Trinity Episcopal Church PROGRESSIVE INCLUSIVE
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Holy Eucharist: Rite II The Fifth Sunday In Lent
March 29, 2020
Breakfast at Homeless Jesus 9:00am Live-Streamed Eucharist 10:00am
Holy Eucharist: Rite II Prelude
Amazing Grace (Gabe Hagedorn, pianist)
A Penitential Order: Rite II Welcome Opening Statement Celebrant: People:
Blessed is the Lord who forgives all our sins. God’s mercy endures forever.
Confession & Absolution Celebrant:
Let us confess our sin against God and our neighbor.
(Silence may be kept.) People:
Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.
Celebrant:
Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen.
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Kyrie The verse of the Kyrie will be sung as a solo. Everyone is invited to sing the refrain following the verse. I have built an altar where I worship things of men I have taken journeys that have drawn me far from You Now I am returning to Your mercies ever flowing Pardon my transgressions Help me love You again
Verse:
Refrain:
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Liturgy of the word
Collect of the Day Celebrant: People: Celebrant:
People:
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(Prayers for an Inclusive Church)
The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray. God of compassion, you call us out of the bindings of death on this, our resurrection day: make us ready to surrender the fear in which we hide to step into your future alive and unashamed; through Jesus Christ, the life of the world. Amen.
(Please be seated for the Lessons.)
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The First Lesson Reader:
Ezekiel 37:1-14
A reading from Ezekiel
The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord GOD, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD.” So I prophesied as I had been commanded; and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.” I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast multitude. Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.’ Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken and will act,” says the LORD.
Reader: People:
Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s People. Thanks be to God.
Psalm
Psalm 130 (Psalms for Praying, Nan Merrill) A single voice will sing the first half of each verse, everyone is invited to join in singing the second half in bold.
Out of the depths I cry / to You! In your Mercy, / hear my voice! May you be / attentive to the voice of my / supplications! If You should number / the times We stray from You, O Beloved, who / could face You? 4
Yet You are ever-ready to / forgive, that we / might be healed. I wait for You, my / soul waits, for in your Love / I would live; My soul awaits the Be- / loved as one awaits the birth of a child or the fulfillment of their / destiny. O sons and daughters of / the Light, welcome the Heart / of your heart! Then you will climb the Sacred Mountain / of Truth; You will know mercy and love in / abundance. Then will your transgressions be for- / given; and you will know the One- / ness of All.
The second Lesson Reader:
Romans 8:6-11
A reading from Romans
To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law-- indeed it cannot, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.
Reader: People:
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gradual
Surely the Presence of the Lord is in this Place Please join in singing the Gradual. Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place I can feel such mighty power and such grace I can hear the brush of angel’s wings I see glory on each face Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.
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Daywind
The Gospel Celebrant: People:
John 11: 1-45 The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. Glory to you, Lord Christ.
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?” Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world. But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them.” After saying this, he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.” The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right.” Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. For your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.” When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.” When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?” 6
Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.” Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
Celebrant: People:
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to You, Lord Christ.
Sermon
The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray
The Apostles’ Creed
The Book of Common Prayer pg. 53
(Please stand as you are able.)
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
(Please stand as you are able.)
During this season we will give intentional time and space to pause together as we pray. Intercessor:
God of justice hear the cry of those who yearn for justice around the world; the persecuted and oppressed, the exploited and the ill-treated.
(Pause)
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God of love hear the cry of those who yearn for love; fractured families, broken homes neglected, unwanted, alone. (Pause) God of peace hear the cry of those who yearn for peace; in battle zones and broken states, those who are frightened, fearful and anxious. (Pause) God of healing hear the cry of those who yearn for healing; physical and spiritual hurting, weakened and depressed. (Pause) God of mercy hear the cry of those who yearn for mercy; convicted, in need of your Grace, contrite, humble, bowed down. (Pause) May we know the peace of God the love of God the justice of God the healing and mercy of God this day and all days. (Pause) Facing the coronavirus, we pray for all who mourn their dead for the thousands who have contracted the virus for all who are quarantined for those who are stranded away from home for those who have lost their employment for those who fear the present and the future for children who cannot be with friends and teachers at school for parents with childcare needs for physicians, nurses, and home health aides for hospitals and clinics for volunteers who are serving their communities for medical researchers for the World Health Organization for adequate and wise governmental policies. (Pause) In your mercy, benevolent God hear our prayers. Amen.
