The Fifth Sunday in Lent April 3, 2022, at Eight o'clock in the Morning Welcome To Saint Paul's Church
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The Fifth Sunday in Lent
April 3, 2022, at Eight o’clock in the Morning
Welcome To Saint Paul’s Church
No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, and no matter where you are on the
journey of life — you are welcome in this church.
We hope you will find Saint Paul’s to be a place of refreshment and renewal, where you experience
the presence of the risen Christ. We have been serving Christ in this location for over two hundred
seventy years. The monuments in our church and the graves in our churchyard reflect the conflicts
and complexities of our nation’s and our city’s history. While our building is old and beautiful, our
mission is contemporary and forward moving. Here you will find a people very much connected with
the questions and struggles of modern life and faith and of following the way of Jesus.To all our Visitors & Guests
About Worship
If the liturgy (worship) of the Episcopal Church is unfamiliar, then we hope you will find this
information helpful.
You are welcome in the Episcopal Church, and so the first and best resource we offer are your
neighbors in the pews. Just say, "I'm visiting," and they will gladly help.
The worship of the Episcopal Church is rooted in the practices of ancient Christianity. The structure
of our services, the architecture of our building, the music, our physical postures, and participatory
responses ALL hold rich meaning about our beliefs and are intentional expressions of our
relationship with God.
• In this bulletin you will find:
Responses spoken by the people are printed in bold italics.
Directions for the people are printed in italics.
• We encourage families with children to sit at the front of the Nave so that children can easily see
and hear the liturgy.
• Episcopalians customarily pray either standing or kneeling, so please do what you find most
comfortable.
• Notify an usher if you require an assisted listening device or any other assistance.
• Restrooms are located in the parish hall. An usher will direct you.
About Receiving The Holy Communion
ALL who come in faith are invited to receive Holy Communion at Saint Paul’s.
• During communion, the people form two short lines in the center aisle. After receiving the bread
and wine or a blessing at the altar rail, please exit through the door to the left of the altar and
return to your pew via the side aisles.
• For those who may prefer not to receive communion at the main altar, a communion station is
provided on the main floor to the right of the center aisle. If you are unable to receive at either
station, the clergy will bring the bread and wine to your pew. Please notify an usher before the
service begins.
• To receive a blessing without receiving Communion, cross both arms over your chest, palms on
your collar. To receive the consecrated bread only, cross one arm over your chest, palm on your
collar.
• If your children are in the nursery, you are invited to bring them to receive Holy Communion or a
blessing.
Connect with Us
We invite you to share your contact information on a connect card, located in each pew. Hand it to
one of our clergy, an usher, or place it in the offering plate. Please feel free to fill out as much or as
little information as you’d like so we can connect with you.A Penitential Order: Rite One
The Word of God
Our Service Begins in the Book of Common Prayer
The Opening Acclamation
Celebrant Bless the Lord who forgiveth all our sins.
People His mercy endureth for ever.
Summary of the Law Page 352
The Confession Page 320
Absolution Page 321
Kyrie eleison Page 324
The Collect of the Day
Celebrant The Lord be with you.
People And with thy spirit.
Celebrant Let us pray.
O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto
thy people that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost
promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there
be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with
thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The Old Testament Lesson Isaiah 43:16-21
Thus says the Lord,
who makes a way in the sea,
a path in the mighty waters,
who brings out chariot and horse,
army and warrior;
they lie down, they cannot rise,
they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:
Do not remember the former things,
or consider the things of old.
I am about to do a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.
The wild animals will honor me,
the jackals and the ostriches;
for I give water in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
the people whom I formed for myself
so that they might declare my praise.
Lector The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Psalm 126 Read responsively by whole verse
1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, *
then were we like those who dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, *
and our tongue with shouts of joy.
3 Then they said among the nations, *
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
4 The Lord has done great things for us, *
and we are glad indeed.
5 Restore our fortunes, O Lord, *
like the watercourses of the Negev.
6 Those who sowed with tears *
will reap with songs of joy.
7 Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed, *
will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves.
