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Christ Church

The Third Sunday in Lent

Sunday, March 15, 2020 8 AM and 10 AM

The Reverend Jane Gober

Janet Kaido, Organist and Choir Director

Mackenzie Alexander, Director of Youth Ministry

Church Office 610-521-1626

104 Nevin St. Ridley Park, PA 19078

www.ChristChurchRidleyPark.org

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We welcome you today, and always, just as you are: content or wiggly, confused or confident. In this

bulletin the whole congregation says the texts in bold. Page numbers refer to the Book of Common

Prayer, which is the smaller black book, however everything you would need for this service is in this

bulletin. Hymns listed with just a number are found in the RED hymnal. All directions for sitting and

standing are ‘as you are able’, because we welcome you just as you are.

If you need assistance of any kind, ask a neighbor or an usher.

We share Holy Communion every Sunday that we can, and we invite all Christians to share in this

mystery given by Jesus to all his people across time and planet. If you would like to know more about

Christ Church and how we practice the Christian faith in this time and place, we invite you to fill out a

pew card and place it in the offering plate.

Military Service:

U.S. Army Richard W., Eric C., Michael S., Chris W., Mark R., Michael B.

U.S. Navy Marshal N., Nicole G., Joshua R.

U.S. Air Force David B., Tony G.

U.S. Marine Corps Timothy N., Jerome S., William S., Austin

U.S.M.C. Reserve Neil S., Rob

National Guard Evan H., James R., Robert W.

First Responders: Jim N., Marc H., Michael H., Tom H., Joan H., David III, Michael D., Marianna,

Aaron K., Josh P., Doug C., Art R., Lee E., Jesse F., Mitchell H.,

Wayne M.

This Week’s Prayers Requested For: Public health workers, cities facing wide-spread quarantine

Continuing Prayers Requested For: Nancy, Tiffani, James Longacre, Jane B., Nancy A., Cameron,

Megan, Cheryl, Stephen, Chase Smith, Barbara W., Katharyn H., Doris Cornish, Lea, Irene & Dan, The Feilke

family, Dave S., Jessica, Scott Hogan, Austin C., Cheryl D., Frank B., Baby Vincent.

Flower Memorials: The altar flowers are given today in loving memory of Hannah Shickley, by Dr.

and Mrs. Shickley; and in loving memory of Kaye and Carrell Atkinson and their loved ones, by

Ginger Cain.

Names will remain on the continuing prayer list for a four-week period. If we do not hear from you, we

will assume that prayers have been answered and the name(s) will be removed from the list.

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PRELUDE

O Food to Pilgrims Given Johannes Brahms

OPENING HYMN Come, thou fount of every blessing (8AM, vs. 1-3) H686

OPENING SENTENCE

The Officiant says

To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, because we have rebelled against him and have not obeyed

the voice of the Lord our God by following his laws which he set before us. Daniel 9:9, 10

CONFESSION OF SIN (BCP p. 79)

The Officiant says to the people

Dearly beloved, we have come together in the presence of Almighty God our heavenly Father, to set forth his

praise, to hear his holy Word, and to ask, for ourselves and on behalf of others, those things that are necessary

for our life and our salvation. And so that we may prepare ourselves in heart and mind to worship him, let us

kneel in silence, and with penitent and obedient hearts confess our sins, that we may obtain forgiveness by his

infinite goodness and mercy.

Silence may be kept.

Officiant and People together, all kneeling

Most merciful God,

we confess that we have sinned against you

in 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.

The Priest alone stands and says

Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all

goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen.

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The Invitatory and Psalter

VERSICLE (BCP p. 80)

All stand

Officiant Lord, open our lips.

People And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Officiant and People

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be

for ever. Amen.

ANTIPHON

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy:

Come let us adore him.

ANTHEM

Guide My Feed arr. John Carter

PSALM: Psalm 95

1Come, let us sing to the LORD; *

let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *

and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.

3For the LORD is a great God, *

and a great King above all gods.

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

and the heights of the hills are his also.

5The sea is his, for he made it, *

and his hands have molded the dry land.

6Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *

and kneel before the LORD our Maker.

7For he is our God,

and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *

Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!

8Harden not your hearts,

as your forebears did in the wilderness, *

at Meribah, and on that day at Massah,

when they tempted me.

