ST. DAVID’S CHURCH CHRIST CHURCH WITH THE
THE CHAPEL OF ST. BASIL
THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Proper 12 30th July, 2017 Rector: The Rev’d Canon Noel A. Burke, M.A. Tel. No.: 435-4272 E-mail: nburke@anglican.bb Associate: The Very Rev’d William G. St. C. Dixon, CBE, MA [Dean Emeritus of the St. Michael Cathedral] Tel. No.: 427-3169ORDER OF THE HOLY MASS E-mail: spod@caribsurf.com
ORDER OF THE HOLY MASS Introit Hymn 409 General Sentence Acclamation Collect for Purity Kyries Gloria In Excelsis The Collect:
THE ENTRANCE RITE
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart Page 100 Page 101 Page 101 Page 102 Page 102 Page 176
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD 1st Reading: Genesis 29: 15-28 Psalm 105: 1-11, 45. Page 605 The Epistle: Romans 8:26-39 Gradual Hymn 314 God of mercy, God of grace, THE HOLY GOSPEL: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 The Sermon The Nicene Creed Page 106 Intercession C Page 108 Act of Penitence & Absolution Page 123 The Greeting of Peace Page 124 THE LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENT Offertory Hymn 348 The church’s one foundation Presentation of the Offering Page 126 The Sursum Corda Page 126 Common Preface Page 128 “Therefore we praise you” Page 131 Sanctus et Benedictus Qui Venit Page 131 Consecration Prayer B Page 135 The Lord’s Prayer Page 144 The Breaking of Bread Page 145 The Invitation Page 147 Administration of Holy Communion 412 Faith of our fathers! 223 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father 620 Sweet sacrament divine, Post Communion Prayer Page 148 THE DISMISSAL RITE The Blessing Page 151 Notices and Announcements Recessional 618 Sent forth by God’s blessing,
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LECTORS & INTERCESSORS AT MASS TODAY 6:15am
7:45am
8:30 a.m.
1st Reading
Michael Thompson
Aleah FordeMcCarthy
Lyn Bowen
The Epistle
Marcelline Smith
Julie Ann Burke
Brittney Clarke
Intercession
Christa Thornhill
Dr. Joanne DrummondBrathwaite
Adam Trotman
THE COLLECT: PROPER 12
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THE FIRST READING: READER:
A Reading from the Word of God written in Genesis Chapter 29 beginning at the 15th verse.
Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?” Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.Leah's eyes were lovely, and Rachel was graceful and beautiful. Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.” Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.” So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her. Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed.” So Laban gathered together all the people of the place, and made a feast. But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her. (Laban gave his maid Zilpah to !3
his daughter Leah to be her maid.) When morning came, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?� Laban said, "This is not done in our country--giving the younger before the firstborn. Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.� Jacob did so, and completed her week; then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as a wife. Reader: ALL:
Here ends the Reading Thanks be to God.
Psalm 105: 1-11, 45.
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THE EPISTLE READER:
A Reading from the Word of God written in Romans Chapter 8 beginning at the 26th verse.
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family. And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified. What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? !4
Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Reader: ALL:
Here ends the Reading Thanks be to God.
THE HOLY GOSPEL The Lord be with you. And also with you. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew Glory to Christ our Saviour. He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.” !5
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. "Have you understood all this?" They answered, "Yes."And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old." The Gospel of Christ Praise to Christ our Lord
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From Dean Dixon (Emeritus) Greetings:
The Church in the power of the Holy Spirit The church as the community of justified sinners, the fellowship of those liberated by Jesus Christ who experienced salvation and lived in thanksgiving is on the way to fulfilling the meaning of the history of Christ with its eyes fixed on Christ. It lives in the Holy Spirit and there is itself the beginning and earnest of the future of the new creation. It proclaims Christ alone but the fact that it proclaims him is already the sign of hope. In its liberation it follows Christ alone but this is already the bodily anticipation of the redemption of the body. In the Lord’s supper it remembers and makes present the death of Christ which leads to life but the fact that this happens is a foretaste of the peace to come. It only confesses Jesus the crucified as Lord but the kingdom of God is anticipated in this confession. This relationship between what happens and the fact that it happens can only be understood pneumatologically. The community and fellowship of Christ which is the church comes about in the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is this fellowship: faith perceives God in Christ and this perception is itself the power of the Spirit as the historical community of Christ. Therefore the church is the eschatological creation of the Spirit. In this sense history passes into eschatology and eschatology into history. This transition is called the work of the Holy Spirit. The teleological interpretation of the history of Christ coincides with the pneumatological interpretation of the fulfilment of that history’s meaning. The believer’s freedom from sin and from the godless power of our worldly era is therefore also called the power of the Holy Spirit. The new life is life in the Spirit and the new obedience takes the form of walking by the Spirit. The new fellowship is itself the manifestation of the Spirit and of the power of the new creation. Through the Spirit the believer is determined by the divine future. The powers of the Spirit are the powers of life which determine the present extending their influence forward from the future of the new life. The fruit of the Spirit is the advance payment in joy of future blessedness. In spite of the experience of suffering it is the advance payment in love in spite of the experience of disappointment and hate. Consequently the whole eschatology of the history of Christ which is !7
