St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish

12/02/2021

Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. In-Person or on Zoom Click here for the Bulletin for December 5, 2021The Second Sunday of Advent Worship is at the very...

11/26/2021

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. In-Person or on Zoom Click here for the Bulletin for November 28, 2021The First Sunday of AdventWorship is at the very h...

11/25/2021

Thanksgiving Day
Almighty and gracious Father, we give you thanks for the
fruits of the earth in their season and for the labors of those
who harvest them. Make us, we pray, faithful stewards of
your great bounty, for the provision of our necessities and
the relief of all who are in need, to the glory of your Name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer, p. 246

11/19/2021

Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. In-Person or on Zoom Click here for the Bulletin for November 21, 2021The Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King ...

11/12/2021

Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. In-Person or on Zoom Click here for the Bulletin for November 14, 2021 The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost Worship ...

11/05/2021

Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. In-Person or on Zoom Click here for the Bulletin for November 7, 2021 The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost Worship i...

10/27/2021

Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. In-Person or on Zoom Click here for the Bulletin for October 31, 2021 The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost Worship i...

10/21/2021

Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. In-Person or on ZoomClick here for the Bulletin for October 17, 2021 The Twentieth Sunday after PentecostWorship is at the ...

10/15/2021

Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. In-Person or on Zoom Click here for the Bulletin for October 17, 2021 The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Worship is a...

10/07/2021

Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. In-Person or on Zoom Click here for the Bulletin for October 10, 2021 The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Worship is a...

10/01/2021

Learn about our partner organizations and how they provide opportunities to serve the greater community while lifting the mission of St. Paul’s in using gifts and resources to respond to the spiritual, social, and human needs of our parish and community.

Below are the descriptions of five (5) Washington D.C based organizations that were identified as being aligned with the engaging vision of St. Paul’s. E...

10/01/2021

Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. In-Person or on Zoom Click here for theBulletin for October 3, 2021 The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Worship is at...