CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD

THE PARISH NOTICES
SUNDAY FORM: The Rabbi’s Gift Next week: Family Systems and the Holiday season!
Lessons and Carols: Child Readers Needed
Please sign up on the bulletin board sheet in the parish hall auditorium or contact
Pastor Alanna (alanna@cgsnashua.org) if your child(ren) is interested in reading one of
the seven scripture lessons at the service on December 21st. Rehearsal will be at 5:15pm
before the spaghetti supper!
YOUR PLEDGE FOR 2015 – Please send in your pledge cards indicating your giving for
2015 ASAP. Save the Stewardship Committee a call! Thank you!!
Christmas Eve Choirs: The Senior Choir and Junior Choir are welcoming additional
singers to contribute to the joyful celebration on Christmas Eve.
Senior Choir rehearsals for the 10:30pm Christmas Eve service will be:
December 16, 7:15pm-8:45pm
December 23, 7:15pm-8:45pm
Junior Choir rehearsals for the 7:00pm Christmas Eve service will be:
December 17, 5:30-6:30pm
If you are interested, please contact Brett Greene music@cgsnashua.org.
CGS SCRIP CASH VALUE CARDS - Time to think about that Christmas Shopping,
for purchasing gifts, or for gift cards that will be a gift. This is the last ordering
Sundays before Christmas! Scrip cards are the perfect solution for all your shopping as
CGS receives 5% of every purchase you make. Tuesday 12/16 at noon is the deadline
to get your orders in to receive your cards by Christmas. (Cards will be delivered to the
office on 12/19.)
Daring to Question God: Pastor Odie’s Book will be available at the scrips table for
$10. Please note if you would like to have it signed when you purchase it.
Church parking: The spots directly in front of church marked with red no parking
bags are for handicap use only. Kindly don’t park there unless you need to.
CALENDAR
MONDAY - FRIDAY NOONTIME AA
Sunday, December 14
8:00 AM Holy Eucharist
8:00-11:15 AM Nursery care
9:00 AM Christian Ed (all ages)
9:00 AM Fellowship Hour
9:45 AM Holy Eucharist
11:15 AM Holy Eucharist
6:30 PM J2A & YAC
Thursday, December 18
6:00 PM Tai Chi
7:00 PM AA Why me?
Monday, December 15
6:15 PM AA Winding Down
6:30 PM Women’s Dinner
6:30 PM Bellringers
7:45 PM Adult Handbells
Saturday, December 20
9-11:30 AM AA
10:00 AM Instrumental Ensemble
Tuesday, December 16
6:30 PM AA Tuesday Traditions
7:15 PM Senior Choir
Wednesday, December 17
12:00 PM Noon Eucharist (lounge)
5:30 PM Children’s Choir
7:00 PM Scottish Dancers
7:00 PM AA
Sunday, December 21
Deck the Halls
8:00 AM Holy Eucharist
8:00-11:15 AM Nursery care
9:00 AM Christian Ed (all ages)
9:00 AM Fellowship Hour
9:45 AM Holy Eucharist
11:15 AM Holy Eucharist
6:30 PM J2A & YAC
(see event times below)
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Deck The Halls Sunday – December 21nd
Regular Sunday morning schedule!
11:30am- 2:30pm - Parish gathering of the greens – led by our Youth
2:30pm - 5:30pm Parish wreath making and decorating the church
5:45pm - Parish spaghetti supper ($5 per person donation)
7:00pm - Advent Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols concluding
with Christmas selections by the Bellringers.
In thanksgiving for
_________________________________________________________________
In celebration of
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Christmas Day – Tuesday, December 25th
10:00am - Festival Holy Eucharist
In memory of
________________________________________________________________
Given by
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____Please deliver my plant to a shut-in or ____ I will pick up after Dec. 26th
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
I would like to donate $______ for Music offered in the church at Christmas.
In memory of
____________________________________________________________________
In thanksgiving for
_________________________________________________________________
In celebration of
___________________________________________________________________
Given by
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DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 18TH PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY
The People of God of
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD (EPISCOPAL)
Ministers
Rector
Assistant Rector
Vergers
Organist & Choir Director
Asst. Choir Director
Bellringer Director
Parish Administrator
Communications Secretary
Sunday School Coordinator
Nursery Staff
Youth Director
Front Door Agency
Seminarian Intern to the Diaconate
(EPISCOPAL)
Friday, December 19
6:15 PM AA
8:00 PM AA Good Shepherd
9:45 PM AA 23rd Hour
Christmas Eve – December 24th
5:30pm - Children’s Service of the Bells with Holy Eucharist
(Every person is to bring a bell)
* Nursery care provided for this service *
7:00pm - Children’s Service of the Bells with Holy Eucharist
(Every person is to bring a bell)
Music with Children’s Choir, Instruments & Organ
* Nursery care provided for this service *
8:45pm - Festival Holy Eucharist Music with Bellringers & Organ.
10:30pm - Festival Holy Eucharist Music with Senior Choir & Organ.
