tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34636864540839583222024-02-07T07:43:26.861-04:00St Stephen's Parish in Chester, NSOur mission is to worship God and serve God's people in the spirit of Christ.St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.comBlogger368125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-80964283257485869722021-02-25T12:24:00.003-04:002021-02-25T12:24:21.917-04:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On-
Line Bulletin<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">10:30
St. Stephens Community Centre <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">(Revised)The Second Sunday in Lent<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">28
February 2021</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECtBACUgppce8Q726nQU1K59cSzUeeqMQgA8G88n-ePqAHz7R99xLV1lLWAeNY47oduFJ190sDx4EsXFPS0-qS5SpI1kXg4efWdBOqmbPWtKPfLcJFcDRGdMwdpH0-jvSKWZRwCKlcdI/s259/mark83138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECtBACUgppce8Q726nQU1K59cSzUeeqMQgA8G88n-ePqAHz7R99xLV1lLWAeNY47oduFJ190sDx4EsXFPS0-qS5SpI1kXg4efWdBOqmbPWtKPfLcJFcDRGdMwdpH0-jvSKWZRwCKlcdI/s0/mark83138.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /><!--[endif]--></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 14.0pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Our mission
is to worship God and care for<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 14.0pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God’s people
in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 14.0pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Rev. Ian Wissler, Rector (902.275.8627)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rev.
Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, Honorary Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Wardens:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Casavant, Jon Waddell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Choir
Director: Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Organist:
Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">saintstephenschester.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Parish
Office Hours:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday-Thursday, 9am – 1pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">54
Regent St. Chester NS B0J 1J0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>902-275-3804<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Eucharist<br />
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gathering of the
Community </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All
stand. The presiding celebrant greets the community </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">People<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with
you.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty God,<br />
<i>All </i><b>to you all hearts are open, </b>a<b>ll desires known,<br />
and from you no secrets are hidden. 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. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kyrie
Eleison </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord<b>, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Collect of the Day </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 11.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray.<br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God, whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross,
give us faith to perceive his glory, that being strengthened by his grace we
may be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory; who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <i>Amen.</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Proclamation of the Word </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Readings </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Genesis 17:1-7,
15-16<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram,
and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. And
I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly
numerous." Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, "As for
me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of
nations. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham;
for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations. I will make you
exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from
you. I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after
you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you
and to your offspring after you. As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her
Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover I will give
you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings
of peoples shall come from her."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Word of the Lord</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All: </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Psalm</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Psalm
22:22-30<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 3.75pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Deus deorum<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">REFRAIN
All the ends of the earth shall turn to the Lord. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise the Lord, you that fear him; stand in awe of him, O
offspring of Israel; all you of Jacob's line, give glory. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For he does not despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty;
neither does he hide his face from them; but when they cry to him he hears
them. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My praise is of him in the great assembly; I will perform my vows
in the presence of those who worship him. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The poor shall eat and be satisfied, and those who seek the Lord
shall praise him: "May your heart live for ever!" <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and
all the families of the nations shall bow before him. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For kingship belongs to the Lord; he rules over the nations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">To him alone all who sleep in the earth bow down in worship; all
who go down to the dust fall before him.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
R</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My soul shall live for him; my descendants shall serve him; they
shall be known as the Lord's for ever. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They shall come and make known to a people yet unborn the saving
deeds that he has done.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> R </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Epistle</span></b></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Romans
4:13-25<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The promise
that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants
through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents
of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For
the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.
For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on
grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of
the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father
of all of us, as it is written, "I have made you the father of many
nations") in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life
to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. Hoping
against hope, he believed that he would become "the father of many
nations," according to what was said, "So numerous shall your
descendants be." He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own
body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old),
or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No distrust made him
waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave
glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had
promised. Therefore his faith "was reckoned to him as righteousness."
Now the words, "it was reckoned to him," were written not for his
sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who
raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over to death for our
trespasses and was raised for our justification. The Word of the Lord.</span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All: </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">After
which, All stand for the </span></i><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gospel.</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you. <b>And also with you. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. Mark.
(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">8:31-38)</b><br />
<b>Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.</b></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jesus began
to teach his disciples that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be
rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and
after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him
aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, he
rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your
mind not on divine things but on human things." He called the crowd with
his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let
them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want
to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and
for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain
the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return
for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous
and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he
comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">At the conclusion of the Gospel, the reader says, </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gospel of Christ. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">People<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to you, Lord
Jesus Christ. </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Apostles’ Creed</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us confess the
faith of our baptism, as we say, <b>I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br />
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,<br />
was crucified, died, and was buried.<br />
He descended to the dead.<br />
On the third day he rose again.<br />
He ascended into heaven,<br />
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.<br />
He will come again<br />
to judge the living and the dead. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Prayers of the People – </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Response <b>“Lord, have mercy.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession and Absolution </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #050707;">Dear
friends in Christ,<br />
God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; he welcomes sinners<br />
and invites them to his table.<br />
Let us confess our sins,<br />
con</span>fident in God’s forgiveness. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most
merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and
deed,<br />
by what we have done,<br />
and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we
have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly
repent.<br />
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,<br />
have mercy on us and forgive us,<br />
that we may delight in your will,<br />
and walk in your ways,<br />
to the glory of your name. Amen. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all
your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in eternal
life;<br />
through Jesus Christ our Lord.<br />
<b>Amen. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: #050707;">The peace of the Lord be always with you. <b>And also
with you.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Prayer over the Gifts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of wisdom, may the light of the eternal Word, our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ, guide us to your glory. We ask this in his name. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Great Thanksgiving<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: #050707;">And also with
you. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift up your hearts. <b>We lift them to the Lord. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. <b>It is right to give
our thanks and praise. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Preface is read by the <i>Celebrant<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All: Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br />
God of power and might,<br />
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">continues with the Prayer of
Consecration<i><span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i>to the <b>Proclamation:</b><i><span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #050707;">Therefore, Father, according to his command,</span></span></p>
<p><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All: </span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we remember his death,</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we proclaim his resurrection,</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we await his coming in glory;</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant
concludes the Prayer of Consecration: </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All
join in saying “<span style="color: #050707;">Amen”.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Prayer </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Breaking of the Bread</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant: </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We break this bread,</span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All: </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Communion in Christ’s body once broken.</span></b></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant: </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let your Church be the wheat which bears its fruit
in dying.</span><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All: </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If we have died with him, we shall live with him; if
we hold firm, we shall reign with him.</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Communion </span></b></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant: </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The gifts of God for the People of God.</span><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All: </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer after Communion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> All your works praise you, O Lord. </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">All</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"> <b>And your faithful servants bless you.
Gracious God we thank you for feeding us with the body and blood of your Son
Jesus Christ. May we, who share his body, live his risen life; we, who drink
his cup, bring life to others; we, whom the Spirit lights, give light to the
world. Keep us firm in the hope you have set before us, so that we and all your
children shall be free, and the whole earth live to praise your name; through
Christ our Lord. Amen. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dismissal </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go in peace to love and serve
the Lord. <b>Thanks be to God.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-----------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Annual Meeting </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">of St. Stephen’s
congregation will follow the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, 28th February.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Wednesday Lenten Services and Study</span></b><span lang="EN-US">. Beginning this week, 24<sup>th</sup> February, there will be a
simple act of worship, followed by study, each Wednesday, in Tuck Hall, St.
Stephen’s, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>10:30 am</u></i> The Study
will be led by Karan Manuel.</span></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-2831700453362836242021-02-25T11:06:00.002-04:002021-02-25T11:06:29.631-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On-
Line Bulletin<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30
St. Stephens Community Centre <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Second Sunday in Lent<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">28
February 2021</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; color: black; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; color: black; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8APy49OL-jl-GMmhxzU9YAA1qKeBVh0zG6mcV61rt0XXyWvHx_5W8SxUItjh8O0PxBIao35TIaCQSLxK6sjkJyIBbfi9Q3DxtxK-QPHybTaflb8ecKhs16GOm_Kdba0MORrhXuCkisY/s259/mark83138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8APy49OL-jl-GMmhxzU9YAA1qKeBVh0zG6mcV61rt0XXyWvHx_5W8SxUItjh8O0PxBIao35TIaCQSLxK6sjkJyIBbfi9Q3DxtxK-QPHybTaflb8ecKhs16GOm_Kdba0MORrhXuCkisY/s0/mark83138.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><!--[endif]--></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 14.0pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our mission
is to worship God and care for<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 14.0pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God’s people
in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 14.0pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Rev. Ian Wissler, Rector (902.275.8627)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev.
Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, Honorary Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wardens:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Casavant, Jon Waddell<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Choir
Director: Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Organist:
Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></span></a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">saintstephenschester.ca<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Parish
Office Hours:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday-Thursday, 9am – 1pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">54
Regent St. Chester NS B0J 1J0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>902-275-3804<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Eucharist<br />
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gathering of the
Community </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">All
stand. The presiding celebrant greets the community </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant
</span></i><span lang="EN-US">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">People<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US">And also with
you.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant
</span></i><span lang="EN-US">Almighty God,<br />
<i>All </i><b>to you all hearts are open, </b>a<b>ll desires known,<br />
and from you no secrets are hidden. 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. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Kyrie
Eleison </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Lord<b>, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Collect of the Day </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 11.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray.<br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God, whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross,
give us faith to perceive his glory, that being strengthened by his grace we
may be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory; who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <i>Amen.</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Proclamation of the Word </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Readings </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Genesis 17:1-7,
15-16<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram,
and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. And
I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly
numerous." Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, "As for
me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of
nations. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham;
for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations. I will make you
exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from
you. I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after
you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you
and to your offspring after you. As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her
Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover I will give
you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings
of peoples shall come from her."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Word of the Lord</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All: </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Psalm</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Psalm
22:22-30<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 3.75pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Deus deorum<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">REFRAIN
All the ends of the earth shall turn to the Lord. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Praise the Lord, you that fear him; stand in awe of him, O
offspring of Israel; all you of Jacob's line, give glory. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For he does not despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty;
neither does he hide his face from them; but when they cry to him he hears
them. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My praise is of him in the great assembly; I will perform my vows
in the presence of those who worship him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The poor shall eat and be satisfied, and those who seek the Lord
shall praise him: "May your heart live for ever!" <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and
all the families of the nations shall bow before him. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For kingship belongs to the Lord; he rules over the nations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To him alone all who sleep in the earth bow down in worship; all
who go down to the dust fall before him.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
R</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My soul shall live for him; my descendants shall serve him; they
shall be known as the Lord's for ever. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They shall come and make known to a people yet unborn the saving
deeds that he has done.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> R </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Epistle</span></span></b></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Romans
4:13-25<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">The promise
that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants
through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents
of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For
the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.
For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on
grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of
the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father
of all of us, as it is written, "I have made you the father of many
nations") in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life
to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. Hoping
against hope, he believed that he would become "the father of many
nations," according to what was said, "So numerous shall your
descendants be." He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own
body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old),
or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No distrust made him
waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave
glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had
promised. Therefore his faith "was reckoned to him as righteousness."
Now the words, "it was reckoned to him," were written not for his
sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who
raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over to death for our
trespasses and was raised for our justification. The Word of the Lord.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">All: </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US">Thanks be to God.</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">After
which, All stand for the </span></i><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Gospel.</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200;">
</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Lord be with you. <b>And also with you. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. Mark.
(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">8:31-38)</b><br />
<b>Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.</b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Jesus began
to teach his disciples that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be
rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and
after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him
aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, he
rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your
mind not on divine things but on human things." He called the crowd with
his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let
them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want
to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and
for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain
the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return
for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous
and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he
comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200;"><br />
</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">At the conclusion of the Gospel, the reader says, </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">The
Gospel of Christ. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">People<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Praise to you, Lord
Jesus Christ. </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sermon<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Apostles’ Creed</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Let us confess the
faith of our baptism, as we say, <b>I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">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.<br />
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,<br />
was crucified, died, and was buried.<br />
He descended to the dead.<br />
On the third day he rose again.<br />
He ascended into heaven,<br />
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.<br />
He will come again<br />
to judge the living and the dead. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">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. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Prayers of the People – </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">Response <b>“Lord, have mercy.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">Confession and Absolution </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant
</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #050707;">Dear
friends in Christ,<br />
God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; he welcomes sinners<br />
and invites them to his table.<br />
Let us confess our sins,<br />
con</span>fident in God’s forgiveness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">All<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Most
merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and
deed,<br />
by what we have done,<br />
and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we
have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly
repent.<br />
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,<br />
have mercy on us and forgive us,<br />
that we may delight in your will,<br />
and walk in your ways,<br />
to the glory of your name. Amen. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all
your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in eternal
life;<br />
through Jesus Christ our Lord.<br />
<b>Amen. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Peace</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> <span style="color: #050707;">The peace of the Lord be always with you. <b>And also
with you.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Prayer over the Gifts<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God of wisdom, may the light of the eternal Word, our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ, guide us to your glory. We ask this in his name. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 16pt;">Great Thanksgiving<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">The Lord be with you. </span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: #050707;">And also with
you. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Lift up your hearts. <b>We lift them to the Lord. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. <b>It is right to give
our thanks and praise. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Preface is read by the <i>Celebrant<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">All: Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br />
God of power and might,<br />
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US">continues with the Prayer of
Consecration<i><span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i>to the <b>Proclamation:</b><i><span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #050707;">Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Christ has died.<br />
Christ is risen.<br />
Christ will come again. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant
concludes the Prayer of Consecration: </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">All
join in saying “<span style="color: #050707;">Amen”.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Lord’s Prayer </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Breaking of the Bread</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200;">
</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Celebrant: </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">“I am the bread of life,” says the Lord. “Whoever
comes to me will never be hungry; </span><span lang="EN-US">whoever<span style="color: #050707;">
believes in me will never thirst.” </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">All: </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are they
who trust in him! </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Communion </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prayer after Communion<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">Celebrant</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"> All your works praise you, O Lord. </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">All</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"> <b>And your faithful servants bless you.
Gracious God we thank you for feeding us with the body and blood of your Son
Jesus Christ. May we, who share his body, live his risen life; we, who drink
his cup, bring life to others; we, whom the Spirit lights, give light to the
world. Keep us firm in the hope you have set before us, so that we and all your
children shall be free, and the whole earth live to praise your name; through
Christ our Lord. Amen. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">Dismissal </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Go in peace to love and serve
the Lord. <b>Thanks be to God.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Annual Meeting </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">of St. Stephen’s
congregation will follow the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, 28th February.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Wednesday Lenten Services and Study</span></b><span lang="EN-US">. Beginning this week, 24<sup>th</sup> February, there will be a
simple act of worship, followed by study, each Wednesday, in Tuck Hall, St.
Stephen’s, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>10:30 am</u></i> The Study
will be led by Karan Manuel.</span></span></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-38593711512787302092021-02-18T12:27:00.001-04:002021-02-18T12:27:21.748-04:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On-
Line Bulletin<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30
St. Stephens Comm. Ctr <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The First Sunday in Lent<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; border: 1pt none black; color: black; font-size: 0pt; padding: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieyhrtrhOCSGIJVHPi2mGbFmy-sZIi4tb8iJ1loCHg0veL75KymvBJ0Ihi7p3XflMeGKesSG5Mb0vCww83TwDfx5OU-5GiZyVIXDdsTw6vZkuhrU3i6bAr2KEvMMF2a3nn3xkbM_FkEs/s234/lent.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="234" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieyhrtrhOCSGIJVHPi2mGbFmy-sZIi4tb8iJ1loCHg0veL75KymvBJ0Ihi7p3XflMeGKesSG5Mb0vCww83TwDfx5OU-5GiZyVIXDdsTw6vZkuhrU3i6bAr2KEvMMF2a3nn3xkbM_FkEs/w375-h470/lent.jpg" width="375" /></a></span></i></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><!--[endif]--></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our mission is to worship God and care for<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God’s people in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Rev. Ian Wissler, Rector (902.275.8627)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev.
Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Priest-in-Charge
(902.277.1960)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wardens:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Casavant, Jon Waddell<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Choir
Director: Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Organist:
Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></span></a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">saintstephenschester.ca<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Parish
Office Hours:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday-Thursday, 9am – 1pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">54
Regent St. Chester NS B0J 1J0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>902-275-3804<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20pt;">Imposition of Ashes, after Ash Wednesday and The
Holy Eucharist</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Lord be with you. <b>And also with you. </b>Let us pray. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The community
prays in silence; then follows the Collect of the Day.<span style="color: #ff0200;">
</span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Almighty
and everlasting God, you despise nothing you have made<br />
and forgive the sins of all who are penitent.<br />
Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our
sins and acknowledging our brokenness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy,
perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord,<br />
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Readings
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Joel 2.1–2, 12–17; Psalm 103.8–18 <i>Refrain </i>The Lord
remembers that we are but dust. 1Peter3:18-22 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">After which, All stand for the Gospel.<span style="color: #ff0200;">
</span></span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10pt;">The Lord be with you. <b>And also with you. </b>The
Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. Mark<br />
<b>Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ. </b></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">At the conclusion of the Gospel, the reader says, </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10pt;">The Gospel of Christ. </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">People<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10pt;">Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sermon<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After the sermon
all stand, and the celebrant or minister addresses the congregation, saying, </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dear
friends in Christ,<br />
every year at the time of the Christian Passover we celebrate our redemption<br />
through the death and resurrection<br />
of our Lord Jesus Christ.<br />
Lent is a time to prepare for this celebration and to renew our life in the
paschal mystery. We begin this holy season<br />
by remembering our need for repentance,<br />
and for the mercy and forgiveness<br />
proclaimed in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We begin our journey to Easter with
the sign of ashes, an ancient sign, speaking of the frailty and uncertainty of
human life, and marking the penitence of the community as a whole.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
invite you therefore, in the name of the Lord, to observe a holy Lent<br />
by self-examination, penitence, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, and by reading
and meditating on the word of God. Let us kneel before our Creator and
Redeemer. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Silence is then
kept for reflection.<br />
Psalm 51.1–18 is said.<br />
Refrain </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Create in me a clean heart, O God. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Litany of Penitence </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The celebrant and
people say together<span style="color: #ff0200;">, </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most
holy and merciful Father,<br />
we confess to you, to one another,<br />
and to the whole communion of saints in heaven and on earth,<br />
that we have sinned by our own fault in thought, word, and deed;<br />
by what we have done,<br />
and by what we have left undone. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The celebrant
continues<span style="color: #ff0200;">, </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
have not loved you with our whole heart, and mind, and strength. We have not
loved our neighbours as ourselves. We have not forgiven others, as we have been
forgiven. <b>Have mercy on us, Lord. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
have been deaf to your call to serve as Christ served us. We have not been true
to the mind of Christ. We have grieved your Holy Spirit. <b>Have mercy on us,
Lord. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
confess to you, Lord, all our past unfaithfulness: the pride, hypocrisy, and
impatience of our lives, <b>We confess to you, Lord. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our
self-indulgent appetites and ways, and our exploitation of other people, <b>We
confess to you, Lord. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our
anger at our own frustration, and our envy of those more fortunate than
ourselves, <b>We confess to you, Lord. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our intemperate love of worldly goods and comforts, and our
dishonesty in daily life and work, <b>We confess to you, Lord.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our
negligence in prayer and worship, and our failure to commend the faith that is
in us, <b>We confess to you, Lord. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Accept
our repentance, Lord, for the wrongs we have done: for our blindness to human
need and suffering, and our indifference to injustice and cruelty, <b>Accept
our repentance, Lord. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
all false judgements, for uncharitable thoughts toward our neighbours, and for
our prejudice and contempt toward those who differ from us, <b>Accept our
repentance, Lord. </b><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
our waste and pollution of your creation, and our lack of concern for those who
come after us, <b>Accept our repentance, Lord. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Restore
us, good Lord, and let your anger depart from us; <b>Hear us, Lord, for your
mercy is great. </b></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Almighty
God,<br />
from the dust of the earth you have created us. May these ashes be for us a
sign<br />
of our mortality and penitence,<br />
and a reminder that only by your gracious gift are we given eternal life;<br />
through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen<b>. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ashes are applied
to the forehead of each person with the following words. </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Remember
you are dust, and to dust you shall return. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After all who
desire ashes have received them, the celebrant leads the congregation in the
conclusion of the confession.<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Accomplish
in us, O God,<br />
the work of your salvation,<br />
<b>That we may show forth your glory in the world. </b>By the cross and passion
of your Son, our Lord, <b>Bring us with all your saints to the joy of his
resurrection. </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Almighty
God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins<br />
through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness,<br />
and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. <b>Amen. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace of the Lord be always
with you. <b>And also with you.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">The Prayer over the Gifts: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10pt;">God our refuge and our strength,<br />
receive all we offer you this day and through the death and resurrection of
your Son transform us to his likeness. We ask this in his name.</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 16pt;">Great Thanksgiving <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- Eucharistic Prayer 3 </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10pt;">The Lord be with you. </span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10pt;">And
also with you. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10pt;">Lift up your hearts.
<b>We lift them to the Lord. </b>Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. <b>It
is right to give our thanks and praise. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Preface for Lent is read by the <i>Celebrant</i>,
followed by the <b>Acclamation<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-All: Holy,
holy, holy Lord,<br />
God of power and might,<br />
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">The Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">continues with the Prayer of Consecration<i><span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i>to the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Proclamation:</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #050707;">Therefore,
Father, according to his command, <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10pt;">We remember his death, we proclaim his resurrection,
we await his coming in glory.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">The Celebrant concludes the Prayer of Consecration: </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">All join in saying “<span style="color: #050707;">Amen” and The
Lord’s Prayer.</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">The Breaking of the Bread: </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Celebrant
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">We break this bread,<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">All </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Communion in Christ’ s body once
broken. </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Celebrant </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Let your Church be the wheat which bears its fruit in dying. <i>All
</i><b><span style="color: #050707;">If we have died with him, we shall live with
him; If we hold firm, we shall reign with him. </span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">The Communion </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Prayer after Communion. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 10pt;">Faithful God, in this holy bread you increase our faith and hope
and love. Lead us in the path of Christ who is your Word of life. We ask this
in his name. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dismissal<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Wednesday Lenten Services and Study</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.
Beginning this week, 24<sup>th</sup> February, there will be a simple act of
worship, followed by study, each Wednesday, in Tuck Hall, St. Stephen’s. The
Study will be led by Karan Manuel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In
Real Life: Living Our Baptismal Covenant</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Over five
Wednesdays in Lent we will…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Explore how being Christians makes a
difference in the way we live our lives<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">At how periodic renewal of our
baptismal vows impacts real life in our church and community<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The challenges we meet in being true
to our faith convictions<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">How our faith in the Good News of
Jesus Christ and commitment to the church finds expression in the various
settings in which we live<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">…as is
stated in the baptismal covenant found in the Book of Alternative Services.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next
Sunday, the Second Sunday in Lent, 28<sup>th</sup> February</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">,
there will be a celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 10:30, followed by
immediately the <b>Annual Meeting</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-30299240156198117652021-02-11T11:33:00.002-04:002021-02-11T11:33:48.985-04:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On-
Line Bulletin<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30
St. Stephens Comm. Ctr <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Last Sunday after Epiphany<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">14
February 2021</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; border: 1pt none black; color: black; font-size: 0pt; padding: 0cm;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdTAX1QvCkpWZSoVSgR8yw2yU1biRWsf2BrR-H0whb1gZ1pE401btzG88NmpMuNlF1RsEkf-w0xfbei9yi65-zmVJOfmCiTBOUnPXkBQUnEYMdrjC7MWXcU-gAsiKpBqWT6Sk3NlSEfg/s300/mark929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdTAX1QvCkpWZSoVSgR8yw2yU1biRWsf2BrR-H0whb1gZ1pE401btzG88NmpMuNlF1RsEkf-w0xfbei9yi65-zmVJOfmCiTBOUnPXkBQUnEYMdrjC7MWXcU-gAsiKpBqWT6Sk3NlSEfg/s0/mark929.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /><!--[endif]--></span></span><p></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our mission is to worship God and care for<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God’s people in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Rev. Ian Wissler, Rector (902.275.8627)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev.
Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Priest-in-Charge
(902.277.1960)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wardens:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Casavant, Jon Waddell<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Choir
Director: Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Organist:
Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></span></a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">saintstephenschester.ca<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Parish
Office Hours:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday-Thursday, 9am – 1pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">54
Regent St. Chester NS B0J 1J0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>902-275-3804<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Eucharist<br />
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gathering of the
Community </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">All
stand. The presiding celebrant greets the community </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant
</span></i><span lang="EN-US">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">People
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US">And also with
you.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant
</span></i><span lang="EN-US">Almighty God,<br />
<i>All </i><b>to you all hearts are open, </b>a<b>ll desires known,<br />
and from you no secrets are hidden. 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. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Glory to God </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant </span></i><span lang="EN-US">Glory to God in the highest,<br />
<i>All </i><b>and peace to his people on earth. Lord God, heavenly king,<br />
almighty God and Father,<br />
we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.</b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Lord
Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God,<br />
you take away the sin of the world:<br />
have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our
prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord,you alone are
the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the
Father. Amen. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Kyrie
Eleison </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Lord<b>, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Collect of the Day </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 11.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray.<br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">O God,
who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the
holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his
countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness
from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.<i> Amen.</i></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Proclamation of the Word </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Readings </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">2
Kings 2:1-12<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> was
about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on
their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> has sent me as far as Bethel.”
But Elisha said, “As the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> lives,
and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
The company of prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him,
“Do you know that today the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> will
take your master away from you?” And he said, “Yes, I know; keep silent.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here; for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> has sent me to Jericho.” But
he said, “As the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> lives,
and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho. The
company of prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha, and said to him,
“Do you know that today the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> will
take your master away from you?” And he answered, “Yes, I know; be silent.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here; for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> has sent me to the Jordan.”
