ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA CHRIST CHURCH SOUTH YARRA Worship, Ministry, Mission
FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 4 February 2018
Welcome to Christ Church
PARISH CLERGY The Revd Dr Richard Treloar, Vicar The Revd Paul Bower, Senior Associate Priest The Revd Roxanne Addley, Assistant Curate The Revd Dr Linda Fiske, CCGS Chaplain The Revd Marilyn Hope, Hon. Parish Deacon The Revd Jenny Nelson, Hon. Associate Priest The Revd Jill Renison, Hon. Associate Priest
AUTHORISED LAY MINISTERS Kim Bong, Part-time
Jamie Miller, Hon. Prof. Peter Sherlock, Hon.
MUSIC Michael Fulcher Director of Music Siegfried Franke Parish Organist 8am Said Eucharist (BCP) Pamela Wainwright Organ Scholar
CO-ORDINATOR OF SERVERS 10am Choral Eucharist Dr Jenny Baldwin, Hon.
& Sunday School VERGER Gihan Wijesinghe, Hon.
PARISH OFFICE 6pm Service of Light Lance Coughlin, Administrator with Eucharist phone 03 9866 4434 email [email protected] web www.ccsy.org.au postal PO Box 8, South Yarra 3141 Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm We gather in this sacred space on the traditional lands of the Kulin nations, and we respectfully acknowledge the current and past elders of the Wurundjeri and Boonerwrung peoples.
At 8am please follow the Liturgy of the Word, then return to the BCP booklet for the Creed. Please ensure that your mobile phone is switched off.
8am Said Eucharist (BCP) President Richard Treloar Sides Roger Blythman (Patrice Marriott)
10am Choral Eucharist & Sunday School Prayer Intentions for this Week President Paul Bower Deacon Roxanne Addley World & Nation Refugees, those seeking asylum, those held in Subdeacon Peter Bennett (Alistair Barker) detention, especially children. Those who are (Thurifer: Garry McCarthy persecuted for their faith, ethnicity, gender or Crucifer: William McCarthy) sexuality. ADF personnel serving abroad. Our Acolytes Christina Port, Jennifer Took Federal, State, and Local Governments.
(Andrew Smith, Victoria McCarthy) Church Readers Michael Kirwan, Anglican Church of Burundi; Diocese of Ros Lawrence (Roy Hardcastle, Sandra Treadwell-Monk) Adelaide; Anglican Historical Society; Philip our Archbishop and Primate; Genieve our area Preacher Richard Treloar Bishop; Mother Roxanne and those ordained Intercessor Peter Sherlock Deacon yesterday; our Parish Choir and (Ros Lawrence) Musicians.
Offertory Miriam & Tahwen Chu
Procession (Bruce Walker & Greg Wayman) Community Sides Janise Sibly, Our parish and local schools as they commence Michael Kirwan Term 1. Those to be married this week: Olivia (Roger Blythman, Sandra Treadwell-Monk) Ashton & Ross Vogelaar. The St Laurence Tea & Coffee Dunstan Towning, June Sherwood, emergency food relief ministry we share with St Walter McNally Martin’s Hawksburn.
(Bruce Walker & Greg Wayman, Philip & Lorraine Masterman) Special Need Barney, Poli, Alan, Indra, Tess & baby Benji, (Names in parentheses are for next Sunday) Simon, Jesse, Jane, Debbie, Stephen, David, Setting Communion Service in F Gabriella, Jared, Rhonda, Patrice, Julie, Jamie.
- Sumsion
Departed 6pm Service of Light with Eucharist YEAR’S MIND: (4th) Alice Elizabeth “Betty” th President Paul Bower WILMOT; (5 ) Ian Allan COOPER, Malcolm th
Henry RITCHIE; (6 ) William CROCKETT, ______th Scripture texts are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Elizabeth Mary VICKERS; (7 ) Louise Coralie Holy Bible, © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the Campbell ROBERTSON, Ross Owen KIRKHAM; National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, and are (9th) Gregory BLACK, Donald Eric MCMURDIE. reproduced herein with permission. The rite for the Eucharist is from A Prayer Book for Australia, © 1995 by The Anglican Church Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord; of Australia Trust Corporation, and is reproduced with permission. Hymn texts are reprinted under OneLicense #A-620458. and let light perpetual shine upon them.
