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The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

sunday, january 17, 2021ten o’clock in the morning

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Grace NotesThis week at Saint Paul’s

Sunday Morning Offerings• Children’s Sunday School on Zoom @ 9:00 a.m.

E-mail Linda Willis for Zoom login at lwillis@stpaulsrva.org

• Worship Online @ 10:00 a.m. | Watch on Website or Facebook

• Virtual Coffee Hour (following worship) | Click link here to join

Weekday Worship Offerings• Evening Prayer on Facebook Live | Monday through

Friday evenings at 6:00 p.m. • Morning Meditation on Zoom | Wednesdays at

10:00 a.m. | Click Here for Info

2021 Life Groups | Registration Open January 15th-25th St. Paul’s is hosting another set of online (Zoom) life groups beginning in mid-February. Life Groups provide space for adults to grow in a deeper relationship with each other as the Body of Christ through sharing our stories, reflecting on Scripture, and praying together. Facilitated by parishioners, these small groups of ~6 to 8 people are open to anyone, not just members of St. Paul’s. There are six groups available that will meet for eight weeks beginning the week of February 14th. Registration is open from Friday, January 15th until Monday, January 25th. Click here to register online. For more information: stpaulsrva.org/lifegroups. If you have any questions, please reach out to Keli Shipley Cooper at kshipleycooper@stpaulsrva.org.

Annual Meeting Notice | January 24th @ 11:30 a.m. on Zoom. The Annual Meeting is a yearly gathering for the entire congregation required by the Church’s by-laws where the church’s congregational business occurs. The meeting typically includes reflections from the previous year, highlights of the upcoming year an overview upcoming year’s budget, as well as, any Vestry elections. Due to the pandemic and need to meet virtually please read the following letter below that includes more details about the meeting, as well as, the Vestry Candidate Profiles for our election of new vestry members. Notice of Annual Meeting sent to the congregation and Vestry Candidate Profiles. More info and ongoing updates at stpaulsrva.org/annualmeeting2021.

Epiphany Bible Study | Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m. Join us for a five-week series on the Apostle Paul and women in the Pauline network of churches, featuring the Rev. Dr. Frances Taylor Gench. We will specifically focus on five different texts found in the Rev. Dr. Frances Taylor Gench’s book Encountering God in Tyrannical Texts: Reflections on Paul, Women, and the Authority of Scripture. Rev. Dr. Gench will teach for the first two weeks followed by our clergy teaching the final three weeks of the series. No preparation is needed; however, we do encourage the purchase of Gench’s book. Click Here for zoom login Information and more details.

January Book Club | Monday, January 25th @ 7:00 p.m. This month’s Book Club offering will be MESSENGER, which was written by St. Paul’s parishioner Liz Whitehurst. Our discussion will be facilitated by Keli Shipley Cooper and Liz Whitehurst will join us to share about the writing process and answer any questions. Click Here for more details, the Zoom link, and to RSVP.

Update on Pastoral Visits during COVID | Given the current surge of COVID infection rates and cases in the Richmond area and Virginia at large and in consultation with our bishop, we are taking extra precautions to ensure the safety and health of all our parishioners. This means that clergy will make in-person pastoral visits only in the case of critical, hospice or end-of-life circumstances where permitted. In the meantime, we welcome pastoral care visits and appointments via Zoom, telephone or other platforms. To request a virtual pastoral visit and for any other pastoral needs or concerns, please email or call the Reverend Gwynn Crichton, Associate Rector for Pastoral Care: gcrichton@stpaulsrva.org or call (434) 825-1530.

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Piano Voluntary

Reconciliation, Op. 17, No. 20 Max Reger (1873-1916)

Welcome and announcements

Hymn

Morning Prayer, Rite II

music: Let justice roll, Ken Medema (b. 1943) text: from Amos 5:24

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oPening sentences

The Officiant says

Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation mayreach to the end of the earth.

God is Spirit, and those who worship must worship in spirit and in truth.

tHe collect of tHe day

Officiant The Lord be with you. People And also with you. Officiant Let us pray.

The Officiant says

Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory, that he may be

known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

tHe inVitatory and Psalter

Officiant Lord, open our lips.People And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.Officiant and People

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia.

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Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 Domine, probastiRead responsively by two readers.

Lord, you have searched me out and known me; *you know my sitting down and my rising up; you discern my thoughts from afar.