But he said, “As the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> lives,
and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
Fifty men of the company of prophets also went, and stood at some distance from
them, as they both were standing by the Jordan. Then Elijah took his mantle and
rolled it up, and struck the water; the water was parted to the one side and to
the other, until the two of them crossed on dry ground.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I may
do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let me inherit a
double share of your spirit.” He responded, “You have asked a hard thing; yet,
if you see me as I am being taken from you, it will be granted you; if not, it
will not.” As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses
of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into
heaven. Elisha kept watching and crying out, “Father, father! The chariots of
Israel and its horsemen!” But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his
own clothes and tore them in two pieces.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Psalm<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Psalm
50:1-6<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 3.75pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Deus deorum<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">REFRAIN</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
God reveals himself in glory. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Lord, the God of gods, has spoken; he has called the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Out of Zion, perfect in its beauty, God reveals himself in glory. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our God will come and will not keep silence; before him there is a
consuming flame, and round about him a raging storm. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He calls the heavens and the earth from above to witness the
judgement of his people. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Gather before me my loyal followers, those who have made a
covenant with me and sealed it with sacrifice." <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Let the heavens declare the rightness of his cause; for God
himself is judge. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Epistle<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 CORINTHIANS
4:3-6 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Even if our
gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the
god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from
seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and
ourselves as your slaves for Jesus' sake. For it is the God who said, "Let
light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the
light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">After
which, All stand for the </span></i><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Gospel.</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200;">
</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Lord be with you. <b>And also with you. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. Mark.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Mark 9:2-9</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><br />
<b>Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Six days
later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high
mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his
clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And
there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then
Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three
dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not
know what to say, for they were terrified. Then a cloud overshadowed them, and
from the cloud there came a voice, "This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to
him!" Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any
more, but only Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to
tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from
the dead.</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200;"><br />
</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">At the conclusion of the Gospel, the reader says, </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">The
Gospel of Christ. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">People<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Praise to you, Lord
Jesus Christ. </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sermon<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Apostles’ Creed</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Let us confess the
faith of our baptism, as we say, <b>I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">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.<br />
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,<br />
was crucified, died, and was buried.<br />
He descended to the dead.<br />
On the third day he rose again.<br />
He ascended into heaven,<br />
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.<br />
He will come again<br />
to judge the living and the dead. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">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. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Prayers of the People – </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">Response <b>“Lord, have mercy.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">Confession and Absolution </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant
</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #050707;">Dear
friends in Christ,<br />
God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; he welcomes sinners<br />
and invites them to his table.<br />
Let us confess our sins,<br />
con</span>fident in God’s forgiveness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">All
</span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned
against you in thought, word, and deed,<br />
by what we have done,<br />
and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we
have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly
repent.<br />
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,<br />
have mercy on us and forgive us,<br />
that we may delight in your will,<br />
and walk in your ways,<br />
to the glory of your name. Amen. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from
all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in
eternal life;<br />
through Jesus Christ our Lord.<br />
<b>Amen. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Peace</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: <span style="color: #050707;">The peace of the Lord be always with
you. <b>And also with you.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Prayer over the Gifts<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Holy God, receive all we offer you this day, and bring us to
that radiant glory which we see in the transfigured face of Jesus Christ our
Lord. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 16pt;">Great Thanksgiving<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">The Lord be with you. </span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: #050707;">And also with
you. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Lift up your hearts. <b>We lift them to the Lord. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. <b>It is right to give
our thanks and praise. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Preface is read by the <i>Celebrant<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">All: Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br />
God of power and might,<br />
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US">continues with the Prayer of
Consecration<i><span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i>to the <b>Proclamation:</b><i><span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #050707;">Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Christ has died.<br />
Christ is risen.<br />
Christ will come again. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant
concludes the Prayer of Consecration: </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">All
join in saying “<span style="color: #050707;">Amen”.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Lord’s Prayer </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Breaking of the Bread</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200;">
</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Celebrant: </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">“I am the bread of life,” says the Lord. “Whoever
comes to me will never be hungry; </span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #050707;">whoever believes
in me will never thirst.” </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">All: </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are they
who trust in him! </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Communion </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prayer after Communion<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Holy God, we see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ. May we
who are partakers of his table<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">reflect his life in word and deed, that all the world may know his
power to change and save. We ask this in his name.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">Dismissal </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Go in peace to love and serve
the Lord. <b>Thanks be to God.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-----------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ash Wednesday</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">There
will be a celebration of the Holy Eucharist, with the Imposition of Ashes, this
Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. in Tuck Hall. The service will be followed by the first
in a series of Lenten Studies, “In Real Life: Living Our Baptismal Covenant”,
lead by Karan Manuel. All are, of course, welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First Sunday in Lent</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">There
will be a celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 10:30 a.m. in Tuck Hall.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s mid<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
month!!</i> Spring is around the corner! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we look forward to getting back to as normal
as we can, carefully and safely of course! and in Church Worship is wonderful! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For those who cannot attend in person, we are
pleased to remind folks that along with mail in and pre authorized withdrawal; we
can accept <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">e-transfers</i></b> that
make it simple to send your weekly offerings! So easy and so kindly
appreciated. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are the steps<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;">From your Accounts
page, select <b>Transfers</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;">Select
Interac <b>e</b>-<b>Transfer</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;">Select Send money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;">Select a contact to
send money to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span style="font-size: 7pt;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;">Select the account
you want to send money from.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;">Enter the amount of
your <b>transfer</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;">Enter a security
question and answer, and then select Continue<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Annual Meeting of St. Stephen’s congregation will follow the 10:30 a.m. service
on Sunday, 28th February.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-32901852665130530172021-02-04T11:47:00.000-04:002021-02-04T11:47:03.308-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On- Line Bulletin <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30 St. Stephens Comm. Ctr <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7 February 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our mission is to worship God and care for<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God’s people in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Rev. Ian Wissler, Rector (902.275.8627)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, <i>Priest-in-Charge
(902.277.1960)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wardens: Mary Casavant, Jon Waddell<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Choir Director: Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Organist: Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">saintstephenschester.ca<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Parish Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9am – 1pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">54 Regent St. Chester NS B0J
1J0 902-275-3804 <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt;">The Holy
Eucharist<br />
</span></b><b><span style="color: #050707; font-size: 16.0pt;">The Gathering of the
Community </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">All stand. The presiding celebrant greets the community </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant </span></i><span lang="EN-US">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">People </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US">And also with you.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant </span></i><span lang="EN-US">Almighty God,<br />
<i>All </i><b>to you all hearts are open, </b>a<b>ll desires known,<br />
and from you no secrets are hidden. 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. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Glory to God </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant </span></i><span lang="EN-US">Glory to God
in the highest,<br />
<i>All </i><b>and peace to his people on earth. Lord God, heavenly king,<br />
almighty God and Father,<br />
we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.</b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God,<br />
you take away the sin of the world:<br />
have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our
prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord,you alone are
the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the
Father. Amen. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Kyrie Eleison </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Lord<b>, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have
mercy. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Collect of the Day </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Let us pray.<br />
</span><b><span lang="EN-US">Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and
give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to us in
your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<i> Amen</i></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Proclamation of the Word </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Readings </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Isaiah 40:21-31<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Have you not known? Have you not
heard?<br />
Has it not been told you from the beginning? <br />
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is he who sits above the
circle of the earth,<br />
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">who stretches out the heavens
like a curtain,<br />
and spreads them like a tent to live in;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">who brings princes to naught,<br />
and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Scarcely are they planted,
scarcely sown,<br />
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">when he blows upon them, and they
wither,<br />
and the tempest carries them off like stubble.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To whom then will you compare me,<br />
or who is my equal? says the Holy One.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lift up your eyes on high and
see:<br />
Who created these?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He who brings out their host and
numbers them,<br />
calling them all by name;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">because he is great in strength,<br />
mighty in power, <br />
not one is missing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Why do you say, O Jacob,<br />
and speak, O Israel,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"My way is hidden from
the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>,<br />
and my right is disregarded by my God"?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Have you not known? Have you not
heard?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> is the everlasting God,<br />
the Creator of the ends of the earth.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He does not faint or grow weary;<br />
his understanding is unsearchable.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He gives power to the faint,<br />
and strengthens the powerless.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Even youths will faint and be
weary,<br />
and the young will fall exhausted;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">but those who wait for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> shall renew their strength,<br />
they shall mount up with wings like eagles,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">they shall run and not be weary,<br />
they shall walk and not faint.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Psalm<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Psalm 147:1-12, 21c</b><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 3.75pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Laudate Dominum<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 Hallelujah!<br />
How good it is to sing praises to our God! *<br />
how pleasant it is to honor him with praise!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 The <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> rebuilds Jerusalem; *<br />
he gathers the exiles of Israel.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3 He heals the brokenhearted *<br />
and binds up their wounds.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4 He counts the number of the stars
*<br />
and calls them all by their names.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5 Great is our <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> and mighty in power; *<br />
there is no limit to his wisdom.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6 The <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> lifts up the lowly, *<br />
but casts the wicked to the ground.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7 Sing to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> with thanksgiving; *<br />
make music to our God upon the harp.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8 He covers the heavens with clouds
*<br />
and prepares rain for the earth;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">9 He makes grass to grow upon the
mountains *<br />
and green plants to serve mankind.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10 He provides food for flocks and
herds *<br />
and for the young ravens when they cry.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">11 He is not impressed by the might
of a horse; *<br />
he has no pleasure in the strength of a man;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">12 But the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> has pleasure in those who fear
him, *<br />
in those who await his gracious favor.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">21 Hallelujah!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Epistle<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1 Corinthians 9:16-23</b><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an
obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel! For if
I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am
entrusted with a commission. What then is my reward? Just this: that in my
proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use
of my rights in the gospel.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to
all, so that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order
to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I
myself am not under the law) so that I might win those under the law. To those
outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from
God's law but am under Christ's law) so that I might win those outside the law.
To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all
things to all people, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the
sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">After which, All stand for the </span></i><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Gospel.</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Lord be with you. <b>And also with you. </b>The
Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. Mark.<br />
<b>Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After Jesus and his disciples left the synagogue, they entered the house
of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed
with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the
hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who
were sick or possessed with demons. And the whole city was gathered around the
door. And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many
demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. In
the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted
place, and there he prayed. And Simon and his companions hunted for him. When
they found him, they said to him, “Everyone is searching for you.” He answered,
“Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message
there also; for that is what I came out to do.” And he went throughout Galilee,
proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons.<b><span style="color: #050707;"> </span></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">At the conclusion of the Gospel, the reader says, </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">The Gospel of Christ. </span><i><span lang="EN-US">People<span style="color: #ff0200;">
</span></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sermon<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Apostles’ Creed</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Let us confess the faith of our baptism, as we say, <b>I believe in God,
the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">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.<br />
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,<br />
was crucified, died, and was buried.<br />
He descended to the dead.<br />
On the third day he rose again.<br />
He ascended into heaven,<br />
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.<br />
He will come again<br />
to judge the living and the dead. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">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. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Prayers of the People – </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">Response <b>“Lord, have mercy.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">Confession and Absolution </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant </span></i><span lang="EN-US"> <span style="color: #050707;">Dear friends in
Christ,<br />
God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; he welcomes sinners<br />
and invites them to his table.<br />
Let us confess our sins,<br />
con</span>fident in God’s forgiveness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">All </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Most merciful God, we confess that we
have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed,<br />
by what we have done,<br />
and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we
have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly
repent.<br />
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,<br />
have mercy on us and forgive us,<br />
that we may delight in your will,<br />
and walk in your ways,<br />
to the glory of your name. Amen. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver
you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep
you in eternal life;<br />
through Jesus Christ our Lord.<br />
<b>Amen. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Peace</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: <span style="color: #050707;">The peace of the Lord be
always with you. <b>And also with you.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Prayer over the Gifts<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Loving God,<br />
before the world began you called us.<br />
Make holy all we offer you this day,<br />
and strengthen us in that calling.<br />
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 16pt;">Great Thanksgiving </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">The Lord be with you. </span><span lang="EN-US"> <b><span style="color: #050707;">And also with you. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Lift up your hearts. <b>We lift them to the Lord. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. <b>It is right
to give our thanks and praise. </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Preface is read by the <i>Celebrant<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">All: Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br />
God of power and might,<br />
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US">continues
with the Prayer of Consecration<i><span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i>to
the <b>Proclamation:</b><i><span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i> <span style="color: #050707;">Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Christ has died.<br />
Christ is risen.<br />
Christ will come again. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Celebrant concludes the Prayer of Consecration: </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">All join in saying “<span style="color: #050707;">Amen”.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Lord’s Prayer </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Breaking of the Bread</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Celebrant: </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">“I
am the bread of life,” says the Lord. “Whoever comes to me will never be
hungry; </span><span lang="EN-US"> <span style="color: #050707;">whoever believes in
me will never thirst.” </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">All: </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Taste and see
that the Lord is good; happy are they who trust in him! </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">The Communion </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prayer after Communion<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707;">Gracious God,<br />
our hands have taken holy things;<br />
our lives have been nourished by the body of your Son. May we who have eaten at
this holy table<br />
be strengthened for service in your world.<br />
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #050707; font-size: 14pt;">Dismissal </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050707;">Go in peace to love and serve
the Lord. <b>Thanks be to God.</b></span><b><span style="color: #050707; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #050707;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #050707;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #050707;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s a <i>new month!!</i> Spring
is around the corner! we look forward to getting back to as normal as we
can, carefully and safely of course! and in Church Worship is wonderful! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For those who cannot attend in
person, we are pleased to remind folks that along with mail in and pre
authorized withdrawal; we can accept <b><i>e-transfers</i></b> that make it
simple to send your weekly offerings! So easy and so kindly appreciated. Thank
you!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i><u><span style="font-family: arial;">Here
are the steps<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;">From your Accounts page, select <b>Transfers</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;">Select Interac <b>e</b>-<b>Transfer</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;">Select Send money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;">Select a contact to send money to </span><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span style="font-size: 7pt;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></a><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7pt;">Select the account you want to send money from.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Parish Council will meet this Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Tuck
Hall.<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Annual Meeting of St. Stephen’s congregation will follow
the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, 28th February.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-24224182867183409712021-01-28T10:59:00.000-04:002021-01-28T10:59:05.284-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dear friends,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are pleased to announce that we will be having <b><i><u>Morning
Prayer </u></i></b> service this Sunday 31 January 2021 at <b><i>St.
Stephen’s Tuck Hall at 10:30 am</i></b> (Covid 19 Protocols in
place). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">We will also be live streaming service for <b><i>The Fourth
Sunday after the Epiphany</i></b>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Stephen +</span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On- Line Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30 St. Stephens Comm. Ctr <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">31 January 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40ak4zSDxM4KnqZEIBdLnma5pzWNnYvDQaV9FFPxIElJSoqJgx3EvEGk5SI1dYvFPOZb_rP7OtGiInYTL2mfisEVKLy_QFJUHoVnw75HBm2PJxVOIQaheCWpwytr97utEIGi3a9oKWQM/s574/mark+12128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40ak4zSDxM4KnqZEIBdLnma5pzWNnYvDQaV9FFPxIElJSoqJgx3EvEGk5SI1dYvFPOZb_rP7OtGiInYTL2mfisEVKLy_QFJUHoVnw75HBm2PJxVOIQaheCWpwytr97utEIGi3a9oKWQM/s320/mark+12128.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></i></b></div><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b><p></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our mission is to worship God and care for<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God’s people in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Rev. Ian Wissler, Rector <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, <i>Priest-in-Charge</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wardens: Mary Casavant, Jon Waddell<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Choir Director: Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Organist: Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">saintstephenschester.ca<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Parish Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9am – 1pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">54 Regent St. Chester NS B0J
1J0 902-275-3804 <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">MORNING PRAYER<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Welcome and Opening Sentence<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;">The
earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the
waters cover the sea.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><br />
<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Habakkuk 2. 14.</span></i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Exhortation<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">DEARLY beloved
brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess
our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke
them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with
an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain
forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy.<br />
And although we ought at all times humbly to
acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we
assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have
received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most
holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well
for the body as the soul.<br />
Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here
present, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of
the heavenly grace.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: maroon; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A general Confession to be said
of the whole Congregation with the Minister<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.75pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed
from thy ways like lost sheep, We have followed too much the devices and
desires of our own hearts, We have offended against thy holy laws, We have left
undone those things which we ought to have done, And we have done those things
which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O
Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which
confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises
declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful
Father, for his sake, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober
life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Absolution, or Remission of
sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death
of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live, hath
given power and commandment to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his
people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins.<br />
He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent
and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel.<br />
Wherefore we beseech him to grant us true repentance
and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him which we do at this
present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; so that
at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The people shall answer here,
and at the end of all other prayers:</span></i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.75pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;">Amen</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Here the Lord’s Prayer may be
said; the people repeating it with the Minister.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.75pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">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 them that trespass against
us; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the
kingdom, the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Minister.</span></i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> O Lord, open thou our lips;<br />
<b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">People.</span></i> And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.</b><br />
<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Minister.</span></i> O God, make speed to save us;<br />
<b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">People.</span></i> O Lord, make haste to help us.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Here, the Minister shall say:</span></i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">GLORY be to the Father, and
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;<br />
<b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">People. </span></i>As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be, world without end. Amen.</b><br />
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<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Minister.</span></i> Praise ye the Lord;<br />
<b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">People.</span></i> The Lord’s Name be praised.</b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">VENITE
EXULTEMUS DOMINO. PSALM 95<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">O COME, let us
sing unto the LORD: / let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.<br />
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, / and show ourselves glad in
him with psalms.<br />
For the LORD is a great God, / and a great King above all gods.<br />
In his hand are all the corners of the earth: / and the strength of the hills
is his also.<br />
The sea is his, and he made it: / and his hands prepared the dry land.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">O COME, let us
worship, and fall down, / and kneel before the LORD our Maker.<br />
For he is the Lord our God; / and we are the people of his pasture, and the
sheep of his hand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">TO-DAY, O that
ye would hear his voice: / ‘Harden not your hearts as in the Provocation, and
as in the day of Temptation in the wilderness;<br />
When your fathers tempted me, / proved me, and saw my works.<br />
Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, / “It is a
people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways”;<br />
Unto whom I sware in my wrath, / that they should not enter into my rest.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">GLORY be to the
Father, and to the Son, / and to the Holy Ghost;<br />
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, / world without end.
Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Then shall follow <b>THE PSALM.</b></span></i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Psalm 111<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 3.75pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Confitebor tibi<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 Hallelujah!<br />
I will give thanks to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> with
my whole heart, *<br />
in the assembly of the upright, in the congregation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2
Great are the deeds of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>!
*<br />
they are studied by all who delight in them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3
His work is full of majesty and splendor, *<br />
and his righteousness endures for ever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4 He
makes his marvelous works to be remembered; *<br />
the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> is gracious and
full of compassion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5 He
gives food to those who fear him; *<br />
he is ever mindful of his covenant.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6 He
has shown his people the power of his works *<br />
in giving them the lands of the nations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7
The works of his hands are faithfulness and justice; *<br />
all his commandments are sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8
They stand fast for ever and ever, *<br />
because they are done in truth and equity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">9 He
sent redemption to his people;<br />
he commanded his covenant for ever; *<br />
holy and awesome is his Name.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10
The fear of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> is
the beginning of wisdom; *<br />
those who act accordingly have a good understanding;<br />
his praise endures for ever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then shall be read the<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">First Reading<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Deuteronomy
18:15-20<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Moses said: The <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> your God will raise up for you
a prophet like me from among your own people; you shall heed such a prophet.
This is what you requested of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> your
God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said: “If I hear the voice of
the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> my God any
more, or ever again see this great fire, I will die.” Then the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> replied to me: “They are right
in what they have said. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among
their own people; I will put my words in the mouth of the prophet, who shall
speak to them everything that I command. Anyone who does not heed the words
that the prophet shall speak in my name, I myself will hold accountable. But
any prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, or who presumes to speak in
my name a word that I have not commanded the prophet to speak—that prophet
shall die.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">TE DEUM
LAUDAMUS.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">WE praise thee,
O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.<br />
All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.<br />
To thee all Angels cry aloud, the Heavens and all the Powers therein.<br />
To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry,<br />
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts;<br />
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory.<br />
The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee;<br />
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee;<br />
The noble army of Martyrs praise thee;<br />
The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee,<br />
The Father, of an infinite Majesty;<br />
Thine honourable, true, and only Son;<br />
Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">THOU art the
King of Glory, O Christ.<br />
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.<br />
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s
womb.<br />
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of
heaven to all believers.<br />
Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.<br />
We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge.<br />
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy
precious blood.<br />
Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, in glory everlasting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">S</span><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">econd Reading</span></b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mark 1:21-28<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jesus and his disciples went to Capernaum;
and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. They were
astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not
as the scribes. Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean
spirit, and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have
you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.” But Jesus
rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” And the unclean spirit,
convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. They were all
amazed, and they kept on asking one another, “What is this? A new teaching—with
authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” At once
his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jubilate Deo, the 100th Psalm<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;">O
BE joyful in the LORD, all ye lands: / serve the LORD with gladness, and come
before his presence with a song.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><br />
</span><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;">2</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;">Be ye sure that the
LORD he is God; / it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his
people, and the sheep of his pasture.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><br />
</span><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;">3</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;">O go your way into his
gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; / be thankful unto
him, and speak good of his Name.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><br />
</span><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;">4</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;">For the LORD is
gracious, his mercy is everlasting; / and his truth endureth from generation to
generation</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Then shall be said the
Confession of the Faith, called the Apostles’ Creed.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I BELIEVE in
God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:<br />
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was
conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius
Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; The third day
he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right
hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick
and the dead.<br />
I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church;
The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body,
And the Life everlasting. Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">And after the Creed these
prayers following, the Minister first pronouncing:</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;">The Lord be
with you;<br />
</span><b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">People.</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> And with thy spirit.</span></b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><br />
<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Minister.</span></i> Let us pray.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lord, have mercy upon <span style="color: #222222;">us.<br />
<b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Christ, have mercy upon us.</span></i></b><br />
Lord, have mercy upon us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.75pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">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 them that trespass against
us; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Then the Priest shall say:</span></i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">O Lord, show thy mercy upon
us;<br />
<b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">People.</span></i> And grant us thy salvation.</b><br />
<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Priest</span></i>. O Lord, save the Queen;<br />
<b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">People</span></i>. And mercifully hear us when we call upon
thee.</b><br />
<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Priest</span></i>. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness;<br />
<b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">People</span></i>. And make thy chosen people joyful.</b><br />
<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Priest</span></i>. O Lord, save thy people;<br />
<b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">People</span></i>. And bless thine inheritance.</b><br />
<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Priest</span></i>. Give peace in our time, O Lord;<br />
<b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">People</span></i>. And evermore mightily defend us.</b><br />
<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Priest</span></i>. O God, make clean our hearts within us;<br />
<b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">People</span></i>. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Then shall follow THE COLLECT
OF THE DAY</span></i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Almighty and everlasting God,
you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the
supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever.<i> Amen.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Second Collect, for Peace.</span></i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">O GOD, who art the author of
peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life,
whose service is perfect freedom: Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults
of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power
of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Amen</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Third Collect, for Grace.</span></i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">O LORD our heavenly Father,
Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of
this day: Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day
we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our
doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy
sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Amen</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Sermon<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Closing Prayers and Blessing<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><u><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Announcements</span></u></i><i><u><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, that’s about it for
January!! Still, we look forward to getting back to as normal as we can,
carefully and safely of course! and in-Church (<b><i>in Tuck Hall</i></b>)
Worship is a wonderful start! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For those who cannot attend in
person, we are pleased to remind folks that along with mail in and pre
authorized withdrawal; we can accept <b><i>e-transfers</i></b> that make it
simple to send your weekly offerings! so easy and so kindly appreciated. Thank
you!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i><u><span style="font-family: arial;">Here
are the steps<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt;">From
your Accounts page, select <b>Transfers</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt;">Select
Interac <b>e</b>-<b>Transfer</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt;">Select
Send money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt;">Select
a contact to send money to </span><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span style="font-size: 7.0pt;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></a><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt;">Select
the account you want to send money from.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt;">Enter
the amount of your <b>transfer</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 7.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Enter
a security question and answer, and then select Continue</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-84426941355801237372021-01-20T11:08:00.000-04:002021-01-20T11:08:17.262-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On- Line Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30 St. Stephens Comm. Ctr <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u style="text-underline: #FFC000;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Third Sunday after the Epiphany<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">24 January 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Our mission
is to worship God and care for<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God’s people
in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP71LOrDzzVakASc5tfn1IjQjpTIlMVvTU6b4Y5eFYaZG02QZCkT_o-FP157ZY1j1f46Rz7ZyvKiK2rvzYXuTxVCiiJyW6v_I-3F5FeW-6DN_MdVfAxzlwYSGFWSUO-qkPL4nUEyp5WTI/s259/mark+1+14+20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP71LOrDzzVakASc5tfn1IjQjpTIlMVvTU6b4Y5eFYaZG02QZCkT_o-FP157ZY1j1f46Rz7ZyvKiK2rvzYXuTxVCiiJyW6v_I-3F5FeW-6DN_MdVfAxzlwYSGFWSUO-qkPL4nUEyp5WTI/s0/mark+1+14+20.jpg" /></a></i></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /> </i></b><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Rev. Ian Wissler, Rector
(902.275.8627)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, Priest-in-Charge<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wardens:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Casavant, Jon Waddell<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Choir Director: Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Organist: Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></span></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">saintstephenschester.ca<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Parish Office Hours:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday-Thursday, 9am – 1pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">54 Regent St. Chester NS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>B0J 1J0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>902-275-3804<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #050707; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Holy Eucharist<br />
</span></b><b><span style="color: #050707; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gathering of the
Community </span></b></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All
stand. The presiding celebrant greets the community </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the
Holy Spirit, be with you all. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">People
</span></i><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And
also with you.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God,<br />
<i>All </i><b>to you all hearts are open, </b>a<b>ll desires known,<br />
and from you no secrets are hidden. 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. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory
to God </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to God in the highest,<br />
<i>All </i><b>and peace to his people on earth. Lord God, heavenly king,<br />
almighty God and Father,<br />
we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.</b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord
Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God,<br />
you take away the sin of the world:<br />
have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our
prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord,you alone are
the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the
Father. Amen. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kyrie
Eleison </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord,
have mercy. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Collect of the Day <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 11.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #050707; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray.<br />
</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Give
us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and
proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole
world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.<i> Amen.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Proclamation of the Word </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Old Testament<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jonah 3:1-5, 10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Get up, go to
Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” So
Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now
Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days' walk across. Jonah began
to go into the city, going a day's walk. And he cried out, “Forty days more,
and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” And the people of Nineveh believed God; they
proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When
God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his
mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did
not do it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Psalm</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Psalm 62:6-14<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 3.75pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nonne
Deo?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6 For God alone my soul in
silence waits; *<br />
truly, my hope is in him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7 He alone is my rock and my
salvation, *<br />
my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8 In God is my safety and my honor; *<br />
God is my strong rock and my refuge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9 Put your trust in him always, O
people, *<br />
pour out your hearts before him, for God is our refuge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10 Those of high degree are but a
fleeting breath, *<br />
even those of low estate cannot be trusted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11 On the scales they are lighter than
a breath, *<br />
all of them together.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12 Put no trust in extortion;<br />
in robbery take no empty pride; *<br />
though wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13 God has spoken once, twice have I heard
it, *<br />
that power belongs to God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: .75pt; text-indent: -24.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14 Steadfast love is yours, O Lord, *<br />
for you repay everyone according to his deeds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Epistle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1 Corinthians 7:29-31<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mean,
brothers and sisters, the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even
those who have wives be as though they had none, and those who mourn as though
they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not
rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no possessions, and those who
deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present
form of this world is passing away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Gospel<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mark 1:14-20<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #050707; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord be with you. <b>And also with you. </b>The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ according to . . .<br />
<b>Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ. </b></span><i><span style="color: #ff0200; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--></span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After John was arrested, Jesus came to
Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good
news.” <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 24.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew
casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them,
“Follow me and I will make you fish for people.” And immediately they left
their nets and followed him. As he went a little farther, he saw James son of
Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets.
Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with
the hired men, and followed him. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">At
the conclusion of the Gospel, the reader says, </span></i><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gospel of Christ. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">People<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Apostles’ Creed </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us confess the faith of our baptism, as we say, <b>I
believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. </b></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br />
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,<br />
was crucified, died, and was buried.<br />
He descended to the dead.<br />
On the third day he rose again.<br />
He ascended into heaven,<br />
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.<br />
He will come again<br />
to judge the living and the dead. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Prayers of the People – </span></b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Response <b>“Lord,
have mercy.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession and Absolution </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #050707;">Dear friends in
Christ,<br />
God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; he welcomes sinners<br />
and invites them to his table.<br />
Let us confess our sins,<br />
con</span>fident in God’s forgiveness. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All
</span></i><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in
thought, word, and deed,<br />
by what we have done,<br />
and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we
have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly
repent.<br />
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,<br />
have mercy on us and forgive us,<br />
that we may delight in your will,<br />
and walk in your ways,<br />
to the glory of your name. Amen. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and
strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in eternal life;<br />
through Jesus Christ our Lord.<br />
<b>Amen. </b></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <span style="color: #050707;">The peace of the Lord be always with
you. <b>And also with you.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Prayer over the Gifts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Loving
God,<br />
before the world began you called us.<br />
Make holy all we offer you this day,<br />
and strengthen us in that calling.<br />
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Great Thanksgiving<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord be with you. </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: #050707;">And
also with you. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift
up your hearts. <b>We lift them to the Lord. </b></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God. <b>It is right to give our thanks and
praise. </b></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Preface is read by the <i>Celebrant</i></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All: Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br />
God of power and might,<br />
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant<span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">continues with the Prayer of Consecration<i><span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i>to the <b>Proclamation:</b><i><span style="color: #ff0200;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore
we proclaim the mystery of faith. </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ has died.<br />
Christ is risen.<br />
Christ will come again. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant
concludes the Prayer of Consecration: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All
join in saying “<span style="color: #050707;">Amen”.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Prayer </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Breaking of the Bread</span></b><i><span style="color: #ff0200; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I am the bread of life,” says the Lord. “Whoever
comes to me will never be hungry; </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #050707;">whoever
believes in me will never thirst.” </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are they
who trust in him! </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Communion </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer after Communion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="color: #050707; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gracious
God,<br />
our hands have taken holy things;<br />
our lives have been nourished by the body of your Son. May we who have eaten at
this holy table<br />
be strengthened for service in your world.<br />
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #050707; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dismissal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050707; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go in peace to love and
serve the Lord. <b>Thanks be to God.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">============================================================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It’s a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New Year</i> and we look forward to getting
back to as normal as we can, carefully and safely of course! and in Church
Worship is a wonderful start! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span>For those
who cannot attend in person, we are pleased to remind folks that along with
mail in and pre authorized withdrawal; we can accept <b><i>e-transfers</i></b> that make it simple to send your weekly offerings!
so easy and so kindly appreciated. Thank you!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here are the
steps<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">From your Accounts page, select <b>Transfers</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Select Interac <b>e</b>-<b>Transfer</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Select Send money.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Select a contact to send money to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Select the account you want to send money from.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Enter the amount of your <b>transfer</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Enter a security question and answer, and then select Continue<o:p></o:p></span></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-44020136779000261302021-01-14T12:15:00.001-04:002021-01-14T12:15:25.973-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On- Line Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30 St. Stephen’s Comm. Ctr <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2:00 pm All Saints Church, Canaan</span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Baptism of the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">17 January 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG5XLmUMyALSWFCMX_wpHQdMlNOKDJT81RJHsBAnjoMKqpyAaetugc6pZmp_T3FQSZoRp7Z2DiHlGP3MD_HCm6SbDVbf_zbG5XK01ZlIedHICiF0HZwxPZLBYwwR3-sFEhRQhC_DjyO8/s513/baptism-of-the-lord.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG5XLmUMyALSWFCMX_wpHQdMlNOKDJT81RJHsBAnjoMKqpyAaetugc6pZmp_T3FQSZoRp7Z2DiHlGP3MD_HCm6SbDVbf_zbG5XK01ZlIedHICiF0HZwxPZLBYwwR3-sFEhRQhC_DjyO8/s320/baptism-of-the-lord.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><!--[endif]--></span><p></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our
mission is to worship God and care for<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God’s
people in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, Priest-in-Charge<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wardens: Mary Casavant, Jon Waddell<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Choir Director: Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Organist: Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></span></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">saintstephenschester.ca<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Parish Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9am – 1pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">54 Regent St. Chester NS B0J
1J0 902-275-3804 <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Holy Eucharist</span></b></span><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Book of Alternative Services)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText" style="margin-bottom: 14.15pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Gathering of the Community</span></u></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText" style="margin-bottom: 14.15pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. <i><span style="color: black;">People</span></i><span style="color: black;"> <b>And also
with you.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Almighty God,<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All
</span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">to
you all hearts are open,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">all
desires known,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and
from you no secrets are hidden.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cleanse
the thoughts of our hearts</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">by
the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">that
we may perfectly love you,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and
worthily magnify your holy name;</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">through
Christ our Lord. Amen.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Glory
to God in the highest,<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All:<b> </b></span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and peace to his
people on earth.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lord God, heavenly king,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">almighty
God and Father,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">we
worship you, we give you thanks,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">we
praise you for your glory.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lord
God, Lamb of God,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">you
take away the sin of the world:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">have
mercy on us;</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">you
are seated at the right hand of the Father:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">receive
our prayer.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For you alone are the Holy One,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">you
alone are the Lord,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">you
alone are the Most High,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jesus
Christ,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">with
the Holy Spirit,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">in
the glory of God the Father. </span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Amen.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lord,
have mercy.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Christ,
have mercy.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lord,
have mercy.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Collect: </span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Eternal Father, who at the baptism of Jesus<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">revealed him to be your Son,
anointing him with the Holy Spirit,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">keep your children, born of
water and the Spirit, faithful to their calling;<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">one God, now and for ever. <b>Amen</b></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Proclamation of the
Word<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A Reading from <i>Genesis
1:1-5</i></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name="en-NRSV-17832"></a><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the beginning when God
created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness
covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the
waters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And
God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was
evening and there was morning, the first day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Word of the Lord.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">All: </span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Psalm
29 <i>REFRAIN - The Lord shall give his people the
blessing of peace. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ascribe to the Lord, you
gods, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ascribe to the Lord the
glory due his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. <b>R</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The voice of the Lord is
upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon the mighty waters.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The voice of the Lord is
a powerful voice; the voice of the Lord is a voice of splendour. <b>R</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The voice of the Lord
breaks the cedar trees; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon; <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He makes Lebanon skip
like a calf, and Mount Hermon like a young wild ox<b>. R <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The voice of the Lord
splits the flames of fire; the voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the
Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The voice of the Lord
makes the oak trees writhe and strips the forests bare. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And in the temple of the
Lord all are crying, "Glory!"<b> R <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Lord sits enthroned
above the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king for evermore. The Lord shall
give strength to his people; the Lord shall give his people the blessing of
peace.<b> R</b></span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">A </span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Reading
from the book of </span></b></span><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Acts
19:1-7</span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name="en-NRSV-29903"></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul passed
through the interior regions and came to Ephesus, where he found some
disciples. He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you
became believers?" They replied, "No, we have not even heard that
there is a Holy Spirit." Then he said, "Into what then were you
baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism." Paul said,
"John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to
believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus." On
hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul had
laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in
tongues and prophesied - altogether there were about twelve of them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Word of the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All:
</span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks be to God.</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Priest:
The Lord be with you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All:
</span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And also with you.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Priest:
</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ, According to <b><i>Mark 1:4-11</i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All:
</span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a
baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And people from the whole
Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and
were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was
clothed with camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate
locusts and wild honey. He proclaimed, "The one who is more powerful than
I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his
sandals. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy
Spirit." In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was
baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water,
he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And
a voice came from heaven, "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well
pleased."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Gospel of
Christ
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <i>All: </i><b>Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Sermon</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Renewal of Baptismal
Covenant</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Celebrant</span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Let us
confess our faith, as we say,<b> </b></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 14.15pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Do you believe in
God the Father?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <b>I believe in God, The Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of
God?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son,
our Lord. He was conceived by the power of </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
<b>the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius
Pilate, was </b>
<b>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 again
to judge the living and the dead.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <b>I believe in God the Holy Spirit, the
holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant </span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Will you continue in the apostles’ teaching
and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <b>I will, with God’s help.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Will you persevere in resisting evil and,
whenever you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> I will, with God’s help.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Will you proclaim by word and example the
good news of God in Christ?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <b>I will, with God’s help.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Will you seek and serve Christ in all
persons, loving your neighbour as yourself?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <b>I will, with God’s help.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Will you strive for justice and peace
among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I will, with God’s help.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Will you strive to safeguard the integrity
of God's creation, and respect, sustain and renew the life of the Earth?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <b>I will, with God’s help.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">
</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Prayers of the People</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;">Presider</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: white;">: </span></b><em><span style="color: black;">Let us pray to our God who gives breath to
all people upon earth and bestows the Holy Spirit on all of us, that through
baptism we may be empowered as God's beloved children to share in the healing
and reconciling work of Christ, saying:</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><b><span style="color: black;">All: Give us the blessing
of peace</span></b></em><em><span style="color: black;">.</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: white;">Litanist:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: white;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Praying for Sandra our
Bishop, Ian our Rector, Stephen, our Honourary Assistant, and our entire Parish
family of St. Stephen's – including our communities of St. Stephen’s, St.
George’s, and All Saints, we ask you to uphold your chosen servant the Church,
O Lord, and put your Spirit upon her, that she may not grow faint or be crushed
until all have known the power of Christ's resurrection. Give strength to your
people; </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><b><span style="color: black;">All: Give us the
blessing of peace</span></b></em><em><span style="color: black;">.</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: white;">Litanist: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let your gentle Spirit be
upon this nation, upon Elizabeth our Queen, and upon all in authority under
her, that we may share in your work to bring forth justice upon the
earth. <br />
Give strength to your people;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">All: Give us the blessing of peace</span></b></em><em><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;">Litanist:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: white;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Look upon all
humanity with your divine compassion, may the Dove of your Spirit bring peace
and light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind and to bring from the
prison those who sit in darkness and oppression. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Give strength to your people; </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><b><span style="color: black;">All: Give us the
blessing of peace</span></b></em><em><span style="color: black;">.</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;">Litanist:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: white;"> </span><span style="color: black;">May the heavens
open and your Spirit descend upon all who are sick, anxious, grieving,
especially...May they have wholeness and healing according to your loving will
for them. Give strength to your people;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><b><span style="color: black;">All: Give us the
blessing of peace</span></b></em><em><span style="color: black;">.</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;">Litanist:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: white;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Welcome
with your divine pleasure all who have died, (<i>especially...</i>). Rest
eternal grant to them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Give strength to your
people;<b> <br />
</b></span><em><b><span style="color: black;">All:
Give us the blessing of peace</span></b></em><em><span style="color: black;">.</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;">Presider:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: white;"> </span><em><span style="color: black;">Gracious and loving God, you have anointed
your people with the waters of Baptism and have made us your beloved children:
Let your Spirit spread mightily through us, that we may share in the work of
your Son, bringing reconciliation and light to all the world in the power of
the Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ our Lord.</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All: <i>Amen.</i></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Confession and Absolution</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Dear friends in
Christ, God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; he welcomes sinners and
invites us to this table. Let us confess our sins, confident in God’s
forgiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Most merciful God,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All
</span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">we
confess that we have sinned against you</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">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 neighbours 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Peace</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">
</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A Note about Communion</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> – Please be aware that those who are physically
present for worship are there in order to help with the liturgy, with specific
ministries to fulfill to help our worship to take place. While these ministers
will be receiving the Body of Christ in the bread, the priest will alone
receive the wine on behalf of all who worship. According to our Book of Common
Prayer, all who believe in the Lord and his saving work (as articulated in the
Creed and the Prayer of Consecration over the bread and wine) and who can say
“Amen” to the bread being the Body of Christ, and the wine being the Blood of
Christ, receive all the spiritual benefits of Communion, without actually
physically receiving them. This “spiritual Communion” is meant only for
extenuating circumstances – which this time of public health emergency clearly
is.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Prayer over the Gifts: </span><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God of life and freedom,
we celebrate the revelation of Jesus<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">as the Christ who makes
all creation new. Accept all we offer you this day<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">and make us new in him, who is Lord for ever and ever. </span></span><b><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">Amen.</span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Great Thanksgiving</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Lord be with you.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
also with you.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lift
up your hearts.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
lift them up to the Lord.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">It
is right to give our thanks and
praise. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blessed are you, gracious God, creator of
heaven and earth; by water and the Holy Spirit you have made us a holy people
in Jesus Christ, our Lord. You renew that mystery in bread and wine and nourish
us, to show forth your glory in all the world. Therefore with angels and
archangels, and with all the holy people who have served you in every age, we
raise our voices to proclaim the glory of your name<i>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All:
</span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of
power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the
highest.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Celebrant:
</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We give thanks to you, Lord our God,
for the goodness and love you have made known to us in creation; in calling
Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above
all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son. For in these last days you sent him
to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of the
world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand
before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin
into righteousness, out of death into life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On
the night he was handed over to suffering and death, a death he freely
accepted, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to
you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: this is
my body which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.” After
supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to
them, and said, “Drink this, all of you: this is my blood of the new covenant,
which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you
drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Therefore,
Father, according to his command, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b>we remember his death, we proclaim his
resurrection, we await his coming in glory; </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Celebrant:
</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">and we offer our sacrifice of praise
and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation,
this bread and this wine. We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit
upon these gifts, that they may be the sacrament of the body of Christ and his
blood of the new covenant. Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we, made
acceptable in him, may be sanctified by the Holy Spirit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In
the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ, and make them new, and
bring us to that city of light where you dwell with all your sons and
daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the
head of the Church, and the author of our salvation; by whom, and with whom,
and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are yours,
almighty Father, now and for ever. <i>People</i> <b>Amen. </b></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Lord’s
Prayer </span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Breaking of the Bread</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Celebrant</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> We break the bread of
life, and that life is the light of the world. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">All</span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> God here among us, light
in the midst of us, bring us to light and life. </span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Communion</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Celebrant </span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The gifts of God for the
people of God.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">All: </span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Communion is distributed. When the Body and
Blood are offered, simply respond, “Amen”. If you are unable to view the
service, your “Amen” to the Sacrament bestows on you all the spiritual benefits
of receiving the Eucharist.</span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Prayer after
Communion: </span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gracious God, lover of all, by this
sacrament<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">you make us one family in
Christ your Son, one in the sharing of his body and blood,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">one in the communion of
his Spirit. Help us to grow in love for one another<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">and come to the full
maturity of the Body of Christ. We ask this in his name. </span></i></span><b><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">Amen.</span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #010000;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Doxology</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">Glory
to God,</span><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt;">whose
power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory
to God from generation to generation, in the Church, and in Christ Jesus, for
ever and ever. Amen.</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Blessing</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dismissal<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><i><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></u></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s
a <i>New Year</i> and we look forward to getting back to as normal as we can,
carefully and safely of course! and in Church Worship is a wonderful start! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For
those who cannot attend in person, we are pleased to remind folks that along
with mail in and pre authorized withdrawal; we can accept <b><i>e-transfers</i></b>
that make it simple to send your weekly offerings! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">so
easy and so kindly appreciated. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here
are the steps!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;">From your Accounts page, select <b>Transfers</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;">Select Interac <b>e</b>-<b>Transfer</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;">Select Send money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;">Select a contact to send money to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;">Select the account you want to send money from.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;">Enter the amount of your <b>transfer</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 1.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;">Enter a security question and answer, and then select Continu</span></span><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">e<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-13578346712965328062021-01-06T13:01:00.001-04:002021-01-06T13:01:51.474-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On- Line Bulletin<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our mission
is to worship God and care for<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God’s people
in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrwbKTCGdye8P7I46-Z8Iw0NmOyt6RW0g0sn-q1ymuD8jpu09OEijn6DasV2VYju_XjZ79lWDsSZgG-8eY9Mzf0ScEdUiK4GN7T8RCjCYb2aSB1EHn93jvHz5-LeHTPLfI3lATLOzT6w/s513/baptism-of-the-lord.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrwbKTCGdye8P7I46-Z8Iw0NmOyt6RW0g0sn-q1ymuD8jpu09OEijn6DasV2VYju_XjZ79lWDsSZgG-8eY9Mzf0ScEdUiK4GN7T8RCjCYb2aSB1EHn93jvHz5-LeHTPLfI3lATLOzT6w/s320/baptism-of-the-lord.jpg" /></a></span></i></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></i></b><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Rev. Ian Wissler, Rector
(902.275.8627)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth,
Honorary Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wardens:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Casavant, Jon Waddell<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Choir Director: Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Organist: Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></span></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">saintstephenschester.ca<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Parish Office Hours:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday-Thursday, 9am – 1pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">54 Regent St. Chester NS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>B0J 1J0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>902-275-3804<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Holy Eucharist</span></b></span><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Book of Alternative Services)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="PreformattedText" style="margin-bottom: 14.15pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Gathering of the
Community</span></u></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
The grace of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">People</span></i><span style="color: black;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">And also with you.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Almighty God,<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All
</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">to
you all hearts are open,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">all
desires known,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and
from you no secrets are hidden.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cleanse
the thoughts of our hearts</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">by
the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">that
we may perfectly love you,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and
worthily magnify your holy name;</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">through
Christ our Lord. Amen.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Glory
to God in the highest,<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and peace to his people on earth.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lord God, heavenly king,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">almighty
God and Father,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">we
worship you, we give you thanks,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">we
praise you for your glory.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the
Father,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lord
God, Lamb of God,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">you
take away the sin of the world:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">have
mercy on us;</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">you
are seated at the right hand of the Father:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">receive
our prayer.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For you alone are the Holy One,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">you
alone are the Lord,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">you
alone are the Most High,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jesus
Christ,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">with
the Holy Spirit,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">in
the glory of God the Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Amen.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lord, have mercy.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Christ,
have mercy.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lord,
have mercy.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Collect:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eternal Father, who at the baptism of Jesus<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">revealed him to
be your Son, anointing him with the Holy Spirit,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">keep your
children, born of water and the Spirit, faithful to their calling;<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">one God, now and
for ever. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Amen</b></span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Proclamation of the Word<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A Reading
from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Genesis 1:1-5</i></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name="en-NRSV-17832"></a><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In the
beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless
void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept
over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and
there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the
light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called
Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Word of the Lord.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Psalm 29 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">REFRAIN -
The Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ascribe
to the Lord, you gods, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ascribe
to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The voice
of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon the
mighty waters. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The voice
of the Lord is a powerful voice; the voice of the Lord is a voice of splendour.
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The voice
of the Lord breaks the cedar trees; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon; <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He makes
Lebanon skip like a calf, and Mount Hermon like a young wild ox<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. R <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The voice
of the Lord splits the flames of fire; the voice of the Lord shakes the
wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The voice
of the Lord makes the oak trees writhe and strips the forests bare. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And in
the temple of the Lord all are crying, "Glory!"<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> R <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord
sits enthroned above the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king for evermore.
The Lord shall give strength to his people; the Lord shall give his people the
blessing of peace.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> R</b></span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;">A </span></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Reading
from the book of </span></b></span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Acts
19:1-7</span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name="en-NRSV-29903"></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">While Apollos was in
Corinth, Paul passed through the interior regions and came to Ephesus, where he
found some disciples. He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit
when you became believers?" They replied, "No, we have not even heard
that there is a Holy Spirit." Then he said, "Into what then were you
baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism." Paul said,
"John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to
believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus." On
hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul had
laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in
tongues and prophesied - altogether there were about twelve of them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Word
of the Lord.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God.</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Priest: The Lord be with you.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Priest: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, According to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mark
1:4-11</i></b></span><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John the baptizer appeared
in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of
sins. And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of
Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan,
confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair, with a leather
belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. He proclaimed,
"The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy
to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with
water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." In those days Jesus
came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as
he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit
descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my
Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Gospel of Christ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>All: </i><b>Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Sermon</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Renewal of Baptismal Covenant</span></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let us
confess our faith, as we say,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 14.15pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Do you believe in God the Father?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I believe in God, The Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> I believe in Jesus Christ, his
only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of </span></b></span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;">the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin
Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was </b><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;">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 again to judge the living and
the dead.</b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant
</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I believe in God the Holy Spirit, the holy
catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant </span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Will
you continue in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of
bread, and in the prayers?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I will, with God’s help.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
Will you persevere in resisting evil and, whenever you fall into sin, repent
and return to the Lord?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> I will, with God’s help.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
Will you proclaim by word and example the good news of God in Christ?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I will, with God’s help.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Will
you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbour as yourself?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I will, with God’s help.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity
of every human being?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People
</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I will, with God’s help.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
Will you strive to safeguard the integrity of God's creation, and respect,
sustain and renew the life of the Earth?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I will, with God’s help.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Prayers
of the People</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;">Presider</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;">: </span></b><em><span style="color: black;">Let us pray to our God who gives breath to all people upon earth
and bestows the Holy Spirit on all of us, that through baptism we may be
empowered as God's beloved children to share in the healing and reconciling
work of Christ, saying:</span></em><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">All: Give us the blessing of
peace</span></b></em><em><span style="color: black;">.</span></em><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;">Litanist:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Praying for Sandra our Bishop, Ian
our Rector, Stephen, our Honourary Assistant, and our entire Parish family of
St. Stephen's – including our communities of St. Stephen’s, St. George’s, and
All Saints, we ask you to uphold your chosen servant the Church, O Lord, and
put your Spirit upon her, that she may not grow faint or be crushed until all
have known the power of Christ's resurrection. Give strength to your
people; </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">All: Give us the blessing of peace</span></b></em><em><span style="color: black;">.</span></em><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;">Litanist: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let your gentle Spirit be upon this
nation, upon Elizabeth our Queen, and upon all in authority under her,
that we may share in your work to bring forth justice upon the earth. <br />
Give strength to your people;</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">All:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Give us the
blessing of peace</span></b></em><em><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span></em><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;">Litanist:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Look
upon all humanity with your divine compassion, may the Dove of your Spirit
bring peace and light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind and to
bring from the prison those who sit in darkness and oppression. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Give strength to your people; </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">All: Give us the blessing of peace</span></b></em><em><span style="color: black;">.</span></em><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;">Litanist:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">May the
heavens open and your Spirit descend upon all who are sick, anxious, grieving,
especially...May they have wholeness and healing according to your loving will
for them. Give strength to your people;</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">All: Give us the blessing of peace</span></b></em><em><span style="color: black;">.</span></em><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;">Litanist:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Welcome
with your divine pleasure all who have died, (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">especially...</i>). Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord, and let light
perpetual shine upon them. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Give
strength to your people;<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <br />
</b></span><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">All: Give
us the blessing of peace</span></b></em><em><span style="color: black;">.</span></em><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;">Presider:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"> </span><em><span style="color: black;">Gracious and loving God, you have anointed your people with the
waters of Baptism and have made us your beloved children: Let your Spirit
spread mightily through us, that we may share in the work of your Son, bringing
reconciliation and light to all the world in the power of the Holy Spirit,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.</span></em><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;">All: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen.</i></span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Confession and Absolution</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Dear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and
infinite in mercy; he welcomes sinners and invites us to this table. Let us
confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Celebrant </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Most merciful God,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All
</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">we
confess that we have sinned against you</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">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 neighbours 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Peace</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A Note about Communion</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> – Please be
aware that those who are physically present for worship are there in order to
help with the liturgy, with specific ministries to fulfill to help our worship
to take place. While these ministers will be receiving the Body of Christ in
the bread, the priest will alone receive the wine on behalf of all who worship.
According to our Book of Common Prayer, all who believe in the Lord and his
saving work (as articulated in the Creed and the Prayer of Consecration over
the bread and wine) and who can say “Amen” to the bread being the Body of
Christ, and the wine being the Blood of Christ, receive all the spiritual
benefits of Communion, without actually physically receiving them. This
“spiritual Communion” is meant only for extenuating circumstances – which this
time of public health emergency clearly is.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prayer over the Gifts: <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God of
life and freedom, we celebrate the revelation of Jesus<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">as the
Christ who makes all creation new. Accept all we offer you this day<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and make
us new in him, who is Lord for ever and ever. </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Amen.</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Great Thanksgiving</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Presider: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord be with you.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Presider: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lift up your hearts.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We lift them up to the
Lord.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Presider: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let us give thanks to
the Lord our God.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">It is right to give our
thanks and praise.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blessed
are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and earth; by water and the Holy
Spirit you have made us a holy people in Jesus Christ, our Lord. You renew that
mystery in bread and wine and nourish us, to show forth your glory in all the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore with angels and
archangels, and with all the holy people who have served you in every age, we
raise our voices to proclaim the glory of your name<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth
are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the
highest.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love you
have made known to us in creation; in calling Israel to be your people; in your
Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus
your Son. For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin
Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered
us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought
us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into
life. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, a death he
freely accepted, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks
to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: this
is my body which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.” After
supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to
them, and said, “Drink this, all of you: this is my blood of the new covenant,
which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you
drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Therefore, Father, according to his command, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <b>we remember his death, we proclaim his resurrection, we await
his coming in glory; </b></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord
of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine. We
pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, that they
may be the sacrament of the body of Christ and his blood of the new covenant.
Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we, made acceptable in him, may be
sanctified by the Holy Spirit. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ, and make
them new, and bring us to that city of light where you dwell with all your sons
and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation,
the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation; by whom, and with
whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are
yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <i>People</i> <b>Amen. </b></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Lord’s Prayer<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Breaking of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>the Bread</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> We break the bread of life, and that
life is the light of the world. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All</span></i></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> God here
among us, light in the midst of us, bring us to light and life. </span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Communion</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant </span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The gifts of God for the people of
God.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Communion is distributed. When
the Body and Blood are offered, simply respond, “Amen”. If you are unable to
view the service, your “Amen” to the Sacrament bestows on you all the spiritual
benefits of receiving the Eucharist.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Prayer after Communion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Gracious God, lover of all, by this
sacrament<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">you make us one family in Christ your Son, one in
the sharing of his body and blood,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">one in the communion of his Spirit. Help us to
grow in love for one another<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and come to the full maturity of the Body of
Christ. We ask this in his name. </span></i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Amen.</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Doxology</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Glory to God,</span><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">whose power, working in
us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from
generation to generation, in the Church, and in Christ Jesus, for ever and
ever. Amen.</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Blessing</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dismissal</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">________________________________________________________</span>_</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-18467888991105753352020-12-30T10:52:00.000-04:002020-12-30T10:52:12.532-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On- Line Bulletin<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u style="mso-text-underline-themecolor: accent3; mso-text-underline-themeshade: 191; text-underline: #76923C;"><span style="color: #76923c; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">The Epiphany of the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3 January 2021<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /><!--[endif]--></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4z6Cd4_Y60bmM_OlWoe_NJPgwAd5E4Iv8BIJDtPGJSCyP3C1Kho3y4MCykiFgu1szBpWlIP_yv4mVhUpUV0okk3vzMiVjqYfAZgZZlGxEUeMHvtqgPdGFyXt8g5rlwQswQiKrLQAS_Bc/s2048/epiphany-from-conception-abbey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1995" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4z6Cd4_Y60bmM_OlWoe_NJPgwAd5E4Iv8BIJDtPGJSCyP3C1Kho3y4MCykiFgu1szBpWlIP_yv4mVhUpUV0okk3vzMiVjqYfAZgZZlGxEUeMHvtqgPdGFyXt8g5rlwQswQiKrLQAS_Bc/s320/epiphany-from-conception-abbey.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Our mission
is to worship God and care for<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God’s people
in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Rev. Ian Wissler, Rector
(902.275.8627)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, Honorary
Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Wardens:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Casavant, Jon Waddell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Choir Director: Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Organist: Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">saintstephenschester.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Parish Office Hours:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday-Thursday, 9am – 1pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">54 Regent St. Chester NS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>B0J 1J0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>902-275-3804<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Holy Eucharist</span></b></span><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(Book of Alternative Services)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText" style="margin-bottom: 14.15pt;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">The Gathering of the
Community</span></u></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">
The grace of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">People</span></i><span style="color: black;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">And also with you.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Celebrant</span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Almighty God,<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">All
</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">to
you all hearts are open,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">all
desires known,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">and
from you no secrets are hidden.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Cleanse
the thoughts of our hearts</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">by
the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">that
we may perfectly love you,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">and
worthily magnify your holy name;</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">through
Christ our Lord. Amen.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Glory
to God in the highest,<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">All:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">and peace to his people on earth.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Lord God, heavenly king,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">almighty
God and Father,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">we
worship you, we give you thanks,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">we
praise you for your glory.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the
Father,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Lord
God, Lamb of God,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">you
take away the sin of the world:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">have
mercy on us;</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">you
are seated at the right hand of the Father:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">receive
our prayer.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">For you alone are the Holy One,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">you
alone are the Lord,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">you
alone are the Most High,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Jesus
Christ,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">with
the Holy Spirit,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">in
the glory of God the Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Amen.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">All </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Lord, have mercy.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Christ,
have mercy.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Lord,
have mercy.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Collect:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eternal God, who by a star led wise men to the worship of
your Son. Guide by your light the nations of the earth, that the whole world
may know your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amen</span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Proclamation of the Word<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A Reading
from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Isaiah</i></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">60:1-6</b></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="en-NRSV-17832"></a><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Arise,
shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the
Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you. Nations shall
come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Lift up your eyes
and look around; they all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall
come from far away, and your daughters shall be carried on their nurses' arms.
Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and rejoice, because
the abundance of the sea shall be brought to you, the wealth of the nations
shall come to you. A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of
Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come. They shall bring gold and
frankincense, and shall proclaim the praise of the Lord. The Word of the Lord.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Psalm 72:1-7,
10-14</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>REFRAIN;
All nations shall serve him.</i></b><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Give the
king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son; <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">That he
may rule your people righteously and the poor with justice; <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">That the
mountains may bring prosperity to the people, and the little hills bring
righteousness. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">He shall
defend the needy among the people; he shall rescue the poor and crush the
oppressor. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">He shall
live as long as the sun and moon endure, from one generation to another. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">He shall
come down like rain upon the mown field, like showers that water the earth. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In his
time shall the righteous flourish; there shall be abundance of peace till the
moon shall be no more. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The kings
of Tarshish and of the isles shall pay tribute, and the kings of Arabia and
Saba offer gifts. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All kings
shall bow down before him, and all the nations do him service. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For he
shall deliver the poor who cries out in distress, and the oppressed who has no
helper. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">He shall
have pity on the lowly and poor; he shall preserve the lives of the needy. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">He shall
redeem their lives from oppression and violence, and dear shall their blood be
in his sight. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;">A </span></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Reading
from the Letter of Paul to </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ephisians</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(3:1-12)</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><a name="en-NRSV-29903"></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For the grace of God has
appeared, bringing salvation to all, <a name="en-NRSV-29904"></a>training us
to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives
that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, <a name="en-NRSV-29905"></a>while
we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great
God and Savior, Jesus Christ. <a name="en-NRSV-29906"></a>He it is who
gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for
himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Word of the Lord.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God.</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Priest: The Lord be with you.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you.</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Priest: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, According to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Matthew
2:1-12</i></b></span><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In the time of King Herod,
after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to
Jerusalem, asking, "Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews?
For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage."
When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him; and
calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired
of them where the Messiah was to be born. They told him, "In Bethlehem of
Judea; for so it has been written by the prophet: 'And you, Bethlehem, in the
land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you
shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel. '" Then Herod
secretly called for the wise men and learned from them the exact time when the
star had appeared. Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search
diligently for the child; and when you have found him, bring me word so that I
may also go and pay him homage." When they had heard the king, they set
out; and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising,
until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw that the
star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. On entering the house, they
saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage.
Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold,
frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to
Herod, they left for their own country by another road.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Gospel of Christ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>All: </i><b>Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Sermon: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Rector</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Nicene Creed</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let us
confess our faith, as we say,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> 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. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped
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. </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Prayers
of the People</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Presider:</span></b></em><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> </span></b></em><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us
pray to the Lord God, who is made manifest in Jesus Christ.</span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Litanist:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">
As the prophet Isaiah rang out, “Arise, shine; for your light has come”; we
pray for Sandra our Bishop, and our Parish of St. Stephen, with our communities
of St. Stephen's, St. George's, and All Saints. Empower your Church, O God, to
ring out the Good News of the Light of your son Jesus, which pierces even the
deepest darkness. Lord, in your mercy,<br />
<b>All:</b><i> <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Hear
our prayer.</span></strong></i></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Litanist: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">As a star rose high into
the nighttime sky to draw the nations to the Christ-child, send your blessing,
O God, on Elizabeth our Queen, this country, and every nation, and draw the
whole world to your peace and truth. Lord, in your mercy,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All:</span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Hear our prayer.</span></strong></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Litanist:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Like
the Wise Men who travelled from afar to bring gifts and celebrate the Saviour’s
birth; we pray for all communities of this municipality, that we may bring
peace to those who are far off, and to those who are near. Lord, in your mercy,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All:</span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Hear our prayer.</span></strong></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Litanist:
</span></b></em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">As Jesus climbed the mountaintop, and proclaimed blessings on the
people of the world; we pray for the sick and the distressed, the poor and the
lame. We especially pray for ... Lord, in your mercy,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All:</span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Hear our prayer.</span></strong></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Litanist</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> As Jesus called his
disciples to leave their nets and boats, and follow him; we pray for those we
love and who have answered your call, and have joined Jesus in your
Heavenly Kingdom (especially...) Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord, and let
light </span>perpetual<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> shine upon them. Lord, in your mercy,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All:</span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Hear our prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Presider:
</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Heavenly
Father, you have made our </span></em><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lord Jesus to be the Light of
the World. Hear our prayers, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and make us
reflections of his Light, revealing him to all, so that his Light will pierce
the dark places of our world and in our lives, and that the nations will be
drawn to you and be overwhelmed with joy. All this we pray through the same,
Jesus Christ, your Son, who with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one
God, now and for ever. </span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All: <i>Amen.</i></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Confession and Absolution</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"> Dear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and
infinite in mercy; he welcomes sinners and invites us to this table. Let us
confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Celebrant </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Most merciful God,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">All
</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">we
confess that we have sinned against you</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">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 neighbours 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.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Peace</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preface for Epiphany: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed
are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and earth; you have <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Prayer over the Gifts: <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Gracious
God, accept the offering of your Church, the hearts of your people<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">joined in
praise and thanksgiving, in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Amen.</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A Note about Communion</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> – Please be
aware that those who are physically present for worship are there in order to
help with the liturgy, with specific ministries to fulfill to help our worship
to take place. While these ministers will be receiving the Body of Christ in
the bread, the priest will alone receive the wine on behalf of all who worship.
