Sunday, February 10, 2013

Holy Eucharist
The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour
The Last Sunday
After the Epiphany Transfiguration Sunday
A Congregation of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington
and the Anglican Communion
1700 Powder Mill Road - Silver Spring, MD 20903
February 10, 2013
www.episcopalcos.org 301-439-5900 churchoffice@episcopalcos.org
Welcome to the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour.
We are glad that you are here with us today.
Everyone is welcome to receive Communion in our
church regardless of your denominational background.
“ A Home for all God’s People”
Liturgy of the Word
Introit
Fugue and Harmonization on “St. Anne”
J. S. Bach
Entrance Hymn Songs of Thankfulness and Praise
1982 Hymnal #135
Opening Acclamation and Collect for Purity
BCP pg. 355 (The Blue Book in the pew rack)
Gloria
Hymnal #S-280 (Front section of Hymnal)
Collect of the Day
O God, who before the passion of your only begotten
Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant
to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be
changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
First Reading Exodus 34:29-35
Pew Bible, New Testament, p. 63
Psalm 99
1
6 Moses
and Aaron among his priests,
and Samuel among those who call upon his Name, *
they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
The Lord is King;
let the people tremble; *
he is enthroned upon the cherubim;
let the earth shake.
2
The Lord is great in Zion; *
he is high above all peoples.
3
Let them confess his Name,
which is great and awesome; *
he is the Holy One.
7
He spoke to them out of the pillar of cloud; *
they kept his testimonies and the decree
that he gave them.
[ANT]
8
“O Lord our God, you answered them indeed; *
you were a God who forgave them,
yet punished them for them for their evil deeds.”
9
Proclaim the greatness of the Lord our God
and worship him upon his holy hill; *
for the Lord our God is the Holy One.
[ANT]
4 “O
mighty King, lover of justice,
you have established equity; *
you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.”
5
Proclaim the greatness of the Lord our God
and fall down before his footstool; *
he is the Holy One.
[ANT]
[ANT]
Second Reading 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2
Pew Bible, New Testament, p. 138
Gospel Hymn Christ Upon the Mountain Peak
1982 Hymnal #129
Gospel Luke 9: 28-43a
Pew Bible, New Testament, p. 53
Sermon
Prayers of the People
Taught by God’s word we pray for the church and the world, saying: Lord, have mercy.
The Confession of Sin and The Peace
Book of Common Prayer, p. 360
You are welcome in the Name of the Lord
You are welcome in the Name of the Lord
I have seen in you the Glory of the Lord
You are welcome in the Name of the Lord
Holy Eucharist
Offertory
Great and Glorious
F. Haydn
Doxology
Tune of 1982 Hymnal #400
For peace in all lands and in the hearts of all people, we
pray:
Lord, have mercy.
Service continues in the
Book of Common Prayer, p. 367
(Eucharistic Prayer B)
For all who are Christians, that they may be strong in
their love and faith and may work together for greater
unity, we pray:
Lord, have mercy.
Sanctus
1982 Hymnal #S-130
For those preparing for ministry and for all who guide
them, that they may be teachers of God’s light and love,
we pray:
Lord, have mercy.
Communion Hymns
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
LEVAS #106
Revive Us Again
LEVAS #157
Soon and Very Soon
LEVAS #14
For all members of our civic community, that we may
live together with justice and understanding, we pray:
Lord, have mercy.
Fraction Anthem
1982 Hymnal #S-164
For the sick and the dying, and for the dead and the bereaved, we pray:
Lord, have mercy.
Announcements
For Episcopal Relief and Development; for Companions in World Mission; and for the Mission and Ministry of the Episcopal Church, we pray:
Lord, have mercy.
Dismissal
For Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury, Katherine, our
Presiding Bishop, Mariann, our Bishop, Robert, Jane,
and all who minister here, we pray to the Lord:
Hear our prayer.
