The Third Sunday in Lent

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The Right Reverend John C. Bauerschmidt--Bishop of TennesseeThe Reverend Joseph B. Howard--Vicar

Order of Worship

Te vision of St. Francis Church is to be a communitydedicated to the transformation of lives with the Gospel of

Jesus Christ for the Kingdom of God.

The Third Sunday of Lent

St. Francis ChurchBiblically minded. Mission Driven.


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A note for visitors: Were thankful that you could join us for worship today, andwe pray God blesses you in your time here. The service is printed in your bulletin andinsert. If you have any questions dont hesitate to ask someone around you!

St. Francis Church wants to encourage families to worship together. The practice ofdividing families for worship is a modern invention and is often detrimental to the goalof worshipping as a body. In order to be a community where all ages feel welcome,

we provide coloring materials for children to use during worship and seek to be acommunity that understands the specic gifts and challenges that children bring. Weencourage you, should you feel comfortable doing so, to sit toward the front with yourchildren, as little-ones are often more attentive if they can see what is happening.

That being said, we understand that there may be times when it is best to takeadvantage of child care, which we have available in the room immediately through the

Kitchen off of the entryway. All parents are provided with vibrating beepers to informthem should anything come up requiring their attention.

In Preparation for worship: We invite you to take a few moments before the servicebegins to be still, and rest from the business of your lives. Take time to breathe deeply,and reect upon the past week. When youre ready, you might say the following prayeror one like it in preparation for worship.

O Almighty God, who pours out on all who desire it the spirit of grace andof supplication: Deliver us, when we draw near to you, from coldness ofheart and wanderings of mind, that with steadfast thoughts and kindled

affections we may worship you in spirit and in truth; though Jesus Christour Lord. Amen.

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TheWordof God

Processional: Come, Thou Fount of every Blessing Lift Every Voice and Sing 111

Opening Acclamation:

Celebrant: Blessed be the God of our salvationPeople: Who bears our burdens and forgives our sins.

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Collect for Purity:

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secretsare hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, thatwe may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our

Lord. Amen.

Kyrie

Celebrant: Lord have mercyPeople: Christ have mercyCelebrant: Lord have mercy

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.People: And also with you.Celebrant: Let us pray.

Collect of the Day:

Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep usboth outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended fromall adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which mayassault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with youand the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Reading: Exodus 17:1-7

All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages,according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim; but there wasno water for the people to drink. Therefore the people found fault with Moses, and said,Give us water to drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you nd fault with me? Whydo you put the Lord to the proof? But the people thirsted there for water, and the peoplemurmured against Moses, and said, Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us andour children and our cattle with thirst? So Moses cried to the Lord, What shall I do withthis people? They are almost ready to stone me. And the Lord said to Moses, Pass on

before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand therod with which you struck the Nile, and go. Behold, I will stand before you there on therock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, that the peoplemay drink. And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. And he called the nameof the place Massah and Meribah, because of the faultnding of the children of Israel, and

because they put the Lord to the proof by saying, Is the Lord among us or not?

Reader: The Word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.

The Psalm of the day:

Psalm 95Venite, exultemus

1 Come, let us sing to the Lord; *let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

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2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.

3 For the Lord is a great God, *and a great King above all gods.

4 In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *

and the heights of the hills are his also.

5 The sea is his, for he made it, *and his hands have molded the dry land.

6 Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

7 For he is our God,

and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!

8 Harden not your hearts,as your forebears did in the wilderness, *at Meribah, and on that day at Massah,

when they tempted me.

9 They put me to the test, *

though they had seen my works.

10 Forty years long I detested that generation and said, *This people are wayward in their hearts;they do not know my ways.

11 So I swore in my wrath, *They shall not enter into my rest.

Second Reading: Romans 5:1-11

Therefore, since we are justied by faith, we have peace with God through our LordJesus Christ. Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand,and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice inour sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance producescharacter, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because Godslove has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given tous. While we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Why, one willhardly die for a righteous manthough perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die.