According to our Book of Common Prayer, all who believe in the Lord and his
saving work (as articulated in the Creed and the Prayer of Consecration over
the bread and wine) and who can say “Amen” to the bread being the Body of
Christ, and the wine being the Blood of Christ, receive all the spiritual
benefits of Communion, without actually physically receiving them. This
“spiritual Communion” is meant only for extenuating circumstances – which this
time of public health emergency clearly is.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Great Thanksgiving</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Presider: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord be with you.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Presider: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lift up your hearts.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We lift them up to the
Lord.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Presider: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let us give thanks to
the Lord our God.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">It is right to give our
thanks and praise.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessed are you, gracious God, creator
of heaven and earth; we give you thanks and praise through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who in the mystery of his incarnation was made perfect man of the flesh
of the Virgin Mary his mother; in him we have seen a new and radiant vision of
your glory. Therefore with all the angels of heaven, we lift our voices and
sing our joyful hymn of praise to proclaim the glory of your name.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth
are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the
highest.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love you
have made known to us in creation; in calling Israel to be your people; in your
Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus
your Son. For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin
Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered
us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought
us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into
life. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, a death he
freely accepted, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks
to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: this
is my body which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.” After
supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to
them, and said, “Drink this, all of you: this is my blood of the new covenant,
which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you
drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.” </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Therefore, Father, according to his command, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <b>we remember his death, we proclaim his resurrection, we await
his coming in glory; </b></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord
of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine. We
pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, that they
may be the sacrament of the body of Christ and his blood of the new covenant.
Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we, made acceptable in him, may be
sanctified by the Holy Spirit. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ, and make
them new, and bring us to that city of light where you dwell with all your sons
and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation,
the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation; by whom, and with
whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are
yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <i>People</i> <b>Amen. </b></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord’s Prayer<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Breaking of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>the Bread</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> We break the bread of life, and that
life is the light of the world. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All</span></i></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> God here
among us, light in the midst of us, bring us to light and life. </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Communion</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant </span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The gifts of God for the people of
God.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Communion is distributed. When
the Body and Blood are offered, simply respond, “Amen”. If you are unable to
view the service, your “Amen” to the Sacrament bestows on you all the spiritual
benefits of receiving the Eucharist.</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Prayer after Communion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">God of all the nations of the earth, guide
us with your light.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Help us to recognize Christ as he comes to us in
this eucharist and in our neighbours.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">May we welcome him with love, for he is Lord now
and for ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Amen.</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Doxology</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Glory to God,</span><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">whose power, working in
us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from
generation to generation, in the Church, and in Christ Jesus, for ever and
ever. Amen.</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Blessing</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Announcements</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Dismissal</span></b></span></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-64250390532843561692020-12-23T12:21:00.002-04:002020-12-23T12:21:48.819-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St. Stephen’s
Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On- Line Bulletin
4 pm<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u style="text-underline: red;"><span style="color: #00cc00; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christmas Eve<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">24 December 2020<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Our mission
is to worship God and care for<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God’s people
in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Rev. Ian Wissler, Rector (902.275.8627)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rev.
Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, Honorary Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Wardens:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Casavant, Jon Waddell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Choir
Director: Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Organist:
Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">saintstephenschester.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Parish
Office Hours:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday-Thursday, 9am – 1pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">54
Regent St. Chester NS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>B0J 1J0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>902-275-3804<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Holy Eucharist</span></b></span><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(Book of Alternative Services)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lighting of the Advent Wreath</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">L:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Lord be with you.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">P:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>And also with you.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">L:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We gather to celebrate
the birth of the one who is the light of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">P:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>We are here to worship
Christ the Lord, God born among us, this night in Bethlehem of Judea.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">L:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We light the candle of
hope to remind us of the promises<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>made by all the
prophets that God would raise up a saviour<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for his people Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">P:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Christ is our hope and
our salvation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He calls us to share our
hope in him with each other.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">(The first candle is lit)</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">L:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We light the candle of
peace to remind us that it is only<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with God and by
following in his path that true peace can be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>found.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">P:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Christ brings the
peace of God to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He calls us to share</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the peace he gives with
each other.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">(The second candle is lit)</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">L:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We light the candle of
joy to remind us that God gives joy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to every heart that
abides in him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">P:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>As Mary rejoiced in the
birth of Jesus - so his birth in us</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>brings us joy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God calls us to share the joy he gives with<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>each other.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">(the third candle is lit)</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">L:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We light the candle of
love to remind us that Jesus is God's<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>gift of love to us -
and that in him, the light of love<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>triumphs over
darkness. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">P:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Love never fails -
it transforms all those who give it and</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>receive it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God calls us to share his love with each
other.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">(The fourth candle is lit)</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">Lighting The Christ Candle</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">L:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We light the
Christ candle to remind us that the light<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the world was
born this night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">P:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>T<b>he people who
walked in darkness have seen a great</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness -
on<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>them a light has
shined.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">L:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You, O Lord, have multiplied the
nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>increased its joy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">P:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>For to us a
child is born, to us a son is given, and</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the government
shall be upon his shoulder.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">L:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His name shall be
called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">P:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>He is also
called Emmanuel, for in him God is with us.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">(The Christ Candle is lit)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">L:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almighty God <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">P:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>you have made
this night holy by the</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>gift of your son, born
of the Holy Spirit and of Mary. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon him rested
all your grace, through him has come<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all your
mercy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let his light shine within our
hearts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tonight even more
brightly than it shines from the<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>candles in this
place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help us to hear your word and<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText" style="margin-bottom: 14.15pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to celebrate your everlasting love
through him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 14.15pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">The Blessing of the Memory Tree<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 14.15pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">As the names of those in whose memories, gifts
have been given to the Glory of God, the ornaments with those named will be
placed on the tree.</span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText" style="margin-bottom: 14.15pt;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">The Gathering of the
Community</span></u></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="PreformattedText" style="margin-bottom: 14.15pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Mono";"> The grace of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">People</span></i><span style="color: black;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">And also with you.</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Celebrant</span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Almighty God,<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">All
</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">to
you all hearts are open,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">all
desires known,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">and
from you no secrets are hidden.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Cleanse
the thoughts of our hearts</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">by
the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">that
we may perfectly love you,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">and
worthily magnify your holy name;</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">through
Christ our Lord. Amen.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Glory
to God in the highest,<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">All:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">and peace to his people on earth.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Lord God, heavenly king,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">almighty
God and Father,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">we
worship you, we give you thanks,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">we
praise you for your glory.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the
Father,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Lord
God, Lamb of God,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">you
take away the sin of the world:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">have
mercy on us;</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">you
are seated at the right hand of the Father:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">receive
our prayer.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">For you alone are the Holy One,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">you
alone are the Lord,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">you
alone are the Most High,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Jesus
Christ,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">with
the Holy Spirit,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">in
the glory of God the Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Amen.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">All </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Lord, have mercy.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Christ,
have mercy.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Lord,
have mercy.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Collect for Christmas:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Eternal
God, this holy night is radiant with the brilliance of your one true
light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we have known the revelation of
that light on earth, bring us to see the splendour of your heavenly glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amen</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Proclamation of the Word</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A Reading from Isaiah</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> (9:2-7)</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="en-NRSV-17832"></a><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The people who walked in darkness<br />
have seen a great light;<br />
those who lived in a land of deep darkness—<br />
on them light has shined.<br />
<a name="en-NRSV-17833"></a>You have multiplied the nation,<br />
you have increased its joy;<br />
they rejoice before you<br />
as with joy at the harvest,<br />
as people exult when dividing plunder.<br />
<a name="en-NRSV-17834"></a>For the yoke of their burden,<br />
and the bar across their shoulders,<br />
the rod of their oppressor,<br />
you have broken as on the day of Midian.<br />
<a name="en-NRSV-17835"></a>For all the boots of the tramping warriors<br />
and all the garments rolled in blood<br />
shall be burned as fuel for the fire.<br />
<a name="en-NRSV-17836"></a>For a child has been born for us,<br />
a son given to us;<br />
authority rests upon his shoulders;<br />
and he is named<br />
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,<br />
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.<br />
<a name="en-NRSV-17837"></a>His authority shall grow continually,<br />
and there shall be endless peace<br />
for the throne of David and his kingdom.<br />
He will establish and uphold it<br />
with justice and with righteousness<br />
from this time onward and forevermore.<br />
The zeal of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> of
hosts will do this. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Word of the Lord.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Psalm 96</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <i>(read responsively by verse)</i></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Sing to the Lord a new song;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sing to the Lord, all the whole earth. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Sing to the Lord and bless his name; proclaim the
good news of his salvation from day to day.</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Declare his glory among the nations and his
wonders among all peoples. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For great is the Lord and greatly to be
praised;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he is more to be feared than
all gods.</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">As for all the gods of the nations, they are but
idols; but it is the Lord who made the heavens. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Oh, the majesty and magnificence of his presence!
* Oh, the power and the splendour of his sanctuary!</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples;
ascribe to the Lord honour and power. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Ascribe to the Lord the honour due his name;
bring offerings and come into his courts.</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let
the whole earth tremble before him. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Tell it out among the nations: “The Lord is king!
he has made the world so firm that it cannot be moved; he will judge the
peoples with equity.”</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be
glad; let the sea thunder and all that is in it;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>let the field be joyful and all that is
therein. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Then shall all the trees of the wood shout for
joy before the Lord when he comes, * when he comes to judge the earth.</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">He will judge the world with righteousness and
the peoples with his truth. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">As it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be
for ever. Amen.</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;">A </span></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Reading
from the Letter of Paul to </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Titus</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(2: 11-14)</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="en-NRSV-29903"></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to
all, <a name="en-NRSV-29904"></a>training us to renounce impiety and worldly
passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled,
upright, and godly, <a name="en-NRSV-29905"></a>while we wait for the
blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and
Savior, Jesus Christ. <a name="en-NRSV-29906"></a>He it is who gave
himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself
a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Word of the Lord.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be
to God.</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Priest: The Lord be with you.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also
with you.</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Priest: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Holy
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, According to Luke <i>(2:1-20)</i></span><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Glory to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus
that all the world should be registered. <a name="en-NRSV-24968"></a>This
was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of
Syria. <a name="en-NRSV-24969"></a>All went to their own towns to be
registered. <a name="en-NRSV-24970"></a>Joseph also went from the town of
Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he
was descended from the house and family of David. <a name="en-NRSV-24971"></a>He
went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a
child. <a name="en-NRSV-24972"></a>While they were there, the time came for
her to deliver her child. <a name="en-NRSV-24973"></a>And she gave birth to
her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger,
because there was no place for them in the inn.</span><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In
that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their
flock by night. <a name="en-NRSV-24975"></a>Then an angel of the Lord stood
before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were
terrified. <a name="en-NRSV-24976"></a>But the angel said to them, “Do not
be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the
people: <a name="en-NRSV-24977"></a>to you is born this day in the city of
David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. <a name="en-NRSV-24978"></a>This
will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and
lying in a manger.” <a name="en-NRSV-24979"></a>And suddenly there was with
the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,<a name="en-NRSV-24980"></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“Glory
to God in the highest heaven,<br />
and on earth peace among those whom he favors!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><a name="en-NRSV-24981"></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the
shepherds said to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing
that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.” <a name="en-NRSV-24982"></a>So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and
the child lying in the manger. <a name="en-NRSV-24983"></a>When they saw
this, they made known what had been told them about this child; <a name="en-NRSV-24984"></a>and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds
told them. <a name="en-NRSV-24985"></a>But Mary treasured all these words
and pondered them in her heart. <a name="en-NRSV-24986"></a>The shepherds
returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it
had been told them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Gospel of Christ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>All:
</i><b>Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Sermon: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Rector</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Nicene Creed</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let us confess our faith, as we say,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> 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. With the Father and the Son he is
worshipped 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. </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Prayers of the People</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant:</span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On this
holy night of our Lord’s birth, let us pray that we may find peace and joy in
that good news, praying for ourselves and for all those in need of our prayers,
saying: Lord, hear our prayer.</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Litanist:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the Church of Christ, for Sandra our
Bishop, for this Parish of St. Stephen’s, and all of our communities of St.
Stephen’s, Chester, St. George’s, East River, and All Saints, Canaan, for all
of us as we gather in the Spirit to celebrate the birth of Christ, that we may
be filled with mutual love, a sense of unity with one another, and power to
faithfully proclaim the good news of Emmanuel, God with Us, with our families,
friends, and neighbours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us pray to
the Lord: </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord, hear our prayer.</i></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Litanist:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For peace in our troubled world, that the message of
the angels to the shepherds of “Peace on Earth” will resound in all hearts and
minds this night, so that the darkness of war and injustice may be replaced by
the light of God’s peace and love: Let us pray to the Lord: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord, hear our prayer.</i></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Litanist:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As we remember that the Holy Family was without a home
on this night, let us pray for the homeless; the unemployed; the hungry; those
who are hospitalized; those who are imprisoned in body or soul; and all those
for whom this season is one, not of joy but of trial and sadness: Let us pray
to the Lord: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord, hear our prayer.</i></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Litanist:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the sick, the grieving, and the anxious,
(especially...) that their illnesses may be turned into health and their sorrow
into rejoicing: Let us pray to the Lord. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord, hear our prayer.</i></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Litanist:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Remembering the shepherds, who had to keep watch over
their flocks by night, let us pray for those who labour this night on<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>behalf of others, particularly first
responders<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and emergency personnel, </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose duties are keeping them away from those they
love: Let us pray to the Lord. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord, hear our prayer.</i></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Litanist:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For all members of the Queen’s Canadian Armed Forces,
both here and stationed abroad, that God will protect and defend them,
strengthen them in their trials, and comfort them as they are away from home on
this holy night: Let us pray to the Lord. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord, hear our prayer.</i></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Litanist:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For those who have gone before us in faith, especially
those commemorated on our Memory Tree, that as we remember them in love, we,
like them, may remain faithful to the end and live forever in the light of your
eternal glory: Let us pray to the Lord. </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord, hear our prayer.</i></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant:</span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gracious
God, you have heard the prayers of your faithful people; you know our needs
before we ask, and our ignorance in asking. Grant our requests as may be best
for us. This we ask in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Amen.</b></i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Confession and Absolution</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"> Dear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and
infinite in mercy; he welcomes sinners and invites us to this table. Let us
confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Celebrant </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">Most merciful God,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">All
</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">we
confess that we have sinned against you</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";">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 neighbours 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.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Liberation Sans";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Peace</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Prayer over the Gifts:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Source of light and gladness, accept
all we offer on this joyful feast. May we grow up in him who unites our lives
to yours; for he is Lord now and for ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #010000;">Amen.</span></b></span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A Note about Communion</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> – Please be aware that those who are physically present for worship
are there in order to help with the liturgy, with specific ministries to
fulfill to help our worship to take place. While these ministers will be
receiving the Body of Christ in the bread, the priest will alone receive the
wine on behalf of all who worship. According to our Book of Common Prayer, all
who believe in the Lord and his saving work (as articulated in the Creed and
the Prayer of Consecration over the bread and wine) and who can say “Amen” to
the bread being the Body of Christ, and the wine being the Blood of Christ,
receive all the spiritual benefits of Communion, without actually physically
receiving them. This “spiritual Communion” is meant only for extenuating
circumstances – which this time of public health emergency clearly is.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Great Thanksgiving</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Presider: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord be with you.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Presider: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lift up your hearts.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We lift them up to the Lord.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Presider: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">It is right to give our thanks and praise.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessed
are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and earth; we give you thanks and
praise through Jesus Christ our Lord, who in the mystery of his incarnation was
made perfect man of the flesh of the Virgin Mary his mother; in him we have
seen a new and radiant vision of your glory. Therefore with all the angels of
heaven, we lift our voices and sing our joyful hymn of praise to proclaim the
glory of your name.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Holy,
Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your
glory. Hosanna in the highest.</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We give
thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love you have made known to
us in creation; in calling Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken
through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son. For
in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the
Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and
made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error
into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">On the night he was handed over to
suffering and death, a death he freely accepted, our Lord Jesus Christ took
bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his
disciples, and said, “Take, eat: this is my body which is given for you. Do
this for the remembrance of me.” After supper he took the cup of wine; and when
he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you:
this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for
the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of
me.” </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Therefore, Father, according to his
command, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <b>we remember his death, we proclaim
his resurrection, we await his coming in glory; </b></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and we
offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting
to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine. We pray you, gracious
God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, that they may be the sacrament
of the body of Christ and his blood of the new covenant. Unite us to your Son
in his sacrifice, that we, made acceptable in him, may be sanctified by the
Holy Spirit. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In the fullness of time, reconcile all
things in Christ, and make them new, and bring us to that city of light where
you dwell with all your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the
firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our
salvation; by whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, all honour and glory are yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <i>People</i>
<b>Amen. </b></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord’s Prayer<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Breaking of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>the Bread</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> We break the bread of life, and that
life is the light of the world. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All</span></i></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> God here
among us, light in the midst of us, bring us to light and life. </span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Communion</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant
</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The gifts of God for the people of
God.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Communion is distributed. When the
Body and Blood are offered, simply respond, “Amen”. If you are unable to view
the service, your “Amen” to the Sacrament bestows on you all the spiritual
benefits of receiving the Eucharist.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Prayer after Communion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Father of all, tonight you have united
earth and heaven in sending your Son to take our human nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May we who have tasted heavenly things share
in the life of his eternal kingdom. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our
Lord.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Amen.</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #010000; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Doxology</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Celebrant: </span></i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Glory to God,</span><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: #010000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can
ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation, in the Church, and
in Christ Jesus, for ever and ever. Amen.</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Blessing</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Announcements</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Dismissal</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #565656; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">_________________________________________________________</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Rector, Wardens and</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Parish Council </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">wish all parishioners and friends </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">a very Merry Christmas </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and a Happy New Year.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-29793147683224664802020-12-10T09:47:00.001-04:002020-12-10T09:47:18.145-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Worship Bulletin for Sunday morning, <i>the<b> <u>Third
Sunday of Advent</u></b></i> We hope you find this helpful in
following along with the service. You are encouraged to respond in the
appropriate places. The service is taken from the Book of Common Prayer. If you
do not have a copy, you can access it at either </span><a href="https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> or </span><a href="http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 266.75pt; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 36.0pt;">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">10:30 am St. Stephen’s On-line Service, Chester<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 28.0pt;">Third Sunday of Advent<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">13 December 2020<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span class="WPHyperlink"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN7zGudsc80Q4u2TC8xfTT-R8-O5xJuknrAr4PSi2BYZNTdi_Kz9hXMbzAg1G0DOTsEzti6x9G1WYzcFRaUBJTdxHjR1St0i7Uqwzz_OlKM17j6zsm5gQVOxv9lUG8FBpPKZ0l5r9axE/s238/adv3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN7zGudsc80Q4u2TC8xfTT-R8-O5xJuknrAr4PSi2BYZNTdi_Kz9hXMbzAg1G0DOTsEzti6x9G1WYzcFRaUBJTdxHjR1St0i7Uqwzz_OlKM17j6zsm5gQVOxv9lUG8FBpPKZ0l5r9axE/s0/adv3.jpg" /></a></div><p></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our mission is to worship God and care for</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">God’s people in the spirit of Christ….<span class="WPHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> <br /></span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">MORNING PRAYER</span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">(Book of Common
Prayer – The “Red” Book)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><u><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">The Lighting of the Advent Wreath</span></u></b></span><u><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Penitential Rite:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 4</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Responsory:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 5</i></span></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Venite:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 6</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Proclamation of the Word</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Psalm
126
p.
500
</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lesson:
</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><i>Isaiah
61:1-4, 8-11</i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord
has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up
the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the
prisoners; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour, and the day of vengeance
of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to provide for those who mourn in Zion -
to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of
mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. They will be called
oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, to display his glory. They
shall build up the ancient ruins, they shall raise up the former devastations;
they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. For
I the Lord love justice, I hate robbery and wrongdoing; I will faithfully give
them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Their
descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the
peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge that they are a people whom the
Lord has blessed. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my whole being shall
exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has
covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a
garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the earth brings
forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so
the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the
nations.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>All</i></b><i>: Thanks be to God</i><span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Te
Deum:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">
<i>p. 7</i></span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Epistle:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><i>
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24</i></b></span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks
in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do
not quench the Spirit. Do not despise the words of prophets, but test
everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil. May the
God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and
body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The
one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this.</span></i></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Word of the Lord</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>All</i></b><i>: Thanks be to God</i><span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Benedictus:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 9</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">Gospel
Lesson:</span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;">
</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">John 1:6-8, 19-28<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="color: black;">There was a
man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the
light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but
he came to testify to the light. This is the testimony given by John when the
Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are
you?" He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, "I am not the
Messiah." And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He
said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered,
"No." Then they said to him, "Who are you? Let us have an answer
for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" He said, "I
am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the
Lord,'" as the prophet Isaiah said. Now they had been sent from the
Pharisees. They asked him, "Why then are you baptizing if you are neither
the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?" John answered them, "I
baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know, the one who is
coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal." This
took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Word of the Lord</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>All</i></b><i>: Thanks be to God</i><span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Reflection:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Apostles’ Creed</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">:
<i>p. 10</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord's Prayer and Versicles and Responses - p. 11</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: black;">Collect of the Day</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">God of power and mercy, you call us once again to celebrate
the coming of your Son. Remove those things which hinder love of you, that when
he comes, he may find us waiting in awe and wonder for him who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <i>Amen.</i> </p>
<p class="Standard"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Collects for Peace & Grace - p. 11</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Prayer for All in Authority & for the Clergy &
People - p. 13</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Prayer for All Conditions - p. 14</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A General Thanksgiving, A Prayer of St. Chrysostom, &
The Grace - p. 15</p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">** Early this week, the Rector and
Wardens will be assessing our ability to reasonably safely come to together for
worship. Please watch for further announcements on this</span><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Advent Program! <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">**</span>If
you missed the first session this past week, and still wish to join in, please
feel free to contact us!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Our Advent
Program continues this week. If you would like to join in, you may do so!<span style="color: #050505;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please
email the Rector at </span><a href="mailto:ian.wissler@gmail.com"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ian.wissler@gmail.com</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> or call the Parish Office
before Tuesday morning if you would like an invitation which will enable you to
participate. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">About
the Advent Program:</span></b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Four sessions will be held, each Tuesday through the 22nd of
December, at 1:30 p.m. Each session will last an hour. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">JOURNEYING
THE WAY OF LOVE:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ADVENT
CURRICULUM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For
the season of Advent, Journeying the Way of Love offers four sessions to be
explored as we await the coming of Christ by moving through the first two
chapters of the Gospel of Luke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Luke’s
gospel provides a pattern for understanding how we can live the Way of Love as
individuals, as families and friends, as a community, and out in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Contents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">•
Advent One: The Annunciation: Saying “Yes” to the Journey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">•
Advent Two: Mary and Elizabeth: Journeying with Family and Friends<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">•
Advent Three: The Birth of John the Baptist: Journeying with Community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">•
Advent Four: The Birth of Jesus: Journeying with the World<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Participants
are encouraged to read and reflect on these passages in Luke throughout the
season of Advent and “try on” the spiritual practices of the Way of Love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We
pray that you will be able to join in!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Christmas
Eve at St. Stephen's</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Just a
reminder that reservations for in-person attendance for our 7 p.m. service at
St. Stephen's, Chester on Christmas Eve are required. Please contact our parish
office as soon as possible that you will be attending, with how many will be
attending with you. Calls for a place at worship must be received by our
Parish Office not later than Tuesday, 22 December, at 1 p.m. Please be aware,
though, that making such a reservation does not guarantee a spot in either
the Church or Parish Hall, as space is limited due to COVID-19 public health
restrictions. Every effort will be made to accommodate everyone, however. If it
should regrettably turn out that we are unable to make it possible for you to
attend, we will contact you not later than the 23rd of December</span>. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A member
of our refugee family</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">,
Mohammed Al Ali, is looking for furniture for his apartment in Western Shore.
He needs a small table and chairs, sofa or love-seat. Any donations would be
appreciated. Please contact our parish office if you have anything available,
and we can pass that on.He has a truck and can pick up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Rector's Discretionary Fund</span></u></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> - Our Parish maintains the Rector's
Discretionary Fund, for the relief and assistance of both parishioners and
members of the broader Chester Municipality Community, should they have a
material difficulty which we may be able to alleviate. In addition to your alms
to the general ministry of the Parish of St. Stephen, you may also donate
directly to it. All donations should be identified as being for the Rector's Discretionary
Fund, while all cheques for that purpose need to be made to St. Stephen's
Parish, Chester, with "Rector's Discretionary Fund" in the memo
line.
<u> </u></span><u><o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">PWRDF Update</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
-As the Saint Stephen’s Church PWRDF representative, I participated in a
virtual Diocesan meeting of parish representatives. We had excellent
presentations by two staff members of PWRDF. We learned that PWRDF spent $6.6
million on Development last year throughout Canada and the world. The Federal
Government has given PWRDF $1.9 million as an extension of the All Mothers and
Children Count campaign to buy PPE”S and other equipment to ensure their
partners in Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Mozambique are able to keep their
health clinics safely open during the Covid-19 pandemic. Any donation to
this programme is matched 6:1 by the Government of Canada. If you go the the
webpage, pwrdf.org, you can see how to donate the this very worthwhile
programme.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We also
learned that PWRDF is ranked in the top 100 of Canadian charities. They manage
their resources very well with only 10% of their budget going to staff expenses
and fundraising efforts. With this mind, I hope you will join me in using the
World of Gifts to give very meaningful gifts to family and friends especially over
the Christmas season. Some of the larger items are suitable for a group
or organization to consider as a fund raising project. Details of the World of
Gifts were sent out with the Anglican Journal and are available at pwrdf.org.
