Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Burnet, Texas
Third Sunday In Lent: March 15, 2020
Holy Eucharist
The Word of God
Third Sunday In Lent: March 15, 2020
Holy Eucharist
The Word of God
A Penitential Order (Book of Common Prayer, page 319)
Celebrant Bless the Lord who forgiveth all our sins.
People His mercy endureth for ever.
Celebrant
Hear what our Lord Jesus saith: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 22:37-40
The Celebrant then says
Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.
Minister and People
Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against thee in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done,
and by what we have left undone. We have not loved thee with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in thy will, and walk in thy ways, to the glory of thy Name. Amen.
The Priest says
The Almighty and merciful Lord grant you absolution and remission of all your sins, true repentance, amendment of
life, and the grace and consolation of his Holy Spirit. Amen.
Celebrant Lord, have mercy upon us.
People Christ, have mercy upon us.
Celebrant Lord, have mercy upon us.
Celebrant The Lord be with you.
People And with thy spirit.
Celebrant Let us pray
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 ever and ever. Amen.
First reading 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 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?” Reader Reader The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Psalm 95 Venite, exultemus
1 Come, let us sing to the Lord; * let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
3 For the Lord is a great God, * and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the caverns of the earth, * and the heights of the hills are his also.
5 The sea is his, for he made it, * and his hands have molded the dry land.
6 Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, * and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7 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!
8 Harden not your hearts, as your forebears did in the wilderness, *
at Meribah, and on that day at Massah, when they tempted me.
9 They put me to the test, * though they had seen my works.
10 Forty years long I detested that generation and said, *
“This people are wayward in their hearts; they do not know my ways.”
11 So I swore in my wrath, * “They shall not enter into my rest.”
Second reading 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.
Reader The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Gospel John 4:5-42
Celebrant The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Saint John.
People Glory be to thee, O Lord
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. 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 gave 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.”
Celebrant The Gospel of the Lord.
People Praise be to thee, O Lord.
The Sermon (Audio version available on the “Sermons” tab above)
Everything before today’s gospel seems to have been chosen as a kind of slow, solid preparation for that story. All of it—from the Collect’s “we have nothing in ourselves to help ourselves” through the story of dependence in the exodus and the reminder of God as shepherd and Paul’s “justification by faith”—serves to tune our ears to hear the stunning story of the woman at the well.
She’s going about her life, schlepping water from the well, back to her house, as she does every day, when the corona-virus hits. Well, not a pandemic, but something that must be just as shocking to her: “Whoa! This guy is talking to me—a woman! And not just a guy, but a Jewish guy, and here I am, a Samaritan. And not just a Jewish guy, but obviously some kind of teacher, or prophet. Talking to me! Here at the well, where just anybody could walk up and hear us and see us. What a day!”
And that’s just the beginning, even though it’s already high noon. Jesus looks at her, pushing back a wayward lock of hair, heavy and sticky with sweat, and he sees her. He sees her. Not some caricature of one of the bad guys from the bad territory, but this woman who has had one hell of a life. He sees the woman, the person, the child of God, who wants nothing more than for her life to be normal—no, good.
He identifies himself as someone with insight. Blazing, laser-like insight, which is scary to her at first. It’s as if he’s looked into her computer’s search history and seen everything she’s been up to for her whole life. And though he mentions the shameful, hidden stuff first, that’s only to get her attention. His next comments are along the lines of “So what about now, and moving forward?”
And she? She’s still talking about water. It’s safer, after all, to stick with the literal stuff at hand.
Then she starts to talk doctrine and religious differences with him. He’s having none of it, brushing the differences aside, saying, “This mountain, that mountain, immersion, sprinkling, potato, po-tah-toe. I’m talking about real thirst and real life, and being loved and made new, whoever you are, whatever you’ve done. And it begins for you right now, right here in the mud beside this well. And all you have to do is give up your guilt, your shame, your notion of how you can measure up because of this law or that regulation or what your daddy or your mommy told you about yourself. All you have to do (and I know it’s not easy, or I wouldn’t be standing here in the hot sun, talking to you, and through you to the folks in the village) . . . sorry . . . all you have to do is trust that what I’m telling you is real. God is a shepherd who cares for you like no shepherd, even the best you know, has ever cared for his sheep. God makes water gush out of rocks, rains down food from heaven, creates oceans and mountains, cures COVID-19. And that’s not the hard part for God. The real challenge for God is to convince you that God is as close to you as I am right now (even when you have to be distanced from people for a while).
