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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

21 August 2016

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist & Children’s Ministry Preacher: The Right Rev’d Dr Michael Stead Setting: Mass in E (Smith) Hymns: 388(i), 368, 420, 431 10.30am Solemn High Mass & Confirmation Preacher: The Right Rev’d Dr Michael Stead Setting: Collegium Regale (Howells) Hymns: 138, 420, 431, 368 Motet: Now the God of peace (Knight) Postlude: Praeludium in C, BuxWV 137 (Buxtehude)

6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Benediction Preacher: Mr Antony Weiss Hymns: 247, 355, 250 Canticles: Second Service (Gibbons) Anthem: O Lord, increase my faith (Gibbons) Postlude: Romance sans paroles (Bonnet)

Left: Mary Magdalene visits the tomb of Jesus: stained-glass, northern sanctuary wall

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 22 AUGUST

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Christian Meditation

TUE 23 AUGUST

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

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) WED 24 AUGUST Bartholomew, Apostle and Martyr 12.15pm Healing Eucharist

THU 25 AUGUST

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

FRI 26 AUGUST

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Eucharist

SAT 27 AUGUST

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

Monica, mother of Augustine (d. 387)

Sun 28 AUGUST 7.00am 7.30am 9.00am 10.30am

6.30pm

Jer 18:1-11; Ps 139:1-5, 12-18; Philemon 1-25; Luke 14.25-33 Morning Prayer Eucharist Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Setting: Mass in E (Smith) Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Setting: Service in F (Darke) Motet: O sacrum convivium (Messiaen) Solemn Evensong & Benediction Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Canticles: Service in G (Sumision) Anthem: Like as the hart (Howells)

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

Psalm 71

You, O Lord, are my hope, my trust from my youth: Upon you have I leaned since my birth.

PSALM 71

COLLECT

O God, the Judge of all, through the saving blood of your Son you have brought us to the heavenly Jerusalem and given us a kingdom which cannot be shaken: fill us with reverence and awe in your presence, that in thanksgiving we and all your Church may offer you acceptable worship; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives to intercede for us, now and for ever. Amen.

FIRST Reading

Jeremiah 1.4-10 The word of the LORD came to me saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.’ Then I said, ‘Ah, Lord GOD! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.’ But the LORD said to me, ‘Do not say, “I am only a boy”; for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you, Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.’ Then the LORD put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the LORD said to me, ‘Now I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.’

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.

1 To you, Lord, have I come for shelter: let me never be put to shame.

2 In your righteousness rescue and deliver me: incline your ear to me and save me.

3 Be for me a rock of refuge, a fortress to defend me: for you are my high rock, and my stronghold.

4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked: from the grasp of the pitiless and unjust.

5 For you, Lord, are my hope: you are my confidence, O God, from my youth upward.

6 On you have I leaned since my birth: you are he that brought me out of my mother’s womb, and my praise is of you continually.

Second reading

Hebrews 12.18 - 29 You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them. (For they could not endure the order that was given, ‘If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.’ Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, ‘I tremble with fear.’) But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable

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Mass Readings angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking; for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven! At that time his voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, ‘Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven.’ This phrase, ‘Yet once more,’ indicates the removal of what is shaken – that is, created things – so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe; for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

For the word of the Lord, Thanks be to God.

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, ‘Woman, you are set free from your ailment.’ When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, ‘There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.’ But the Lord answered him and said, ‘You hypocrites!

Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?’ When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing.

Motet Words Gerald H Knight (1908-79) Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will; working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight; through the same Jesus Christ, to whom be glory, for ever and ever, Amen.

Hebrews 13: 20-21

FROM THE WARDENS The first stage of improvements to the hall is complete. The choir library and the Sunday school now have cupboards in the north hall. Neil McEwan, David Russell, Owen Chambers, and Craig Johnston moved the library with admirable efficiency. With the library’s cataloguing updated, this magnificent collection of church music is finally stored and displayed in a fashion that does it justice. The former choir library will next be remodelled to serve as a choir office.

The Sunday school cupboard contains a resources cabinet that can be wheeled out, and the Sunday school has acquired new display boards, also on wheels.

The completion of this work means more adequate resourcing for both the choir and the Sunday school, which we all know to be important ministries in the continuing growth and outreach of the parish.

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

As part of these developments the hall has been cleaned out. It must not be allowed to degenerate again into a miscellaneous storage and dumping area. Your wardens will be vigilant in assuring that this does not happen!

Alleluia.

‘I am the way, the truth and the life,’ says the Lord. ‘No one comes to the Father except through me.’

Alleluia!