CHRISTMAS POINSETTIAS
I would like to donate $______ for Poinsettias to be used in the church at Christmas.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
All Baptized Parishioners
The Rev. Dr. Robert “Odie” Odierna
The Rev. Alanna Van Antwerpen
John Townsend, Harvey Shaw
Brett Greene
Sue Reilly
Chaim Burstein
Laurie Ascani
Andria Sousa
Mary O’Reilly
Heidi Odierna
Marcie Byrd
Maryse Wirbal
Pam McDonald
Please recycle your bulletin by placing them on the table at the entry door.
Please Note: Unauthorized recording and the taking of unauthorized photographs at Church
of the Good Shepherd are prohibited.
THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
DECEMBER 14, 2014
THE HOLY EUCHARIST AT 8:00 & 9:45
214 Main Street; Post Office Box 412
Nashua, New Hampshire 03061
Church Office 603-882-5352 Fax 603-880-4440 www.cgsnashua.org
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BCP Numbers refer to The Book of Common Prayer (Red Book)
Service music preceded by “S” is located in the front of The Hymnal 1982(Blue Book)
The Hymns are located in the second section of The Hymnal 1982
and in the green supplement, Wonder Love and Praise (WLP).
Please remember to turn off all pagers and cell phones.
The Voluntary
“Prière à Notre-Dame” from Suite gothique
The Processional
“Hark! the glad sound!”
standing
Léon Boëllmann
Hymnal 72
Opening Acclamation
Presider Blessed are you, holy and living One.
People You come to your people to set them free.
Collect for Purity
Song of Praise
“Tell out, my soul”
Hymnal 437
BCP 212
The Collect of the Day
THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD
The First Lesson
sitting
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners;
to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn; to provide for those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
They will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, to display his
glory. They shall build up the ancient ruins, they shall raise up the former devastations;
they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.
For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery and wrongdoing; I will faithfully give them
their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Their descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the
peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge that they are a people whom the LORD
has blessed.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my whole being shall exult in my God;
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe
of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns
herself with her jewels.
For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to
spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all
the nations.
Reader: The Word of the Lord.
People:
Thanks be to God.
Psalm 126
BCP 782
Sequence Anthem (at 9:45)
“This is the record of John”
Orlando Gibbons
The Gospel
standing
John 1:6-8, 19-28
Gospeller:
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. John
People:
Glory to you, Lord Christ.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify
to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he
came to testify to the light.
This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from
Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed,
"I am not the Messiah." And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I
am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No." Then they said to him, "Who are
you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" He
said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, `Make straight the way of the
Lord,'" as the prophet Isaiah said. Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. They
asked him, "Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor
the prophet?" John answered them, "I baptize with water. Among you stands one
whom you do not know, the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the
thong of his sandal." This took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was
baptizing.
Gospeller: The Gospel of the Lord.
People:
Praise to you, Lord Christ.
The Sermon
Pastor Odie
sitting
The Nicene Creed
BCP 358
Prayers of the People
kneeling
Intercessor
We pray to you, O God,
People
O come, O come, Emmanuel.
For Healing and Special Concerns
Gary Allen
Ted & Helen Arsenault
William Ashline
Tadjiu Boduch
Clifford Barber
Arlene Bauer
Eric Bergeson
Barbara Berube
Jerry Chartier
Karen Chevelier
Wyman Cogswell
Winnie Darling
Marilyn Day-Lewis
Glenn Davis
Sally Deschenes
Nicholas Enos
John Epstein
Rick Farrenkopf
John Haynes
Jennifer Hiscock
Ian Hodgkins
Steve Howe
Wendy Huckins
Meg Lambert
Lorraine Lang
Gabbie Langill
Robert Langill
Celine Langlois
Joel Lapointe
The Larson Family
Pauline Lawrence
Rose Louise
Patti & Paul Liamos
McKenzie
Kathy Macaraeg
Jamie Masingill
Henry Maynard
Abbie Merrill
Susan Mitchell
Melissa
Nori
Jack Nahley
Genie O'Loughlin
Jeffrey Osborne
Yingsho Osborne
Ray Palmer
Hallie Parker
Bo Patterson
Aimee Pelletier
Rev. Kathleen Potts
Rose Emma
Egon Raak
Chris Rugg
Bob Schaller
Cody Sleeper
Bo Stewart
Linda Stevens
Ernie Stokes
Tracey Thompson
Doug Tremlet
Rev. John Van Siclen
Vlad Vascak
Sue von Hagn
Edi-Lu Wartella
Dorothy Welford
Diane Williams
Jane Wilkins
Wilkins Family
Xavier Zakrajsek
Paul Zielie
Parishioners – Maureen Dwyer; Mary, Christopher & Elizabeth Edgerton; Martin,
Mariannam Reginald & Miranda Edo; Heather & Robert Eggleston; Howard Diane,
Benjamin & Johnathan Ehrlich.
Wine and wafers are given in loving memory of Margaret and John Aponovich by the
family.
The Sanctuary Candle is given in loving memory of Shannon Morin by her family.
body of Christ, and we who share his cup draw strength for the one true vine.
The Confession and Absolution
All: Merciful God, we have sinned in what we have thought and said, in the
wrong we have done and in the good we have not done. We have sinned in
ignorance: we have sinned in weakness: we have sinned through our own
deliberate fault. We are truly sorry. We repent and turn to you.
