Saint John s Episcopal Church

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1 Saint John s Episcopal Church 10:30 am March 23, 2016 Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday WELCOME: The service and music is contained in this folder. Join in the singing and the spoken responses in BOLD. Please join in singing the hymns from the blue Hymnal 1982 Visitor information is on Page 2 (inside cover). Holy Week & Easter at Saint John s Church March 23 Palm Sunday 8 & 10:30 am Blessing and distribution of palms and reading of the Passion Gospel at both services. Dramatization of Jesus s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, at 10:30. March 23 Holy Wednesday 7 pm Meditative organ music for Holy Week 7:30 pm Healing Service March 24 Maundy Thursday 7:30 pm Liturgy of the Day Vigil at the altar of repose until midnight March 25 Good Friday Noon Stations of the Cross 7:30 pm Liturgy of the Day including sung Passion according to St. John and communion from the reserved sacrament. March 26 The Great Vigil of Easter 7:30 pm Salvation Stories, New Fire, Eucharist, and the First Dessert of Easter You are invited to bring bells to ring and food or drink to share. March 27 Easter Day 8 & 10:30 am Festive Liturgies with hymns (both services) and Choir (10:30 service) Coffee hour with activities for children follows 10:30 No Sunday School or Adult Forum at 9:15

2 Welcome to Saint John s Episcopal Church in Gloucester, Massachusetts To participate fully with us, you need this worship book, and the blue Hymnal 1982 in the racks or Wonder, Love and Praise at the pew ends. Be you a regular worshiper, first-timer, or occasional visitor, we hope you will enjoy our fellowship! St John s worship, Sunday Adult Forums, and other programs are always open to everyone. Come and check us out! Children are always welcome at worship in St. John s Church! First time in our Church? We are delighted that you are here! For some visitors our customs are very familiar, for others they are completely new. If you are among the latter group, RELAX, there is nothing that you can do by accident that will cause offense! Ask an usher, watch your neighbors, go with the flow. Introduce yourself to our Rector and sign our guest book after the service. Restrooms: There are three: one on each level at the far end of the building from our worship space. Exit the door opposite the organ and follow the signs. Children in Church: Children of all ages are welcome in church. We want children and parents to enjoy church and we support you in doing what you need to do toward that goal. It's OK for children to sound like children; we won't be offended. Please use the play area at the front of the pews on the right, or the Thompson Room, at any time, no matter what part of the service is going on, if they will help you or your child(ren). The Thompson Room has a table, chairs, couches, carpeted space, and a PA system that will let you hear what is going on in church. Nursing mothers may breastfeed there or in church. Your child s comfort, safety, and well-being are your proper concern, and we support you in fulfilling that obligation. Access Needs: If you need help at the step leading up to the altar or would find it easier to receive Holy Communion in your pew, please speak to an usher. Hearing Assistance devices are also available. If you would like to try one out, please speak to an usher. MUSIC TODAY: Palm Sunday has many opportunities for music and we open with the Triumphant Entrance of Jesus from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. Please join in singing lustily with the choir in the crowd parts. The choir is offering a new anthem by Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo ( Yay-lo ) Ubi caritas. Gjeilo studied at Julliard in New York and makes his home in Los Angeles. The Ubi caritas is a hymn to the love that Jesus commands us in his final hours. It is a moving work using fresh harmonic language to point this familiar text. During Communion we ll sing a hymn that is in the Christmas section of the Hymnal with a tune by Ana Hernández that we sang with her several years ago. The moving text by poet Richard Wilbur recounts the birth narrative and then segues into the events of Palm Sunday and his passion and death. A sort of refrain in the middle of the poem and every stone shall cry quotes Jesus reply to the Pharisees who ask him to stop the disciples I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out. Luke 19:40 2

