Trinity Sunday
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Trinity Sunday 16th June, 2019 Welcome On behalf of everyone at St. John’s, Toorak, a very warm welcome to this church and faith community. St. John’s welcomes everyone to all services and events, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, race or background. This is a wonderful and historic church, founded in 1859, and celebrating our 160th year! We are part of the Anglican Church of Australia and a member of the global Anglican Communion, comprised of 80 million people. Regular services of worship are held each Sunday at 8am and 10am, Wednesday at 7pm, and Thursday at 12.15pm. All are welcome. Services are followed by times of fellowship over food and drinks to which everyone is also welcome. This church actively follows Jesus’ command to love God, love one’s neighbour and to care for all people. Our clergy and parishioners regularly visit the sick, home-bound, and the dying. We care for the poor and needy through service and charitable giving, through our Opportunity Shop run in partnership with the local Catholic and Uniting churches, and by supporting the work of Anglicare, The Brotherhood of St. Laurence and The Anglican Board of Mission. Our clergy regularly baptise new members of the church, preside at weddings and care for the grieving through our funeral ministry. If we can be of service to you or your family, please do not hesitate to get in touch. If you would like to give of your time and talents in the service of others, please also contact the church and we will gladly welcome your contribution. If you’re visiting for the first time do please introduce yourself to a welcomer or member of the clergy, and fill out the blue ‘Welcome’ card found at the end of every pew so we can stay in touch with you. @stjohnstoorak Cover Image Andrei Rublev (d. 1428) Троица [The Trinity] Icon: Tempera on panel, 141.5cm x 114cm, Tretyakov Gallery. 2 The 8am service begins with the Introductory Rite below. The 10am service begins with the processional hymn 132 INTRODUCTORY RITE please stand Blessed be God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Blessed be God’s kingdom, now and for ever. The Lord be with you. And also with you. Hymn 132 ‘Holy, holy, holy’ At 8am, first & third verses only The Collect for Purity 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. Confession ‘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.’ A brief silence is kept Let us therefore bring our sins before the one true God, in penitence and faith. 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. Absolution pronounced by the celebrant Gloria in Excelsis at 8am said together, at 10am sung with the choir Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God’s people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory. 3 Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen. The Collect for Trinity Sunday The celebrant prays the collect, after which all are seated The Children’s Address At the 10am service, all children are invited to join together at the chancel step THE LITURGY OF THE WORD The First Lesson Proverbs 8.1-4, 22-31 Read at 8am by Cindy Kalai; and at 10am read by James Simpson 1 D oes not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? 2 O n the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; 3 b eside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she 4 22 cries out: ‘ To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live. T he Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long 23 ago. A ges ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. 24 W hen there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no 25 springs abounding with water. B efore the mountains had been shaped, 26 before the hills, I was brought forth— w hen he had not yet made earth 27 and fields, or the world’s first bits of soil. W hen he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, 28 w hen he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains 29 of the deep, w hen he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations 30 of the earth, t hen I was beside him, like a master worker; and I was daily 31 his delight, rejoicing before him always, r ejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the human race. Hear the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. 4 Psalter Psalm 8 said together at 8am, sung by the choir at 10am 1 O Lord our Governor: how glorious is your name in all the earth! 2 Your majesty above the heavens is yet recounted: by the mouths of babes and sucklings. 3 You have founded a strong defence against your adversaries: to quell the enemy and the avenger. 4 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers: the moon and the stars which you have set in order, 5 What are we, that you should be mindful of us: what are we, that you should care for us? 6 Yet you have made us little less than gods: and have crowned us with glory and honour. 7 You have given us dominion over your handiwork: and have put all things in subjection beneath our feet, 8 All sheep and oxen: and all the creatures of the field, 9 The birds of the air and the fish of the sea: and everything that moves in the pathways of the great waters. 10 O Lord our Governor: how glorious is your name in all the earth! Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen The Second Lesson Romans 5.1-5 Volunteer reader required at 8am, and Jenny Smith at 10am 1 T herefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God 2 through our Lord Jesus Christ, t hrough whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the 3 glory of God. A nd not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, 4 knowing that suffering produces endurance, a nd endurance produces 5 character, and character produces hope, a nd hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. Hear the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. At the 10am service please stand for the Gradual Hymn 5 Gradual Hymn (At 10am only) 447 ‘Thou whose almighty word’ First and fourth verses only sung At both services we stand and turn to face the gospel as it is read The Gospel John 16.12-15 The Holy Gospel according to St. John, Chapter 16, commencing at verse twelve. Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ. 12 ‘ I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 W hen the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he 14 will declare to you the things that are to come. H e will glorify me, 15 because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. A ll that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you. This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. The Sermon The Assistant Curate Anthem Cum Sancto Spiritu [Gloria in D]Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Nicene Creed said together, standing We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.