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THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT

Holy Eucharist - Rite II (Year C)

March 9, 2025        9:30 AM

THE  ENTRANCE  RITE

(In preparation for worship, please be seated and remain in silent meditation, ensuring that all mobile devices are silenced.)

Organ Prelude    ‘I am thine O Lord’ by Gilbert Martin

The Great Litany (The Hymnal 1982, #S 67)                       Prayer Book, page 148

Greeting and Acclamation                                 Prayer Book, page 323

Prayer of the Day                                Prayer Book, page 166

Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each one find you mighty to save; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

THE  LITURGY  OF  THE  WORD

A Reading from the Book of Deuteronomy (26: 1 - 11)           Linda Watson-Lorde

1When you have come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, 2you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name. 3You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, “Today I declare to the Lord your God that I have come into the land that the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.” 4When the priest takes the basket from your hand and sets it down before the altar of the Lord your God, 5you shall make this response before the Lord your God: “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous. 6When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us, 7we cried to the Lord, the God of our ancestors; the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. 8The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; 9and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10So now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground that you, O Lord, have given me.” You shall set it down before the Lord your God and bow down before the Lord your God. 11Then you, together with the Levites and the aliens who reside among you, shall celebrate with all the bounty that the Lord your God has given to you and to your house.

Psalm (91: 1 - 2, 9 - 16)        Qui habitat                        Choir      

1    He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, * abides under the shadow of the Almighty.

2    He shall say to the Lord, “You are my refuge and my stronghold, * my God in whom I put my trust.”

9    Because you have made the Lord your refuge, * and the Most High your habitation,

10    There shall no evil happen to you, * neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

11    For he shall give his angels charge over you, * to keep you in all your ways.

12    They shall bear you in their hands, * lest you dash your foot against a stone.

13    You shall tread upon the lion and adder; * you shall trample the young lion and the serpent under your feet.

14    Because he is bound to me in love, therefore will I deliver him; * I will protect him, because he knows my Name.

15    He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; * I am with him in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him to honor.

16    With long life will I satisfy him, * and show him my salvation.

A Reading from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans (10: 8b - 13)      Molly Ann Williams

8“The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. 11The scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.” 12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him. 13For, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Sequence Hymn (The Hymnal 1982, #150)    ‘Forty days and forty nights’

The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke (4: 1 - 13) 

1After his baptism, Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. 3The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.” 4Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone.’” 5Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6And the devil said to him, “To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. 7If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” 8Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’” 9Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’ 11and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’” 12Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 13When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.

Sermon

Profession of Faith (The Nicene Creed)                 Prayer Book, page 327

Prayers of the People            Michael Ashby, Sr.        Prayer Book, page 328

Confession of Sin and Absolution                           Prayer Book, page 330

Gesture of Peace

THE  LITURGY  OF  THE  EUCHARIST

Offertory Hymn (The Hymnal 1982, #343 / #142)    ‘Shepherd of souls, refresh and bless ’ / ‘Lord, who throughout these forty days’

Doxology (African American Heritage Hymnal, #651) 

The Great Thanksgiving (Eucharistic Prayer II)                 Prayer Book, page 340

The Preface of Lent                                         Prayer Book, page 346

Sanctus and Benedictus (The Hymnal 1982, #S 114)

The Great Amen (The Hymnal 1982, #S 118)

The Lord’s Prayer (The Hymnal 1982, #S 119)

The Breaking of the Bread

Priest:     We break this bread to share in the Body of Christ.

People:     Though we are many we are one Body because we share in one Bread

Agnus Dei (The Hymnal 1982, #S 158) 

Communion of the People

Hymns during the Administration of Holy Communion

 (Lift Every Voice and Sing II, #66 / #170) I must tell Jesus’ / ‘Yield Not to Temptation’

Special Offering - Second Floor Loan / HVAC System  (Lift Every Voice and Sing II, #187)  ‘Farther Along’

Prayer after Communion (Stand or kneel)                     Prayer Book, page 339

The Solemn Prayer over the People

Presentation                ‘Billie Holiday’                Handel Andrews

Welcome / Announcements (Birthday, Travel, Children, Other Prayers)

Installation of Episcopal Church Women                 Linda Watson-Lorde and Molly Ann Williams

Mission Hymn (The Hymnal 1982, #559) ‘Lead us, heavenly Father, Lead us’

Organ Postlude     ‘Postlude in D major’ by JK Fisher

(Please remain seated until the Postlude ends, and the candles are extinguished. Be mindful of those who have stayed behind for prayer.)

WELCOME * BIENVENIDOS * BIENVENUE

The Clergy, Wardens, and Vestry of our Parish welcome all visitors and members who have joined us in celebrating God in Christ Jesus.

