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BULLETIN
March 23, 2025 — Third Sunday of Lent

Throughout Lent we will continue to gather in a more stripped down fashion, with no adornments in the sanctuary, and simpler style of worship, as we get back to the practices of the early Church. Worshiping this way may feel uncomfortable or strange, but we believe it will help us get toward the essentials of our faith. We invite you to dress as you feel comfortable, whether casual or formal.

Procession Hymn Faith of Our Fathers AA-410
Opening Meditation From “Black Liturgies” by Cole Arthur Riley
Inhale This breath will end.
Exhale There is beauty in impermanence.
Inhale God, I am scared.
Exhale Meet this fear with peace.
Inhale Every breath brings rest.
Exhale Prepare us for mystery.
Collect Lectionary Insert
Hebrew Scriptures Exodus (16:2-18)
Canticle Psalm 65
New Testament Apostles (27:27-38)
Gospel Hymn Precious Lord Take My Hand AA-471
Gospel Luke (9:12-17)
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. We will gather in pairs to pray for one another.
Confession From “Black Liturgies” By Cole Arthur Riley
We confess that we have not always lived the way we wanted. We have not always honored ourselves, this land or the people whose weight it bears. There are days we believe in our own invincibility, shrinking from the frailty of life. Days when we have taken for granted al1 that is good and true and beautiful in this life. We are truly sorry, and we ask forgiveness-from you, from the world, and from ourselves. Our lives have been held together by every mundane mercy. We claim this grace, forgiving ourselves, and believing in our souls that we have done what we could to be human and whole in this world. Amen.

Celebrant
Let your soul receive this rest: The God who made even the stars mortal sends the light of you
to visit those who remain. As you look into the sacred dark of death, unknowable and opaque, may the mystery of what is to come be a comfort and not a terror. And as you feel the forgiveness of the divine cover you for any harm, for anything left undone in this life may God call to mind the beauty and wonder that you’ve offered this world. May you feel your soul now put at peace, in sacred harmony with the comos. Inhale. Exhale. As you enter a sacred and abiding rest. May mystery be your borne now and forever. Amen.

Recognition of Birthdays and Anniversaries
The Peace
The flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God and in loving memory Margaret E. Livingston whose birthday would have been February 22nd by her son Michael Livingston and daughter Averi Gray and their families.

Offertory Hymn Let us Break Bread Together AA-686
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 Our eucharist prayer was composed by the Rev. Amanda Barbee and Rev. Dr. Kelle Brown
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 God thanks and praise
It is truly right and a good and joyful thing to praise you O God, for though we stray through the wilderness of sin, still you walk with us, guiding back to your truth. When we are lost in the valley of the shadow of death, there you are again, leading us through, stilling our fears, and comforting our distress. And even in our despair, when we feel like dry bones, lifeless and spent, yet still you are with us, calling us back to new life and hope. Therefore we 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 he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. 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.”

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 Hymn Taste and See AA-680
Post-Communion Prayer BCP p.365
Be at peace. May you access the fulness of a joy that allows for both an interior solemnity and a levity. May you learn to be at rest with yourself, able to access a peace that carries memory but isn’t chained to the past. And may you laugh, allowing the mystery of joy to steady you always and keep you from despair. Amen. From “Black Liturgies” by Cole Arthur Riley

Announcements see section after Lectionary

Final Hymn Well Understand It Better By and By AA-418
We are blessed to have Mr. Devlin Leigh lead worship music service today.

LECTIONARY — March 23, 2025

Today’s scriptural translations are by drawn from “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church” By Dr. Wil Gafney,

Collect
O Lord, you have taught us that without love whatever we do is worth nothing: Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue, without which whoever lives is accounted dead before you. Grant this for the sake of your only Son Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

A Reading from the Book of Exodus (16:2-18)
Now the whole congregation of Israelite women and men grumbled against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness. The Israelite women and men said to them, “If only we had been handed over to die at the hand of the SOURCE OF LIFE in the land of Egypt when we dwelled by the cookpots of meat and ate our fill of bread; for you all have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger!” Then the WELLSPRING OF LIFE said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from the heavens for you all, and every day the people—women, children, and men—shall go out and glean enough for the needs of the day so I might assess whether they will follow my instruction or not. Now it shall be that on the sixth day when they prepare what they bring in; it will be twice as much as they glean on other days.” Thus Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelite women and men: “In the evening you all shall know that it was the GOD WHO SAVES who brought you all out of the land of Egypt. Then, in the morning, you all—women, children, and men alike—shall see the glory of the FIRE OF SINAI who has heard your grumbling against the HOLY ONE OF OLD. For what are we two, Moses and Aaron that you all should grumble against us?” Then Moses said, “When the GRACIOUS ONE gives you all by evening meat to eat and bread in the morning, to the point of satisfaction, because the GOD WHO HEARS has heard the grumbling that you grumble against God, what are we? Your grumbling is not against US but against the MOTHER OF CREATION.” Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the Israelite women and men, ‘Draw near to the presence of GOD WHOSE NAME IS HOLY for God has heard your grumbling.'” And it happened as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelite women and men that they turned toward the wilderness and the glory of the RADIANT GOD appeared in the cloud. Then the ARCHITECT OF HEAVEN spoke to Moses and said, “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelite women and men; say to them, ‘As evening begins you all shall eat meat and in the morning you all shall be satisfied with bread; then you all shall know that I am the HOLY ONE your God.'” And it happened that in the evening quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. Now the layer of dew lifted and look at that! On the surface of the wilderness was something thin, flaky, as thin as frost on the ground. When the Israelite women and men saw it, they said to one another, “Mah na” meaning, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the HOLY ONE OF OLD has given you all to eat. This is what the MAJESTY OF THE AGES has commanded: ‘You all shall glean of it for each mouth to eat, about two quarts to a person according to the headcount of persons, each person taking some for those in their own tents.'” And this did the Israelite women and men, some more, some less. Yet when they measured against anomer, there was no excess for the one with more, and the one with less had no lack; they gleaned enough for each mouth to eat.
The Word of the Lord
Thanks be to God