9They put me to the test, *

though they had seen my works.

10Forty years long I detested that generation and said, *

“This people are wayward in their hearts;

they do not know my ways.”

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11So I swore in my wrath, *

“They shall not enter into my rest.”

At the end of the Psalm is sung or said

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

The Lessons

FIRST READING: Exodus 17:1-7

The people sit.

A Reading from the book of Exodus.

1From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD

commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2The people quarreled

with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do

you test the LORD?” 3But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said,

“Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?” 4So Moses cried out

to the LORD, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” 5The LORD said to Moses,

“Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with

which you struck the Nile, and go. 6I will be standing there 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, in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the LORD, saying, “Is the

LORD among us or not?”

Reader The Word of the Lord.

People Thanks be to God.

Silence may follow.

FIRST CANTICLE

Canticle 14: A Song of Penitence

Kyrie Pantokrator

Prayer of Manasseh 1-2, 4, 6-7, 11-15

O Lord and Ruler of the hosts of heaven, *

God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

and of all their righteous offspring:

You made the heavens and the earth, *

with all their vast array.

All things quake with fear at your presence; *

they tremble because of your power.

But your merciful promise is beyond all measure; *

it surpasses all that our minds can fathom.

O Lord, you are full of compassion, *

long-suffering, and abounding in mercy.

You hold back your hand; *

you do not punish as we deserve.

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In your great goodness, Lord,

you have promised forgiveness to sinners, *

that they may repent of their sin and be saved.

And now, O Lord, I bend the knee of my heart, *

and make my appeal, sure of your gracious goodness.

I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, *

and I know my wickedness only too well.

Therefore I make this prayer to you: *

Forgive me, Lord, forgive me.

Do not let me perish in my sin, *

nor condemn me to the depths of the earth.

For you, O Lord, are the God of those who repent, *

and in me you will show forth your goodness.

Unworthy as I am, you will save me,

in accordance with your great mercy, *

and I will praise you without ceasing all the days of my life.

For all the powers of heaven sing your praises, *

and yours is the glory to ages of ages. Amen.

SECOND READING: Romans 5:1-11

The people sit.

A Reading from Paul's letter to the Church in Rome.

1Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have

obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3And not

only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance

produces character, and character produces hope, 5and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has

been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

6For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7Indeed, rarely will anyone die

for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. 8But God proves

his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. 9Much more surely then, now that we have

been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God. 10For if while we were

enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled,

will we be saved by his life. 11But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through

whom we have now received reconciliation.

Reader The Word of the Lord.

People Thanks be to God.

CHILDREN'S MESSAGE

SEQUENCE HYMN Surely it is God who saves me (Thomas Merton) H 679

THIRD READING: John 4:5-42

The people sit.

A Reading from John.

5[Jesus] came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son

Joseph.6Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon.

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7A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8(His disciples had gone

to the city to buy food.) 9The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a

woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) 10Jesus answered her, “If you

knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he

would have given you living water.” 11The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep.

Where do you get that living water? 12Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with

his sons and his flocks drank from it?” 13Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty

again, 14but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give

will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” 15The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this

water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”

16Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” 17The woman answered him, “I have no

husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; 18for you have had five husbands, and

the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!” 19The woman said to him, “Sir, I see

that you are a prophet. 20Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people

must worship is in Jerusalem.” 21Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will

worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22You worship what you do not know; we worship

what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true

worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. 24God is

spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25The woman said to him, “I know that

Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.” 26Jesus said to

her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.”

27Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said,

“What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” 28Then the woman left her water jar and went back

to the city. She said to the people, 29“Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot

be the Messiah, can he?” 30They left the city and were on their way to him.

31Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, eat something.” 32But he said to them, “I have food to eat

that you do not know about.” 33So the disciples said to one another, “Surely no one has brought him something

to eat?” 34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. 35Do you

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. 36The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower

and reaper may rejoice together. 37For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38I sent you to

reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

39Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything

I have ever done.” 40So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there

two days. 41And many more believed because of his word. 42They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of

what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the

world.”

Reader The Word of the Lord.

People Thanks be to God.

Silence may follow.

THE APOSTLES’ CREED

Officiant and People together, all standing.

I believe in God, the Father almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.

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He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit

and born of the Virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended to the dead.

