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St. Martins Episcopal ChurchA Beacon of Christs Love, Spirit Fed, Serving Others

December 16, 2012 8:00a.m.

The Third Sunday of Advent

Welcome! We are glad you are worshiping here today. We encourage all to settle in to a spirit of prayer before the service begins. Pleasebe sensitive to the needs of your fellow worshipers by silencing cell phones and maintaining a spirit of God focused peace. Thank you.

THE WORD OF GOD Prayer Book Pages

The Holy Eucharist: Rite I The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) 323

Lighting of the Advent Wreath (Third week of Advent):

Light the first, second, and third candles (the rose candle is the third candle).Leader

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.

Leader and people

Blessed Father, we pray that the whole world may share with us the joy ofknowing you. Give faith to those who doubt; give hope to those who are in need;give love to those who are friendless and alone; and draw us all closer together inthe power of your Holy Spirit and the presence of your Son Jesus Christ, who liveand reign with you forever and ever. Amen.

Opening Acclamation 323The people standing, the Celebrant says.

Blessed be God; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.People And blessed be Gods kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

Collect for Purity 323The Celebrant says

Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom nosecrets are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit,that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ ourLord.

People Amen.

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The Summary of the Law 324Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ saith: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thyheart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and greatcommandment. And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.

The Trisagion 324To be said three times:

Celebrant Holy God,

Holy & Mighty,Holy Immortal One,

People Have mercy upon us.

The Collect of the Day

Celebrant The Lord be with you.People And with thy spirit.Celebrant Let us pray.Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we aresorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliverus; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and

glory, now and for ever. Amen.People Amen.

The People sit.

The First Lesson Zephaniah 3:14-20Reader A Reading from the Book of Zephaniah.

Sing aloud, O daughter Zion;shout, O Israel!

Rejoice and exult with all your heart,O daughter Jerusalem!

The LORD has taken away the judgments against you,

he has turned away your enemies.The king of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst;you shall fear disaster no more.

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On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:Do not fear, O Zion;

do not let your hands grow weak.

The LORD, your God, is in your midst,a warrior who gives victory;he will rejoice over you with gladness,

he will renew you in his love;he will exult over you with loud singing

as on a day of festival.

I will remove disaster from you,so that you will not bear reproach for it.I will deal with all your oppressors

at that time.And I will save the lame

and gather the outcast,

and I will change their shame into praiseand renown in all the earth.At that time I will bring you home,

at the time when I gather you;for I will make you renowned and praised

among all the peoples of the earth,

when I restore your fortunesbefore your eyes, says the LORD.

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

In unison

Canticle 9 BCP 86

Surely, it is God who saves me; *I will trust in him and not be afraid.

For the Lord is my stronghold and my sure defense, *and he will be my Savior.

Therefore you shall draw water with rejoicing *from the springs of salvation.

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And on that day you shall say, *Give thanks to the Lord and call upon his Name;

Make his deeds known among the peoples; *see that they remember that his Name is exalted.

Sing the praises of the Lord, for he has done great things, *and this is known in all the world.

Cry aloud, inhabitants of Zion, ring out your joy, *for the great one in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

The Second Lesson Phillipians 4:4-7Reader A Reading from the Letter of Paul to the Phillipians.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known toeveryone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer andsupplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peaceof God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds inChrist Jesus.

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

All stand.

The Holy Gospel Luke 3:7-18Priest The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.People Glory be to thee, O Lord.

John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Whowarned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do notbegin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our ancestor'; for I tell you, God is ablefrom these stones to raise up children to Abraham. Even now the ax is lying at the root ofthe trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown intothe fire."

And the crowds asked him, "What then should we do?" In reply he said to them,"Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food

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must do likewise." Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him,"Teacher, what should we do?" He said to them, "Collect no more than the amountprescribed for you." Soldiers also asked him, "And we, what should we do?" He said tothem, "Do not extort money from anyone by threats or false accusation, and be satisfiedwith your wages."

As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their heartsconcerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying,"I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am notworthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheatinto his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."

So, with many other exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people.

Priest The Gospel of the Lord.People Praise be to thee, O Christ.