“God is inside you, cleaning up all that murky stuff inside you that you’ve been lugging around, hiding it from everyone, including yourself, for so long. God loves you and cares for you and heals you, even while you’re still in all that muck and mire.
“You . . . you need to let go of your deep, deep false belief that God can’t do that. You need to trust that you are fully, completely, unfailingly loved. And that is true not only right here by this well at noon, but also when you leave here and talk to your friends in town and when you lay your head down to go to sleep tonight, and always. And that trust, that God, will set you free.” + + +
The Nicene Creed BCP 326
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
The Prayers of the People BCP 328
Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's Church and the world.
Almighty and everliving God, who in thy holy Word hast taught us to make prayers, and supplications, and to give thanks for all men: Receive these our prayers which we offer unto thy divine Majesty, beseeching thee to inspire continually the Universal Church with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord; and grant that all those who do confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word, and live in unity and godly love.
Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all bishops and other ministers especially Michael, our Presiding Bishop, Andy, Jeff, Hector, and Kai, our bishops, Michael, our priest, and Jeannie, our missionary, that they may, both by their life and doctrine, set forth thy true and lively Word, and rightly and duly administer thy holy Sacraments.
And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace, and especially to this congregation here present; that, with meek heart and due reverence, they may hear and receive thy holy Word, truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life.
We beseech thee also so to rule the hearts of those who bear the authority of government in this and every land, especially Donald, our president, that they may be led to wise decisions and right actions for the welfare and peace of the world.
Open, O Lord, the eyes of all people to behold thy gracious hand in all thy works, that, rejoicing in thy whole creation, they may honor thee with their substance, and be faithful stewards of thy bounty.
And we most humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness, O Lord, to comfort and succor and all those who in this transitory life, are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity.
Additional petitions and thanksgivings may be included here. Epiphany's prayer list is appended to the end of this bulletin.
And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear, beseeching thee to grant them continual growth in thy love and service; and to grant us grace so to follow the good examples of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of all thy saints, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom.
Grant these our prayers, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.
The Peace BCP 332
Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you.
People And with thy spirit.
(And here ensues, on a normal Sunday, much greeting and handshaking and conversation.)
The Celebrant then says
Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:2
The Holy Communion
Great Thanksgiving BCP 333
Celebrant The Lord be with you.
People And with thy spirit.
Celebrant Lift up your hearts.
People We lift them up unto the Lord.
Celebrant Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.
People It is meet and right so to do.
The Celebrant proceeds
It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord,
holy Father, almighty, everlasting God. Through Jesus Christ our Lord; who was in every way tempted as we are, yet did not sin; by whose grace we are able to triumph over every evil, and to live no longer unto ourselves, but unto him who died for us and rose again. Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and saying,
Celebrant and People
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts: Heaven and earth are full of thy Glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High.
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Eucharistic Prayer I BCP 334
All glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father, for that thou, of thy tender mercy, didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption; who made there, by his one oblation of himself once offered, a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death and sacrifice, until his coming again.
For in the night in which he was betrayed, he took bread; and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take, eat, this is my Body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
Likewise, after supper, he took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink ye all of this; for this is my Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you, and for many, for the remission of sins. Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.”
Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our Savior Jesus Christ, we, thy humble servants, do celebrate and make here before thy divine Majesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension; rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for the innumerable benefits procured unto us by the same.
And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us; and, of thy almighty goodness, vouchsafe to bless and sanctify, with thy Word and Holy Spirit, these thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine; that we, receiving them according to thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood.
And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching thee to grant that, by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we, and all thy whole Church, may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion.
And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, our selves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee that we, and all others who shall be partakers of this Holy Communion, may worthily receive the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, and made one body with him, that he may dwell in us, and we in him.