2 GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
As the entrance bell is rung, please stand to sing the hymn INTROIT HYMN 1 3 Praise with joy the world’s Creator, Praise the Spirit sent among us, God of justice, love and peace, liberating truth from pride, source and end of human knowledge, forging bonds where race or gender, force of greatness without cease. age or nation dare divide. Celebrate the Maker’s glory, Celebrate the Spirit’s treasure — power to rescue and release. foolishness none dare deride.
2 4 Praise the Son who feeds the hungry, Praise the Maker, Son and Spirit, frees the captive, finds the lost, one God in community, heals the sick, upsets religion, calling Christians to embody fearless both of fate and cost. oneness and diversity. Celebrate Christ’s constant presence — Thus the world shall yet believe, when Friend and Stranger, Guest and Host. shown Christ’s vibrant unity.
John L Bell (1949-) & Graham Maule (1958-) TiS 179 Tune: Praise my soul (A&M NS 192)
The presiding priest greets all in the name of the Lord In the name of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
Father Richard welcomes & commissions Mother Roxanne Addley as our Assistant Curate The deacon says Let us pray together: 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.
Kyrie eleison is sung Lord have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Lord have mercy upon us. 3 The deacon says ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ Jesus said: ‘This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: you shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’
Let us confess our sins in penitence and faith, confident in God’s forgiveness.
Merciful God, our maker and our judge, we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, and in what we have failed to do: we have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves; we repent, and are sorry for all our sins. Father, forgive us. Strengthen us to love and obey you in newness of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The presiding priest says the Absolution Almighty God, who has promised forgiveness to all who turn to him in faith: pardon you and set you free from all your sins, strengthen you in all goodness and keep you in eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Gloria in Excelsis is sung Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesu Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us, thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
4 The presiding priest says the Collect of the Day Let us pray. Saving God, whose Son, Jesus Christ, healed the sick and brought them wholeness of body and mind: inspire us, his disciples, so that we may constantly proclaim his gospel by our words and by the dedication and integrity of our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
[sit] THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. 40:21-31
Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in; who brings princes to naught, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing. Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows upon them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble. To whom then will you compare me, or who is my equal? says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high and see: Who created these? He who brings out their host and numbers them, calling them all by name; because he is great in strength, mighty in power, not one is missing. Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, ‘My way is hidden from the LORD, and my right is disregarded by my God’? Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
For the word of the Lord, thanks be to God.
5 PSALM 147
Please repeat response after the choir, then sing as indicated
1 God unites his scattered people, gathers those who wandered far, heals the hurt and broken spirits, tending every wound and scar. R
2 Such is God’s great power and wisdom none can calculate or tell; keen is God to ground the wicked and with humble folk to dwell. R
3 God, with clouds, the sky has curtained thus ensuring rain shall fall; earth, responding, grows to order food for creatures great and small. R
4 God’s discernment never favours strength or speed to lift or move; God delights in those who fear him, trusting in his steadfast love. R
Paraphrase by John L Bell (b 1949) Words and music from Psalms of Patience, Protest and Praise by permission Wild Goose Publications Together in Song 92
6 A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians. 9:16-23
If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel! For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission. What then is my reward? Just this: that in my proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my rights in the gospel. For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) so that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law) so that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
For the word of the Lord, thanks be to God. [stand] GOSPEL ACCLAMATION & READING Please repeat after the choir, then sing as indicated
The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent and believe in the good news. Alleluia.
Please turn to face the proclamation of the Gospel
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark. 1:29-39 Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ.
As soon as Jesus and his disciples left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them.
7 That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. And the whole city was gathered around the door. And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. And Simon and his companions hunted for him. When they found him, they said to him, ‘Everyone is searching for you.’ He answered, ‘Let us go on to the neighbouring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do.’ And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons.
For the Gospel of the Lord, praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
Sunday School Gathering Prayer – Miss Kim
Sermon – Father Richard
A time for quiet reflection follows the sermon
The Nicene Creed is said, introduced by the deacon [stand] Let us together affirm the faith of the Church:
We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. 8 We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
THE PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
The deacon introduces the prayers
Let us pray for the world and for the Church. [please kneel or sit] After each prayer After last prayer …in your mercy, Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord; hear our prayer. and let light perpetual shine upon them.
The presiding priest says Almighty God, you have promised to hear our prayers. Grant that what we have asked in faith we may by your grace receive, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE GREETING OF PEACE
The presiding priest says [stand] We are the body of Christ. His Spirit is with us.
The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.