THE PEACE Celebrant: People:
The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Trinity’s Daily Bread- As a community of faith, we are called to love and be loved; to serve and be served, to give and to receive. In short, we don’t want anyone to “fall behind or drop out.” In this season of connecting in new ways, we are introducing Trinity’s Daily Bread. Please let us know if you need prayer, assistance or connection by filling out our Daily Bread form on our website, www.trinitytoledo.org! 8
Liturgy of the Table
Offertory Sentence A virtual offering plate, titled Sunday, March 29 Offering, has been created on our website’s Online Giving page. Through this online resource, you can make a regular Sunday offering, a pledge contribution or an Easter Flower donation. www.trinitytoledo.org/online-giving/
Offertory
Jesus is a Rock in a Weary Land (Jobst Choral Scholars)
The Great Thanksgiving Celebrant: People: Celebrant: People: Celebrant: People:
arr. Mark Hayes
(Iona Abbey Worship)
The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise.
The celebrant proceeds: We praise you, O God, whom eternity cannot contain, for coming to earth and entering time in Jesus. We praise you for his life which informs our living, for his compassion which changes our hearts, for his clear speaking which contradicts our harmless generalities, for his disturbing presence, his innocent suffering, his fearless dying, his rising to life breathing forgiveness and restoring us forever to you. For these gifts we praise and worship you. All that is spectacular, all that is plain have their origin in you. All that is lovely, all who are loving, point to you as their fulfillment. Therefore we gladly join our voices to the song of the Church on earth and in heaven:
Sanctus
Holy, Holy, Holy
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Then the Celebrant continues Jesus was always the guest. In the homes of Peter and Jairus, Martha and Mary, Joanna and Susanna, he was always the guest. At the meal tables of the wealthy where he pled the case of the poor, he was always the guest. Upsetting polite company, befriending isolated people, welcoming the stranger, he was always the guest. But here, at this table, he is the host. Those who wish to serve him must first be served by him. Those who want to follow him must first be fed by him. For this is the table where God intends us to be nourished. This is the time when Christ can make us new. So come, you who hunger and thirst for a deeper faith, for a better life, for a fairer world. Jesus Christ, who has sat at our tables, now invites us to be guests at his. On the night on which he was betrayed, and as they were sitting at a meal, Jesus gave thanks, took a piece of bread and broke it. He gave it to the disciples saying, “This is my body. It is broken for you. Do this to remember me.” Later, after they had eaten, he took a cup of wine, gave thanks and said, “This cup is the new relationship with God made possible because of my death. Drink this all of you, to remember me.” So now we do as Jesus did. We offer this bread and this wine, the produce of the earth and the fruit of human labor to you, O God. Therefore, we proclaim the mystery of faith:
Celebrant and People Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. We ask, merciful God, that you send, in kindness, your Holy Spirit to settle on this bread and wine and fill them with the fullness of Jesus. Let that same Spirit rest on us, converting us from the patterns of this passing world, until we conform to the shape of him whose food we now share. AMEN.
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Celebrant: And now, 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.
Fraction & Invitation
During this season when we are apart physically, you are invited to receive the assurance we remain connected as the Body of Christ. As Lisa partakes the bread and the wine alone this morning, she does so as a sign and symbol representing the whole of our community.
Communion Music
Be Thou My Vision
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John Rutter
The Post Communion Prayer (Please stand as you are able.) Gracious God, lover of all, may we who have been your guests at this communion reveal your life to all the world. May we be no longer your servants, but know your will, and be your friends. You give us your life, may we be worthy of it; you give us yourself, may we embody you. Amen.