Of course donations can be made to PWRDF through their website or through the
special church envelopes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hiya Field (<a href="mailto:hiyafield@gmail.com">hiyafield@gmail.com</a>)</span></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-7016173658953079532020-12-02T11:06:00.006-04:002020-12-02T11:06:56.969-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Worship Bulletin for Sunday morning, <i>the<b> <u>Second
Sunday of Advent</u></b></i> We hope<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>you find this helpful in following along with the service. You are
encouraged to respond in the appropriate places. The service is taken from the
Book of Common Prayer. If you do not have a copy, you can access it at either </span><a href="https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> or </span><a href="http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 36.0pt;">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">10:30 am St. Stephen’s On-line Service, Chester<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><u style="text-underline: #7030A0;"><span style="font-size: 28.0pt;">Second Sunday of
Advent<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">6 December 2020</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQujqmKZyQdUjk9TGSGF-u8LvWn5SIbEEIJFIT_647indvLkotHozNtytcRvoaT9oaBBPBTCKk1g-azd4L0UWexaQXKl0S1wC_iJRBa0qR5PfR-Tjxztf0fXPWC-y-PpkoeREDzYhaC4/s235/advent2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQujqmKZyQdUjk9TGSGF-u8LvWn5SIbEEIJFIT_647indvLkotHozNtytcRvoaT9oaBBPBTCKk1g-azd4L0UWexaQXKl0S1wC_iJRBa0qR5PfR-Tjxztf0fXPWC-y-PpkoeREDzYhaC4/s0/advent2.jpg" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br /></i></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Our mission is to worship God and care for</span></i></b></p><p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 18.4px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">God’s people in the spirit of Christ….</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><u style="text-underline: #7030A0;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: #7030A0; text-underline: none;">MORNING PRAYER</span></u></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">(Book of Common
Prayer – The “Red” Book)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><u style="text-underline: #7030A0;"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">The Lighting of the Advent Wreath</span></u></b></span><u style="text-underline: #7030A0;"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Penitential Rite:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 4</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Responsory:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 5</i></span></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Venite:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 6</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Proclamation of the Word</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>p. 438
</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lesson:
</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><i>Isaiah
40:1-11</i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak
tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her
penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her
sins. A voice cries out: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted
up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become
level, and the rough places a plain. Then the glory of the Lord shall be
revealed, and all people shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has
spoken." A voice says, "Cry out!" And I said, "What shall I
cry?" All people are grass, their constancy is like the flower of the
field. The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows
upon it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades; but
the word of our God will stand forever. Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion,
herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald
of good tidings, lift it up, do not fear; say to the cities of Judah,
"Here is your God!" See, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm
rules for him; his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will
feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry
them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God<span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Te
Deum:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">
<i>p. 7</i></span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Epistle:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><i>
2 Peter 3:8-15A</i></b></span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that
with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like
one day. The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but
is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass
away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the
earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed. Since all these
things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in
leading lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming
of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and
dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire? But, in accordance with his
promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at
home. Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be
found by him at peace, without spot or blemish; and regard the patience of our
Lord as salvation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God<span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Benedictus:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 9</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">Gospel
Lesson:</span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;">
</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mark 1:1-8<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="color: black;">The beginning
of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the
prophet Isaiah, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will
prepare your way; the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the
way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'" John the baptizer appeared in
the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of
sins. And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of
Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan,
confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair, with a leather
belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. He proclaimed,
"The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy
to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with
water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God<span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Reflection:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Apostles’ Creed</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">:
<i>p. 10</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord's Prayer and Versicles and Responses - p. 11</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Collect of the Day</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Almighty God, who sent your servant John the Baptist to
prepare your people to welcome the Messiah,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">inspire us, the ministers and stewards of your truth, to
turn our disobedient hearts to you,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">that when the Christ shall come again to be our judge, we
may stand with confidence before his glory;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, now and for ever. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Amen.</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="Standard"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Collects for Peace & Grace - p. 11</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Prayer for All in Authority & for the Clergy &
People - p. 13</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Prayer for All Conditions - p. 14</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A General Thanksgiving, A Prayer of St. Chrysostom, &
The Grace - p. 15</p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">** Early this
week, the Rector and Wardens will be assessing our ability to reasonably safely
come to together for worship. Please watch for further announcements on this</span><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Advent Program! <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">**</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If you
missed the first session this past week, and still wish to join in, please feel
free to contact us!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">We will be hosting an Advent Program this year. Please
note that this program will be run via the Zoom teleconferencing app - but you
do not need to download it in order to participate. You do not even need a
computer to do so, as people may "phone in". Please email the Rector
at </span><a href="mailto:ian.wissler@gmail.com"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">ian.wissler@gmail.com</span></span></a><span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \\h";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">or call the Parish Office before
Tuesday morning if you would like an invitation which will enable you to
participate. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">About the Advent Program:</span></b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> Four sessions will be held, each Tuesday through the 22nd of
December, at 1:30 p.m. Each session will last an hour. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">JOURNEYING THE WAY OF LOVE:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">ADVENT CURRICULUM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">For the season of Advent, Journeying the Way of Love
offers four sessions to be explored as we await the coming of Christ by moving
through the first two chapters of the Gospel of Luke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Luke’s gospel provides a pattern for understanding how
we can live the Way of Love as individuals, as families and friends, as a
community, and out in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Contents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">• Advent One: The Annunciation: Saying “Yes” to the
Journey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">• Advent Two: Mary and Elizabeth: Journeying with Family
and Friends<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">• Advent Three: The Birth of John the Baptist:
Journeying with Community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">• Advent Four: The Birth of Jesus: Journeying with the
World<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Participants are encouraged to read and reflect on these
passages in Luke throughout the season of Advent and “try on” the spiritual
practices of the Way of Love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">We pray that you will be able to join in!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Update! Missions
to Seafarers Shoe Box Campaign 2020 </span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="Standard"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15 boxes from St. Stephen’s
and 12 boxes from Saint George’s were delivered and were gratefully received. Very
thanks for your generosity and efforts!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Advanced Care Planning and Personal
Directives Workshops</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A free workshop
offered by the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), is available, and will be
running for the coming months. Learn about how to write your personal
directive for healthcare. They will be offered every month until
March, and are free! For anyone thinking about their health,
wellness and getting their personal affairs in order, this is a wonderful tool.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Advance Care
Planning and Personal Directives – INSPIRED Program, NSHA </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Explore what advance care planning is
and what to include when creating a personal directive. To register, please
call Andrew Comstock at (902) 483-8943<br />
• Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rector's
Discretionary Fund</span></u></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> - Our Parish
maintains the Rector's Discretionary Fund, for the relief and assistance of
both parishioners and members of the broader Chester Municipality Community,
should they have a material difficulty which we may be able to alleviate. In
addition to your alms to the general ministry of the Parish of St. Stephen, you
may also donate directly to it. All donations should be identified as being for
the Rector's Discretionary Fund, while all cheques for that purpose need to be
made to St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, with "Rector's Discretionary
Fund" in the memo line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></u></span><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PWRDF Update</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> -As the Saint Stephen’s Church PWRDF
representative, I participated in a virtual Diocesan meeting of parish
representatives. We had excellent presentations by two staff members of PWRDF.
We learned that PWRDF spent $6.6 million on Development last year throughout
Canada and the world. The Federal Government has given PWRDF $1.9 million as an
extension of the All Mothers and Children Count campaign to buy PPE”S and other
equipment to ensure their partners in Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Mozambique
are able to keep their health clinics safely open during the Covid-19
pandemic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any donation to this programme
is matched 6:1 by the Government of Canada. If you go the the webpage,
pwrdf.org, you can see how to donate the this very worthwhile programme.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We also learned that PWRDF is ranked in the
top 100 of Canadian charities. They manage their resources very well with only
10% of their budget going to staff expenses and fundraising efforts. With this
mind, I hope you will join me in using the World of Gifts to give very
meaningful gifts to family and friends especially over the Christmas season.
Some of the larger items<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are suitable
for a group or organization to consider as a fund raising project. Details of
the World of Gifts were sent out with the Anglican Journal and are available at
pwrdf.org. Of course donations can be made to PWRDF through their website or
through the special church envelopes.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hiya Field (hiyafield@gmail.com)</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-18994849913189959222020-11-26T11:28:00.003-04:002020-11-26T11:28:58.302-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Worship Bulletin for Sunday morning, <i>the<b> <u>First
Sunday of Advent</u></b></i> We hope<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>you find this helpful in following along with the service. You are
encouraged to respond in the appropriate places. The service is taken from the
Book of Common Prayer. If you do not have a copy, you can access it at either </span><a href="https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> or </span><a href="http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 36.0pt;">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">10:30 am St. Stephen’s On-line Service, Chester<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><u style="text-underline: #7030A0;"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">First Sunday of
Advent<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">29 November 2020<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjqZtm-h7fgzhYnKAADQGLrNeKbg6KKbrVBjyjRYIhYL818__me7JiXbUOLjXQv4fgoK8enqwKGY-Fgr5inOef_CokDIc4R1QxQ0F0JaCj9TrQqYOKcjuSkP2g0PmfJaFMdiiyx3-q_4/s232/advent1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjqZtm-h7fgzhYnKAADQGLrNeKbg6KKbrVBjyjRYIhYL818__me7JiXbUOLjXQv4fgoK8enqwKGY-Fgr5inOef_CokDIc4R1QxQ0F0JaCj9TrQqYOKcjuSkP2g0PmfJaFMdiiyx3-q_4/s0/advent1.jpg" /></a></b></div><b><br /> <o:p></o:p></b><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="WPHyperlink"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our mission is to worship God and care for</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">God’s people in the spirit of Christ….<span class="WPHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><u style="text-underline: #7030A0;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: #7030A0; text-underline: none;">MORNING PRAYER</span></u></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">(Book of Common
Prayer – The “Red” Book)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><u style="text-underline: #7030A0;"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">The Lighting of the Advent Wreath</span></u></b></span><u style="text-underline: #7030A0;"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Penitential Rite:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 4</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Responsory:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 5</i></span></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Venite:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 6</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Proclamation of the Word</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 – p. 434 </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lesson:
</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><i>Isaiah
64:1-9</i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so
that the mountains would quake at your presence - as when fire kindles
brushwood and the fire causes water to boil - to make your name known to your
adversaries, so that the nations might tremble at your presence! When you did
awesome deeds that we did not expect, you came down, the mountains quaked at
your presence. From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye
has seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him. You meet
those who gladly do right, those who remember you in your ways. But you were
angry, and we sinned; because you hid yourself we transgressed. We have all
become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy
cloth. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us
away. There is no one who calls on your name, or attempts to take hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us, and have delivered us into the hand of
our iniquity. Yet, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our
potter; we are all the work of your hand. Do not be exceedingly angry, O Lord,
and do not remember iniquity forever. Now consider, we are all your people.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God<span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Te
Deum:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">
<i>p. 7</i></span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Epistle:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><i>
1 Corinthians 1:3-9</i></b></span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Grace to you and peace from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the
grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, for in every way you have
been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind - just as the
testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you - so that you are not
lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus
Christ. He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on
the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful; by him you were called into
the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God<span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Benedictus:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 9</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">Gospel
Lesson:</span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;">
</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mark 13:24-37<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="color: black;">Jesus said,
"In those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the
moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and
the powers in the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see 'the Son of Man
coming in clouds' with great power and glory. Then he will send out the angels,
and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the
ends of heaven. From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch
becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So
also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the
very gates. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all
these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words
will not pass away. But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels
in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert; for you do not
know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he
leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the
doorkeeper to be on the watch. Therefore, keep awake - for you do not know when
the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at
cockcrow, or at dawn, or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly.
And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake." <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God<span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Reflection:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Apostles’ Creed</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">:
<i>p. 10</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">The
Litany:<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">p. 30</span></i></span><span class="text"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Collect of the Day</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of
darkness</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and put on the armour of light, now in the time of this
mortal life</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">in which your Son Jesus Christ c ame to us in great
humility,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">that on the last day, when he shall come again in his
glorious majesty</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the
life immortal;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Amen.</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="Standard"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: white; mso-shading: white;">The Lord’s Prayer, Prayer of St.
Chrysostom, and The Grace –</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: white; mso-shading: white;"> p. 34-35</span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcements</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Advent Program! </span></u></b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">We will be hosting an Advent Program this year. Tuesdays
at 1:30 p.m. starting THIS TUESDAY, 1 December - 1:30 p.m. Please note that
this program will be run via the Zoom teleconferencing app - but you do not
need to download it in order to participate. You do not even need a computer to
do so, as people may "phone in". Please email the Rector at </span><a href="mailto:ian.wissler@gmail.com"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">ian.wissler@gmail.com</span></span></a><span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \\h";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">or call the Parish Office before
Tuesday morning if you would like an invitation which will enable you to
participate. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">About the Advent Program:</span></b><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> Four sessions will be held, each Tuesday through the 22nd of
December, at 1:30 p.m. Each session will last an hour. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">JOURNEYING THE WAY OF LOVE:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">ADVENT CURRICULUM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">For the season of Advent, Journeying the Way of Love
offers four sessions to be explored as we await the coming of Christ by moving
through the first two chapters of the Gospel of Luke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Luke’s gospel provides a pattern for understanding how
we can live the Way of Love as individuals, as families and friends, as a
community, and out in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Contents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">• Advent One: The Annunciation: Saying “Yes” to the
Journey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">• Advent Two: Mary and Elizabeth: Journeying with Family
and Friends<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">• Advent Three: The Birth of John the Baptist:
Journeying with Community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">• Advent Four: The Birth of Jesus: Journeying with the
World<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Participants are encouraged to read and reflect on these
passages in Luke throughout the season of Advent and “try on” the spiritual
practices of the Way of Love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">We pray that you will be able to join in!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Advanced Care Planning and Personal
Directives Workshops</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A free workshop
offered by the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), is available, and will be
running for the coming months. Learn about how to write your personal
directive for healthcare. They will be offered every month until
March, and are free! For anyone thinking about their health,
wellness and getting their personal affairs in order, this is a wonderful tool.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Advance Care
Planning and Personal Directives – INSPIRED Program, NSHA </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Explore what advance care planning is and
what to include when creating a personal directive. To register, please call
Andrew Comstock at (902) 483-8943<br />
• Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rector's
Discretionary Fund</span></u></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> - Our Parish
maintains the Rector's Discretionary Fund, for the relief and assistance of
both parishioners and members of the broader Chester Municipality Community,
should they have a material difficulty which we may be able to alleviate. In
addition to your alms to the general ministry of the Parish of St. Stephen, you
may also donate directly to it. All donations should be identified as being for
the Rector's Discretionary Fund, while all cheques for that purpose need to be
made to St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, with "Rector's Discretionary
Fund" in the memo line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></u></span><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Missions to
Seafarers Shoe Box Campaign 2020</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is again time
for the Shoe Box Campaign at the Mission To Seafarers .</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shoe Boxes can be picked up at the back of the
church if you would like to participate. There is a list of suggested items but
you are welcome to put together whatever you see fit. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ITEMS:</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> mittens/gloves, scarves/toques, socks, tooth
brush and paste, shaving foam/disposable razors, nail clippers, deodorant,
shampoo, body wash, soap/facecloth, lip balm/hand lotion, playing cards/game,
pen/pencil, Nova Scotia/Canada souvenir, post card/signed Christmas card, small
unbreakable ornament, bagged candy (no chocolate).</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">*Please Note</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> these will delivered to Halifax November 30<sup>th</sup>,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">please return by November 29<sup>th</sup>
Latest!!</i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PWRDF Update</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> -As the Saint Stephen’s Church PWRDF
representative, I participated in a virtual Diocesan meeting of parish
representatives. We had excellent presentations by two staff members of PWRDF.
We learned that PWRDF spent $6.6 million on Development last year throughout
Canada and the world. The Federal Government has given PWRDF $1.9 million as an
extension of the All Mothers and Children Count campaign to buy PPE”S and other
equipment to ensure their partners in Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Mozambique
are able to keep their health clinics safely open during the Covid-19
pandemic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any donation to this programme
is matched 6:1 by the Government of Canada. If you go the the webpage,
pwrdf.org, you can see how to donate the this very worthwhile programme.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We also learned that PWRDF is ranked in the
top 100 of Canadian charities. They manage their resources very well with only
10% of their budget going to staff expenses and fundraising efforts. With this
mind, I hope you will join me in using the World of Gifts to give very
meaningful gifts to family and friends especially over the Christmas season.
Some of the larger items<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are suitable
for a group or organization to consider as a fund raising project. Details of
the World of Gifts were sent out with the Anglican Journal and are available at
pwrdf.org. Of course donations can be made to PWRDF through their website or
through the special church envelopes.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hiya Field (hiyafield@gmail.com)</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-56957324178613225872020-11-18T12:02:00.000-04:002020-11-18T12:02:18.098-04:00<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish</span></i></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Reign of Christ<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">22 November 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj426w6uaFtwQN0aE3X8m9c-W5i-giYV5HB1KJTWzmRqRKkNDdY1BJWQbnLOliJc_yGprAcw60b6Xhr4r_nnfZTrRXmfD2CbOzxohgChrBNWcy27rGjh0yzHsykQB8yAQLeeOaMAXYPVIU/s275/Matt253146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj426w6uaFtwQN0aE3X8m9c-W5i-giYV5HB1KJTWzmRqRKkNDdY1BJWQbnLOliJc_yGprAcw60b6Xhr4r_nnfZTrRXmfD2CbOzxohgChrBNWcy27rGjh0yzHsykQB8yAQLeeOaMAXYPVIU/s0/Matt253146.jpg" /></a></div><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p><p></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our mission is to worship God and care for<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God’s people in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Archdeacon Ian Wissler</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
Rector 902.275.8627 ian.wissler@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth,
Honorary Assistant </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wardens</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Casavant<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>902.275.7992 </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">rickmarycasavant@gmail.com
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jon Waddell<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>902.275.4630<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>jwaddell@bellaliant.net<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Choir Director:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Organist:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">saintstephenschester.ca<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Parish Office Hours:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">54 Regent Street Chester NS B0J
1J0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>902.275.3804<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="font-family: arial;">HOLY EUCHARIST<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Book of Alternative
Services)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Collect<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Almighty and
everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved
Son, our Lord and King, grant that the peoples of the earth, now divided and
enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his gentle and loving
rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for
ever. </span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen.</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;">First Reading: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white;">Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For thus says the Lord God: I myself will search
for my sheep, and will seek them out. As shepherds seek out their flocks when
they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will
rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of
clouds and thick darkness. I will bring them out from the peoples and gather
them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will
feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited
parts of the land. I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights
of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing
land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. I myself
will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord
God. I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind
up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I
will destroy. I will feed them with justice. Therefore, thus says the Lord God
to them: I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. Because
you pushed with flank and shoulder, and butted at all the weak animals with
your horns until you scattered them far and wide, I will save my flock, and
they shall no longer be ravaged; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. I
will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them:
he shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I, the Lord, will be their God,
and my servant David shall be prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;">Psalm:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;">100<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;">Refrain</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;">:</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">We
are God's people, the sheep of his pasture. </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Be joyful
in the Lord, all you lands; serve the Lord with gladness and come before his
presence with a song. R<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Know this:
The Lord himself is God; he himself has made us, and we are his; we are his
people and the sheep of his pasture. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Enter his
gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise; give thanks to him and
call upon his name. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his
faithfulness endures from age to age. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;">Second Reading:<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;">Ephesians
1:15-23<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have
heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and
for this reason I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my
prayers. I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may
give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, so that,
with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which
he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the
saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe,
according to the working of his great power. God put this power to work in
Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the
heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and
above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to
come. And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over
all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all
in all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;">Gospel</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span></span></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;">Matthew 25:31-46<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jesus
said, "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with
him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be
gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd
separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand
and the goats at the left. Then the king will say to those at his right hand,
'Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was
thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed
me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I
was in prison and you visited me.' Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord,
when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you
something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed
you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in
prison and visited you?' And the king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just
as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you
did it to me.' Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'You that are
accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his
angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me
nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you
did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then
they also will answer, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or
a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?' Then
he will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the
least of these, you did not do it to me.' And these will go away into eternal
punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nicene Creed:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">p. 188</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Prayers of the People<span class="text"><span style="background: white;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span></span></b><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">p. 128</span><span style="background: white;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Prayer over the
Gifts:</span><span style="background: white;"> </span></b></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eternal
God, by your grace you have raised us up and enthroned us with Christ in the
heavenly realms. Receive all we offer you this day, and lead us in those good
works for which you have created us. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ
the Lord. </i>Amen<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Eucharistic Prayer:</span></b><span style="background: white;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"># 3 (p.198)<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Preface for the
Reign of Christ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Said
by the Priest alone</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blessed are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and earth;
we give you thanks and praise through Jesus Christ our Lord. You exalted him as
Lord of all creation that he might present to you an eternal and universal
kingdom: a kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a
kingdom of justice, love, and peace. Therefore at the name of Jesus every knee
shall bow as heaven and earth proclaim the glory of your name. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Breaking
of Bread:<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"># 1 (p. 212</span></i></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prayer after Communion: <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Almighty
God, you have made us a royal priesthood in the kingdom of your Son our Saviour
Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white;">Make
known his victory through us, we pray, that all the world may see his light. We
ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord.</span></i><span style="background: white;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doxology:<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(p. 214)<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Blessing:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dismissal:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advanced
Care Planning and Personal Directives Workshops<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A free workshop offered by the Nova
Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), is available, and will be running for the
coming months. Learn about how to write your personal directive for healthcare.
They will be offered every month until March, and are free! For
anyone thinking about their health, wellness and getting their personal affairs
in order, this is a wonderful tool.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advance Care Planning and Personal
Directives – INSPIRED Program, NSHA <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Explore what advance care planning is and what to include when
creating a personal directive. To register, please call Andrew Comstock at (902)
483-8943<br />
• Tuesday, November 24th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Flu Shots:</span></u></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Just a
reminder as we approach flu season to plan on getting your flu shot as a way of
advancing the public health of our families, friends, and community. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rector's Discretionary Fund</span></u></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> - Our
Parish maintains the Rector's Discretionary Fund, for the relief and assistance
of both parishioners and members of the broader Chester Municipality Community,
should they have a material difficulty which we may be able to alleviate. In
addition to your alms to the general ministry of the Parish of St. Stephen, you
may also donate directly to it. All donations should be identified as being for
the Rector's Discretionary Fund, while all cheques for that purpose need to be made
to St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, with "Rector's Discretionary Fund"
in the memo line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Missions to Seafarers Shoe Box
Campaign 2020</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is again time for the Shoe Box
Campaign at the Mission To Seafarers .</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Shoe
Boxes can be picked up at the back of the church if you would like to
participate. There is a list of suggested items but you are welcome to put
together whatever you see fit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ITEMS:</span></u></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
mittens/gloves, scarves/toques, socks, tooth brush and paste, shaving
foam/disposable razors, nail clippers, deodorant, shampoo, body wash,
soap/facecloth, lip balm/hand lotion, playing cards/game, pen/pencil, Nova
Scotia/Canada souvenir, post card/signed Christmas card, small unbreakable
ornament, bagged candy (no chocolate).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">*Please
Note</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> these will delivered to Halifax November 30<sup>th</sup>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">please return by November 29<sup>th</sup>
Latest!!</i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u style="text-underline: red;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PWRDF
Update</span></u></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> -As the Saint Stephen’s Church PWRDF representative, I
participated in a virtual Diocesan meeting of parish representatives. We had
excellent presentations by two staff members of PWRDF. We learned that PWRDF
spent $6.6 million on Development last year throughout Canada and the world.
The Federal Government has given PWRDF $1.9 million as an extension of the All
Mothers and Children Count campaign to buy PPE”S and other equipment to ensure
their partners in Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Mozambique are able to keep
their health clinics safely open during the Covid-19 pandemic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any donation to this programme is matched 6:1
by the Government of Canada. If you go the the webpage, pwrdf.org, you can see
how to donate the this very worthwhile programme.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We also learned that PWRDF is ranked
in the top 100 of Canadian charities. They manage their resources very well
with only 10% of their budget going to staff expenses and fundraising efforts.
With this mind, I hope you will join me in using the World of Gifts to give
very meaningful gifts to family and friends especially over the Christmas
season. Some of the larger items<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are
suitable for a group or organization to consider as a fund raising project.
Details of the World of Gifts were sent out with the Anglican Journal and are
available at pwrdf.org. Of course donations can be made to PWRDF through their
website or through the special church envelopes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hiya Field
(hiyafield@gmail.com)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-85877654750512029122020-11-12T10:19:00.001-04:002020-11-12T10:19:26.126-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Worship Bulletin for Sunday morning, <i>the<b> <u>Twenty-Fourth
Sunday after Pentecost</u></b></i> We hope<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you find this helpful in following along with
the service. You are encouraged to respond in the appropriate places. The
service is taken from the Book of Common Prayer. If you do not have a copy, you
can access it at either </span><a href="https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> or </span><a href="http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30 am St. Stephen’s On-line Service, Chester<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u style="text-underline: #00B050;"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">Twenty-Fourth
Sunday after Pentecost</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">15 November 2020</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Our
mission is to worship God and care for</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">God’s
people in the spirit of Christ….</span></i></b><span class="WPHyperlink"><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Archdeacon Ian Wissler</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
Rector 902. 275. 8627 ian.wissler@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth,
Honorary Assistant</span></span></p><p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><u style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wardens</span></u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">: Mary Casavant 902.275.7992 </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">rickmarycasavant@gmail.com
</span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jon Waddell<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>902.275.4630<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>jwadell@bellaliant.net<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Choir Director:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Dawn Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Organist:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Parish Office Hours:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">54 Regent Street Chester NS B0J
1J0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>902.275.3804<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">MORNING PRAYER</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Book of Common
Prayer)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">*A Note from the
Rector about Morning Prayer. - The Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer
are some of the treasures of our Book of Common Prayer. In “saying” the Office,
any person can read the prayers, especially in the privacy of their own home,
without the presence of a priest – with the exception of the Prayer of
Absolution, which normally follows the Confession at the start of the service.
Everything else can be led by any Christian person. And so, if you are praying
this service, YOU are the “Officiant”, or “Minister”, and can even read those
parts that say “Priest”. I would encourage you to read the “Mutual Salutations”
(“The Lord be with you”. “And with thy spirit.”) as a reminder that, even if
you are praying this service physically alone, you are praying in unity with
your whole parish family, and the whole family of Christ’s Church on earth.</span></i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth stand
in awe of him.<b><br />
</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Psalm 96. 9.</i><b> </b></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer of
Confession</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Officiant: </span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ALMIGHTY<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost
sheep, We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts, We
have offended against thy holy laws, We have left undone those things which we
ought to have done, And we have done those things which we ought not to have
done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults.
Restore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto
mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his
sake, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the
glory of thy holy Name. Amen.<b> </b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 them that trespass against us; And
lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the
kingdom, the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.<b> </b></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Minister.</span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">O Lord, open thou our
lips;<b><br />
</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">People.</i> And our mouth shall
show forth thy praise.<b><br />
</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Minister.</i> O God, make speed
to save us;<b><br />
</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">People.</i><b> </b>O Lord, make haste
to help us.<b> </b></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Minister</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">GLORY be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Ghost;<b><br />
</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">People. </i>As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.<b><br />
</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Minister.</i> Praise ye the
Lord;</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">People.</span></i></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Name be
praised.<b> </b></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Venite” (Psalm
95)</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">O COME, let us
sing unto the LORD: / let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.<br />
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, / and show ourselves glad in
him with psalms.<br />
For the LORD is a great God, / and a great King above all gods.<br />
In his hand are all the corners of the earth: / and the strength of the hills
is his also.<br />
The sea is his, and he made it: / and his hands prepared the dry land.</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.2pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">O
COME, let us worship, and fall down, / and kneel before the LORD our Maker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For he is the Lord our God; / and we are the people of his pasture, and
the sheep of his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>TO-DAY, O that ye would hear his voice: / ‘Harden not your hearts as in
the Provocation, and as in the day of Temptation in the wilderness;<br />
When your fathers tempted me, / proved me, and saw my works.<br />
Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, / “It is a
people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways”;<br />
Unto whom I sware in my wrath, / that they should not enter into my rest.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.2pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">GLORY
be to the Father, and to the Son, / and to the Holy Ghost;<br />
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, / world without end.
Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Proclamation
of the Word<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm: </span></b></span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 123</span></u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Refrain</span></i></b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> - <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Our eyes look to the Lord our
God, until he shows us his mercy.</i> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To you I lift up my eyes, to you enthroned in the
heavens. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their
masters, and the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So our eyes look to the Lord our God, until he show us
his mercy. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy, for we have
had more than enough of contempt, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Too much of the scorn of the indolent rich, and of the
derision of the proud. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lesson:
</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><i>Judges
4:1-7</i></b></span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of
the Lord, after Ehud died. So the Lord sold them into the hand of King Jabin of
Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived
in Haroshethhagoiim. Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help; for he
had nine hundred chariots of iron, and had oppressed the Israelites cruelly
twenty years. At that time Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was
judging Israel. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and
Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the Israelites came up to her for
judgement. She sent and summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali,
and said to him, "The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you, 'Go, take
position at Mount Tabor, bringing ten thousand from the tribe of Naphtali and
the tribe of Zebulun. I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin's army, to
meet you by the Wadi Kishon with his chariots and his troops; and I will give
him into your hand.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">The Word of the Lord</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">All</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">: Thanks be to God</span></i><span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">“Te Deum”</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;">WE praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.<br />
All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.<br />
To thee all Angels cry aloud, the Heavens and all the Powers therein.<br />
To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry,<br />
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts;<br />
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory.<br />
The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee;<br />
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee;<br />
The noble army of Martyrs praise thee;<br />
The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee,<br />
The Father, of an infinite Majesty;<br />
Thine honourable, true, and only Son;<br />
Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.2pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">THOU art the King of Glory, O Christ.<br />
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.<br />
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s
womb.<br />
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of
heaven to all believers.<br />
Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.<br />
We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge.<br />
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy
precious blood.<br />
Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, in glory everlasting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Epistle:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><i>
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11</i></b></span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now concerning the times
and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written
to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come
like a thief in the night. When they say, "There is peace and security,"
then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labour pains come upon a
pregnant woman, and there will be no escape! But you, beloved, are not in
darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief; for you are all children
of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. So
then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober;
for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of
faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has destined us
not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who
died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him.
Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are
doing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">The Word of the Lord</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">All</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">: Thanks be to God</span></i><span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;">“Benedictus”</span></b></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">BLESSED be the Lord
God of Israel; / for he hath visited and redeemed his people;<br />
And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, / in the house of his servant
David;<br />
As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, / which have been since the
world began;<br />
That we should be saved from our enemies, / and from the hands of all that hate
us;<br />
To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, / and to remember his holy
covenant;<br />
To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham, / that he would
grant us<br />
That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies / might serve him
without fear,<br />
In holiness and righteousness before him, / all the days of our life.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.2pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">AND thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: /
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;<br />
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people / for the remission of their
sins;<br />
Through the tender mercy of our God; / whereby the day-spring from on high hath
visited us;<br />
To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, / and
to guide our feet into the way of peace.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.2pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, / and to the Holy Ghost;<br />
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, / world without end.
Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">Gospel
Lesson:</span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;">
</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Matthew 25:14-30</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jesus said, "For it is as if a man, going on a
journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave
five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability.
Then he went away. The one who had received the five talents went off at once
and traded with them, and made five more talents. In the same way, the one who
had the two talents made two more talents. But the one who had received the one
talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. After
a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.
Then the one who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five more
talents, saying, 'Master, you handed over to me five talents; see, I have made
five more talents.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and trustworthy
slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of
many things; enter into the joy of your master.' And the one with the two
talents also came forward, saying, 'Master, you handed over to me two talents;
see, I have made two more talents.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good
and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put
you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' Then the one
who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew that
you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you
did not scatter seed; so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the
ground. Here you have what is yours.' But his master replied, 'You wicked and
lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow, and gather
where I did not scatter? Then you ought to have invested my money with the
bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest.
So take the talent from him, and give it to the one with the ten talents. For
to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but
from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. As for
this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth."<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">The Word of the Lord</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">All</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">: Thanks be to God</span></i><span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;">Apostles’ Creed</span></b></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">I BELIEVE in God the
Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:</span></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was
conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius
Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; The third day
he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right
hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick
and the dead.</span></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic
Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the
body, And the Life everlasting. Amen.</span></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Minister:</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">The Lord be with you;<br />
</span></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: maroon;">People.</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: maroon;"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">And with thy
spirit.<br />
</span></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: maroon;">Minister.</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: maroon;"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Let us pray.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lord, have mercy upon us.<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christ, have mercy upon us.</i><br />
Lord, have mercy upon us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.2pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">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 them that trespass against
us; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">Priest:</span></i></span><span class="text"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">People.</span></i></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">And grant us thy salvation.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">Priest</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">O Lord, save the Queen;</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">People</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">Priest</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Endue thy Ministers with righteousness;</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">People</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">And make thy chosen people joyful.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">Priest</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">O Lord, save thy people;</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">People</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">And bless thine inheritance.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">Priest</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Give peace in our time, O Lord;</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">People</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">And evermore mightily defend us.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">Priest</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">O God, make clean our hearts within us;</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">People</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"> </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;">Collect of the
Day: </span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">O God, from whose abundance all gifts and skills are
lavishly bestowed: give us courage to use our talents as generously as you have
given them, so that, being faithful to your purpose, we may share in your
glory; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-western" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">All:</span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">
Amen.</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Collect for Peace </span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;">O GOD, who
art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our
eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom: Defend us thy humble servants
in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may
not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our
Lord. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen</i>.</span></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Collect for Grace</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;">O LORD our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast
safely brought us to the beginning of this day: Defend us in the same with thy
mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any
kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do
always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. <i>Amen</i>.</span></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></i></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Prayer for the Queen</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;">O LORD God Almighty, who rulest the nations
of the earth, we humbly beseech thee with thy favour to behold our Sovereign
Lady, Queen ELIZABETH, that in all things she may be led by thy guidance and
protected by thy power. We pray thee also to bless and all the Royal Family.
Endue with wisdom the Governor-General of this Dominion, the
Lieutanant-Governors of the Provinces, the Legislators of the Commonwealth and
Empire, and all who are set in authority; that all things may be so ordered and
settled by their endeavours upon the best and surest foundations, that peace
and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among
us for all generations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.</span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Prayer for the Clergy and People</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;">ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, from whom
cometh every good and perfect gift: Send down upon Ronald our Archbishop,
all<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clergy, and all Congregations
committed to their charge, and especially this Parish of St. Stephen, Chester <i>(with
this community of St. George’s/All Saints) </i>the healthful Spirit of thy
grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of
thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator,
Jesus Christ. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen</i>.</span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">A Prayer for All Conditions</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;">O GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all,
we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of humanity; that thou
wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto
all nations. More especially we pray for the good estate of the Catholic
Church; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who
profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and
hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness
of life. Finally we commend to thy fatherly goodness all those, who are any
ways afflicted or distressed in mind, body, or estate;</span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> [*<i>name here
any who are in your heart and on your mind who stand in need of God’s help</i>]</span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;"> that it may
please thee to comfort and relieve them, according to their several necessities,
giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their
afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen</i>.</span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">The General Thanksgiving</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;">ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, We
thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks For all thy
goodness and loving-kindness To us and to all people; [*<i>Name here any
particular thanks you have to offer to the Lord.</i>] We bless thee for our
creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; But above all for
thine inestimable love In the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ;
For the means of grace, And for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee, give us
that due sense of all thy mercies, That our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful,
And that we show forth thy praise, Not only with our lips, but in our lives; By
giving up ourselves to thy service, And by walking before thee in holiness and
righteousness all our days; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, To whom, with thee
and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen</i>.</span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">A Prayer of St. Chrysostom</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;">ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace
at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and
dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt
grant their requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy
servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world
knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen</i>.</span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">The Grace</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;">THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all
evermore. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen</i>.</span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u style="text-underline: red;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PWRDF Update</span></u></i></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> -As the Saint Stephen’s Church PWRDF representative, I participated in a
virtual Diocesan meeting of parish representatives. We had excellent
presentations by two staff members of PWRDF. We learned that PWRDF spent $6.6
million on Development last year throughout Canada and the world. The Federal
Government has given PWRDF $1.9 million as an extension of the All Mothers and
Children Count campaign to buy PPE”S and other equipment to ensure their
partners in Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Mozambique are able to keep their
health clinics safely open during the Covid-19 pandemic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any donation to this programme is matched 6:1
by the Government of Canada. If you go the the webpage, pwrdf.org, you can see
how to donate the this very worthwhile programme.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: 28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We also learned
that PWRDF is ranked in the top 100 of Canadian charities. They manage their
resources very well with only 10% of their budget going to staff expenses and
fundraising efforts. With this mind, I hope you will join me in using the World
of Gifts to give very meaningful gifts to family and friends especially over
the Christmas season. Some of the larger items<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>are suitable for a group or organization to consider as a fund raising
project. Details of the World of Gifts were sent out with the Anglican Journal
and are available at pwrdf.org. Of course donations can be made to PWRDF
through their website or through the special church envelopes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hiya Field <a href="mailto:hiyafield@gmail.com">hiyafield@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Advanced
Care Planning and Personal Directives Workshops</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A free workshop offered by the Nova
Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), is available, and will be running for the
coming months. Learn about how to write your personal directive for
healthcare. They will be offered every month until March, and are
free! For anyone thinking about their health, wellness and getting their
personal affairs in order, this is a wonderful tool.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advance Care Planning and Personal
Directives – INSPIRED Program, NSHA <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Explore what advance care planning is and what to include when
creating a personal directive. To register, please call Andrew Comstock at
(902) 483-8943<br />
• Tuesday, November 24th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Flu Shots:</span></u></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Just a
reminder as we approach flu season to plan on getting your flu shot as a way of
advancing the public health of our families, friends, and community.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rector's Discretionary Fund</span></u></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> - Our
Parish maintains the Rector's Discretionary Fund, for the relief and assistance
of both parishioners and members of the broader Chester Municipality Community,
should they have a material difficulty which we may be able to alleviate. In
addition to your alms to the general ministry of the Parish of St. Stephen, you
may also donate directly to it. All donations should be identified as being for
the Rector's Discretionary Fund, while all cheques for that purpose need to be
made to St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, with "Rector's Discretionary
Fund" in the memo line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Missions to Seafarers Shoe Box
Campaign 2020</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is again time for the Shoe Box
Campaign at the Mission To Seafarers .</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Shoe
Boxes can be picked up at the back of the church if you would like to
participate. There is a list of suggested items but you are welcome to put
together whatever you see fit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">We
will deliver the boxes on Dec.1 so would like to have them in before that date.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ITEMS:</span></u></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
mittens/gloves, scarves/toques, socks, tooth brush and paste, shaving
foam/disposable razors, nail clippers, deodorant, shampoo, body wash,
soap/facecloth, lip balm/hand lotion, playing cards/game, pen/pencil, Nova
Scotia/Canada souvenir, post card/signed Christmas card, small unbreakable
ornament, bagged candy (no chocolate).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">*Please
Note</span></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> these will delivered to Halifax November 30<sup>th</sup>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">please return by November 29<sup>th</sup>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">9:00 am St. George’s, East River<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30 am St. Stephen’s, Chester <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost</span></u></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our mission is to worship God and care for</span></i></b> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God’s
people in the spirit of Christ….</span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-JHm8nRr6UcQ1O7e-ei_IU7rXcnZ1zN2RlvZaxiCiu69K2gG_QvFWTY1KF9oDSc9NvL4Q2-Uxyk0l_r8EmBIMNsOXinWd_R1zi9N2mV0SYE4uBDKTQ7QpF4S4YWhFBJfhcO7lxnswn4/s700/10vir.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-JHm8nRr6UcQ1O7e-ei_IU7rXcnZ1zN2RlvZaxiCiu69K2gG_QvFWTY1KF9oDSc9NvL4Q2-Uxyk0l_r8EmBIMNsOXinWd_R1zi9N2mV0SYE4uBDKTQ7QpF4S4YWhFBJfhcO7lxnswn4/s320/10vir.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Archdeacon
Ian Wissler </span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Rector
902. 275. 8627 ian.wissler@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev.
Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, Honorary Assistant<u> <o:p></o:p></u></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wardens: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Casavant 902.275.7992 rickmarycasavant@gmail.com<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jon
Waddell 902.275.4630 jwadell@bellaliant.net<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Choir
Director:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Dawn
Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Organist:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Parish
Office Hours:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">54
Regent Street Chester NS B0J 1J0
902.275.3804 <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">The Gathering of the Community</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Ante-Communion</span></u></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> The
Penitential Order – p. 216<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 233.9pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Glory
to God” & “Kyrie” - p. 186<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Default5"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black;">Collect of the Day</span></u></b></em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="color: black;">Brighten
your Church, O God, with the promise of your kingdom, and waken our hearts to
its light. Bid us hasten with faith undimmed to greet the bridegroom’s return
and join the wedding feast. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amen. </span></em><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The Proclamation of the Word</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">1<span style="mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">st</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lesson – Joshua 24:1-3A, 14-25</span></u></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Reader: </span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">A reading from the Book of Joshua
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then Joshua gathered all the
tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges,
and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. And
Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:
Long ago your ancestors Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor lived beyond the
Euphrates and served other gods. Then I took your father Abraham from beyond
the River and led him through all the land of Canaan and made his offspring
many. Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in
faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and
in Egypt, and serve the Lord. Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord,
choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in
the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are
living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." Then the
people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to
serve other gods; for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors
up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great
signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among
all the peoples through whom we passed; and the Lord drove out before us all
the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve
the Lord, for he is our God." But Joshua said to the people, "You
cannot serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not
forgive your transgressions or your sins. If you forsake the Lord and serve
foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after having
done you good." And the people said to Joshua, "No, we will serve the
Lord!" Then Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against
yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve him." And they said,
"We are witnesses." He said, "Then put away the foreign gods
that are among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of
Israel." The people said to Joshua, "The Lord our God we will serve,
and him we will obey." So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day,
and made statutes and ordinances for them at Shechem. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Psalm 78:1-7</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Refrain</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> : Forget not
the deeds of God, but keep his commandments.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hear my
teaching, O my people; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I will open
my mouth in a parable; I will declare the mysteries of ancient times. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That which we
have heard and known, and what our forefathers have told us, we will not hide
from their children. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We will
recount to generations to come the praiseworthy deeds and the power of the
Lord, and the wonderful works he has done. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He gave his
decrees to Jacob and established a law for Israel, which he commanded them to
teach their children; <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That the
generations to come might know, and the children yet unborn; that they in their
turn might tell it to their children; <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So
that they might put their trust in God, and not forget the deeds of God, but
keep his commandments. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2<sup>nd</sup>
Lesson<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- 1 </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thessalonians<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> 4:13-18<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <i>Reader<b>: </b></i>A
reading from The First Letter of Paul to the Thessalonians.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers
and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do
who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so,
through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. For this we declare
to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the
coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord
himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call and with the sound of
God's trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise
first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds
together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord
forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The Proclamation of
the Gospel</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Matthew (<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">25:1-13)</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Jesus said, "Then the kingdom of heaven will be
like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their
lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their
lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. But
at midnight there was a shout, 'Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet
him.' Then all those bridesmaids got up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish
said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But
the wise replied, 'No! there will not be enough for you and for us; you had
better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.' And while they went to
buy it, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into the
wedding banquet; and the door was shut. Later the other bridesmaids came also,
saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.' But he replied, 'Truly I tell you, I do not
know you.' Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the
hour."</span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Sermon – The Rector<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">The Nicene Creed</span></u></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> p.
188
<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="color: black;">Prayers
of the People</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="color: black;">Presider:
Gracious and Holy Lord, you have made us your children and heirs of eternal
life: Enliven us to be attentive to your Word, that we may participate in
your life here in this world, as well as in the life of Heaven, as we
pray: Awaken us, O God, </span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="color: black;">All:
<b>that we may always be alert for your coming among us. </b></span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Litanist: We
pray for your Church, O Lord, especially for those administering our diocese,
and for Sandra, our Bishop-Elect, and for all clergy of our Diocese who have
served and are serving in the Canadian Forces as chaplains, as well as all
veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces. We pray for our own Parish of St.
Stephen’s <i>(and this community of St. George’s)</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arouse your church with such mindfulness and
hope, Lord God, that we will be ready and prepared to welcome you as you visit
us with your ministry of healing and reconciliation, peace and justice. <em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Awaken us, O God, </em></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="color: black;">All: <b>that we may
always be alert for your coming among us. </b></span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: black;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="color: black;">Visit
Elizabeth our Queen, those who exercise governance in our country under her,
and all who have authority in the nations and the world, that they may put
their trust in you and not forget your deeds, but keep your commandments. <em>Awaken us, O
God, </em></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="color: black;">All: <b>that we may
always be alert for your coming among us. </b></span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: black;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="color: black;">Come
to the aid of your children throughout the world, and to bring out to freedom
all who live in the house of slavery; protect them along their way and bring
them into safe communities of peace and prosperity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em>Awaken us, O God, </em><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="color: black;">All: <b>that we may
always be alert for your coming among us. </b></span></em><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: black;">Litani</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: black;">st<i>: </i></span></span><span style="color: black;">Let
your love be manifest in this Village of Chester, <i>(this community of East
River)</i>, and all communities throughout our parish and municipality, filling
us with hope and sustaining us in constant wisdom, so that when Christ comes
again with power and great glory, we all may be made like him in his eternal
and glorious kingdom. <em>Awaken us, O God, </em></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="color: black;">All: <b>that we may
always be alert for your coming among us. </b></span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: black;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="color: black;">We
put our trust in you, O Lord.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hear our
prayers for all your people who are suffering illness, grief, or any kind of
trouble, including those who, having served our country in time of conflict,
have returned among us with wounds of the body, mind, and spirit. In our
community we pray especially for___. <em>Awaken us, O God, </em><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="color: black;">All: <b>that we may
always be alert for your coming among us. </b></span></em><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: black;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="color: black;">We
do not grieve as others do who have no hope, for we believe that Jesus has died
and is Risen, and is seated at the right hand of the Father, and that where he
is, we, his servants, will be as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With this hope in our hearts, we entrust into the Lord’s hands<i> (all
who are dear to us who have gone before us, especially </i>____). Rest eternal
grant to them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them. <em>Awaken us, O
God, </em></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="color: black;">All: <b>that we may
always be alert for your coming among us. </b></span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="color: black;">Presider:
Let your church offer to you our sincere worship and prayer, Heavenly Father,
that we may be wise and responsible stewards of your earth and inheritors of
the glorious kingdom you have promised through Jesus Christ, who with you and
the Holy Spirit we worship, one God, forever and ever. </span></em><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: black;">Amen.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Let us approach the throne of grace on behalf of the Church, the
world, and one another.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A brief silence is kept.</span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Litanist: </span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Most holy Father, thank you for
making us your children through your Son, Jesus Christ. Thank you for your
patience with us when we speak and act in ways that grieve and displease you.
Make us to be like him, so we are your heart’s delight and your blessing to the
world. Lord, in your mercy, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Praying for
the Church<i> </i>for those administering our diocese in the absence of a
bishop, and for Sandra, our Bishop Elect, we ask you to conform the Church
throughout the world to the mind of your dear Son. Conform its proclamation and
teaching to his own. Conform its works to his self-sacrificing love. Fashion
the Church ever more fully into the image and likeness of Christ, so that the
light of his love shines into the world. Lord, in your mercy, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Put the mind
of Christ into this Parish of St. Stephen’s <i>(and this community of St.
George’s)</i>. Let his humility and self-giving love shape and direct our
words, worship, service, and fellowship. Give us such willing hearts that we
gladly speak and act in obedience to your will, to your glory and for the
building up of your people. Lord, in your mercy, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><em><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Grant
strength, perseverance, and charity to our brothers and sisters who experience
bitter persecution throughout the world. Give them courage, strength and love.
Turn the hearts of their tormentors, so that love, repentance, reconciliation,
and true faith in you may grow. Lord, in your mercy, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Litanist: We pray to you for Elizabeth our Queen, and all who
govern our nation under her, for those who govern this province and
municipality, for the leaders of the nations. We pray that you will put it in
their hearts to work together to address the crisis of this pandemic, and that
they will work for justice and peace for all people. Lord, in your mercy, </span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Bring the joy
of your saving help to everyone in the midst of illness, grief, distress,
sorrow, danger or any kind of need <i>(especially...)</i>. Be their guide and
defence, grant them all their needs according to your loving will for them, and
give them wholeness of body, mind, and spirit. Lord, in your mercy, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><em><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">We commend to
your care and keeping all our brothers and sisters who have departed this life
and are at rest <i>(especially...). </i>Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord, and
let light perpetual shine upon them. <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Lord,
in your mercy, </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><em><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Father,
conform our prayers to the heart of Jesus, hear them through the interceding of
your Holy Spirit, and grant them in accordance with your gracious will, who
together with you, lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. <span class="StrongEmphasis">Amen</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Prayer
over the Gifts</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>Gracious God, your word to us is food indeed.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Receive
all we offer you this day, and let your loving-kindness be our comfort,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">for
the sake of Jesus Christ, your living Word.</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Lord’s Prayer – p. 211<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blessing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dismissal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Remembrance Day</u></i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">We will be having a Service of the Word (no Communion) for
Remembrance Day on Wednesday, 11 November, beginning at 10:55 a.m. at St.
Stephen's. Worship will also be live-streamed over our Facebook Page. Seating
will be as we currently are able to arrange it for Sunday mornings, so it will
be limited. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cemetery
Restoration Work<span class="apple-tab-span"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Parishioners
will have seen workers in the cemetery around St. Stephen’s Church lately.
They are repairing and righting various headstones needing attention.
The soft loam soil in the lower portion of the cemetery, towards King
Street, causes the stones to shift and lean which in turn has lead to a number
of them toppling from their base. Over several weeks much of this damage
will be repaired with new class-A soil, sod, and cementing of the stones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Plum
Puddings<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
very successful pre-sale of Plum Puddings means that at St. Stephen’s we will
be making close to the same number of puddings that have been produced in
recent years. Help is still needed for 2 stages - (1) sitting at
well-spaced tables in Tuck Hall to wrap and tie cards to finished puddings and
(2) to assist with delivery by sitting in the Tyler Grant room for several
hours while customers pick up their puddings, or by delivering puddings
directly to customers. Please contact Gretchen if you are able to assist
with any of this work 902-275-4058 or </span><a href="mailto:g.mccurdy50@gmail.com"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">g.mccurdy50@gmail.com</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advanced Care
Planning and Personal Directives Workshops<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A free workshop
offered by the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), is available, and will be
running for the coming months. Learn about how to write your personal
directive for healthcare. They will be offered every month until
March, and are free! For anyone thinking about their health,
wellness and getting their personal affairs in order, this is a wonderful tool.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advance Care
Planning and Personal Directives – INSPIRED Program, NSHA <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Explore what
advance care planning is and what to include when creating a personal
directive. To register, please call Andrew Comstock at (902) 483-8943<br />
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• Tuesday, November 24th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Flu Shots:</span></u></i></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Just a reminder as we approach flu season to plan on getting your
flu shot as a way of advancing the public health of our families, friends, and
community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rector's
Discretionary Fund</span></u></i></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> -
Our Parish maintains the Rector's Discretionary Fund, for the relief and
assistance of both parishioners and members of the broader Chester Municipality
Community, should they have a material difficulty which we may be able to
alleviate. In addition to your alms to the general ministry of the Parish of
St. Stephen, you may also donate directly to it. All donations should be
identified as being for the Rector's Discretionary Fund, while all cheques for
that purpose need to be made to St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, with
"Rector's Discretionary Fund" in the memo line.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-62152086536477052712020-10-28T11:33:00.000-03:002020-10-28T11:33:02.742-03:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Worship Bulletin for Sunday morning, <b><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>All Saints Day</u></i></b> We hope
you find this helpful in following along with the service. You are encouraged
to respond in the appropriate places. The service is taken from the Book of
Common Prayer. If you do not have a copy, you can access it at either </span><a href="https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> or </span><a href="http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">9:00 am All Saints Church, Canaan<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30 am St. Stephen’s On-line Service, Chester<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All Saints Day<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 November 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Our
mission is to worship God and care for</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God’s
people in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All Saints Day<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Lord’s Prayer &
Collect for Purity – page 67<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Summary of the Law – page
69<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Kyrie” and Mutual Salutation
– page 70<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Collect:</span></u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Almighty God, whose people
are knit together in one holy Church,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">the mystical Body of your
Son, grant us grace to follow your blessed saints<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">in lives of faith and
commitment, and to know the inexpressible joys you have prepared<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">for those who love you; through
your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever.<b> Amen.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Reader:</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> A Reading from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Revelati<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">on 7:9-17<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After this I looked, and
there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from
all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the
Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a
loud voice, saying, "Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the
throne, and to the Lamb!" And all the angels stood around the throne and
around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces
before the throne and worshipped God, singing, "Amen! Blessing and glory
and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be to our God
forever and ever! Amen." Then one of the elders addressed me, saying,
"Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?" I
said to him, "Sir, you are the one that knows." Then he said to me,
"These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed
their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. For this reason they
are before the throne of God, and worship him day and night within his temple,
and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them. They will hunger no
more, and thirst no more; the sun will not strike them, nor any scorching heat;
for the Lamb at the centre of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will
guide them to springs of the water of life, and God will wipe away every tear
from their eyes."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>All</i></b><i>:</i>
Thanks be to God<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Psalm 34:1-0, & v. 22</span></u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">I WILL alway give
thanks unto the LORD; / his praise shall ever be in my mouth.<br />
<b>My soul shall make her boast in the LORD; / the humble shall hear thereof
and be glad.</b><br />
O praise the LORD with me, / and let us magnify his Name together.<br />
<b>I sought the LORD, and he heard me; / yea, he delivered me out of all my
fears.</b><br />
O look unto him and be lightened; / and your faces shall not be ashamed.<br />
<b>This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him; / yea, and saved him out of all
his troubles.</b><br />
The angel of the LORD tarrieth round about them that fear him, / and delivereth
them.<br />
<b>O taste and see how gracious the LORD is: / blessed is the man that trusteth
in him.</b><br />
O fear the LORD, ye that are his saints; / for they that fear him lack nothing.<br />
<b>The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; / but they who seek the LORD shall
want no manner of thing that is good. </b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">The LORD delivereth
the souls of his servants; / and all they that put their trust in him shall not
be destitute. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As
it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Reader: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A Reading from the First Letter of John - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">1 John 3:1-3 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">See what love the Father has
given us that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The
reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are
God's children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know
is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he
is. And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reader</i>: The Word
of the Lord</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b>: Thanks be to God<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> : The Lord be with you.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And with thy spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Matthew
5:1-12</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Glory be to thee, O Lord. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When Jesus saw the crowds, he
went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he
began to speak, and taught them, saying: "Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will
be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed
are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in
heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be
called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness'
sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people revile
you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my
account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the
same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.".<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reader</i>: The Word
of the Lord</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b>: Thanks be to God<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Gospel of Christ.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Praise be to thee, O Christ. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Nicene Creed - p. 71 <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Homily – The Rector<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Offertory Sentence &
Preparation of the Altar<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prayer over the Gifts – p. 74<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Biddings & Intercessory
Prayer – p. 75<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Invitation, Confession,
Absolution, and Comfortable Words – p. 76-78<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanksgiving &
Consecration, with </span>Preface for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All
Saints</i> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">– p. 78-83<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For those participating from home</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">, Please respond in the appropriate places, as
indicated in the Book of Common Prayer. The Celebrant gives voice to the prayer
alone, on behalf of the congregation. However, the “responses” at the appropriate
moments, and especially the “Amen” at the end of the Prayer of Consecration are
vital for the people to offer. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The reason the responses,
and especially the “Amen”, is important, is to assist in receiving what is
called “Spiritual Communion”. According to the Book of Common Prayer, anyone
who believes the Prayer of Consecration, and that the bread is truly the Body
of Christ, and that the wine is truly the Blood of Christ receives all the
benefits of Holy Communion, without actually physically receiving the elements
themselves. This belief is signified by saying “Amen” to the Prayer, and when
the bread and wine are received by the Priest. In this respect, the
Priest receives Communion on behalf of the people. “Spiritual Communion” is to
be used in extenuating circumstances only – which this time certainly is.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Peace & Prayer of
Humble Access – p. 83<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“Agnus Dei”</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> - p. 84<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The gifts of God for the people of God.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks be to God.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Again, at the receiving of
bread and wine, the people respond “Amen.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Lord’s Prayer, Prayer
after Communion, “<i>Gloria</i>”, & Blessing – p. 85-86<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements <o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advanced
Care Planning and Personal Directives Workshops<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A
free workshop offered by the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), is available,
and will be running for the coming months. Learn about how to write your
personal directive for healthcare. They will be offered every month until
March, and are free! For anyone thinking about their health,
wellness and getting their personal affairs in order, this is a wonderful tool.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advance
Care Planning and Personal Directives – INSPIRED Program, NSHA <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Explore
what advance care planning is and what to include when creating a personal
directive. To register, please call Andrew Comstock at<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(902) 483-8943 <br />
• Tuesday, November 24th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Flu Shots:</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Just a reminder as we approach flu season to
plan on getting your flu shot as a way of advancing the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>public
health of our families, friends, and community. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rector's
Discretionary Fund</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> - Our Parish maintains the Rector's Discretionary Fund, for the
relief and assistance of both parishioners and members of the broader Chester
Municipality Community, should they have a material difficulty which we may be
able to alleviate. In addition to your alms to the general ministry of the
Parish of St. Stephen, you may also donate directly to it. All donations should
be identified as being for the Rector's Discretionary Fund, while all cheques
for that purpose need to be made to St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, with
"Rector's Discretionary Fund" in the memo line.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Missions
to Seafarers Shoe Box Campaign 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is
again time for the Shoe Box Campaign at the Mission To Seafarers .</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> As part of a worldwide network of Anglican
sponsored Missions, the Halifax Mission offers seafarers help and support when
their ships arrive in port. This year during the pandemic there are ships in
the harbour carrying seafarers who have not left their ships for eight or nine
months due to quarantines placed on them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Mission people are working hard to
reach out to these folks with small gifts and with help to contact their loved
ones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Shoe Boxes can be picked up at the
back of the church if you would like to participate. There is a list of
suggested items but you are welcome to put together whatever you see fit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We will deliver the boxes on Dec.1 so
would like to have them in before that date. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ITEMS:</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> mittens/gloves,
scarves/toques, socks, tooth brush and paste, shaving foam/disposable razors,
nail clippers, deodorant, shampoo, body wash, soap/facecloth, lip balm/hand
lotion, playing cards/game, pen/pencil, Nova Scotia/Canada souvenir, post
card/signed Christmas card, small unbreakable ornament, bagged candy(no
chocolate).</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">St. Stephens Plum Puddings 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A plan has been developed and given approval by St.