Forgive us, for our Savior Christ’s sake, and renew our lives to the glory of
your name. Amen.
Presider: Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through the
grace of Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy
Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen.
The Peace
Presider: Send your Holy Spirit, that we who receive Christ’s body may indeed be the
standing
The People greet one another in the Name of Christ
The Announcements
People: Called to follow Christ, help us to reconcile and unite. Called to suffer,
give us hope in our calling.
Presider: For you, the heavenly one, make all things new; you are the beginning and the
end, the last and the first. Praise, glory and love be yours, this and every day, for us and
all people, here and everywhere. AMEN.
The Lord’s Prayer
As our Savoir Christ has taught us, we now pray using contemporary words
All: 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
Presider: We break this bread to share in the Body of Christ.
THE HOLY COMMUNION
The Offertory Hymn
“On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry”
The Doxology
The Great Thanksgiving
Hymnal 76
Hymnal 380 v3
standing
People And also in you.
Presider Lift up your hearts.
People We lift them to our God.
Presider Let us give thanks to God.
People It is right to give God thanks and praise.
Presider: It is the joy of our salvation, God of the universe, to give you thanks through
Jesus Christ. You said, ‘Let there be light’; there was light. Your light shines on in our
darkness. For you the earth has brought forth life in all its forms. You created us to
hear your Word, to do your will and to be fulfilled in your love. It is right to thank you.
You sent your Son to be for us the way we need to follow and the truth we need to
know. He is coming to reconcile and forgive. Christ is the new beginning. You sent
your Son to give his life to release us from our sin. His cross has taken our guilt away.
You send your Holy Spirit, to strengthen and to guide, to warn and to revive your
Church. Therefore, with all your witnesses who surround us on every side, countless as
the stars in heaven, we praise you for our creation and our calling, with loving and
joyful hearts we sing together:
Proulx
People:
We who are many are one body, for we all share in the one bread.
The Communion Hymn
“Praise the Lord, rise up rejoicing”
kneeling
Hymnal 334
The Communion of the People
Presider God dwells in you.
Sanctus and benedictus qui venit
Enriching Our Worship
Hymnal S 125
Presider & People: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might Heaven and earth are full,
If you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are welcome to share in the Bread and Wine of
Communion, regardless of your denominational background. Come to the rail at the direction of the ushers.
Stand or kneel at the rail and receive the bread (a wafer) in the palm of your hand. Receive the wine either
by drinking from the cup (guiding it to your lips) or by touching the wafer, which you have retained, lightly to
the wine, being careful not to touch your fingers to the wine. If you decide not to receive the Bread and/or the
Wine and would prefer to receive a blessing, simply cross your arms over your chest. If you are in need of a
Gluten-free wafer instead of the regular bread wafer, please indicate this to the clergy at the time you are
receiving communion.
Communion Motet (9:45)
“Panis angelicus”
Post Communion Prayer
kneeling
The Blessing
Eucharistic Prayer
The Recessional
Presider continues: Blessed are you, most holy in your Son, who washed his disciples’
feet. ‘I am among you as one who serves,’ he said. On that night before he died he
took bread and gave you thanks. He broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said: Take,
eat, this is my body which is given for you; do this to remember me. After supper, he
took the cup, and gave you thanks. He gave it to them and said: Drink this. It is my
blood of the new covenant, shed for you, shed for all, to forgive sin; do this to
remember me. Therefore with this bread and wine we recall your goodness to us as we
say together:
People: God of the past and present, we your people remember your Son. We
thank you for his cross and rising again, we take courage from his ascension; we
look for his coming in glory and in him we give ourselves to you.
Enriching Our Worship
Presider & People:
Most loving God, creator and redeemer, we give you thanks for this foretaste of
your glory. Through Christ, and with all your saints, we offer ourselves and our
lives to your service. Send us out in the power of your Spirit, to stand with you in
your world. We ask this through Jesus Christ, the servant, our friend and brother.
Amen.
full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the
name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest.
kneeling
César Franck
Translation: Bread of the Angels Is made bread for mankind; Gifted bread of Heaven Of all imaginings the
end; Oh, thing miraculous! This body of God will nourish the poor, the servile, and the humble.
Anne Christine Reilly, soprano
“Hail to the Lord’s Annointed”
standing
Hymnal 616
The Dismissal
The Voluntary
“Allegro in E minor”
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
THE END OF WORSHIP - THE BEGINNING OF SERVICE
ASSISTING IN OUR WORSHIP
Acolytes
Lay Ministers
Ushers
Altar Guild
8:00
Aisling Macaraeg, Sinead Magaraeg
9:45
Jessica Taylor, Sarah Gelinas
8:00
Diana Newman, Karla Tolomeo, Theresa Belanger
9:45
John Rowntree, Jeff Snow, Howard Titus
8:00
Richard DeMichele, Tim & Karen Favorite
11:15
Judy Mulligan, Jim Monahan, Nick Monahan
Carole Sawdon, Beth Barker, Kate and Paige Schaller: Betty Williams