3 Sung Eucharist Please silence pagers and cell phones Weather permitting we will begin outside. As the actors engage us in the Palm Sunday re-enactment we encourage the congregation to join in with the waving of palm branches, and shouting when invited: Hosanna Hosanna to the Son of David Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord Please join in the singing of the Hosanna (adapted from Andrew Lloyd Weber s Jesus Christ Superstar) as Jesus (played by Tristan) enters on our crafted colt. The processional leaders and followers (played by our younger members) will join with the chorus and congregation in singing the Hosanna and dancing with the palms. It is a celebration of Jesus humble entry with a few words of expositional narrative and a hint of the dangers that ensue in Jerusalem. Crowd: Caiaphas: Crowd: Jesus: Crowd: Jesus: Crowd: Celebrant People Celebrant People Hosanna, Hey-sanna, Sanna, Sanna, Hosanna, Hey-sanna, Hosanna. Hey Jeshua won t you smile at me? Sanna Hosanna, Hey Son of Man. Tell the rabble to be quiet we anticipate a riot. This common rowd is much too loud. Tell the mob who sing your song that they are fools and they are wrong. They are a curse, they should disperse. Hosanna, Hey-sanna, Sanna, Sanna, Hosanna, Hey-sanna, Hosanna. Hey Jeshua you re alright by me, Sanna Hosanna, Hey Son of Man. Why waste your breath moaning at the crowd? Nothing can be done to stop the shouting. If every tongue was still the noise would still continue. The rocks and stones themselves would start to sing! Hosanna, Hey-sanna, Sanna, Sanna, Hosanna, Hey-sanna, Hosanna. Hey Jeshua won t you fight for me? Sanna Hosanna, Hey Son of Man. Sing me your song but not from me alone. Sing out for yourselves for you are blessed. There is not one of you who cannot win the kingdom; the slow, the suffering, the quick, the dead! Hosanna, Hey-sanna, Sanna, Sanna, Hosanna, Hey-sanna, Hosanna. Hey Jeshua won t you die for me? Sanna Hosanna, Hey Son of Man. Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins. His mercy endures for ever. The Lord be with you And also with you. Celebrant Please sit for the Readings Let us pray. silence the Collect of the day Amen. First Reading Response after the Reading: Thanks be to God. A period of silent prayer follows the reading 3 Isaiah 50:4-9a

4 Psalm 31:9-16 at the mid-verse (*) we observe the breath, exhale & inhale (2 beat pause) Mode 2.1 We will sing ANTIPHONALLY between the organ side ORG SIDE and the lectern side LECT SIDE Cantor Lectern side Organ side Lectern side Organ side Lectern side Organ side ALL ( ) ( ) ( ) Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in / trouble; * pause my eye is consumed with sorrow, and also my throat \ and my belly. For my life is wasted with grief, and my years with / sighing; * pause my strength fails me because of affliction, and my bones \ are consumed. I have become a reproach to all my enemies and even to my neighbors, a dismay to those of my ac-/ quaintance; * pause when they see me in the street \ they avoid me. I am forgotten like a dead man, out of / mind; * pause I am as useless as a \ broken pot. For I have heard the whispering of the crowd; fear is all a-/ round; * pause they put their heads together against me; they plot to \ take my life. But as for me, I have trusted in / you, O LORD. * pause I have said, "You \ are my God. My times are in your / hand; * pause rescue me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who \ persecute me. Make your face to shine upon your / servant, * pause and in your loving-\ kindness save me." Second Reading Philippians 2:5-11 Response after the Reading: Thanks be to God. A period of silent prayer follows the reading Anthem Ubi caritas Ola Gjeilo (born 1978) Sung in Latin: Where charity and love are, God is there. The love of Christ has gathered us together. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Let us revere and love the living God. And from a sincere heart let us love one another. Amen Holy Gospel Luke 22:14-23:56 Please remain seated. The responses are omitted. The Gospel is read by members of the congregation. Please follow in the Gospel insert, and speak/shout the responses as indicated. All stand as directed on page 7. Homily A period of reflective silence follows the homily Then all stand for the Hymn 158 Prayers of the People Please offer your prayers after each petition, either silently or aloud. The Celebrant concludes with a collect. Response: AMEN. 4 The Rev. Bret B. Hays, Rector Herzliebster Jesu Form II, BCP, p 385, adapted

