your love’s sake. Amen.

Officiant: During this season of Lent, let us confess our deep need for God’s renewing and forgiving love. All: O God, gladly we live and move and have our being in you. Yet always in the midst of this creation-glory, we see sin’s shadow and feel death’s dark- ness: around us in the earth, sea and sky, the abuse of matter; beside us in the broken, the hungry and the poor, the betrayal of one another; and often, deep within us, a striving against your Spirit. O Trinity of love, forgive us that we may forgive one another, heal us that we may be people of healing, and renew us that we also may be makers of peace. Amen.

Additional Prayers of Intercession + Thanksgiving + Healing During the instrumental music and , and at any time hereafter, you are wel- come to share a prayer request by submitting via the comment or chat function.

Music for Meditation

Hymn: “Bless the Lord, my soul” Taize Bless the Lord, my soul. And bless God's holy Name. Bless the Lord, my soul. Who leads me into life.

Please rise or rise in spirit. Officiant: Let us pray: All: Eternal Spirit Earth-Maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all. Loving God, in whom is heaven. The hallowing of your name echo through the universe! The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the earth! Your heavenly will be done by all created beings! Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth. With the bread we need for today, feed us. In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us. In times of temptation and test, spare us. From the grip of all that is evil, free us. For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and forever. Amen.

The Peace Deep peace of the running wave to you, deep peace of the flowing air to you, deep peace of the quiet earth to you, deep peace of the shining stars to you, and may the deep peace of the Son of Peace be always with you. And also with you. All now exchange a sign of peace. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. We invite you to share your gifts in support of our ministry within and beyond our congregation, especially during this time when we cannot receive those offerings in person. Make your offering online (http://bit.ly/stggive) or by mail to the church.

Announcements For the latest updates and messages of encouragement, check our website (StGeorgesEpiscopal.net) and subscribe to our email newsletter (http://bit.ly/stgenews)

March 25, this Thursday, marks the feast of the Annunciation. In thanksgiving for our relationship with our brothers, sisters, and siblings in Port au Prince, Hai- ti, at Notre Dame de L'anonciation parish and school, we offer this prayer. And thank you to everyone who donated in response to our Haiti benefit concert (over $4000 raised). Notre Dame is celebrating in their Sunday service today this feast for which they are named. Let us pray: O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and you have sent your Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near; bless and preserve our fellow parish of Notre Dame de L'anoncia- tion in Port au Prince on this their day of celebration. Pour your grace into their hearts and ours, that we who have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ, announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary, may by his cross and passion be brought to the glory of his resurrection; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

Music for Meditation

Celebrant: As our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say: 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. Prayer for People Facing Great Uncertainty God of the present moment, God who in Jesus stills the storm and soothes the frantic heart; bring hope and courage to all who wait or work in uncertainty. Bring hope that you will make them the equal of whatever lies ahead. Bring them courage to endure what cannot be avoided, for your will is health and wholeness; you are God, and we need you. Amen. Taken from A New Zealand Prayer Book—He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa’ (adapted)

Hymn 42: “Now the day is over” Merrial 1 Now the day is over, 4 Comfort every sufferer, night is drawing nigh, watching late in pain; shadows of the evening those who plan some evil steal across the sky. from their sin restrain.

2 Jesus, give the weary 5 Through the long night watches calm and sweet repose; may thine angels spread with Thy tenderest blessing their white wings above me, may mine eyelids close. watching round my bed.

3 Grant to little children 6 When the morning wakens, visions bright of thee; then may I arise guard the sailors tossing pure, and fresh, and sinless on the deep, blue sea. in thy holy eyes.

Solemn Prayer in place of the blessing during Lent Clergy: 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.

The Dismissal Officiant: Go into the world in peace, have courage, hold on to what is good, return no one evil for evil, strengthen the faint-hearted, support the weak, help the suffering, honor everyone, love and serve God, rejoicing in the power of the Spirit.

Postlude Acknowledgments The Opening Reading from "Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith" by Anne LaM- ott. The Prayer for the Evening and the Lord’s Prayer adapted from Iona Abbey Worship Book. Prayers and blessings adapted from the following sources: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, VA; The Northumbria Community; the Iona Community

In this time of uncertainty and dynamic change, please know that although we cannot physically gather, God is ever-present. We are here too. If you would like someone to chat and pray with you, please submit a request online (bit.ly/stgprayer) and if it is an emergency (for e.g. sudden illness, death), please contact the pastoral emergency phone (540.361.8573) where you will reach a clergy person on call. Know that we are holding you in our prayers and look for- ward to a time when we will be able to gather again. God’s peace be with you. 2021 We are excited to share our Holy Week worship schedule with you! Schedule Please be sure to make reservations for in-person worship soon!

If you are unable to make a reservation, contact us (540.373.4133). - March 28 9 am: In-person Worship with Holy Communion in Market Square and YouTube Live. We will celebrate the of the Palms and the Passion. Reserve seats here. 2 pm: Outdoor Labyrinth Walk at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (25 Circle). Please wear a mask and sturdy shoes.

Tuesday - March 30 8 pm: Live stream, sung Compline service via our Compline 's Facebook page.

Wednesday - March 31 12 pm: Clergy will lead Noon Prayer via our Facebook page.

Maundy Thursday - April 1 7 pm: Live stream worship with a , , and stripping of the . The service will be live streamed via YouTube Live.

Good Friday - April 2 12 pm: Live stream worship with sermon and prayers. The service will be live streamed via YouTube Live. 7 pm: The St. George Chamber Choir sings The Passion According to St. John by Heinrich Schütz. This pre-recorded video will premiere on our Facebook page.

Holy Saturday - April 3 8:30 am: Pastor Joe will live stream Morning Prayer from the Nave via Facebook Live. 5 pm: Children's Vigil via Zoom. Please contact Hecti Musa for the login. 8 pm: The Great with Holy Baptism, live streamed from our Nave via YouTube Live.

Easter Sunday - April 4 7:45 am: Rite I with Holy Communion, Outdoor Worship in our graveyard. Seat- ing is limited. Reserve seats here. 9 am: Episcopal Service of the Word, live streamed from our Nave via YouTube Live. 10 am: Adult Formation / Coffee Hour via Zoom. www.zoom.us/join or call 929.205.6099; Meeting ID: 392 738 239 Password: 107758. 11:30 am: Easter Egg Hunt in our graveyard 2 pm: In-person Outdoor Worship with Holy Communion at the Fredericksburg Fairgrounds. The service will be posted online as soon as possible following the service. Reserve seats here. Announcements For details on these events and more visit stgeorgesepiscopal.net

Lenten Practices Gratitude Offering Lent is a six-week time to grow in faith As we prepare for Easter, giving and prepare for Easter renewal. To thanks for all that God has done for help you enrich your time of reflec- us and for the special people in our tion, we have a number of resources lives, we invite you to make a special and events planned - for individuals, Gratitude Offering to St. George’s to households, and in community. You support our overall ministry. You can can also view a full list of our Lenten make your gift in several ways: Practices here. 1) Sending a check to the church office 2) Visit our Giving Page and select Micah Ministries Wednesday Prayers Gratitude Offering Continuing the tradition of worship- 3) Give via text by texting “Funds” to ing in each other’s churches during 540.701.4133. Lent, the nine member congregations Please be sure to include who you of Micah Ministries will gather online wish to honor or remember with your for prayers and a homily by clergy on gift. We will celebrate our gratitude Wednesdays at noon in Lent. See the together by publishing these names at weekly St. Georgian for more infor- Easter. Please make your gift by March mation. 26 to have your honoree’s name included. Construction Note From March 15 - 25, there will be work Lenten Outdoor Labyrinth Walk crews replacing the HVAC unit that Sunday March 28th at 2 pm services the nave. This is a $70,000 (Palm Sunday) project so that we can continue to Join Pastor Areeta, rain or shine, at have reliable climate comfort for our the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship services. This will not affect the church Church (25 Chalice Circle) to walk an space but may affect access to Sydnor outdoor labyrinth. Please bring a mask Hall. and wear shoes that you don't mind getting muddy. Please email Pastor Areeta for more information. Announcements For details on these events and more visit stgeorgesepiscopal.net

Youth Holy Hike - TODAY! Avis Harris ECW to meet on March 24 Middle and high school youth are The Avis Harris ECW will meet on invited to join Hecti and Fr. Will as Wednesday, March 24 at 7 pm via they seek new ways to experience the Zoom. We invite current and prospec- holiness of God in our own backyard. tive members to join in for a special We will meet today in St. George's presentation by our Curate, the Rev. graveyard at 1 pm and walk the Will Dickinson. ECW membership is sidewalks of the city we are blessed to open to women of all ages, and we call home. Pick up will be at Freder- look forward to welcoming new mem- icksburg train station at 3:30 pm after bers. Join the Zoom Meeting using a brief stop at Agora coffee shop for this link. Meeting ID: 848 7623 1520, some coffee/tea (provided by the Passcode: 232463. Or dial in using church). We are excited to see every- 301.715.8592, Meeting ID: 848 7623 one on this year's youth holy hike! 1520, Passcode: 232463. For inquiries, To sign up for the holy hike please contact Vicki Lewis at contact Hecti Musa. [email protected]. St. George’s “Prayer is powerful” James 5:16 Prayer List

Regarding the Prayer List: We strive Pray for those recently died: to extend the power of the congre- Annie Maliszewski Hall, Tom Pugh, gation’s prayer to those who feel Sally Thomson, mother of Holly Clark. they would benefit from its embrace. Please submit prayer requests in Pray for All who are affected during writing. New additions this week are the COVID-19 pandemic, including: in italics. For rehabilitation, concerns, All those sick with the novel corona and grace and assistance lists, we keep virus and their loved ones, those a name on the list for 1 month, unless who have died, health workers and asked to do otherwise. If a name is chaplains, undertakers, food workers, removed that should still be on, please internet service workers, educators, contact the church office to have their social service providers, families at name returned to the list. home adjusting to new routines and roles, homeless neighbors with Pray for our leadership: nowhere to shelter, government and For our , Justin, Michael, Susan, community leaders, all who are out of Porter, and Jennifer; for Joe, Areeta, work, and so many others. Will and David our clergy; for those who are and pastors in our Pray for healthcare workers and first community; for our staff—John, Ben, responders: Jan, Nicholas, Amy, Danielle, Lisa, Dr. Betsy Schinstock, Dr. Heather Achim, Hecti, Laurel, Barbara, Emily, Masters, Cameron Simmons, Elizabeth and Riley; and for our Vestry. Anderson, Morgan Ellis, Leilani Blose, John Gleason, Brad Houck, Jeffrey Pray for those expecting babies: French, Susan Larson, Randi Thomp- Andrea Wilkins and Thomas Cunning- son, Robin Rose, Zach Rose, Suzanne ham, daughter of Marsha Wilkins; Simmons, William McNitt, Heidi Taft, Katie and Eamonn Sheil, daughter of Charlotte Martin, Philip Pendleton, Dr. Mary and Bob Ryan; Philip and Peyton John Chinault, Dr. Mark Macedon, Dr. Carter, son of Bob and Laurie Carter; Jeniffer Huhn, Dr. Joe Lee, Amy Bog- Michael and Lucy Monte; Emily and ardus, Kristen Brandford, Dr. Matthew Colin Walthall, daughter of Mark and Whitehurst, Trish Stenger. Joyce Steele; Nicholas and Brianna Gregory; Jenny Neff-Norman and Matt Norman. St. George’s “Prayer is powerful” James 5:16 Prayer List

Pray for those serving our country In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we pray overseas: for: The South Fairfax Region churches: Ian Patrick Hume, Andrew Rodriguez, Church of the Good Shepherd, Burke; Robert BP Thompson, Jr. Holy Cross Korean, Fairfax; La Iglesia de Santa Maria, Falls Church; St. Alban’s, Pray for homebound parishioners: Annandale; St. Andrew’s, Burke; St. Bill Poole, Judy Barton, Betty Ste- Barnabas’, Annandale; St. Christopher’s, phens, All persons in care facilities Springfield; St. John’s, Centreville; who cannot receive visitors right now, St. Patrick’s, Falls Church; St. Paul’s, Bai- Anne Brooks Brauer. ley’s Crossroads, Fairfax; St. Peter’s in the Woods, Fairfax Station; The Falls Church, Pray for those in rehabilitation or in Falls Church; Trinity, Manassas convalescence: Al Sharp, Kathleen Pool, Dottie Davis, In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we Barbara Willis, Rev. Anthony Parrish, pray for: The Cary Montague, Deloris Smith, Marion Zimmerman, Jean Jarosz, Judy Thomson, Pray for: Our Little Roses (Honduras); Bob Bratton, JimBob Brown, Jennifer Notre Dame Parish and School (Port- Cornell, Margaret Freeman. au-Prince, Haiti), Père Frantz Cole; Red Door Young Adult Ministry; SAWs Pray for those with ongoing concerns: Virginia; Rev. Õshin Jennings, No Bar- Arya Holmes, Molly Myers, Wayne and riers Zen Temple; Micah Ecumenical Dot Morris, Scott Boyd, Paris Swisher, Ministries (our work to do justice, love, Pam Allen, Just Thompson, Sheree Clark. mercy, and walk humbly with our God along with other congregations in Pray for those who need God’s grace Fredericksburg). and assistance: Neda Beal, Susan, Arrington Mixon, Pray for: St. George’s Preschool. Dick Roth, Frances O’Connor, Sarah Joseph, Rivers Family, Heather Big- Pray for: Stephen Ministers, St. wood, Noel Ljubicic, Lovely George, George’s lay pastoral care visitors, and Annemarie Fitzpatrick Mulholland, their ministry of spiritual and emotional Terry, Archie, and Hugh Hall, Sheila support for others in the congregation. Wyly, Tom Thompson.

Pray for those in discernment: Kris Boyd. For pastoral emergencies: Contact 540.361.8573 Staff

The Rev. Joseph H. Hensley, Jr. Laurel E. Loch Rector Parish Administrator [email protected] [email protected]

The Rev. Areeta D. Bridgemohan Jan Meredith Associate Rector Director of Fellowship, Newcomers, [email protected] and Membership [email protected] The Rev. Will Dickinson Curate Barbara Miller-Richards [email protected] Parish Secretary [email protected] The Rev. David P. Casey, O.P. Young Adult Chaplain Riley Mullen [email protected] Facilities Manager Cell: 540.361.8708 Lisa Bogardus Handbell Choir Director Hecti Musa [email protected] Director of Children and Youth Formation Danielle Davis [email protected] Preschool Director [email protected] Nicholas Perron Facilities Manager Ben Hicks Cell: 540.385.1232 Business Manager [email protected] John Vreeland Director of Music Ministries Achim Loch [email protected] Assistant Director of Music Ministries [email protected] If you have questions or concerns, Vestry please reach out to our Vestry (elected lay leaders).

Casey Hu, 2023 Josue Rivera-Orellano, 2022 Fellowship Generosity, Pre-school Board 540.846.9848 787.914.1107 [email protected] [email protected]

Jason Kunkler, 2022 Tres Seaver, 2021 Buildings and Grounds Worship and Music, Newcomers 410.707.1965 540.429.0999 [email protected] [email protected]

James Maxfield, 2021 Matt Stover, 2021 Senior Warden Adult Christian Formation Youth, World Mission, Administration 540.371.4253 540.841.7874 [email protected] [email protected] Suzan Voga-Duffee, 2023 Meghan O'Connor, 2023 Communications Grace in Action 540.376.8377 540.372.9661 [email protected] [email protected] Stuart Whitford, 2022 Ralph Powell, 2021 Connections, Generosity Finance 540.903.7035 540.368.5777 [email protected] [email protected] Jane Yaun, 2023 Caroline Pritchard, 2022 Grace in Action, Pastoral Care Junior Warden 540.621.9364 Children's Formation, Administration [email protected] 912.667.1961 [email protected] Thank you to our worship leaders Serving serving today. If you would like to This Sunday volunteer, contact the church office: [email protected].

Preacher: Music: The Rev. William S. Dickinson John Bachman Lucy Monte Officiant: Achim Loch Norah Hooper Laurel Loch

Videographer: Nicholas Perron

Social Media Host: Laurel Loch

St. George’s Episcopal Church The Rev. Joseph H. Hensley, Jr., Rector The Rev. Areeta D. Bridgemohan, Associate Rector The Rev. Will Dickinson, Curate 905 Princess Anne Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Mailing Address: P. O. Box 7127 Fredericksburg, VA 22404 540.373.4133 (telephone) 540.374.0923 (fax) stgeorgesepiscopal.net

For Pastoral Emergencies: 540.361.8573 general inquiries: [email protected]