31-january-2016-epiphany-4

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

31 JANUARY 2016

The Fourth Sunday after The Epiphany

7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist, Holy Baptism & The Blessing of the Backpacks Preacher: Fr Michael Bowie Setting: Missa sine nomine ( Jewkes) Hymns: 234(ii), 362, 333, 367(i) 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Michael Bowie Hymns: 333(desc. Caplin), 367(i), 362 Setting: Missa Sancti Joannis de Deo (Haydn) Motet: Ave verum corpus (Elgar) Postlude: Fugue in D major BWV 532ii (Bach) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Benediction Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Hymns: 54(i), 423(i), 250 Postlude: Prière à Notre Dame, from Suite Gothique (Boëllmann)

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 1 FEB

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

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) TUE 2 FEB The presentation of Christ in the 6:00pm Solemn High Mass and Procession temple

WED 3 FEB

THU 4 FEB

Anskar, missionary bishop in Sweden (d. 865)

2 Sam 24.2 (3-8) 9-17; Ps 32.1-7; Mark 6.1-6 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 12.15pm Healing Eucharist Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)

FRI 5 FEB

Sirach 47.2-11; Ps 18.48-52; Mark 6.14-29 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Eucharist

SAT 6 FEB

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

Sun 7 FEB

Exod 34.29-35; Ps 99; 2 Cor 3 .12-4.2; Luke 9.28-36 7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah 6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Benediction Preacher: Fr John Sanderson

Martyrs of Japan, crucified at Nagasaki (d. 1597)

The Transfiguration

The flowers in the Church this week are given to the Glory of God, and in loving memory of Geoffrey Simon Price

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

‘Now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.’ 1 Corinthians 13.14

COLLECT

Living God, in Christ you make all things new: transfrom the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 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.

The psalm is sung at Solemn High Mass.

PSALM 71

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.

CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Railway Square, Sydney

3

Mass Readings Second reading

1 Corinthians 13.1-13 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.

It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

For the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Alleluia.

The Lord sent me to bring good news to the poor, and freedom to prisoners.

4

Gospel

Luke 4.21-30 The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.

Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus read from the prophet Isaiah. Then he began to say to those in the synagogue, ‘Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.’ All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, ‘Is not this Joseph’s son?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, “Doctor, cure yourself !” And you will say, “Do here also in your home town the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.”’

And he said, ‘Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet’s home town.

But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land; yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. There were also many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.’

When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff. But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.

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

CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Railway Square, Sydney

Mass Readings OFFERTORY SENTENCE

Lord, be pleased with the gifts we bring to your altar, and make them the sacrament of our salvation.

COMMUNioN SENTENCE

Let your face shine upon your servant, and save me by your love. Lord, keep me from shame, for I have called to you.

COMMUNION MOTET Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Ave verum corpus natum ex Maria Virgine vere passum immolatum in cruce pro homine.

Cujus latus perforatum unda fluxit sanguine.

Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine.

O clemens, O pie, O dulcis Jesu ďŹ li Mariae.

Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary, who truly suffered upon the cross for mankind: from whose pierced side there came forth water and blood; give us now, and at the time of our death, yourself to be our food.

O gentle, holy Jesus, Son of Mary.

Latin, 14th century

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.

CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Railway Square, Sydney

5

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

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

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

M 0408 130 864

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

M 0400 814 518 M 0423 430 913 P 02 9327 8215 P 02 9211 0560 P 02 9211 0560 M 0409 123 694 M 0432 566 784 M 0408 263 124 M 0408 263 124 P 02 9212 7776 P 02 9212 7776 P 02 9960 2476

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

P 02 9498 2625

Head Server SacristanS

P P P M P M

Head Sidesperson Belltower Captain Head Verger

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

02 9632 4461 02 8399 2549 02 9699 9309 0408 263 124 02 9591 1828 0412 196 473

Welcome to the Anglican Parish of CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Join our email list to be kept informed of Feasts and Festivals and other services and events in our church.

To become a subscriber, please visit www.ccsl.org.au/newsletter or sign up via our Facebook www.facebook.com/ChristChurchStLaurence

SUNDAY NOTICES Candlemas - 2 February This Tuesday (2 February) we will observe Candlemas (The Presentation of Christ in the Temple) with a Procession, Blessing of Candles & Solemn High Mass at 6pm.

At Belltower Books Available at Belltower Books: new titles, cards, CDs, sale items and second-hand books from $1. CCSL Calendars are also still available ($12), as are lectionaries ($10), The Deacon’s Treasure ($7), and Choir Leave CCSL aprons ($15). Earle Backen: Sacred Our choir returns to sing at Candlemas on Art is now available at the special price of 2 February. In their absence, we thank the $10. cantors who are giving up their holidays to continue the musical traditions of our Lenten Study Groups church.

Lenten Study groups will be held this year on Wednesdays at 11am, and Thursdays Blessing of the Backpacks at 6pm. We will use the Archbishop At the conclusion of today’s 9am Sung of Canterbury’s Lent book for 2016, Eucharist, students, teachers and anyone I Am With You, by Kathryn Greeneinvolved in education are invited to come McCreight. The book is available from forward for a blessing, bringing with Belltower Books. them a backpack, laptop, briefcase or some other symbol of study as we mark Nominations for Parish Council the beginning of the new academic year. The Annual Vestry Meeting of this parish will be held on Sunday 28 Palm Crosses February. Nomination forms for the Parishioners are asked to place their palm 2016 Parish Council are available at the crosses from last year in the Offertory plate back of the church. Nominees are asked today or next Sunday, for burning before to forward a digital photograph and Ash Wednesday on 10 February.

100-word biography to the parish office.

Shrove Tuesday - 9 February Join us for a fun dinner and the now‘traditional’ pancake-making contest between the Rectors of St James’s and Christ Church St Laurence at 6.30pm in the Crypt at St James.

Tickets cost $20 and are available from www.stlaurencehouse.org. All proceeds raised go to St Laurence House Inc.

Friends of the Choir In 2016 there will be some new and special events for Friends of the Choir including concessions and priority seating, open rehearsals and social occasions. Memberships can be sought or renewed by email to friendsofthechoir@ ccsl.org.au or in person on Sunday 7 February after High Mass in the hall.

CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Railway Square, Sydney

7

CANDLEMAS Tuesday 2 February 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Eucharist 5.30pm Evening Prayer 6.00pm Procession, Blessing of the Candles & Solemn High Mass

The Anglican Parish of

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