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presence. Grace St. Paul’s is a safe place to connect your spirit and your mind. Please join with us in

experiencing Christ’s love in a diverse congregation that celebrates individual gifts. We invite you to

take part in liturgies that are rich and innovative, in spiritual formation for all ages, and in action for

social justice. We welcome you to share in this joyful journey!

Welcome to

A Progressive Community — Loving God, Serving Others, Journeying Together

The Third Sunday

in Lent

March 23, 2014

8 a.m. service begins on page 3

10 a.m. service begins on page 19

2331 East Adams Street • Tucson, Arizona 85719Visit us on the Web: www.gsptucson.org

Phone (520) 327-6857 • Fax (520) 327-1347Emergency Pastoral Care (520) 668-5727

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. • Friday 9 a.m.-noonThe Rev. Steve Keplinger, Rector: [email protected]

Rosalind Garcia: [email protected] Fenik: [email protected] Wachter: [email protected]

Weekly WorshipMonday

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. – Drop-inSpiritual Direction

Sunday8 a.m. – Communion Service10 a.m. – Communion Service

Tuesday6 p.m. – Evening Prayer (1st Tuesdayof month includes Communion)

7 p.m. – Meditation Group

Wednesday7 a.m. – Communion Service

Thursday5:30 p.m. – Spirit Now Service

About Today’s Services

Lenten Altar PlantsToday’s Lenten altar plants are given to the glory of God and for the beauty of the worship service.If you would like to dedicate flowers or plants, please call the church office at 327-6857.

Service Participants, 8 a.m.Deacon: The Rev. Nancy Meister Book

Lectors: Don Kurtz, Michay Brown

Reading

in Spanish: Debbie Tinajero

Chalice: Sara Heitshu, Marilyn Thompson

Acolyte: Valerie Dugie

Altar Guild: Jane Thrall, Heather Williams

Ushers: Robin Beelen, Lois Mervyn,

Robert Rosenberg, Peggy Scott,

Heather Williams

Service Participants, 10 a.m.Assisting: The Rev. Lynn Marie HunterDeacon: The Rev. Nancy Meister BookSubdeacon: Martha WhitakerLectors: Roger Pierce, Minda DettmanReading in Spanish: Minda DettmanChalice: Kyle Devereux, Jim Franks,

Dennis Kirchoff, Nanalee RaphaelServer: Kayla Cordero, Kamis MagotCrucifer: Achol MagotTorches: Sarah Lipp, Savannah LippUshers: BJ Bower, Chris Cole, Carmella Powell,

Judith TurnerAltar Guild: Marilyn Abraham, Kayla Cordero,

Kitt Leonard, Bill & Terry TrujilloGreeters: Anagrace & Dan Misenhimer

Listings of lay ministers are subject to last-minute changes after the bulletin is printed.

CHILDCARE—We offer childcare for all ages beginning at 9:45 a.m. on Sundays. If you’d like childcareprovided for any other church event, please contact the church office at 327-6857.

NURSERY—Nursery care is available for children ages 3 and under from 9:45-11:45 a.m. on Sundays.

Cover art: Christ and the Samaritan Woman, stained glass by Gabriel Loire, Chartres, 1962, in Grace Cathedral, SanFrancisco, California. Photo by David Wachter.

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8 a.m. Communion ServiceThe Rev. Steve Keplinger, Celebrant

You are invited to sit toward the front and center of the church for this service.Hymn numbers refer to The Hymnal 1982 (blue) or Wonder, Love, and Praise (green) in your pew racks.

The Liturgy of the Word

Please remember to silence your electronic devices.

Prelude Aria Pamela Decker

Greeting and Announcements

Processional Hymn Glorious things of thee are spoken Please stand, as you are able.

(Blue) No. 523 (stanzas 1 & 2)

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Opening Acclamation The Opening Acclamation and Collect for Purity

are adapted from The Book of Common Prayer.

Celebrant: Bless our God who forgives our sins.People: Whose mercy endures forever.

Collect for Purity

People and Celebrant:

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 ourSavior. Amen.

Holy God (Trisagion) (Sung three times)

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The Collect of the DayThe Collect of the Day is adapted from The Book of Common Prayer, p. 218.

Celebrant: May God be with you.People: And also with you.Celebrant: Let us pray.

Silence

Celebrant:

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

A Reading from Exodus [17:1-7] Please be seated.

From the wilderness of Sin the wholecongregation of the Israelites journeyed bystages, as YHWH commanded. They

camped at Rephidim, but there was no waterfor the people to drink. The people quarreledwith Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.”Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel withme? Why do you test YHWH?” But the peoplethirsted there for water; and the peoplecomplained against Moses and said, “Why didyou bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and ourchildren and livestock with thirst?” So Mosescried out to YHWH, “What shall I do with this

people? They are almost ready to stone me.”YHWH said to Moses, “Go on ahead of thepeople, and take some of the elders of Israelwith you; take in your hand the staff with whichyou struck the Nile, and go. I will be standingthere 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, inthe sight of the elders of Israel. He called theplace Massah and Meribah, because theIsraelites quarreled and tested YHWH, saying,“Is YHWH among us or not?”

Reader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s People.People: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 95 The Psalm is read responsively by whole verse.

1 Come, let us sing to the Holy One; *let us shout for joy to the rock of our deliverance.

2 Let us come before God with thanksgiving; *let us praise the Holy One with psalms.

3 For God is our strength, *the hope of all the earth.

4 In your hand are the depths of the seas, *and the heights of the hills belong to you.

5 The waters are yours, for you made them; *your hands have molded the land.

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6 Come, let us worship and rejoice *in the presence of God our creator.

7 For you are the Holy One; *we are the people of your pasture and the sheep of your hand.

8 Listen, O people, for God is speaking to us;hearken to the voice of the Holy One.

9 Harden not your heartsas your ancestors did in the wilderness, *

at Meribah and on that day at Massah,when they struggled against me.

10 They tested me and questioned my power, *though I had shown my love for them.

11 Forty years long I grieved over that generation and said, *These people are wayward in their hearts;they do not know my ways.

12 Then I said in my sorrow, *They have turned their hearts from me.

A Reading from Romans [5:1-11] The second lesson this morning will be read in Spanish.

Lectura de Romanos [5:1-11]

Since we are justified by faith, we havepeace with God through our Lord JesusChrist, through whom we have obtained

access to this grace in which we stand; and weboast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.And not only that, but we also boast in oursufferings, knowing that suffering producesendurance, and endurance produces character,and character produces hope, and hope doesnot disappoint us, because God’s love has beenpoured into our hearts through the Holy Spiritthat has been given to us. For while we werestill weak, at the right time Christ died for theungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a

righteous person—though perhaps for a goodperson someone might actually dare to die. ButGod proves his love for us in that while we stillwere sinners Christ died for us. Much moresurely then, now that we have been justified byhis blood, will we be saved through him fromthe wrath of God. For if while we wereenemies, we were reconciled to God throughthe death of his Son, much more surely, havingbeen reconciled, will we be saved by his life.But more than that, we even boast in Godthrough our Lord Jesus Christ, through whomwe have now received reconciliation.


Lector: Oiga lo que el Espiritu dice a la gente de Dios.Pueblo: Demos gracias a Dios.

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Sequence Music Please stand, as you are able.

A Reading from the Holy Gospel [John 4:5-42]

Deacon: The Holy Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ according to John.People: Glory to you, O Christ.

Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar,near the plot of ground that Jacob had givento his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, andJesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by

the well. It was about noon. A Samaritanwoman came to draw water, and Jesus said toher, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had goneto the city to buy food.) The Samaritan womansaid to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask adrink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews donot share things in common with Samaritans.)Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift ofGod, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Giveme a drink,’ you would have asked him, and hewould have given you living water.” The womansaid to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and thewell is deep. Where do you get that livingwater? Are you greater than our ancestorJacob, who gave us the well, and with his sonsand his flocks drank from it?” Jesus said to her,“Everyone who drinks of this water will bethirsty again, but those who drink of the waterthat I will give them will never be thirsty. Thewater that I will give will become in them aspring of water gushing up to eternal life.” Thewoman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, sothat I may never be thirsty or have to keepcoming here to draw water.” Jesus said to her,“Go, call your husband, and come back.” Thewoman answered him, “I have no husband.”Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘Ihave no husband’; for you have had fivehusbands, and the one you have now is notyour husband. What you have said is true!” Thewoman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a

prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on thismountain, but you say that the place wherepeople must worship is in Jerusalem.” Jesus saidto her, “Woman, believe me, the hour iscoming when you will worship the Fatherneither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. Youworship what you do not know; we worshipwhat we know, for salvation is from the Jews.But the hour is coming, and is now here, whenthe true worshipers will worship the Father inspirit and truth, for the Father seeks such asthese to worship him. God is spirit, and thosewho worship him must worship in spirit andtruth.” The woman said to him, “I know thatMessiah is coming” (who is called Christ).“When he comes, he will proclaim all things tous.” Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who isspeaking to you.” Just then his disciples came.They were astonished that he was speakingwith a woman, but no one said, “What do youwant?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?”Then the woman left her water jar and wentback to the city. She said to the people, “Comeand see a man who told me everything I haveever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?”They left the city and were on their way tohim. Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,“Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “Ihave food to eat that you do not know about.”So the disciples said to one another, “Surely noone has brought him something to eat?” Jesussaid to them, “My food is to do the will of himwho sent me and to complete his work. Doyou not say, ‘Four months more, then comesthe harvest’? But I tell you, look around you,

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and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting.The reaper is already receiving wages and isgathering fruit for eternal life, so that sowerand reaper may rejoice together. For here thesaying holds true, ‘One sows and anotherreaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you didnot labor. Others have labored, and you haveentered into their labor.” Many Samaritansfrom that city believed in him because of the

woman’s testimony, “He told me everything Ihave ever done.” So when the Samaritans cameto him, they asked him to stay with them; andhe stayed there two days. And many morebelieved because of his word. They said to thewoman, “It is no longer because of what yousaid that we believe, for we have heard forourselves, and we know that this is truly theSavior of the world.”

Deacon: The Gospel of Jesus Christ.People: Praise to you, O Christ.

The Sermon Please be seated.

Preacher: The Rev. Steve Keplinger

A period of silence follows, marked with meditation bell.

The Nicene Creed Please stand, as you are able.

The Nicene Creed is a historical statement of faith used by the early Christian community to define orthodoxy.Please join us as you feel called.

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.

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On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son]. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The Filioque (Latin for “and the son”), the dogmatic formula expressing the double procession of the HolySpirit, was added to the Nicene Creed by the Western church.

Prayers of the People Parish prayer intercessions may be found on page 42.

Each prayer is intended to be read by a different member of the congregation. Please feel free to participateby reading a prayer.

Celebrant: In this holy season of Lent, let us offer our prayers to God, who leads us through thewilderness.

Leader:

For the church, that in this season of repentance, it may turn from its own shortcomings to thetransforming grace of God. We pray especially for churches throughout the world where theseason of Lent is redundant, because of the pain and suffering they experience year-round.

(The people may add their prayers for the church silently or aloud.)

God of love and compassion,People: Show us through the wilderness.

Leader:

For our world, that the angels might still wait on those who wander among the beasts of poverty,hunger, and all oppression. This week we pray for peace for the people of Crimea.

(The people may add their prayers for the world silently or aloud.)


*We pray for the people of South Sudan; Robin Beelen; Katherine Bernard; Jay Elliston; Eleanor Feeney; Oma “Sam”Guard; Sara Heitshu; Dorothy Jackson; Richard Jenrow; Christine Nelson; Suzanne Nystrom; Jennifer Orvis; the familyand friends of Elise Petropoulos; Dorée Ramey; Susan Southwick; Heather Williams; Millie Zuniga; Ed; Lee; Betsy BretHarte & Mkay Zeeb; the family of Nicole Dryfous; Francesca Jarvis; Brian Johnson; Cheryl Johnson; Robert Jonas; TonyJones; Julie LaRue; Mari Ortiz; Peggy Southwick; Jack & Mary Lou Sullivan; Tarke Sweet; Mary Wilcox; the family andfriends of George “Yami” Yamasaki; Brenda; Deana; Jennifer; Jerry & Rondy; Joshua; Karl; Mary Jo & Maureen; Mike& Rainbow; Monica & Carri; Nichole; Nick & Emily.

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Leader:

For our nation and our leaders, that they may have the courage to guard the rights of thepowerless. We give thanks this week for the U.S. states that have rejected the federal goal to cutfood stamps.

(The people may add their prayers for the nation silently or aloud.)


Leader:

For those who suffer, that they may be blessed by our willingness to enter their wounds, withChrist; and that we may be blessed by their willingness to share them. We pray especially for allthose on our prayer list* as well as those we name now.

(The people may add their prayers for any who suffer silently or aloud.)


Leader:

For Tucson and our surrounding communities, that we open ourselves to examine with disciplinethe places around us still waiting to experience Your message of abundance for all.

(The people may add their prayers for the local community silently or aloud.)


Leader:

For all who have died, especially Elise Petropoulos. May they rest completely and joyfully in You,O God, even as they join with you to lead us through the wilderness.

(The people may add their prayers silently or aloud for those who have died.)


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Leader:

For our joys and hopes that, in their naming, we may know the certain presence of God with us.This week we give thanks for the discovery of an ultrarapid expansion at the dawn of the universethat may represent a breakthrough in the field of cosmology.

(The people may add their prayers silently or aloud.)

God of love and compassion,People: You will bring us home.

The Collect following the Prayers is from the Vanderbilt Divinity Library.

Celebrant:

Enduring Presence, goal and guide, you go before and await our coming. Only our thirst compelsus beyond complaint to conversation, beyond rejection to relationship. Pour your love into ourhearts, that, refreshed and renewed, we may invite others to the living water given to us in JesusChrist our Lord. Amen.

Prayer of Confession The Confession and Absolution are from The Book of Common Prayer.

Deacon: Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

People: 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.

Silence

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

The Peace

Celebrant: The Peace of God be always with you.People: And also with you.

Meditation bell will be rung to bring us back to silence.

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The Liturgy of the Table

Offertory Sentence

Offertory Music Please be seated.

Table Chant Please stand, as you are able.

The Great Thanksgiving The Great Thanksgiving is adapted from Eucharistic Prayer B from The Book of Common Prayer.

Celebrant: God is with us.People: God is present here.Celebrant: Rejoice! Lift up your hearts.People: We lift our hearts to the Most High.Celebrant: Let us give thanks to the Holy One.People: It is right to offer thanks and praise.

Celebrant:

It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, God Almighty,Creator of heaven and earth. You bid your faithful people cleanse their hearts, and prepare withjoy for the Paschal feast; that, fervent in prayer and in works of compassion, and renewed by yourWord and Sacraments, they may come to the fullness of grace which you have prepared for us.Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the companyof heaven, who for ever say this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:

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Holy, holy, holy God of power and might,heaven and earth are full of your glory.Hosanna in the highest.Blessed is the one who comes in the name of God.Hosanna in the highest.

The Celebrant continues:

We give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love which you have made known to us increation; in the calling of Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; andabove all in the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son.

The People and Celebrant continue:

You sent him to be incarnate from Mary, to be the Savior and Redeemer of the world.In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. Inhim, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out ofdeath into life.

At the following words concerning the bread, the Celebrant is to hold it or lay a hand upon it; and at thewords concerning the cup, to hold or place a hand upon the cup and any other vessel containing wine to beconsecrated.

On the night before he died for us, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had giventhanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, whichis 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 poured out for you.Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

Deacon: Therefore, according to his command, O Father,


We remember his death,We proclaim his resurrection,We await his coming in glory;


And we offer our praise and thanksgiving to you, O God of all; presenting to you, from yourcreation, this bread and this wine.

We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts that they may be theSacrament of the Body of Christ and his Blood of the new Covenant. Unite us to your Son also,that we may be acceptable through him, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. In the fullness of time,put all things in subjection under your Christ, and bring us to that heavenly country where, withPaul, Thomas Ken, Thomas Cranmer, James De Koven, Gregory the Illuminator, Oscar Romero

*Thomas Ken was Bishop of Bath and Wells in the 17th century. He is best known as a writer of hymns, particularly“All Praise to thee, my God, this night,” which concludes with his doxology, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow.”Thomas Cranmer was the principal figure of the English Reformation and was primarily responsible for the first Bookof Common Prayer. James De Koven was a 19th-century American priest and professor at Nashotah House whofought for the emphasis on the sacramental life of the Episcopal church and the expression of devotion to the Eucharist.Gregory the Illuminator was a missionary and Bishop to Armenia at the turn of the fourth century, known as an apostleto the people in that buffer state between Rome and Persia. Oscar Romero was Archbishop of San Salvador beginningin 1977. His protest of the government’s injustices to the poor, its policies of torture, and his call for soldiers to disobeyorders that violated human rights led to his being shot to death while celebrating Mass on March 24, 1980. Almostnine months after his assassination, four Maryknoll nuns were also killed by the Salvadoran army, followed by nine Jesuitpriests in 1989.