5 Celebrant: The peace of the Lord be always with you. People: And also with you. We share a sign of peace with those around us. Parish notices & announcements At the Offertory Hymn 458 Love Unknown The Great Thanksgiving Eucharistic Prayer A, Book of Common Prayer p. 361 Celebrant: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who was tempted in every way as we are, yet did not sin. By his grace we are able to triumph over every evil, and to live no longer for ourselves alone, but for him who died for us and rose again. Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name: Sanctus Hymnal S122 Plainsong, Mass 18 Cantor: Ho - ly, All: ho - ly, ho - ly Lord, God of pow'r and might, hea - ven and earth are full of your glo - ry. Ho - san - na in the high - est. Bless - ed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Ho - san - na in the high - est. Adapted Mason Martens (b. 1933) 1985 Church Publishing All rights reserved. Used with permission. OneLicense.net #A We give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love which you have made known to us At the acclamation in the prayer: Therefore, according to his command, O Father: We remember his death, We proclaim his resurrection, We await his coming in glory; By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. 5

6 The Lord s Prayer S148 Ambrosian Chant Our Fa-ther in hea-ven, hal-lowed be your name, your King-dom come, your will be done, The Celebrant breaks the consecrated Bread. A period of silence is kept. Then is sung: arr. Mason Martens on earth as in hea-ven. Give us to-day our dai-ly bread. For-give us our sins, as we for-give those who sin a-gainst us. Save us from the time of tri-al, and de-liv-er us from e-vil. For the king-dom, the power and the glo - ry are yours. Now and for ev - er. A - men Fraction Anthem: Agnus Dei Cantor: All: All: 1985 Church Publishing. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Reprinted with permission OneLicense.net A Plainsong, Mass 18 A - gnus De - i, qui tol - lis pec - ca - ta mun - di: mi - se - re - re no - bis. A - gnus De - i, qui tol - lis pec - ca - ta mun - di: mi - se - re - re no - bis. A - gnus De - i, qui tol - lis pec - ca - ta mun - di: do - na - no - bis pa - cem. Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy. Grant us peace. Receiving Communion: The altar in our church belongs to God. All are welcome and encouraged to come forward during the distribution of Holy Communion. To receive communion, stand or kneel at the rail, stand against the plaster wall inside the rail, or notify an usher that you need to have communion brought to you at your seat. After you receive communion at (or inside) the rail, please remain in place until the chalicist says Go in peace. The response after receiving each kind (bread and wine) is Amen, or you may remain silent. If you wish to receive a blessing instead of communion, please cross your arms over your chest before the Bread comes by. Gluten-free wafers are available; simply ask the person distributing the Bread. We drink the wine from the Common Cup. We do not practice intinction, that is, dipping bread in wine. If you do not wish to drink from the chalice, please cross your arms over your chest so the chalicist knows this. Receiving the Sacrament in either kind alone constitutes a full and valid Communion. Saint John's Church is committed to achieving the full inclusion of all people in Christ's Body, the Church. Please feel free to ask the rector if you have any questions. Please join in singing the communion hymns overleaf: 6