God of wisdom and love, hear the prayer of your beloved children in
this community of faith. Bring your help to all in need, granting our
prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing Hymn
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
1982 Hymnal #618
Postlude
Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above
Arr. H. Hopson
Today’s altar flowers are given in loving memory of
Uchenna Chukwubike Ifeajekwu
November 27, 2009 - September 10, 2012
in six months’ remembrance, by his family.
This Week’s Calendar
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10
08:00am
Holy Eucharist Rite I
10:00am
Holy Eucharist Rite II
11:30am
NO Children’s Handchime Rehearsal
12:15pm
Misa en Español
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11
07:00pm
Finance Committee Meeting
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 - Shrove Tuesday
10:00am
Morning Prayer
06:00pm
Mardi Gras Pancake Supper
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 - Ash Wednesday
10:00am
NO Weekly Bible Study
12:15pm
Ash Wednesday Service
07:30pm
Ash Wednesday Service
07:00am to 06:00pm - Drive-Through “Ashes to Go”
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14
07:30pm
Choir Rehearsal
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17
08:00am
Holy Eucharist Rite I
10:00am
Holy Eucharist Rite II
11:30am
NO Children’s Handchime Rehearsal
12:15pm
Misa en Español
Gifts of Love Offering
The Gifts of Love envelopes are in
the Narthex/Foyer of the church today to collect funds in support of programs sponsored by the Diocesan and
National Episcopal Women. There
are four major national church ingathering efforts: The
United Thank Offering (UTO) which provides grants
for a variety of programs and The Church Periodical
Club (CPC) which provides printed and educational material to individuals and organizations. In 2010, ECW activities and the Memorial Scholarship Fund were included
in the Gifts of Love ingathering. Please consider the outreach efforts of these programs and contribute generously.
If you have questions, call Dee Henderson at(301-5724784)
Those Serving at 8:00
Rector
Assistant/Curate
Lector
Intercessor
Acolytes
Chalice Bearers
Ushers
The Rev. Robert W. Harvey
The Rev. Jane Milliken Hague
Lois Jenkins
Erica Mitchell
Nancy Ahmed, Lois Jenkins
Nancy Ahmed, Pat Diggs
Wilbur Jenkins, Logan Schutz
Those Serving at 10:00
Rector
The Rev. Robert W. Harvey
Assistant/Curate
The Rev. Jane Milliken Hague
Organist/Choir Director
Bruce Cole
Subdeacon
Margaret Gordon
Lectors
Nancy MacCormack, Amri Joyner
Intercessor
Tasha McCormack
Acolytes
Nellie Williams, Jermaine Bedell,
Benjamin Robinson, Olivette Guy-Williams
Head Acolyte
Nancy Ahmed, 301-384-3596
Healing Prayers
Adrian Maynard, Emerica Williams
Altar Guild
Purple Team
Chalice Bearers
Nancy Ahmed, Kenneth Egbuna,
Olivette Guy-Williams, Olga Collier
Ushers
Emerica Williams, Joshua Anderson,
Derek Cole, Angela Jones,
Roseline Coker, Quinton Okon-Thomas
Head Usher
Derek Cole, 301-572-0074
Administrators
Refiloe Bam, Steve Brushett,
Helen Hanlon, Grace Siwajuola
Interested in Serving as a
Lay Reader, Intercessor,
or Chalacist?
We need you! If you are willing to serve, training
will be scheduled later in the Spring; please sign
up by contacting Margaret Gordon by phone at 301
-681-5262 or email MHGordon@verizon.net
COS FOOD PANTRY
IS VERY LOW!!
Lots of folks have come in during
the past two very cold weeks… most of the faces
have been new to us, too. Please consider bringing a few items to help restock the pantry!
And don’t forget.. You can always bring a casserole! (Instructions are in pantry on refrigerator.)
Mardi Gras/ Shrove Tuesday
PANCAKE SUPPER!
