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The Church of the Epiphany
in the City of Washington
11:00 a.m.
THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST November 16, 2014
Please help us maintain a prayerful spirit for worship by turning off cellular phones, pagers and other electronic devices,
and by refraining from taking pictures during the liturgy. Thank you.
HOLY EUCHARIST
Introduction et Aria in memoriam Victor Gonzalez music: Jean-Jacques Grunenwald (1911-1982)
Prelude
The Gathering
Welcome and Announcements
The people stand as they are able.
Gathering Hymn: #492 in The Hymnal 1982
Sing ye faithful, sing with gladness
Finnian
Opening Acclamation
Presider
People
Blessed be the one, holy, and living God.
Glory to God for ever and ever.
Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts
of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy
Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Gloria in excelsis
music: William Mathias (1934-1992)
Collect of the Day
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.
Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark,
learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you
have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and
ever. Amen.
Presider
People
Presider
The Word
The people sit.
Hebrew Scriptures
Judges 4:1-7
Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.
Thanks be to God.
Reader
People
A period of silence is observed for reflection.
Psalm 123
(The choir introduces the refrain; all repeat together.)
Chant: Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941) Refrain: Jeremy Filsell
To you I lift up my eyes,
to you enthroned in the heavens.
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy,
for we have had more than enough of contempt,
As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their
masters,
and the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
Too much of the scorn of the indolent rich,
and of the derision of the proud.
[Refrain]
So our eyes look to the LORD our God,
until he show us his mercy.
Christian Scriptures
Reader
People
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.
Thanks be to God.
A period of silence is observed for reflection.
The people stand as they are able.
Sequence Hymn: #655 in The Hymnal 1982
Gospeler
People
People
Franconia
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.
Glory to you, Lord Christ.
Gospel
Gospeler
Blest are the pure in heart
Matthew 25:14-30
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Christ.
The people sit.
Sermon
A period of silence is observed for reflection.
The people stand as they are able.
Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father 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.
Prayers of the People
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Heavenly Creator, you have promised to hear us when we pray in the name of your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Therefore we pray for the Church: God of faith, enliven the Church for its mission
That we may be salt of the earth and light to the world.
Breathe fresh life into your people.
Give us power to reveal Christ in word and action.
Creator of all, lead us and every people into ways of justice and peace.
That we may respect one another in freedom and truth.
Awaken in us a sense of wonder for the earth and all that is in it.
Teach us to care creatively for its resources.
God of truth, inspire with your wisdom those whose decisions affect the lives of others
that all may act with integrity and courage.
Give grace to all whose lives are linked with ours.
May we serve Christ in one another, and love them as he loves us.
God of hope, comfort and restore all who suffer in body, mind or spirit.
May they know the power of your healing love.
Make us willing agents of your compassion.
Strengthen us as we share in making people whole.
We remember with thanksgiving those who have died in the faith of Christ and those whose faith
is known to you alone.
Heavenly Creator, into your hands we commend them.
Give comfort to those who mourn.
Bring them peace in their time of loss.
People
We praise you for all your saints who have entered your eternal glory.
May their example inspire and encourage us.
Leader
Let us pray for our own needs and the needs of others.
Leader
New Zealand Prayer Book, First Form (rev.)(1989)
The people add their own prayers at the invitation of the leader, speaking clearly for all to hear, and ending each petition with “Lord, in your mercy,” to which the
congregation responds, “Hear our prayer.”
Presider
& People
Come, Creator God, and make us a holy people;
help us to form a faith community that seeks the sacred
in all creation and calls forth the holy in all who worship here.
Come, Lord Jesus, and touch us with your love;
help us to love each other, to reach out to the poor,
to welcome and embrace all people,
and to heal and be healed by your grace and power.
Come, Holy Spirit, and send us forth in faith;
help us to work for peace and justice,
to care courageously for the world in which we live,
and to proclaim boldly our faith in Jesus Christ.
Almighty God, be with all who gather here
in the name of Jesus Christ,
and empower us for the work of ministry. Amen.
Confession of Sin
Presider
Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.
The people make a profound bow or kneel.
People
God of all mercy, we confess that we have sinned against you,
opposing your will in our lives.
We have denied your goodness in each other,
in ourselves, and in the world you have created.
We repent of the evil that enslaves us,
the evil we have done, and the evil done on our behalf.
Forgive, restore, and strengthen us through our Savior Jesus Christ,
that we may abide in your love and serve only your will. Amen.
The Presider says the Prayer of Absolution. The people respond, “Amen.”
