P ARISH C ALENDAR The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Thursday, February 6 Candlemas, Sunday, February 2 ─ Morning Prayer, 7:30 a.m., Chapel Sunday, February 2, 2020 ─ Noonday Prayer, 12:00 noon, Chapel ─ Holy Eucharist: Rite One, 8:00 a.m. ─ Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m., Chapel ─ Holy Eucharist: Rite Two The Holy Eucharist with Children’s Homily, 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Friday, February 7 ─ Annual Parish Meeting, 10:00 a.m., Church ─ Youth Education, 10:00 a.m., Parish Hall ─ Morning Prayer, 7:30 a.m., Chapel ─ Holy Eucharist: Rite One, 11:15 a.m. ─ Noonday Prayer, 12:00 noon, Chapel (followed by Coffee Hour in Keith Hall) ─ A Service of Healing and Holy Eucharist, ─ Holy Eucharist: Rite Two, 5:00 p.m., Chapel 12:10 p.m., Chapel W ─ Candlemas Procession and Choral Evensong, ─ Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m., Chapel ELCOME to Christ Church, Georgetown. We are grateful for your 5:00 p.m. presence this evening. If you would like to learn more about Christ (followed by a reception in Keith Hall) Saturday, February 8 Church or become more closely associated with this community, we encourage Monday, February 3 you to complete a pew card, which may be placed in the offering plate, given to The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, ─ Morning Prayer, 7:30 a.m., Chapel February 9 an usher or member of the clergy, or mailed to the Parish Office. We hope you ─ Noonday Prayer, 12:00 noon, Chapel ─ Holy Eucharist: Rite One, 8:00 a.m. will return to Christ Church and worship with us again soon. For detailed ─ Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m., Chapel ─ Holy Eucharist: Rite Two information about the mission, ministry, work, and witness of the parish, with Children’s Homily, 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 4 including the complete schedule of Sunday and weekday services, visit our ─ Youth Education, 10:00 a.m., Parish Hall ─ Morning Prayer, 7:30 a.m., Chapel ─ Adult Forum, 10:00 a.m., Keith Hall website: www.christchurchgeorgetown.org. Please remember to silence all mobile ─ Noonday Prayer, 12:00 noon, Chapel ─ Morning Prayer: Rite One, 11:15 a.m. phones and other electronic devices. At the conclusion of the liturgy, all here ─ Tight Knit Prayer Shawl Ministry, 3:30 p.m., (followed by Coffee Hour in Keith Hall) Memorial Room present are invited to a reception in Keith Hall. ─ Holy Eucharist: Rite Two, 5:00 p.m., Chapel ─ Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m., Chapel (followed by a reception in Keith Hall) ─ Youth Confirmation Class, 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 5 Nursery care for children three years of age and younger ─ Morning Prayer, 7:30 a.m., Chapel is available at the Parish Hall on ─ Holy Eucharist, 7:40 a.m., Chapel T HE W ORD OF G OD Sundays from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (followed by breakfast in Keith Hall) ─ Thrift Shop, 10:00 a.m. — 1:45 p.m., For more information about or to sign-up for Parish Hall lower level T HE O PENING A CCLAMATION The Book of Common Prayer , p. 355 any of the events or programs listed above, ─ Noonday Prayer, 12:00 noon, Chapel please contact the Parish Office. ─ Evening Prayer, 5:30 p.m., Chapel Celebrant Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. People And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen. T HE C OLLECT FOR P URITY p. 355 Christ Church G LORIA IN EXCELSIS p. 356 Georgetown G LORY to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. Lord 31st and O Streets, NW | Washington, DC 20007 God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we 202-333-6677 | info@christchurchgeorgetown.org give you thanks, we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of www.christchurchgeorgetown.org the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: The Reverend Timothy A. R. Cole, Rector have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our The Reverend Crystal J. Carpenter Hardin, Assistant to the Rector prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone The Reverend John S. McDuffie, Interim Assistant to the Rector are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God Mr. Jonathan M. Pucik, Seminarian the Father. Amen. Mr. Thomas P. Smith, Organist and Choirmaster
T HE S ALUTATION AND C OLLECT OF THE D AY Change of Date: Due to a scheduling conflict involving those choristers who are members of the U.S. Air Force and Navy Bands, the Afternoon with the Choristers Celebrant The Lord be with you. of Christ Church has been postponed. The event will now take place on Friday, People And also with you. February 21, at 7:00 p.m. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for this Celebrant Let us pray. unique opportunity to see and hear members of the fully professional Choir of A LMIGHTY and everliving God, we humbly pray that, as your only- Christ Church in a concert setting — all vestments off! The eclectic program will begotten Son was this day presented in the temple, so we may be feature soloists and small ensembles singing a wide array of vocal and choral presented to you with pure and clean hearts by Jesus Christ our Lord; who literature: from sacred arias to familiar works from the Broadway stage; from lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. medieval madrigals to beloved opera classics. The performers will be Amen. accompanied by Howard Breitbart, one of Washington’s most sought -after pianists. All proceeds from the free-will offering will benefit Georgetown T HE L ESSON : Hebrews 2:14-18 Ministry Center. A reception will follow. S INCE God’s children share flesh and blood, Jesus himself likewise A Gathering for Lectors: All current and prospective lectors of the parish (new shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one lectors, in particular) are encouraged to attend a celebration of the Holy who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their Eucharist on Monday, February 24, at 6:00 p.m., in the Chapel of Saint Jude. lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. For it is clear that he did not The liturgy will be followed by a brief training/refresher session, fellowship, and come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to light refreshments. If you plan to attend or for more information about this become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a important liturgical ministry, contact parishioner Debbie Nichols: merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of nicmail219@gmail.com, by February 19. atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested. GMC Winter Shelter: Georgetown Ministry Center’s Winter Shelter will return Lector The Word of the Lord. to Christ Church on Sunday, March 8, 2020, and remain here for three weeks. People Thanks be to God. Begun on a trial basis during the winter of 1993, the Shelter aims to create a safe, friendly environment that appeals to GMC’s most vulnerable, service - P SALM 84 Quam dilecta! resistant guests. Today, the Shelter, which rotates among 12 Georgetown congregations, serves up to 12 homeless people from November through March. All say the psalm responsively by whole verse. Teams of volunteers gather each night to prepare and serve a hot, nutritious 1 How dear to me is your dwelling, O L ORD of hosts! * meal, while helping to foster a sense of community, and establishing warm, My soul has a desire and longing for the courts of the L ORD ; supportive relationships between GMC staff, volunteers, and the residents my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. themselves. Volunteers of all ages are welcome, although we recommend children be no younger than 10 years of age. No experience is necessary. For 2 The sparrow has found her a house more information or to volunteer, contact parishioner Rick Shewell: and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young; * rick_shewell@msn.com. by the side of your altars, O L ORD of hosts, my King and my God. 3 Happy are they who dwell in your house! * they will always be praising you. 4 Happy are the people whose strength is in you! * whose hearts are set on the pilgrims' way. 5 Those who go through the desolate valley will find it a place of springs, * for the early rains have covered it with pools of water. 6 They will climb from height to height, * and the God of gods will reveal himself in Zion. 7 L ORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; * hearken, O God of Jacob.
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