On the third day he rose again.

He ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic Church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. Amen.

The Prayers

SALUTATION

The people stand or kneel

Officiant The Lord be with you.

People And also with you.

Officiant Let us pray.

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Officiant 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,

forever and ever. Amen.

SUFFRAGES

V. Show us your mercy, O Lord;

R. And grant us your salvation.

V. Clothe your ministers with righteousness;

R. Let your people sing with joy.

V. Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;

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R. For only in you can we live in safety.

V. Lord, keep this nation under your care;

R. And guide us in the way of justice and truth.

V. Let your way be known upon earth;

R. Your saving health among all nations.

V. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;

R. Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.

V. Create in us clean hearts, O God;

R. And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.

FIRST COLLECT

Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our

bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body,

and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and

reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

SECOND COLLECT

O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of your Son our Lord: Give

us this day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week to come may be spent in your favor;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Offering of the prayers of the parish, an invitation for prayers for ourselves and others, silently and aloud.

PRAYER FOR MISSION

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come

within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love,

may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen.

HYMN The King of love my shepherd is (St. Columba) (8AM, vs. 1) H 645

OFFERING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE GENERAL THANKSGIVING

Officiant and People

Almighty God, Father of all mercies,

we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks

for all your goodness and loving-kindness

to us and to all whom you have made.

We bless you for our creation, preservation,

and all the blessings of this life;

but above all for your immeasurable love

in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ;

for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.

And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies,

that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise,

not only with our lips, but in our lives,

by giving up our selves to your service,

and by walking before you

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in holiness and righteousness all our days;

through Jesus Christ our Lord,

to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit,

be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen.

CONCLUDING VERSICLE

Let us bless the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Romans 15:13

RECESSIONAL HYMN Hail, thou once despis'd Jesus (In Babilone) (8AM, vs. 1-2) H495

POSTLUDE

Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus Wilbur Held

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CCRP EVENTS & INFORMATION

Whoever you are, for whatever draws you to join Christ Church today, we are glad you are here. If you would like to

learn more about how to connect and grow through the ministries of the Episcopal Church in this region, and Christ

Church, Ridley Park, please fill out a pew card and give it to an usher or put it in the offering plate. We also invite you to

send us an email: office@christchurchridleypark.org.

Weekly E-mail: If you are interested in receiving the Christ Church Weekly Email, please sign up at

www.christchurchridleypark.org (under CONNECT) or leave your name and email address with the office.

If you would like a loved one memorialized with Altar flowers, please contact Janice Kordowski at 610-731-5252 for

information.

Easter Lily Memorials- If you would like to place an order for Easter Lily Memorials to beautify the church on Easter

Sunday, please complete an order form and return it to the church office before Noon on Friday, April 7. If paying by

check, please make check payable to CHRIST CHURCH (earmarked “Easter Lily Memorial”). The cost of each plant is

$10. If it is more convenient, you may also mail your completed form directly to the Church Office.

LIFT classes have been postponed until April 9, 2020.

Youth Group Diversity Discussion Series - Postponed

Christ Church 2020 Discount Cards Only $10! The discount card provides you with various discounts at local

restaurants and businesses such as The Gaslight, Ridley Running, BrickHaus Cafe, MacDade Bowl, Colonial Village,

Casey’s, Pretzel Factory, Stargate Diner and Double Decker. Cards can be purchased in the church office and used

throughout all of 2020.

Baptismal Prep: If you are interested in having your young child baptized after Lent this Spring, Rev’d Jane has a three

session preparation series planned, and she would love to explore with you the deepest yearnings and holy hopes that lead

us to Baptism. Virtual classes on March 22, March 29, and April 19. Check in with the office to sign up and learn more.

The Outreach Committee is beginning its collection of 15 items for the ditty bags distributed at Christmas to 25 sailors

through the Seaman’s Institute. Items being collected in February & March are insulated gloves, warm hats and

scarves. For knitting patterns or questions, please call Nan Garthwaite at 610-532-2801.

CCRP Decals- Show your pride! Decals for sale on the first floor near the water cooler for $3.

Amazon Smile: Are you an Amazon shopper? To participate, sign on to www.smile.amazon.com and search for Christ

Church Ridley Park. Select Christ Church as your charity and begin your shopping.

