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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

3 APRIL 2016

The Second Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday) 7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Setting: Missa sine nomine ( Jewkes) Hymns: Lift High the Cross (vv. 1-3), 120,

173(t. 265, omit v. 5), 295 10.30am Procession & Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Hymns: Lift High the Cross, 173(t. 265),

102, 120 Setting: Missa Sancti Joannis de Deo (Haydn) Motet: Now the green blade riseth (Trad. arr. Lindley) Postlude: Prelude on BACH, S260i (Liszt) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong, Procession

& Solemn Benediction Preacher: Fr Martin Davies Hymns: 101(i), 118, 119(desc. Jewkes), 103, 116 Canticles: Collegium Regale (Howells) Anthem: Dum transisset sabbatuum (Taverner) Benediction: O salutaris / Tantum ergo (Sumsion) Postlude: Chorale Improvisation Nun Danket Alle

Gott (Karg-Elert) 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 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) MON 4 APR The Annunciation to the Blessed 6:00pm Procession & Solemn High Mass Virgin Mary Setting: Missa Sancti Joannis de Deo (Haydn)

TUE 5 APR

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

Acts 5.17-26; Ps 34.1-8; John 3.16-21 WED 6 APR Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney and pioneer of theological 12.15pm Healing Eucharist education and the General Synod (d. 1882)

THU 7 APR

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

Acts 5.34-42; Ps 27.1-5; John 6.1-15 FRI 8 APR Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) Georgiana Molloy, pioneer church leader and botanist from Western 6.00pm Eucharist Australia (d.1843)

SAT 9 APR

William Law, priest and teacher (d. 1761) Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian (d. 1945)

Sun 10 APR

The Third Sunday of Easter

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

Acts 9.1-20; Psalm 30; Rev 5.6-14; John 21.1-19 7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr John Sanderson 10.30am Solemn High Mass & Holy Baptism Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Setting: Missa Brevis (Palestrina) Sung by the Choir of Christ Church St Laurence 6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Benediction Preacher: The Rev’d Bob Ficks Canticles: Service in A-Flat (Harwood) Anthem: I am the resurrection (Gibbons)

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.

‘Lift High the Cross’ is the Introit Hymn at 9.00am. The first three verses are sung. At Solemn High Mass (10.30am), ‘Lift High the Cross’ is the processional hymn; all verses are sung.

SENTENCE

LIFT HIGH THE CROSS

Living God, for whom no door is closed, no heart is locked: draw us beyond our doubts, till we see your Christ and touch his wounds where they bleed in others.

This we ask through Christ our Saviour, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

CRUCIFER

Sydney Hugo Nicholson 1875–1947

Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name.

1 Come, people, follow where our captain trod, our King victorious, Christ the Son of God: 2 Led on their way by this triumphant sign, the hosts of God in conquering ranks combine: 3 Each newborn soldier of the Crucified bears on his brow the seal of him who died: [4 For thy blest cross which doth for us atone, creation’s praises rise before thy throne.

5 From north and south, from east and west they raise in growing unison their song of praise: 6 O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree, as thou hast promised, draw men unto thee: 7 From farthest regions let them homage bring, and on his cross adore their Saviour King:] Michael Robert Newbolt 1874–1956 based on George William Kitchin 1827–1912 Descant (at 10.30am): Darke

Jesus said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.’

COLLECT

FIRST Reading

Acts 5.27-32 When the temple police had brought the apostles, they made them stand before the council. The high priest questioned them, saying, ‘We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you are determined to bring this man’s blood on us.’ But Peter and the apostles answered, ‘We must obey God rather than any human authority. The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging him on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Saviour that he might give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.’

For the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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Mass Readings 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.

29. O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good:

and his mercy endures for ever.

PSALM 118.14-29

Revelation 1.4-8 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail. So it is to be. Amen.

‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

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The Lord is my strength and my song: and has become my salvation.