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and the martyrs of El Salvador,* and all your saints, we may enter the everlasting heritage of yoursons and daughters; through Jesus Christ, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, andthe author of our salvation.

By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, GodAlmighty, now and for ever. AMEN.

The Lord’s Prayer (Traditional) Please stand, as you are able.

Deacon: As our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to pray,

Deacon and People:Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Diácono y Pueblo:Padre nuestro que estás en el cielo, santificado sea tu Nombre, venga tu reino, hágase tu voluntad, en la tierra como en el cielo.Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día.Perdona nuestras ofensas, como también nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden.No nos dejes caer en tentación y líbranos del mal.Porque tuyo es el reino, tuyo es el poder, y tuya es la gloria, ahora y por siempre. Amén.

The Breaking of the Bread

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Fraction Anthem The Fraction Anthem was adapted from anthems in

Enriching Our Worship by The Rev. Steve Keplinger

Celebrant: This is the true bread that gives life to the world.People: Happy are those who are called to this table.

The Invitation to Communion

Celebrant: The gifts of God for the people of God.

The Communion Please be seated.

No matter who you are, or where you are on your spiritual journey, you are invited to receive communion atGrace St. Paul’s. It is appropriate to stand or kneel.

Communion Music

Sending Eucharistic Visitors

After communion, the service resumes here. The Celebrant may name the Eucharistic Visitors and those whomay receive Holy Communion at home. All say together:

We send you forth bearing these Holy Gifts. May those to whom you go share with usin the Communion of Christ’s Body and Blood. We who are many are one body,because we all share one bread, one cup.

Postcommunion Prayer Please stand, as you are able.

The Postcommunion Prayer is adapted from The Book of Common Prayer.

Celebrant: Let us pray.

Celebrant and People:

Eternal God, divine Creator,you have graciously accepted us as living membersof your Son our Savior Jesus Christ,and you have fed us with spiritual foodin the Sacrament of his Body and Blood.Send us now into the world in peace,and grant us strength and courageto love and serve youwith gladness and singleness of heart;through Christ our Savior. Amen.

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Prayer Over the People The Prayer Over the People is adapted from

The Book of Occasional Services, Church Publishing, Inc.

Deacon: Bow down before our God.

Celebrant: Look compassionately on this your family, Almighty God, that by your great goodnessthey may be governed and preserved evermore; through Christ our Savior. Amen.

Recessional Hymn Guide me, O thou great Jehovah

(Blue) No. 690 (stanzas 1 & 2)

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Dismissal The Dismissal is from The Book of Common Prayer.

Deacon: Go in peace to love and serve our God.People: Thanks be to God.

Postlude Fugue in G minor J. S. Bach

Please join us following this service for Coffee Hour in McBride Hall(across the labyrinth), or join us for classes—classrooms are downstairsbeneath the sanctuary, with access either by the stairs off the breezeway

or by the ramp near the parking lot.

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10 a.m. Communion ServiceThe Rev. Steve Keplinger, Celebrant

SACRED SPACEPlease respect those who seek time for quiet reflection before worship begins andwhile listening to the prelude. Your sanctuary is a sacred place for all to prepare forworship in meditation and prayer. We encourage you to socialize and greet others inthe foyer in the back of the church (the narthex) and in McBride Hall.

Hymn numbers refer to The Hymnal 1982 (blue) or Wonder, Love, and Praise (green) in your pew racks.

The Liturgy of the WordPlease remember to silence your electronic devices.

Greeting and AnnouncementsAs the Greeting and Announcements end, the church will be darkened and the candles will be lit by theacolytes, signaling the silence we enter into before worship.

Prelude Aria Pamela Decker

Processional Hymn Glorious things of thee are spoken (Blue) No. 523

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Opening Acclamation The Opening Acclamation and Collect for Purity

are adapted from The Book of Common Prayer.

Celebrant: Bless our God who forgives our sins.People: Whose mercy endures forever.

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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 ourSavior. Amen.

Holy God (Trisagion) (Sung three times)

The Collect of the Day The Collect of the Day is from the Vanderbilt Divinity Library.

Celebrant: May God be with you.People: And also with you.Celebrant: Let us pray.

Silence

Celebrant:

Enduring Presence, goal and guide, you go before and await our coming. Only our thirst compelsus beyond complaint to conversation, beyond rejection to relationship. Pour your love into ourhearts, that, refreshed and renewed, we may invite others to the living water given to us in JesusChrist our Lord. Amen.

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We Proclaim and Respond to the Word of God

A Reading from Exodus [17:1-7] Please be seated.

From the wilderness of Sin the wholecongregation of the Israelites journeyed bystages, as YHWH commanded. They

camped at Rephidim, but there was no waterfor the people to drink. The people quarreledwith Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.”Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel withme? Why do you test YHWH?” But the peoplethirsted there for water; and the peoplecomplained against Moses and said, “Why didyou bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and ourchildren and livestock with thirst?” So Mosescried out to YHWH, “What shall I do with this

people? They are almost ready to stone me.”YHWH said to Moses, “Go on ahead of thepeople, and take some of the elders of Israelwith you; take in your hand the staff with whichyou struck the Nile, and go. I will be standingthere 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, inthe sight of the elders of Israel. He called theplace Massah and Meribah, because theIsraelites quarreled and tested YHWH, saying,“Is YHWH among us or not?”


Psalm 95 The Choir sings the Antiphon once, then all repeat the Antiphon.

1 Come, let us sing to the Holy One; *let us shout for joy to the rock of our deliverance.

2 Let us come before God with thanksgiving; *let us praise the Holy One with psalms.

3 For God is our strength, *the hope of all the earth.

4 In your hand are the depths of the seas, *and the heights of the hills belong to you.

ALL REPEAT THE ANTIPHON

5 The waters are yours, for you made them; *your hands have molded the land.

6 Come, let us worship and rejoice *in the presence of God our creator.

Antiphon

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7 For you are the Holy One; *we are the people of your pasture and the sheep of your hand.

8 Listen, O people, for God is speaking to us;hearken to the voice of the Holy One.


9 Harden not your heartsas your ancestors did in the wilderness, *

at Meribah and on that day at Massah,when they struggled against me.

10 They tested me and questioned my power, *though I had shown my love for them.

11 Forty years long I grieved over that generation and said, *These people are wayward in their hearts;they do not know my ways.

12 Then I said in my sorrow, *They have turned their hearts from me.


A Reading from Romans [5:1-11] The second lesson this morning will be read in Spanish.

Lectura de Romanos [5:1-11]

Since we are justified by faith, we havepeace with God through our Lord JesusChrist, through whom we have obtained

access to this grace in which we stand; and weboast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.And not only that, but we also boast in oursufferings, knowing that suffering producesendurance, and endurance produces character,and character produces hope, and hope doesnot disappoint us, because God’s love has beenpoured into our hearts through the Holy Spiritthat has been given to us. For while we werestill weak, at the right time Christ died for theungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a

righteous person—though perhaps for a goodperson someone might actually dare to die. ButGod proves his love for us in that while we stillwere sinners Christ died for us. Much moresurely then, now that we have been justified byhis blood, will we be saved through him fromthe wrath of God. For if while we wereenemies, we were reconciled to God throughthe death of his Son, much more surely, havingbeen reconciled, will we be saved by his life.But more than that, we even boast in Godthrough our Lord Jesus Christ, through whomwe have now received reconciliation.


Lector: Oiga lo que el Espiritu dice a la gente de Dios.Pueblo: Demos gracias a Dios.

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Sequence Hymn Eternal Lord of love, behold your church Please stand, as you are able.

(Blue) No. 149

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A Reading from the Holy Gospel [John 4:5-42]

Deacon: The Holy Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ according to John.People: Glory to you, O Christ.

Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar,near the plot of ground that Jacob had givento his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, andJesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by

the well. It was about noon. A Samaritanwoman came to draw water, and Jesus said toher, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had goneto the city to buy food.) The Samaritan womansaid to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask adrink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews donot share things in common with Samaritans.)Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift ofGod, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Giveme a drink,’ you would have asked him, and hewould have given you living water.” The womansaid to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and thewell is deep. Where do you get that livingwater? Are you greater than our ancestorJacob, who gave us the well, and with his sonsand his flocks drank from it?” Jesus said to her,“Everyone who drinks of this water will bethirsty again, but those who drink of the waterthat I will give them will never be thirsty. Thewater that I will give will become in them aspring of water gushing up to eternal life.” The

woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, sothat I may never be thirsty or have to keepcoming here to draw water.” Jesus said to her,“Go, call your husband, and come back.” Thewoman answered him, “I have no husband.”Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘Ihave no husband’; for you have had fivehusbands, and the one you have now is notyour husband. What you have said is true!” Thewoman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are aprophet. Our ancestors worshiped on thismountain, but you say that the place wherepeople must worship is in Jerusalem.” Jesus saidto her, “Woman, believe me, the hour iscoming when you will worship the Fatherneither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. Youworship what you do not know; we worshipwhat we know, for salvation is from the Jews.But the hour is coming, and is now here, whenthe true worshipers will worship the Father inspirit and truth, for the Father seeks such asthese to worship him. God is spirit, and thosewho worship him must worship in spirit andtruth.” The woman said to him, “I know thatMessiah is coming” (who is called Christ).

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“When he comes, he will proclaim all things tous.” Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who isspeaking to you.” Just then his disciples came.They were astonished that he was speakingwith a woman, but no one said, “What do youwant?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?”Then the woman left her water jar and wentback to the city. She said to the people, “Comeand see a man who told me everything I haveever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?”They left the city and were on their way tohim. Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,“Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “Ihave food to eat that you do not know about.”So the disciples said to one another, “Surely noone has brought him something to eat?” Jesussaid to them, “My food is to do the will of himwho sent me and to complete his work. Doyou not say, ‘Four months more, then comes

the harvest’? But I tell you, look around you,and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting.The reaper is already receiving wages and isgathering fruit for eternal life, so that sowerand reaper may rejoice together. For here thesaying holds true, ‘One sows and anotherreaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you didnot labor. Others have labored, and you haveentered into their labor.” Many Samaritansfrom that city believed in him because of thewoman’s testimony, “He told me everything Ihave ever done.” So when the Samaritans cameto him, they asked him to stay with them; andhe stayed there two days. And many morebelieved because of his word. They said to thewoman, “It is no longer because of what yousaid that we believe, for we have heard forourselves, and we know that this is truly theSavior of the world.”

Deacon: The Gospel of Jesus Christ.People: Praise to you, O Christ.

The Sermon Please be seated.

Preacher: The Rev. Steve KeplingerA period of silence follows, marked with meditation bell.

Affirmation of Faith Please stand, as you are able.

The Creedal Statement is by Nathan Nettleton, South Yarra Baptist Church in Melbourne, Australia.

We believe in God,creator of all that is and shall be,redeemer of all that is less than it could be,sustainer of our living, our loving, our being.

We believe in the cross of Christ,drenched in hatred and cruelty,yet overflowing with God’s unquenchable love.

We believe in the bread of life:broken and shared it opens our eyes to the presence of Christand strengthens us for the journey.

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We believe in the pain suffered by Christ:all our hurts, torments and betrayalsmagnified in the purity of love,and embraced that we might be free.

We believe in the joy of the Holy Spirit,poured into the hearts of thosewho with courage and resolverefuse to trade integrity for popularity.

We believe in the gospel,good news offered to us in Jesus,despised by the worldbut leading us in the way of life.

We believe in love:the nature of God,a gift unsurpassed,but a mystery only fulfilledwhen all else is relinquished.

We believe in light shining from darknessin mercy vanquishing bitterness,in life bursting free where death reigned.

Deacon: How then shall we live?How shall this faith take flesh in the world?

Deacon: The cross?People: We will take it.

Deacon: The bread?People: We will break it.

Deacon: The pain?People: We will bear it.

Deacon: The joy?People: We will share it.

Deacon: The Gospel?People: We will live it.

Deacon: The love?People: We will give it.

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Deacon: The light?People: We will cherish it.

Deacon: The darkness?People: God shall perish it.

Amen.

Prayers of the People Parish prayer intercessions may be found on page 42.

Each prayer is intended to be read by a different member of the congregation. Please feel free to participateby reading a prayer.

Celebrant: In this holy season of Lent, let us offer our prayers to God, who leads us through thewilderness.

Leader:

For the church, that in this season of repentance, it may turn from its own shortcomings to thetransforming grace of God. We pray especially for churches throughout the world where theseason of Lent is redundant, because of the pain and suffering they experience year-round.

(The people may add their prayers for the church silently or aloud.)


Leader:

For our world, that the angels might still wait on those who wander among the beasts of poverty,hunger, and all oppression. This week we pray for peace for the people of Crimea.

(The people may add their prayers for the world silently or aloud.)


Leader:

For our nation and our leaders, that they may have the courage to guard the rights of thepowerless. We give thanks this week for the U.S. states that have rejected the federal goal to cutfood stamps.

(The people may add their prayers for the nation silently or aloud.)


Leader:

For those who suffer, that they may be blessed by our willingness to enter their wounds, with

*We pray for the people of South Sudan; Robin Beelen; Katherine Bernard; Jay Elliston; Eleanor Feeney; Oma “Sam”Guard; Sara Heitshu; Dorothy Jackson; Richard Jenrow; Christine Nelson; Suzanne Nystrom; Jennifer Orvis; the familyand friends of Elise Petropoulos; Dorée Ramey; Susan Southwick; Heather Williams; Millie Zuniga; Ed; Lee; Betsy BretHarte & Mkay Zeeb; the family of Nicole Dryfous; Francesca Jarvis; Brian Johnson; Cheryl Johnson; Robert Jonas; TonyJones; Julie LaRue; Mari Ortiz; Peggy Southwick; Jack & Mary Lou Sullivan; Tarke Sweet; Mary Wilcox; the family andfriends of George “Yami” Yamasaki; Brenda; Deana; Jennifer; Jerry & Rondy; Joshua; Karl; Mary Jo & Maureen; Mike& Rainbow; Monica & Carri; Nichole; Nick & Emily.

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Christ; and that we may be blessed by their willingness to share them. We pray especially for allthose on our prayer list* as well as those we name now.

(The people may add their prayers for any who suffer silently or aloud.)


Leader:

For Tucson and our surrounding communities, that we open ourselves to examine with disciplinethe places around us still waiting to experience Your message of abundance for all.

(The people may add their prayers for the local community silently or aloud.)


Leader:

For all who have died, especially Elise Petropoulos. May they rest completely and joyfully in You,O God, even as they join with you to lead us through the wilderness.

(The people may add their prayers silently or aloud for those who have died.)


Leader:

For our joys and hopes that, in their naming, we may know the certain presence of God with us.This week we give thanks for the discovery of an ultrarapid expansion at the dawn of the universethat may represent a breakthrough in the field of cosmology.

(The people may add their prayers silently or aloud.)

God of love and compassion,People: You will bring us home.

The Collect following the Prayers is adapted from Prayers for an Inclusive Church by The Rev. Steven Shakespeare.

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Celebrant:

God of the wellspring, source of life and truth: Jesus asked for water from the hands of a womanin the land of the stranger; may he teach us to name our need, to love our neighbor and to worshipyou in spirit and in truth, through Jesus Christ, who shows us who we are. Amen.

Prayer of Confession The Confession, Absolution, and Peace are from

A New Zealand Prayer Book, 1989, The Church of the Province of New Zealand.

Deacon: Happy are those whose sins are forgiven,whose wrongs are pardoned.I will confess my sins to God,I will not conceal my wrongdoings.

Silence

Deacon: God forgives us and heals usPeople: We need your healing, merciful God:

give us true repentance.Some sins are plain to us; some escape us;some we cannot face.Forgive us; set us free to hear your word to us;set us free to serve you.

Celebrant: God forgives you.Forgive others.Forgive yourself.

Silence

Through Christ, God has put away your sin;approach your God in peace. Amen.

