Sunday, February 13, 2022, Faith Episcopal Church, Merrimack, NH; Mini-Service video: Epiphany 6, 26 min. Christ for the world we sing, Hymn 537; Nancy Jamrog-Couret, organ. Vicar Pat Henking, celebrant: a February punctuated by President’s Day, Valentine’s Day, and sports; prayer by Berton Braley, Prayer of the Sportsman; a passage from Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address; Collect for Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, BCP p. 216. Jeremiah 17:5-10; Mitch Couret, reader. Seek ye first the kingdom of God, Hymn 711; Nancy Jamrog-Couret, organ. The Gospel of Luke 6:17-26; Mitch Couret, reader. Heal me hands of Jesus, Nancy Jamrog-Couret, piano and voice. Vicar Pat Henking: Jesus’s teaching in the lessons for today that empower us with the beatitudes; the notion that God’s spirit fills us with his grace, love, and power; that Lincoln’s strength was “an instrument of Christ’s heart;” “Who do you see that exemplifies the beatitudes of Jesus?” Immortal, invisible, God only wise, Hymn 423; Nancy Jamrog-Couret, organ. Vicar Pat Henking: Curate Michael Reinke’s ordination to the priesthood; prayer at the conclusion of the Litany of Ordination; a blessing from Holy Matrimony; dismissal. Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord, Hymn 178; Nancy Jamrog-Couret, organ and voice. Bob Hughes, videographer.