Blessing May the rain fall off your shoulders when you’re caught in a storm. When the frost comes a callin’ may it find you safe and warm. May your place be set, and may your promises be kept. And may you never forget that you are loved.
Sending Song
In My Life, Lord, Be Glorified
Dismissal Celebrant: People:
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord! Thanks be to God!
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DOWNTOWN
Vestry Leadership Donna Steppe, Sr. Warden, Roberta Durham, Jr. Warden Leah Reed, Clerk, Jane Bueche, Treasurer, Jeffrey Albright, Dennis Degnan, Fritz Hany, Bob Meeker & Jamie Paul
Parish Staff The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray, Rector Nate Leonard, Director of Music & the Arts Heather Meyer, Director of Operations and Community Development Lynzi Miller, Next to New Manager & Communications Coordinator Nick Zurawski, Sexton
Copyright Info:
All printed music from The Hymnal 1982, Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing, My Heart Sings Out, Wonder, Love, and Praise used by permission through purchase of riteseries.org. All other printed music is used by permission through purchase of CCLI #11294600. All printed music from Gather was used by permission through purchase of onelicense.net License # A-700000. Opening Collect from: Prayers for an Inclusive Church by Steven Shakespeare, 2009. Readings from: Revised Common Lectionary: lectionarypage.net, 2020. Psalm from Psalms for Praying: An Invitation to Wholeness by Nan C. Merrill, 2007. The Apostle’s Creed and Post Communion Prayer from: Book of Common Prayer, 1979. The Great Thanksgiving from Iona Abbey Worship. Bulletin Image: ‘Divine Mercy’ artwork from – Ivan Guaderrama Gallery; www.ivanguaderrama.com.
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The Fifth Sunday Of Lent
March 29, 2020
Wednesday 4/1, 7:00pm, Lenten Book Study - We will connect via Zoom Meetings for our final Lenten Book Study on April 1 at 7:00pm and hope many will be available to join us as we conclude our conversation on Joan Chittister’s book The Time is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage. You can find the Zoom dial-in information at www.trinitytoledo.org/lenten-formation-opportunities/. Whether you have been to earlier sessions or not, please consider joining us- all are wanted and welcome. Friday 4/3, 7:00pm, Compline - The offering of prayer late in the evening, by laity, religious orders or clergy, often called Compline, has sometimes been described as the ‘goodnight prayer of the Church’. It rounds off the day and prepares us for a quiet night. We’ll connect via Zoom Meetings on Friday evenings during this time away from Trinity- find dial-in info at www.trinitytoledo.org/compline/. Tuesday 4/7, Easter Flowers – We will still be taking Easter Memorial Flower orders thru April 7. You can fill-out an order form online at www.trinitytoledo.org/easter-flower-order/. We will list the names honored and remembered in our Easter bulletin. Lisa and staff will deliver your flowers early the following week. Daily Noon AA, 12:00pm, AA Virtual Support Network- Although deeply saddened, we feel it is time to close our daily noon AA meeting as we strive to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Know that we want to continue to offer our unconditional support for our brothers and sisters in recovery in any way that we can. A link on the front page of our website will take you to several intergroups of available on-line meetings.
Please remember those who have asked for our prayers:
Estella Hallem John Darnell Aidan Mitchell Eleanor Paul
James Boles Kevin Childress Joy Dunn Bashi Paul
the Brown Family Sara Swartz Jeff Habib Daniel & Krysta
Teresa Martinez Robert Swartz David Goldstein Romona
Keaton & Katie Justin Myers Sheilah Wilson Holly
To add your name or the name of someone you love on the Prayer List, please email lynzi@trinitytoledo.org.
Birthdays
3/1 Nate Leonard 3/12 Joseph Offet
3/1 Ruth Miller 3/20 Jolene Miller
3/8 Jeff Habib 3/10 Pat Squire 3/25 Nancy Colpaert 3/25 Jamie Paul
To have your birthday or anniversary listed, 14 please email the office: admin@trinitytoledo.org