But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Since,therefore, we are now justied by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him fromthe wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the deathof his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. Not onlyso, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have nowreceived our reconciliation.

Reader: The Word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.

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Sequence Hymn: Blessed Jesus, at Thy Word Hymnal 440

Gospeller: The Holy Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ according to ______.

People: Glory to you, Lord Christ

Gospel Reading: John 4:5-42

So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the eld that Jacob gave to his sonJoseph. Jacobs well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, satdown beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. There came a woman of Samaria todraw water. Jesus said to her, Give me a drink. For his disciples had gone away intothe city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, How is it that you, a Jew, ask a

drink of me, a woman of Samaria? For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus6


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answered her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, Give mea drink, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water. The

woman said to him, Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where doyou get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well,and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle? Jesus said to her, Every one

who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall givehim will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water

welling up to eternal life. The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may notthirst, nor come here to draw. Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband, and come here.The woman answered him, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You are right insaying, I have no husband; for you have had ve husbands, and he whom you now haveis not your husband; this you said truly. The woman said to him, Sir, I perceive that youare a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that in Jerusalem isthe place where men ought to worship. Jesus said to her, Woman, believe me, the houris coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the

Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship theFather in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, andthose who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. The woman said to him, Iknow that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show usall things. Jesus said to her, I who speak to you am he. Just then his disciples came.They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, What do you wish? or,Why are you talking with her? So the woman left her water jar, and went away into thecity, and said to the people, Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this bethe Christ? They went out of the city and were coming to him. Meanwhile the disciples

besought him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But he said to them, I have food to eat of which youdo not know. So the disciples said to one another, Has any one brought him food?Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his

work. Do you not say, There are yet four months, then comes the harvest? I tell you, liftup your eyes, and see how the elds are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives

wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.For here the saying holds true, One sows and another reaps. I sent you to reap that for

which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the womans testimony, Hetold me all that I ever did. So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay

with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word.They said to the woman, It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for wehave heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.

Gospeller: The Gospel of the LordPeople: Praise to you, Lord Christ

Sermon: The Rev. Joseph B. Howard

TheNiceNe creedWe 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,

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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 salvationhe came down from heaven:

by the power of the Holy Spirithe became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,and was made man.For our sake he was crucied under Pontius Pilate;he suffered death and was buried.On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;he ascended into heavenand is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,who proceeds from the Father and the Son.With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and gloried.He has spoken through the Prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The PrayersofThe PeoPle

Leader: Let us pray

In our Diocese we pray for Otey Memorial Parish, Sewanee.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for The Church of the Province of

Central Africa The Most Revd Bernard Amos Malango Archbishop of CentralAfrica & Bishop of Upper Shire

Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church;

People: That we all may be one.

Leader: Grant that every member of the Church may truly and humbly serve you;People: That your Name may be gloried by all people.

Leader: We pray for all bishops, priests, and deacons;People: That they may be faithful ministers of your Word and Sacra-

ments.

Leader: We pray for all who govern and hold authority in the nations of theworld;

People: That there may be justice and peace on the earth.

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Leader: Give us grace to do your will in all that we undertake;People: That our works may nd favor in your sight.

Leader: Have compassion on those who suffer from any grief or trouble;People: That they may be delivered from their distress.

Leader: Give to the departed eternal rest;

People: Let light perpetual shine upon them.

Leader: We praise you for your saints who have entered into joy;People: May we also come to share in your heavenly kingdom.

Let us pray for our own needs and those of others.

Silence

Celebrant: Almighty God, to whom our needs are known before we ask, help us to askonly what accords with your will; and those good things which we darenot, or in our blindness cannot ask, grant us for the sake of your Son JesusChrist our Lord. Amen.