We hope that you have had a rewarding spiritual experience, and we pray that you will come again. If you are looking for a spiritual home, we invite you to join our fellowship and worship. Please speak with the Priest or one of the Ushers.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: MARCH - APRIL

Holy Eucharist, Sundays, 9:30 am (Sanctuary / Online)

(Facebook / YouTube / Zoom ID: 970 3502 6969 / Passcode: 026667)

Bereavement Ministry, Sundays, 1 pm (Cry Room)

Holy Eucharist or Morning Prayer, Wednesdays, 10 am (Sanctuary / Zoom ID: 953 4196 0007 / Passcode: 025388 / Telephone: 1.646.876.9923 / ID: 953 4196 0007)

Thursdays, March 6 - April 17, 4:30 pm, Stations of Hope: A Journey against Violence - National ECW (Zoom ID: 817 5315 8249 / Passcode: 492409)

Friday, March 7, 12:30 pm, Stations of the Cross (Sanctuary/Zoom)

Saturday, March 8, 11 am, New Members Class / 12:30pm, Media Training 

Friday, March 14, 12:30 pm, Stations of the Cross (Sanctuary/Zoom)

Saturday, March 15, 10:30 am, ECW Lenten Quiet Day (Saint Paul’s, Flatbush)

Saturday, March 22, 9 am - 3 pm, Mid-Lenten Quiet Day (This session includes talks, questions, discussion, prayer, opportunities for silence, and readings for contemplation) Lunch included.

Friday, March 21, 12:30 pm, Stations of the Cross (Sanctuary/Zoom)

Friday, March 28, 12:30 pm, Stations of the Cross (Sanctuary/Zoom)

Saturday, March 29, 1:00 pm - 3:30pm, Bowling with the Bishops (Bowlero, Mineola)

Friday, April 4, 12:30 pm, Stations of the Cross (Sanctuary/Zoom)

Friday, April 11, 12:30 pm, Stations of the Cross (Sanctuary/Zoom)

Saturday, April 12, 10 am, Antiguans and Grenadians Prayer Breakfast

Sunday, April 13, 9:30 am, Palm Sunday Liturgy

Thursday, April 17, 7:30 pm, Maundy Thursday Liturgy

Friday, April 18, 12 noon, Good Friday Liturgy

Saturday, April 19, 7:30 pm, The Great Vigil of Easter

Sunday, April 20, 9:30 am, Easter Sunday Mass

SPECIAL  OFFERINGS  AND  INTENTIONS

ANGLICAN CYCLE OF PRAYER: The Anglican Church of Canada; Malakal, South Sudan; Lake Malawi, Central Africa; Northern Malawi, Central Africa; Southern Malawi, Central Africa; West Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Malek, South Sudan.

BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

Candles are given in thanksgiving to God for Elizabeth Leslie as she celebrates another birthday. May God continue to bless her. Given by her daughter Kay and Family.

BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK Melissa Callender (12), Kimble Ann Sylvester (12), Viola Alli (13), Sylvia Browne (13), Clifford Loncke (13), Erica Howell (14), Ashley Cox (15), Duport Philip (15).

DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER: Church of the Nativity, Brooklyn; Primates of the Anglican Communion; Saint Gabriel’s, Hollis; Episcopal Mission in Sunnyside; All Saints,’ Baldwin; The Diocese of Western New York, Province II; Saint Boniface, Lindenhurst. 

HEALING PRAYERS for SICK and SHUT-IN MEMBERS: Joan Abrams, Nola Archer-Springer, Claudette Baptiste, Janet Beaton, Orion Best, Gwendolyn Blackett, Joyce Bourne, Stella Brown-Pilgrim, Margaret Burke, Beverly Clark, Marie Clarke, Andria Clarke-Worrell, Ena Dixon, Ruby Doris, Dorothy Drakes, Harris Edwards, Esther Elder, Kenneth Fleary, Pearl Fox, Dolsy Greaves-Prince, Lindora Hall, Ruby Jean Harper-Niles, Nerissa Hawker-King, Alice Herbert, Lynette Hunte, Monica Jones, Mavis King, Emmie Lambert, Germaine Mascoll, Leslin Maynard, Raymond Maynard, Norma McKenzie, Deborah McPherson, Lynette Neptune, Ashton Parris, Lucille Peters, Miriam Prince, Erene Radix, Ursula Richards, Gene Richardson, Edgar Roper, Barbara Sammerson, Deonne Squires-Gilbert, Frederica Smith, Jean Soso, Ivonne Waldron, Winslow Wilson, Ines Wyatt.