OFFERTORY SENTENCE

There is now a toilet on the hall level. More exactly, there are two toilets, one of them accessible or ambulant, plus a baby change table and a cleaners’ closet. Some scrupulous parishioners have asked if everyone is allowed to use the accessible toilet. The answer is yes, though people with mobility problems of course have priority. Admiration has been expressed for the high quality of the fittings and wall tiles in the toilet complex. These are due to our architect and fellow-parishioner Ben Slee.

Gospel

Lord, the earth is filled with your gift from heaven; man grows bread from earth, and wine to cheer his heart.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION John 14.6

Luke 13.10-17 The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.

Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ.

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Merciful God, the perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ made us your people. In your love, grant peace and unity to your church

COMMUNION SENTENCE

CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Railway Square, Sydney

As is well known, accessibility to the hall from Pitt St also needs improvement. This project is ready to go, but it is more complicated than meets the eye, and this fact has delayed progress. The bridge from footpath to stairs needs structural strengthening, but in order for that to happen an electric panel under the bridge needs to be moved.

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SUNDAY NOTICES From the Wardens (cont.)

The next stage of work in the hall has begun. This will see new bookshop facilities and kitchen storage in the Marys’ Room. While that work is going on, Belltower Books cannot operate in the hall. However it will remain in operation in its eponymous location under the belltower at the church entrance. Please continue to give your custom to this branch of the bookshop, with its creative selection of books and cards, which we owe to the dedicated labours of Helen Hewson.

This work has also required the removal of the portraits of our past rectors. Wait for their return in an exciting new location!

Work also begins this week on a major renovation of the Parish Office. This project will result in improved privacy and safety for our clergy and will provide space for parishioners’ use. More on all that later. Meanwhile, be aware that the renovation project will cause disruption to the normal operations of the office over the next two months. Please be patient if you encounter delays or inconveniences in dealing with the office during that time.

Congratulations We extend our congratulations to Michael, Jedda and Hamish who are to be confirmed at Solemn High Mass today, and we especially welcome their families and friends who join them for the occasion.

Organ Recital This month’s recital will be given by Fr Michael Deasey at 2.00pm. Fr Michael served as organist and master of the choristers at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney for twenty five years. In lieu of retirement, He is currently parttime senior assistant priest at St Paul’s Confirmation and Reception Burwood and organist at MLC School.

Today, 21 August, we welcome our Admission by note donation. regional Bishop, The Right Rev’d Dr Michael Stead. This is our new bishop’s Parish Quiet Day first official Sunday visit to CCSL. We will be holding a day of rest and Bishop Michael will preach at the reflection at St Benedict’s Monastery, 9.00am and 10.30am Masses, and will Arcadia on Saturday October 8. confer the sacrament of Confirmation Morning tea will be provided - bring at Solemn High Mass. a picnic lunch to enjoy in the gardens.

There will be further details closer to the day.

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SUNDAY NOTICES Tower News In preparation for St Laurence Day the bellringers had a tower cleanup. During patronal week, they rang a Quarter Peal dedicated to St Laurence Day, as well as ringing for the two special services.

Kath Burns, one of the learners, is now part of the band for service ringing and there are three other learners who are also making good progress.

Anglicans Together Annual Dinner This year’s Anglicans Together Dinner is to be held on Friday 2 September from 7:00pm at the City Tattersall’s Club, 194 - 204 Pitt Street, Sydney. The Guest speaker will be Professor Marion Maddox of Macquarie University, who is a leading authority on the intersection of religion and politics in Australia.

Her topic will be ‘The Past, Pleasures and Prospects of Liberal Christianity’.

Cost: $65 pp ($60 conc). Payments (with response form) should be sent

by 26 August to: Anglicans Together, Level 1 St James’ Hall, 169-171 Phillip Street, Sydney, 2000. Further details and response forms can be found at: www.anglicanstogether.org At Belltower Books During renovations the bookshop in the hall will be closed. The West Door branch is well stocked with books, cards, wrapping paper, CDs and The Deacon’s Treasure and is open before and after the Masses and Evensong.

A Very Emerald Shakespeare Josie and the Emeralds (soprano Josie Ryan and viol consort led by Brooke Green) present a musical celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, featuring works by Morley, Gibbons, Tallis, Byrd, Jenkins, Purcell, Schenck and Brooke Green. Sunday, 28 August at 3pm at CCSL; tickets are $30 and $20, available at the door.

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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 Rebecca Mychael r.mychael@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

M 0408 130 864

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

P 02 9498 2625

Head Server SacristanS

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Head Sidesperson Belltower Captain Head Verger

Brian Luhr OGS oam 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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