The sounds of joy and deliverance: are in the tents of the righteous.

The right hand of the Lord does mighty things: the right hand of the Lord raises up.

I shall not die but live: and proclaim the works of the Lord.

The Lord has disciplined me hard: but he has not given me over to death.

Open me the gates of righteousness: and I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.

This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter it.

I will praise you, for you answered me: and have become my salvation.

The stone that the builders rejected: has become the head of the corner.

This is the Lord’s doing: and it is marvellous in our eyes.

This is the day that the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad in it.

O Lord, save us, we pray: O Lord, send us prosperity.

Blessed is he who comes, in the name of the Lord: from the house of the Lord we bless you.

The Lord is God, and he has given us light: guide the festal throng up to the horns of the altar.

You are my God and I will praise you: you are my God, I will exalt you.

Second reading

For the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Alleluia.

You believe in me, Thomas, because you have seen me; Happy are those who have not seen me but still believe!

Alleluia.

Gospel

John 20.19-31 The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.

Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ.

CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Railway Square, Sydney

Mass Readings It was evening on the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side.

Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’

But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.’

A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them.

Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put

your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.’ Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.’

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.

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

OFFERTORY SENTENCE

The angel of the Lord descended from heaven and said to the women: ‘Who are you looking for? He is risen as he said.’

COMMUNioN SENTENCE

Jesus said to Thomas: ‘Put your hand here and see the place of the nails. Doubt no longer but believe.’ Alleluia.

COMMUNION MOTET

Now the green blade riseth (Trad., arr. Lindley) Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain, Wheat that in the dark earth many days has lain; Love lives again, that with the dead has been: Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green.

Forth he came at Easter, like the risen grain, He that for three days in the grave had lain.

Quick from the dead my risen Lord is seen: Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green.

In the grave they laid him, love whom men had slain, Thinking that never he would wake again.

Laid in the earth like grain that sleeps unseen: Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green,

When our hearts are wintry, grieving, or in pain, Thy touch can call us back to life again; Fields of our hearts that dead and bare have been: Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green.

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SUNDAY NOTICES Holy Week We express our thanks to everyone who contributed to the splendid Holy Week liturgies. It was a joy to be able to welcome so many visitors to the church during Holy Week, and to offer such splendid liturgy to the glory of God.

quietly, welcoming visitors to the church and helping the homeless and others? If so, you might consider offering your service as a volunteer verger. New reserve vergers are always welcome. If you think you might be interested in training as a verger, and are readily contactable by phone and email, please contact Head Verger, Darren The Annunciation Churchill on 0412 196 473 or by email, Tomorrow we celebrate the Feast of the vergers@ccsl.org.au.

Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary (transferred from March 25). Join us at 6pm Donation of Music Scores for a Procession and Solemn High Mass.

The new music scores of tonight’s canticles by Herbert Howells were generously donated Organ Recitals to the choir by Jennie Begg. Donations of Helpers are needed on a rostered basis new music are always welcome; please speak to assist at afternoon tea following the with the Director of Music. organ recitals, held on the 3rd Sunday each month at 2pm. If you are able to At Belltower Books assist, please contact Heather Moen- New titles available at special prices: Boyd (heatherboyd131@hotmail.com) Keith Mascord: Faith without Fear: Risky or Hilary Griffith (hjfgriffith@bigpond. Choices Facing Contemporary Christians com). ($32); A Man called Johnny Mac: Selected writings of Bishop John McIntyre, ed.

Muriel Porter, ($30). Lectionaries for Reserve Vergers Do you find yourself with quite a bit of spare the year are still available at the special time Monday to Friday? Do you enjoy sitting price of $10.

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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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The Anglican Parish of

CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Railway Suare, Sydney Consecraed 1845

A Service of

SOLEMN EVENSONG marking the 90th Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen

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Preacher The Rev’d Dr Daniel Dries Setting Service in D (Dyson) Anthem Greater love hath no man (Ireland)

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