You are invited to exchange a sign of peace with those around you During the Offertory hymn, a collection is taken up and donations of food for the St Laurence Emergency Food Ministry are brought to the altar with the bread & wine
OFFERTORY HYMN 1 Lord God, your love has called us here, as we, by love, for love were made. Your living likeness still we bear, though marred, dishonoured, disobeyed. We come, with all our heart and mind your call to hear, your love to find. 9 2 4 We come with self-inflicted pains Then take the towel, and break the bread, of broken trust and chosen wrong, and humble us, and call us friends. half-free, half-bound by inner chains, Suffer and serve till all are fed, by social forces swept along, and show how grandly love intends by powers and systems close confined, to work till all creation sings, yet seeking hope for humankind. to fill all worlds, to crown all things. 3 5 Lord God, in Christ you call our name, Lord God, in Christ you set us free and then receive us as your own, your life to live, your joy to share. not through some merit, right or claim, Give us your Spirit’s liberty but by your gracious love alone. to turn from guilt and dull despair We strain to glimpse your mercy-seat, and offer all that faith can do, and find you kneeling at our feet. while love is making all things new.
Brian A. Wren (b. 1936) Tune: Melita (A&M NS 292)
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
The presiding priest begins the Eucharistic Prayer
The priest prays the Preface of the Eucharistic Prayer, concluding with …for ever praising you and singing: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
The priest continues the Eucharistic Prayer; the deacon says … Great is the mystery of faith
10 The priest continues the Eucharistic Prayer, concluding with … in songs of never-ending praise:
The deacon introduces the Lord’s Prayer, saying As our Saviour Christ has taught us, we are confident to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen.
BREAKING OF THE BREAD AND COMMUNION
The presiding priest breaks the bread and says We who are many are one body, for we all share in the one bread.
Agnus Dei is sung [kneel or sit] O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: have mercy upon us. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: have mercy upon us. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: grant us thy peace.
The presiding priest says Behold, Jesus is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. Happy are those who are called to his supper. Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word, and I shall be healed.
The gifts of God for the people of God.
11 Communicant members of all churches are welcome to receive Communion. If you would prefer a blessing, indicate this by crossing your arms over your chest. Please feel free to stand or kneel at the sanctuary step. Gluten-free altar breads are available, please tell the priest if you require one.
COMMUNION MOTET If ye love me – Peter Aston
THE SENDING OUT OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Announcements are made after Communion
DISMISSAL HYMN [stand] 1 3 Now let us from this table rise To fill each human house with love, renewed in body, mind and soul; it is the sacrament of care; with Christ we die and live again, the work that Christ began to do his selfless love has made us whole. we humbly pledge ourselves to share.
2 4 With minds alert, upheld by grace, Then give us grace, Companion God, to spread the Word in speech and deed, to choose again the pilgrim way, we follow in the steps of Christ, and help us to accept with joy at one with all in hope and need. the challenge of tomorrow’s day. Frederick Herman Kaan (1929-2009) TiS 530 Tune: Solothurn (A&M NS 403)
The presiding priest says the Post-Communion Prayer and Blessing
The deacon says Go in the peace of Christ. Thanks be to God.
Organ Postlude Alla Marcia in C – Thomas Adams
You are invited for morning tea at the Old Vicarage Parish Centre
Please take this pew sheet home with you and refer to the notices and prayer intentions
12 Explorations Study Group Explorations returns this Wednesday, 7th of February in the Old Vicarage. All are welcome. Explorations is a Bible study group that meets each Wednesday at 10.45 following the 10am Eucharist. The group is composed of people who come from diverse backgrounds, ages, and countries. They have one thing in common; a love of our Lord Jesus Christ. That love extends to a desire to acquaint themselves better with what the Bible tells us about God and ourselves. In studying the Bible we review the scripture readings that are set down for the Sunday following. In reflecting upon them we explore how the scriptures may impact upon us today, what its message may have been for the hearers of the day, and how the language of the day may give us greater insight of it’s meaning for us today. An invitation extends to all who would like to gain a more appreciative understanding of the Bible, as it reveals its truths to us today, among an open and friendly group of people. If you are able to spare a Wednesday morning with us, you may be assured of a friendly welcome. Explorations resumes Wednesday 7 February 2018 in the Old Vicarage at 10.45am
Choral Evensong resumes with the Launch of ABM’s Lent Appeal –18 February, 6pm
The service will be followed by supper in the Old Vicarage Parish Centre
13 14 Places Available for A Day at the Winery
We still have places for our Music Foundation Yarra Valley winery lunch day on Saturday 24 March, 2018. This is being generously hosted by Jenny and Walter McNally. While this special day is some time off it would be great, if you are interested and want to book, to let me know so that I can put you on the list. The cost is $70 per head which includes a delicious lunch and wine. Please email me on [email protected] if you wish me to add you to the list and I will provide you with my bank details.
