Bulletin Date: February 14, 2013 5:00 am
Ash Wednesday
Imposition of Ashes and Holy Eucharist, Rite I
February 13, 2013, 7pm
Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Catherine D. Hicks
As you enter this sacred space that has been set aside for time with God, join us in silence as we go to God in prayer.
Ringing of the Bell
The Word of God
Salutation The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.
Ash Wednesday Collect BCP 264
Old Testament Reading Isaiah 58:1-12
Psalm Psalm 103 BCP 733
Epistle 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10
Sequence Hymn Lead us, heavenly Father H 559
The Gospel Matthew 6:1-6,16-21
The Sermon The Rev. Catherine D. Hicks
Invitation to the Observance of a Holy Lent BCP 264
Silence
Imposition of Ashes BCP 265
Psalm 51, said together BCP 266
Litany of Penance BCP 267
The Peace
Offertory The Glory of These Forty Days Nancy Long, soloist
The Holy Communion
Eucharistic Prayer I BCP 333
Sanctus S 114
The Lord’s Prayer BCP 336
The Breaking of the Bread BCP 337
Fraction Anthem O Lamb of God S 158
The Communion of the People of God
Communion Hymn Precious Lord, take my hand LEVAS 106
Post-Communion Prayer BCP 339
The Solemn Prayer over the People
Bow down before the Lord. Grant, most merciful Lord, to your faithful
people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve you with a quiet mind; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing Hymn Eternal Lord of love, behold your Church H 149
Dismissal
Announcements
Welcome to St Peter’s! Our hope is that you will find God’s love present with you in this place and that you will return here often to worship.
Our communion bread is gluten free.
Resources for the season of Lent— churchsp.org/lentatstpeters2013 . The background of Lent, the Lenten calendar, resources, a description of events are all included. It will be updated throughout Lent.
From Reconciliation to Hope: A Service of Remembrance, Celebration & Witness, St. George’s Fredericksburg, Feb 16th, 10am. Bishop Johnston will lead a Litany of Repentance, and apology for the sin of slavery, from which the Episcopal Church benefited. Former Mayor Davies of Fredericksburg will pronounce God’s forgiveness. The event coincides with the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation which will be read. The Presiding Bishop will lead a Celebration of Hope. Current Mayor Greenlaw and former Mayor Davies will lead a walk to the slave block and then to a site where a sculpture will be dedicated.
“Forgiveness” – Lenten Adult Education next Sunday , 9:45am in the Parish House. During the Sundays of Lent , we will take a look at forgiveness, using the work of Father Frank Desiderio, a Catholic priest whose current ministry is helping people to seek forgiveness and reconciliation. Forgiveness is good for your body, mind and spirit.
“Feasting with Jesus”, Thursday, Feb 21st, 6pm – Learn about the culture of Jesus’ time feasting on the foods that Jesus would have eaten. On the Thursday evenings of Lent, we will talk about the particular feast and its place as we eat food that would have been typically served at such a feast. This class is based on the book The Food and Feasts of Jesus: Inside the World of First-Century Fare, with Menus and Recipes, Douglas Neel & Joel Pugh.
——————————- Week of Feb. 10 ——————————–
· Sat., Feb 16th, 10am – From Reconciliation to Hope: A Service of Remembrance, Celebration & Witness , St. George’s Fredericksburg
——————————- Week of Feb. 17 ——————————–
· Mon., Feb. 18th, 7:00pm – Vestry
· Wed., Feb. 20th, 10:00am- Midweek Bible Study
· Wed., Feb. 20th, 2pm – ECW
· Wed., Feb. 20th , 4:45pm – Children’s Program
· Thurs., Feb. 21st, 6:00pm-7:30pm – “Feasting with Jesus” – Fall Hall
Lent– A Season of Repentance and Renewal
During Lent, we empty our worship space of the usual visual images in order to create simplicity, and as Patrick Malloy puts it, “to foster an interior openness in the assembly and a longing for the glory of God.”
The use of a special processional cross is appropriate. During medieval times in England, Lenten processional crosses were made of wood, and were painted a deep red. Thanks to the craftsmanship of Helmut Linne von Berg, St Peter’s has its own Lenten processional cross, which we will be using during this season.
The ashes that we receive on our foreheads tonight remind us of our mortality. In the burial rite, we commit those who have died to the ground, ‘earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.’ We pray that the Lord will bless and keep those who have died, that the Lord will make his face shine upon them, will lift up his countenance upon them and will give them peace.
We receive the ashes as an outward sign of our penitence as we come before the loving-kindness of God, knowing that only God can take away our sins, create clean hearts in us, renew a right spirit within us, and sustain us with God’s bountiful spirit.
We receive the ashes as a reminder that we live in relation to every other part of God’s creation, and that even in death our relationships with creation and with the creator are being renewed, even as our bodies return to dust.
Ash Wednesday
Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion
February 13, 2013
ST. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Port Royal, VA