Second Sunday

in Lent

James Tissot. Our Lord Jesus Christ (Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ), 1886-1894.

Brooklyn Museum (click to view bulletin)

Sunday Worship

COLLECT OF THE DAY

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

READINGS

• Genesis 15:1-12,17-18
• Philippians 3:17-4:1
• Luke 13:31-35
• Psalm 27

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Stewardship Today

As Stewardship chairman, I’d like to remind everyone that this year’s theme is, “Giving for Jesus, Living for Jesus.” In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you give back.” (Luke 6:38)

What a joyful message! Never lose sight of what a generous, loving God we worship.

Debbie Shaffer

Morsel for Meditation

There is, then, something which should at all times be done. There is something which in no temporal sense shall have its time. Alas, and when this is not done, when it is omitted, or when just the opposite is done, then once again, there is something...which should at all times be done. There is something which in no temporal sense shall have its time. There must be repentance and remorse. One dare not say of repentance and remorse that it has its time; that there is a time to be carefree and a time to be prostrated in repentance. Such talk would be: to the anxious urgency of repentance--unpardonably slow; to the grieving after God--sacrilege; to what should be done this very day, in this instant, in this moment of danger--senseless delay. For there is indeed danger. There is danger that is called delusion. It is unable to check itself. It goes on and on: then it is called perdition. But there is a concerned guide[.] That guide is remorse...For when the sick man who is wasting away from consumption believes himself to be in the best of health, his disease is at the most terrible point.

Soren Kierkegaard, Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing, 38-39 (HarperCollins, 2008) (Originally published1847).

Announcements

UPCOMING COFFEE HOURS

• Mar 13 - Sandwiches - bring your favorite or a side

• Mar 20 - Bring your favorite salad or dressing

• Mar 27 - Bring your favorite appetizer 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO SERVE FOOD FROM 5:30-6:30 or 6:30-7:30PM

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Upcoming at St. Paul's

SUNDAY, March 13 - Noon

ECW-Episcopal Church Women General Meeting (All women are invited)

Meet in parlor or join Zoom:

https://zoom.us/j/97554037543?pwd=Z3R2eTRtU0lmN1JRSFl4QldEZjU5Zz09

Meeting ID: 975 5403 7543 - Passcode: 6gRd2v

Minutes: Agenda - January General - March Board

WEDNESDAYS IN MARCH

10:30 am March 16th - Morning Prayer via Zoom

No Bible Study

7-8:00 p.m, beginning March 9th - Bishop Sumner's Lenten Study, The Death of Jesus with parishioners from Terrell, Greenville, and Kaufman. Signup by sending email to: stpeventsepiscopal@gmail.com

Read Mark 14 & 15 for next week, March 16.

THURSDAYS

Lenten Program - March 3rd - April 7th

6:00 p.m. Soup Supper

6:30 p.m. A Reason for God, Lenten Study Program

FRIDAYS DURING LENT

6:00 p.m.; Stations of the Cross (booklet)

Saturday, March 19:

8am St. Joseph's Guild meets

9am DOK-Daughters of the King meets

Prayers for the Church

by the Daughters of the King

The Daughters of the King are dedicated to supporting the prayer needs of the church. They are available in the choir area every Sunday after the 10:30 a.m. worship service for private prayer. You can also submit intentions in the prayer box in the narthex.

PLEASE PRAY FOR

LITANY FOR THE PEACE OF THE WORLD

The people of Ukraine

President Biden and other our elected officials

For Russians willing to speak out

That the conflict not be widened

For an end to Russian aggression and the restoration of peace

Judy and Bill Shaddox, Rita Woods, Sam Asseff,

Nancy Wyant and Family, Father Nick,

Eileen Jenkins, Cynthia Sehr, Father Gordon,

Bob Lanier, Julia Gibson, Beverly Gish

To add names to the prayer list, please contact the church office.

Around the Diocese

A Post-Pandemic Catechesis

For people having gone through a pandemic (with deep, unsettling effects), these five, 15-minute each videos, offer an intelligent, traditional, and yet not predictable account of five basic Christian beliefs that can help us, not to return to a previous Christian comfort zone but to rediscover old truths as if for the first time. (click for details)

Diary of a Theologian

Believing and Believing In

An advantage of having two rites, one traditional and one contemporary, is that they can interpret each other; one can study the differences and thereby go deeper into the meaning. Let’s apply this to the Nicene Creed. (continue reading)

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