A morning service during the Covid-19 restrictions
Third Sunday of Lent – March 20, 2022

Prelude: “The Trumpets Sound, the Angels Sing”, text and music: Graham Kendrick (1950-- ),  © 1989 Make Way Music. Administered by Integrity’ Hosanna! Music (ASCAP)  Reprint/Podcast/Streamed with permission under One License #606702-A . 

Cast your burden upon the Lord,			And he will sustain you.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,			And renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your presence		And take not your Holy Spirit from me.
Give me the joy of your saving help again		And sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.
Blessed be the Lord day by day,			The God of our salvation, who bears our burdens.

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: O come, let us worship.

My God, How Endless is Your Love
My God, how endless is your love! Your gifts are every evening new,
and morning mercies from above gently distil, like early dew.

You spread the curtains of the night, great Guardian of my sleeping hours;
your sovereign Word restores the light, and quickens all my drowsy powers

I yield my powers to your command; to you I consecrate my days:         
perpetual blessings from your hand demand perpetual songs of praise.
Text: Isaac Watts  (1674-1748) alt. Music: William Knapp (1698-1768). Reprint/Podcast/Streamed with permission granted under One License #606702-A
							
Isaiah 55:1-9				

Psalm 63:1-8
 1 O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you; *
my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you, as in a barren and dry land where there is no water.
2 Therefore I have gazed upon you in your holy place, *
	that I might behold your power and your glory.
3 For your loving-kindness is better than life itself; *
	my lips shall give you praise.
4 So will I bless you as long as I live *
	and lift up my hands in your name.
5 My soul is content, as with marrow and fatness, *
	and my mouth praises you with joyful lips,
6 When I remember you upon my bed, *
	and meditate on you in the night watches.
 7 For you have been my helper, *
	and under the shadow of your wings I will rejoice.
8 My soul clings to you; *
	your right hand holds me fast.
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.
 
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Luke 13:1-9 A reflection on the readings (written by the Ven. Glen Miller)
							
The Apostles’ Creed

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.
					
Creator of the Earth and Skies
Creator of the earth and skies, to whom the words of life belong,
grant us your truth to make us wise; grant us your power to make us strong.

We have not known you: to the skies our monuments of folly soar,
and all our self-wrought miseries have made us trust ourselves the more.

We have not loved you: far and wide the wreckage of our hatred spreads,
and evils wrought by human pride recoil on unrepentant heads.

For this, our foolish confidence, our pride of knowledge, and our sin,
we come to you in penitence; in us the work of grace begins.

Teach us to know and love you, Lord, and humbly follow in your way.
Speak to our souls the quickening Word, and turn our darkness into day.
Text: Donald P. Hughes (1911-1967) alt. © J. Donald P. Hughes  Music: Jeremiah Clarke (1673-1707). Reprint/Podcast/Streamed with permission under One License #606702-A . 
						 
The Prayer of the People (see litany below and...)
Parish Prayer cycle: Vicki Train, George Sanders
 Our prayers have been requested for: Wendy, Thelma, Vivian&Junior, Spruce. We continue to pray for  the front line workers who serve in the midst of this pandemic and our Archbishop, Anne Germond. We also pray for the parish of St. Thomas’, Bracebridge, St. Stephen’s, Vankoughnet (The Rev. Barbara Graham (Priest Assoc. Emeritus), The Rev. Barbara Nangle (Hon. Emeritus) and Lake of Bays Parish: 
St. Ambrose’s, Baysville, St. James’, Port Cunnington: The Rev. Margaret Morrison (Deacon-in-Charge), 
The Rev. Canon John Thompson (Hon. Emeritus)

(With confidence and trust let us pray to the Lord, saying, “Lord, have mercy.”)
For the one holy catholic and apostolic Church throughout the world, we pray to you, Lord.
											Lord, have mercy.
For the mission of the Church, that in faithful witness it may preach the gospel to the ends of the earth, we pray to you, Lord.									Lord, have mercy.
For those preparing for baptism and for their teachers and sponsors, we pray to you, Lord.
											Lord, have mercy.
For peace in the world, that a spirit of respect and reconciliation may grow among nations and peoples, we pray to you, Lord. 									Lord, have mercy.
For the poor, the persecuted, the sick, and all who suffer; for refugees, prisoners, and all in danger; that they may be relieved and protected, we pray to you, Lord.				Lord, have mercy.
For all whom we have injured or offended, we pray to you, Lord.			Lord, have mercy.
For grace to amend our lives and to further the reign of God, we pray to you, Lord. Lord, have mercy.

Collect of the day.
 Father of mercy, alone we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves. When we are discouraged by our weakness, strengthen us to follow Christ, our pattern and our hope; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Collect for Ash Wednesday
Almighty and everlasting God, you despise nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent. Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our brokenness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and  forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

The Lord’s prayer

We Sing to You, O God

We sing to you, O God, the rock who gave us birth; 
let our rejoicing sing your name in all the earth.
To you, O God, let songs be raised in joyful hymns, our feast of praise.

We wandered far from home out in a desert land;
you sheilded with your love our fearful pilgrim band.
You kept us safe within your arms and sheltered us against the storm.

You bear us through the world, an eagle to her young,
who rises on her wings and bears us toward the sun.
We ride the vaults of light and air and trust in your unfailing care.

O God, eternal God, we hide within your wings,
the everlasting arms to whom our praises ring.
Your word is true, your way is just, your are the God in whom we trust.
Text: Gracia Grindal (1943 -),©1990 Selah Publishing Co. Inc.  Music: John Darwall  (1731-1789). Reprint/Podcast/Streamed permission from  One License #606702-A 

Final  Blessing	& Dismissal  									
Officiant Let us bless the Lord. People Thanks be to God!	
Postlude: “A Spendthrift Lover is the Lord” Text: Thomas H. Troeger (1945- )© 1985 Oxford University Press, Inc. Music: Alfred V. Fedak (1953- ). © 1990 Selah Publishing Co. Inc. Reprint/Podcast/Streamed permission from  One License #606702-A  The text above is taken from the Book of Alternative Service published by the Anglican Church of Canada and used with permission. The words of the Hymns are all in public domain unless otherwise noted.