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Welcome to the Anglican Parish of

The Anglican Parish of CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE

Square, Sydney CHRISTRailway CHURCH ST LAURE

Railway Square, Sydney Consecrated 1845

14 FEBRUARY 2016

The First Sunday in Lent

7.00am

Morning Prayer

7.30am

Eucharist

9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Setting: Missa sine nomine ( Jewkes) Hymns: 64, 358(ii), 67, 383(ii) 10.30am Litany in Procession, Solemn High Mass & the Commissioning of Ryan Austin-Eames as Student Minister Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Hymns: 67(desc. Willcocks), 383(ii), 64 Setting: Missa fons bonitatis (Gregorian Chant) Motet: Lord, rebuke me not (Locke) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Litany in Procession Preacher: Mr Antony Weiss Hymns: 59(i), 87, 439(desc. Jewkes) Canticles: Tone vii/Faux Bourdon (Tallis) Anthem: Lord, To Thee I make my moan (Weelkes) Litany: Story of the Cross Postlude: Chorale Prelude O Mensch, bewein dein

Sünde groß, BWV 622 (Bach)

Left: Jesus commissions Peter, Stained Glass window, CCSL

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 15 FEB

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

TUE 16 FEB

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

WED 17 FEB

Jonah 3.1-10; Psalm 51.6-9; Luke 11.29-32 Morning & Evening Prayer (7.30am, 5.30pm) 8.00am Sung Eucharist 12.15pm Healing Eucharist

THU 18 FEB

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

FRI 19 FEB

Ezekiel 18.21-28; Psalm 130; Matthew 5.20-26 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Eucharist 6.30pm The Stations of the Cross

SAT 20 FEB

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

Sun 21 FEB

Genesis 15.1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3.174.1; Luke 13.31-35 7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries 10.30am Litany in Procession & Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries 6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Litany in Procession Preacher: Fr John Sanderson

William Grant Broughton, first bishop of Australia (d.1853) The Second Sunday in Lent

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

Worship the Lord your God: and serve only him.

COLLECT

O saving God, who led your people through the wilderness and brought them to the promised land: so guide us that, following our Saviour, we may walk through the wilderness of this world and be brought to the glory of the world which is to come; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

FIRST Reading

Deuteronomy 26.1–11 Moses spoke to the people, saying: When you have come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name. You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, ‘Today I declare to the Lord your God that I have come into the land that the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.’

When the priest takes the basket from your hand and sets it down before the altar of the Lord your God, you shall make this

response before the Lord your God: ‘A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous.

When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labour on us, we cried to the Lord, the God of our ancestors; the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.

The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

So now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground that you, O Lord, have given me.’

You shall set it down before the Lord your God and bow down before the Lord your God. Then you, together with the Levites and the aliens who reside among you, shall celebrate with all the bounty that the Lord your God has given to you and to your house.

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.

PSALM 91.1-2, 9-16 1

Those who dwell in the shelter of the Most High: who abide under the shadow of the Almighty,

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Mass Readings 2

They will say to the Lord ‘You are my refuge and my stronghold: my God in whom I trust.’

9 the Lord himself is your refuge: you have made the Most High your stronghold.

10 Therefore no harm will befall you: nor will any scourge come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels: to keep you in all your ways.

12 They will bear you up in their hands: lest you dash your foot against a stone.

13 You will tread on the lion and the adder: the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.

14 ‘You have set your love upon me,’ says the Lord, ‘and therefore I will deliver you: I will lift you out of danger, because you have known my name.

15 ‘When you call upon me I will answer you: I will be with you in trouble, I will rescue you and bring you to honour.

16 ‘With long life I will satisfy you: and fill you with my salvation.’

Second reading

Romans 10.4-13 For Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. Moses writes concerning the righteousness that comes from the law, that ‘the person who does these things will live by them.’ But the righteousness that comes from faith says, ‘Do not say in your heart, “Who will ascend into heaven?”’ (that is, to bring Christ down) ‘or “Who will descend into the abyss?”’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

But what does it say? ‘The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart’ (that is, 4

the word of faith that we proclaim); because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. The scripture says, ‘No one who believes in him will be put to shame.’

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him. For, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

For the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God. At Solemn High Mass, the Tract is sung as the Gospel procession is made ready.

Tract 1

Those who dwell in the shelter of the Most High: who abide under the shadowof the Almighty, 2 They will say to the Lord, ‘You are my refuge and my stronghold: my God in whom I trust.

3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the hunter: and from the destroying curse.

4 He will cover you with his wings, and you will be safe under his fea-thers: his faithfulness will be your shïeld and defence.

5 You shall not be afraid of any terror by night: or of the arrow that flies by day, 6 OF the pestilence that walks about in darkness: or the plague that destroys at noon-day.

