SAINT MICHAEL
and
All Angels Episcopal Church
The Third Sunday in Lent March 8, 2026
7:30 AM & 5:30 PM TRADITIONAL Saint Michael Chapel
WELCOME
FROM THE RECTOR
The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata
We’re so glad you’ve joined us at Saint Michael today. We’d love to get to know you better, so please take a moment to fill out the welcome card, either physically or digitally, that can be found on this page or in the pew back in front of you. Our Welcome Team members are in the hallways today to help you with anything you need.
Please join us today at 10:10 a.m. in the Church for our Spring Parish Meeting. This meeting will feature our Annual Report, as well as hearing from our 2025 Wardens and Treasurer about the state of our parish. I look forward to celebrating a great year with you!
During Lent, we offer Weekday Meditations from the Saint Michael clergy, as well as Lenten Devotionals through A Word for Thought each day to support your growth. Additionally, there are wonderful ways to deepen your experience here. Coming up this month are programs such as the Men of Saint Michael March Madness BBQ on Thursday, March 19, as well as a special Lenten Choral Compline Service on Sunday, March 22. And please note that our spring Alpha Course begins on Tuesday, March 31, and is a wonderful opportunity for anyone seeking to learn more about God and our faith together.
Please pick up a Sunday News handout if you haven’t already and join us for our special programming whenever you can. As we prepare to worship together, I invite you to take a moment and center yourself on God’s presence. Worshiping, learning, and giving together help us grow closer to who God created us to be, and you’re part of that work. May God bless you today and every day, and I hope to see you again very soon!
CONNECT WITH US
Scan the QR Code to fill out the welcome card, sign up for emails, and register for Saint Michael 101. saintmichael.org/welcome
The Third Sunday In Lent
7:30 AM Holy Eucharist: Rite I
The service begins on page 319 of the red Book of Common Prayer (BCP).
The Word of God
A Penitential Order (standing)
Kyrie (spoken by all)
BCP 319
BCP 324
The Collect of the Day see page 5
The First Lesson Exodus 17:1-7 (seated) see page 5
Psalm 95:1-7 see page 6
The Second Lesson Romans 5:1-11 see page 6
The Gospel (standing) see page 7
Celebrant The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
People Glory be to thee, O Lord.
John 4:5-42
Celebrant The Gospel of the Lord.
People Praise be to thee, O Christ.
The Sermon (seated) The Rev. Dr. Andrew Grosso
The Nicene Creed (standing, spoken by all)
The Prayers of the People
The Peace
The Holy Communion
BCP 326
BCP 328
BCP 332
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The Great Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer II (standing) BCP 340
The Lord’s Prayer
The Breaking of the Bread
BCP 336
BCP 337
The Post-Communion Prayer (standing, spoken by all) BCP 339
The Blessing
The Dismissal
BCP 340
All are invited to come forward to the Communion rail at the direction of our ushers. Stand or kneel at the rail as you are able, and receive the wafer in the palm of your outstretched hands. If you desire a gluten-free wafer, clasp your hands in front of you with your palms down. Receive the wine by drinking from the chalice as it is offered to you, or by retaining the wafer, to dip lightly into the chalice for yourself. If you are not receiving, you may cross your arms over your chest and receive a blessing. If you are unable to physically come to the rail, please indicate to an usher that you would like to receive Communion at your seat.
To make a gift scan this QR code.
All are invited to come forward to the Communion rail at the direction of our ushers. Stand or kneel at the rail as you are able, and receive the wafer in the palm of your outstretched hands. If you desire a gluten-free wafer, clasp your hands in front of you with your palms down. Receive the wine by drinking from the chalice as it is offered to you, or by retaining the wafer, to dip lightly into the chalice for yourself. If you are not receiving, you may cross your arms over your chest and receive a blessing. If you are unable to physically come to the rail, please indicate to an usher that you would like to receive Communion at your seat.
The Third Sunday In Lent
5:30 PM Holy Eucharist: Rite II
The service begins on page 351 of the red Book of Common Prayer (BCP). Hymns may be found in the blue hymnal in the pew rack.
The Word of God
Prelude
Entering Processsion (standing, sung by all) Hymn 522 A Penitential Order (standing) BCP 351
Kyrie (spoken by all) BCP 356
The Collect of the Day see page 5
The Lesson Exodus 17:1-7 (seated) see page 5
Psalm 95:1-7
see page 6
The Gospel (standing) see page 7
Celebrant The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
People Glory to you, Lord Christ.