The Peace

Celebrant: The Peace of God be always with you.People: And also with you.Celebrant: Sisters and brothers, we are the Body of Christ.People: By one Spirit we were baptized into one body.Celebrant: Keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.People: Amen. We are bound by the love of Christ.

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The Liturgy of the Table

Offertory Sentence Please be seated.

Offertory Anthem I’ve just come from the fountain Spiritual, arr. André J. Thomas

Pause

Prayer over the Gifts The Prayer over the Gifts is from A New Zealand Prayer Book.

Celebrant: Giver of life, receive all we offer you this day.People: Let the Spirit you bestow on your Church continue to work in the world

through the hearts of all who believe. Amen.

Table Chant Please stand, as you are able.

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The Great Thanksgiving Please stand, as you are able.

The first half of the Eucharistic Prayer is from Prayers for an Inclusive Church, The second half is EucharisticPrayer III from the 1982 Scottish Liturgy, The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Celebrant: God is with us.People: God is present here.Celebrant: Rejoice! Lift up your hearts.People: We lift our hearts to the Most High.Celebrant: Let us give thanks to the Holy One.People: It is right to offer thanks and praise.

Celebrant:

We thank you, desert Mother, for in the valley of dry bones you create hearts of flesh quickenedby the Spirit’s breath.

We thank you, wise Sister, that you walk in cloud and fire with your lost and faithless people.

We thank you, Son of Heaven, that you empty yourself of might and glory and set your facetowards the fickle crowd, the cruel empire, the faithful despisers.

We welcome you as God’s own fool whose cross brings to nothing the violence of the world andreveals another wisdom outside the city walls.

Therefore, with all who follow your way, with the traders and tax collectors, the soldiers andprostitutes, and all who caught a glimpse of glory in the humanity you shared, we worship God’sown holiness revealed in sweat and tears:

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Sanctus (Holy)

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Glory and thanksgiving be to you, most loving Mother,for Christ in whom the world is reconciled.Condemned by those who feared the claims of overwhelming love, he still forgave.

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Lifted on the cross, he spanned the gulf our sins had made.In that dark struggle death was swallowed up in victorythat life and light might reignand we no longer fear the costly pathof self-denying service.

Before he was given up to suffering and death,recalling the night in which the sons of Egypt died.himself the Firstborn, freely offering his life,at supper with the discipleshe took bread, and gave it to them, saying:

“Take, eat. This is my Body: it is broken for you.”

After supper, he took the cup,he offered you thanks, and gave it to them saying:

“Drink this, all of you.This is my Blood of the new covenant;it is poured out for you, and for all,that sins may be forgiven.Do this in remembrance of me.”

The People and Celebrant continue:

We now obey your Son’s command.We recall his blessed passion and death,his glorious resurrection and ascension;and we look for the coming of his Kingdom.Made one with him, we offer you these giftsand with them ourselves, a single, holy, living sacrifice.

Hear us, most merciful Father,and send your Holy Spiritupon us and upon this bread and this wine,that overshadowed by the Spirit’s life-giving power,they may be the Body and Blood of your Son,and we may be kindled with the fire of your loveand renewed for the service of your Kingdom.

Help us in the fellowship of Christ’s Body,to live and work to your praise and glory;may we grow together in unity and love until at last,in your new creation, we enter into our heritagein the company of the apostles and prophets,

*Thomas Ken was Bishop of Bath and Wells in the 17th century. He is best known as a writer of hymns, particularly“All Praise to thee, my God, this night,” which concludes with his doxology, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow.”Thomas Cranmer was the principal figure of the English Reformation and was primarily responsible for the first Bookof Common Prayer. James De Koven was a 19th-century American priest and professor at Nashotah House whofought for the emphasis on the sacramental life of the Episcopal church and the expression of devotion to the Eucharist.Gregory the Illuminator was a missionary and Bishop to Armenia at the turn of the fourth century, known as an apostleto the people in that buffer state between Rome and Persia. Oscar Romero was Archbishop of San Salvador beginningin 1977. His protest of the government’s injustices to the poor, its policies of torture, and his call for soldiers to disobeyorders that violated human rights led to his being shot to death while celebrating Mass on March 24, 1980. Almostnine months after his assassination, four Maryknoll nuns were also killed by the Salvadoran army, followed by nine Jesuitpriests in 1989.

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Paul, Thomas Ken, Thomas Cranmer, James De Koven, Gregory the Illuminator, Oscar Romeroand the martyrs of El Salvador,* and all our sisters and brothers living and departed.Through Jesus Christ,with whom and in whom,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,all honor and glory be to you, God of all ages,world without end. AMEN.

The Lord’s Prayer (Contemporary)Each Sunday at Grace St. Paul’s, the Lord’s Prayer alternates between English and Spanish.

Deacon: As our Savior Christ has taught us, we now pray,

Diácono y Pueblo:Padre nuestro que estás en el cielo, santificado sea tu Nombre, venga tu reino, hágase tu voluntad, en la tierra como en el cielo.Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día.Perdona nuestras ofensas, como también nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden.No nos dejes caer en tentación y líbranos del mal.Porque tuyo es el reino, tuyo es el poder, y tuya es la gloria, ahora y por siempre. Amén.

Deacon and People:Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.Give us today our daily bread.Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil.For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.

The Breaking of the Bread

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Fraction Anthem The Fraction Anthem was adapted from anthems in

Enriching Our Worship by The Rev. Steve Keplinger

Celebrant: This is the bread that gives life to the world.People: Happy are those who are called to this table.

The Invitation to Communion

Celebrant: The gifts of God for the people of God.

The Communion Please be seated.

No matter who you are, or where you are on your spiritual journey, you are invited to receive communion atGrace St. Paul’s. It is appropriate to stand or kneel.

Everyone is invited to receive Holy Communion. Please approach the altar rail from the center aisle and takethe first available space at either side. You may choose to stand or kneel for communion. You may comeforward to receive a blessing if you prefer not to receive communion. Place crossed arms on chest to signalyour desire for a blessing. You may also do this if you prefer not to receive the wine. You may touch thechalice and the chalice bearer will say the words of administration.

Communion Anthem The truth from above English trad. carol,

arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

Communion Hymn I heard the voice of Jesus say (Blue) No. 692

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Sending Eucharistic Visitors After Communion, the service resumes here.

The Celebrant may name the Lay Eucharistic Ministers and those who may receive home Holy Communion.All say together:

We send you forth bearing these Holy Gifts. May those to whom you go share with usin the Communion of Christ’s Body and Blood. We who are many are one body,because we all share one bread, one cup.

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Postcommunion Prayer Please stand, as you are able.

The Postcommunion Prayer is from A New Zealand Prayer Book.

Celebrant: Let us pray.

People: Father and Mother of all, we give you thanks and praise,that when we were still far offyou met us in your Son and brought us home.Dying and living, he declared your love,gave us grace and opened the gate of glory.May we who share Christ’s bodylive 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 we and all your children shall be free,and the whole earth liveto praise your name. Amen.

Prayer Over the People The Prayer Over the People is adapted from

Nathan Nettleton, South Yarra Community Baptist Church, Melbourne, Australia.

Deacon: Bow down before our God.

Celebrant: Go out into the world and in your words and your livingmake it known that Christ is the savior of the world.Make it your food to do the work of God who sends you,and drink deeply of the water of life.

And may God shepherd you and lead you with care.May Christ who justifies you, give you peace with God,and may the Spirit fill you with truththat your lives may be worship, and your worship may live. Amen.

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Recessional Hymn Guide me, O thou great Jehovah (Blue) No. 690

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Dismissal The Dismissal is from The Book of Common Prayer.

Deacon: Go in peace to love and serve our God.People: Thanks be to God.

Postlude Fugue in G minor J. S. Bach

Please join us following this service for Coffee Hour in McBride Hall(across the labyrinth), or join us for classes or meetings—classrooms andmeeting rooms are downstairs beneath the sanctuary, with access either

by the stairs off the breezeway or by the ramp near the parking lot.

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We hold the following in our prayers today:

We pray for Katharine our Presiding Bishop; Kirk our Bishop; Steve, our Rector; and theclergy and staff who serve Grace St. Paul’s; The Church of the Province of the IndianOcean, The Most Rev. Ian Gerald James Ernest, Archbishop, Province of Indian Ocean& Bishop of Mauritius; St. Thomas of the Valley in Clarkdale, AZ; Rincon Church ofGod in Tucson.