This promises to be a really lovely day out. We may also be in a position to have a bus do the ferrying, but will know about this closer to the date. Jenny and Walter wanted Christ Church people to be able to visit them, so they can show off their wonderful property and ensure we are totally spoilt.
Please also feel free to call me on 0438 697 570 if you have any questions.
Rosie Mason
The First Robin Sharwood Lecture in Church Law
How the canon law understanding of the status of clergy and historical church processes for dealing with misconduct have interacted with the processes and goals of the civil law over the past millennium and today. The Inaugural Robin Sharwood lecture will be delivered by the Hon Keith Mason, AC QC, President of the Appellate Tribunal of the Anglican Church of Australia, and formerly President of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
WEDNESDAY 14 MARCH Time: Lecture commences at 7.30pm followed by light refreshments Location: Craig Auditorium, Gateway Building, 100 Royal Parade, Parkville. enter via Gate C Dress code: Business or clerical attire RSVP by: Friday 9 March 2018 Enquiries: Sarah Cooke: [email protected] or 03 9348 7527
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THIS WEEK AT CHRIST CHURCH Wake up and smell the incense....
Monday 5 February Is secularism enough to sustain ‘marvellous’ Martyrs of Japan (1597) Melbourne?
9.00am Morning Prayer The Philip Harris Memorial Lecture at 5.00pm Evening Prayer Christ Church Brunswick today 5.30pm ABM Melbourne Committee (OldVic) following 6pm Evensong Celebrating Charles I, King & Martyr Tuesday 6 February 8.00am Chapel Training Choir Rehearsal Lecturer: Bishop Lindsay Urwin, OGS ______9.00am Morning Prayer 10.00am St Laurence Food Ministry (St Martin’s) The 2018 Jessie Nicholson Lecture: 5.00pm Evening Prayer Yes, You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks! 6.00pm CCGS Governance Committee (OldVic) will be delivered by Fr Noel Whale
Wednesday 7 February Tuesday 6 February 7.30pm Holy Trinity, 152 Bay Street, Port Melbourne 7.45am Chapel Choir Rehearsal 9.00am Morning Prayer Preceded at 7pm by the AGM of the 10.00am Eucharist Melbourne Branch of the Australian 10.30am Explorations Bible Study (OldVic) Church Union. All Welcome
______10.30am ArtSearch (Godly Play Room/Crypt) 12noon Deanery Meeting (Malvern) Morning & Evening Prayer 5.00pm Evening Prayer Please consider joining us when you can, at these 6.00pm Wedding Rehearsal (15 minute) daily offices of psalms, scripture, and
Thursday 8 February prayer, on weekdays at 9am & 5pm. No 9.00am Morning Prayer experience necessary! Some communal 10.00am Gardening group quietness in our day is good. We meet in the 5.00pm Evening Prayer Chapel of the Resurrection (under the spire).
______7.30pm Choir Practice (Church) 7.30pm Education for Ministry (OldVic) Christ Church is fitted with a hearing
Friday 9 February aid induction loop. Please use ‘T’ switch on hearing aids. 7.45am Chapel Choir Rehearsal
______9.00am Morning Prayer 11.15am CCGS Chapel (Yrs 3-6) Toilets are located facing the south 12noon Eucharist side of the church: go out main 2.05pm CCGS Chapel (Prep-Yr2) church door and around the 5.00pm Evening Prayer driveway to your left.
______Saturday 10 February For your diary 9.00am TeenTalk (Old Vicarage, till 4pm) 5.00pm Wedding ______
Next Sunday – 11 February 2018 LAST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 14 FEBRUARY 8am Said Eucharist (BCP) 8.45 School Chapel with Ashes 10am Choral Eucharist 10am Said Eucharist with Ashes & Sunday School 7pm Choral Eucharist with Ashes 11.15am Mission Stall
______12noon Holy Baptism (tbc) Readings for Last Sunday after Epiphany (Yr B) 6pm Service of Light with Eucharist 2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9