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

December 23, 2012 8:00a.m.

The Fourth 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 (Fourth week of Advent)

Light all four candles (the rose candle is the third candle)Leader

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.Leader and people

Holy Father, as we wait for the coming of your Son, help us to recognize him inthose we know and also in the stranger. Help us to love not only our families andfriends, but also our enemies. Help us to be patient and to be prepared to receiveyour Son in our hearts, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, 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 our

Lord.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.Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ,at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns withyou, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

People Amen.

The People sit.

The First Lesson Micah 5:2-5aReader A Reading from the Book of Micah.

But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah,who are one of the little clans of Judah,from you shall come forth for me

one who is to rule in Israel,whose origin is from of old,

from ancient days.

Therefore he shall give them up until the timewhen she who is in labor has brought forth;then the rest of his kindred shall return

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to the people of Israel.And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the LORD,

in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God.And they shall live secure, for now he shall be great

to the ends of the earth;and he shall be the one of peace.

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

In unison

Canticle 15 BCP 91

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; *

for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.

From this day all generations will call me blessed: *the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.He has mercy on those who fear him *

in every generation.He has shown the strength of his arm, *

he has scattered the proud in their conceit.He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, *

and has lifted up the lowly.He has filled the hungry with good things, *

and the rich he has sent away empty.He has come to the help of his servant Israel, *

for he has remembered his promise of mercy,The promise he made to our fathers, *

to Abraham and his children for ever.

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.

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The Second Lesson Hebrews 10:5-10Reader A Reading from the Letter of Paul to the Hebrews.

Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said,

"Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,but a body you have prepared for me;in burnt offerings and sin offeringsyou have taken no pleasure.Then I said, 'See, God, I have come to do your will, O God'(in the scroll of the book it is written of me)."

When he said above, "You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices andofferings and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law),then he added, "See, I have come to do your will." He abolishes the first in order toestablish the second. And it is by God's will that we have been sanctified through theoffering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Reader

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

All stand.

The Holy Gospel Luke 1:39-45-55Priest The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.

People Glory be to thee, O Lord.

In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country,where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heardMary's greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the HolySpirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is thefruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lordcomes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my wombleaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of whatwas spoken to her by the Lord."

And Mary said,

"My soul magnifies the Lord,

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.

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Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;for the Mighty One has done great things for me,and holy is his name.His mercy is for those who fear himfrom generation to generation.He has shown strength with his arm;he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,and lifted up the lowly;he has filled the hungry with good things,and sent the rich away empty.He has helped his servant Israel,in remembrance of his mercy,according to the promise he made to our ancestors,to Abraham and to his descendants forever."

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

Celebrant

The Confession 331

Celebrant

The Absolution 332

The Peace (stand) 332Celebrant 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 GREATTHANKSGIVING 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 338

All baptized Christians are invited to receive Holy Communion when visiting the Episcopal Church. When you kneel at the altarrail, 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 Post Communion Prayer (kneel or stand) 339

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The BlessingMay the Sun of Righteousness shine upon you and scatter the darkness from before yourpath; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, beamong you, and remain with you always.People Amen.

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

Liturgical Participants

Celebrant The Rev. Stephen Bergmann

Preacher The Rev. Jon Hall

Crucifer Tom Soule

Lessons & Prayer Jeanne King

Chalice Bearer Lou Voit, Sr., Rebecca Barger

Ushers Jan & Bob Waters

Altar Guild Mary Nell Brooke, Ruth Minster

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St. Martins Episcopal Church15764 Clayton Rd.

Ellisville, Missouri 63011Phone: 636.227.1484 Fax: 636.227.1494

www.stmartinschurch.orghttp://www.facebook.com/stmartinschurch

The Rt. Reverend George Wayne Smith, Bishop of Missouri

The Reverend Jon W. Hall, Rector, jhall@stmartinschurch.orgThe 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.org

Clay McKinney, Music Director, cmckinney@stmartinschurch.orgDenise Marsh, OrganistTom Warrington, Sexton

Patrick Nelson, Sunday Sexton

The Vestry

Steve 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.