We pray for peace in Zimbabwe, Syria, Congo, Sudan, Gaza, and in all places. We pray forthose in the military, especially those serving in combat zones, including RonaldBerryhill; Christopher Gallo; Michael Hannan; Andrew Harris; Donna Heath; FrederickJenning; Jordan S. Marks; Eric Osche; Mark Pundt; Terrence Robinson; Laramie Struble;Brian.

We pray for the people of South Sudan; Robin Beelen; Katherine Bernard; Jay Elliston;Eleanor Feeney; Oma “Sam” Guard; Sara Heitshu; Dorothy Jackson; Richard Jenrow;Christine Nelson; Suzanne Nystrom; Jennifer Orvis; the family and friends of ElisePetropoulos; Dorée Ramey; Susan Southwick; Heather Williams; Millie Zuniga; Ed; Lee;Betsy Bret Harte & Mkay Zeeb; the family of Nicole Dryfous; Francesca Jarvis; BrianJohnson; Cheryl Johnson; Robert Jonas; Tony Jones; Julie LaRue; Mari Ortiz; PeggySouthwick; Jack & Mary Lou Sullivan; Tarke Sweet; Mary Wilcox; the family and friendsof George “Yami” Yamasaki; Brenda; Deana; Jennifer; Jerry & Rondy; Joshua; Karl; MaryJo & Maureen; Mike & Rainbow; Monica & Carri; Nichole; Nick & Emily.

We hold in prayer animal companions who are in need, especially ZsaZsa; Ziggy;Miss Liberty.

We hold in prayer our animal companions who have died, especially Salander.

We pray for those who have died, especially Nicole Dryfous, George “Yami” Yamasaki, andElise Petropoulos.

We pray also for those who have died in the desert on our border and all those who havedied in Afghanistan.

PRAYER LIST GUIDELINES

Names of parishioners submitted this week will remain on the list during the currentmonth. Please contact David Wachter by 4 p.m. on Wednesday (327-6857 or [email protected]) to add a name to the list printed in the bulletin. Names of non-parishioners, including relatives of parishioners, will remain on the prayers for one weekonly—if the crisis persists, please call the church office each week by 4 p.m. on Wednesdayto renew, or send an email to [email protected]. Full names will be listed unless “firstname only” is requested. The Intercessory Prayer Team will receive all names submitted;this large team maintains daily intercessions. There are no time limitations on this ministry.

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GSP Parish Life – March 23, 2014The Sunday bulletin is filled with information about events at Grace St. Paul’s or of interest to the Grace

St. Paul’s community. Please take it home and read it at your leisure. There’s something for everyone!

Check out GSP’s website: www.gsptucson.org.Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church • 2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ • www.facebook.com/gracestpauls

Continues Today: Episcopal 101–for EveryoneToday’s topics: The Sacramental Tradition.

All inquirers and current members wanting a “refresher” are invited to learn moreof the joy and highlights of the Episcopal path and sharing your journey in the 21stcentury. Details about this six-session class are on page 47 of this bulletin.

Easter Flowers

In celebration of Easter, we will decorate the church with many,many flowers. If you can contribute (suggested contribution: $25),please make your contribution and dedication by Monday, April7. Easter flower envelopes are included with this bulletin!Thank you!

Friends and Faith Across Borders:A Youth Border ExperienceFriday, March 28–Sunday, March 30

We will visit Nogales, Arizona; Bisbee; and Douglas.

Highlights include: hiking the “Devil’s Highway,” visiting the medical clinic at St. Andrew’s,Nogales, Arizona; worshiping at St. John’s, Bisbee, and St. Steven’s, Douglas; and much more!

No cost, but donations towards the cost of food and gas will be gratefully accepted.

We begin at 5:30 p.m. on Friday in McBride Hall and return to GSP late Sunday afternoon.

Contact [email protected] for more information.

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GSP Lenten Film Series:The Long Road—Stories of Resilience

NOTE: All films except the Human Rights Watch follow the usual time of potluck at 6:30,movie at 7:00. There will be no potluck for The New Black (though the film will still start at 7:00).Except where noted, all events will take place in the Bloom Education Center.

Friday, March 28: The Broken Circle Breakdown. This film has been nominated forBest Foreign Film. Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight. She has her own tattoo shopand he plays the banjo in a bluegrass band. They bond over their shared enthusiasm forAmerican music and culture, and dive headfirst into a sweeping romance that plays outon and off stage—but when an unexpected tragedy hits their new family, everythingthey know and love is tested.

Friday, April 11: Another Earth. Rhoda Williams, a bright young woman accepted intoMIT’s astrophysics program, aspires to explore the cosmos. John Burroughs, a brilliantcomposer, has just reached the pinnacle of his profession and is about to have a secondchild with his loving wife. On the eve of the mind-blowing discovery of a duplicateEarth, which may host another version of every person on earth, tragedy strikes andthe lives of these strangers become irrevocably intertwined.

Saturday, April 12: Chocolat, with a chocolate and French-food-themedpotluck. Every year we close the Lenten Film Series with Chocolat and celebrate witha chocolate-themed potluck.

Chocolate becomes a key weapon in a battle of sensual pleasure versus disciplinedself-denial. In 1959, a mysterious woman named Vianne (Juliette Binoche) moves withher young daughter into a small French village, where much of the community’sactivities are dominated by the local Catholic church. Vianne opens an exotic chocolateshop across the street from the church just as Lent starts. As more outsiders arrive,the town authorities are driven to fits of righteous indignation and judgment, while themarginalized band together to discover true community.

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Please Help Us Keep Our Children Safe at GSP By:

! signing your child into Sunday School or Nursery care every Sunday

! remembering that no one under 18 may sign a child into or out of Sunday School

! signing your child out of Sunday School immediately after the 10 a.m. service

! remembering to pick up your St. Cecilia’s Choir member immediately after choir practice

! knowing your child’s whereabouts at all times after you have checked her or him out of SundaySchool

! not allowing your child to wander our open campus and parking lot alone

! escorting your child to the restroom yourself if he or she is not checked into Sunday Schoolor Nursery care

Thank you all for your help in keeping our children safe. If you have any questions, please call oremail Rosalind Garcia at 327-6857 or [email protected].

Coffee Hour Hospitality

We’d like to make coffee hour self-supporting. Your donations of food and any monetarycontributions you make can help offset the costs of condiments and paper products.

Coffee and light refreshments are offered on Sundays at 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in McBride Hall. Wehave wonderfully generous members and talented bakers and we want to take advantage of both.So, in an effort to have the wealth spread evenly across the various Sundays each month, we’ll askfolks to provide goodies based on the first letter in their last names:

! The first Sunday of each month: last names that begin with letters A–F

! The second Sunday of each month: last names that begin with letters G–L

! The third Sunday of each month: last names that begin with letters M–R

! The fourth Sunday of each month: last names that begin with letters S–Z

Our hope is that by providing some sort of schedule, we will have something delicious to offerconsistently and have every Sunday offer a feast rather than have uneven episodes of feasts andfamines. Of course, anyone inspired to share good food on additional Sundays is welcome to doso. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Allen, the chair of the Coffee Hour Hospitalityministry, at 327-4448.

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Liturgy & Music

SPIRIT NOW: an Emerging WorshipExper i e n c e , I n c l u s i ve a ndInteractive—This service is a contemporary

expression of ancient spiritualities emerging fromthe people. The service begins at 5:30 p.m. everyThursday and is followed by a meal of soup, bread,and wine. On the third Thursday of each month,there is a potluck dinner. Everyone is welcome! Thisweek’s service will take place in McBride Hall.

INTERFAITH MEDITATION GROUPPlease join us for meditation every Tuesday at 7 p.m.for an intimate, candlelit gathering in the JulianChapel. Our meditation group is inclusive and opento all regardless of where you may be on your

spiritual journey or whether you are new tomeditation or an experienced meditator. Our formatbegins with a short optional walking meditation thatflows into our 20-25 minutes of silent seatedmeditation. For more information please contact DavidClements at 429-4438.

LOOKING FOR A CHANGE IN YOURPRAYER LIFE? Would you like to try Prayer in

a small community? Come to Evening Prayer onTuesdays, from 6 to 6:30 p.m. in the Julian Chapel. Onthe first Tuesday of each month, Evening Prayerwill include Communion. Stay afterwards for thebrief fellowship afterwards if you’d like. Come join usin the joy of small, prayerful community. If you haveany questions, feel free to ask Br. Chuck or NanHannan, Gale Odion, or Mark Drew.