7 A thousand may fall beside you, and ten thousand at your right hand: but you it shall not touch.

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Mass Readings GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ. King of endless glory.

No-one lives on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ. King of endless glory.

Gospel

Luke 4.1-13 The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.

Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. The devil said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.’ Jesus answered him, ‘It is written, “One does not live by bread alone.”’ Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, ‘To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.’

Jesus answered him, ‘It is written, “Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”’ Then the devil took him to

Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written, “He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,” and “On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.”’ Jesus answered him, ‘It is said, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”’

When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and a report concerning him went out through all the surrounding country. And he taught in the synagogues, being glorified by all.

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

Following the Confession & Absolution at the 10.30am Solemn High Mass, Ryan AustinEames will be commissioned as Student Minister (see page 6).

OFFERTORY SENTENCE

He will cover you with his wings, and you will be safe under his feathers: his faithfulness will be your shield and defense.

COMMUNioN SENTENCE

The Lord will overshadow you: and you will find refuge under his wings.

COMMUNION MOTET

Lord, rebuke me not (Matthew Locke, c. 1621-1677) O Lord, rebuke me not in thine indignation, neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed.

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THE COMMISSIONING OF RYAN AUSTIN-EAMES AS STUDENT MINISTER The People stand ( following the Confession and Absolution).

Ryan stands at the Chancel Step before the Sacred Ministers.

The Rector says: We come now to the commissioning of Ryan Austin-Eames as Student Minister.

Ryan, you have been discerning God’s call to serve him in ministry. As you study theology and train for ministry, you have been called to serve within this Parish of Christ Church St Laurence.

You have been called to minister to God’s people in this place. You are to preach, to assist in the sacred liturgy, and to perform other responsibilities entrusted to you.

Ryan, do you, in the presence of this congregation, commit yourself to this new trust and responsibility?

Ryan: I do.

The Rector says to the congregation: Will you who witness this new beginning support and uphold Ryan in this new ministry?

The people answer: We will, with God’s help.

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The Rector says: Let us then offer our prayer to God for this Parish and for Ryan.

Ever living God, we praise you for your church throughout the world and in this place. In your great love, continue to bless it. Grant that together we may follow Jesus Christ, offering to you all our gifts and talents; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Amen.

Ryan kneels.

The Rector says: Ryan, may the almighty God strengthen and sustain you; May God continue to guide you in your work and study; May God open your heart and mind to discern his will; And may the peace and blessing of almighty God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit come down upon you and remain with you always. Amen.

The Rector says to the congregation: I present to you Ryan Austin-Eames, now commissioned as Student Minister.

The people welcome Ryan with applause.

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SUNDAY NOTICES Ministry Placement Today we commission Ryan AustinEames as a Student Minister. Ryan is a parishioner of CCSL and has recently commenced part-time studies at Moore Theological College. We are delighted that Ryan is able to serve his first ministry placement at CCSL, and we look forward to the contribution that he will make in the life of the parish.

Councillor and Parish Representative (nominator). Nomination forms are available at the back of the church and should be returned to the parish office no later than 21 February. Candidates for election are asked to provide the parish office with a brief statement of relevant skills and experience, preferably in digital form (no longer than 100 words) and a (digital) photograph. At the conclusion of the AGM there will be a light luncheon. All parishioners Stations of the Cross The Stations of the Cross are offered at attending the meeting are asked to bring 6.30pm on Fridays throughout Lent. a plate of ready-to-eat finger food to This year, the Stations will cycle through share. Tea and coffee will be provided. three different meditations.

2016 Holy Week Preacher Lenten Study Groups We are delighted to announce that The Lenten Study groups will begin this week, Revd Dr James Walters will be this year’s on Wednesday at 11am and Thursday Holy Week Preacher. Fr James is Chaplain at 6pm. We will use the Archbishop to the London School of Economics, of Canterbury’s Lent book for 2016, where he is a senior lecturer and a I Am With You, by Kathryn Greene- member of the advisory board to the LSE McCreight. The book is available from Programme for the Study of Religion and Belltower Books.

Non-Religion. Before taking up his post at the LSE, Fr James was a parish priest Organ Recital in North London and prior to ordination There will be an organ recital at 2pm next he worked for a Member of Parliament.

Sunday, given by Andrej Kouznetsov. He has a doctorate from Cambridge Entry is by ‘note’ donation.

University in systematic theology and philosophy of religion and he is the author of Baudrillard and Theology (Continuum Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the 2012). Fr James writes and teaches in the parish of Christ Church St Laurence will areas of theology, philosophy, politics and be held in the parish hall at 12.30 pm on economics. Fr James is visiting Australia Sunday 28 February 2016. Elections will in 2016 as the Murdoch University be held for positions of Warden, Parish International Theologian.

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