Pastoral Care at CCRP includes: LEM’s, Casserole Crew, Visitors/ Drivers, Flower and Birthday Card ministry. To join,

please contact Amy Lovenguth 610-804-6838.

Have you moved within the past year? Please call our office to update our records. We need current address, phone

number and email in order to keep you informed of all church events. Call (610) 521-1626

MONTHLY MEETINGS: TO BE DECIDED AS WE MOVE FORWARD

March 13, 2020

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March 14, 2020

Update - No In-Person Worship This Month

Dear Friends of Christ Church, I am writing to you to let you know of requested changes to our worship for the rest of the month.

At the strong request of the civil authorities, health experts, and Bishop Daniel, we will move to digital only services for the rest of the month. We have been asked to limit our gatherings to less than 10 people at a time.

The church is not closing, we will continue, return, proclaim, strive and serve.

¨ We will move to streaming Morning Prayer on Sunday mornings at our normal times of 8 am and 10 am. Morning prayer is a classic pattern of worship, and one that was regularly practiced at CCRP for most of its first 100 years. Please mail in any pledge offerings to the office. Streaming will be on Facebook Live on our CCRP Facebook page for this Sunday (at least). All people with internet can watch videos on Facebook live, and visit our informational FB page, even without an account. One must merely ignore the prompts to sign in!

• We will suspend all food sharing events, so no Wednesday evening supper or program, and no coffee chat/hour.

• We will suspend all in-person formation, so Sunday School, Youth Group, Book Group, and Episcopedia. We are looking into ways to offer interaction and teaching on Wednesdays especially. This may mean utilizing Facebook live, which is accessible even by those who do not belong to Facebook. Stay tuned for those directions.

• We will offer digital Wednesday Evening Prayer or Stations of the Cross at 6 pm.

• Self-Guided Stations are available whenever the church building is open. As long as there are fewer than 10 people in the space, we will be doing our duty.

• We will try to offer streaming Noonday prayer Monday—Thursday.

• We will keep our normal office hours.

• Recovery groups are invited to make their own choices on when to meet or not.

Pray regularly, breathe, sort your heart and soul, and take good care of yourself and your household. If you can, please check in with 7 people this week, especially those who live at home alone or may be medically vulnerable. Ask if they need anything to be gotten for them. Our food cupboard can help, or we can see that this gets taken care of with food delivery services (I can make this happen). Please let me know how I can help.

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If there is a medical emergency please be sure to contact us. Voicemails on my mailbox send me an email, and if you dial 8 in our system it will send me a text message immediately.

Once again I do encourage daily prayer practices and commend to you these digital options: Mission St. Clare, Morning Prayer from Garrett County, and Forward Movement. If remaining at home is your most comforting option, the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania is keeping a list of churches that will be streaming, the National Cathedral will be doing so this Sunday, and I always commend to you the worship online with St. Paul’s in Fayetteville, Arkansas (I used to serve there).

It will take some time to lean into this new normal. I hope and pray that we will all approach it like the two weeks of snow storms that we did not have this winter. Take it as an extraordinary Lenten journey through the wilderness, and be there for one another (at least virtually).

Above all, pray for our country and our world during this difficult time. Pray for those who are ill, those who cannot work, those who are alone in quarantine, and all who are suffering from the economic disruptions. God is leading us into prayer at this time, and it is a ministry Christians can practice at all times and in all places and conditions on behalf of our neighbors and ourselves. Blessings of Calm and Wellbeing Be with You, and Do Not be Afraid, The Reverend Jane Gober Rector, Christ Church (Episcopal)

Our CCRP Prayer: Gentle us, Holy One, into an unclenched moment, a deep breath, a letting go of heavy experiences, of shriveling anxieties, of dead certainties, that, softened by the silence, surrounded by the light, and open to the mystery; we may be found by wholeness, upheld by the unfathomable, entranced by the simple, and filled with the joy that is you. In the name of the Holy Trinity, One God forever and ever - Amen. (Adapted from a prayer by the Rev’d Ted Loder)

For Quiet Confidence: O God of peace, who hast taught us that in returning and

rest we shall be saved, in quietness and confidence shall be our strength: By the might of thy Spirit lift us, we pray thee, to thy presence, where we may be still and know that thou art God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP)