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BULLETIN
May 25th, 2025  — Sixth Sunday of  
Easter 

Procession Hymn   Great is Thy Faithfulness  AA-158

Opening Meditation.  From Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley
We take a full natural breath in and out before offering our opening meditation.

Exhale saying:   God is alive.  Inhale
Exhale saying:  And God’s breath is freedom.  Inhale
Exhale saying:   Liberation comes in the body.  
Inhale
Exhale saying:  I will honor mine.

Collect   Lectionary Insert
Hebrew Scriptures   Judith  15:8-13
Canticle   Psalm  9:1-20
New Testament  Titus 3:1-8
Gospel Hymn  Amazing Grace. AA-271
Gospel   Luke   18:1-8

Sermon by
The Reverend Peter Jarrett-Schell

Creed

We trust in the God who formed us out of dust, and breathed life into us.
We trust in his Son Jesus who, for our sake, lived as one of us, bringing liberation.
We trust in the Holy Spirt, who challenges, sustains, and inspires us each day.
We confess ourselves Christ’s disciples,
Sharing in his mission and sacrifice, for the healing of the world.

Calvary’s Mission Statement  (composed by Yvonne Lee)
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.

Recognition of Birthdays and Anniversaries.

The Peace
The flowers on the altar were given for the Glory of God.

Offertory Hymn    Count Your Blessings   AA-533
If 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-650
The Eucharist  
The Lord be with you
And also with you
Lift up your hearts
We lift them to the Lord
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
It is truly right and a good and joyful thing to praise you O God, because you raised your Son Jesus
from the dead. By his resurrection he destroyed death, freeing us from the bondage of sin and fear, to
live fully and abundantly, following in the example of his earthly minister for the healing of the
world, until his coming again. Therefore we rejoice and praise you, joining our voices with angels,
ancestors and saints, who forever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your name.

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest!

Blessed indeed is the one who came in your name O Lord. For, when you saw us lost and stumbling, you sent your only Son, Jesus. Laying aside all glory and power, he became one of us, walking among us, living our struggles, hearing our laments, healing our hurts, teaching us your ways, freeing from bondage and sin, reminding us who and whose we are.

On the night that he was wrongfully incarcerated, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks to God, he broke it into pieces without the suggestion of privilege or supremacy. He gave it to his disciples, saying,
“Take and eat. This is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.After supper, he took the cup, and giving thanks gave it to them saying:
“This cup is the new covenant, shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me.”
After supper, he took the cup, and giving thanks gave it to them saying:
“This cup is the new covenant, shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.  Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me.”

Therefore, in remembrance of him, we proclaim this mystery of faith
Christ has died
Christ has risen
Christ is come again

And so, until his coming again, we share this bread and this cup. We pray you: send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, making them for us the precious body and blood of your son Jesus Christ. Pour out your Spirit upon us too, uniting us in your Son’s body and sacrifice, making us one people, healing our brokenness, and strengthening us for your mission of renewing and restoring this world.  All this we ask for your Son Jesus Christ, by whom, and with whom, and in whom, all glory and honor is yours almighty father, now and forever. Amen.

And now, let us pray those words Jesus taught us to pray.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever and ever.  Amen.

Lamb of God. You take away the sins of the World
Lamb of God  You take away the sins of the World
Lamb of God  Grant us your peace

These are the gifts of God for you, God’s people. Every time you eat this bread of equity and drink this cup that pours freedom, you proclaim with your life the saving death of the risen God until he comes again.

Communion Hymns      Hold To God’s Unchanging Hand    AA-404
Post-Communion Prayer    BCP p.365
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 remember 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” by Cole Arthur Riley

Announcements   (Announcements are listed in the section after LECTIONARY below)
Final Hymn    If You Live Right  AA-582

We are blessed to have Mr. Devlin Leigh lead worship music service today.


LECTIONARY — May 25th, 2025.
Fifth Sunday of Easter

Collect  The collect for this Sunday was composed by Phyllis Harris
Lord, you hear our prayers and will always provide justice on our behalf. May we stay faithful, understanding that we must persevere and trust in your promises, so the Holy Spirit can guide us as heirs to eternal life. This we ask for the sake of your Son, who lives with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.  Amen.

A Reading from the Book of Judith (15:8-13)
Now Joakim the high priest and the council of the people of Israel residing in Jerusalem came in order to see the good things which the Most High had done for Israel and to see Judith and wish her well. Now when they came to her, they blessed her, all with one accord and they said to her, “You are the exaltation of Jerusalem; you are the great pride of Israel; you are the great boast of our people. You have done all these things by your hand; you have done good for Israel and God is well pleased over them. Be blessed before Shaddai, the Nurturing God, for all time.” And all the people said: “May it be so.” Then all the women, children, and men plundered the camp for thirty days and they gave Judith the tent of Holofernes and all the silverplate and the couches and the basins and all his furniture and she took them and placed them upon her mule, and she hitched her wagons and harnessed them upon them. And all the women of Israel gathered together so as to see her and they blessed her and some of them performed a dance for her, and she took olive branches wrapped in ivy in her hands and she gave them to the women who were with her. And the women crowned themselves with olive wreaths, she and those with her and she went before all the people in the dance leading all the women and every man of Israel armed, following along with wreaths and they were singing hymns aloud.
The Word of the Lord
Thanks be to God

Psalm 9:1-20
I will give thanks to the GOD WHO SAVES with my whole heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
I will rejoice and I will exult in you;
I will sing praise to your Name, Most High.
When my enemies turned back,
they stumbled and perished before you.
For you have done justly for me;
you sit on the throne judging righteously.
You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked;
you have erased their name for all time.
The enemy-they are finished-perpetual ruins; their cities you have uprooted;
you have destroyed any remembrance of them.
GOD WHO IS MAJESTY sits enthroned forever,
she has established her throne for judgment.
She judges the world in righteousness;
she judges the peoples with equity.
SHE WHO IS FAITHFUL is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
They trust you, they who know your name,
for you do not forsake those who seek you REDEEMING GOD.
Sing praises to the HOLY ONE enthroned in Zion.
Declare her deeds among the peoples.
Be gracious to me, GRACIOUS ONE.
See what I suffer from those who hate me.
You lift me up from the gates of death,
so that I may recount all your praises,
and in the gates of Daughter Zion,
rejoice in your salvation.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of those oppressed by poverty perish for all time.
Rise up JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH!
Let not mortal-kind prevail; let the nations be judged before you.
Put them in fear DREAD GOD;
let the nations know that they are mortal. Selah.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever.  Amen.

A Reading from the Letter of Paul to Titus (3:1-8)
Now remind the sisters and brothers with regard to rulers and per- sons in authority, to be submissive, to be obedient; for every good work, to be ready: To blaspheme no person; to be gentle, showing every courtesy to all persons. For we were once foolish, disobedient, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures, in malice and envy living our lives, and we were hateful, hating one another. When the graciousness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, God saved us through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to God’s mercy. This Spirit God poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by God’s grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of life eternal.
The Word of the Lord
Thanks be to God

The Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to Luke (18:1-8)
Glory to you Lord Christ
Jesus told the disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and not be discouraged. He said, “There was a judge in a certain city who neither feared God nor respected people. There was a widow in that city and she came to him continually and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my accuser.’ And he was not willing for some time, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I do not fear God or respect anyone else, yet because this widow persists in troubling me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not ultimately come to violence against me.” And the Messiah said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God grant justice to the elect of God who cry to God day and night? Will God forbear in helping them? I tell you all, God will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Woman comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
The Gospel of the Lord
Praise to you Lord Christ

Prayers of the People
May those who never knew you find abundant life.
By your son’s resurrection. Let us rise
Let those who walk in wisdom reap the harvest of prudence.
By your son’s resurrection, Let us rise.
Let those lost in arrogance be saved from their folly.
By your son’s resurrection, Let us rise.
Grant just reward to those who labored from the first.
By your son’s resurrection, Let us rise.
Grant mercy and prosperity to those who wasted the day.
By your son’s resurrection, Let us rise.
Help us to claim the greatness you have put in us.
By your son’s resurrection, Let us rise.
Help us to repent of the sin that blocks our way.
By your son’s resurrection, Let us rise.
Raise up the downtrodden and afflicted, so they may see your face.
By your son’s resurrection, Let us rise.
Humble the wealthy and powerful, so they may know your love.
By your son’s resurrection, Let us rise.
Teach us to sing for your Son’s triumph over death.
By your son’s resurrection, Let us rise.
Teach us to face the evils of this world, with the trust in his victory.
By your son’s resurrection, Let us rise.
Receive all those who have died into your arms.
By your son’s resurrection, Let us rise.
Hear our prayers Lord, all the needs and concerns of our hearts.
We invite you to lift up your prayers aloud.
    Wait 30 Seconds for Congregation to Respond
By your son’s resurrection, Let us rise.
O Ancient of Days, on this day death swallowed your son’s body, and met God face to face. Evil took what it could see, and was destroyed by what it could not comprehend. Therefore we rejoice in his name. Amen


ANNOUNCEMENTS  —
 Sunday May 25, 2025

Mon-Fri 6pm Evening Prayer (www.calvarydc.net)
Wednesday Noon Bible Study (www.calvarydc.net)
7pm Discipleship Study (info@calvarydc.net)
Sunday 9am Morning Prayer (www.calvarydc.net)
10am In-Person Worship (www.calvarydc.net)

We invite you to join us in feeding this, our neighborhood at our monthly free break fast and food pantry, the third Saturday of every month at 10am, here at the Church.

We’re asking Calvary Members to report a section of broken sidewalk at 820 6th St NE to the district government for repair. This section of sidewalk has caused tripping and injuries. You can call (202) 737-4404, or go online to https://311.dc.gov/citizen/request/S0361/location and enter 820 6th St NE to make a repair request. Thank you.

Calvary’s Vestry
C. Michael Livingston (Senior Warden, Legal ‘26)
Ken Davis (Junior Warden, Building and Grounds ‘25)
Phyllis Bolden (Christian Education, ‘25)
Edward Gatewood (Stewardship, ‘25)
Phyllis Harris (Worship and Music, ‘25)
Monai Lowe (Evangelism ‘25)
Michael Sherman (Finance ‘26)
Walter Swindell (Personnel, ‘25)
Gwen Turner (Communications ‘26)
DeVonde Wiggins (Pastoral Care ‘27)

Calvary Episcopal Church
509 I St NE, Washington, DC, 20002 (202) 546-8011 www.calvarydc.net info@calvarydc.net

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