INVITATION FROM ALTAR GUILDGSP needs a small amount of your time each month tohelp make its worship space a place of beauty, plus

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prepare and clean the vessels used for communion.If you would like to consider volunteering for thisministry, the Altar Guild would love to have you.

Please contact Jane Thrall at either (520) 296-1241or [email protected]. Thank you!

DIGITAL BULLETIN AVAILABLE!For those who find it an aid to worship(and can help save trees and money), wehave made our Sunday bulletin availablefor download on electronic devices. Youcan access the bulletin by visiting our

website and clicking on “Sunday Bulletins,” clickingon the link provided in the left column of the Fridaye-mail, or by scanning the QR code right here.

If you choose to download the bulletin, please berespectful of your neighbor and be particularly care-ful about the light that your device casts. Our goal isalways to create the most spirit-filled, meditative,energizing, and enlightening worship experiencepossible for all.

RECORDINGS AVAILABLECD and DVD recordings of the 10 a.m. service maybe ordered; please contact the church office(327-6857).

FLOWERS—Did something special happen toyou recently that you’d like to celebrate? Honorit with altar flowers or plants! Perhaps you wantflowers or plants in memory of or in honor of aloved one. If so, call the office (327-6857) toarrange flower or plant dedications. Any OfficeWelcome Team volunteer will be happy to takeyour information and give it to KiKi Fenik, ourParish Administrator.

Adult Spiritual Formation &Education

CONTINUES TODAY: The Last Week—What Really Happened!—Sundays,March 23, 30 & April 6, 9 a.m., in the

Bloom Education Center. Insights fromMarcus Borg and Dom Crossan about the events inthe last week of Jesus’ life. Scripture study and discussionled by Roger Pierce.

CONTINUES TODAY: Episcopal 101–forEveryone—Sundays, March 23, 30, 11:45a.m., in the Bloom Education Center.Today: The Sacramental Tradition. Allinquirers and current members wanting a “refresher”are invited to learn more of the joy and highlights ofthe Episcopal path and sharing their journey in the 21stcentury. In this six-session introduction to theEpiscopal Church, we’ll discuss basic Episcopal liturgicalpractice, the idea of liturgy, and the Book of CommonPrayer; offer a history of the Episcopal Church, itsroots and sense of tradition—including where thingsstand in the church’s most recent controversy; andexplain the structure and organization of the EpiscopalChurch and what it means to be a member of GraceSt. Paul’s Church. What do bishops do? What isapostolic succession? Why do we need priests? In whatdirection does authority flow? Bring your questions toall the sessions! We’ll use the book Jesus Was anEpiscopalian: a Newcomers Guide to the Episcopal Churchby Chris Yaw. Facilitated by Fr. Steve Keplinger, Rector ofGrace St. Paul’s.

CONTINUING: ANIMATE: Fa i thDevelopment for Progressive Christians—Wednesdays, March 26, April 2, 9, 7-9p.m., in McBride Hall. “I love GSP but am I

really comfortable calling myself a Christian?” EveryWednesday evening in Lent we will gather as acommunity to explore some central topics ofChristianity (God, religion, Jesus, salvation, the cross,the Bible, and church) and how they speak to 21st-century people of faith. In each session, the group willwatch a short video from Animate: Faith featuring aleading voice from the emerging church movement,spend time on personal reflection/journaling, and shareideas in a small group. Video presenters include LillianDaniel, Bruce Reyes-Chow, Nadia Bolz-Weber, LaurenWinner, Shane Hipps, Mark Scandrette, and BrianMcLaren. Facilitated by Catherine Penn Williams and Linda

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Hutson, both experienced small group and retreatleaders. Preregistration is encouraged but notrequired. A simple soup/salad dinner will beserved at 6:30 p.m., prior to the beginning ofeach class.

Lenten Film Series—see page 44 for thefull listing!

EfM Post Graduate Forum—Monday,March 31, 10-11:30 a.m., in the WeeksRoom. If you have participated in EfM at any time

in the past, please join other graduates for acontinuing exploration of our journey throughbooks and discussion. The book for March’s meetingwill be jesus freak by Sara Miles. Everyone is asked toread the book prior to the meeting. Facilitated by GSPmember Brian Arthur (602-399-2821).

The Future Is Calling Us to Greatness:Coming Home to Reality—Sunday,April 6, 4:30 p.m., in McBride Hall.Science and religion are not enemies; indeed, theymust work together if humanity is to survive the21st century. Given our impact on Earth’s climate,the seas, and other species, humanity is about toexperience what could be called The GreatReckoning. The good news is that this may alsocome to be known as The Great Homecoming. Aworldwide movement has been emerging fordecades, largely unnoticed, at the nexus of science,inspiration, and sustainability. Beliefs are secondary.What unites us is a pool of common values,priorities, and commitments regarding theimportance of living in right relationship to realityand working together in service of a just and thrivingfuture for humanity and the larger body of life. Thispresentation will focus on six points of agreementheld in common by tens of millions of religious andnonreligious people across the globe.

This program, geared for adults and teens, expandson material in Michael Dowd’s bestselling, bridge-building book, Thank God for Evolution: How theMarriage of Science and Religion Will Transform YourLife and Our World, which was endorsed by six Nobel

laureates and other science luminaries, including notedskeptics, and by religious leaders across the spectrum.

Rev. Dowd is one of the most inspiring science-honoring speakers in America today. He and his wife,Connie Barlow, an acclaimed science writer, havespoken to more than 1,800 groups since launchingtheir itinerant ministry in 2002. Their work has beenfeatured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times,Washington Post, Newsweek, Discover magazine, and onCNN, Fox News, and ABC News.

Fellowship

NEWCOMERS’ DINNEREric Carr and Richard Rhoads are hostinganother newcomers’ dinner on Saturday,April 5 at 6 p.m. at their home. The dinneris a potluck vegetarian meal for anyone whohas not been to a newcomer’s dinner before.If you would like to attend, please call thechurch office at 327-6857 to RSVP, or e-mailRichard at [email protected].

Health & Healing Ministries

PASTORAL CARE EMERGENCIESIt is easy and quick to reach a member of the pastoralcare team. If you have a pastoral emergency, please call668-5727. If you would like to learn more about howto volunteer as a pastoral care giver, please contactThe Rev. Steve Kelsey at 989-1514 or via e-mail [email protected].

Harbor Light Hospice of Arizona is looking forgenerous souls to volunteer with our hospice patientsand families one time per month. A person at the endof life has the same needs and wants as all the rest ofus do—you can make a real difference providingcompanionship and service to enhance the quality ofpatient and family lives.

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For more information on how you can help contact:Dennis Kirchoff, Chaplain/Social Worker (memberof GSP) or Cathy Tanori, HLH Office Manager at520-546-5788 or [email protected].

Social Justice & Outreach

BRIDGING BORDERS MINISTRYWant to learn more about theArizona-Mexico border without committingto anything? Tucson Samaritans invites you toattend the first half of any monthly training sessionwhen professionals cover borderland economic andpolitical history, legal matters, and medicalchallenges. If you just want to learn the facts fromthe experts, come to Southside PresbyterianChurch, 317 W. 23rd Street, from 1:30–3 p.m. onthe first Sunday of any month,. The next session isApril 6. They would appreciate your RSVP: just leaveyour name and phone number at 520-549-8903 [email protected].

TIHAN NEEDS YOUR HELP!Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN)seeks donations of all kinds for 2014. Especiallyneeded are toothbrushes and toothpaste, with arequest for toilet paper and paper towels as well.Donations may be placed in the TIHAN box inMcBride Hall. Thanks for your help!

DRIVERS NEEDED: BREAD FROMTHE PANTRYDo you have 45 minutes to spare once a week? Oronce a month? Bread from the Pantry is lookingfor drivers to collect and deliver bread on differentdays during the week. Volunteers can sign up for thesame day every week or the same day once a month.We’ll work with your schedule!

Volunteers need a good-sized sedan or small SUVand need to be comfortable working alone in theevening. Volunteers collect bread from BeyondBread (on Campbell south of Ft. Lowell) onMondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays andSaturdays. The bread is collected at 8 p.m. and

delivered to GSP. If you’re interested or would likeadditional details, please call Bill Trujillo at 344-8498.Thank you!