The people stand as they are able.
Peace
Presider
People
The peace of Christ be always with you.
And also with you.
The Sacrament
The people sit.
Offertory Music
I am Wisdom
music: Peter Hallock (1924-2014)
I am Wisdom, I come from the Most High. I cover the earth like mist, I dwell in the highest mountains. My throne is a pillar of cloud, the vault of heaven is
mine. I have a resting place in that Jerusalem. Come to me, obey me. Those who obey me will be free from sin. Those who follow me will not go astray.
The people stand as they are able. Ushers bring forward the offering plates. Oblation bearers offer bread and wine.
Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation:
Presider
People
through your goodness we have this bread to set before you, which earth has given and human hands have made.
It will become for us the bread of life. Blessed be God forever.
Presider
Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation:
through your goodness we have this wine to set before you, fruit of the vine and work of human hands.
It will become for us the cup of salvation. Blessed be God forever.
People
Great Thanksgiving
Presider
It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of
heaven and earth. For by water and the Holy Spirit you have made us a new people in Jesus Christ, to show forth your
glory in all the world.
Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who
for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:
Sanctus & Benedictus:
Presider
music: William Mathias
Holy and gracious Father: In your infinite love you made us for yourself; and, when we had fallen into sin and become
subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent Jesus Christ, your only and eternal Son, to share our human nature,
to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, the God and Father of all. He stretched out his arms upon the
cross, and offered himself in obedience to your will, a perfect sacrifice for the whole world.
On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given
thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me.”
After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of
you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever
you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”
Presider
We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, O Father, in this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Recalling his
death, resurrection, and ascension, we offer you these gifts. Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people
the Body and Blood of your Son, the holy food and drink of new and unending life in him. Sanctify us also that we
may faithfully receive this holy Sacrament, and serve you in unity, constancy, and peace; and at the last day bring us
with all your saints into the joy of your eternal kingdom. All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ. By him, and
with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever.
The people hold hands during the Lord’s Prayer.
Lord’s Prayer
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.
Breaking of the Bread (Alleluia sung first by all and secondly after the Choir sentence)
Communion of the People
Presider
The Gifts of God for all the people of God.
music: from New Plainsong, David Hurd (b. 1950)
Ecce Panis
music: Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Ecce panis Angelorum, Factus cibus viatorum, Vere panis filiorum, Non mittendus canibus! In figuris praesignatur, Cum Isaac immolatur, Agnus Paschae deputatur,
Datur manna patribus. Bone pastor, panis vere, Jesu, nostri miserere, Tu nos pasce, nos tuere, Tu nos bona fac videre In terra viventium. Tu qui cuncta scis et vales, Qui
nos pascis hic mortales, Tuos ibi commensales, Cohaeredes et sodales Fac sanctorum civium. Hail, angelic Bread of Heaven, now the pilgrim’s hoping-leaven,
Yea, the bread to children given that to dogs must not be thrown: In the figures contemplated, ‘Twas with Isaac immolated, By the Lamb ‘twas
antedated, in the manna it was known. O Good Shepherd, still confessing love, in spite of our transgressing,— Here thy blessed food possessing,
Make us share thine every blessing in the land of life and love: Thou, whose power hath all completed, and thy flesh as food hath meted, make us,
at thy table seated, by thy Saints, as friends be greeted, in thy paradise above.
Communion Motet
Communion Chant (sung by the people)
Seigneur, tu gardes mon âme (Taizé)
music: Jacques Berthier (1923-1994)
The Sending
The people stand as they are able.
Postcommunion Prayer
Presider
People
Let us pray.
God of abundance, you have fed us with the bread of life and cup of salvation; you have united us with Christ and
one another, and you have made us one with all your people in heaven and on earth. Now send us forth in the
power of your Spirit, that we may proclaim your redeeming love to the world, and continue for ever in the risen life
of Christ our Savior. Amen.
The people sit.
Sending Music
Lento from Sonata for Solo Harp (1957)
music: Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
The people stand.
Blessing
Presider
People
Let us pray.
May the blessing of the God of Abraham and Sarah, and of Jesus Christ born of our sister Mary, and of the Holy
Spirit, who broods over the world as a mother over her children, be upon you and remain with you always.
Amen.
Sending Hymn: #539 in The Hymnal 1982
Dismissal
Leader
People
O Zion haste
Tidings
Let us go forth into the world, rejoicing in the power of the Spirit.
Thanks be to God.
The Laying on of Hands and Anointing with Oil for Healing is offered in Resurrection Chapel under the stained glass window.