HEALING PRAYERS for SICK and SHUT-IN RELATIVES and FRIENDS: Jennifer Allen, Sandra Alleyne, Adrian Garner, Carmen Baez, Manuela Blot, Richard Boyce, Bonnie Branch-Lincoln, Cheryl Clarke, Tiffany Clarke, Patrick Codrington, Gilberto Donaldson, Brenda Elbers, Cleve Esson, Sonia Estrada, Celia Fikes, Zie Garraway, Hazel Gittens, Avril Green, Al Shura Hayden, Anthony Hayden, Antonette Hayden, Vernice Hinds, Myrna Johnson, Edward Jones, Elizabeth Kane, Colleen Kane, Cyril Kane, Ika Kane, Thelma Kane, Vilima Kane, Carol Kane-Hicks, Syrrea Kane-Price, Cedric Layne, Adrienne  Le’Blanc, Maureen Lewis, Mildred Liburd, Dalila Narcisse, Igor Nelubin, Princess O’Garro, Paul Oseni, Jeannine Pierre-Louis, Pheobe Roberts, Joan Scott, Gamal Steele, Alana Tompkins, Philip Tudor, Ann Walker, Mary Forde-Walters, Bryon Wilson, Lemar Wynn, June Yanok, Lionel Yarde.

+ IN MEMORIAM

Candles are given with heartfelt love as the Benfield Family remembers Joan D. R. Hinds-Benfield, our devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, who departed this earthly life on March 16, 2023. “Her unwavering love, wisdom, and kindness have left an indelible mark on all of us. You will forever be the heart of our family, guiding us with your spirit and living on in every cherished memory we hold dear.”

STUDENTS AT COLLEGE: Kesiena Gbidi (Medgar Evers College), Najite Gbidi (Kingsborough Community College), Malike O. Cummings (Queens College). Angelique Agard (Essex County College), Nyla Bartholomew (University of North Carolina), Amanda Drakes (Baruch College), Andrew Garvey (John Jay College), Desmond Jordan (Kingsborough Community College), Jayden Richardson (University at Albany), Marliah Samuels (Binghamton University), Cynnia Semper (Norfolk State University), Jada Skye Spencer (Clark Atlanta University), Saige Wilson (Fordham University).

UNITED STATES MILITARY: Bernard Abraham (Army, North Carolina), Bennett Barnes (Army, Poland), Kibwe Cummings (Coast Guard, Maryland), Keron Glasgow (Army, Fort Bliss, Texas), Alonso Hall (Air Force, Japan), Richard Hinds (Army, South Korea), Trevaughn Luncheon (Navy, Florida), Shequita and Nephi Marston (Air Force, Germany), Shaquan McKenzie (Navy), Ashley McKenzie (Navy), Tacoma Washington (Army).

ANNOUNCVEMENTS

FELLOWSHIP HOUR: If you would like to host on any given Sunday, please contact Glenna Bartholomew, Cynthia Daniel, Fay Hunt, Dianne Miller or Zelma Murray.

FINANCIAL OFFERING STATEMENTS 2024 are available upon request. Please call or email the Office. Thanks.

OFFERINGS: Please bring your offering to the Office, mail it to the Church, or send it via Zelle (SaintGabrielsBrooklyn@gmail.com). Please write checks to St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church. 

OFFERING ENVELOPES 2025: Available in the Narthex or the Lobby. Please take a set of envelopes and print your name on the pick-up sheet to indicate that you have received them. As you prepare your offering, please write your name on each envelope you use.

PLEDGE CARDS 2025 are available from the Ushers or the Office. All Members of the Church should fill out the card individually. Please place your completed card in the Offering Basket.

PRACTICE OF HOLY HABITS: As a Christian Steward, I affirm that I am tithing or have adopted a plan to work towards tithing as a minimum standard of giving, and if I am not already doing so, I am committed to giving priority to Corporate Worship, Personal Daily Prayer and Study and Sabbath Time in my life.

PRAYER BOOKS, BIBLES and HYMNALS are available for purchase. They are $30 each. Please visit the Office if you need any of these books.

READINGS for WEDNESDAY, March 12 (Gregory the Great): Genesis 18: 1 - 15 (Helen Walker); Psalm 66: 1 - 8; Mark 10: 42 - 45; Prayers of the People, Page 328 (Michael Ashby, Sr.). READINGS FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT, March 16: Genesis 15: 1 – 12, 17 - 18 (Lorna Blackwood); Psalm 27; Philippians 3: 17 – 4: 1 (Pamela Bridgewater); Luke 13: 31 - 35; Prayers of the People, Page 328 (Ursula Brown). 

SECOND FLOOR LOAN / HVAC SYSTEM: On Second Sundays, we will have a special offering for this loan before the Prayer after Communion. Thanks for your continued support.

SENIOR CHOIR: Sundays at 12pm. Please speak with the Organist and Music Minister, Christopher Bryant.

THE PURPLE PANTRY: Please replenish the pantry with nonperishable food items as needed to help our neighbors. Your kindness is appreciated. Thank you.

TREE OF LIFE: To memorialize your deceased loved ones, please call the Church Office for details.

WEEKLY BULLETIN: Please submit information for publication to the Office by noon on Wednesdays (stgabrielschurchbrooklyn@gmail.com)