And although we are unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service, not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offenses, through Jesus Christ our Lord; By whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honor and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. AMEN.
Celebrant
And now, as our Savior Christ hath taught us, we are bold to say,
People and Celebrant
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.
The Breaking of the Bread
The Celebrant breaks the consecrated Bread. A period of silence is kept. Then may be sung or said
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, grant us thy peace.
The following prayer is said by Celebrant and People
We do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy. Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen.
Facing the people, the Celebrant says
The Gifts of God for the People of God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on him in your hearts by faith, with thanksgiving.
The Bread and the Cup are given to the communicants with these words
The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith, with thanksgiving.
The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Drink this in remembrance that Christ's Blood was shed for thee, and be thankful.
Postcommunion prayer BCP 339
Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee for that thou dost feed us, in these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favor and goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs, through hope, of thy everlasting kingdom. And we humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen.
Solemn Prayer in place of a blessing during Lent
Look mercifully on this your family, Almighty God, that by your great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Dismissal
Celebrant Let us bless the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
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Announcements
+ During Lent Fr. Michael will be in the office on Wednesday instead of Thursday. Dianne’s office hours will change to 9a.m.- 5p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday and 9a.m.-1p.m on Thursday and Friday
+ Pledges for Sunday, March 8, 2020, were $1,455. Total pledges YTD are $23,119, which represents 19.48% of the committed pledges of $118,680 for 2020. Thank you for helping us fulfill our mission.
+ We have a new program at Epiphany—Soup for the Soul—a bowl of soup for anyone who is ill. If you know of anyone needing soup, please call Bobbie Clear at 830-613-1021 or Dianne at the office.
+ If you know anyone in the Epiphany family who needs a ride to church, please let Michael, a vestry member
or the office know.
+ If you know anyone in the Epiphany family who needs a get-well or sympathy card, please contact Nancy Heuss at 512-755-4341 or at [email protected]
Standing FYI Items
Bulletin deadline—Wednesday, 1:00. Announcements should be submitted to the Parish Office.
Building usage---Contact Deborah Kelley for approval, then Georgie Nolan for scheduling of an event.
Available in the narthex—Forward Day by Day, Church Directory, Prayer List.
LA Care and the Community Kitchen have ongoing needs. Epiphany maintains the Community Kitchen the
1st & 3rd Thursday of each month.
EStar Newsletter deadline—Sunday, 7:00 pm. Contact Rufus or Sandy Arrington with news or updates. EStar success relies on good communication. If you do not receive the EStar, please let Rufus or Sandy know.
Community groups meeting at Epiphany
Please contact the Office Manager or visit the website for additional information
Weight Watchers: Each Monday 4pm – 8pm (Parish Hall)
Boy Scouts: Each Tuesday 7pm – 8:30pm (Youth Center)
Cub Scouts: Each Tuesday 6pm – 7:30pm (Parish Hall)
Veterans' Peer-to-Peer Group: 1st & 3rd Wednesday 7pm (Library)
Boys & Girls Club Teen Center: M-F 3p.m.–7p.m. (Youth Center)
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The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
Wood and Lamon St., PO Box 2, Burnet, TX 78611
512.756.2334 FAX 512.715.9536
[email protected] www.epiphanyburnet.weebly.com
Wood and Lamon St., PO Box 2, Burnet, TX 78611
512.756.2334 FAX 512.715.9536
[email protected] www.epiphanyburnet.weebly.com
Priest-in-Charge
Senior Warden Junior Warden Vestry Member Vestry Member Vestry Member Vestry Member Vestry Member Vestry Member Vestry Member Treasurer Missionary Acolyte Co-Directors Music Directors Saint Anne’s Guild Altar Guild Daughters of the King Sunday School Director Editors of the E-Star Office Manager |
