Prelude
Announcements, Diana Patterson
The Gathering of the Community
Processional Hymn #319 Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs 
Leader: Isaiah wrote that God is like a mother to us, comforting and carrying us in her arms.
As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you – Isaiah 66:13
All: Gentle, patient God – thank you for your tender care, and for those who care for us as mothers.
Leader: Isaiah also wrote that God will never forget us and that he knows each one of us just as a mother knows her own children.
Can a woman forget her baby as she nurses her, or feel no compassion for the child she has borne? Even if a mother could forget, I will not forget you. – Isaiah 49:15
All: Gentle, patient God – thank you for your tender care, and for those who care for us as mothers.
Leader: David wrote that in God’s presence, he was quiet and at peace, trusting his God like a child safe in its mother’s arms.
Now my soul is calmed and quieted, like a child in its mother’s arms – Psalm 131:2
All: Gentle, patient God – thank you for your tender care, and for those who care for us as mothers.
Leader: Jesus identified with the feelings of a mother, longing to wrap his arms around us like a mother-hen gathering her chicks under her wings.
How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and protects them… -- Matthew 23:37
All: Gentle, patient God – thank you for your tender care, and for those who care for us as mothers.

An Act of Confession
Leader: O God, the creator of relationship and the author of covenant:
Where we have forgotten that our lives come from you; putting ourselves first, choosing prayer last,   
All:  forgive us our sin; restore us to yourself. 
Leader: Where we have exploited our relationship with creation; taking
without replenishing; hoarding without sharing,
All:  forgive us our sin; restore us to your world. 
Leader: Where we have judged the weakness of others; giving
censure not mercy, showing harshness not love,   
All:      forgive us our sin; restore us to our neighbour.
Leader: Where we have belittled our own worth in your sight, wallowing in our 
guilt, not revelling in our salvation, 
All:      forgive us our sin; restore us to ourselves. 
Leader: Where we have championed rules not relationships; placing principles 
above people, withholding compassion,
All:  forgive us our sin; restore us to yourself. 
The choir will lead us in singing
Lord, have mercy… Christ, have mercy... Lord, have mercy...
Presider: God of mercy, you forgive us our past sin, you strengthen us in your gift of eternal life, you shape us for glory. God of mercy, we thank you. Amen
Let us pray. Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world, evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen

The Proclamation of the Word
First Reading: Joshua 5:9-12, Jim Amos
Psalm  32
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21  Jim Amos
Gradual Hymn # 488 The Tree of Life My Soul Hath Seen
The Holy Gospel    Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32, 
Sermon
The Apostles’ Creed, p. 189
The Prayers of the People: Paul Hobson
The Peace, p. 192  
Celebration of the Eucharist
Offertory Hymn # 434 The Love of Jesus Calls Us
Prayer over the Gifts: God of mercy and compassion, your Word calls us home to faith and love. Accept all we offer you this day, in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord.
Eucharistic Prayer #5, p. 204
The Lord's Prayer, p. 211
The Breaking of the Bread, # 7 p. 213
Eucharistic Assistant: James Nelson
For health reasons, please do not dip the communion bread into the wine.
The Communion 
# 60 I Come with Joy # 54 Bread of the World in Mercy Broken
Prayer after Communion: Giver of life, you enlighten all who come into the world. Fill our hearts with the splendour of your grace, that we may perfectly love you and worthily praise your holy name, through Jesus Christ the Lord.
The Blessing
Closing Hymn # 425 Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee 
The Dismissal 
Postlude
Sides People: Paul Hobson and Tim Hergett                                                        

Psalm 32
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 
Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 
While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. 
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah 
Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah 
Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them. 
You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah 
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. 
Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding, whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not stay near you. 
Many are the torments of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord. 
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart. 
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

Flowers for Easter
Anyone whishing to have memorial flowers in the church for Easter please contact Cathy Stewart, 542-5565.

Cycle of Prayer
Within the Worldwide Anglican Church

We pray for the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean, Archbishop Gerald James (Ian) Ern
We pray for all people and their ministries in our Companion Diocese of Manicaland in Zimbabwe
We pray for the Episcopal Church in Haiti and Chile, in their ongoing work of restoration and healing and for the people of these countries: for all affected by the earthquakes, the injured, the grieving, the homeless, the orphaned, and for all who are responding with generosity and compassion

Within the Canadian Church 
We pray for the Diocese of Central Newfoundland, Bishop David 
Torraville
We pray for all people and their ministries in our Companion Diocese of Moosonee as they prepare to nominate and elect a new bishop, for the parish of  Golden Valley, Val d’Or, Quebec, extra-parochial ministry, and the Rev’d Bryson Randall and Catharine (residing outside the Diocese)
We pray for our sister parish of St. George’s in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, the Rev’d Dr. Neil Mancor

Within our Diocese 
We pray for the parishes of Canso, the Rev’d Darroch Fagan and Margaret; and  Three Harbours, the Rev’d Dawn Leger and Marc
We pray for the preparations being made for General Synod in our Diocese and our local planning team
We pray for the preparations being made for 'Celebration 2010' in the Regions and the Diocese. 