Stephen’s Parish Council to make Plum Puddings in November 2020. As with
most everything else in 2020, the process for making Plum Puddings will need
adjusted to address all COVID-19 guidelines. In order to do this,
volunteers will be needed to assist at every step. This initial email is
to ask you to consider the steps below and indicate with which ones you would
be able to assist.</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">1. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Pre-Ordering
Plum Puddings</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>– By getting
orders in advance we will know exactly how many puddings to make. There
will be few if any extra puddings after we are finished so anyone wanting one
will definitely need to pre-order. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">We need
volunteers to place calls</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">– we have a list of some of our previous buyers
already – and volunteers to reach beyond this list to We also
hope individuals will help to reach beyond this list and contact friends and
acquaintances with whom they work, their friends, neighbours, book club,
exercise group, etc. in an effort to expand orders.<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b> These calls will be
made as soon as possible so all orders can be in by Wednesday, November 4<sup>th</sup>.</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">2. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Pre-Measuring
Ingredients</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- Ingredients
(flour, nuts, raisins, etc.) will be pre-measured, parchment circles for bottom
of tins pre-cut, aluminum foil cut, ribbon cut and cards folded and hole
punched with ribbon inserted. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Volunteers
are needed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to do this work in
their own homes, in their own time.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b> Items
will be delivered to your home, along with instructions on the task at hand,
early in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>the week of November
9<sup>th</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to be
completed before the end of the week</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">3. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Mixing
Batter & Steaming Puddings –</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>This
will be done in 3 or 4 homes with larger kitchens. A small group of 2 or
3 volunteers in each home will mix the puddings, prepare tins with Pam and the
parchment insert, fill and cover tins and wash up. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Volunteers are needed to assist.</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">4. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Preparing
Cooked Puddings for Sale</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>–
the steamed Plum Puddings will be taken to Tuck Hall, where well-separated
tables will be set-up to permit a larger group of people to sit
socially-distanced, all wearing masks, to wrap and decorate the Plum Puddings
before they are sold. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Volunteers
will be needed to help complete this work.</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">5. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Delivering
of Finished Plum Puddings –</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>A
large portion of the completed Plum Puddings will need to be delivered by car
to the purchaser(s). Some Plum Puddings will be picked up at St. Stephen’s. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Volunteers will be needed to drive
and to sit at the Parish Community Centre to sell the Plum Puddings</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Anyone willing to assist with any steps in this
process are asked to get in touch with Gretchen - by return email, or by
phoning 902-275-4058 (home) or 902-275-7646 (cell). </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you can think of someone who might be interested in
helping out, please pass these details along to them.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost</span></u></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our mission is to worship God and care for</span></i></b> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God’s
people in the spirit of Christ….</span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Archdeacon
Ian Wissler </span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Rector
902. 275. 8627 ian.wissler@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev.
Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, Honorary Assistant<u> <o:p></o:p></u></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wardens: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Casavant 902.275.7992 rickmarycasavant@gmail.com<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jon
Waddell 902.275.4630 jwadell@bellaliant.net<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Choir
Director:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Dawn
Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Organist:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Parish
Office Hours:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Regent Street Chester NS B0J 1J0
902.275.3804 <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">The Gathering of the Community</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Ante-Communion</span></u></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> The
Penitential Order – p. 216<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 233.9pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Glory
to God” & “Kyrie” - p. 186<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Default5"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Collect of the Day</span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your
love, O God, is boundless. We who were strangers have been made your children;
we who were </span>defenseless<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> have been brought into your household. Keep us mindful
of your mercy, so that we may love you with our whole heart and love our
neighbour as ourselves. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">Amen </i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The Proclamation of the Word</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">1<span style="mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">st</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lesson – Deuteronomy 34:1-12</span></u></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Reader: </span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">A reading from the Book of <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Deuteronomy</span>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount
Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him
the whole land: Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and
Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and the
Plain that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees as far as Zoar.
The Lord said to him, "This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants'; I have let
you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there." Then
Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord's
command. He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Bethpeor, but
no one knows his burial place to this day. Moses was one hundred twenty years
old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his vigour had not abated. The
Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the period of
mourning for Moses was ended. Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of
wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands on him; and the Israelites obeyed him,
doing as the Lord had commanded Moses. Never since has there arisen a prophet
in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. He was unequalled for
all the signs and wonders that the Lord sent him to perform in the land of
Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants and his entire land, and for all
the mighty deeds and all the terrifying displays of power that Moses performed
in the sight of all Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Psalm
90:1-6, 13-17</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">REFRAIN<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">From
age to age you are God</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lord, you
have been our refuge from one generation to another. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before the
mountains were brought forth, or the land and the earth were born, from age to
age you are God. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You turn us
back to the dust and say, "Go back, O child of earth." <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For a
thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past and like a
watch in the night. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You sweep us
away like a dream; we fade away suddenly like the grass. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the
morning it is green and flourishes; in the evening it is dried up and withered.
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Return, O
Lord; how long will you tarry? be gracious to your servants. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Satisfy us by
your loving-kindness in the morning; so shall we rejoice and be glad all the
days of our life. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Make us glad
by the measure of the days that you afflicted us and the years in which we
suffered adversity. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Show your
servants your works and your splendour to their children. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">May
the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; prosper the work of our hands;
prosper our handiwork. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R</b></i><b><span style="color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2<sup>nd</sup>
Lesson<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- 1 </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thessalonians<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> 2:1-8<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <i>Reader<b>: </b></i>A
reading from The Letter of Paul to the Thessalonians You yourselves know,
brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, but though we had
already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we
had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition.
For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, but
just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the
gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests
our hearts. As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of
flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor did we seek praise from mortals,
whether from you or from others, though we might have made demands as apostles
of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her
own children. So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with
you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become
very dear to us. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The Proclamation of
the Gospel</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Matthew (<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">22:34-46)</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the
Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a
question to test him. "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the
greatest?" He said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with
all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the
greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: 'You shall love your
neighbour as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets." Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked
them this question: "What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is
he?" They said to him, "The son of David." He said to them,
"How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, 'The Lord
said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under
your feet"'? If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?" No
one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask
him any more questions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Sermon – The Rector<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">The Nicene Creed</span></u></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"> p.
188
<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">The Prayers of the People</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Let us approach the throne of grace on behalf of the Church, the
world, and one another.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A brief silence is kept.</span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Litanist: </span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Most holy Father, thank you for
making us your children through your Son, Jesus Christ. Thank you for your
patience with us when we speak and act in ways that grieve and displease you.
Make us to be like him, so we are your heart’s delight and your blessing to the
world. Lord, in your mercy, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Praying for
the Church<i> </i>for those administering our diocese in the absence of a
bishop, and for Sandra, our Bishop Elect, we ask you to conform the Church
throughout the world to the mind of your dear Son. Conform its proclamation and
teaching to his own. Conform its works to his self-sacrificing love. Fashion
the Church ever more fully into the image and likeness of Christ, so that the
light of his love shines into the world. Lord, in your mercy, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Put the mind
of Christ into this Parish of St. Stephen’s <i>(and this community of St.
George’s)</i>. Let his humility and self-giving love shape and direct our
words, worship, service, and fellowship. Give us such willing hearts that we
gladly speak and act in obedience to your will, to your glory and for the
building up of your people. Lord, in your mercy, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><em><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Grant
strength, perseverance, and charity to our brothers and sisters who experience
bitter persecution throughout the world. Give them courage, strength and love.
Turn the hearts of their tormentors, so that love, repentance, reconciliation,
and true faith in you may grow. Lord, in your mercy, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Litanist: We pray to you for Elizabeth our Queen, and all who
govern our nation under her, for those who govern this province and
municipality, for the leaders of the nations. We pray that you will put it in their
hearts to work together to address the crisis of this pandemic, and that they
will work for justice and peace for all people. Lord, in your mercy, </span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Bring the joy
of your saving help to everyone in the midst of illness, grief, distress,
sorrow, danger or any kind of need <i>(especially...)</i>. Be their guide and
defence, grant them all their needs according to your loving will for them, and
give them wholeness of body, mind, and spirit. Lord, in your mercy, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><em><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">We commend to
your care and keeping all our brothers and sisters who have departed this life
and are at rest <i>(especially...). </i>Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord, and
let light perpetual shine upon them. <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Lord,
in your mercy, </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All: <b>hear our prayer.</b></span></em><u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><em><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Father,
conform our prayers to the heart of Jesus, hear them through the interceding of
your Holy Spirit, and grant them in accordance with your gracious will, who
together with you, lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. <span class="StrongEmphasis">Amen</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Prayer
over the Gifts</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>God of constant love, you have guided your people</i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">in
all times and ages. May we who offer you our praise today<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">always
be ready to follow where you lead; we ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our
Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Lord’s Prayer – p. 211<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blessing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dismissal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">========================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advanced Care
Planning and Personal Directives Workshops<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A free workshop
offered by the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), is available, and will be
running for the coming months. Learn about how to write your personal
directive for healthcare. They will be offered every month until
March, and are free! For anyone thinking about their health,
wellness and getting their personal affairs in order, this is a wonderful tool.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advance Care
Planning and Personal Directives – INSPIRED Program, NSHA <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Explore what
advance care planning is and what to include when creating a personal
directive. To register, please call Andrew Comstock at (902) 483-8943<br />
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• Tuesday, November 24th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Flu Shots:</span></u></i></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Just a reminder as we approach flu season to plan on getting your
flu shot as a way of advancing the public health of our families, friends, and
community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rector's Discretionary Fund</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> - Our Parish maintains the Rector's
Discretionary Fund, for the relief and assistance of both parishioners and
members of the broader Chester Municipality Community, should they have a
material difficulty which we may be able to alleviate. In addition to your alms
to the general ministry of the Parish of St. Stephen, you may also donate
directly to it. All donations should be identified as being for the Rector's
Discretionary Fund, while all cheques for that purpose need to be made to St.
Stephen's Parish, Chester, with "Rector's Discretionary Fund" in
the memo line.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-53754988115103839202020-10-14T12:25:00.000-03:002020-10-14T12:25:11.282-03:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Worship Bulletin for Sunday morning, <i>the<b> <u>twentieth
Sunday after Pentecost</u></b></i> We hope <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you find this helpful in following along with
the service. You are encouraged to respond in the appropriate places. The
service is taken from the Book of Common Prayer. If you do not have a copy, you
can access it at either </span><a href="https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> or </span><a href="http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 36pt;">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24pt;">9:00 am Saint George’s Church, east River<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24pt;">10:30 am St. Stephen’s On-line Service, Chester</span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> Twentieth Sunday
after Pentecost</i></b> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">18 October 2020</span><span style="font-size: 24pt;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VvOqs9CxA7xWwI7cZusda_e9d14ARnEHe2M5tgIa1DxgdqH_8q1Uq9igzh-iHyiHFT8LYr-TwuYlhAZN5wyBqVb8hnaNl4Nff8D48VdHfThkC34r0Kfva8sUs3tHUQm8t5S-oQBrHzQ/s248/oct18bulletin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VvOqs9CxA7xWwI7cZusda_e9d14ARnEHe2M5tgIa1DxgdqH_8q1Uq9igzh-iHyiHFT8LYr-TwuYlhAZN5wyBqVb8hnaNl4Nff8D48VdHfThkC34r0Kfva8sUs3tHUQm8t5S-oQBrHzQ/s0/oct18bulletin.jpg" /></a></span></span></b></span></div><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Our
mission is to worship God and care for</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">God’s
people in the spirit of Christ….<span class="WPHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">MORNING PRAYER</span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">(Book of Common
Prayer)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The Penitential Rite:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">
<i>p. 4</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Responsory:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">
<i>p. 5</i></span></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Venite:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">
<i>p. 6</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The Proclamation of the Word</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm: </span></b></span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 99</span></u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (page 456) </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Lesson:
</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> <b><i>Exodus
33:12-23<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Moses said to the Lord, "See, you have said to me,
'Bring up this people'; but you have not let me know whom you will send with
me. Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favour in
my sight.' Now if I have found favour in your sight, show me your ways, so that
I may know you and find favour in your sight. Consider too that this nation is
your people." He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give
you rest." And he said to him, "If your presence will not go, do not
carry us up from here. For how shall it be known that I have found favour in
your sight, I and your people, unless you go with us? In this way, we shall be
distinct, I and your people, from every people on the face of the earth."
The Lord said to Moses, "I will do the very thing that you have asked; for
you have found favour in my sight, and I know you by name." Moses said,
"Show me your glory, I pray." And he said, "I will make all my
goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the name, 'The Lord';
and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom
I will show mercy. But," he said, "you cannot see my face; for no one
shall see me and live." And the Lord continued, "See, there is a
place by me where you shall stand on the rock; and while my glory passes by I
will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I
have passed by; then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but
my face shall not be seen."</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God<span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black;">Te Deum:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black;">
<i>p. 7</i></span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Epistle:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> <b><i>
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the
Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and
peace. We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our
prayers, constantly remembering before our God and Father your work of faith
and labour of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we
know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you, because our
message of the gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power and in the
Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we
proved to be among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the
Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by
the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in
Macedonia and in Achaia. For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you
not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has
become known, so that we have no need to speak about it. For the people of
those regions report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how
you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, and to wait for
his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead Jesus, who rescues us from the
wrath that is coming. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God<span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Benedictus:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">
<i>p. 9</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;">Gospel
Lesson:</span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;">
</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Matthew 22:15-22<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="color: black;">Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what
he said. So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying,
"Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in
accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard
people with partiality. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay
taxes to the emperor, or not?" But Jesus, aware of their malice, said,
"Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin used
for the tax." And they brought him a denarius. Then he said to them,
"Whose head is this, and whose title?" They answered, "The
emperor's." Then he said to them, "Give therefore to the emperor the
things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are God's." When
they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.</span></i></span><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God<span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Reflection:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Apostles’ Creed</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">:
<i>p. 10</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Lord’s Prayer:</span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">
p. 11</span></i></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Versicles and Responses</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">:
<i>p. 11</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Collect
of the Day<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">O God, whose image we bear and whose name we carry, yours is
the world and all it contains. Recall us to our true allegiance, so that above
the powers and rulers of this world you alone may claim our loyalty and love. We
make our prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns
with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Amen</span></i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="Standard"><span class="text"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black;">Collects
for Peace and Grace:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black;">
<i>p. 11-12</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black;">Intercessory
Prayers <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black;">General
Thanksgiving, Prayer of Saint Chrysostom, The Grace p.14-15 </span></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Advanced Care Planning and Personal Directives Workshops<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A free workshop offered by the Nova Scotia Health Authority
(NSHA), is available, and will be running for the coming months. Learn
about how to write your personal directive for healthcare. They will be offered
every month until March, and are free! For anyone thinking about
their health, wellness and getting their personal affairs in order, this is a
wonderful tool.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Advance Care Planning and Personal Directives – INSPIRED
Program, NSHA </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Explore what advance care planning is and what to include
when creating a personal directive. To register, please call Andrew Comstock at
(902) 483-8943<br />
<br />
• Tuesday, October 20th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, November 24th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><u><span style="background: silver; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: silver;">Flu Shots:</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Just a reminder as we approach flu season to plan on
getting your flu shot as a way of advancing the public health of our families,
friends, and community. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rector's Discretionary Fund</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> - Our Parish maintains the Rector's
Discretionary Fund, for the relief and assistance of both parishioners and
members of the broader Chester Municipality Community, should they have a
material difficulty which we may be able to alleviate. In addition to your alms
to the general ministry of the Parish of St. Stephen, you may also donate
directly to it. All donations should be identified as being for the Rector's
Discretionary Fund, while all cheques for that purpose need to be made to St.
Stephen's Parish,Chester,with "Rector's Discretionary Fund" in
the memo line.<o:p></o:p></span></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-20746353467731125082020-10-08T11:14:00.000-03:002020-10-08T11:14:54.555-03:00<p><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">9:00 am Saint George's Church, East River</span></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Harvest Thanksgiving<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></i></b></p><p>
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">11 October 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmqiXoFCmC5JjfKZ5jsx6YI7AdkpMEq9MjBGlPPyR825Q2o6PnYRfTp37EMFoE32l1-gaAm2zDuv2aBKqx3KS6vxJ1QCWsyK15K8xto3CwLTUvmvp1YJxg3-x2n9Br_hDJAg4AhMrO9s/s1200/flgdgdn1000038281_-00_thanksgiving-garden-flag-holiday-harvest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmqiXoFCmC5JjfKZ5jsx6YI7AdkpMEq9MjBGlPPyR825Q2o6PnYRfTp37EMFoE32l1-gaAm2zDuv2aBKqx3KS6vxJ1QCWsyK15K8xto3CwLTUvmvp1YJxg3-x2n9Br_hDJAg4AhMrO9s/s320/flgdgdn1000038281_-00_thanksgiving-garden-flag-holiday-harvest.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span class="WPHyperlink" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you!</span></b></span><span class="WPHyperlink" style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="WPHyperlink" style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></span><span class="WPHyperlink" style="text-align: center;">We would like to recognize <i>Joyce
Hiltz</i> and <i>Mickey Lantz</i>, and give
thanks for their many years of service as Sextons of St. Stephen’s Church.</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">HOLY EUCHARIST<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b>(Book of Alternative
Services)</b></span><span class="text"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Collect<i>:</i></span></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></b></span><i>Creator of the fruitful earth, you made us
stewards of all things. Give us grateful hearts for all your goodness, and
steadfast wills to use your bounty well, that the whole human family, today and
in generations to come, may with us give thanks for the riches of your
creation. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.</i><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #e36c0a;">First Reading:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Deuteronomy 8:7-18</span></i></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #e36c0a;">Psalm:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;">65<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #e36c0a; font-size: 11pt;">Refrain:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;">
“</span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;">You
crown the year with your goodness, O Lord.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;">You
are to be praised, O God, in Zion; to you shall vows be performed in
Jerusalem. </span></i></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;">To you that hear prayer shall all flesh come,
because of their transgressions. <b>R </b></span></i></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our sins are stronger than we are, but you will blot them out. Happy
are they whom you choose and draw to your courts to dwell there! they will be
satisfied by the beauty of your house, by the holiness of your temple. <b>R
</b></span></span></i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b>Awesome things will
you show us in your righteousness, O God of our salvation, O Hope of all the
ends of the earth and of the seas that are far away. You make fast the
mountains by your power; they are girded about with might. <b>R </b></span></span></i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b>You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and
the clamour of the peoples. Those who dwell at the ends of the earth will
tremble at your marvellous signs; you make the dawn and the dusk to sing for
joy.<b> R
</b></span></span></i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You
visit the earth and water it abundantly; you make it very plenteous; the river
of God is full of water. You prepare the grain, for so you provide for the
earth.<b> R </b></span></span></i></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;">You drench the furrows and
smooth out the ridges; with heavy rain you soften the ground and bless its
increase. </span></span><span class="text"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;">You
crown the year with your goodness, and your paths overflow with plenty. <b><i>R</i>
</b> May the fields of the
wilderness be rich for grazing, and the hills be clothed with joy. May the
meadows cover themselves with flocks, and the valleys cloak themselves with
grain; let them shout for joy and sing. <b><i>R</i></b><i> </i></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #e36c0a;">Second Reading:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;">2
Corinthians 9:6-15</span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #e36c0a;">Gospel</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #e36c0a;">:</span></span><span class="text"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt;">Luke
17:11-19</span></i></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Nicene
Creed:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt;"> <i>p. 188</i><b> </b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Prayers of the People<span class="text"><span style="background: white;">:</span></span></span></b><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">p. 128</span><span style="background: white;"> </span></i><b><span style="background: white;">
</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Prayer over the Gifts:</span><span style="background: white;"> </span></b></span> <i>Source
of all life, the heaven and earth are yours, yet you have given us dominion
over all things. Receive the symbols of our labour and love which we offer you
this day, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.</i>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Eucharistic Prayer:</span></b><span style="background: white;"> <i># 4 (p.210)</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Breaking of Bread:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt;"># 3 (p. 212</span></i></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white;">) <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="text"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Prayer
after Communion:</span><span style="background: white;"> </span></b></span><i><span style="background: white;">God
of our hope, in this eucharist we find the source of all your blessings.
Nourished in these holy mysteries may we, with our lives, give you continual
thanks and praise. This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord</span></i><span style="background: white;">. <b><i>Amen</i></b></span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Doxology:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(p. 214)<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Blessing:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dismissal:</span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmkPQRPF3EZ5zaTtk9pflq2KdlsbTlrGv1_WpOiaoj9IDRZ9LX4PjAQ5ZVTE41RFAtGQ03kjSDbDL7NKi1eQdxSgqoC45GvWKvFJ6YQyIgbDokBfRmQzQKWpm4UNWN8nL7Bs41VvmeWU/s225/tg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmkPQRPF3EZ5zaTtk9pflq2KdlsbTlrGv1_WpOiaoj9IDRZ9LX4PjAQ5ZVTE41RFAtGQ03kjSDbDL7NKi1eQdxSgqoC45GvWKvFJ6YQyIgbDokBfRmQzQKWpm4UNWN8nL7Bs41VvmeWU/s0/tg.jpg" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family: arial;">Advanced Care Planning and Personal Directives Workshops</span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">A free workshop offered by the Nova Scotia Health Authority
(NSHA), is available, and will be running for the coming months. Learn
about how to write your personal directive for healthcare. They will be offered
every month until March, and are free! For anyone thinking about
their health, wellness and getting their personal affairs in order, this is a
wonderful tool.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advance Care Planning and Personal Directives – INSPIRED
Program, NSHA </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Explore what advance care planning is and what to include
when creating a personal directive. To register, please call Andrew Comstock at
(902) 483-8943<br />
<br />
• Tuesday, October 20th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, November 24th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Flu Shots:</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Just a
reminder as we approach flu season to plan on getting your flu shot as a way of
advancing the public health of our families, friends, and community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Rector's Discretionary Fund</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">: Did you know that our parish operates a
Rector's Discretionary Fund, to assist both parishioners and members of
the broader Chester Municipality community who are in need? You may contribute
directly to this fund. Simply add the memo of "Rector's Discretionary
Fund" to your cheque, or include a note with your cash donation!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
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Sunday after Pentecost</u></b></i> We hope<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you find this helpful in following along with
the service. You are encouraged to respond in the appropriate places. The
service is taken from the Book of Common Prayer. If you do not have a copy, you
can access it at either </span><a href="https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> or </span><a href="http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10:30 am St. Stephen’s On-line Service, Chester<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u style="text-underline: #00B050;"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">Eighteenth Sunday
after Pentecost</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4 October 2020 <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1XUT-9VO9LDL1CC2tCOFjuBr1Qd2-KJHF_nAB3WVEJeWWODCbBs2F4VoXprvMyof1wXkXvD3Imalkv4eWIACMXlxKQWVn_DlO15o7FhS2kQSm6YsqeYy3HER9RbPrqCcJrcjiIp6LOI/s351/Matthew+213346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1XUT-9VO9LDL1CC2tCOFjuBr1Qd2-KJHF_nAB3WVEJeWWODCbBs2F4VoXprvMyof1wXkXvD3Imalkv4eWIACMXlxKQWVn_DlO15o7FhS2kQSm6YsqeYy3HER9RbPrqCcJrcjiIp6LOI/s320/Matthew+213346.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Our
mission is to worship God and care for</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God’s
people in the spirit of Christ….<span class="WPHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">MORNING PRAYER</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Book of Common
Prayer)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Penitential Rite:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 4</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Responsory:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 5</i></span></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Venite:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 6</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Proclamation of the Word</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm: </span></b></span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 19</span></u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (page 351) </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lesson:
</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><i>Exodus
20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you
shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol,
whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the
earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not make
wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit
anyone who misuses his name. Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days
you shall labour and do all your work. Honour your father and your mother, so
that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You
shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. You shall not covet your
neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or male or female
slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to neighbour. When all the
people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the
mountain smoking, they were afraid and trembled and stood at a distance, and
said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God
speak to us, or we will die." Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid;
for God has come only to test you and to put the fear of him upon you so that
you do not sin."</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God</i><span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;">Te Deum:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">
<i>p. 7</i></span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Epistle:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><i>
Philippians 3:4B-14<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If anyone has reason to
be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member
of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as
to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to
righteousness under the law, blameless. Yet whatever gains I had, these I have
come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything
as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For
his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish,
in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness
of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ,
the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power
of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in
his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I
have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to
make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not
consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what
lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal
for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Word of the Lord</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God</i><span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Benedictus:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 9</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">Gospel
Lesson:</span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;">
</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Matthew 21:33-46<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jesus said, "Listen to another parable. There was a
landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in
it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another
country. When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to
collect his produce. But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed
another, and stoned another. Again he sent other slaves, more than the first;
and they treated them in the same way. Finally he sent his son to them, saying,
'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son, they said to
themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'
So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Now when the
owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" They said
to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease the
vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest
time." Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The
stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the
Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes'? Therefore I tell you, the kingdom
of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the
fruits of the kingdom. The one who falls on this stone will be broken to
pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls." When the chief priests
and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about
them. They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they
regarded him as a prophet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God</i><span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Reflection:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Apostles’ Creed</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">:
<i>p. 10</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lord’s Prayer:</span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
p. 11</span></i></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Versicles and Responses</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">:
<i>p. 11</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Collect of the Day</span></u></b><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">O loving God, keeper of the vineyard, support your people by your
Holy Spirit, so that we may bring forth the fruits of your kingdom; through
Jesus Christ, the eternal vine. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amen</i> <b><u><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard"><span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;">Collects
for Peace and Grace:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">
<i>p. 11-12</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">Intercessory
Prayers<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">General
Thanksgiving, Prayer of Saint Chrysostom, The Grace p.14-15 </span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Harvest
Thanksgiving Food Bank donations</u></i> - Please feel free to bring donations
of food items for the Chester & Area Food Bank on Harvest
Thanksgiving, Sunday 11 October. <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Advanced Care Planning and Personal Directives Workshops</u><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">A free workshop offered by the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA),
is available, and will be running for the coming months. Learn about how
to write your personal directive for healthcare. They will be offered every
month until March, and are free! For anyone thinking about their
health, wellness and getting their personal affairs in order, this is a
wonderful tool.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advance Care Planning and Personal Directives – INSPIRED
Program, NSHA <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Explore what advance care planning is and what to include
when creating a personal directive. To register, please call Andrew Comstock at
(902) 483-8943<br />
<br />
• Tuesday, October 20th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, November 24th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><u><span style="background: silver; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: silver;">Flu Shots:</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Just a reminder as we approach flu season to plan on
getting your flu shot as a way of advancing the public health of our families,
friends, and community.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #2e2e2e; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="color: #2e2e2e; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt;">PWRDF</span></i></b><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt;"> stands in solidarity with the people
of Lebanon, and we pray for all who are responding to this disaster. Many
people are still missing and tens of thousands have lost their properties.
Hospitals, schools, universities and clinics have been badly damaged. The
explosion has added to the already present trauma of economic and political
challenges, and the impact of COVID-19. PWRDF has been in contact with partner
the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) to express our sorrow, solidarity
and prayers. <span style="color: black;">PWRDF is pledging $25,000 to the ACT
Alliance appeal for Beirut. ACT is in contact with </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt;">their
implementing members on the ground in Lebanon to determine how best to
respond. </span><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Please support PWRDF’s response to the<b> Beirut</b> Crisis!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Donations can be made in
the following ways:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><strong><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Online</span></u></strong><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></strong><b><br />
</b><span style="background: white; color: #48525d;">Please visit our online
donation page at </span><a href="https://pwrdf.org/give-today/" target="_blank"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="background: white; color: #9d4d9c; mso-highlight: white;">https://pwrdf.org/give-today/</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #48525d;">and make your gift in Emergency
Response, indicating <a name="_GoBack"><b>Beirut Explosion</b> </a>in the
message box.</span><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><strong><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">By Phone</span></u></strong> <br />
Call 1-866-308-7973 toll-free (please leave a message and we will return your
call), or 416-822-9083 to speak immediately with someone who can process your
donation over the phone. Please do not send your credit card number by email or
fax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><strong><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">By Mail</span></u></strong><br />
Please make cheques payable to <b>PWRDF,</b> <b>Beirut Explosion </b>and send
to:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>The</b> <b>Primate's
World Relief and Development Fund<br />
</b>The Anglican Church of Canada<br />
80 Hayden Street<br />
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 3G2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>PWRDF
Humanitarian Response Coordinator</strong><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <br />
Naba Gurung<br />
416-924-9192 ext. 321 <br />
</span><a><span class="InternetLink"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ngurung@pwrdf.org</span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Anglicans in Canada are praying, acting
and giving to those affected by the <b>Beirut</b> crisis. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please watch for updates on PWRDF’s response
to the situation at </span><a href="http://www.pwrdf.org/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">www.pwrdf.org</span></span></a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-39697841635939795272020-09-23T11:58:00.002-03:002020-09-23T11:58:33.235-03:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 36.0pt;">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">9:00 am St. George’s, East River<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">10:30 am St. Stephen’s, Chester <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost</span></u></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">27 September 2020 <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
Our mission is to worship God and care for</span></i></b> </p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">God’s
people in the spirit of Christ….</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbnUVuhkOzPYjvUedUsrcQ4CNnuNXeWXmRoqFzCvbTZGmRI7Hkg8VarsLAjH5kGGae4MYAp70LZWeORZ5QcrcbAKvnUhl7eB2YHyjxNpvW7CE7kU0qXxShNk75a-VqBhwqB0p5O_Evks/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="222" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbnUVuhkOzPYjvUedUsrcQ4CNnuNXeWXmRoqFzCvbTZGmRI7Hkg8VarsLAjH5kGGae4MYAp70LZWeORZ5QcrcbAKvnUhl7eB2YHyjxNpvW7CE7kU0qXxShNk75a-VqBhwqB0p5O_Evks/" width="235" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Archdeacon
Ian Wissler </span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Rector
902. 275. 8627 <a href="mailto:ian.wissler@gmail.com">ian.wissler@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rev.
