The First Sunday in Lent 1st of March, 2020 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, a faithful Christian presence for over 160 years! 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, and Wednesday at 7pm. 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 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 Duccio di Buoninsegna Temptation on the Mountain (scene 3) ​ ​ 1308-11 Tempera on wood, 43 x 46 cm Frick Collection, New York 2 The 8am service begins with the Introductory Rite below. The 10am service begins with the processional hymn 591 The sung responses for this service, other than those included, can be found in the hymn book 758 (‘Lord, have mercy’) & 757 (‘Holy’; ‘Christ has died’; ‘Blessing & honour’; ‘Lamb of God’) INTRODUCTORY RITE please stand ​ ​ Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins, whose mercy endures for ever. The Lord be with you. And also with you. ​ Hymn 591 ‘Forty days and forty nights’ At 8am only verses 1 & 4 are sung ​ ​ The Collect for Purity said 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 (said at 8am, sung at 10am) ​ Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, ​ Christ have mercy, Christ have mercy, ​ Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy. ​ Confession Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled and wandered far off. Let us then ask for mercy, confessing our sins 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 Here absolution is pronounced by the celebrant ​ The Collect for The First Sunday in Lent The celebrant prays the Collect, after which all are seated ​ 3 The Children’s Address At the 10am service, all children are invited to join together at the chancel step THE LITURGY OF THE WORD Old Testament Reading Genesis 2.15-17; 3.1-7, Read at 8am by Vivienne ​ ​ ​ ​ Randall, and at 10am by Jenny Smith 15 2 T​ he Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it ​ 16 and keep it. A​ nd the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You may freely ​ 17 eat of every tree of the garden; b​ ut of the tree of the knowledge of good ​ and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.’ 1 3 N​ ow the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the ​ Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God say, “You shall not 2 eat from any tree in the garden”?’ T​ he woman said to the serpent, ‘We ​ 3 may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; b​ ut God said, “You shall ​ not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall 4 you touch it, or you shall die.” ’ B​ ut the serpent said to the woman, ‘You 5 ​ will not die; f​ or God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be ​ 6 opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ S​ o when the ​ woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with 7 her, and he ate. T​ hen the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that ​ they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves. Hear the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. ​ Psalter Psalm 32 said together at 8am, and sung by the choir at 10am 1 ​ ​ ​ Blessed are those whose sin is forgiven: whose iniquity is put away. 2 ​ Blessed are those to whom the Lord imputes no blame: and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 ​ For whilst I held my tongue: my bones wasted away with my daily complaining. 4 Y​ our hand was heavy upon me day and night: and my moisture was dried up like a drought in summer. 5 ​ Then I acknowledged my sin to you: and my iniquity I did not hide; 6 ​ I said ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord’: and so you forgave the wickedness of my sin. 4 7 ​ For this cause shall everyone that is faithful make their prayer to you in the day of trouble: and in the time of the great water-flood, it shall not come near them. 8 ​ You are a place to hide me in, you will preserve me from trouble: you will surround me with deliverance on every side. 9 ​ ‘I will instruct you, and direct you in the way that you should go: I will fasten my eye upon you, and give you counsel. 10 ​ ‘Be not like horse or mule, that have no understanding: whose forward course must be curbed with bit and bridle.’ 11 ​ Great tribulations remain for the ungodly: but whoever puts their trust in the Lord, mercy embraces them on every side. 12 ​ Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, and be glad: and shout for joy, all you that are true of heart. New Testament Reading Romans 5.12-19 ​ Read at 8am by Cindy Kalai; and at 10am read by Margaret Jones 12 T​ herefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned— 13 ​ sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when 14 there is no law. Y​ et death exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, ​ even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who 15 is a type of the one who was to come. B​ ut the free gift is not like the ​ trespass. For if the many died through the one man’s trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, 16 Jesus Christ, abounded for the many. A​ nd the free gift is not like the ​ effect of the one man’s sin. For the judgement following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings 17 justification. I​ f, because of the one man’s trespass, death exercised ​ dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in 18 life through the one man, Jesus Christ. T​ herefore just as one man’s ​ trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness 19 leads to justification and life for all. F​ or just as by the one man’s ​ disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. Hear the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. ​ 5 At the 10am service please stand for the Gradual Hymn Gradual Hymn (At 10am only) 635 ‘Forgive our sins’ ​ ​ ​ ​ At both services we stand and turn to face the Gospel as it is read The Gospel Matthew 4.1-11 ​ The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, Chapter 4, commencing at verse one. Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ. 1 ​ T​ hen Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by 2 the devil.