St. John's Episcopal Church
Centralia, Illinois
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Holy Eucharist will be celebrated on the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost at 8: 30 A.M. Father Tucker is celebrant, with The Rev. Sylvia L. Howard serving as Deacon of the Mass and Chalice Bearer. Others scheduled to participate are:
Organist: Douglas Tucker
Lector: Karen Walsh
Acolyte & Organ Tech: Keith Carter
Usher: Ivan McCrary
Coffee Hour Hostess: Karen Walsh
Midweek Mass is celebrated at the church at 6:00 P.M. each Thursday. Holy Cross Day will be observed on September 16. This is a major feast day, transferred from September 14th. This day commemorates the finding of a piece of the True Cross by Saint Helena, mother of Constantine I, the first Roman emperor to profess Christianity.
The Bishop's Committee will meet on September 23, following the 6:00 P.M. Mass.
Beginning this Sunday, parts of the Mass will be chanted, rather than spoken. Father Tucker, a professional singer and soloist for over 35 years, will lend his voice to enrich the worship service. We will change to Eucharistic Prayer B, which begins on p. 367 in The Book of Common Prayer. Here is an excerpt from this prayer:
"We give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love which you have made known to us in creation; in the calling of Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son. For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life."
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