Parish Membership &Administration

GET YOUR NAME TAG!If you don’t already have a name tag, please sign up forone at the Welcome Table in McBride Hall or on thebulletin board across from the Welcome Table.

We believe everyone who comes to GraceSt. Paul’s has something to offer thiscommunity, and we are happy to welcomeyou. Information forms are available in thechurch office Monday through Friday, and inMcBride Hall at the Welcome Table onSundays from 9 a.m. to noon.

HOW DO I SUBMIT ITEMS FOR THESUNDAY BULLETIN?Please send bulletin announcements to David Wachterat [email protected]. Please make prayer listrequests by calling the church office at 327-6857 andspeaking with the Office Welcome Team volunteer, orby sending them directly to David Wachter [email protected]. The deadline for the Sundaybulletin is 4 p.m. on the preceding Wednesday.Prayer list requests for the bulletin may be madeuntil 4 p.m. on Wednesday this week. Thanks!

HOW DO I SCHEDULE EVENTS ATGSP?If you would like to schedule a meeting or event atGrace St. Paul’s, contact KiKi Fenik, GSP’s ParishAdministrator, in the church office; please e-mail herat [email protected].

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Community Events at GSP

TODAY! MUSICA SONORA INCONCERTMusica Sonora presents The German Concert onSunday, March 23, 2014 at 3 p.m., at GraceSt. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

The Italians may have invented Baroque music, butby the mid-18th century, Germany owned it. Comehear why as we present selections from vocalcantatas, sonatas, and other works by composersincluding Handel, Telemann, Quantz, C. P. E. Bach,and his mighty father, J. S. Bach. Featuring CassandraEwer, soprano; Karen Knudsen and Christina Jarvis,mezzo-sopranos; Kiann Robinson Mapes, baroqueflute; Michael Simmons, violoncello; and JeffriSanders, harpsichord. Tickets are $15 generaladmission, $12 for groups of ten or more, and $5for students and are available at the door. Forfurther information, please see our website atwww.musicasonora.org, call 628-8119, or check outour Facebook page.

GSP in the Larger Community

The Community of St. Mary of the Annunciationcordially invites you

to theSolemn Profession of

Brother Philip Michael Francis Anthony McKindleyas a Benedictine Canon (OSBCn).

Saturday March 29, 2014 at 10 a.m.St. Augustine’s Episcopal Parish

1735 South College StreetTempe, Arizona 85281

Reception to follow in the parish hall.RSVP 602-448-4592 / [email protected]

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The Sunday Octave: March 23 – 30Sunday, March 23The Third Sunday in Lent8 a.m. – Communion Service – Sanctuary8 a.m. – Coffee & Conversation – McBride Hall9 a.m. – The Last Week—What Really Happened! –

Bloom Education Center9 a.m. – Children & Youth – Undercroft9:45 a.m. – Childcare begins – Nursery10 a.m. – Communion Service, followed by Coffee

Hour – Sanctuary, McBride Hall11:45 a.m. – Episcopal 101 – Bloom Education Center12:30 p.m. – St. Zeno’s Zombie Choir rehearsal – St.

Nicholas Room1 p.m. – Mother’s Kitchen Primavera Meals Team –

Kitchen3 p.m. – Musica Sonora: The German Concert –

Sanctuary

Monday, March 2411:30 a.m. – Drop-In Spiritual Direction – Julian Chapel4 p.m. – Spirit Dojo Karate – McBride Hall7 p.m. – Healing Touch Clinic – Weeks Room7 p.m. – Tucson Masterworks Chorale rehearsal –

Sanctuary7:30 p.m. – AA Southside Group – McBride Hall

Tuesday, March 259 a.m. – Primavera Cooks! Fourth Tuesday Primavera

Meals Team – Kitchen6 p.m. – Evening Prayer – Julian Chapel6 p.m. – Arizona Repertory Singers rehearsal – McBride

Hall6:30 p.m. – Monthly Vestry Meeting – Weeks Room7 p.m. – Interfaith Meditation Group – Julian Chapel

Wednesday, March 267 a.m. – Communion Service – Julian Chapel9 a.m. – Education for Ministry (EfM) – Weeks Room12:30 p.m. – GSP Staff Meeting – Bloom Education

Center1:30 p.m. – Liturgy Planning Meeting – Bloom Education

Center4 p.m. – Tucson Chamber Artists concert rehearsal –

Chancel

5 p.m. – Spirit Dojo Karate – McBride Hall6:30 p.m. – Animate: Faith Development for

Progressive Christians – Bloom Education Center7 p.m. – Education for Ministry (EfM) – Weeks Room

Thursday, March 278:30 a.m. – Wingspan Multi-Faith Breakfast: Why

Marriage Matters – McBride Hall10:30 a.m. – Bridge Group – Bloom Education Center3 p.m. – Healing Touch Clinic – Weeks Room5:30 p.m. – Spirit Now: An Emerging Worship

Experience, Inclusive and Interactive – McBrideHall

7 p.m. – Choir Rehearsal – Chancel

Friday, March 28Noon – Opera Guild of Southern Arizona Brown-Bag

Preview Luncheon (Donizetti: Don Pasquale) –McBride Hall

5:30 p.m. – Friends and Faith Across Borders: A YouthBorder Experience – GSP Campus

6:30 p.m. – Lenten Film Series – Bloom Education Center8 p.m. – AA Goodlife Group – Weeks Room

Saturday, March 29

Sunday, March 30The Fourth Sunday in Lent8 a.m. – Communion Service – Sanctuary8 a.m. – Coffee & Conversation – McBride Hall9 a.m. – The Last Week—What Really Happened! –

Bloom Education Center9 a.m. – Children & Youth – Undercroft9:45 a.m. – Childcare begins – Nursery10 a.m. – Communion Service, followed by Coffee

Hour – Sanctuary, McBride Hall11:45 a.m. – Episcopal 101 – Bloom Education Center12:30 p.m. – St. Zeno’s Zombie Choir rehearsal – St.

Nicholas Room3 p.m. – Tucson Chamber Artists concert – Sanctuary,

Bloom Education Center

The Mission & Vision of Grace St. Paul’s

Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will be a spiritual home,open to all, providing food for the journey, and calling peopleto change the world. We will move toward this vision through spiritual

formation embodied in the experience of Christ’s love, in innovative worship,in progressive Christian education and in generous response to the gifts we havereceived. We will strive to be a diverse and supportive community. We willcelebrate individual gifts and integrate people of all ages into our programs. Wewill be a beacon to our wider community, known for our care of creation andfor our promotion of social justice.

VestryRoger Pierce, Senior Warden; Mark Drew, JuniorWarden; Rob Rauh, Chancellor; Tom Pitello, Treasurer;Lou Ann Bieging, Clerk of the Vestry

Vestry Members: Bianca Lara, Kitt Bret Harte, DavidClements, Kyle Devereux, Chris Eastoe, Zara Larsen,Steve Mattix, Richard Rhoads, Holly Shinn, JeanSmart, Angel Wang, Steve Williams

ClergyKirk S. Smith, Bishop of Arizona; Mary Delaney, JoeFitzgerald, Rosanna Kazanjian, Steve Kelsey, PriestAssociates; Nancy Meister Book, Deacon; Lynn MarieHunter, Ana Ortiz, Interfaith Ministers; SteveKeplinger, Rector.

StaffJane Click, Pianist; Director, Handbell Choir; PamelaDecker, Organist; Argelia El-Khayat, Childcare Giver;KiKi Fenik, Parish Administrator; Rosalind Garcia,Director of Children, Youth & Family Ministries; ChristinaJarvis, Music Director; Patti Morrison, Bookkeeper;James Teal, Facilities Assistant; David Wachter,Publications Manager, Computer Specialist, & AssociateOrganist; James White, Sexton.

Sunday School Teachers, Youth MentorsBeginning (Preschool & Kindergarten) (meets in the

Martha of Bethany Room): Nikki Kerns, SuzanneMcCullough, Rochelle Ramey, Holden Sanders

Primary (Grades 1-3) (meets in the St. Jude Room): JudyGossard, Holly Shinn

Intermediate (Grades 4-6) (meets in the Weeks Room):Madeleine Caldwell, David Christy, Jim Kane,Jean Keplinger

Youth Groups (Grades 7-12) (meets in the St. FrancisRoom): Eric Carr, Brian Fairbanks, Alice Garcia,Michael Sugimoto

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