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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 Square, Sydney Consecrated 1845

15 NOVEMBER 2015

The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist, Holy Baptism & Children’s Ministry Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Setting: Missa sine nomine ( Jewkes) Hymns: 239, 467, 333, 337 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Hymns: 333 (desc. Caplin), 337, 467 Setting: Missa Papae Marcelli (Palestrina) Motet: Peccantem me quotidie (de Morales) Postlude: Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C (Buxtehude) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Benediction Preacher: Mr Antony Weiss Hymns: 150(i), 360, 377 Canticles: Tone/Faux-bourdon (Viadana) Anthem: Thy word is a lantern (Purcell) Postlude: Allegro con brio from Sonata no. 4 (Mendelssohn)

Left: A Spanish-Philippino carving of the Archangel St Raphael above the St Laurence Chapel

EVENING 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 16 NOV Margaret of Scotland, queen, helper of the poor (d.1093)

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

TUE 17 NOV

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

Hilda of Whitby, abbess (d.680)

WED 18 NOV

THU 19 NOV

2 Macc 7.1, 20-31; Ps 17.1-7; Luke 19.11-28 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 12.15pm Healing Eucharist

Elizabeth of Hungary, princess and philanthropist (d.1231)

FRI 20 NOV

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

1 Macc 4.36-37, 52-59; Ps 134; Luke 19.45-48 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Eucharist

SAT 21 NOV

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

Sun 22 NOV

2 Sam 23.1-7; Ps 132.1-12; Rev 1.4b-8; John 18.33-37

Christ the King

7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Bishop Robert Forsyth 10.30am Procession & Solemn High Mass Preacher: Bishop Robert Forsyth Setting: Missa Sancti Joannis de Deo (Haydn) Motet: King of glory (Bach arr. Harris) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong, Procession & Solemn Benediction Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Canticles: St Paul’s Service (Howells) Anthem: Above all Praise (Mendelssohn) Benediction: Te Deum (Sumsion)

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

The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king, and exalt the power of his anointed.

COLLECT

O God, welcoming refuge for the outcast, and upholder of justice for the oppressed: maintain the hope of the poor, so that the time may soon come when no one need want for food and shelter, and all will learn to share freely following the example of your Son, who gave his very self; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

FIRST Reading

1 Samuel 1.4-20 On the day when Elkanah the husband of Hannah and Peninnah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters; but to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

So it went on year by year; as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat. Her husband Elkanah said to her, ‘Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?’

After they had eaten and drunk at Shiloh, Hannah rose and presented herself before the Lord. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly. She made this vow: ‘O Lord of hosts, if only you will look on the misery of your servant, and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a male child, then I will set him before you as a nazirite until the day of his death. He shall drink neither wine nor intoxicants, and no razor shall touch his head.’

As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. Hannah was praying silently; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; therefore Eli thought she was drunk. So Eli said to her, ‘How long will you make a drunken spectacle of yourself ?

Put away your wine.’ But Hannah answered, ‘No, my lord, I am a woman deeply troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord. Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation all this time.’ Then Eli answered, ‘Go in peace; the God of Israel grant the petition you have made to him.’ And she said, ‘Let your servant find favour in your sight.’ Then the woman went to her quarters, ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was sad no longer.

They rose early in the morning and worshipped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at Ramah. Elkanah

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Mass Readings knew his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. In due time Hannah conceived and bore a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, ‘I have asked him of the Lord.’

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.

At Solemn High Mass, the choir sings the Psalm.

SONG OF HANNAH

1. My heart exalts in the Lord: my strength is exalted in my God. 2. My mouth derides my enemies: because I rejoice in your salvation.

3. There is no Holy One like you, O Lord: nor any Rock like you, our God. 4. For you are a God of knowledge: and by you our actions are weighed.

5. The bows of the mighty are broken: but the feeble gird on strength.

6 Those who were full now search for bread: but those who were hungry are well fed.

7. The barren woman has borne sevenfold: but she who has many children is forlorn.

8. Both the poor and the rich are of your making: you bring low and you also exalt.

9. You raise up the poor from the dust: And lift the needy from the ash heap.

10. You make them sit with the rulers: And inherit a place of honour.

11. For the pillars of the earth are yours: And on them you have set the world.

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Second reading

Hebrews 10.11-25 Every priest stands day after day at his service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins.

But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, ‘he sat down at the right hand of God,’ and since then has been waiting ‘until his enemies would be made a footstool for his feet.’ For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.

And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying, ‘This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds,’ he also adds, ‘I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.’ Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

For the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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Mass Readings GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Alleluia.