expounded in the theological final clauses can also be described as the history of the Spirit: a result of the working and indwelling of the Spirit through which the future that is hoped for enters into history. When we talk about the history of the Spirit in this sense we do not mean the idealistic spiritual history of human subjectivity. We mean the dialectical process in the actions of the interactions which is opened up and urged by the future of the thing that is entirely new. The history of the creative Spirit embraces human history and natural history and to that extent is to be understood in dialectical, materialist terms. As the movement we urge the Spirit of life, the tension and the torment. In the farewell discourses the Holy Spirit is called the Paraclete whom Jesus promises to his followers. Whose coming he makes possible through his departure and pleads for in his act of selfgiving. He is called the Spirit of the truth or the Holy Spirit. He is the witness of Christ who leads to knowledge of the truth. He is one with the Son and the Father. He glorifies the Father through the Son in those who belong to him. He is the Giver of the Eternal Life of God to the world which has fallen victim to death. So when we say Pentecost it is the telos, the highest goal of revelation in Christ. It is true as far as the gift of the Sprit is concerned. But if we are considering the fulfilment of the meaning of the history of Christ we also have to talk about the history of the Spirit. For it is at the same time the beginning of the new time. The time of the direct and lasting presence of revelation in history. This is the concrete form in which men experienced the history of Christ. In the longer range history of the Spirit the church is the way and a transition to the kingdom of God. As the fellowship of Christ it is hope lived in fellowship. As the church of Christ is the church of the Holy Spirit. As the fellowship it is creative hope in the world.
Your friend and priest, William G. St. C. Dixon, CBE, MA (The Very Rev’d) Associate Priest
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NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK 30th Phyllis Trotter 31st Pearson Morgan WEDDING ANNIVERSARY We celebrate with Joyce and Cecil Welch on their wedding anniversary on the 30th of July. WE PRAY THIS WEEK FOR Tyrell McCollin, Deanne & Selwyn Powlett, Ronald Rawlins, Emmerson Rock, Joan Rollock, Clement Selman, Myrna Smith, Rachel Stampfli. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Vacation Bible School will be held from August 14th -25th, 2017 in the Church Hall for children ages 4 years old to 16+. The theme is the 5th Mark of Mission with an emphasis on the environment and learning to grow our own food. Vacation Bible School starts with devotions at 9:00am and finishes at 1:00pm. Transportation will be available from St. Basil at 8:30am SHARP! We welcome the assistance of persons who have some time to spare. Registration forms are available from the Ushers. HEALTH GUILD The Annual Bus Ride will be held on Sunday, September 3, 2017. The destination is Bathsheba, St. Joseph and admission is Adults $25.00 and children under 12 years $15.00. Tickets are available from the Health Guild members. GRAND DIOCESAN BAZAAR The Grand Diocesan Bazaar will be held on Saturday, September 16, 2017 at Banks Playing Field. Tickets are available at $10.00 for adults and children under 12 years free.
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HEALTH CORNER: BY SOPHIA MARSHALL, Ph.d
WEIGHT LOSS PLATEAU It is absolutely frustrating to reach a plateau when trying to lose weight! You have been watching your diet, exercising and doing all the right things but you seemed stuck at the same point. Don’t give up, relax, step back and let’s look at the situation. Many times, only small changes are needed to get you shedding pounds again. Here are a few suggestions:
(1) Increase your cardio Instead of briskly walking 6 laps, try 7 or add an extra day of cardio workout. This may burn the extra calories that you need to lose some more body fat.
(2) Vary the intensity of your workouts When we speak of intensity, we refer to how hard a person works to do the activity. If you vary the intensity of your workout during the week, you are more likely to burn fat more efficiently. Moderate intensity: You're working hard enough to raise your heart rate and break into a sweat. You're working at a moderate intensity if you're able to talk but unable to sing the words to a song. Vigorous Intensity: You are breathing rapidly and only able to speak in short phrases. Your heart rate is substantially increased and you are likely to be sweating. For weight loss, the more intense your exercise, or the longer you exercise, the more calories you burn. (3)
Try new exercises Vary your workouts by introducing completely new exercises or making small changes to your current movements.
(4) Get a certified Personal Trainer !10
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