LITURGICAL LEADERS
Ushers ................................................... Bertha Harrison, Jay Derrickson
Presider .........................................................................................................
Preacher ........................................................................................................
Faith, Hope, and Loaves ....................................................... Kevin Golden
Crucifer .............................................................................Andrea McGray
Director of Music ................................................................... Jeremy Filsell
Torch Bearers .....................................Teresa Hobgood, Francis Johnson
Violin ................................................................................ Jeffrey Thurston
Readers ................................... Charlie Berardesco, Jeanne Mitchler-Fiks
Harp ............................................................................ Stefanie Gustafson
Gospeler ........................................................................................................
The Epiphany Choir Jean Arnold, Rachel Barham, Charles
Prayers ................................................................................... Jeff Thurston
Berardesco, Christine Browne-Munz, Charles Burg, Stephanie
Eucharistic Ministers ..Mary Sebold, Francis Johnson, Teresa Hobgood
Cabell, Kathrine Ebert, Thad Garrett, Ben Gelfand, Joseph Kaz,
Healing Minister .....................................................................Mary Sebold
Nicole Levesque, Erica Levin, Judy Lokerson, Susan Manola, Irvin
Peterson, Rebecca Kellerman Petretta, Christina Raia, James Rogers,
Altar Guild ................................................................... Kathy Gallagher
Farley Lord Smith, Duncan Stevens, Jeffrey Thurston
Greeters ................................................................................. Kathy Haines
MUSIC NOTE
In June the Choir recorded a CD of Epiphany music (for our feast of title, for our church itself and music written by former musicians of
the church). Release of this disc is imminent, so you can be assured that your Christmas present-buying is now well catered for. Discs will
be on sale by Advent Sunday and priced at $15 each. All proceeds will benefit our Tuesday Concert Series ministry.
PARISH PRAYER LIST
For Katharine, our Presiding Bishop; Gay, President of the House of Deputies; Mariann, our Bishop; Thabo, Archbishop of Cape Town;
Randolph, our Rector, and the clergy and lay leaders of our parish;
For St Margaret’s Parish Washington, Kimberly Lucas, Rector, Anne Nicholson, Assistant; Charlie’s Place Feeding Program, St
Margaret’s Washington; The Resolution Committee of the Diocese, in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer; and for The Lusitanian Church,
The Right Reverend Jose Jorge de Pina Cabral, Bishop of the Lusitanian Church, in the Anglican Cycle of Prayer;
For Barack, our President; for the leaders of all the nations; for the Congress and Supreme Court of the United States; for Vincent, our
Mayor; for the leaders of all communities in the Washington Metropolitan Area;
For all who seek healing, especially Epiphany parishioners Willa Downes, Eleanor Engh, Juanita Daniels, Barbara Ford-Foster, Don
Lokerson, Jack Martin, Michelle Rhodd, Ed Scrimger, Dee Snyder, and Tanya Stern; and others for whom prayers have been asked: Wes
Alexander, Dan and Judy Berardesco, Harold T. Bomar, Chuck Boud, Juanita Daniels, Theresa Derrickson, Lucien Garo, Jr., Kent Reese
DeShields, Winston E. DeShields, Robyn Gilson, Daniel Gonzales, Thelma Griffith, Chuck Holmes, Janice Mitchell, Kate Morris, Charles
Richardson, Sophia Schmidt, Paul and Peggy Schmitzer, and Elaine Weiner;
For Jyl Woolfolk who is currently serving as an Ebola healthcare worker in Monrovia, Liberia;
For those who suffer in these hard economic times;
For our guests at The Welcome Table
MINISTRY MINUTE
Worship Ministry Team: We are called to celebrate the love of Christ in prayer, music, and Word by providing faithful, inclusive, and
transformational corporate worship. The ministries included in the Worship Ministry Team are Acolytes, Altar Guild, Epiphany choir,
Eucharistic ministers, Faith Hope and Loaves, Flower Guild, Healing Ministers, Oblation Bearers, Readers, and Ushers. If you are
interested in learning more about this ministry team, please contact the parish office at 202-347-2635 or [email protected].
EPIPHANY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Epiphany’s Tuesday Concert Series offers lunchtime performances by national and international artists. This week on Tuesday,
November 18th at 12:10pm, Mickey Thomas Terry performs music by Vierne, Bach, Dupré and African-American composers Ulysses
Kay, Thomas H. Kerr and Robert A. Harris on Epiphany’s great organ. Terry is professorial lecturer in Howard University’s
Department of Music and is Director of Music at St. Joseph’s on Capitol Hill.
