The First Sunday in Lent
2026-02-22 | NY
Lent is a penitential season which began on Ash Wednesday and culminates in Holy Week. This first Sunday in Lent is always marked by a reading of the account of the temptation of Christ in the desert.
Collect
Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted of Satan: Make speed to help thy servants who are assaulted by manifold temptations; and, as thou knowest their several infirmities, let each one find thee mighty to save; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Appointed Readings

Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
Psalm 32
Romans 5:12-19
Matthew 4:1-11

Worship Services for the First Sunday in Lent

Sunday 8am, Sunday 10am
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Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness (1886-1894), James Tissot
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Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
2026-02-22 08:00 (America/New_York) | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcome!
This said service of Holy Eucharist occurs most Sundays at 8am. It is a Rite I service, meaning that it uses the more traditional language of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. This service includes lessons, prayers, a short sermon, and Holy Communion. All baptized Christians are welcome to make their communion in The Episcopal Church.
If you aren’t yet baptized but are considering it, let us know! Contact us and we’ll be happy to talk about it.
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Sung Eucharist (Rite I) and Sermon
2026-02-22 10:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcome!
This sung Eucharist is a Rite I service, meaning that it uses the more traditional language of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. This service includes lessons, prayers, congregational singing, a sermon, and Holy Communion. All baptized Christians are welcome to make their communion in The Episcopal Church.
If you aren’t yet baptized but are considering it, let us know! Contact us and we’ll be happy to talk about it.
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Holy Communion (Said)
2026-02-25 07:15, 2026-02-26 12:10, 2026-03-04 07:15, 2026-03-05 12:10, 2026-03-11 07:15, 2026-03-12 12:10, 2026-03-18 07:15, 2026-03-19 12:10 and 2 more dates | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
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The Second Sunday in Lent
2026-03-01 | NY
This is the second of five Sundays in Lent before Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of Holy Week.
Collect
O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from thy ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of thy Word, Jesus Christ thy Son; who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Appointed Readings

Genesis 12:1-4a
Psalm: 121
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17
John 3:1-17

Worship Services for the Second Sunday in Lent

Sunday 8am, Sunday 10am
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Christ Among the Pharisees (1660-1670), Jacob Jordaens
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Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
2026-03-01 08:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcome!
This said service of Holy Eucharist occurs most Sundays at 8am. It is a Rite I service, meaning that it uses the more traditional language of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. This service includes lessons, prayers, a short sermon, and Holy Communion. All baptized Christians are welcome to make their communion in The Episcopal Church.
If you aren’t yet baptized but are considering it, let us know! Contact us and we’ll be happy to talk about it.
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Sung Eucharist (Rite I) and Sermon
2026-03-01 10:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcome!
This sung Eucharist is a Rite I service, meaning that it uses the more traditional language of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. This service includes lessons, prayers, congregational singing, a sermon, and Holy Communion. All baptized Christians are welcome to make their communion in The Episcopal Church.
If you aren’t yet baptized but are considering it, let us know! Contact us and we’ll be happy to talk about it.
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The Third Sunday in Lent
2026-03-08 | NY
This is the third of five Sundays in Lent before Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of Holy Week.
Collect: Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Appointed Readings:

Exodus 17:1-7
Psalm 95
Romans 5:1-11
John 4:5-42

Worship Services for the Third Sunday in Lent

Sunday 8am, Sunday 10am
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Moses before the Burning Bush, Domenico Fetti (c. 1589 – 1623)
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Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
2026-03-08 08:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcome!
This said service of Holy Eucharist occurs most Sundays at 8am. It is a Rite I service, meaning that it uses the more traditional language of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. This service includes lessons, prayers, a short sermon, and Holy Communion. All baptized Christians are welcome to make their communion in The Episcopal Church.
If you aren’t yet baptized but are considering it, let us know! Contact us and we’ll be happy to talk about it.
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Sung Eucharist (Rite I) and Sermon
2026-03-08 10:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcome!
This sung Eucharist is a Rite I service, meaning that it uses the more traditional language of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. This service includes lessons, prayers, congregational singing, a sermon, and Holy Communion. All baptized Christians are welcome to make their communion in The Episcopal Church.
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Stations of the Cross
2026-03-10 19:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we welcome you to Bethesda Episcopal Church.