The Second Reading Philippians 3:4b-14
If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member
of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to
zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard every-
thing as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the
loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having
a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteous-
ness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his
sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, be-
cause Christ Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one
thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for
the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.
Lector The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
The Holy Gospel John 12:1-8
Celebrant The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
People Glory be to thee, O Lord.
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary
took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The
house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was
about to betray him), said, “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given
to the poor?” (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the
common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She bought it so that she
might keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”
Celebrant The Gospel of the Lord.
People Praise be to thee, O Christ.
The Sermon The Reverend Eric Biddy
The Nicene Creed Page 326
The Prayers of the People Page 328
The Comfortable Words Page 332
The Peace Page 332
The Ministers and People greet one another in the name of the Lord.
Parish Greetings & Announcements
The Holy Communion
Offertory Sentence
Presentation of the Offering
Celebrant All things come of thee, O Lord.
People And of Thine own have we given Thee.
The Great Thanksgiving Prayer I Page 333
The Lord’s Prayer Page 336The Breaking of the Bread Page 336
Agnus Dei Page 337
Prayer of Humble Access Page 337
The Communion All who come in faith are welcome at the Lord’s table.
The Post-Communion Prayer Page 339
The Solemn Prayer
Celebrant Look with compassion, O Lord, upon this your people; that, rightly observing this holy season, they
may learn to know you more fully, and to serve you with a more perfect will; through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Dismissal
Celebrant Let us bless the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Prayers are requested
Ron Carrne, Sam Hunter, Flo Mimms, Mike Lindsey, Sammye Finney, Sandra Mashburn, Brenda Richards, John
Seaton, John Luther, June Shafer, Hester Bliven, Bill Adam, Margaret Lodi, Ricie Eubanks, George Sheftall, Louis
Walker, Sid Shields, Pete Way, Reba Mealing, Kisha Seals, Lois Hand, Alice Sanders, Theresa Capricci, Melanie
Ellen, Joan Mura, Jan Sumerel, Jean Paro, Mike Gatheral, Andy Laurent, Joni Baker Young, Jennifer, Connie
Duke, The Rev. Cindy Taylor, Marah Rutland, Sharon Medved, Jan-Blaise MacEachern, Burnett Plemmons,
Enoch Tsai, Leng Tsai, Cameron Lokey, Dana, Tom Sumerel, Amber Sterling, Joyce, Jane B., Betty Leve, Martha,
Dennis Brewer, Christopher McKee, Lee Plummer, the Parks Family, Meghan, Aaron Phillips, Hammond Bold,
Angela Cooksey, Jeannie Yoder, Neil Simmons, Stan Smith, Susan Smith, Dick Prosser, Irene Abernathy, Isla
Madden.
For all who are serving our country at home and abroad; especially, Sam Powell, Jonathan Flanagan, Dylan
Luther, Joe Way, Zach Nevard, Graham Smith, Toby Watt, Trey Scott, Joe Marsh, Sylvan Walliser IV, Jim Widener,
Zachary Gatheral, and Bennett Ivey.
Parish Announcements
9:30 am —Adult Formation series during Lent, 9:30 am in the Berlin Room: Exploring the Great Vigil of
Easter. After many years, Saint Paul’s will again offer this first celebration of the Resurrection, Saturday, April
16. Join us in preparation for this most holy night.
1st Sunday Offering – Your generous non-pledged offerings (cash and designated checks) on the first Sunday
each month support our clergy’s Discretionary Account. Fr. Eric uses these funds to meet urgent needs within
our community, to further the ministries of the church when other funds are not available, and to support
community programs and institutions that serve those in need.
The Parish Office will be closed for Masters Week, April 4- 8.As we approach Holy Week, April 11-16, and Easter, April 17, we invite you to participate fully in the liturgies
that shape our faith and community. Services will be offered each day of Holy Week, and this year we will
also offer liturgies for children especially focused on sharing these Holy stories in meaningful ways with our
youngest parishioners on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday. More details are available in the
Weekly Postings.
Next Sunday is the Sunday of the Passion or Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week,
when we recall Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and Jesus’ Passion on the cross. We will follow our
regular worship schedule of 8:00 am, 11:00 am, and 5:30 pm. We will gather outside the church for the 11:00
am service for the Liturgy of the Palms. The 8:00 am service will gather at the baptismal font.
