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Welcome to the Anglican Parish of

The Anglican Parish of CHRIST CHURCH

ST LAURENCE

CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURE Railway Square, Sydney

Railway Suare, Sydney Consecraed 1845

1 MAY 2016

The Sixth Sunday of Easter

7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Setting: Service in E (Smith) Hymns: 117, 439(omit *), 106, 287 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Hymns: 106, 287, 345(desc. Blunden) Setting: Service in F (Darke) Motet: The Secret of Christ (Sheppard) Postlude: Te Deum, Op. 59, no .12 (Reger) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Benediction Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Hymns: 100(i), 115, 117 Canticles: Second Service (Byrd) Anthem: The Easter Song (Sheppard) Postlude: Chorale Prelude Christ Lag in Todesbanden BWV625 (Bach)

MORNING PEWSHEET

PLEASE TAKE HOME

welcome to christ church st laurence Christ Church St Laurence is an inner city parish committed to the spread of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. As a congregation and as the Church we are committed to the support of the underprivileged, the persecuted and the socially marginalised. We are an Anglican church in the Anglican Catholic tradition.

THIS WEEK AT CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE MON 2 MAY Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, teacher (d.373)

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)

TUE 3 MAY

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)

St Philip and St James, apostles and martyrs

WED 4 MAY

Acts 17.15-18.1; Ps 148.9-15; John 16.12-15 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 12.15pm Healing Eucharist

THU 5 MAY

Acts 1.1-11, Psalm 110, Eph 1.15-23, Luke 24.44-53 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Procession & Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah Setting: Mass for a Saint’s Day (Jackson) Motet: God is gone up (Croft) Sung by the Choir of Christ Church St Laurence

FRI 6 MAY

Acts18.9-18; Psalm 47; John 16.20-23 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Eucharist

SAT 7 MAY

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 11.00am Mass in the Southern Highlands

Sun 8 MAY

Acts 16.16-34; Psalm 97; Rev 22.12-21; John 17.20-26 7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Setting: Service in E (Smith) 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Setting: Missa Bel’Amfritrit (Lassus) Motet: O Lord give Thy holy spirit (Tallis) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong, Procession & Solemn Benediction Preacher: Antony Weiss Canticles: Service in D (Brewer) Anthem: Sing ye to the Lord (Bairstow)

Ascension Day

The Seventh Sunday of Easter

Readings: The Revised Common Lectionary in NRSV (1997), Mowbray, London. Introit, Collect and Psalm: A Prayer Book for Australia (1995), Broughton Books, Sydney. Propers: The Roman Missal (1969 & 1983), E.J.Dwyer (Aust.). Reproduced with permission.

Mass Readings

Please use these readings in conjunction with the coloured service booklet.

Breakfast is served after the 7.30am Eucharist today. Refreshments are served after the 9.00am Sung Eucharist and the 10.30am Solemn High Mass, all in the Parish Hall. All are welcome. If you are a visitor please ask a sidesperson for directions.

SENTENCE

‘Peace I leave you; my peace I give to you,’ says the Lord ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.’ ( John 14.27)

COLLECT

Great and loving God, your will for us in your Son Jesus is the peace which the world cannot give, your abiding gift, the Advocate he promised.

Calm all troubled hearts, dispel every fear, and keep us steadfast in love and faithful to your word.

Grant this through Jesus Christ, the firstborn from the dead, who lives with you now and always in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

FIRST Reading

city for some days. On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. A certain woman named Lydia, a worshipper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said

by Paul. When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, ‘If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.’ And she prevailed upon us.

For the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Verses of the psalm are read alternately by a single reader and the congregation. A pause is observed at the colon for reflection.

The psalm is sung at Solemn High Mass.

Acts 16.9-15 During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’ When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this

PSALM 67

1. Let God be gracious to us and bless us: and make his face shine upon us, 2. That your ways may be known on earth: your liberating power among all nations.

3. Let the peoples praise you, O God: let all the peoples praise you.

4. Let the nations be glad and sing: for you judge the peoples with integrity, and govern the nations upon earth.

5. Let the peoples praise you, O God:

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Mass Readings let all the peoples praise you.

6. Then the earth will yield its fruitfulness: and God, our God, will bless us.

7. God shall bless us: and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

Second reading

Revelation 21.10-14, 21.22-22.5 In the spirit the angel carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. It has the glory of God and a radiance like a very rare jewel, like jasper, clear as crystal. It has a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates are inscribed the names of the twelve tribes of the Israelites; on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. Its gates will never be shut by day and there will be no night there. People will bring into it the glory and the honour of the nations. But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practises abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve

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kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign for ever and ever.

For the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Alleluia.

All who love me will keep my words, and my Father will love them and we will come to them.

Alleluia.

Gospel

John 14.23-29 The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.

Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent me.

I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not

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Mass Readings let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, “I am going away, and I am coming to you.” If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you this before it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe.’

This is the gospel of the Lord, Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

OFFERTORY SENTENCE

O bless our God, you peoples: and cause his praises to resound; who has held our souls in life, who has not suffered our feet to slip. Alleluia.