Be watchful, pray constantly: that you may be worthy to stand before the Son of Man. Alleluia.

Gospel

Mark 13.1-8 The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.

Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

As Jesus came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!’ Then Jesus asked him, ‘Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.’

When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, ‘Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign that all these things are about to be accomplished?’

Then Jesus began to say to them, ‘Beware that no one leads you astray. Many will come in my name and say, “I am he!” and they will lead many astray. When you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still to come. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is but the beginning of the birth pangs.’

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

OFFERTORY SENTENCE

Out of the deep have I called to you, O Lord: O Lord, hear my voice.

COMMUNioN SENTENCE

I tell you solemnly, whatever you ask for in prayer believe that you have received it, and it will be yours says the Lord.

COMMUNION MOTET Peccantem me quotidie (Cristóbal de Morales c.1500-1553) Peccantem me quotidie et non me poenitentem, timor mortis conturbat me; Quia in inferno nulla est redemptio, miserere mei Deus et salva me.

The fear of death overwhelms me, who sin every day and do not repent: For in hell is no redemption. Have mercy on me. O God spare me.

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.

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SUNDAY NOTICES

News of Fr Adrian Stephens Fr Adrian underwent surgery for prostate cancer on Friday 6 November. The surgery was very successful and test results point to a complete cure. Fr Adrian and Jeannie have asked that we pass on their heartfelt thanks for your prayers and the support they have received.

exterior and interior, together with additional scaffolding, will be $20,000.

A gift of $2000 will fund the cleaning of a full double-lancet window. We look forward to your support in rounding out the project in this important way.

Organ Recital 22 November The next recital in our series will be Farewell to Bishop Robert given at 2pm after our farewell luncheon Next Sunday, we will farewell Bishop for Bishop Robert Forsyth, on Sunday Robert and Margie Forsyth at an informal November 22, by Shin-Young Lee, Paris. luncheon after High Mass. All parishioners and friends are invited. The cost is $10 per St Laurence House AGM person, payable at the door. BYO drinks; Parishioners and supporters of St Laurence tea and coffee will be provided. Parishioners House are invited to the 2015 AGM in the from the 9.00am congregation are asked to parish hall on Wednesday 18 November help with preparations for the lunch and (enter via Pitt Street). Please join us for parishioners from the other congregations refreshments from 6pm with the meeting are asked to help with cleaning up. Seating to start at 6.30pm. at the lunch is limited; if you wish to reserve Tea and Coffee Roster a place please give your name and money to Volunteers are being sought for the Brenda Hunter after services today. tea and coffee rosters after the 9.00am and 10.30am services. If you would Stained Glass Restoration Our appeal for the stained-glass like to contribute to the rosters, protection and restoration project has please speak to Ron and Frances James (9am rosters, ph. 8407 9265 or received remarkable support, for which francesgjames1@optusnet.com.au) or we are most grateful. This support has Dale Berry (10.30am, ph. 9810 5606 or encouraged us to expand the project to dale.berry55@gmail.com). include cleaning the windows. Cleaning was part of the project as originally Feast of Nicholas Ferrar planned, but the Heritage Grant we You are invited by the Sydney College received did not cover this and we of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd to reluctantly dropped it. Cleaning will attend their patronal festival, for the feast both enhance the windows visually of Nicholas Ferrar at CCSL at 6pm, on and protect against deterioration. The Friday 4 December 2015. Refreshments cost of expert non-invasive cleaning, will follow the service in the hall.

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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

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SENIOR ASSISTANT PRIEST STUDENT MINISTER Licensed Clergy

Fr John Sanderson fr.john@ccsl.org.au Mr Antony Weiss Antony.Weiss@student.moore.edu.au Fr Ron Silarsah fr.ron@ccsl.org.au Fr Michael Giffin Fr Eric Hampson Fr Ian Crooks Mr Simon Polson s.polson@ccsl.org.au Dr Colin Bannerman c.bannerman@ccsl.org.au Dr Anthony Miller a.miller@ccsl.org.au Mr Peter Hanson p.hanson@ccsl.org.au Mr Peter Hanson p.hanson@ccsl.org.au Parish Hall, 505 Pitt St choir@ccsl.org.au Dr Neil McEwan AM frscm n.mcewan@ccsl.org.au Mr Peter Jewkes p.jewkes@ccsl.org.au Mr Joshua Ryan j.ryan@ccsl.org.au Dr Helen Hewson office@ccsl.org.au Editors tdt@ccsl.org.au

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