Celebrant: Jesus said, The rst commandment is this: Hear, O Israel: The Lord ourGod is the only Lord. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, withall your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The secondis this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment

greater than these.Mark 12:29-31

Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

The coNfessioN

Most merciful God,we confess that we have sinned against youin thought, word, and deed,

by what we have done,and by what we have left undone.We have not loved you with our whole heart;we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.

For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,have mercy on us and forgive us;that we may delight in your will,and walk in your ways,

to the glory of your Name. Amen.

Celebrant: Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through ourLord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of theHoly Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen.

Celebrant: The peace of the Lord be always with you.People: And also with you.

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Announcements

TheholycommuNioN

Offertory music selected by the musician

All stand for the Doxology: #380 (last verse)

Praise God from whom all blessings owPraise Him all creatures here belowPraise Him above ye heavnly hostPraise Father Son and Holy Ghost

Celebrant: All things come of thee O Lord.People: And of thine own have we given thee.

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.People: And also with you.

Celebrant: Lift up your hearts.People: We lift them to the Lord.

Celebrant: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.People: It is right to give him thanks and praise.

It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you,Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who was tempted in every way as we are, yet didnot sin. By his grace we are able to triumph over every evil, and to live no longer forourselves alone, but for him who died for us and rose again.

Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all thecompany of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:

The Sanctus: S-130

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might,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.

Please stand or kneel at this time, as best helps you to pray.

Holy and gracious Father: In your innite love you made us for yourself; and, when wehad fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent JesusChrist, your only and eternal Son, to share our human nature, to live and die as one ofus, to reconcile us to you, the God and Father of all.

He stretched out his arms upon the cross, and offered himself, in obedience to your will,a perfect sacrice for the whole world.

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bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, andsaid, Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance ofme.

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.

Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith:

Christ has died.Christ is risen.Christ will come again.

We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, O Father, in this sacrice of praise and

thanksgiving. Recalling his death, resurrection, and ascension, we offer you these gifts.

Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people the Body and Blood of your Son,the holy food and drink of new and unending life in him. Sanctify us also that we may

faithfully receive this holy Sacrament, and serve you in unity, constancy, and peace; andat the last day bring us with all your saints into the joy of your eternal kingdom.

All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ. By him, and with him, and in him, in theunity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever.

AMEN.

And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,

Our Father, who art in heaven,hallowed by thy Name,thy kingdom come,thy will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those

who trespass against us.And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom,and the power, and the glory,for ever and ever. Amen.

The BreakiNGofThe Bread

Celebrant: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world:People: Have mercy upon us.Celebrant: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world:

People: Have mercy upon us.Celebrant: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world:

People: Grant us Thy peace.

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The Gifts of God for the People of God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died foryou, and feed on him in your hearts by faith, with thanksgiving.

ON RECEIVING COMMUNION: All baptized persons who are in love and charitywith their neighbors are welcome to receive communion. If you do not wish to receive,you are invited to come for a prayer of blessingsimply cross your arms over your chest

to let the servers know that you will not be receiving.

Prayers before receiving can be found on pages 337 (the Prayer of Humble Access)and 834 in the Book of Common Prayer (the red books available under your chairs).

Communion music chosen by the musician.

Post-Communion Prayer

Almighty and everliving God,we thank you for feeding uswith the spiritual foodof the most precious Body and Bloodof your Son our Savior Jesus Christ;and for assuring us in these holy mysteriesthat we are living members of the Body of your Son,and heirs of your eternal kingdom.

And now, Father, send us out

to do the work you have given us to do,to love and serve youas faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord.To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit,

be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

Solemn Prayer over the people

Celebrant: Bow down before the Lord.

all kneel

Look mercifully on this your family, Almighty God, that by your great goodness theymay be governed and preserved evermore; through Christ our Lord.Amen.

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The Recessional: Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah Hymnal 690

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Celebrant says the dismissalPeople: Thanks be to God.