The Sermon The Rev. Jon Hall

The Nicene Creed (stand) 326

The Prayers of the People (kneel or stand) 328

CelebrantThe Confession 331

Celebrant

The Absolution 332

The Peace (stand) 332

Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you.People And with thy spirit.

Welcome and Announcements

Invitation for Birthday & Anniversary Blessings

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THE HOLY COMMUNION

The OffertoryCelebrant All things come of Thee, O Lord,

People And of Thine own have we given Thee.

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING EUCHARISTIC PRAYERI 333

The Sursum Corda 333

The Proper Preface 345

The Sanctus 334

Prayer of Consecration (kneel or stand) 334

The Lords Prayer 336

The Fraction 337

The Agnus Dei 337

Prayer of Humble Access 337

Invitation 338All baptized Christians are invited to receive Holy Communion when visiting the Episcopal Church. When you kneel at the altar

rail, place one hand over the other to receive the bread in the palm of your hand, then lift it to your mouth. Gently hold the chalice by thebase and guide it to your lips or you may hold the wafer and when the chalice comes before you, dip the wafer into the wine. FullCommunion is received in either the bread or the wine individually.

Those who do not wish to receive are invited to come to the altar rail and kneel to receive a blessing. Cross your arms over yourchest as a sign that you are covered by the cross of Christ and the priest will be glad to offer you a blessing.

If you are unable to come to the communion rail, please notify an usher, so that communion may be brought to you in the pew.

The Sending Forth of Our Eucharistic VisitorsThe Eucharistic Visitors come forward to the Altar

Priest In the healing name of Jesus and this congregation we send you forth bearingthese holy gifts, that those to whom you go may share with us in the

communion of Christs Body and Blood.People We who are many are one body, because we share one bread, one cup.

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The Post Communion Prayer (kneel or stand) 339

The BlessingMay you, who rejoice in the first Advent of our Redeemer, at his second Advent be

rewarded with unending life; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, andthe Holy Spirit, be upon you and remain with you for ever.People Amen.

The DismissalPriest Let us bless the Lord.People Thanks be to God.

Liturgical Participants

Celebrant The Rev. Jon Hall

Assisting Priest The Rev. Stephen Bergmann

Crucifer Tom Soule

Lessons & Prayer Jim Crabtree

Chalice Bearer Heidi Gioia, Jim Crabtree

Ushers Ginny & Bob Marchetto

Altar Guild Nancy Young, Vikki NordeenRuth Minster

Greeter Elin Cogan-Adewunmi

Eucharistic Visitors Rebecca Barger, Mary Richardson

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St. Martins Episcopal Church15764 Clayton Rd.

Ellisville, Missouri 63011Phone: 636.227.1484 Fax: 636.227.1494www.stmartinschurch.org

http://www.facebook.com/stmartinschurch

The Rt. Reverend George Wayne Smith, Bishop of MissouriThe Reverend Jon W. Hall, Rector, jhall@stmartinschurch.org

The Reverend Emily Hillquist Davis, Assisting Priest, edavis@stmartinschurch.orgThe Reverend Stephen Bergmann, Pastoral Assistant, jsb42@charter.net

Janis Greenbaum, Communications Coordinator, jgreenbaum@stmartinschurch.orgMichelle Magee, Administrative Assistant to Clergy, mmagee@stmartinschurch.org

Janet Theiss, Parish Administrator, jtheiss@stmartinschurch.orgClay McKinney, Music Director, cmckinney@stmartinschurch.org

Denise Marsh, OrganistTom Warrington, Sexton

Patrick Nelson, Sunday Sexton

The VestrySteve Young, Sr. Warden (2013) Tom Baranowski, Stewardship Liaison (2014)Clem Brooke, Jr. Warden (2015) Lynn Corning, Outreach Liaison (2015)

Jane Klieve, Clerk (2014) Steve Gillies, Children, Youth Liaison (2013)Larry Cornelius, Treasurer (2014) Loretta Go, Parish Life Liaison (2015)Stewart Wiles, Asst. Treasurer, Packwood Fund Chair (2013) Mike Reeves, Parish Life Liaison (2015)Elizabeth Arras, Pastoral Care Liaison (2013) Ralph Trieschmann, Evangelism Liaison (2014)

*Date in parentheses is the end of the term of service in January of the year noted.