John 4:5-42
Celebrant The Gospel of the Lord.
People Praise to you, Lord Christ.
The Sermon (seated)
The Rev. David M. Faulkner
The Nicene Creed (standing, spoken by all) BCP 358
The Prayers of the People: Form V
The Peace
The Holy Communion
Offertory Hymn (seated, sung by all)
389
360
Hymn 685
Presentation Hymn (standing, sung by all) Hymn 380, v. 3
The Great Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer A (standing) BCP 361
Sanctus (sung by all)
Hymn S 130
The Lord’s Prayer BCP 364
The Breaking of the Bread BCP 364
Communion Hymn (seated, sung by all) Hymn 658
The Post-Communion Prayer (standing, spoken by all) BCP 365
The Blessing
The Dismissal BCP 366
Departing Procession (standing, sung by all) Hymn 690
Postlude
The Collect of the Day: 7:30 AM
Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of 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 liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for e ver and ever. Amen.
The Collect of the Day: 5:30 PM
Almighty God, you know that we have no power in 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 e ver. Amen.
The First Lesson Exodus 17:1-7
From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but 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 the LORD?” But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?” So Moses cried out to the LORD, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” The LORD 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
Parish Prayers of the People as of February 25, 2026
James Albergo
John Aldridge
Susanna Allen
Roland Anderson
Larry Andros
Rami Angir
Nancy Armour
Linda & Greg Austin
Don Baty
Larry Been
Barbara Hart Bell
Shirley Blackman
Len Bourland
Elise Broer
Helen Bustamante
Cosette “Coco” Cathey
Carolyn Cochran
Jean Coleman
Elise Connolly
Christian Davis
Bill Douglass
LaWanda Duggan
Rashad Friendly
Jean Fuller
Gerald Gaston,Jr.
Curtis Green
Jane Greene Forest Germany
Jody Guenther
Roberto Hernandez
Josh Hight
Barbara Hornback
Jack Hubbell
Micah Jones
Lynne Kent
Julie Kenrick
John Khoury
Trina Lake
Danny Landeros
John Levens
Rusty Lawley
Tom Luce
Leigh Ann McCartin
Celia Smith McGrath
Lyn McKinney
Sarah Margaret Mannes
Dimitri Margetis
Wilbur Marshall
Thomas Martin
Michael Matamoras
Janie Meyer
Tink Moir
John Morelock
Heather Nemec
John Oncken
Leslie Parker
Jim Riggert
Celso Rocha
Arden Showalter
Hank Showalter
Brad Smith
Carlos Smith
Chandler Wade Smith
Dianne Smith
Fadey Suleiman
Byrd Teague
Renee Torres
Travion Waites
Keller Webster
John Wieden
Ann Williams
Mary Wolf
of the elders of Israel. He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
The Psalm 95:1-7
Come, let us sing to the LORD; * let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
For the LORD is a great God, * and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the caverns of the earth, * and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it, * and his hands have molded the dry land. Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, * and kneel before the LORD our Maker.
For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!
The Second Lesson Romans 5:1-11
Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for
a righteous person— though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life. But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Lector The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
The
Gospel John 4:5-42
Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of g round 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. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” ( Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who g ave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?”
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” Jesus said to her,
“Go, call your husband, and come back.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!” The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (who is called Christ). When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.” Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.” Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “ What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, “Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?” They left the city and were on their way to him. Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples said to one another, “Surely no one has brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have
entered into their labor.” Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I have ever done.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”
MAR 08
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Saint Michael Chapel
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EDUCATION CLASSES FOR YOUTH & CHILDREN
Sundays | 10 a.m. | 2nd floor of the Education Wing Please enter and exit the Education Wing from the south entrance on Colgate Ave.
Adults
Adult Formation will resume on March 15 . Please join us for our Spring Parish Meeting.
9 AM
Traditional Church
Joy! A Children’s Service
Saint Michael Chapel
10:10 AM Parish Meeting Church
11 AM
Contemporary Church
Traditional Saint Michael Chapel
5:30 PM
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SPRING
PARISH MEETING
TODAY, MARCH 8 10:10 AM | CHURCH
Middle School: Confirmation: High School: Youth
Children
Godly Play: PreK – 1st Grade (Ages 3 – 7)
PreK (Room 213) | Kindergarten (Room 211) | 1st Grade (Room 208)
One Family of Faith: 2nd – 3rd Grade | Room 209
Launch 45: 4th – 5th Grade | Room 207
Nursery available in rooms 19 & 20 in school hallway. Enter through the Sunday Education Wing entrance. See map for details.