7 Jesus remember me Jacques Berthier ( ) Je-sus, re - mem-ber me when you come in-to your King - dom, Je-sus, re - mem-ber me when you come in-to your King - dom. Music 1981, 2005, Les Presses de Taize, admin: GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. OneLicense.net # Communion Hymn A sta - ble - lamp is light - ed Whose glow shall wake the sky; This child through Da - vid s ci - ty Shall ride in tri - umph by; Yet He shall be for - sa - ken, And yield - ed up to die; But now, as at the end - ing, The low is lift - ed high; 7 Music by Ana Hernández The stars shall bend their voic - es, And e - v'ry stone shall cry. The palm shall strew its branch - es, And e - v'ry stone shall cry. The sky shall groan and dark - en, And e - v'ry stone shall cry. The stars shall bend their voic - es, And e - v'ry stone shall cry. And e - v'ry stone shall cry, And straw like gold shall shine; And e - v'ry stone shall cry, Though heav - y, dull, and dumb, And e - v'ry stone shall cry For sto - ny hearts of men: And e - v'ry stone shall cry In prais - es of the child A barn shall har-bor hea - ven, A stall be-come a shrine. And lie with - in the road - way To pave His king-dom come. God s blood up - on the spear - head, God s love re - fused a - gain. By whose de - scent a - mong us The worlds are re - con - ciled. Words: Richard Wilbur (born 1921) 2005 Oxford University Press Used with permission. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net #19580

8 At Communion--Hymn 172 Were You There Were you there when they cru - ci - fied my Lord? Were you there when they Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Were you there when they Were you there when they pierced him in the side? Were you there when they Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Were you there when they cru - ci-fied my Lord? Oh! Some-times it caus-es me to trem-ble, nailed him to the tree? Oh! Some-times it caus-es me to trem-ble, pierced him in the side? Oh! Some-times it caus-es me to trem-ble, laid him in the tomb? Oh! Some-times it caus-es me to trem-ble, trem - ble, trem - ble. Were you there when they cru - ci - fied my Lord? trem - ble, trem - ble. Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? trem - ble, trem - ble. Were you there when they pierced him in the side? trem - ble, trem - ble. Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? 8

9 At the Postcommunion and Going Forth for Ministry Almighty and everliving God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the Body of your Son, and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen. Celebrant People Blessing Dismissal S174 The Lord be with you And also with you. Response: Amen. Priest: Let us bless the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. Hymn 168 in procession Herzlich tut mich verlangen Dismissal response: Thanks be to God. Voluntary O sacred head sore wounded J. S. Bach ( ) If you leave during the Music, please do so quietly so as not to disturb those who remain to listen. 9

10 SAINT JOHN S CHURCH NEWS AND NOTES: March 20, 2016 SAVE THE DATE: MAY 14 MAY DAY BY THE BAY featuring a May Day themed festival activities in the afternoon especially for families and an evening Dinner & Dance & raffle. For more information and to volunteer contact Gwen at Gwen.S.MacDonald@gmail.com or WE ENCOURAGE YOU to attend each of the Holy Week services. They are intended to be experienced as a unit, and each one contains an essential part of our salvation story. They only make sense liturgically, theologically, and emotionally if you experience each one of them together. If you have never attended all of them, do yourself a favor and decide now that you will come to all of them! EASTER VIGIL (next Saturday at 7:30) bring BELLS and DESSERT or BUBBLY drinks to celebrate. EASTER DAY (next Sunday) will include Coffee Hour and activities for children after the 10:30 service. There will not be Sunday school at 9:15. DUE TODAY: EASTER FLOWER MEMORIAL OFFERING ENVELOPES are in the pews and on the information table in the parish hall. Please return TODAY to the office! ACOLYTES NEEDED: The acolyte role at St. John s Is for those who prefer work hands-on To serve with the priest As he set out God s feast Is a blessing each week you can count on. BOOKBAG MINISTRY for the Children of Syria. We would like to continue working with the parishioners of St. John s Beverly Farms to assist Syrian refugee children through the organization NuDay Syria. The container of donated clothing and goods was sent off last month and is making its way to those in need. The current effort is to collect desperately needed school supplies for Syrian refugee children, who are receiving education in makeshift classrooms but have no supplies. Items being collected include: Backpacks, pens and pencils, markers and colored pencils, lined and plain paper, notebooks, rulers, erasers, tape, paperclips, folders, crayons, composition books postit notes, staples and staplers, protractors. Donations are due by Sunday, May 1st, We will then fill the Backpacks and deliver them to St. John s Beverly Farms. Bring your donations to the Office. We will designate a space for storage. Whatever you can donate will be gratefully accepted: new or gently used. Check out the poster in PHI for more details or the NuDay Syria website at Keep an eye out for our Bookbag packing event. Thank you so much for your help. This is a small but tangible way in which we can try to make a difference to children caught us in this terrible war. WE NEED PRIDE STRIDE SPONSORS for our Navajoland Mission Trip to the Four Corners area of New Mexico this summer to help and learn from the Navajo Episcopal community of All Saint's, Farmington. To help defray costs Lynn Runnells, Sue Lupo, and Julian Murray-Brown will be looking for sponsors for the Gloucester Pride Stride Walk on April 24 th at Stage Fort Park. 90% of their sponsorship monies will go to the Mission Trip. Please consider sponsoring this group. Signup sheet hangs in PH1. For more information contact Jay DiPrima at jay@stjohnsgloucester.org. EVENSONG First 6 pm Next time on April 7 10 Please consider joining this small but dedicated group of parishioners in this wonderful mission. For more information, contact Sue Lupo at or suelupo10@gmail.com.

