The Parish Church of St John the Evangelist 27th November 2016 1st Sunday of Advent High Mass Welcome to St John’s. This pew sheet contains the Bible Readings and hymns for today’s service. Please use the sheet together with the Order of Service Booklet.

Celebrant: Fr Andrew Wilson drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in Preacher: Fr quarrelling and jealousy. Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. Kyrie: Anglican Folk Mass NEP 695 Martin Shaw This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Setting: Communion Service in the Dorian Mode Thomas Tallis

Introit Hymn: NEH 15 The Lord will come and be not slow

Advent Wreath Prayer The choir sings: Blessed are you, Sovereign Lord, God of our ancestors: to you be praise and glory for ever! You called the patriarchs to live by the light of faith and to journey in the hope of your promised fulfilment. May we be obedient to your call and be ready and watchful to receive your Christ, a lamp to our feet and a light to our path; for you are our light and our salvation. Alleluia, Alleluia! Show us your mercy O Lord : and grant us your The people’s response: sal-va-tion. Alleluia!

The Collect Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and to put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility that on the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Matthew 24.36-44 majesty to judge the living and the dead, we may rise to the life ‘But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of immortal; through him who is alive and reigns with you, in the heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and A reading from the prophet Isaiah 2. 1-5 giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and they The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so too Jerusalem. will be the coming of the Son of Man. Then two will be in the field; In days to come the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised meal together; one will be taken and one will be left. Keep awake above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it. Many peoples therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is shall come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of coming. But understand this: if the owner of the house had known the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have his ways and that we may walk in his paths.’ For out of Zion shall go stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many coming at an unexpected hour. peoples; they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD! This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Organ Chorale Prelude: Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme Psalm 122 NEH 441 Pray that Jerusalem may have Wake, O wake! with tidings thrilling Max Reger 1873-1916