Epiphany Mission Center (EMC) is working to develop new ideas and services for our visiting youth and young adult groups. Our
newest project is the creation of movie library and collection of board games for the entertainment of our visiting groups. We are
welcoming donations of DVDs and board games appropriate for teenagers and young adults. Thank you for your support in developing
this ministry and helping to make the EMC experience even more enjoyable!
The homeless artists of Gospel Art! are creating and donating artwork to produce and sell Christmas Cards for 2014 to raise funds for
the Welcome Table breakfast. Would you enjoy participating in this time-limited project? Help is needed to oversee the project (a couple
of hours per week at most) and to organize sales on Sundays, end of Nov. through Dec.21st. Please contact Marge McNaughton at
703-966-1098 or [email protected].
Samaritan Ministry Holiday Wish Lists: Samaritan Ministry is collecting donations for Thanksgiving gift baskets and Christmas parties.
Canned food and grocery store gift cards are needed for the Thanksgiving baskets, and toys, books, adult outerwear and gift cards are
needed for the Christmas parties. Samaritan Ministry is also looking for volunteers to help staff the Christmas parties on December 7 at
St Phillips SE, December 20 at Christ Lutheran NW, and December 21 at Trinity Arlington. If you can't make it Samaritan Ministry to
drop off your donation, please see Susan Weinbeck, Lois Nembhard, or Rasheen Carbin about collecting donations here at Epiphany.
PARISH CALENDAR: NOVEMBER 17- NOVEMBER 23
Thursday, November 20
Monday, November 17
12:00
SLAA
12:00
AA
1:15
Dhur Salat
12:10
Holy Eucharist
1:15
Dhur Salat
Friday, November 21
12:00
AA
Tuesday, November 18
12:10
Holy Eucharist
12:00
Al-Anon
1:15
Juma’a Salat
12:10
Tuesday Concert Series
2:00
Muslim Fellowship Time
1:00
Street Church
1:15
Dhur Salat
Saturday, November 22
3:00
Food and Spirituality
6:00
YSOP Dinner
Sunday, November 23- Christ the King
Wednesday, November 19
7:00
Gospel Art!, NA, Welcome Table Bible Study
12:00
AA and Al-Anon
7:30
Welcome Table Choir
12:10
Healing Eucharist
8:00
Welcome Table Eucharist
1:15
Dhur Salat
9:00
Welcome Table
6:00
Plainchant Evensong
10:45
Liturgical Leaders
6:30
Beginning to Pray Again with the Rev. Martin
11:00
Holy Eucharist
Smith
THE CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY WELCOMES YOU!
WELCOME!
Please let us know how we can help you, by filling out a Welcome Card found in the pews and giving it to an usher.
All are encouraged to make an extra effort to welcome each other. Know that through the love of Christ, we all are
bound together.
NURSERY AND GODLY PLAY
Nursery
Jonise Jackson is our nursery caregiver. The nursery is open at 10:00 a.m. through the 11:00 service for children
under 4 years old. Please speak to an usher for directions to the nursery (2nd floor). Children of all ages are welcomed
to be present in the church for worship. Please feel free to take advantage of our Children in Worship space located
up front in the left transept.
Christian Education for Children
Godly Play, for children age four to twelve takes place in the Godly Play Room on the second floor of the Parish
House. Today’s Godly Play facilitator is Uchenna Alexander.
PARKING
PMI Garage next door gives Epiphany worshipers free parking on Sundays until 8:00pm. Validate your parking stub
in Community Hall after church. Handicapped parking at the garage is on the street level.
RECYCLE!
If you do not want to keep your bulletin, please place it in one of the blue recycling bins in the Parish House.
Help keep Epiphany clean and green!
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
We at Epiphany are called to journey together in faith, to reveal the presence of Christ in the world, and to
proclaim the Reign of God, by sustaining a community in which all are welcome, by celebrating liturgy that
nurtures us and sends us forth, and by caring courageously for our neighbors and ourselves.
PARISH STEWARDSHIP STATEMENT
God offers us a life of abundance and calls us to celebrate our lives and unique capabilities as gifts. We believe that
God wants us to use these gifts, not only for ourselves, but for all Creation. In a world broken by unshared bread,
God invites us to a table with room enough and bread enough for all. We accept God’s invitation, and we bring with
joy our gifts to God’s table.
1317 G St, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Metro Center, 13th St Exit
THE CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY
202.347.2635
[email protected]
www.EpiphanyDC.org