Psalm 65
To you silence is praise, God in Zion;
and to you vows shall be performed,
You who answer prayer!
To you shall all flesh come.
When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us,
you forgive our transgressions.
Happy are those whom you choose
and bring near to dwell in your courts.
We’ll be satisfied with the goodness of your house and holy temple.
Through wondrous deeds you answer us with deliverance,
God of our salvation,
hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
You established the mountains through your might;
you are girded with strength.
The one who silences the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves, the rumble of the peoples.
They who live at the farthest reaches are awed by your signs;
you make the dawnings of morning
and evening sing for joy.
You attend the earth and water her,
you enrich her greatly; the river of God is full of water;
You provide the people with grain, thus you have established it.
Irrigating earth’s furrows, smoothing her ridges,
You soften her with showers, and bless her growth.
You crown the year with your goodness;
your paths overflow with fatness.
The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
and with joy the hills gird themselves.
The meadows are clothed with flocks, the valleys arrayed in grain;
indeed, they shout for joy.
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 Acts of the Apostles (27: 27-38)
Now, when it was adjudged that we were to sail for Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion by name of Julius of the Imperial Cohort. And when the fourteenth night had come, we were drifting across the Adriatic Sea; about midnight the sailors reckoned they were nearing land. And they took depth soundings and found about one hundred and twenty feet deep; they set out a little farther and again took depth soundings finding about ninety feet deep. Fearing lest we strike some rugged surfaces, they cast four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come. But the sailors tried to flee from the ship and lowered the smaller boat into the sea on the pretext of putting out anchors from the bow. Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these persons stay in the ship, it will not be possible to save you all.” Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let it fall. Now as day was beginning to break Paul urged all of them to share some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting, having received no food. Therefore I urge you all to share some food, for it will help your salvation; for not one among you all a single hair from your heads will lose.” Paul said this and took bread and giving thanks to God in the presence of all, he broke it and began to eat. Then they were all encouraged and accepted food for themselves. (We were in all two hundred seventy-six souls in the ship.) When they were satisfied with their provision, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea. The Word of the Lord
Thanks be to God

The Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to Luke (9:12 -17)
Glory to you, Lord Christ
Now the day was beginning to fade and the twelve came to Jesus and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to lodge and get provisions; for we are here in a desolate wilderness place.” Yet Jesus said to the twelve, “You all give them something to eat.” But the twelve said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish lest we go buying food for all these people.” For there were about five thousand men. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit them down in groups of about fifty each.” The disciples did so and made them all—women, children, and men—sit down. And taking the five loaves and the two fish, Jesus looked up to heaven and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. And all—including women and children—ate and were filled. And the remainder was gathered up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
The Gospel of the Lord
Praise to you Lord Christ

Prayers of the People We will gather in pairs to pray for one another.

ANNOUNCEMENTS — March 23, 2025

During this season of Lent, we are asking all members of Calvary to make a daily practice of reading scriptures. This week, we invite you to read Jeremiah, Chapter 17. As you read, some questions to consider:
What do you put your trust in, on a daily basis?
What needs healing in your life?
What burdens do you need to lay down?

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

On Sunday, April 6th at 11:30am, the Vestry invites you to a Town Hall Meeting after worship. We are asking your input into the process of reinvigorating and reimagining Calvary’s future in this neighborhood. There are three question we would like you to consider before this meeting. #1 What is one practice or ministry from Calvary’s past you would like us to return to? #2 What is one idea or intiative Calvary has never done before that you would like to see us try? #3 What are you willing to commit, in terms of time or energy to help put these ideas into practice?

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

The Diocese is accepting applications for membership on the Reparations Committee. Member terms are 3 years. Over the next 10 years, the committee will disperse $10 million in reparations funds. You can submit your application online at https://edow.org/reparations-committee-application-form/

We are inviting you to attend our Calvary Retreat during Rev. Jarrett-Schell’s 3rd month of his sabbatical at the Claggett Conference Center from June 28-29, 2025. An announcement with de- tails will be mailed to the congregation soon.

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
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