Collect   Lectionary Insert
Hebrew Scriptures   Zechariah  (8:1-13)   
Canticle   Psalm 46
New Testament   I John   (4:13-21)
Gospel Hymn     The Lord Is My Light.   AA-160
Gospel   Luke  (1:5-19)
Sermon  Rev. Peter Jarrett-Schell
Nicene Creed   BCP pg. 358
Calvary’s Mission Statement  (composed by Yvonne Lee)
People:  “We, the members of Calvary Episcopal Church, believe in taking the journey of God’s love and service to those who know Christ, and those who seek Christ.”
Prayers of the People   Lectionary Insert    
Peace
The flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of our mother, Mary Bain, whose 108th birthday would have been November 18th.  From her children Sheila, Margaret, Enoch, Clement, Gemma, and Glaudia.

Offertory    Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus  AA-384
If you would like to make your offering electronically, you can do so at: www.calvarydc.net/donate
Doxology    Praise God From Whom All Blessing Flow   AA-402
The Eucharist  Our Eucharist Prayer was composed by Rev. Dr. Gayle Fisher-Stewart.
Celebrant:      The Lord be with you.
People:           And also with you.
Celebrant:      Lift up your hearts.
People:           We lift them to the Lord.
Celebrant:      Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People:            It is right to give God our thanks and praise.
Celebrant:  It is right, because you sent your beloved Son to redeem us from sin and death, and to make us heirs in him of everlasting life; that when he shall come again in power and great triumph to judge the world, we may without shame or fear rejoice to behold his appearing. Blessed are you, O God, who sets the table of creation and invites us to feast with you in a cosmic celebration of love and desire. As we again await, Immanuel, God with us, we thank you for Jesus, whose life, prayer, and ministry opened our eyes to the glory of life and fueled our hunger for your long-anticipated reign of justice, mercy, and peace. You call all people to follow your paths of justice and peace, beating their swords into plow shares and their spears into pruning hooks. In the light of your holy Word, we look for the day when nations shall not lift up sword against nations, or learn war any more. Therefore, with the entire company of heaven, and with your people on earth who live in this hope, we praise you and join in the never-ending hymn:
People:  Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.  Hosanna in the highest.  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Celebrant:  We thank you for Christ’s passionate solidarity with the suffering of all the earth; for as he bore in his own body the wounds of creation, he embraced us in our brokenness and gathered us into his wholeness so that we might know ourselves beloved and serve with him as priests forever in an all-embracing Eucharist. Blessed is our brother Jesus, bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh; who, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, blessed it and said:
People:  “This is my body which is given for you. Do this to remember me.”
Celebrant:  In the same way, Jesus took the cup after supper and said:
People:  “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this whenever you drink it, to remember me.”
Celebrant:  So, as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the mystery of our faith:
People:  Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Celebrant:  Here in this place, we celebrate the life that death could not hold, the life that Jesus has shared among his community through the centuries, and shares with us now. Made one with him, and thus, with each other, we lay before you these gifts of bread and wine, tokens of our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, for here we offer and present to you ourselves, our bodies, minds and spirits, to be a holy and continuous sacrifice to you.
People:  Come, Holy Spirit, Come. Come, Holy Spirit, Come.
Celebrant:  Come and brood over these bodily things, this bread and this wine. May they be for us the body and blood of Christ; healing, renewing, and making us whole.
People:  Come, Holy Spirit, Come. Come, Holy Spirit, Come.
Celebrant:  Come and embrace us with your life-giving power that as bread and wine are made one with us, we may become one with you; bone of your bone, flesh of your flesh.
People:  Come, Holy Spirit, Come. Come, Holy Spirit, Come.
Celebrant:  Come and make your gathered people the real presence of Christ for the world, living our prayer and praying our life until heaven and earth are reconciled, and all are free as Christ is free.
People:  Glory be to you, O God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; one God and Mother of all creation; as in the beginning, so now, and forever. Amen!
The Lord’s Prayer     AA-663
Celebrant:  Lamb of God
People:     You take away the sins of the world.
Celebrant:   Lamb of God
People:      You take away the sins of the world.
Celebrant:    Lamb of God
People:      Grant us your peace.
Celebrant:  These are the gifts of God for you, God’s people. This is the Lord’s table.  Come, when you are fearful, to be made new in love. Come when you are doubt- ful, to be made strong in faith. Come, when you are regretful, and be made whole. Come, everyone; there is room for all!
Communion Hymn     Lord, Keep Me Day by Day   AA-129
Post Communion Prayer    BCP pg. 365
Celebrant:  May the God who made all things and holds together all things remind you of your making. May you rest in the immanence of your own worth, knowing you have nothing to prove and everything to love. Constant as the moon, which is tethered to us by unseen forces, which is suspended above us in the dark and the light, let our dignity remain, be it visible or invisible to those below. And may we re- member the same dignity that holds us, so too holds together every person and piece of the cosmos at once and evermore. Go, in honor, to claim all that you are worthy of. May it be so. Amen. —From “Black Liturgies”
Announcements 
Final Hymn    I;m so Glad   AA-238

We are blessed to have Mr. James Moore lead worship music today.