Sunday, March 27, 2022, Faith Episcopal Church, Merrimack, NH; Mini-Service video: Lent 4 – Fourth Sunday in Lent, 28 min. God of grace and God of glory, Hymn 594; Nancy Jamrog-Couret, organ. Vicar Pat Henking, celebrant: Recalling ET, a 1982 film by Steven Spielberg that focuses on the theme of returning home; studying the idea of returning home from many perspectives especially as it relates to us during the current period of unrest in the world; Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Lent; “In what sense is our home the place where Christ may live in us and we live in Christ?”; the poignant second line from advent Hymn 76, On Jordan’s Bank, offered as prayer for those who are in the midst of war or suffered violence. Joshua 5:9-12; Rita MacAuslan, reader. Just as I am, Hymn 693; Nancy Jamrog-Couret, organ. Gospel of Luke 15:1-3,11-32; Rita MacAuslan, reader. Vicar Pat Henking: On today’s gospel of the prodigal son returning to his home and the multiple perspectives, both human and spiritual, from which it can be viewed; St. Paul, in 2nd Corinthians, not only suggests “that if we are in Christ, we no longer see anything from a human point of view anymore,” but more importantly, “that to be in Christ is to see everything from the point of view of a new creation and the reconciliation of all of us with God and all of us with one another.” Spirit of God, You Are the Compass, Nancy Jamrog-Couret, composer; Joanne Bilancieri, vocalist. Vicar Pat Henking: A prayer that speaks of home adapted from the blessing in the Service of Matrimony; announcements; benediction; dismissal. There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy, Hymn 470; Nancy Jamrog-Couret, organ. Bob Hughes, videographer.