2/21/2016Second Sunday in Lent

"Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord." (Luke 13:35)

St. Matthew's Episcopal ChurchFairbanks, Alaska

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THIS WEEK AT ST. MATTHEW'S PARISH

Sunday, February 21

Monday, February 22

Tuesday, February 23

Wednesday, February 24

Thursday, February 25

Friday, February 26Saturday, February 27Sunday, February 28

Second Sunday in Lent8:00 AM-Eucharist Rite 110:30 AM-Eucharist Rite H/Sunday School4PM - Y12 Step Recovery - Parish Hall (upstairs)9:30 AM-Staff Meeting6:00 PM —Education for Ministry

11 AM—Denali Center Eucharist5:30 PM-Profile Committee - Parish Library6:45 PM- NA12 Step Program-Upstairs9:30 AM—Holy Eucharist & Healing Prayers5:30 PM-Choir Practice - Parish Hall7:00 PM-Evening Eucharist10:30 AM —Pioneer Home Eucharist5:45 PM-12 Step-Parish Hall UpstairsStations of the Cross10:00 AM-Altar Guild -Clean up Parish Hall & ChurchSecond Sunday in Lent8:00 AM-Eucharist Rite 110:30 AM-Eucharist Rite H/Sunday School12 Noon-POW WOW Committee-Parish Library2 PM-POWWOW Membership meeting-Parish Hall4PM - Y12 Step Recovery - Parish Hall (upstairs)

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church wants to know:Who Are We?

Where do we want to be heading?What would you like your church to be doing?

SWEEPSParticipate with us each Sunday 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and shortly after the 10:30 service in

the sanctuary, to help determine our future using the SWEEPS model to discuss Service,Worship, Education, Evangelism, Pastoral Care and Parish Life, and Stewardship.

Please join us!

2 LENTSecond Sunday in Lent

R C L C O L L E C T F e b r u a r y 2 1 , 2 0 1 6Traditional

O GOD, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from thyways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast theunchangeable truth of thy Word, Jesus Christ thy Son; who with thee and the Holy Spirit livethand reigneth, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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

FIRST READING: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18THE WORD OF THE LORD came to Abram in a vision, "Do not be afraid, Abram, I am yourshield; your reward shall be very great." But Abram said, "O Lord God, what will you give me,for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" And Abram said,"You have given me no offspring, and so a slave born in my house is to be my heir." But theword of the Lord came to him, "This man shall not be your heir; no one but your very ownissue shall be your heir." He brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven and count thestars, if you are able to count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your descendants be." Andhe believed the Lord; and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness. Then he said to him,"I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess."But he said, "O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?" He said to him, "Bring mea heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, anda young pigeon." He brought him all these and cut them in two, laying each half over againstthe other; but he did not cut the birds in two. And when birds of prey came down on thecarcasses, Abram drove them away. As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram,and a deep and terrifying darkness descended upon him. When the sun had gone down andit was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. On that daythe Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I give this land, from theriver of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates."

RefrainThe Lord is my light and my salvation.

Psalm 27 from the Book of Common Prayer3 Though an army should encamp

against me, * yet my heart shall not beafraid;

•i And though war should rise up againstme, * yet will I put my trust in him.

5 One thing have I asked of the Lord;one thing I seek; * that I may dwell in

The Lord is my light and mysalvation; whom then shall I fear? *the Lord is the strength of my life;of whom then shall I be afraid?When evildoers came upon me to eatup my flesh, * it was they, my foes andmy adversaries, who stumbled and fell.

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the house of the Lord all the days ofmy life;

6 To behold the fair beauty of the Lord*and to seek him in his temple.

7 For in the day of trouble he shall keepme safe in his shelter; * he shall hide mein the secrecy of his dwelling and set mehigh upon a rock.

8 Even now he lifts up my head * above myenemies round about me.

9 Therefore I will offer in his dwellingan oblation with sounds of greatgladness; * I will sing and make music tothe Lord.

io Hearken to my voice, O Lord, when Icall; * have mercy on me andanswer me.

n You speak in my heart and say, "Seek myface." * Your face, Lord will I seek.

12 Hide not your face from me, * nor turnaway your servant in displeasure.

D You have been my helper; cast me notaway; * do not forsake me, O God of mysalvation,

u Though my father and my motherforsake me, * the Lord will sustain me.

is Show me your way, O Lord; * lead meon a level path, because of my enemies.

16 Deliver me not into the hand of myadversaries,* for false witnesses haverisen up against me, and also thosewho speak malice.

17 What if I had not believed that I shouldsee the goodness of the Lord * in theland of the living!

is O tarry and await the Lord's pleasure; bestrong, and he shall comfort yourheart; * wait patiently for the Lord.

SECOND READING: Philippians 3:17-4:1BROTHERS AND SISTERS, join in imitating me, and observe those who live according tothe example you have in us. For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have oftentold you of them, and now I tell you even with tears. Their end is destruction; their god isthe belly; and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things. But ourcitizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord JesusChrist. Fie will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body ofhis glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself. Therefore,my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lordin this way, my beloved.

GOSPEL: Luke 13:31-35SOME PFIARISEES CAME and said to Jesus, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to killyou." He said to them, "Go and tell that fox for me, 'Listen, I am casting out demons andperforming cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. Yet today,tomorrow, and the next day I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet to bekilled outside of Jerusalem.' Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stonesthose who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hengathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! Sec, your house is left to you.And I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, 'Blessed is the one whocomes in the name of the Lord."'