A reading from the letter to the Romans 13. 11-end Offertory Hymn: NEH 16 Wake, O wake! with tidings thrilling Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment A collection is taken. If you are a UK tax payer, please fill in the blue for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than gift-aid envelope. Your donation is worth an extra 25p for each when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. pound you give. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armour of light; let us live honourably as in the day, not in revelling and Communion Motet: Kindle a light to lighten the darkness, Kindle a Those who have asked for prayers: Paul Allen; Rod Brown; light each nation and race: God in the poor is coming to meet us, Gerald Davies; Joyce Dehaney; Koralia Dimitriadou; Jackie Earl; Kindle a light to shine on His face. Kindle a light to lighten the Richard Gaitskell; Ian Golds; Shirley Hughes; Ian Lennon; darkness, Kindle a light for all who despair: God in the poor is Pamela Lerwill; Abdel Rahman Lotfy; Beatrice Pelling; Dana Peters; coming to judge us, Kindle a light with fasting and prayer. Kindle a Ken Rowe; Pat Soan; Caroline and Dennis Vaughan; Huldah Sinclair- light to lighten the darkness, Kindle a light in places of shame, God Wolfe; Jude Woodhouse; and Marcel Zaire. We give thanks for the in the poor is coming to heal us, Kindle a light with hope in its release of some of the young women kidnapped in Nigeria; we flame. Kindle a light to lighten the darkness, Kindle a light for continue to pray for them and those still held, for their safe return, and for their families. sorrow to cease: God in the poor is coming to free us, Kindle a light for justice and peace. Christ is coming, Coming in judgement, in For those known to us recently departed. Kirsty Carrot; truth and in grace: Meet him and greet him, and share his David Pearce; Catherine Stewart; and Andrew White. embrace. Remember past , benefactors, friends, and all whose year’s Michael Forster b1946 Michael Fleming 1928-2006 mind occurs this week: Percy Figgess; Stella Allen; Geoffrey Barber; Dorothy Sutherland-Gill; David Dray; Constance Jones; May Cooke; Advent Prose: NEH 501 verse 1 Geoffrey Bartlett; Dorine Pentecost; Donald Cadzow; Emily Butt; Brian Bloxham; Anne Oxenham; Kate Kemp; and Caroline Ainger. Post Communion Prayer ******************* O Lord our God, make us watchful and keep us faithful as we await the coming of your Son our Lord; that, when he shall appear, he NOTICES may not find us sleeping in sin but active in his service and joyful in UNDERPINNING WORKS: Good progress is being made, so far. Church his praise; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. will, for the majority of the time, remain open. We will need you to assist with cleaning on a more regular basis. Please offer your help. Recessional Hymn: NEH 9 Lo! he comes with clouds descending Thank you. th Please stay for refreshments at the back of church. ST ANDREW THE APOSTLE: This Wednesday, 30 November. Low Mass at 9.30am, High Mass with hymns at 8pm. ******************* ‘FOX HILL IN THE SNOW AND OTHER POEMS’: Professor Robert Fraser is Tonight 6pm Advent Carol Service donating us 100 copies of his work, published by London Balmond & McKenzie, to sell in aid of the church restoration works. The ******************* poems “fasten on diverse facets of human perception, on SERVICES THIS WEEK particularly landscapes and people, and on the larger perspectives of love, faith, and death.” The books are available from today; Monday to Friday speak with Ann Graham for a copy, price £10. 9am Morning Prayer 5pm Evening Prayer th th ADVENT 2016: MEDITATION INTO GOD: Tuesdays 29 November, 6 , Monday 6pm-7pm, Tuesday 3.30pm-4.30pm 13th and 20th December, led by Fr John, Fr Daniel, Fr Andrew, Fr Meditation Group in the Vestry Tom, Clare Goff and Berni Excell. Daytime: 10.30am coffee, 11am- 12.30pm meditation, followed by lunch; Evening: 7.30pm coffee, Tuesday 8pm-9.30pm meditation, with refreshments. Meditation into God 10.30am-12.30pm, 7.30pm-9.30pm nd ALL SAINTS’ BAND CONCERT: Friday 2 December, at 7.30pm, in Wednesday church. 9.30am Low Mass, with short address, followed by Coffee Morning MAGNIFICENT MOZART: An orchestral extravaganza by Bach to Baby rd Saturday with the London Mozart Players in church, on Saturday 3 *** 9am Morning Prayer 9.30am Low Mass *** December, at 2pm and 4.15pm. Each concert will last about an 6pm Evening Prayer hour. Tickets £15 (adult with two children) available from londonmozartplayers.com/concert/magnificent-mozart th nd Next Sunday, 4 December ~ 2 Sunday of Advent rd ***Please note that service times next Saturday, 3 December, 9.15am Morning Prayer 10am High Mass are changed due to these concerts. Mass will be celebrated at 6pm Solemn Evensong and Benediction 9.30am, and Evening Prayer said at 6pm.*** th ******************* A CHRISTMAS FEAST: Saturday 10 December, at 7pm. Central Band of the Royal British Legion and the Choir of Lincoln College, Oxford. THIS WEEK’S PRAYER DIARY A selection of music to suit all tastes. Tickets Adults £12, OAPS £8, Remember Christopher our Bishop, Justin our Archbishop, under 16s £6, under 5s free. For full programme details and to Jonathan, Bishop of Croydon. book tickets, please visit www.sjun.org.uk or [email protected]

Parish : The Reverend John Pritchard. T: 020 8771 6686 E: [email protected] Assistant : The Reverend Dr Daniel Trott. T: 020 8771 5307 E: [email protected] Honorary Assistant Priests: The Reverend Andrew Wilson; The Reverend Tom Hurcombe Clergy days off: Fr John: Tuesday; Fr Daniel: Friday. For amendments to the prayer list please contact: Terence Roberts: 020 8681 6006 or Kathie Wheble: 020 8650 4279 Safeguarding Officers: Rachel Rae and Rebecca Hall Please take this leaflet home with you. You can also find the latest pew sheet on the website. You may wish to donate to St John’s online. For all information go to St John’s website: http://sjun.org.uk To keep up to date with more news and events from St John’s, ‘like’ us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/stjohnsuppernorwood