You trace my journeys and my resting-places * and are acquainted with all my ways.Indeed, there is not a word on my lips, * but you, O Lord, know it altogether.You press upon me behind and before * and lay your hand upon me.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; * it is so high that I cannot attain to it.For you yourself created my inmost parts; * you knit me together in my mother’s womb.I will thank you because I am marvelously made; * your works are wonderful, and I know it well.My body was not hidden from you, * while I was being made in secret and woven in the depths of the earth.Your eyes beheld my limbs, yet unfinished in the womb; all of them were written in your book; * they were fashioned day by day, when as yet there was none of them.How deep I find your thoughts, O God! * how great is the sum of them!If I were to count them, they would be more in number than the sand; * to count them all, my life span would need to be like yours.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

tHe first lesson 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he

could not see, was lying down in his room; the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. Then the Lord called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he said, “Here I am!” and ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So he went and lay down. The Lord called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy. Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. Now the Lord came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

Lector Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.People Thanks be to God.

Hymn

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tHe second lesson John 1:43-51

Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him

about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.” And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

Lector Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.People Thanks be to God.

tHe sermon

tHe aPostles’ creed

Officiant and People

I belieVe in god, the Father almighty,creator of heaven and earth;

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord; He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit; and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

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tHe lord’s Prayer

Officiant The Lord be with you.People And also with you. Officiant Let us 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, for ever and ever. Amen.

tHe suffrages

Officiant As we seek to hear Jesus’ call to discipleship, let us with confidence place before God our thanksgivings and petitions, saying, Merciful God, hear our prayer.

Eternal God, you call men and women through the ages to be conduits of your love and peace; give us humility to discern your call and courage to follow your way. Merciful God,People hear our prayer.

Officiant Creator God, you have blessed us with a country of rich resources; give us gratitude for the bounty we enjoy and wisdom for ourselves and our leaders to serve all your people. Merciful God, People hear our prayer.

Officiant Mighty God, you promise your presence with us in times of uncertainty and loss; we pray for your Church to trust you in troubling times and to find grace as we offer support to all who struggle. Merciful God,People hear our prayer.

Officiant Merciful God, in the midst of disease and hardship, watch over and protect all who work on our behalf: public officials and scientists, counselors and teachers, farmers and foodworkers, and especially all medical workers. Merciful God, People hear our prayer.

Officiant Loving God, we pray for your touch on all who are suffering and in need: the bereaved, the incarcerated, the homeless, the unemployed, the fearful, those struggling with mental and physical disease, and especially those we name now. Merciful God, People hear our prayer.

Officiant God of Eternal Peace, give rest to those who are now in your arms: victims of terror and violence, those who have died in the pandemic and of other diseases, and especially those we name now. Merciful God,People hear our prayer.

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a Prayer for martin lutHer King from Holy Women, Holy Men, pg. 307

Officiant Almighty God, by the hand of Moses your servant you led your people out of slavery, and made them free at last: Grant that your Church, following the example of your prophet Martin Luther King, may resist oppression in the name of your love, and may strive to secure for all your children the blessed liberty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, who live and reigns with you in the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. People Amen.

a Prayer in times of conflict from Book of Common Prayer, pg. 824

Officiant O God, you have bound us together in a common life. Help us, in the midst of our struggles for justice and truth, to confront one another without hatred or bitterness, and to work together with mutual forbearance and respect; through Jesus Christ our Lord. People Amen.

a concluding Prayer

Officiant and People

god of comPassion,be close to those who are ill, afraid or in isolation.

In their loneliness, be their consolation;in their anxiety, be their hope;in their darkness, be their light;through him who suffered alone on the cross,but reigns with you in glory,Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

tHe blessing

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Hymn

music: Precious Lord, Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993) text: Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993)

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tHe dismissal

The Officiant gives the dismissal.

People Thanks be to God!

Piano Voluntary

Rondo James Hook (1746-1827)

The altar flowers are given in memory of Adelaide and John Ellis.

––––––––Participants––––––––

Bishop

The Right Reverend Susan Ellyn Goff, Bishop Suffragan and Ecclesiastical Authority

Clergy

The Reverend Dr. Charles T. Dupree, Rector The Reverend Rainey G. Dankel, Associate Rector for Parish Life

The Reverend Gwynn Crichton, Associate Rector for Pastoral Care

Pianist

Dr. Christopher Reynolds, Director of Music and Organist

Lectors

Doug Callaway Keli Shipley Cooper and Marcus Cooper

Miriam Farris

All music printed by permission from www.OneLicense.net (License number: A-711887). Permission to stream the music in this service obtained from www.OneLicense.net (License number: A-711887).

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