Christ Church✠ A Parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta ✠

“Growing by God’s Grace into a Family of Faith and Ministry”

First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity SundayMay 27, 2018 | 11 am

✠ Diocesan Purpose Statement ✠

“We challenge ourselves and the world to love like Jesus as we worship joyfully, serve compassionately, and grow spiritually.”

Welcome to Christ ChurchChrist Church was founded in 1825, and was the first church established in Macon, Georgia. We are the Mother Church of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta and are a member of the Worldwide Anglican Communion.Christ Church gladly welcomes all people. Our clergy, staff, and parishioners are delighted to assist you in learning more about our worship and our community. Restrooms are in the Parish House, located to the left of the church. Ushers are available to assist you as needed. If this is your first time visiting with us today, please complete a visitor card (located in the pew) and place it in the offering plate. We are delighted you are here, and we hope to see you again soon.A nursery is provided for infants and toddlers beginning at 9am. Christian Formation for all ages begins at 10 am. Materials are available in the Narthex for younger children. Children, through 5th grade, who complete the Sunday Challenge may hand in their sheet following the service to receive a reward.

Receiving Holy CommunionAll baptized Christians, regardless of denomination or age, are invited to receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion. If you do not wish to partake, you are invited to receive a blessing by crossing your arms at the altar rail. If you are unable to come to the altar, please notify an usher and the elements will be brought to you. Gluten-free wafers are available if you have a wheat allergy.

Parish Prayer ListParish Prayer List: Adam, Alice, Amanda, Ann, Anna, Andy, Bailey, Beau, Beverly, Bill, Bob, Brian, Bryan, Caitlyn, Candy, Carmen, Char, Cissy, Cole, Connie, Crawford, David, Debbie, Deitz, Edsel, George, Hannah, Helen, Ishmael, Jennifer, Joan, Kelly, Laura, Linda, Lisa, Lucille, MacGill, Maddox, Malcolm, Malinda, Margaret, Margarete, Mary Jane, Matthew, Mick, Millie, Munnerlyn, Nina, Peter, Ralph, Randy, Ruth, Shannon, Shawn, Sparky, Susan, Teresa, Wesley, and William. For those serving in the military especially, Allen, Austin, Brian, Caylee, Charlie, George, Jeffrey, John, Jon, Regis, and Terry. The Altar Flowers are given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Helen Walker Clark; Robert Allen Clark, Jr.; Measie Norman Clarke; Robert Allen Clark, Sr.; Duncan Devane Walker, Jr.; Helen Parker Walker; and Duncan Devane Walker, Sr.

Assisting in WorshipAcolytes

Emory & Caroline Sutherland

Altar Guild Peggy Puryear Kelly Solomon

Jane Willingham

Flower Guild Bonnie Dowling

Lay Eucharistic Ministers Tim Hoskins

Wendy Johnson

Ushers & Greeters Jed and Kelli Hill

Boone and Amanda Smith John and Jane Willingham

Verger Bonnie Collins

Upon entering the Nave, let us prepare our hearts and minds for worship.The LiTurgy of The Word

Opening Voluntary: Elegy C. Hubert H. Parry (1848–1918)

Welcome

Hymn in Procession: Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Hymnal, 362

The Opening Acclamation Book of Common Prayer, p. 355Celebrant: Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.People: And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

Collect for Purity BCP, p. 355All: Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and

from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Canticle 13: Benedictus es, Domine Hymnal, S 236

Salutation and Collect of the Day Celebrant: The Lord be with you.People: And also with you.Celebrant: Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace,

by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever.

People: Amen.

The First Lesson Isaiah 6:1-8Lector: A reading from the Book of the prophet Isaiah.In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one called to another and said:“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.”The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!”Lector: The Word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.

The Psalm Psalm 29 setting: Kennedy

1 Ascribe to the Lord, you /gods, * ascribe to the Lord glory and /strength.

2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his /Name; * worship the Lord in the beauty of /holiness.

3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory /thunders; * the Lord is upon the mighty /waters.

4 The voice of the Lord is a powerful /voice; * the voice of the Lord is a voice of /splendor.

5 The voice of the Lord breaks the /cedar trees; * the Lord breaks the cedars of /Lebanon;

6 He makes Lebanon skip like a /calf, * and Mount Hermon like a young wild /ox.

7 The voice of the Lord splits the flames of fire; the voice of the Lord shakes the /wilderness; * the Lord shakes the wilderness of Ka/desh.

8 The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees /writhe * and strips the forests /bare.

9 And in the temple of the /Lord * all are crying, /"Glory!"

10 The Lord sits enthroned above the /flood; * the Lord sits enthroned as King for ever/more.

†11 The Lord shall give strength to his /people; * the Lord shall give his people the blessing of /peace.

The Second Lesson Romans 8:12-17Lector: A reading from Paul's Letter to the Romans.So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh-- for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, "Abba! Father!" it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ-- if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.Lector: The Word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.

