Sunday, March 20, 2022, Faith Episcopal Church, Merrimack, NH; Mini-Service video: Lent 3 – Third Sunday in Lent, 27 min. If thou but trust in God to guide thee; Nancy Jamrog-Couret, organ. Vicar Pat Henking, celebrant: Welcoming the coming of spring, of robins, peepers, and newcomers in our life; Collect for the Third Sunday of Lent; “What does the parable of the fig tree tell us about sustaining life?”; Collect for the Feast of the Enunciation, celebrating the history of women; A Prayer for Ukraine by Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Exodus 3:1-15; Sue Gaillardetz, reader. Rock of Ages; Nancy Jamrog-Couret, piano; Bob Hughes, clarinet. Gospel of Luke 13:1-9; Sue Gaillardetz, reader. Vicar Pat Henking: Referring to today’s gospel, fig trees, though unusual in how they pollinate, require care and nourishment just like other plants; “We don’t chop things down just because they don’t bear fruit;” we can think of confirmation and repentance as a form of nourishment which over time provides fertilizer for the roots of our faith. Fill My Cup Lord, Nancy Jamrog-Couret, piano and voice. Vicar Pat Henking: A prayer and set of questions inspired by the melody, Stuttgart, of an old advent hymn, Hymn 66, Come, thou long-expected Jesus, and the first chapter of our current book-study book by Bishop Steven Charleston, Ladder to the Light; benediction; dismissal. The first one ever, Hymn 673; Nancy Jamrog-Couret, organ and voice. Bob Hughes, videographer.