The Holy Eucharist for Bishop Wordsworth’S School

The Holy Eucharist for Bishop Wordsworth’s School

Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 9.00 am

Welcome to our annual School Eucharist. It is an opportunity for us to meet as a school community within the context of the communion service and its reminder of the pattern of God’s transforming love for the world.

A prayer for use before the service:

Father of all, we give you thanks and praise, that when we were still far off, you met us in your Son and brought us home. Dying and living, he declared your love, gave us grace, and opened the gate of glory. May we who share Christ’s body live his risen life; we who drink his cup bring life to others; we whom the Spirit lights give light to the world. Keep us firm in the hope you have set before us, so we and all your children shall be free, and the whole earth live to praise your name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Music before the service begins:

PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN C MAJOR J S BACH

Played by Arthur Pallecaros, BWS Organ Scholar, who also plays the closing voluntary.

Music during the Eucharist:

SANCTUS, BENEDICTUS AND AGNUS DEI DAVID THORN KYRIE CHRISTOPHER DALITZ

The President is Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer of the Cathedral. He is assisted by the Revd Jeremy Ames and the Revd Maggie Guillebaud.

Before the service begins, he welcomes the School and introduces the service.

The Gathering

Please stand for the hymn, during which the choir and clergy move in procession through the nave to the altar at the spire crossing.

Guide me, O thou great Redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty; hold me with thy powerful hand: bread of heaven, feed me till I want no more.

Open now the crystal fountain whence the healing stream doth flow; let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through: strong deliverer, be thou still my strength and shield.

When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside; death of death, and hell’s destruction, land me safe on Canaan’s side: songs of praises I will ever give to thee.

Words William Williams (1717–91) translated Peter Williams (1727–96) and others Tune CWM RHONDDA, NEH 368, John Hughes (1873–1932)

Please remain standing and join in with the words in bold.

The Greeting We gather in God’s presence.

President Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you

All and also with you.

All Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayers of Penitence God calls us to be reconciled with one another.

Chaplain Compassion and mercy belong to the Lord our God. We come to God as one from whom no secrets are hidden, to ask for forgiveness and peace.

Lord God, our maker and redeemer we have misused your gifts of creation: All We ask your mercy and forgiveness.

We have seen the ill-treatment of others and have not gone to their aid: All We ask your mercy and forgiveness.

We have lived with dishonesty and failed to strive for justice: All We ask your mercy and forgiveness.

A period of silence is kept; then the choir sings KYRIE ELEISON.

The President says the words of absolution.

Please remain standing. A short period of silence is kept before the prayer.

The Collect The collect gathers our prayers at the beginning of the service.

President Eternal God, give us insight to discern your will for us, to give up what harms us, and to seek the perfection we are promised in Jesus Christ our Lord. All Amen.

Please remain standing for the reading of the Gospel.

The Liturgy of the Word The scriptures tell the story of God’s love made known in Jesus.

Reader Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew. All Glory to you, O Lord.

The Gospel Matthew 6: 1–4 Jesus encourages us to look beyond ourselves.

At the end This is the Gospel of the Lord. All Praise to you, O Christ.

Please sit.

Address Canon Robert Titley

Prayers led by the Chaplain and members of the BWS Christian Union

The prayers end with:

Minister Merciful Father, All accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Please stand.

The Liturgy of the Sacrament

The Peace

President God has called us to live in peace. We meet in the name of Christ and share his peace.

The peace of the Lord be always with you All and also with you.

We exchange a sign of peace with the words ‘Peace be with you’ as we shake hands with those around us.

The Preparation of the Table Taking of the Bread and Wine

The OFFERTORY HYMN is sung during which bread and wine are brought to the altar and placed upon it.

Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One, is here. Come, bow before him now, with reverence and fear. In him no sin is found, we stand on holy ground. Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One, is here.

Be still, for the glory of the Lord is shining all around; he burns with holy fire, with splendour he is crowned. How awesome is the sight, our radiant King of light! Be still, for the glory of the Lord is shining all around;

Be still, for the power of the Lord is moving in this place, he comes to cleanse and heal, to minister his grace. No work too hard for him, in faith receive from him; be still, for the power of the Lord is moving in this place.