COMMUNioN SENTENCE

If you love me, keep my commandments,’ says the Lord. ‘The Father will send you the Holy Spirit, to be with you forever.’ Alleluia.

COMMUNioN MOTET

The Secret of Christ (Richard Sheppard, b. 1949) For a long time I have held my peace, but now will I speak.

I will lead the blind in a way they know not, in paths that they have not known I will guide them.

I will turn their darkness into light, and I will not forsake them.

And he showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God; and on either side of the river was there a tree of life, and the leaves of the trees were for the healing of the nations.

Help us, Lord, to persevere in prayer with minds awake and thankful hearts, that we may share the secret of Christ with those we meet on our earthly pilgrimage, following in the steps of Jesus, our master and our friend.

Amen.

Isaiah 42:14-16; Revelation 22:1-3; Derrick Walters, The Pilgrim Prayer (based on Colossians 4:2-4)

A BLESSING TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF MARRIAGE After the post-Communion prayer at Solemn High Mass, the Rector will pronounce a blessing on Don and Rosemary Mortimer, who celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Don and Rosemary were married at Christ Church St Laurence on 30 April 1966.

The people remain standing for the blessing.

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PARISH DIRECTORY Church address Parish office address Parish postal address Rector

812 George St, Sydney L2, 812B George Street, Sydney PO Box 1324, Haymarket NSW 1240 office@ccsl.org.au Fr Daniel Dries fr.daniel@ccsl.org.au

www.ccsl.org.au P 02 9211 0560 F 02 9212 2449 M 0417 662 776

SENIOR ASSISTANT PRIEST STUDENT MINISTERS

Fr John Sanderson fr.john@ccsl.org.au Antony Weiss Antony.Weiss@student.moore.edu.au Ryan Austin-Eames ryan.austineames@gmail.com Fr Ron Silarsah fr.ron@ccsl.org.au Fr Michael Giffin Fr Eric Hampson Fr Ian Crooks Simon Polson s.polson@ccsl.org.au Peter Hanson p.hanson@ccsl.org.au Brenda Hunter b.hunter@ccsl.org.au Anthony Miller a.miller@ccsl.org.au Peter Hanson p.hanson@ccsl.org.au Parish Hall, 505 Pitt St choir@ccsl.org.au Neil McEwan AM frscm n.mcewan@ccsl.org.au Peter Jewkes p.jewkes@ccsl.org.au Joshua Ryan j.ryan@ccsl.org.au Helen Hewson office@ccsl.org.au Editors tdt@ccsl.org.au

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Licensed Clergy

ParISH ADMINISTRATOR Wardens: wardens@ccsl.org.au Treasurer Choir office Director of Music Organist organ scholar Belltower Books THE DEACON’S TREASURE

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MEDITATION & SPIRITUAL DIRECTION Ann Bergman a.bergman@ccsl.org.au

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Head Server SacristanS

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Head Sidesperson Belltower Captain Head Verger

Brian Luhr OGS bluhr1@bigpond.com Scott Batey John Wood Peter Hanson peterhanson.1108@gmail.com Dace Vare ringers@ccsl.org.au Darren Churchill vergers@ccsl.org.au

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SUNDAY NOTICES Parish Quiet Day The Parish Quiet Day will be held at Golden Grove Centre, 5 Forbes St, Newtown (next to RPA), 9.30am4.00pm on Saturday May 14. Fr Ian Crooks will lead us in a day of prayer and reflection based on the desert tradition of the early Church. Morning and afternoon tea will be provided and you are asked to bring your own picnic lunch. A donation of $20 will help cover The Ascension This Thursday we celebrate the Feast of costs. A sign-up sheet is at the rear of the the Ascension of Our Lord, the fortieth church. day of Easter. At 6.00pm we will celebrate with a Procession and Solemn High Mass. Safe Ministry and Child Protection The Diocese has in place a Safe Ministry Programme for dealing with issues of Head Server’s 60th Birthday Today, Brian Luhr is hosting a luncheon child protection and sexual misconduct. at the Great Southern Hotel (717 George The Parish Council has formally Street, Sydney) after Solemn High adopted the Diocese’s policy in this Mass. Brian takes pleasure in inviting all area. Under the overall direction of the parishioners to attend the celebration for Rector, the parish has a Safe Ministry his 60th birthday. The luncheon and drinks representative, Anthony Miller, charged with ensuring that we comply with will be generously provided by Brian. the policy, and a Safe Ministry trainer, Lucy Clothier, who gives training in the Parish Administrator As previously advised, the position principles and practices of Safe Ministry of Parish Administrator will become to a range of parishioners who come vacant in August 2016. The Wardens into contact with children or vulnerable now invite any suitably qualified person people. Comprehensive information to express their interest in the position about the programme, and about how via email (to wardens@ccsl.org.au) or to report actual or potential abuse, can by mail. Information about the position be found at the following web address: is available from any of the Wardens by http://safeministry.org.au/about/ request.

Thank You Our thanks go to all who contributed to the service of Solemn Evensong last Sunday, commemorating the 90th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen.

In particular, we thank those who contributed to the supper. It was a joy to be able to extend hospitality to so many visitors and first-time worshippers.

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