Join us this evening for Stations of the Cross — a service of scripture readings, silence and prayers which prepares us to receive Christ Crucified into our hearts.
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A portion of Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary (c. 1516), Rafael (1483-1520)
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The Fourth Sunday in Lent: Laetare Sunday
2026-03-15 | NY
This is the fourth of five Sundays in Lent before Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of Holy Week. This Sunday is called Laetare Sunday, which literally means “rejoice.
Laetare Sunday serves as a reminder that in the midst of this long penitential season of Lent — even unto the midst of our own self-inflicted, wayward suffering — Christ came not to condemn, but to save, if only we turn to him.
Collect: Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which giveth life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Appointed Readings:

1 Samuel 16:1-13
Psalm 23
Ephesians 5:8-14
John 9:1-41

Worship for the Fourth Sunday in Lent

Sunday 8am, Sunday 10am
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A portion of Return of the Prodigal Son (c. 1661-69), Rembrandt
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Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
2026-03-15 08:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcome!
This said service of Holy Eucharist occurs most Sundays at 8am. It is a Rite I service, meaning that it uses the more traditional language of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. This service includes lessons, prayers, a short sermon, and Holy Communion. All baptized Christians are welcome to make their communion in The Episcopal Church.
If you aren’t yet baptized but are considering it, let us know! Contact us and we’ll be happy to talk about it.
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Study of "Mere Christianity"
2026-03-15 09:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
From scholarly literature to children’s fantasy, C. S. Lewis is one of the most profound authors of the last century. His classic work, Mere Christianity explores the great questions of life from a Christian perspective and is valued by people of all traditions. Jon Kimmel leads our study of this rich text.

Sung Eucharist (Rite I) and Sermon
2026-03-15 10:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcome!
This sung Eucharist is a Rite I service, meaning that it uses the more traditional language of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. This service includes lessons, prayers, congregational singing, a sermon, and Holy Communion. All baptized Christians are welcome to make their communion in The Episcopal Church.
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Spring Cleaning
2026-03-21 09:00 - 12:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
A Spring Cleaning to prepare the church for Holy Week-Easter is planned for Saturday 21 March at 9am. The more, the merrier…!
If you have any time to spare, feel free to drop in and lend a hand.

The Fifth Sunday in Lent
2026-03-22 | NY
This is the last of five Sundays in Lent before Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of Holy Week.
Collect: O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely therebe fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Appointed Readings:

Ezekiel 37:1-14
Psalm 130
Romans 8:6-11
John 11:1-45

Worship for the Fifth Sunday in Lent

Sunday 8am, Sunday 10am
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A portion of Mary and Martha, Andrea Vaccaro (1604-1670)
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Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
2026-03-22 08:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcome!
This said service of Holy Eucharist occurs most Sundays at 8am. It is a Rite I service, meaning that it uses the more traditional language of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. This service includes lessons, prayers, a short sermon, and Holy Communion. All baptized Christians are welcome to make their communion in The Episcopal Church.
If you aren’t yet baptized but are considering it, let us know! Contact us and we’ll be happy to talk about it.
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Sung Eucharist (Rite I) and Sermon
2026-03-22 10:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcome!
This sung Eucharist is a Rite I service, meaning that it uses the more traditional language of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. This service includes lessons, prayers, congregational singing, a sermon, and Holy Communion. All baptized Christians are welcome to make their communion in The Episcopal Church.
If you aren’t yet baptized but are considering it, let us know! Contact us and we’ll be happy to talk about it.
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Palm Sunday (The Sunday of the Passion)
2026-03-29 | NY
The priest, when blessing the palms on Palm Sunday, is directed by the 1979 Book of Common Prayer (page 271) to say, “It is right to praise you, Almighty God, for the acts of love by which you have redeemed us through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. On this day he entered the holy city of Jerusalem in triumph, and was proclaimed as King of kings by those who spread their garments and branches of palm along his way. Let these branches be for us signs of his victory, and grant that we who bear them in his name may ever hail him as our King, and follow him in the way that leads to eternal life; who lives and reigns in glory with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.”
That “way that leads to eternal life” will take Jesus through persecution, brutality, trial, conviction, abandonment, and death on a cross before he comes out the other side, victorious, on Easter Morn. Let there be no confusion, then, regarding the reason Palm Sunday is also called The Sunday of the Passion.
Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may both follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
Appointed Readings:
Liturgy of the Palms:

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Matthew 21:1-11

Liturgy of the Word:

Psalm 31:9-16
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Philippians 2:5-11
Matthew 26:14- 27:66

Worship Schedule for Palm Sunday

Sunday 8am, Sunday 10am
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Jesus enters Jerusalem, relief in stone on the west facade, Orvieto Cathedral, Italy (c. 1310-31)
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Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
2026-03-29 08:00 | Bethesda Episcopal Church, 26 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcome!
This said service of Holy Eucharist occurs most Sundays at 8am. It is a Rite I service, meaning that it uses the more traditional language of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. This service includes lessons, prayers, a short sermon, and Holy Communion. All baptized Christians are welcome to make their communion in The Episcopal Church.
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