A Note on Todays Readings

The third Sunday of LentYear A

Welcome to our church on this Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. This story is one of theclassic biblical passages for those preparing for baptism at Easter. As the woman wasgradually enlightened about Jesus and about her relationship to God, so the candidatesare growing in their relationship with God during Lent. They look forward to receiving in

baptism the living water of Gods Spirit in their lives. Those already baptized are lledwith that living water and continue to be enlighted by Gods Spirit.

In the rst reading, we move forward in the history of salvation from the call of Abrahamand Sarah to the account of Moses and Israel in the Exodus from Egypt. On the occasion

we read about today, God provides water for the people in the desert. This is an image ofGods loving care for all people in the spiritual dryness of this world.The second reading is about the new life we have in God through Christ. Jesus gave up hislife for us, in order that we might be put right with God. In his death and resurrection, theestrangement between God and humanity is being repaired. We, in baptism, have beenreconciled with God.

As people in the desert thirst for water, so Christians nd in their Lenten living the thirstfor life that only God can quench. All of us, both the baptized and those preparing for

baptism, are, like the Samaritan woman, being enlightened and lled with the grace of theliving water that comes from our Savior.

From The Rite Light: Reections on the Sunday Readings and Seasons of the ChurchYear. Copyright 2007 by Michael W. Merriman. Church Publishing Incorporated, NewYork.

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Announcements

Welcome to our guests!Were very happy that you chose to worship with us this morning. Please join us after theservice for snacks and conversation, to take some time to get to know us and for us to getto know you. We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Upcoming events & service opportunities:

I Believe:Please join us on Wednesday night at 6:00 for soup and salad followed by aLenten reection on the subject of belief and trust.

Church Beautication Project:In the interests of making our worship space more beautiful and worshipful, Anna andLinda are proposing Lenten Banner Sewing Parties starting on February 9th. Wereplanning for four of these parties each Saturday, ending on March 1st. They will run from10 am until 2pm, with lunch provided. For more info, call Anna at 440-6493 or Linda at672-9749.

Junior Acolytes:We have several young people who are interested in being Junior Acolytes. We will bescheduling a Saturday morning introduction to acolyting after Easter. If you you areinterested, theres still time to get involved, just let Fr. Jody know.

Volunteer opportunities at St. Francis:

If you are interested in any of the following ministries, please let Fr. Jody know after theservice or via email: [email protected] .

Reader/Lector (Read the lessons and lead prayers)

Newsletter & website team (basically contributing to both of these, helping to organizethem, not doing it all. The more the merrier)

Scheduling (you would basically set up the server schedule each month, email it to the

servers and post it on the bulletin board and web site.)

Sexton team (Several members already volunteer their time and energy to help keep St.Francis clean and tidy. If you would like to join them and volunteer your time, sign on tothis ministry)

If you have an announcement that you would like in the bulletin, please email it to Fr.Jody by Wednesday the week before so it can be included.


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Bishop of TennesseeThe Rt. Rev. John C. Bauerschmidt

VicarThe Rev. Joseph B. Howard

Mission Council MembersSenior Warden: Ralph Eddy

Member: Linda PalmerMember: Thom ChittomTreasurer: Shelley Sircy

Clerk: Nanci Frey

AccompanistThomas Duffy

Schedule of Ministry:

Preacher & Celebrant: The Rev. Joseph B. Howard Reader: Nanci Frey

Acolyte/Crucifer: none Prayer Station: Linda Palmer

Oblationers: The Chittom Family Chalicist: Anna Howard

To check the schedule online, visit:

http://stfrancis-tn.net and go to congregational resources-->schedule

To get in touch with Fr. Jody for any reason, you can reach him at the Church, 851-0790, his cell, 440-6492 or via

email at [email protected]._______________________________________________________________________________

St. Francis ChurchBiblically minded. Mission driven.812 Meadowlark LnPO Box 697Goodlettsville, TN 37072Phone: 851-0790

http://stfrancis-tn.net

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