Within our Parish
We pray for this Parish of Horton, entrusted to us by almighty God and give thanks for all who serve the people of God in this place. 
We pray for those in our parish family and beyond who are in any need or 
 distress, for the sick, the lonely, the grieving, and all who are undergoing 
 medical treatments at this time.
We pray for our Rector Sandra and Jim, Emma and Alec and we bless Sandra as she takes time for a vacation to rest and spend time with her family.

Announcements
Mark these dates on your calendar 
Tonight – Parish Council in the sunroom at 7:30 pm

March 15th, at 12 :00 noon ACW MEETING, Monday, in the sunroom of the 
church.  Please come with your sandwich, coffee and tea will be served. All ladies of the church are welcome. 
March 16th at 7 pm: Our book study continues in the sunroom (chapter 10 -
Parables)

March 16th, VON Annapolis Valley will be holding their St. Paddy’s Day Lunch Bunch 

on March 16th, 2010 at St. Joseph Catholic Church located on Belcher Street in Kentville.  Beginning at 12 noon a wonderful lunch will be served at a cost of $7.00.  Please phone 678-1733 to register your attendance.

March 17th, The ACW will be at the ELMS for St. Patricks Day on Wednesday, 
at 1:30 p.m.  Please come and join us for an enjoyable afternoon of singing, games and fellowship.

March 17th at 5:30 pm: University and college students are invited to celebrate a meal and time of fellowship at the rectory. The menu includes Irish Stew and other things Irish. See poster at the back of the church. Friends welcome.  

April 1st: Manning Memorial Chapel Acadia University, Maundy Thursday Service at 8:00 p.m. with a Readers Theatre around the theme of Table Talk  and special music from the School of Music’s Guitar program; Holy Communion will also be celebrated at this service. Good Friday Tenebrae Service at 9:30 a.m. Easter Sunday Son-rise Service with Holy Communion at 7:00 p.m. followed by Easter Breakfast

Church News:
Rector’s schedule: Sandra will be off Monday morning and in the church office 
 from 2-4 pm on Monday. 

Rector’s vacation: Sandra will be on vacation from Thursday, March 18th till 
Monday, March 22nd to spend part of the March break with her family. Our honourary assistant, the Rev’d Dr. Bruce Matthews will preside and preach at both services on March 21st. 

Journeying through Lent: Lenten Coin Folders are available, if you wish to use 
them. Our Lenten/Easter letter is also available at the back of the church.
On the Sundays in March, Choral Evensong will be offered at 4:00 p.m. at St. 
John’s Church, Port Williams followed by a reception in the rectory. 

The Primates World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is accepting 
donations for victims of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile on Feb. 27. At least 795 people were killed and 500,000 others left homeless by the earthquake which hit the capital, Santiago, and Concepcion, Chiles second largest city.  Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has urged 
Canadian Anglicans to pray for the people of Chile and the affected cities of Concepcion and Santiago.

University and college students are invited to celebrate a time of fellowship on 
St. Patrick's Day, Wed. March 17 at the rectory at 5:30 pm. The menu includes Irish Stew and other things. See poster at the back of the church.  

VON Annapolis Valley is currently seeking volunteers to assist in the delivery of 
programs throughout the communities it serves.   Give as much or as little time as you wish, but please consider giving your time to VON Annapolis Valley.  Please call 678-1733 or toll free 1-800-411-9646 for more information.

Furniture Bank. Our local bank is totally out of furniture. If you have any 
furniture that you would like to donate to the bank give John Gerrits a phone call at 582 7398 or email him at johngerrits@xcountry.tv

Priest-in-Charge:  The Rev'd Sandra Fyfe e-mail:fyfesandra@hotmail.com 542-2464
Deacon:   The Rev'd K. Ann Watson
Wardens:    Ms. Kathy Philips, Mr. Paul Hobson
Organist /Choir Director:  Paul Hutten
Flower Convener: Cathy Stewart, 542-5565
Administrative Assistant:  Debbie MacDonald e-mail: idmac@eastlink.ca
Sexton and Parish Hall Manager:   Louis Lightfoot  681- 0339