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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

7 FEBRUARY 2016

The Transfiguration

7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah Setting: Missa sine nomine ( Jewkes) Hymns: 400(t. 492), 486, 373(t. 376), 178 10.30am Procession & Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah Hymns: 332, 373(t. Coe Fen, desc. Naylor),

178, 400(t. 492) Setting: Service in E (Darke) Motet: O nata lux (Tallis) Postlude: Alleluyas (see NEH 295) (Preston) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong, Procession

& Solemn Benediction Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Hymns: 176(i), 177, 487,

351(desc. Hutchings), 389 Canticles: Service in B-minor (Noble) Anthem: Hail, gladdening light (Harris) Benediction: O Salutaris, Tantum Ergo (Franck) Postlude: Dialogue sur les Grand Jeux (from Suite du Premier Ton) (ClĂŠrambault) Left: The Lectern, northern side of the Chancel, Christ Church St Laurence

MORNING PEWSHEET

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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 8 FEB

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

TUE 9 FEB

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

WED 10 FEB Ash Wednesday (The Blessing & Imposition of Ashes is offered at all mass services)

Joel 2.1-2, 12-17; Ps 51.1-17; 2 Cor 5.20b-6.10; Matt 6.1-6, 16-21 Morning & Evening Prayer (7.30am, 5.30pm) 8.00am Sung Eucharist 12.15pm Healing Eucharist 6:00pm Solemn High Mass Mass: Missa Orbis factor (Gregorian chant) Motet: Man that is born (S.S. Wesley) Motet: Thou knowest, Lord (Purcell)

THU 11 FEB

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

FRI 12 FEB

Isa 58.1-9a; Ps 51.15-19; Matt 9.14-15 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Eucharist 6.30pm The Stations of the Cross A pilgrimage based on the Prayer of St Francis

SAT 13 FEB

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

Sun 14 FEB

Deut 26.1-11; Ps 91.1-2, 9-16; Rom 10.4-13; Luke 4.1-13 Morning Prayer Eucharist Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Litany in Procession & Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Setting: Missa fons bonitatis (Gregorian chant) Motet: Lord, rebuke me not (Locke) Solemn Evensong & Litany in Procession Preacher: Mr Antony Weiss Canticles: Tone vii/ Faux Bourdon (Tallis) Anthem: Lord, To Thee I make my moan (Weelkes)

The First Sunday in Lent

7.00am 7.30am 9.00am 10.30am

6.30pm

The flowers in the Church this week are given to the Glory of God, and in loving memory of Christopher Gilles

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

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s son, full of grace and truth. John 1.14

COLLECT

O God, glorious and faithful, you reveal the beauty of your face to those who seek you with a sincere heart: strengthen us in the faith to embrace the mystery of the cross, and open our hearts to its transforming power, so that, clinging in love to your will for us, we may walk as followers of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Afterwards all the Israelites came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.

When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face; but whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would take the veil off, until he came out; and when he came out, and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of his face was shining; and Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

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.

FIRST Reading

Exodus 34.29-35 Moses came down from Mount Sinai.

As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke with them.

PSALM 99

1. The Lord is king, let the nations tremble:

he is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake.

2. The Lord is great in Zion:

he is high above all nations.

3. Let them praise your great and terrible name:

for holy is the Lord.

4. The Mighty One is king and loves justice:

you have established equity, you have dealt righteousness and justice in Jacob.

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Mass Readings 5. O exalt the Lord our God:

and bow down before his footstool, for he is holy.

6. Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who call upon his name:

they called to the Lord and he answered.

7. He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud:

they kept to his teachings and the law that he gave them.

8. You answered them, O Lord our God:

you were a forgiving God to them, and pardoned their wrongdoing.

9. O exalt the Lord our God:

and bow down towards his holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy.

Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practise cunning or to falsify God’s word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.

Second reading

Gospel

2 Corinthians 3.12-4.2 Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside. Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds; but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.

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For the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Alleluia.

This is my Son my beloved in whom is all my delight: listen to him.

Alleluia.

Luke 9.28b–36 The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.

Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.

And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, ‘Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three

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Mass Readings dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’ Peter did not know what he said.

While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!’ When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.

OFFERTORY SENTENCE

Lord, by the transfiguration of your Son make our gifts holy, and by his radiant glory free us from our sins.

COMMUNioN SENTENCE

When Christ is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

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

COMMUNION MOTET O nata lux Thomas Tallis (c1505-85)

O nata lux de lumine Jesu Redemptor saeculi, dignare clemens supplicum laudes precesque sumere.

O light of light, by love inclined, Jesu, Redeemer of mankind, with loving-kindness deign to hear from suppliant voices praise and prayer.

Qui carne quondam contegi dignatus es pro perditis, nos membra confer effici tui beati corporis.

Thou who to raise our souls from hell didst deign in fleshly form to dwell, vouchsafe us, when our race is run, in thy fair Body to be one.

There will be a Retiring Collection at the back of the church today, in support of the Newton Theological College, Papual New Guinea.

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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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 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

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

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Head Server SacristanS

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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

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SUNDAY NOTICES 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 or following services today. All proceeds raised go to St Laurence House Inc. 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 CCSL aprons ($15). Earle Backen: Sacred Art is now available at the special price of $10.

Lenten Study Groups Lenten Study groups will begin on Wednesday the 17th at 11am, and Thursday 18th at 6pm. We will use the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent book for 2016, I Am With You, by Kathryn Greene-McCreight. The book is available from Belltower Books.

Nominations for Parish Council The Annual Vestry Meeting of this parish will be held on Sunday 28 February. Nomination forms for the 2016 Parish Council are available at the back of the church. Nominees are asked to forward a digital photograph and 100-word biography to the parish office.

Friends of the Choir AfterSolemnHighMasstodayyouwillbeable to renew your Friends annual membership in the parish hall. (Cost: Concession $30, Single $50, Dual $80, Life $500.) The first Friends event for 2016 is an Orchestral Rehearsal with the choir in March followed by lunch.

Please email FriendsoftheChoir@ccsl.org.au for more details.

Stations of the Cross The Stations of the Cross are offered at 6.30pm on Fridays throughout Lent.

This year, the Stations will cycle through three different meditations, beginning with a pilgrimage based on the prayer of St Francis. We thank Ann Bergman for her work in developing this service.

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from the Archives CCSL’s HILL ORGAN (125 years) The London firm of organ builders, Hill and Son, built CCSL’s organ for 21-yearold Robert Thomas Belmore Andrews. The organ was ordered in 1891 and shipped in 1892 at the cost of £900. Its first Sydney destination was Andrews’ 300 seat private concert hall attached to his modest home - a twostorey terrace, “Frog Hollow”, in Norton Street, Leichhardt. After CCSL’s original Holdich organ of 1844 was destroyed by fire on 18 August 1905, the church purchased Andrews’ organ for £1,000. As early as 21 October 1905, the churchwardens, sidesmen and choristers drove out to Leichhardt to hear the CCSL organist, William Bigg, give a recital. The recital opened with the “Death of Nelson”, it is reported, “in honour of the day the British Empire was celebrating, and closed with the National Anthem [God Save the King], in the singing of which all present joined”. The organ was used for the first time at CCSL when the church reopened on Easter Eve 1906. Its original position was on the floor in the north east corner of the church. In 1912, it was moved to the elevated platform it occupies today to make way for the St Laurence chapel.

[Image: The organ in its original Australian home, the concert hall at “Frog Hollow”. ]