11 BRASS POLISHING is set for March 26 th. Coffee and donut holes will be here. Many hands make light work. Please sign up in the parish hall. VESTRY REPORT (March 8) The Pastoral Care committee will be expanding (in later April), and considering different ways to be of service to the church community. A new Committee will be established to manage (and streamline) all church records. The Building and Grounds Committee is already considering ways (and contractors!) to provide the most cost-effective snow removal for next winter (assuming Mother Nature will not always be as kind as this winter!) A new committee will be established to review all possible uses of church facilities. ADULT FORUM; on hiatus till Sunday April 3, Music Director Mark Nelson will lead the FORUM and would be delighted to receive suggestions for the focus that day. On April 10, Naomi Astyk will lead a discussion of the children s book The Magic of Spider Woman by Lois Duncan. DID YOU KNOW? Each week we send out an electronic FYI on Thursday. It includes all these announcements, but it also includes color photos and sometimes video. We hope you ll sign up if you haven't already. Go to and click on News and Events and then on Sign up to receive our FYI here. It s easy to unsubscribe, but if you do and then decide to re-subscribe, you have to do it yourself; the system won't let us override your decision to unsubscribe. If you need help with any of this, call the office or Betsy, our Parish Administrator at betsy@stjohnsgloucester.org. CELEBRATING GRACE CENTER During this past Sunday's Adult Forum, led by Bret, participants shared a focus on the word celebrate, as in celebrating our spiritual gifts as individuals and as the community of St. John's Church. Grace Center has recently been added to our prayer list with an invitation to celebrate what has been happening there as well as to pray for its future. Over 765 guests have been served since our doors opened in December 2011, and daily visits number over 50 at the three sites, where loving hospitality is offered along with breakfast and lunch. Candy Connelly, as St. John's Mission Hub representative to that diocesan initiative, will soon be sharing facts about work being done at Grace Center and visions for its future. Mission Hub supports Grace Center, using monies from TogetherNow to which St. John's donated so generously two or three years ago. Some of these facts can be found in Grace Center Inc.'s 2015 annual report, copies of which are currently being distributed in the church. A few things to celebrate, besides the importance of our support of the TogetherNow campaign, happened recently at Grace Center: The welcoming arms of staff and volunteers as they rejoiced with a guest who announced with a big smile on his face that he'd been sober for four months. The joy on the face and in the voice of a guest who is out of the Action Shelter and into her own apartment. The grace-filled perseverance of Christine Bobek patiently dealing with bureaucracy on behalf of a disabled guest, who needs to move from the Shelter to more appropriate housing. St. John's is truly blessed to be a part of the diocese, Mission Hub, and the Grace Center program. Let us raise our hearts in prayers of celebration. respectfully submitted, Cecily Merrell April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. There will be a candlelight vigil walk on April 29 at 7:45 PM leaving from the steps of City Hall and processing to the front of the Legion Hall. For additional information, please contact Carol Secrest. CRAFTERS: If you are interested in crafting items for next year s fair, learning a new craft, or just enjoying companionable fellowship, please join us every other Tuesday from 9-11 in the Parish Hall. Our next meetings will be held on March 15th and 29th. For more information, please contact Gwen Kopka at or gwenkopka@comcast.net. 11