Tuesday, February 12
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Tickets:
Adults $8.00 (18 and up)
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - Shrove Tuesday
06:00pm - Mardi Gras Pancake Supper
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - Ash Wednesday
12:15pm - Ash Wednesday Service
07:30pm - Ash Wednesday Service
07:00am - 06:00pm - Drive-Through “Ashes to Go”
Every Monday During Lent
06:30pm - Stations of the Cross
07:00pm - Lenten Soup & Bread Supper
07:30pm - Lenten Study
Sunday, March 24, 2013 - Palm Sunday
08:00am - Palm Sunday Eucharist Rite I
10:00am - Palm Sunday Eucharist Rite II
12:15pm - Misa de Domingo de Ramos
Thursday, March 28 - Maundy Thursday
07:30pm - Maundy Thursday Service
09:00pm - Overnight Prayer Vigil (until 06:00am)
Friday, March 29 - Good Friday
12:00pm - Good Friday Service
(at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church,
818 University Blvd. West, Silver Spring, MD 20901)
06:00pm - Children's Stations of the Cross
07:30pm - Good Friday Service
Sunday, March 31, 2013 - Easter Sunday
08:00am - Easter Sunday Eucharist Rite I
10:00am - Easter Sunday Eucharist Rite II
12:15pm - Misa de Domingo de Pascua
Lenten Soup & Bread
Supper & Study
Mondays during Lent
starting February 18
7:00pm Supper
7:30 Study
Children (0-17) $4.00
(Youth who are serving eat FREE)
If you have palms from last year’s Palm Sunday,
please bring them… we will burn them around 7:00pm.
Please bring a can of food per
person for the COS Food Pantry.
If you wish to come in costume, please feel free to do so!
Volunteer Lay Ministers Needed…
Start Lent Off By Serving Others!
This year on Ash Wednesday, COS will
be joining other churches in an outreach
to the neighborhood by providing “drive
through” ashes from 7:00am to 6:00pm,
giving busy people in the area a chance
to participate in this Lenten tradition
and to learn about the friendly family at
COS! Bishop Mariann Budde has written to the clergy
through the Diocese asking them to take part in this
“Ashes to Go” ministry. Father Harvey and Reverend
Hague will be on hand, but in order to facilitate the day
(including the noonday Ash Wednesday service), they
have asked for volunteers to sign up for 2-hour shifts to
help distribute ashes on that day. Sign-up sheets are
available today, or you may contact Rev. Jane Hague at
jhague@episcopalcos.org with any questions or to let her
know you’d like to help serve. You can read more about
the Ashes to Go movement here: www.ashestogo.org
Where was God when…..???
Tragic events like the Newtown shootings, deadly natural disasters, and the attacks on 9/11, as well as other, more personal times of suffering in individual
lives and families have challenged believers’ understanding for centuries. Come
explore what the season of Lent and the Passion of Christ have to teach us
about these mysteries in this year’s Lenten Study. Led by Robert Harvey.
On behalf of the Fellowship of the Trees, Don Spicer wants to thank everyone involved with the 56th year of this
effort. We had an excellent year, raising $14,610 for the church, the highest total ever! The most we ever raised
before was $14,589 in 2008 so we beat that by $21 – the last sale at the lot this year was a very tiny Douglas Fir
for $10 and a $20 tree stand so that sale pushed us over the top!! None of this could occur without the help of a
large number of folks who pitched in to help set up the tree lot, unload the truck, sell trees, deposit the money,
and clean up the lot. As usual, it was a great group to work with. We had 42 members help out with the effort.
The total raised by the Fellowship of the Trees since 1998 (that is when Don’s record’s start) is now $190,545.
We also want to thank the office staff; particularly Sunny who helped with all of the announcements and along
with Robert and other office volunteers sell a few trees over the course of the month. We couldn’t do all of this
without everyone’s support. We have listed the names of all those who participated this year – our apologies if
we left anyone out or misspelled anyone’s name.