Hymn at the Sequence: Sing praise to our Creator Hymnal, 295The Holy Gospel John 3:1-17

Gospeler: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.People: Glory to you, Lord Christ.There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?“Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.Gospeler: The Gospel of the Lord.People: Praise to you, Lord Christ.

The Sermon Rev. Cynthia C. Knapp

The Nicene Creed (standing) BCP, p. 358

The Prayers of the People: Form I (kneeling) BCP, p. 383

Confession & Absolution of Sin (kneeling) BCP, p. 360

The Peace (standing) BCP, p. 360

AnnouncementsThe hoLy Communion

Offertory Sentence

Anthem at the Offertory: Earth does not hold Eric H. Thiman (1900–1975) Chris Hudson, tenor

Earth does not hold the spirits of the brave. Seek no imprisoned honor in the grave. The body broken, the unbroken soul in some new region is unscarred and whole. They gave their peace that peace might follow pain; they died in Christ, in him they live again. As Christ is ever with us, so are they—a shining host upon the shining way. Oh, in the bright procession of their fame may we now follow, free from sloth and shame. To that great music, on the path they trod, who now has ended pilgrimage with God. We praise and bless the memory of all whose lives were given at their country's call, let God by us who live be glorified, and by the living souls of them who died. Amen.

Hymn at the Presentation: Praise God, from whom all blessings flow Hymnal, 380 st. 3

The Great Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer A BCP, p. 361

Sanctus: Holy, holy, holy Hymnal, S 129

Words of Instituition (kneeling) BCP, p. 362

The Lord’s Prayer BCP, p. 364

The Breaking of the Bread BCP, p. 364

The Fraction Anthem: Christ our Passover Hymnal, S 154

Invitation to Holy Communion BCP, p. 365

Hymn during Communion: Eternal Father, strong to save Hymnal, 608

The Post-Communion Prayer (kneeling) BCP, p. 365

The Blessing

Hymn in Procession: Come, thou almighty King Hymnal, 365

Dismissal

Closing Voluntary: Choral Prelude on "Hanover" Alec Rowley (1892–1958)

CLergy & STaff

The Right Reverend Robert C. Wright ..................................................BishopThe Right Reverend Don A. Wimberly ................................... Assisting BishopThe Reverend Cynthia C. Knapp ........................................................... Rector

cynthia@christchurchmacon.comThe Reverend Zachary D. Neubauer .................................................... Curate

zac@christchurchmacon.comJonathan A. Poe .......................... Organist-Choirmaster & Parish Administrator

office@christchurchmacon.comBrent Gunn ........................................................................ Financial Secretary

finance@christchurchmacon.comRobert Hubbard ....................................................................................Sexton

hubbard@christchurchmacon.comCarolyn Simmons ................................................................... Assistant SextonLaura Ann Harrell ........................................................................Youth InternJustis Ward ...................................................................................Youth Intern

VeSTry

Ellen Bunker .............................................................................Senior WardenRebecca Grist ................................... Junior Warden/Building & Grounds/ECWKirk Domingos ....................................................................... Treasurer/MusicBubba Edge ............................................................................................ ClerkJohn Blanks ......................................... Adult Christian Formation/BrotherhoodLaura Evans ...........................................................Flower Guild/LEM/WorshipKay Greer ..........................................Parish Life/Pastoral Care/Office VolunteersWill Horkan .................................................Outreach Ministry/Young FamiliesBarbara Jenkins ..................................................................... CommunicationsTed Robinson ....................................................Foyer Groups/trategic Planning

Ushers & Greeters/Welcoming & NurturingWalker Stewart .................................................... Children's Ministry/OutreachTrish Whitley .......................................................EYC/College & Young Adults

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About the Cover ArtJones Chapel Rose Window: Shield of the Trinity

Christ Church Macon

The rose window located in Jones Chapel is a double clover design featuring the Shield of the Trinity depicted in one of its commonly used variations. The primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) dominante the window with blue being the most prominate color. The secondary colors (violet, green, and orange) are used to highlight the six round vinettes. The royal blue border is woven into an eternal Triquetra knot, or Trinity knot, knitting together rosettes and foliage emphaisizing the everlasting nature of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in this exquisite stained glass.The Shield of the Trinity, also known as the Scutum Fidei, is a Christian symbol depicting the concept of the Holy Trinity. This diagrammatic representation has been found to have been in use as long back as the twelfth century for helping proclaim the Christian doctrine that the Almighty God is manifest in 3 distinct ways—as the Father, the Son (Jesus) & the Holy Spirit.The classical Shield of the Trinity emblem is shaped as a downward pointing triangle that is formed by three same length bars and has a circle at each vertex. There is a fourth circle in the center of this triangle and it is joined by equal length bars to the outer circles. The three circles on the outside have one Latin word written in each – Pater (Father), Filius (Son) and Spiritus Sanctus (Holy Spirit) and the circle in the middle carries Deus (God). The inner connecting lines have Est (is) written in them, while the outer ones have Non Est (is not). The links in the diagram are non-directional and the words may be read from any beginning point and in any direction. This beautiful staging of words and formation of sentences emphasizes the undivided, unending nature and eternity of the Holy Trinity.