Canon Dr. Stephen Paul Booth, Honorary Assistant<u> <o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Wardens:
Mary Casavant 902.275.7992 <a href="mailto:rickmarycasavant@gmail.com">rickmarycasavant@gmail.com</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jon
Waddell 902.275.4630 <a href="mailto:jwadell@bellaliant.net">jwadell@bellaliant.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Choir
Director:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Dawn
Harwood-Jones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Organist:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Margaret Machum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ststephensparish@ns.sympatico.ca</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Parish
Office Hours:</span></u><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">54
Regent Street Chester NS B0J 1J0
902.275.3804 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="FrameContents" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Gathering of the Community</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Penitential Rite</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel"><b><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><i><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Celebrant</span></u></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
be with you all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">People</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b>And
also with you.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Celebrant </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Bless the
Lord who forgives all our sins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">People</span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> His
mercy endures for ever.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="Default1"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Almighty God,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default1"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All </span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">to you all hearts are open,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default1"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">all desires known,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default1"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">and from you no secrets are hidden.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default1"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default1"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default1"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">that we may perfectly love you,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default1"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">and worthily magnify your holy name;</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default1"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">through Christ our Lord. Amen.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Default1" style="text-align: center;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Dear
friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; he welcomes
sinners and invites us to this table. Let us confess our sins, confident in
God’s forgiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default2"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Celebrant </span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Most merciful God,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default2"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All </span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">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 neighbours 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.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Priest then pronounces
“Absolution”</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Celebrant:<b>
</b></span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory to God in the highest,<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">and peace
to his people on earth.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default4"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lord God, heavenly king,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default4"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">almighty God and Father,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default4"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">we worship you, we give you thanks,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default4"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">we praise you for your glory.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default4"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default4"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lord God, Lamb of God,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default4"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">you take away the sin of the world:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default4"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">have mercy on us;</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default4"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">you are seated at the right hand of the Father:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default4"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">receive our prayer.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default5"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All: For you alone are the Holy One,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default5"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">you alone are the Lord,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default5"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">you alone are the Most High,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default5"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jesus Christ,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default5"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">with the Holy Spirit,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default5"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">in the glory of God the Father. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b>Amen.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="Default5"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All </span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lord, have mercy.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default5"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Christ, have mercy.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default5"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lord, have mercy.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: left;"><b><i><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Collect of the Day</span><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">God of our salvation, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">we falter before the demands of your word and turn
away from your call to life. As you showed mercy to your people of old, pour
out your mercy on us, so that we may turn from our sinfulness and walk the path
of self-emptying love made known in Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTTitel" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Proclamation of the Word</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">1<span style="mso-text-raise: 3.0pt; position: relative; top: -3.0pt;">st</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lesson – Exodus 17:1-7</span></u></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Reader: </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A reading
from the Book of
Exodus
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">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 quarrelled 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 quarrelled and
tested the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?" <i>Reader:
</i>The Word of the
Lord
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i>All: </i><b>Thanks
be to God. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hear my teaching, O my people; incline your
ears to the words of my mouth. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i>All:<b>
</b></i><b>I will open my mouth in a parable; I will declare the mysteries of
ancient times. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider:</span></i><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">That which we have heard and known, and
what our forefathers have told us, we will not hide from their
children.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We will recount to generations to come the
praiseworthy deeds and the power of the Lord, and the wonderful works he has
done.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We will recount to generations to come the
praiseworthy deeds and the power of the Lord, and the wonderful works he has
done.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i>All:
</i><b>He split open the sea and let them pass through; he made the waters
stand up like
walls.
<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He led them with a
cloud by day, and all the night through with a glow of
fire. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i>All:
</i><b>He split the hard rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as from
the great
deep.
<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He brought streams
out of the cliff, and the waters gushed out like rivers. Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i>All:
</i><b>As it was the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2<sup>nd</sup>
Lesson - Philippians 2:1-13<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <i>Reader<b>: </b></i>A reading from
The Letter of Paul to the Philippians<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If then there is any encouragement in Christ,
any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and
sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love,
being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or
conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of
you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the
same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of
God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied
himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being
found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of
death - even death on a cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave
him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee
should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my
presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with
fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to
will and to work for his good pleasure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">After the reading, the reader says,
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Reader: </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Word of the
Lord
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i>All: </i><b>Thanks be to God.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Proclamation of the Gospel</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b> <i>Reader </i></b>The Lord be with you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">People</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b>And
also with you.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Reader </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to <b><i>Matthew (21:23-32)<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">People </span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and
understand: <a name="en-NRSV-23645"></a>it is not what goes into the mouth
that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that
defiles.” <a name="en-NRSV-23646"></a>Then the disciples approached and said
to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you
said?” <a name="en-NRSV-23647"></a>He answered, “Every plant that my
heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. <a name="en-NRSV-23648"></a>Let
them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person
guides another, both will fall into a pit.” <a name="en-NRSV-23649"></a>But
Peter said to him, “Explain this parable to us.” <a name="en-NRSV-23650"></a>Then
he said, “Are you also still without understanding? <a name="en-NRSV-23651"></a>Do
you not see that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out
into the sewer? <a name="en-NRSV-23652"></a>But what comes out of the mouth
proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles. <a name="en-NRSV-23653"></a>For
out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft,
false witness, slander. <a name="en-NRSV-23654"></a>These are what defile a
person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "system-ui\; font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jesus left that place and went
away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. <a name="en-NRSV-23656"></a>Just
then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have
mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.” <a name="en-NRSV-23657"></a>But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came
and urged him, saying, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.” <a name="en-NRSV-23658"></a>He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the
house of Israel.” <a name="en-NRSV-23659"></a>But she came and knelt before
him, saying, “Lord, help me.” <a name="en-NRSV-23660"></a>He answered, “It
is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” <a name="en-NRSV-23661"></a>She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs
that fall from their masters’ table.” <a name="en-NRSV-23662"></a>Then Jesus
answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.”
And her daughter was healed instantly.<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">At the conclusion of the Gospel
the reader
says:
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Gospel of
Christ.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">People </span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Praise to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Homily</span></i></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – The
Rector<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Nicene Creed</span></u></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Celebrant</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Let us
confess our faith, as we say,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">All</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b>We
believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all
that is, seen and unseen.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">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.
With the Father and the Son he is worshipped 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.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> We
look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Prayers of the People</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
Litanist: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let us approach the throne of grace on behalf of the Church,
the world, and one another.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">A brief silence is kept.</span></b></em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">Litanist: </span></b></em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Most holy Father, thank you for making us
your children through your Son, Jesus Christ. Thank you for your patience with
us when we speak and act in ways that grieve and displease you. Make us to be
like him, so we are your heart’s delight and your blessing to the world. Lord,
in your mercy, </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">All: </span></b></em><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">hear our prayer.</span></em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist:
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Praying
for the Church<i> </i>for those administering our diocese in the absence of a
bishop, and for Sandra, our Bishop Elect, we ask you to conform the Church
throughout the world to the mind of your dear Son. Conform its proclamation and
teaching to his own. Conform its works to his self-sacrificing love. Fashion
the Church ever more fully into the image and likeness of Christ, so that the
light of his love shines into the world. Lord, in your mercy, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">All: </span></b></em><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">hear our prayer.</span></em><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist:
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Put
the mind of Christ into this Parish of St. Stephen’s <i>(and this community of
St. George’s)</i>. Let his humility and self-giving love shape and direct our
words, worship, service, and fellowship. Give us such willing hearts that we
gladly speak and act in obedience to your will, to your glory and for the
building up of your people. Lord, in your mercy, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">All: </span></b></em><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">hear our prayer.</span></em><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist:
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Grant
strength, perseverance, and charity to our brothers and sisters who experience
bitter persecution throughout the world. Give them courage, strength and love.
Turn the hearts of their tormentors, so that love, repentance, reconciliation,
and true faith in you may grow. Lord, in your mercy, </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;">All: </span></b></em><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">hear our prayer.</span></em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><u><span style="font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">Litanist: </span></b></em><em><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We pray to you for Elizabeth our
Queen, and all who govern our nation under her, for those who govern this
province and municipality, for the leaders of the nations. We pray that you
will put it in their hearts to work together to address the crisis of this pandemic,
and that they will work for justice and peace for all people. Lord, in your
mercy, </span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">All: </span></b></em><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">hear our prayer.</span></em><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist:
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bring
the joy of your saving help to everyone in the midst of illness, grief,
distress, sorrow, danger or any kind of need <i>(especially...)</i>. Be their
guide and defence, grant them all their needs according to your loving will for
them, and give them wholeness of body, mind, and spirit. Lord, in your
mercy, </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">All: </span></b></em><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">hear our prayer.</span></em><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist:
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We
commend to your care and keeping all our brothers and sisters who have departed
this life and are at rest <i>(especially...). </i>Rest eternal grant to them, O
Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them. Lord, in your mercy, </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.2pt;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">All: </span></b></em><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">hear our prayer.</span></em><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Litanist:
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Father,
conform our prayers to the heart of Jesus, hear them through the interceding of
your Holy Spirit, and grant them in accordance with your gracious will, who
together with you, lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. <span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Amen</span></span>.</span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Prayer over the Gifts</span></u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">
</span> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Eternal God</span><u><o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">All: </span></i><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">in Jesus Christ we
behold your glory.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Receive the offering of your people gathered
before you, and open our hearts and mouths to praise your great salvation, the
same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><b><i><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><b><i><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Celebrant </span></u></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">And now,
as our Saviour Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b>Our
Father, who art in heaven,</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">hallowed be thy name,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">thy kingdom come,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">thy will be done,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">on earth as it is in
heaven.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Give us this day our daily
bread.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">And forgive us our
trespasses,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">as we forgive those who
trespass against us.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">And lead us not into
temptation,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">but deliver us from evil.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">For thine is the kingdom,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">the power, and the glory,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">for ever and ever. Amen.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="DefaultLTTitel" style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Exchange of Peace, Blessing,& Dismissal</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Celebrant<b> </b></span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The peace
of the Lord be always with you<b>. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">People </span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">And also with
you.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The People may exchange the peace, safely!!!</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Priest pronounces the blessing.</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Presider:
</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us go forth into the world in peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Thanks be
to God. Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">=======================================================================================================================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="DefaultLTGliederung1" style="margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Advanced Care Planning and Personal Directives Workshops<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A free workshop offered by the Nova Scotia Health Authority
(NSHA), is available, and will be running for the coming months. Learn
about how to write your personal directive for healthcare. They will be offered
every month until March, and are free! For anyone thinking about
their health, wellness and getting their personal affairs in order, this is a
wonderful tool.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Advance Care Planning and Personal Directives – INSPIRED
Program, NSHA </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Explore what advance care planning is and what to include
when creating a personal directive. To register, please call Andrew Comstock at
(902) 483-8943<br />
<br />
• Tuesday, October 20th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, November 24th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Flu Shots:</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Just a
reminder as we approach flu season to plan on getting your flu shot as a way of
advancing the public health of our families, friends, and community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #2e2e2e; font-size: 14.0pt;">PWRDF Pledges
$25,000 to Beirut Explosion Response<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt;">PWRDF stands
in solidarity with the people of Lebanon, and we pray for all who are
responding to this disaster. Many people are still missing and tens of
thousands have lost their properties. Hospitals, schools, universities and
clinics have been badly damaged. The explosion has added to the already present
trauma of economic and political challenges, and the impact of COVID-19. PWRDF
has been in contact with partner the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) to
express our sorrow, solidarity and prayers. <span style="color: black;">PWRDF is
pledging $25,000 to the ACT Alliance appeal for Beirut. ACT is in contact with </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt;">their
implementing members on the ground in Lebanon to determine how best to
respond. </span><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please support PWRDF’s response to the<b> Beirut</b> Crisis!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Donations can be made in
the following ways:</span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Online </span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #48525d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Please visit our online donation page at </span><a href="https://pwrdf.org/give-today/" target="_blank"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="background: white; color: #9d4d9c; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: white;">https://pwrdf.org/give-today/</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #48525d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">and
make your gift in Emergen</span><span style="background: white; color: #48525d;">cy
Response, </span><span style="background: white; color: #48525d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">indicating <a name="_GoBack"><b>Beirut Explosion</b> </a>in
the message box.</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">By Phone</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <br />
Call 1-866-308-7973 toll-free (please leave a message and we will return your
call), or 416-822-9083 to speak immediately with someone who can process your
donation over the phone</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">.
</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Please
do not send your credit card number by email or fax.</span><strong><span style="color: #48525d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">By Mail</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
Please make cheques payable to <b>PWRDF,</b> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Beirut Explosion </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">and send to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b>Primate's World Relief and Development
Fund<br />
</b>The Anglican Church of Canada<br />
80 Hayden Street<br />
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 3G2</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">PWRDF Humanitarian Response Coordinator</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <br />
Naba Gurung<br />
416-924-9192 ext. 321<br />
</span><a><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">ngurung@pwrdf.org</span></span></a></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Anglicans in Canada are praying, acting and
giving<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">to those affected by the <b>Beirut</b>
crisis. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Please watch for updates on PWRDF’s
response to the <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">situation at </span><a href="http://www.pwrdf.org/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">www.pwrdf.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-30039707490145894312020-09-16T12:50:00.001-03:002020-09-16T12:50:16.552-03:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Worship Bulletin for Sunday morning, <i>the<b> <u style="text-underline: red;">Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost</u></b></i>. We hope
you find this helpful in following along with the service. You are encouraged
to respond in the appropriate places. The service is taken from the Book of
Common Prayer. If you do not have a copy, you can access it at either </span><a href="https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> or </span><a href="http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">St.
Stephen’s Anglican Parish<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">9:00
am Saint George’s, East River</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>10:30 am St. Stephen’s Comm. Ctr, Chester<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7:00 All Saints Church, Canaan<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u style="text-underline: red;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>20 September 2020<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our mission is to worship God and care for</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">God’s people in the spirit of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u style="text-underline: red;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sixteenth Sunday after
Pentecost<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Lord’s Prayer &
Collect for Purity – page 67<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Summary of the Law – page
69<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“Kyrie” and Mutual Salutation
– page 70<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Collect of the Day:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">O God, from your providing hand even the dissatisfied and
grumbling receive what they need for their lives. Teach us your ways of justice
and lead us to practise your generosity, so that we may live a life worthy of
the gospel made known through your Son Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: lime; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: lime;">Reader:</span></i><span style="background: lime; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: lime;"> A Reading from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Exodus 16:2-15</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The whole congregation of the
Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The Israelites
said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of
Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have
brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with
hunger." Then the Lord said to Moses, "I am going to rain bread from
heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that
day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or
not. On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice
as much as they gather on other days." So Moses and Aaron said to all the
Israelites, "In the evening you shall know that it was the Lord who
brought you out of the land of Egypt, and in the morning you shall see the
glory of the Lord, because he has heard your complaining against the Lord. For
what are we, that you complain against us?" And Moses said, "When the
Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and your fill of bread in the
morning, because the Lord has heard the complaining that you utter against him
- what are we? Your complaining is not against us but against the Lord."
Then Moses said to Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of the
Israelites, 'Draw near to the Lord, for he has heard your complaining.'"
And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked
toward the wilderness, and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. The
Lord spoke to Moses and said, "I have heard the complaining of the
Israelites; say to them, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning
you shall have your fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your
God.'" In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the
morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the layer of dew lifted,
there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as
frost on the ground. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another,
"What is it?" For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them,
"It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Reader: The Word of the Lord <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">:</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Thanks be to God<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: lime; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: lime;">Psalm:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">105:1-6, 37-45 – p. 464 & p. 467</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: lime; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: lime;">Reader: </span></i><span style="background: lime; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: lime;">A Reading from the First Letter of Paul to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Philippians
1:21-30</i></b></span><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For to me, living is Christ
and dying is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labour for
me; and I do not know which I prefer. I am hard pressed between the two: my
desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better; but to remain
in the flesh is more necessary for you. Since I am convinced of this, I know
that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in
faith, so that I may share abundantly in your boasting in Christ Jesus when I
come to you again. Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the Gospel of
Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I
will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with
one mind for the faith of the gospel, and are in no way intimidated by your
opponents. For them this is evidence of their destruction, but of your
salvation. And this is God's doing. For he has graciously granted you the
privilege not only of believing in Christ, but of suffering for him as well -
since you are having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I
still have.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Reader</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">: The
Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">: Thanks be to God<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> : The Lord be with you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And with thy spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: lime; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: lime;">Presider: </span></i><span style="background: lime; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: lime;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Matthew
20:1-16</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Glory be to thee, O Lord. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Jesus said, "For the
kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire
labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labourers for the usual
daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine
o'clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and he said to them,
'You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' So they
went. When he went out again about noon and about three o'clock, he did the
same. And about five o'clock he went out and found others standing around; and
he said to them, 'Why are you standing here idle all day?' They said to him,
'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the
vineyard.' When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager,
'Call the labourers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then
going to the first.' When those hired about five o'clock came, each of them
received the usual daily wage. Now when the first came, they thought they would
receive more; but each of them also received the usual daily wage. And when
they received it, they grumbled against the landowner, saying, 'These last
worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the
burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to one of them,
'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for the usual daily
wage? Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same
as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me?
Or are you envious because I am generous?' So the last will be first, and the
first will be last."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Gospel of Christ.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">: Praise be to thee, O Christ".<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Nicene Creed - p. 71 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Homily – The Rector<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Offertory Sentence &
Preparation of the Altar<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Prayer over the Gifts – p. 74<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Biddings & Intercessory
Prayer – p. 75<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Invitation, Confession,
Absolution, and Comfortable Words – p. 76-78<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanksgiving &
Consecration, with </span>Preface for Ascension <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">–
p. 78-83<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Please respond in the
appropriate places, as indicated in the Book of Common Prayer. The Celebrant
gives voice to the prayer alone, on behalf of the congregation. However, the
“responses” at the appropriate moments, and especially the “Amen” at the end of
the Prayer of Consecration are vital for the people to offer. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The reason the responses,
and especially the “Amen”, is important, is to assist in receiving what is
called “Spiritual Communion”. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Those who, in respect to
personal safety, do not wish to physically receive, may make their Communion
spiritually. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Regarding “Spiritual
Communion”, according to the Book of Common Prayer, anyone who believes the
Prayer of Consecration, and that the bread is truly the Body of Christ, and
that the wine is truly the Blood of Christ receives all the benefits of Holy
Communion, without actually physically receiving the elements themselves. This
belief is signified by the worshipper saying “Amen” to the Prayer, and when the
bread and wine are received by the Priest. In this respect, the Priest
receives Communion on behalf of the people. “Spiritual Communion” is to be used
in extenuating circumstances only – which this time of pandemic certainly is.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Peace & Prayer of
Humble Access – p. 83<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“Agnus Dei”</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> - p. 84<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Presider: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The gifts of God for the people of God.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks be to God.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Again, at the receiving of
bread and wine, the people respond “Amen.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Lord’s Prayer, Prayer
after Communion, “<i>Gloria</i>”, & Blessing – p. 85-86<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Advanced Care Planning and Personal Directives Workshops<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A free workshop offered by the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA),
is available, and will be running for the coming months. Learn about how
to write your personal directive for healthcare. They will be offered every
month until March, and are free! For anyone thinking about their
health, wellness and getting their personal affairs in order, this is a
wonderful tool.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Advance Care Planning and Personal Directives – INSPIRED
Program, NSHA <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Explore what advance care planning is and what to include
when creating a personal directive. To register, please call Andrew Comstock at
(902) 483-8943<br />
• Tuesday, September 22nd from 1:00 – 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for
Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, October 20th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, November 24th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<br />
• Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm (online via Zoom for Healthcare)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Flu
Shots:</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Just a reminder as we
approach flu season to plan on getting your flu shot as a way of advancing the
public health of our families, friends, and community.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="color: #2e2e2e; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">PWRDF Pledges $25,000 to Beirut <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Explosion Response</span></b><b><span style="color: #2e2e2e; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt;">PWRDF stands
in solidarity with the people of Lebanon, and we pray for all who are
responding to this disaster. Many people are still missing and tens of
thousands have lost their properties. Hospitals, schools, universities and
clinics have been badly damaged. The explosion has added to the already present
trauma of economic and political challenges, and the impact of COVID-19. PWRDF
has been in contact with partner the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) to
express our sorrow, solidarity and prayers. <span style="color: black;">PWRDF is
pledging $25,000 to the ACT Alliance appeal for Beirut. ACT is in contact with </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt;">their
implementing members on the ground in Lebanon to determine how best to
respond. </span><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please support PWRDF’s response to the<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Beirut</b> Crisis!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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ways:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Explosion </span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and send to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Primate's World Relief and Development
Fund<br />
</b>The Anglican Church of Canada<br />
80 Hayden Street<br />
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<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please watch for updates on
PWRDF’s response to the <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">situation at </span><a href="http://www.pwrdf.org/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">www.pwrdf.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>St. Stephen's Parish, Chester, NShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832628537494405949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686454083958322.post-12030198042820139042020-09-09T11:37:00.000-03:002020-09-09T11:37:15.753-03:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Worship Bulletin for Sunday morning, <i>the<b> <u>Fifteenth
Sunday after Pentecost</u></b></i> We hope you find this helpful in
following along with the service. You are encouraged to respond in the
appropriate places. The service is taken from the Book of Common Prayer. If you
do not have a copy, you can access it at either </span><a href="https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/BCP.pdf</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> or </span><a href="http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10:30 am St. Stephen’s On-line Service, Chester<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><u style="text-underline: #00B050;"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">Fifteenth Sunday
after Pentecost</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="font-size: 24.0pt;">13 September 2020 <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgIcSwrajUWOu20LerDHz7AvK27UcpLpBrqY-Hqzy4w7OX4HAb87y1ayU2xvBiRkanTpHqz12r44l3sSpLzRJ4sTBLQX_5mIFtt8ila8ljtCyXWJEI-nZckN69NVTNUL1DdgePXRxSWA/s320/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgIcSwrajUWOu20LerDHz7AvK27UcpLpBrqY-Hqzy4w7OX4HAb87y1ayU2xvBiRkanTpHqz12r44l3sSpLzRJ4sTBLQX_5mIFtt8ila8ljtCyXWJEI-nZckN69NVTNUL1DdgePXRxSWA/s0/images.jpg" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /> <o:p></o:p></b></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Our
mission is to worship God and care for</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">God’s
people in the spirit of Christ….<span class="WPHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">MORNING PRAYER</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="WPHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Book of Common
Prayer)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Penitential Rite:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 4</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Responsory:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 5</i></span></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Venite:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 6</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Proclamation of the Word</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm: </span></b></span><b><u><span style="background: lime; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: lime;">Psalm 114</span></u></b><span style="background: lime; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: lime;"> (page 479)</span><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">WHEN Israel came out of Egypt, / and the house of
Jacob from among the strange people,<br />
<b>Judah was his sanctuary, / and Israel his dominion.</b><br />
THE sea saw that, and fled; / Jordan was driven back.<br />
<b>The mountains skipped like rams, / and the little hills like young sheep.</b><br />
WHAT aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest, / and thou Jordan, that thou
wast driven back?<br />
<b>Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, / and ye little hills, like young
sheep?</b><br />
TREMBLE, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord: / at the presence of the God
of Jacob;<br />
<b>Who turned the hard rock into a standing water, / and the flint-stone into a
springing well.</b> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Officiant: </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.</span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All: </span></i><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lesson:
</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><i><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">Exodus 14:19-31</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The angel of God who was going before the Israelite army
moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from in front of them
and took its place behind them. It came between the army of Egypt and the army
of Israel. And so the cloud was there with the darkness, and it lit up the
night; one did not come near the other all night. Then Moses stretched out his
hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night,
and turned the sea into dry land; and the waters were divided. The Israelites
went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their
right and on their left. The Egyptians pursued, and went into the sea after
them, all of Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and chariot drivers. At the morning
watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and cloud looked down upon the Egyptian
army, and threw the Egyptian army into panic. He clogged their chariot wheels
so that they turned with difficulty. The Egyptians said, "Let us flee from
the Israelites, for the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt." Then the
Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the water
may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and chariot
drivers." So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the
sea returned to its normal depth. As the Egyptians fled before it, the Lord
tossed the Egyptians into the sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots
and the chariot drivers, the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed them into
the sea; not one of them remained. But the Israelites walked on dry ground
through the sea, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their
left. Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the Egyptians; and Israel saw
the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great work that the Lord did
against the Egyptians. So the people feared the Lord and believed in the Lord and
in his servant Moses.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God</i><span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;">Te Deum:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">
<i>p. 7</i></span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Epistle:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><i>
<span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">Romans<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>14:1-12</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome those who are weak
in faith, but not for the purpose of quarrelling over opinions. Some believe in
eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables. Those who eat must not
despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgement on
those who eat; for God has welcomed them. Who are you to pass judgement on
servants of another? It is before their own lord that they stand or fall. And
they will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make them stand. Some judge one
day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all
be fully convinced in their own minds. Those who observe the day, observe it in
honour of the Lord. Also those who eat, eat in honour of the Lord, since they
give thanks to God; while those who abstain, abstain in honour of the Lord and
give thanks to God. We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to
ourselves. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord;
so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. For to this end
Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the
living. Why do you pass judgement on your brother or sister? Or you, why do you
despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgement seat
of God. For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow
to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God." So then, each of us
will be accountable to God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Word of the Lord</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God</i><span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Benedictus:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<i>p. 9</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">Gospel
Lesson:</span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-highlight: white;">
</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: lime; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: lime;">Matthew 18:21-35</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then Peter came and said to Jesus, "Lord, if another
member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as
seven times?" Jesus said to him, "Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven
times. For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who
wished to settle accounts with his slaves. When he began the reckoning, one who
owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him; and, as he could not pay, his
lord ordered him to be sold, together with his wife and children and all his
possessions, and payment to be made. So the slave fell on his knees before him,
saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.' And out of pity
for him, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the debt. But that
same slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow slaves who owed him a
hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat, he said, 'Pay what you owe.'
Then his fellow slave fell down and pleaded with him, 'Have patience with me,
and I will pay you.' But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison
until he would pay the debt. When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they
were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had
taken place. Then his lord summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked slave! I
forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. Should you not have had
mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?' And in anger his lord
handed him over to be tortured until he would pay his entire debt. So my
heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your
brother or sister from your heart."<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Word of the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Thanks be to God</i><span class="text"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Reflection:</span></b></span><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Apostles’ Creed</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">:
<i>p. 10</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lord’s Prayer:</span></b></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">
p. 11</span></i></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Versicles and Responses</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">:
<i>p. 11</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Collect of the Day</span></u></b><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">God of love, you brought your people out of slavery
with a mighty hand. Deliver us from our captivity to self-interest and our
indifference to the gifts of others, so that we may be ready to love as you
have loved us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard"><span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;">Collects
for Peace and Grace:</span></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white; color: black;">
<i>p. 11-12</i></span></span><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">Intercessory
Prayers </span></i></b></span><span class="text"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text"><i><span style="background: white; color: black;">General
Thanksgiving, Prayer of Saint Chrysostom, The Grace p.14-15 </span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Flu
Shots:</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Just a reminder as we
approach flu season to plan on getting your flu shot as a way of advancing the
public health of our families, friends, and community.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #2e2e2e; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">PWRDF Pledges
$25,000 to Beirut <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Explosion Response</span></b><b><span style="color: #2e2e2e; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt;">PWRDF stands
in solidarity with the people of Lebanon, and we pray for all who are
responding to this disaster. Many people are still missing and tens of
thousands have lost their properties. Hospitals, schools, universities and
clinics have been badly damaged. The explosion has added to the already present
trauma of economic and political challenges, and the impact of COVID-19. PWRDF
has been in contact with partner the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) to
express our sorrow, solidarity and prayers. <span style="color: black;">PWRDF is
pledging $25,000 to the ACT Alliance appeal for Beirut. ACT is in contact with </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt;">their
implementing members on the ground in Lebanon to determine how best to
respond. </span><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Please support PWRDF’s response to the<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Beirut</b> Crisis!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Donations can be made in the following
ways:</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Online </strong><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #48525d;">Please visit our online
donation page at </span><a href="https://pwrdf.org/give-today/" target="_blank"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="background: white; color: #9d4d9c;">https://pwrdf.org/give-today/</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #48525d;">and make your gift in Emergen</span><span style="background: white; color: #48525d;">cy Response, </span><span style="background: white; color: #48525d;">indicating <a name="_GoBack"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Beirut Explosion</b> </a>in the message
box.</span><span style="background: white; color: black;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>By Phone</strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
<br />
Call 1-866-308-7973 toll-free (please leave a message and we will return your call),
or 416-822-9083 to speak immediately with someone who can process your donation
over the phone</span>. <span style="font-size: 11pt;">Please do not send your credit card number by email or fax.</span><strong><span style="color: #48525d; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>By Mail</strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
Please make cheques payable to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PWRDF,</b>
</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Beirut
Explosion </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">and send to:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Primate's World Relief and Development
Fund<br />
</b>The Anglican Church of Canada<br />
80 Hayden Street<br />
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 3G2</span><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>PWRDF Humanitarian Response
Coordinator</strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <br />
Naba Gurung<br />
416-924-9192 ext. 321<br />
</span><a><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ngurung@pwrdf.org</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anglicans in Canada are
praying, acting and giving<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to those affected by the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Beirut</b> crisis. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Please watch for updates on
PWRDF’s response to the <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">situation at </span><a href="http://www.pwrdf.org/"><span class="InternetLink"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">www.pwrdf.org</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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