Seyi Adegoroye ~ Seun Adegoroye ~ Sade Adegoroye ~ Kemi Adegoroye ~ Perry Anderson
Audrey Austin ~ Refiloe Bam ~ Melvin Barnes ~ Mark Barnes ~ Tre Barnes ~ Victor Bondzie
Johnathan Broadnax ~ Stephen Brushett ~ Richard Brushett ~ Fred Craddock ~ Addo Davies
Roy Gray ~ Don Griggs ~ Robert Harvey ~ Kenrick Hunte ~ Wilbur Jenkins ~ David Jenkins
Lois Jenkins ~ Amri Joyner ~ Akin Latunji ~ Israel Martinez ~ JC Mercado ~ Erica Mitchell
Nthakoana Peko ~ Abbey Peko-Spicer ~ Sarah Peko-Spicer ~ Ella Robinson ~ Jack Roof
Logan Schutz ~ Sunny Simmons ~ Grace Siwajuola ~ Don Spicer ~ Doug Tang
Glenroy Thomas ~ Thulani Tlokotsane ~ Bruce Wallace ~ Scott Wren
To all of you (and your friends and neighbors) who bought a tree or wreath, thanks so much - none of this works
without your support. We hope that you all will come back again next year when we celebrate the 57th year of
Fellowship of the Trees.
The COS Lenten Food Drive for the MANNA FOOD BANK starts Sunday, February 17.
Please start
bringing in non-perishable food for Manna to distribute to the needy and hungry in our area. Through Manna’s
regular distribution program, the Food Bank feeds about 3,300 families each month at fourteen locations.
Manna provides each family with a three-to-five day supply of perishable and shelf-stable food. Manna also
provides food at no charge to 48 Montgomery County soup kitchens, food pantries, group homes, and emergency shelters. Manna’s “Smart
Sacks” program provides a bag of kid-friendly food to over 2,000 elementary school children each week at more than 50 schools.
Here are a few phenomenal statistics about what Manna accomplished in FY 2012:
Households Served via Food For Families Distribution: 40,976 ~ Average Clients Served Per Day: 161
Smart Sacks Distributed to Elementary School Children: 68,278 ~ Pounds of Fresh Produce Donated: 126,762
Pounds of Food Donated by Grocery Stores and Wholesalers: 2,933,694 ~ Total Pounds of Food Distributed: 3,616,250
Pounds of Food Donated by Community Members: 689,955 ~ Number of Volunteer Hours Given by the Community: 50,000
The COS Manna Food Drive asks our parishioners to donate generously to this worthy agency.
Contact: Blanche Cleeve, Joan Murtagh, Joan Griggs.
Reports Due: Sunday, February 17, 2013
If you are responsible for a report to be included in the Annual Meeting
booklet, they must be received in the office by February 17 (NEXT SUNDAY!) Reports expected include (but are not limited to): 2012 Vestry
Resolutions & Minutes (including December election and 2012 Annual
Meeting minutes), individual reports from: Rector, Wardens, Committee
Chairs (Building & Grounds, Finance, Stewardship, etc.), Altar Guild,
Youth, Hospitality, Outreach Commission, Endowment Board, Acolytes,
Ushers, Ministry of Art, and Choir. If you have any questions, please call
the church office.
Those for Whom We Pray
Gracious God, watch over these your children. Send your healing power upon those who are sick, protect
those travelling or in danger, and guide those who have decisions to make. Make known your love to all.
We ask all this in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.