12 Sunday, March 20, 2016 Palm Sunday Participating in the Liturgy The People of God gathered in St. John s Church Presiding & Preaching The Rev. Bret Hays, Rector Lectors Chuck Everett and Dori Mottola Eucharistic Ministers Naomi Astyk and Cecily Merrell Intercessors Alex Garcia-Mata Acolytes Sue Lupo Ushers Tom and Claudette Chmura Greeter Len and Faith Berry Musicians The Parish Choir & Choristers Preparation: Altar Guild Marcia Mullen and Sue Stacy Flower Guild Mark Nelson Bread bakers Janet Williams, Catherine McGeary & Sue Lupo Gospel Readers: 10:30 Claudette Chmura (Narrator), Fr. Bret Hays, (Jesus) Gwen Kopka, Sara Stotzer, Alex Garcia-Mata, Naomi Astyk, Cecily Merrell, Ellen Sibley & George Sibley. FOOD BANK for next week: Soup St. John s Action Shelter Sandwich Program this week is by Gwen Kopka. The Sanctuary Lamp burns this week in memory of baby Ivana Parisi given by Jean Dyett Altar Flowers and Sanctuary Lamp & 10:30 Coffee Hour sign-ups are in the parish hall. We remember: Dean Harrison whose funeral is April 9 at 10:30 am & Bill Chapin whose funeral is April 30 at 12:30 pm. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace and rise in glory. St. John s Intercession List Short term: Margaret, Jody Shirley, Rudy, Maddy, Jim Britton, Rebecca Young, Sue Kessler, Daniel, Laura Boddie, Sandy Withers, Carla Giengregorio, Denise McKenzie, and Tamara Moulton. Long term: The Grace Center, Kai McKenzie, the Senft family, Karen, Eileen, Allen Williams, Christopher Spellman, Elvira Mary Spinney, Christopher Secrest, Eric Runnells, Ruth Campos, David Arnold, Dick McGinnis, Annette Biggar, Neil Woodberry, Ben Shepard, Charlie Currier, Guy Maychszak, Glo Richardson, Nancy Poland, Maxine Lupo, Susan Richardson, Ted and Linda Lavery, Mary McIntyre, Elizabeth Kaul, Mark Brophy, Nancy Feldman, Marilyn Prentiss, and Anne Brantley Betts. Saint John s Episcopal Church StJohnsGloucester.org 48 Middle Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts Parish Office Telephone: Pastoral Emergencies WiFi password = Parish Office Hours: Monday Thursday: 8am-noon during which the Church is open for prayer and meditation. Alan McIntosh Gates, Bishop of Massachusetts & Gayle E. Harris, Bishop Suffragan The Rev. Bret Bowie Hays, Rector Wardens: Gwen Kopka & Paul McGeary Mark Edward Nelson, Music Director Clerk: Geoffrey Pope Jay DiPrima, Director of Youth Ministry Treasurer: Karen Kasper Betsy Levick, Parish Administrator Assistant Treasurer: Sue Lupo Marjorie I. Bishop, Church Assistant VESTRY Staff first name+@stjohnsgloucester.org 2017 Norm Barr, Ian Bedford, Sara Stotzer Cloe the Dog, Parish Mascot 2018 Len Berry, Lydia Priest, Carole Secrest 2019 Joan Gorga, Kayode Lewis, Lynn Runnells 12