The Rev. Michael Long
Deborah Kelley (Term ends 2021) J.J. Gonzales (2022) Ellie Burks (2021) Jim Weathers (2021) Sandy Arrington (2022) Otis Maclay (2022) Diane Langley (2023) Linda Myers (2023) Margaret Thomas (2023) Diane Hays Jeannie Loving Bill Drake, Kathleen Broad Otis Maclay, Mike Kelley Carol Weathers Carol Weathers, Diane Hays Sandy Arrington Nancy Heuss Sandy and Rufus Arrington Dianne Williams |
Epiphany Episcopal Church March 15, 2020
We Pray for all bishops, priests and missionaries, including:
Michael, our Presiding Bishop; Andy, Jeff, Kathryn, and Hector, our Bishops; Michael, our Priest; Jeannie, our Missionary
Long Term Needs:
John Jayden Melissa Ann Allan Barry Kenyon Tom T. James M Nathan
Marcel Sarah C. Teresa Sheila
For the Sick, Injured or Disabled:
Morgan Ginny Kristy Ann Mark Victoria Sheila Dee Ginger Clay Barbara Miranda Tom Ellie Matt Kaye Janice Bob Jackie David Lynne Tyler Sharon Richard
For the Need of Comfort or Guidance:
Dale Merle Patty Shelie Leslie June Scott Sherrill S. Mark P. Curtis Lottie Karen Allison Ashley John Bonnie & Ed Martha & Larry Bailey family
Degeyter family Women in Hutto facility
For those Who Are Travelling This Week:
Jane Scheidler
For Those in the Military:
James Eric Kevin Brian Jonathan Bryan Jarrod Trever ChrisTrever Chris
All in harm’s way
For Those Who Mourn:
The Russell family The Schecter family
Thanksgiving for Birthdays:
Victoria Bailey
Thanksgiving for Anniversaries:
Kristin & George Picken
For Those Who Have Died
Ray Russell
YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THIS PRAYER LIST, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE
Prayer in the time of the new coronavirus
O God, we pray that Christ may preserve in us strong faith, fervent love, and strength to meet the challenge of the days ahead. Help us to become a missionary people following the example of the woman at the well. Help us to understand how to worship not in temple or mountaintop but in our homes, communities, and neighborhoods. Give us a vision for how to gather as God’s people in a time of sickness. Show us how to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to you. Reveal the way to care for the infirm, the dying and the dead. Help us to strengthen the faithful with the hope of Christ’s Good News. Inspire us to continue to serve without reproach, so that your people may be strengthened and your Name glorified. Amen.
We Pray for all bishops, priests and missionaries, including:
Michael, our Presiding Bishop; Andy, Jeff, Kathryn, and Hector, our Bishops; Michael, our Priest; Jeannie, our Missionary
Long Term Needs:
John Jayden Melissa Ann Allan Barry Kenyon Tom T. James M Nathan
Marcel Sarah C. Teresa Sheila
For the Sick, Injured or Disabled:
Morgan Ginny Kristy Ann Mark Victoria Sheila Dee Ginger Clay Barbara Miranda Tom Ellie Matt Kaye Janice Bob Jackie David Lynne Tyler Sharon Richard
For the Need of Comfort or Guidance:
Dale Merle Patty Shelie Leslie June Scott Sherrill S. Mark P. Curtis Lottie Karen Allison Ashley John Bonnie & Ed Martha & Larry Bailey family
Degeyter family Women in Hutto facility
For those Who Are Travelling This Week:
Jane Scheidler
For Those in the Military:
James Eric Kevin Brian Jonathan Bryan Jarrod Trever ChrisTrever Chris
All in harm’s way
For Those Who Mourn:
The Russell family The Schecter family
Thanksgiving for Birthdays:
Victoria Bailey
Thanksgiving for Anniversaries:
Kristin & George Picken
For Those Who Have Died
Ray Russell
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Prayer in the time of the new coronavirus
O God, we pray that Christ may preserve in us strong faith, fervent love, and strength to meet the challenge of the days ahead. Help us to become a missionary people following the example of the woman at the well. Help us to understand how to worship not in temple or mountaintop but in our homes, communities, and neighborhoods. Give us a vision for how to gather as God’s people in a time of sickness. Show us how to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to you. Reveal the way to care for the infirm, the dying and the dead. Help us to strengthen the faithful with the hope of Christ’s Good News. Inspire us to continue to serve without reproach, so that your people may be strengthened and your Name glorified. Amen.