In Continuing Prayer
Elizabeth Adegboyega-Panox ~ Patricia Alexander ~ Christina Bedell ~ Julia Bauer ~ Gene & Evelyn Bean ~ Clifton Braithwaite
Ken Brothers ~ Kate C. Bryant ~ Mary T. Bryant ~ Bev Byron ~ David Byron ~ Rose Byron ~ Louie & Carol Caccitore ~ Laura Carbone
Bud Cole ~ Jonathan and Irene Cole ~ Al Coley ~ Rev. Amos Bani Collins ~ Kathleen Collins ~ Beverly Collins and Family ~ Lee DeMulder
Barbara Dougherty ~ Chioma Ekechi and Family ~ Leslie Forder ~ Linda Francis ~ Cindy Fryer ~ Gloria Gaskill ~ Deborah Goosby
Frances Grimes ~ Bob Hacker ~ Carl Hammond ~ James Hammond ~ Robert Hammond ~ Chickey Henderson ~ Margaret Hinkle
Alisha Johnson ~ Richard Johnston ~ Reesa Jones ~ Viola Kamkwalala ~ J. & M. Kent ~ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Lardner & Family
Jenny Lay ~ Carolyn & Moncure Logan ~ Virginia Mahsman ~ Bob Mann ~ Prince McCormack ~ Thelma McDowell ~ Eddie McNeil
Kimberly Mott ~ Dorothy Murphy ~ Gagriela Navarro ~ Nurse Kelli ~ Sandra Nylen ~ Patti M’s Father ~ Dibike (DC) Ogwu ~ Jessica Rehn
Bianca Rodriguez ~ Cecilia Rodriguez ~ Patricia Rodriguez ~ Webster Rogers ~ Lee Rose ~ Joyce Simpkins ~ Fay Simpson
Victoria Onike Stevens & Family ~ David L. Stratmon, 3rd ~ Karen Tang ~ Elizabeth Taylor ~ Evelyn Taylor ~ Dilia Mercedes Tolentino
Chelsea & Brandon Valentine ~ Quentin Walker ~ Karen Washington ~ Nathalie White ~ Anne Willemann ~ I. Rimisa Williams, Sr.
Delores Williams ~ Rhodel L. Williams ~ James and Ruby Young ~ The unemployed and their families
Important Note:
In an effort to keep the “Short Term Needs” list as current as
possible, we will purge and renew this list every thirty days.
Persons who have need for prayer longer than thirty days
should be submitted to the “In Continuing Prayer” list.
If you find that someone has been removed from the short term
list who should instead be placed on the Continuing Prayer list,
please call or email the church office at
301-439-5900 or churchoffice@episcopalcos.org
Short Term Needs
Ruth Agwuna ~ Angie Allen & Children ~ Bernardo Baez ~ Norma Beaton ~ Angeline Bell ~ Brandon Bell ~ Claire Prescott Bielat
Delores Bond ~ Laurentia Bruce ~ Matilda Bucknor ~ Cyril Byron, Jr. ~ Maureen Dawn Collins ~ Ellen Davis & Children ~ Margaret Dowding
Kenneth Egbuna ~ Desiree Venn Frederic ~ Blanca Santiago Gotay ~ Frances M. Grimes ~ Mark Harman ~ Janet Hunte ~ Prince Hunter
Lawrence and Chinasa Ifeajekwu & Family ~ JoJo Isaac ~ Ayodele Iscandari ~ Andrew Johnson ~ Harry Johnston-Taylor ~ Nancy Knotts
Joseph Albert Krejci ~ Nancy Knotts ~ Meagan Leatherbury ~ George Maestri ~ Nancy MacCormack ~ Kathy McAdams ~ Collina McFoy
Carol & Bud Moeller ~ Madeline Morsha-Taylor & Family ~ Sandy Pang ~ Thomas Parker, Jr. ~ Nadine Patterson ~ Joseph A. Pitts
Cordelia Robinson ~ Peter St. George ~ Jane Steel ~ Karen Tang ~ Jean VanDerPool ~ Emerica Williams & Family ~ Theodore Winston
Members of the Armed Forces
Jake Barr ~ Jason Durkaj ~ Harrison Grimes ~ Mary Q. Jackson ~ Christopher Shy
Brittany Thomas ~ Donald D. Valentine ~ Adam Walker ~ Mason Walker ~ And All Those Who Serve