april 19, 2020 WELCOME washington national cathedral Connect with Us Earth Day Online Preaching Today Watch our services online, explore the sermon archive and join us for select programs Join us at cathedral.org/earthday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas that examine important issues in our world at youtube.com/wncathedral. online multi-faith earth day service Presiding Today Audio recordings of Cathedral sermons are available for download at april 19, 2 pm The Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope soundcloud.com/wncathedral. The Cathedral and Interfaith Power & Light co-host an service focused on our shared call to climate action. Leaders from Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Prayers Christian and other spiritual communities share their tradition’s gifts through sacred An Online House of Prayer for All People customized prayers text, commentary and song. Our traditions are beautiful in their diversity. Each offers a Even though our building is closed temporarily to visitors and worshippers, Create a customized prayer for the people in your life who are sacrificing for the unique gift to our collective effort to protect our Earth with all her living communities. we’re committed to bringing all the warmth, beauty and God’s presence in the greater good at Prayers for Our Heroes. Enter their name and their profession and honest to god: earth day edition Cathedral directly to you! We invite you to interact with us in new ways, and we we’ll get you a customized prayer that you can share with them and pray yourself. Wednesday, April 22, 8 pm hope you find a measure of comfort and God’s grace in these challenging times. prayer requests The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers, canon to the presiding bishop for evangelism, In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, today’s Holy Eucharist We invite you to submit prayers for yourself, those you love and the world. Throughout reconciliation and creation, hosts a panel discussion on healing the Earth. Featuring celebrates creation with special prayers, music and guest preaching from the the week we offer these prayers during a time of prayer and intercession. the Rev. Traci Blackmon, the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas and Bishop David Rice. You Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas. Your Online Cathedral are invited to join us as we take up the call to the urgency of collective, inspired and loving action Enjoy exclusive online content at cathedral.org/online to end the climate crisis. Hints for Watching learn & explore Register online—the first 100 registrants can join the dialogue in a webinar. The full You can’t visit the Cathedral, but don’t worry. We’ll bring the Cathedral to you! Each where to watch video will be available on our Facebook and YouTube pages. Services are webcast from our homepage, our Facebook page and our Youtube week we’ll share new Cathedral treasures online. This coming week, we’ll showcase page. Tuesday evening spiritual practices are webcast from the Center for Prayer and gargoyles and grotesques. Online Spiritual Practices Pilgrimage Facebook page. just for fun We have moved our regular Tuesday evening prayer gatherings online! Join us on general info These are stressful and trying times, and sometimes you just need a break. We’ve got Tuesday evenings on the Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage Facebook page. you covered! Featuring coloring sheets, Zoom backgrounds, videos and more! All dates provided are Eastern Daylight Time. All of the links in this document are online listening for god active. Click on any bold/underlined blue text to link through to additional content. let there (still) be lego! Tuesday, April 21, 5:30 pm closed captioning/subtitles Our scale replica Cathedral continues to grow! For $2/brick, you can help us build the Join us for a time of modified, online Lectio Divina. In this ancient monastic practice, The Cathedral does not have the capacity to generate closed captions for our world’s largest Cathedral out of LEGO® bricks. All funds go toward repairing $19 million we read the Gospel lesson for the coming Sunday and reflect on how the Spirit is services. Youtube’s closed captioning can be turned on/off using the [CC] icon in damage from the 2011 earthquake. Learn more at cathedral.org/LEGO speaking to us in the present moment. at the bottom of the screen. Youtube captioning does not currently support Chapel Pilgrimages online centering prayer Spanish language. Tuesday, April 21, 6 pm Join the Cathedral clergy for a nine-week series of Chapel Pilgrimages, where we Come together in silent online prayer: a brief reading and reflection will lead us american sign language interpretation offer a brief meditation on the life of Jesus Christ throughout the Easter season. New into a time of shared silence online. 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Get updates, announcements and more! facebook.com/wncathedral being church in the time of covid 3101 wisconsin ave., nw Cathedral Canon Theologian Kelly Brown Douglas, in her role as dean of the Episcopal sign up for our newsletter washington dc 20016-5098 Email [email protected] Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, leads online conversations on Being www.cathedral.org Church in the Time of COVID-19. You can watch online. 202/537-6200 • @wncathedral The Holy Eucharist The Second Sunday of Easter and the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Observed April 19, 2020 • 11:15 am Washington National Cathedral 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 the people of God. One of the glories of the Episcopal Church is its liturgical worship. Liturgy refers to the patterns, forms, words, and actions through which public worship is conducted. The people’s responses are in bold. This type of note, offering directions about the service is called a “rubric,” which comes from the Latin word rubrica (red)—referring to a time when these instructional notes were always written in red. The Entrance Rite When the service is accompanied by music, it often begins with an instrumental piece of music, during which the congregation can prepare for worship. prelude The Glorious Sun from Celebrations of God in Nature Robert Ward (1917-2013) introit Lord, I lift your name on high Rick Founds (b. 1954) Lord, I lift your name on high. Lord, I love to sing your praises. I’m so glad you’re in my life. I’m so glad you came to save us. You came from heaven to earth to show the way. From the earth to the cross my debt to pay. From the cross to the grave, From the grave to the sky, Lord, I lift your name on high. hymn at the procession For the beauty of the earth Sung by all. Dix We begin our worship as a gathered community by praising God in song. the opening acclamation Alleluia. Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia. For God brought us into being. And called us to care for Creation. the collect for purity This prayer was an English rendering of a Latin prayer that began the liturgy in the medieval church before the Reformation. It remains a distinctive part of Episcopal worship to this day. 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. 2 gloria in excelsis Sung by all. William Mathias (1934-1992) TheGloria , or some other song of praise, centers the service on the God we gather to praise in our worship.