We offer thanks for all the gifts God has given us.

President Blessed be God, who feeds the hungry, who raises the poor, who fills our praise. All Blessed be God for ever.

Please remain standing.

The Eucharistic Prayer

President The Lord be with you All and also with you.

Lift up your hearts. All We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. All It is right to give thanks and praise.

It is right to praise you, Father, Lord of all creation; in your love you made us for yourself.

When we turned away you did not reject us, but came to meet us in your Son.

All You embraced us as your children and welcomed us to sit and eat with you.

In Christ you shared our life that we might live in him and he in us.

All He opened his arms of love upon the cross and made for all the perfect sacrifice for sin.

On the night he was betrayed, at supper with his friends he took bread, and gave you thanks; he broke it and gave it to them, saying: Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.

All Father, we do this in remembrance of him: his body is the bread of life.

At the end of supper, taking the cup of wine, he gave you thanks, and said: Drink this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins; do this in remembrance of me.

All Father, we do this in remembrance of him: his blood is shed for all.

As we proclaim his death and celebrate his rising in glory, send your Holy Spirit that this bread and this wine may be to us the body and blood of your dear Son.

All As we eat and drink these holy gifts make us one in Christ, our risen Lord.

With your whole Church throughout the world we offer you this sacrifice of praise and lift our voice to join the eternal song of heaven:

The choir sings the Sanctus and Benedictus.

Holy, holy, holy Lord God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Please sit.

The Lord’s Prayer

President Jesus taught us to call God our Father, so in faith and trust we pray:

All Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Breaking of the Bread We share in God’s gifts and in the love which nourishes us and sustains us.

President We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.

All Though we are many, we are one body, because we all share in one bread.

President Draw near with faith. Receive the body of our Lord Jesus Christ which he gave for you, and his blood which he shed for you.

Eat and drink in remembrance that he died for you, and feed on him in your hearts by faith with thanksgiving.

Please sit until you are directed to come forward for communion or a blessing.

The President and other ministers receive communion.

All baptized members of Christian churches, of whatever tradition or denomination, are welcome to receive Holy Communion. As you leave your seat, the prefects will direct you to the nearest communion point. Alternatively, you are welcome to come forward to receive a blessing; if you keep your hands at your side and bow your head, you will receive a blessing from a priest.

One of the ministers delivers bread to each communicant, saying:

The body of Christ.

One of the ministers then delivers the cup to each communicant, saying:

The blood of Christ.

The communicant replies each time: Amen .

Please intinct (dip) the wafer in the chalice, and then consume.

During communion the choir sings AGNUS DEI.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, grant us peace. followed by:

O God, you search me and you know me Words and Music Bernadette Farrell

TRIO SONATA IN C MINOR – 3RD MOVEMENT JOHANN JOACHIM QUANTZ

Played by The Clearbury Quartet Tom Mettyear – cello; Ryan Nevill – piano Tom Reeve – flute; Ben Wynn – oboe

After Communion

Please remain seated and say together

All Almighty God, who called your servant John Wordsworth to found this school to the glory of your Son Jesus Christ, grant that it may be a place of faith and learning, so that, following Christ in the way of the Cross, we may dedicate ourselves to the service of men and women everywhere all the days of our lives. Amen.

Please stand for the Hymn:

I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun, I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth; at Bethlehem I had my birth.

Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the Dance, said he, and I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be, and I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.

I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame; the holy people said it was shame. They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high; and left me there on the cross to die.

I danced on a Friday when the world turned black — it’s hard to dance with the devil on your back. They buried my body and they thought I’d gone; but I am the dance and the dance goes on.

They cut me down and I leap up high; I am the life that will never, never die; I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me — I am the Lord of the Dance said he.

The Blessing and Dismissal Strengthened by God’s gifts we are sent out to live God’s love in the world.

Go in the peace of Christ. All Thanks be to God.

Please remain standing while the choir and clergy leave in procession whilst the organ voluntary is played.

TUBA TUNE C S LANG

We thank all who have taken part in today’s service.

You are welcome to take this order of service home with you