New this year on Palm Sunday for the children of Saint Paul’s: Fr. Eric will lead a joyful and triumphant palm
procession around the churchyard. The Children will meet at 9:30 am to create Easter cards. The procession
will begin at 9:55 am.
There is no Sunday Forum for Adults Palm Sunday, April 10, or Easter Morning, April 17.
Help us make Palm Crosses for the parish, Saturday morning, April 9, 9 am-12 noon, Tyler Hall. As has
been a long tradition at Saint Paul’s, we will create palm crosses from palm fronds to be worn the next day
on Palm Sunday. While this time is set aside to create these crosses, it is really a time set aside for lively
fellowship among friends, and soon to be friends. All materials and friendly instructors will be provided.
Contact Elisabeth Price at mailbox@saintpauls.org for more information.
Our live feed of the Sunday worship will not be available on the Radio on Masters Sunday, April 10. You can
still participate live with the service at 11 am on Facebook or watch later on our YouTube page.
The Daughters of the King are coordinating a Bra Drive through April. Bras and the second-hand clothing
market provide a safe and powerful economic opportunity for women in the developing countries that “Free
the Girls” serve. Collection boxes decorated white/aqua are located in Tyler Hall and the Narthex. For more
information, contact Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau at spursleycrotteau@gmail.com.
Our Colonial Charter and Bylaws call for an Annual Parish Meeting on Easter Monday. You are invited to our
272nd Annual Parish Meeting, Monday, April 18, 12 noon on the Front Portico. The Churchwardens, Members
of the Vestry, and Officers of the Parish will be installed.
Name tags allow us to get to know each other and be a welcoming community to all. If you need a name tag
or have just misplaced yours, email the parish office (mailbox@saintpauls.org) or ask an usher for the yellow
form to request a name tag.
Saint Paul’s Church communicates by a weekly E-newsletter. Join our email list on our website or by contacting
the parish administrator, Elisabeth Price, at mailbox@saintpauls.org.
Serving Today
The Reverend Dr. Eric Biddy Celebrant and Preacher
Carolyn Dolen, Jason Massie Eucharistic Ministers
Barbara Coleman Vestry Person of the Day
Saint Paul’s Faithfulness as of 03/30/2022
Offerings Pledged this Week $12,981.00 Operating Expenses to Date $216,901.49
Offerings Received this Week $5,214.09 Total Income Received to Date $266,330.63Sunday Schedule
8:00 - 8:45 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00 am - 10:45 am Continental Breakfast - Tyler Hall
9:30 - 10:30 am Christian Formation for All Ages
10:30 - 10:45 am Coffee and Conversation - Tyler Hall
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Following the 11:00 am Service Lemonade on the Lawn
5:30 - 6:30 pm Celtic Evening Prayer & Communion with prayers for healing
Nursery care offered in the Children’s Ministry Center (CMC) 9:30 am - 12:30 pm.
The 11 am service is broadcast on Facebook at Saint Paul’s Church-Augusta
and by radio WGAC 580 AM Radio and 95.1 FM Radio. Listen live on-line at http://wgac.com
Holy Week and Easter Schedule
Palm Sunday – April 10
8:00 am, 11:00 am, and 5:30 pm
Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday in Holy Week – April 11-13
12:00 noon in the Chapel
Maundy Thursday – April 14
Children’s service of foot washing and communion – 5:30 pm
7:00 pm
Good Friday – April 15
12:00 noon
Children’s Stations of the Cross – 2:00 pm
Holy Saturday – April 16
The labyrinth will be available in the Berlin Room for self-guided walks – 9:00 am - 12 noon
The Great Vigil of Easter – April 16
7:30 pm
Easter Sunday – April 17
Celebration of the Resurrection outside at the Celtic Cross – 9:00 am
Celebration of the Resurrection with the Saint Paul’s Choir and Easter Brass – 11:00 am
Celtic Evening Prayer Celebration of the Resurrection – 5:30 pm
Annual Easter Egg Hunt on the Lawn
Immediately Following the 9:00 am service
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