Scripture Text Bulletin Insert No. 201608C-RCL The Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of theBible, copyright m 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.Used by permission. Collects and Psalter translation are from The Book of Common Prayer, 1979.P r i m e d i n t h e U . S . A . C C o p y r i g h t 0 C h u r c h P u b l i s h i n g I n c o r p o r a t e d

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First Lesson:Psalm:Epistle:Prayers:Acolyte/Crucifer:

Chalice:Ushers:Nursery:Organist-Altar Guild:

THOSE ASSISTING IN THE LITURGYYOU, The COMMUNION of SAINTS and

8 : 0 0 A M 1 0 : 3 0 A MA n d r e a B a c k l u n d H e l e n H o w a r dA n d r e a B a c k l u n d T o m M a r s hA n d r e a B a c k l u n d B o n n i e M a r s hK a r e n K i s s L a u r a B e n d e r

Sarah Reed

Karen Kiss

Millie Ambrose

Karen KissMary Ellen Koeller-

Laura Bender

OUR PRAYERS OF INTERCESSIONS

Marie Mary Jane Rev. Bella Jean SamanthaEddie Ipyron Ann AliceHelen Sally Mary CalvinSimon Brenda Candi JimFather Dick Elisabeth Beverly MargaretEli Logan Deacon Monte Slusher DorrineAdam Lynn Leslie NancyMandy Addison Woody RhondaHoward Reyna Kathy CliftonLinda Christopher Carmen Bil lyViolet A l Cora KaydenRita Lesley Susan GeorgeHannah Martha Karla ThelmaLori Debra Jack IreneCharlotte Casey Marie Bonnie EarlHarry Gweneth Florence Rev. Shirley Lee

Those traveling; those in recovery, those serving overseas & their families; our family invarious homes & programs; all those grieving, those living with Cancer.

We have "Wheat free" communion wafers, made with soy flour and water (containing nogluten, wheat, dairy, eggs, sugar, nuts, nor corn). If you prefer to receive a wheat-free wafer,pick up one of the colored stones on the choir stalls and present at the altar rail...

God our Father, if it is Your will, walk through myhouse and take away all my worries and illnessesand please watch over and heal my family. InJesus' name. Amen.

St. Matthew's Episcopal ChurchFairbanks, AlaskaFebruary 21,2016

OUR PRAYERS OF INTERCESSIONThe Anglican Communion & The Indian Ministries Cycle of Prayer

The Church of the Province ofMyanmar (Burma) and the Native People of Fond du Lac.Diocese of Alaska & Diocese of Yukon Intercession

St. Matthew's, Beaver; St. Andrew's, Stevens Village; Rampart; St. Jude's, North Pole;St. James Church, Tanana; and Community of Ross River, YT.

Thanks givingsIn Thanksgiving for Mary Jo (1945) and all those celebrating their baptism birthdays today.

DepartedREVEREND EARLE PALMER (+2/12/16), Ketchikan; ANNA MOSES (+2/12/16), Allakaket;KATHY MOSES (+2/13/16), Allakaket/Fairbanks;

FLOWER and CANDLE OFFERINGThe flowers on the Altar are given to the Glory of God and in memory of Peter NitdachiSolomon by Daisy Stevens.The sanctuary candle is given to the Glory of God in memory of the Wellesley Dickson, Sr.(+2/14/50).The flowers on the Altar are prepared and provided at minimum cost by College Floral & Gift

Sexton: ROBIN HARLOWVerger: MICHAEL WERBELOW

Sunday School: The SUNDAY SCHOOL COMMITTEESacristan: MARTY THOMAS, ANN FLEENOR

Parish Secretary: DAISY STEVENSTransition Coordinator: JESSICA IVES

Wardens: KAREN KISS & THOMAS MARSHPriests: THE REV'Ds JOHN HOLZ, STEVE REED, LEE DAVIS, BELLA

JEANSAVINO, SHIRLEY LEE, JOHN DAVID, BOB SWOPERector:

Deacon: MONTIE SLUSHER, BISHOP'S DEPUTYBishop: THE RT. REV. MARK LATTIME

SECOND SUNDAY in LEJSTTFebruary 21, 2016

Year C & Daily Office Year Two8:00AM HOLY EUCHARIST RITE I

BCP Page 323 Opening AcclamationPage 166 Traditional Collect (insert)

The SermonPage 340 Eucharistic Prayer II

10:30 AM HOLY EUCHARIST RITE IIThe WORD of GOD

PROCESSIONAL HYMN #401 "The God of Abraham Praise"Page 355 Opening AcclamationInsert Collect (BCP p. 218); SUNDAY SCHOOL goes to "Upper Room "

GENESIS 15:1-12,17-18; Psalm 27 (p. 617); Philippians 3:17-4:1GRADUAL HYMN #495 "Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus" (v. 1-2)

Insert The Gospel: Luke 13:31-35GRADUAL HYMN #495 "Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus (v. 3)

The SermonPage 358 The Nicene CreedPage 392 Prayers of the People, Form VIPage 360 The PeacePage 830/431 Announcements, Introductions, Birthdays, Anniversaries

The HOLY COMMUNIONOFFERTORY HYMN "Prayer of St. Columba"Hymnal 380, verse 3 The Doxology

Page 361 The Great Thanksgiving (Eucharistic Prayer A)Page 367 Sanctus (Hymnal S-129)Page 364 The Lord's PrayerPage 364 Fraction Anthem (Hymnal S-156)

COMMUNION HYMNS: Song Book 45, 43b, 29,14Page 365/6 The Post Communion Prayer & Blessing

RECESSIONAL HYMN #448 "O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High"

All -persons baptized with water & the Spirit in the Name of the Trinity are invited to receive the Eucharist. Thosewho wish to only receive a blessing may cross their arms. It is perfectly acceptable to receive the Eucharist in onlyone kind (i.e. the Host), and then decline the chalice, crossing your arms.